


You can either look for members in the area you are visiting who are offering a meal to travelers in their area or find members and ask if you can come by for a meal. Once you are matched you can chat online and make plans.īeing big time foodies, we love this site. You tell Mingle Trips where you are going and what you want to do with the people you meet and the site helps find people who match your plans and dates.
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Mingle Trips is all about making connections with local people. We love that they have a category focused solely on going up & down things. It is like getting an insider’s view of the area you are visiting. They tend to be more intimate then your typical tour. The experiences are provided by local experts and it shows. Vayable is a marketplace of local travel experiences that are provided by people within the community you are visiting. It is pretty much the granddaddy of online alternative travel sites and has a thriving community.

An online reputation system is built into the site allowing you to make choices based on more than guesswork. The site allows you to search for people and then request a stay at their home or to share an activity or meal with them. Visiting is kind of like shopping for a new friend or set of friends in whatever country you are planning to visit. Here are 6 websites that can help you meet locals while traveling. Luckily you don’t have to wait for your trip to begin to start making contact with locals. In our case, browse to Europe, France, Paris & Ile-de-France, and “Download map”.Part of the fun of traveling is meeting and interacting with local people. Start the app on your smartphone and download maps section to get the relevant regions for your trip.Start by downloading the free “” app on your smartphone (the rest of the example is based on an iPhone and will also work with Android and BlackBerry devices).We love it so much that we want you to be able to use our interactive maps on the go as well: here is a brief tutorial, based on the example of the interactive map of Paris. Regularly listed as one of the top travel apps in the world, has proven to be a fantastic asset on 4 continents and 20 countries since we discovered this fantastic smartphone application for our trip to Japan. We use Google Maps to create the maps, and we use on the go. To make the most of them, you can easily download them and customize them to your own needs. Our free interactive maps sum up the best of the best and give you access to insiders’ tips. Travelling the world, we make sure to give you access to the best spots so that you can plan your trips and enjoy them to the fullest.
