Why Local Knowledge Beats Online Searches (The Secret to Authentic Travel Experiences)
00:00:00.000 | So I would trust a local for those local activities.
00:00:02.440 | I would not trust somebody who is a generalist.
00:00:04.960 | I'll tell you very honestly,
00:00:06.160 | when we work in a market that we don't know so well,
00:00:09.220 | we work through a destination management company,
00:00:11.360 | a destination expert who really knows that little village,
00:00:15.240 | that little town and how to make things happen.
00:00:17.440 | The reason for that is that the internet,
00:00:19.240 | ChatGPTNL, can kind of answer generic questions for you
00:00:22.800 | on a very high level about something.
00:00:24.720 | But when you wanna know what is the best bakery
00:00:26.800 | in a certain town and why, you need to go to a local.
00:00:29.160 | You need to go to somebody who has
00:00:30.000 | on-the-ground experience.
00:00:31.000 | If you're staying at an Airbnb or a Vrbo,
00:00:32.760 | all the time, reach out to those hosts and say,
00:00:34.880 | "Hey, hi, this is who I am, this is my family,
00:00:37.200 | "this is what we're coming to do.
00:00:38.220 | "What do you recommend for X, Y, and Z?
00:00:40.080 | "We wanna wake up in the morning and go to do this.
00:00:41.880 | "Is this a good idea?"
00:00:43.100 | We're staying in Monaco at the end of the month,
00:00:44.440 | and just for one night.
00:00:45.860 | And I'm like, we've got five hours basically
00:00:47.680 | to see all of the highlights of Monaco
00:00:49.800 | from a local's perspective.
00:00:51.080 | I don't wanna go to the casino only.
00:00:52.360 | I wanna do what a local would do.
00:00:54.120 | How do you do that?
00:00:55.160 | I have an awesome itinerary back 24 hours later.