Hello, my name is Amanda. I´m a level 5 Local Guide and to be totally honest, I didn’t know I was a Local Guide when I first started to write reviews and share photos of places. At the very beginning, I did it as a hobby but then, when I started to use it to plan my own trips, I discovered that my contributions could have a tangible impact for the Local Guides’ community!
For me, Local Guides is a platform where dreams are not only created but also achieved with the help of travelers from all around the world. Other Local Guides’ advice has helped me prepare my trips by ensuring that I never miss out on the iconic places in the destinations I will be visiting. Additionally, their recommendations provide insights to have an authentic experience from a local’s perspective. Following my travels, I like to share my adventures in order to help people create their own memories that will bring them happiness and will always make them smile.
I use the Local Guides program because I love to share and look for places with a rich history. By far my favorite has been Salzburg, Austria (please find my pictures below).
Through my experience as a Local Guide, I can undoubtedly say that this program has fostered a community of enthusiastic people willing to collaborate and help others reach their dreams.
Welcome to Connect. And thanks for sharing. Have you had a chance to take a look at “Your guide at to connect.”? It’s a good starting point for this forum.
By the way, are you applying for Connect Live 2020 with this post? If so, as part of the requirement, you need to write the post under Local Stories topic.
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Hello @Luisamanda you might have wondered what happened to the first post you wrote, as that all of a sudden disappeared, right? Well, actually, it was accidentally caught in our spam filter (which is quite strict out here). I have now released it and merged it with your other post, to avoid that your Connect account would get flagged as spammer.
The result is that the content of your first post is now added as a comment to your second post. If you want, you can remove the content of that comment by clicking the ‘…’ at the bottom of the comment and then simply removing the content there (or replace it with something like “content removed as it was an accidental duplicate”).
@Luisamanda certainly that is how we started many and over time we see how we make an impact on thousands of people and it becomes so satisfying to do something for others, that it becomes a passion … beautiful photographs!*
