Practicing Gratitude

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“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. Friends I made on a trip to Tibet for a 10-day prayer for peace with 1,000 high […]

Behind the Scenes with Vayable: Tastes of Flushing with a Real New Yorker

Behind the Scenes with Vayable is a series that spotlights our best experiences- from the most popular to the new and noteworthy. We’re here to give you an in-depth look into what makes them so awesome. This weekend, we were lucky enough to taste our way through Flushing with Queens food expert, Joe. Tasting experiences are […]

Behind the Scenes with Vayable: Night Photography with Jean-François

Behind the Scenes with Vayable is a series that spotlights our best experiences- from the most popular to the new and noteworthy. We’re here to give you an in-depth look into what makes them so awesome. This weekend, we met up with Jean-François of Citifari for his New York by Night photo experience. “You don’t capture an image, you create it” […]

The 5 Best Places To See The Leaves Change Color This Fall

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It’s our favorite time of year again. The air is cooling (finally!), the kids are back in school, our favorite sweaters are coming out of storage, and all the trees are starting to change color. We love it — with one, crucial caveat. We’re city dwellers, and access to the vividly color-changing outdoors can sometimes […]

6 Ways to Hack Your Travel

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  Travel can be tricky. There’s a lot to plan — where to stay? what to see? what to eat? — and everything costs money. Lots of it. Even the most frugal individual can find themselves (and their wallets) overwhelmed by something as seemingly simple as booking a trip. Luckily, there are a few tricks […]

Vayable Writer’s Program: Represent Your City

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  Are you a passionate and experienced Insider? Vayable is now looking for Insiders to write about their city for City Pages through our Vayable Writer’s Program. As a writer, you will be featured on the landing page for your city, receive a $50 travel credit, be the voice of your city for Vayable, plus other perks! We […]

Introducing Vayable Referrals: Give $10, Get $10

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At Vayable, we believe that travel is always more fun with a friend. That’s why we’re introducing our new referrals program: you can give $10 in credit to a friend, and get $10 in credit for yourself. Cool. Here’s how it works: Anybody with a Vayable account is given a unique referral link. Find it […]

Inside Paris with an Urban Explorer

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Anne Ditmeyer is many things: fashionable, savvy, cultured, a jetsetter. It’s all this and more that she brings to table for her numerous Paris experiences, meaning that travelers are guaranteed to be given a truly authentic behind-the-scenes peek of the world’s (possibly) most famous city. Between blogging, being an Insider, and general exploring, she leads […]

Sharing Stories of NYC at Vayable’s Secret Summer Party

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Last week, we threw a party for our NYC-based Insiders. For many, it was the first chance they’ve had to rub elbows with other Vayable community members, to exchange tips-and-tricks between Insiders, and to hang out with the Vayable staff (that’s us!). It was an amazing time. A quick summary of highlights: Things kicked off with […]

Inside LES with a Gay Rights Historian

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New York City’s iconic Pride Parade may have come and gone, but the gay community — according to Vayable Insider and long-time local Camille — remains fully in bloom. Her “Madonna Town/Gay Town” tour led us through the streets of the Lower East Side, while she narrated her stories of what was and what’s still to come […]