I remember how it felt to be lost and confused visiting a new place. For me, it was traumatic and expensive, I have had to try many options before settling for a better one; most times I have had to try over a period of time. Knowing about a place and making more informed decisions could only be gotten from a personal experience, a trial and possibly error process which is not efficient. Yes there is information online but I, as I belief most people in need of guides would prefer a personalized review of a place; A review by people not biased and from many personal experiences. Information about a place or experience can be biased and sold as positive when given by people with vested interest in such places.
The local guide program makes available Reviews of personal experiences from many users, what is obtainable, opening times, pictures, even the customer service reviews and many more. This is very important and it is my personalized assistance when traveling or visiting a new place.
The local guide program means a personalized assistance in getting the best out of every first experience. In my country Nigeria, where it is a golden goose moment when a company keeps their warranty end of an agreement; when it is a norm that there is no refund even if you change your mind on a purchase, being a local guide helps with avoiding or refusing the occurrences of such experiences. I would not want to spend more and get a less valuable experience because I could not make a well informed decision. I became committed to being a local guide so as to lend a helping hand to first timers; helping people make more informed decisions. Local guide also help vendors in improving in their trade; as a bad review would never be a good news to to any business or community, so it is a motivation to do better.
The local guide program is effective in giving total guidance to individuals in need of guidance and the beauty about this is, any user can be a guide. Hence giving many review options to anyone in need of guidance.
Being a local guide means I am making a difference in many lives, I am making people make more informed decisions and living better lives. Every experience I have is an experience to be shared to help in fulfilling greater experiences for individuals globally.
The local guides program is a pact to infinitely make improvements in turning a visitor to a local or making a first timer a regular.