We started Spotted by Locals in 2008 because we had experienced traveling like a local would be a more fun and more rewarding way of traveling.

Since then, we’ve traveled to 25 cities where we met almost 300 potential locals who love writing about the city they love, for an interview in their favorite spot. On consecutive trips to “our” 23 cities, we’ve followed hundreds of our Spotters written tips from the cityblogs. I can safely say we have become Local Travel experts.

It will not surprise you we love traveling like a local. Many people ask us the great question “Why?”. We thought it would be nice to share our personal top 8 reasons.

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