Summer is an awesome season, for outdoor activities. But being outdoors also means exposing yourself to all the pesky insects. For those of us that live in areas with breeding mosquitoes and other various flying insects, we know how annoying it can be to deal with insects during pretty much anytime of the day. (my [...]

Localtripper has officially started its first contest giveaway. If you want a chance at a free summer getaway, all you have to do is think of a creative trip idea, submit your trip idea on our website by July 6, and if your idea is the most popular among the ones submitted, we will give [...]

The summer season is a versatile one, perfect for many different outdoor activities. A particular undertaking that has always interested me is parasailing. Up until the time I did my research for this post, the extent of my knowledge on parasailing included no more than that a sail is somehow involved and you do it [...]

One of the things we do most on a vacation or trip is take photos. And for some of us, no matter what we do, we just seem to look worse in photos than we do in real life. Apparently, the writers over at wikiHow also thought of this idea, did some research on it, [...]

Localtripper is all about going out and having fun locally. As I was reading a consumer report’s blog post, “Tips for the best staycation ever,” it seem to fit right in with our local theme.
The post, written like a true veteran blogger,  consists of an interesting, (but hefty) lead-in and then goes into the real [...]

The Electronic Entertainment Exposition (or E3) is currently taking place in Los Angeles. Several big names in the business have already held their conferences and this year’s E3 is looking to make a big comeback from the last few year’s debacle.
Here are a couple of the announcements that caught my attention:

Microsoft announces Project Natal, an [...]