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Douro and Lavaux: Two Wine Valleys, Two UNESCO World Heritage Landscapes
How Portugal's Douro Valley and Switzerland's Lavaux, both UNESCO-listed terraced wine landscapes, compare in history, grapes and ways to visit.
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Food Tours Growing In Popularity
A guide with fifteen years of experience explains why food has moved from a lunch break to the heart of the tour, what guests want and what it asks of guides.
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Platform updates October 2026
October 2026 guide updates: requests paid on acceptance, a new dashboard, setting search, group messages, AI editor helpers, guide photos on cards, and more.
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Platform updates September 2026
September's guide updates: pay in person, tours drafted in your other languages, city and language pages, several pickup places, an easier tour editor, and a notification bell.
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