OK, I hear you saying. First she writes about some posh resort (see my post earlier today about reggaelates), and now she’s writing about bus tours? Isn’t this the blog for people who want to get beyond the usual tourist spots? Bear with me. These bus companies appear to go far beyond the usual “And […]
Roomorama.com, the new peer-to-peer vacation rental and room sharing service, has expanded beyond New York City to Boston, Chicago and Toronto. Listings in my old hometown of Toronto are a bit meagre at the moment, with just 24 properties. As always with any rental or home-sharing site, it pays to ask lots of questions of the […]
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