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yarimv
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when I travel I want to know the normal people's life in that country.
like what hat day buy for their meal, which coffee shop they stop by, what company is popular for working like that.
how they work and have fun, where the local good restaurant is ... and so on.
Airbnb has a product which name is "tour" but they are just commercial activities.
I am planning a service where people show their theme life like their taste, major, work etc then make a trip for travelers to join in locals daily life.
the Root can be favorite coffee shop > their house for dinner > a market for ingredient > their hobby communities > thier school somthing like that.
Do you eager to join this tour? ( of course if it is safe.)
I want to know if it is demanded.
I really appriciate for your comment ~!!!!
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AndyF
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Quoting yarimv
( of course if it is safe.)
How are you ensuring that, then?
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berner256
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There are organizations that already provide such services. I've already used this one, by a nonprofit, twice:
https://www.nagomivisit.com/family
From the Web site: "Everything about our organization and how we run is about building friendships, not business transactions so the price is intentionally fixed not to influence the dynamic between guest and host. We intend to keep the program affordable, sustainable, and always about sharing."
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BeateR
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Quoting yarimv
Do you eager to join this tour? ( of course if it is safe.)
No and never. Because this is advertising at all. You have to made your living out of it.
And to say: what YOU think is best for ME, if it is restaurants, hotels or sighseeing spots, don't usually fit my taste and experience. So for me it is always better trying to find some different information anywhere, in the Web, but maybe also on a guide-book.
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greatgrandmaR
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I do like learning about how the locals live, but it isn't my first priority. Nice if it happens but I wouldn't pay extra to do it.
Actually I have my own way of doing this which works for me. I do cemetery documentation - which means I photograph graves and enter the data into a database.
In order to do that in a foreign country I usually hire a guide. Sometimes I just go to the taxi rank and ask how much it would be to go to cemeteries that I have researched in advance. Sometimes I hire a guide in advance from Expedia. Sometimes I just see someone who is guiding people around and ask if he can help me. Sometimes we will rent a car and drive around on our own, but even then, people see me/us in the cemetery taking photos and want to know what we are doing or sometimes tell me that I shouldn't be out in the cemetery by myself.
In all cases we have a conversation with local people - some of them professional guides and some not. Once our guide showed me where his parents were buried. Sometimes they will find cemeteries for me that I didn't know were there. They will talk about their lives and may take me to a local place where we can have lunch.
When I am talking to them or processing and entering the data I often find out about the local families and local customes. For instance it is customary in some places to light candles on the graves of relatives on the Day of the Dead. In Grenada, on the evening of Nov 1st many years ago, when they were having the All Saints celebration (lighting candles on all the graves) a ship was wrecked there because the captain mistook the bright lights for St. George's and tried to enter a non-existant harbour and crashed on the rocks.
Even if I am not wandering around taking photos in a cemetery, I talk to people. Waiting in line at the bank, I talk to people. I don't interview them (like my sister does - she was a reporter), and if they are busy or don't want to talk I leave them alone, but I'm friendly and most people don't seem to mind talking to me. I'm interested to find out about them and mostly they respond. I don't need a special guide for that.
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yarimv
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I need to find it.
Thank you for your comment !
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Posted by
yarimv
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" Nagomi " is the closest one that I intend to provide.
In my country the "selling experience" is kind a trend so I think why not the daily life for foreigners?
I would like to thank you for all the comment ~!
It seems like the wish is just for me,, then I need to find other concept or view for this.