May 17th, 2012 at 11:00AM: As our daily roster of posts and rigorous travel schedules can attest, we work hard here at Gadling (really; it's not all lying on beaches, slurping pastel-hued cocktails...in fact, it rarely is). We're a small team of freelancers who mostly have day jobs to help pay the bills, whether or not writing is our primary occupation.
As part of AOL, we also have a pretty intense set of goals, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Gadling's Annual Team Summit: Behind The Scenes In Washington, DC
May 17th, 2012 at 11:00AM: As our daily roster of posts and rigorous travel schedules can attest, we work hard here at Gadling (really; it's not all lying on beaches, slurping pastel-hued cocktails...in fact, it rarely is). We're a small team of freelancers who mostly have day jobs to help pay the bills, whether or not writing is our primary occupation.
As part of AOL, we also have a pretty intense set of goals, ...Rama: a smartphone app for history lovers
Oct 17th, 2011 at 4:00PM: Rama is a smartphone app that not only guides you through your favorite cities while giving you historical details, it also makes the past come alive through archival photographs that show users exactly what a particular destination or site once looked like. See the rocky swamp that is now Central Park, walk through Chicago right after the Great Fire, experience the wild atmosphere of Mardi Gras ...In Search of Serendipity in Savannah
Jul 22nd, 2011 at 4:30PM:
Sitting in the passenger seat of a lime green Mustang, driving out of the historic center of Savannah, I started to wonder what I'd gotten myself into. A guy in a black suit was taking me, well, somewhere.
I asked where we were headed. "Bonaventure," said Shannon, as he started describing one of the biggest cemeteries in the area and the funerary traditions of Georgia's generations ...Don't do mornings? Take a "Crack of noon" tour of Italy or France
Apr 12th, 2010 at 5:00PM: Don't you just despise fellow vacationers who leap out of bed at dawn's first light, eager to get a start on the day's activities? Do you hate trying to comprehend great works of art with a throbbing hangover? If your holidays often end up feeling about as relaxing as a day at the office, Executive Tours International has a solution.
The small, California-based luxury and customized travel ...Last Chance to Get to Greenland on the Cheap
Aug 29th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Okay, it's not at the top of many people's travel lists. Who thinks about Greeland? Well, I do, and I've wanted to go for a while. Hurtigruten is pretty sympathetic to this fact and has a new deal that makes it pretty easy to get it to one of the most remote destinations in the world ... but, you have to act fast. This deal expires on August 31, 2009, and space is limited.
Hurtigruten's new ...Get desserted in New York
Feb 20th, 2009 at 12:30PM: No it's not a typo. Walking Tours Manhattan has dessert-themed walking tours. They guide you around, feed you, and walk you. It's like you're their dog -- their sweet-toothed dog. It's called their Recessional Special: Free NYC Dessert Fest. And it is indeed free! They request a $1 donation or whatever you feel is appropriate, and the purchase of any desserts is additional, but all you have to do ...Iceland with a prophetic viking
Dec 17th, 2008 at 2:00PM: If you're going to walk around Reykjavik, Iceland, do it with Jonas Thorsteinsson. A guide on the GoEcco walking tour of the city, he knows more than which Viking killed who, where and how. In fact, the only word to describe Thorsteinsson is "prophetic."
I took his free walking tour backing June. The most insightful moment came when Thorsteinsson showed us one of Reykjavik's oldest houses, which ...Crime detective tour of Lincoln assassination
Jun 22nd, 2008 at 10:30AM: I am fond of tours. Not each and every time, but often. Tours can be a terrific way to find out information you might miss as you're trying to navigate a city on your own--or have stopped paying attention to signage because you just can't read one more line.
Here's a tour in Washington, D.C. I read about that ties in with my trip to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Museum last week. I'm picturing ...Philadelphia puts on the steam to attract tourists
Nov 21st, 2007 at 2:30PM: Grant recently waxed poetic about Philadelphia. In August, I posted about a 24 hour walking tour of the city that proved to be a rousing success. Two Decembers ago, Kelly offered a list of suggestions for a Philadelphia New Year. These are not even all our Philadelphia mentions. Here's yet another reason to head to the land of the Liberty Bell. Their is a promotion going on to attract more ...24 Hour Road Trip: Philadelphia Inside Out
Aug 14th, 2007 at 2:30PM: Once, I got the bright idea that we should take a walking tour of Cleveland, Ohio. I had read that Cleveland is one of the top cities for walking in the U.S. "Let's see why!" I was enthusiastic when we put our then 1 1/2 year-old in the jogging stoller and told our then 10 year-old to tie up her sneakers for our stroll from Tower City to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and back to Tower City. Six ...
