A small outing with fellow local guides

I live in Agarpara, Kolkata, India. I know there are many LGs like me. But I’ve never ever met (face to face) any of them… any " LOCAL" guide… And it’s pretty boring working alone. :disappointed_relieved:

So, is it possible to arrange a small get-together in Kolkata, BY GOOGLE MAPS ??

It will be very exciting as well as productive. Please, look into the matter. :pray: :pray:

Till now we have only looked at such meet-ups in foreign countries because we can’t afford to go there or not possible at all !! :sweat: :sweat:

@TraciC @MashaPS @AngieYC @DeniGu @InaS @TsekoV

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I live in Agarpara, Kolkata, India. I know there are many LGs like me. But I’ve never ever met (face to face) any of them… any " LOCAL" guide… And it’s pretty boring working alone. :disappointed_relieved:

So, is it possible to arrange a small get-together in Kolkata, BY GOOGLE MAPS ??

It will be very exciting as well as productive. Please, look into the matter. :pray: :pray:

Till now we have only looked at such meet-ups in foreign countries because we can’t afford to go there or not possible at all !! :pensive: :pensive:

@TraciC@MashaPS @AngieYC @DeniGu @InaS @TsekoV

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Hello @Rajdeep_Bose ,

I advise you to only tag the Google Moderators, mentioned in this article, for similar cases. This way we can assist you quicker and better.

To learn more about the guidelines on how to submit a meet-up on Connect by reading this article.

You can also take a moment to recap How to choose a topic for your Connect post article before your next post.

P.S.: I’ve merged your identical post to this one and relabeled them to appear in the Meet-up topic section. This way even more people can enjoy it.

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Hello @Rajdeep_Bose

Nice to know that you’d like to meet local guides in Kolkata.

I suggest conducting a local guides meetup in your area and to help with that here are a few tips and easy ways to connect with local guides in the shortest possible time.

1. Favorite Locations

To easily connect with Local Guides in your local area, you may want to try the Favorite Locations feature.
Go to your settings page and add up to 3 locations after which posts created by local guides from those cities will be listed on the main page.

Tip: If you are traveling to a new place temporarily, you can remove and add the new one. Changes reflect immediately. Following that you can connect with local guides from the new place.

2. Browse Older Posts

Browse through older posts of local guides from a place and check if they are still active and would be interested in a meetup. Chances are enthusiastic local guides did not find enough people to connect some time back and respond to your comments.

3. Private Messages

Send a private message to local guides using the feature here on Connect.

4 . Upcoming Meet-ups

A meet-up is meant to explore new places and make friends with local guides in your community. Check for upcoming meetups in the Meet-ups section.

By clicking the Show All button circled (2) in the image below you can also search for meetups by location.

5. Previous Meet-ups

Leave a reply on past meetups.

Search The LG Connect community for the word recap that is used by most local guides in their post-meetup reports. You can then search through past meetups telling the local guides that you missed it and leave a request to notify you when the next meetup is hosted.

6. Conduct a meet-up

Use the Submit meet-up button circled (1) in the image above to host a meetup. This would be a great way to reach out to the local guide community in that place proactively.

7. Do not hesitate

Go ahead and post a message seeking local guides in a city like this person from Bangalore did and got a good response.

Make sure you add a location to the post as shown in the image below.

Hope you find these useful.

and don’t forget to tag me in the recap post of your meetup :blush:

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Bro same situation. :slightly_smiling_face:

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