Hi! My name is Mariana and I´m from Argentina.
Maybe can sound something strange that sometimes I feel I am like a secret spy being a local guide, but in a funny way! ??
Because of my work, I travel a lot within my country and also to other countries abroad, I usually like to take some pictures of the places I visit, and write a review that can help other people to have your own opinion of a place, before they would visit it, perhaps because it is the first thing I check when I have to go a new or unknown place and the other local guides reviews have helped me a lot to get an idea of whether that place is, what I need, or am I looking for.
That’s why when I take pictures as any other tourist, I mentally tell myself: you can’t imagine that your photos will be on Google maps today and that I will write my opinion about you … ?hahaha that’s why I feel like a kind of spy disguised as a tourist and It is fun.
One of the things I enjoy the most, in my job as local spy guide is when the stores owners or a place managers share their feedback. In general If you make a respectful review you get a positive feedback; either thanking the review or proposing to improve something that was not quite right. ?
I think that the tools that Google makes available to local guides are important for both the public and the owners of stores or places because those tools allow different people to see through the others experience if a specific place is really what they are looking for.
I think it’s always good to share experiences with others who may be needing them.
That is why I will continue to wear the tourist costume and try to be the best “secret local spy guide” that I can be. ??