{"id":94608424,"date":"2011-12-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/rise-of-the-city-segway-tour-video\/"},"modified":"2014-09-11T21:53:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T21:53:57","slug":"rise-of-the-city-segway-tour-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/rise-of-the-city-segway-tour-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise of the City Segway Tour (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EZnRJaYD9J0\" width=\"425\" height=\"246\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Putting the <em>Oh La La<\/em> back into Paris<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\nWhen the Segway was born, some thought that humans would never walk again. Ten years on and the two-wheeled self-balancing vehicles have become more of a novelty than a necessity. But head to any capital city and you&rsquo;ll be pleasantly surprised.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\nWith continued rise in global tourism demonstrated by New York this week when the city welcomed its <strong><a href=\"\/news\/british-couple-celebrated-as-50-millionth-tourists-to-visit-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\">50 millionth visitor for 2011<\/a><\/strong>, it looks like the Segway&rsquo;s cashing in on the action.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\nSegway tours are a fast-paced and effortless way to soak up a city. Across Europe, cities such as <strong><a href=\"\/tag\/paris\/default\" target=\"_blank\">Paris<\/a><\/strong> and Berlin just can&rsquo;t get enough of these savvy personal transporters.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\nInternationally, there are over 500 guided Segway tour stations listed. Next time you score <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/cheap-flights-to-montreal-ymq-canada\" target=\"_blank\">cheap flights to Montreal<\/a><\/strong>, Mexico City, Bangkok or Sydney or any other great city, it&rsquo;s definitely worth making some time for a relaxing Segway tour.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\nEvery company is different, but most of these tours last around 4 hours and cost an affordable $100 per person.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\nCheck out this video above for a quick look into the world of the Segway, this time in Paris.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<em>Video:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ViatorTravel?feature=watch\">ViatorTravel (YouTube)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Putting the Oh La La back into Paris &nbsp; When the Segway was born, some thought that humans would never walk again. Ten years on and the two-wheeled self-balancing vehicles have become more of a novelty than a necessity. But head to any capital city and you&rsquo;ll be pleasantly surprised. &nbsp; With continued rise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-interests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97169083,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608424\/revisions\/97169083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}