Spotted by Locals

Spotted by Locals

Caption	Spotted by Locals Logoorry,
Genre	Travel Guides
Founded	2008
Founders	Sanne van Poll-Bakker Bart van Poll
Headquarters	Amsterdam
Products	Travel guidebook, digital applications, online community
Website	spottedbylocals.com

Spotted by Locals is a publisher of a series of travel guides (apps & blogs) with up to date tips curated by handpicked locals in 60+ cities in Europe and North America.

The city guides are curated by "Spotters" - people who live in the city they write about and speak the local language. All Spotters are selected by founders Sanne & Bart van Poll.

Spotted by Locals is aimed at travelers who want local information about a city, and who want to avoid the typical tourist spots.

Access to travel information from locals is gaining popularity amongst travelers and travel organizations like Lonely Planet.^[1] In 2010, Spotted by Locals was one of the co-founders of LocalTravelMovement.com, a not-for-profit responsible travel website and discussion platform aiming to unite companies who commit to operating with Local Travel values.

Founders Sanne & Bart van Poll

The Spotted by Locals concept has received coverage on BBC World,^[2] and in newspapers and magazines like The Guardian,^[3] the Sueddeutsche Zeitung,^[4] Le Monde,^[5] The Sunday Times,^[6] and National Geographic Traveler.

Spotted by Locals has also been mentioned in The Telegraph, ^[7] Gadling and ^[8] The Times.^[9]

History

Mar 2008	Spotted by Locals was founded by Sanne & Bart van Poll, a married couple of avid travelers from Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 2008:	Founders start a 6-month road trip to 21 cities in Europe, to select the first 120 Spotters
Nov 2008:	Winner of Mashable Open Web Awards^[10] in the category "Travel"
Feb 2009:	Winner of Lonely Planet Travel Blog Award in the "Best Group authored Travel blog" category
Oct 2010:	Winner of Guardian newspaper "Best Travel Website" Award^[11]
Feb 2011:	Launch of the iPhone application
Jul 2012:	Launch of Android applications
Nov 2012:	First "Spotters weekend" in Amsterdam, with 80 Spotters attending^[12]
Jan 2013:	Launch of first city guides in North America
Oct 2014:	Second "Spotters weekend" in Amsterdam, with 100 Spotters from 48 cities attending^[13]

Spotted by Locals is currently available for the following cities

City blogs

Amsterdam · Antwerp · Athens · Barcelona · Belgrade · Berlin · Boston · Bratislava · Brussels · Bucharest · Budapest · Chicago · Cologne · Copenhagen · Dublin · Edinburgh · Frankfurt · Geneva · Ghent · Glasgow · Hamburg · Helsinki · Istanbul · Krakow · Lisbon · Ljubljana · London · Los Angeles · Madrid · Manchester · Milan · Montreal · Moscow · Munich · New York City · Oslo · Paris · Porto · Prague · Riga · Rome · Rotterdam · Saint Petersburg · San Francisco · Sarajevo · Seattle · Skopje · Sofia · Stockholm · Tallinn · Tel Aviv · Thessaloniki · Toronto · Vancouver · Vienna · Vilnius · Warsaw · Washington DC · Zagreb · Zurich

Notes

↑ Lonely Planet Travel Blog - Get Lost, Go local
↑ Best of the web - BBC World, 19 February 2010
↑ The Guardian - Spotted online: local guides to Europe's cities, 18 March 2009
↑ Reiseblog Spotted by Locals - Lieblingsplätze der Insider, 17 September 2009
↑ Une site anti-piège à touristes - Le Monde, 14 April 2009
↑ The Sunday Times - The best travel guides on the web, April 3, 2009
↑ The Telegraph - Travel advice: data roaming charges, August 8, 2011
↑ Gadling - Iphone app review, January 28, 2012
↑ The Times - 50 top websites for travel, January 29, 2013
↑ Mashable Open Web Awards
↑ Guardian and Observer "Best Travel Website" award
↑ Spotters weekend 2012
↑ Spotters weekend 2014

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