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Local Way

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Find hidden gems with guides who know the place

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Find hidden gems with guides who know the place

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Book tours led by local guides who know their cities inside out find the food, stories, and corners tourists miss. Real local experiences across Italy. 🚧 On our roadmap: - AI Travel Assistant — conversational AI that matches travellers with the right guide based on interests, budget and travel style - Mobile app (iOS & Android) - Expansion to 5+ countries by 2027 - Warm Map: heatmap of authentic local experiences (not just pins) — unique to Local Way

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The inspiration came from a personal experience. I was travelling through a small village in Thailand beautiful, authentic, completely off the tourist trail. I wanted to explore it properly, find a local guide, someone who actually knew the place. But there was nothing. No platform, no profile, no way to connect with the people who lived there and knew every corner of that village. That moment showed me two problems at once: → Travellers can't find authentic local experiences even when they're standing right in the middle of one → Small towns and villages have no digital presence their knowledge, culture and stories stay invisible to the outside world And then there's the bigger picture: overtourism. Major cities are drowning in mass tourism while incredible small communities nearby are overlooked. The same 10 landmarks get millions of visitors. The rest of the world stays undiscovered. Local Way was built to fix all three: 🏘 Give small towns and villages a digital voice 🧭 Connect travellers with real local experts — not catalogue tours 🌍 Redistribute tourism naturally, by making hidden places discoverable The approach evolved a lot during building. We started thinking about guides. Then we realised the real problem was discovery — how do travellers even find these places? That's where Warm Map came from: not just pins on a map but a heatmap showing where authentic experiences actually exist. The mission became clear: make authentic travel accessible and give every local who knows their place better than any guidebook a way to share it with the world.

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1d ago

How do you vet the local guides to make sure the experiences actually feel authentic and not just another tourist trap with a local name attached?

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7h ago

One thing I'd love to see is a way to book a guide for a specific time slot in advance, since some popular local spots get crowded and it would help lock in availability. Right now it sounds like you'd have to message guides directly, which could feel uncertain if you're traveling on a tight schedule.

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How do you vet the local guides to make sure the experiences actually feel authentic and not just another tourist trap with a local name attached?

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