What the Local Guides Program mean to me

What does the Local Guides program mean to you?

The local guide program means a lot to me because it is for the people and by the people.

The two things that I like to highlight is that it is a powerful tool for me to use as well as a platform for me to help solve problems.

When I read valuable information on a place or business, it allows me to make an informed decision, and this is why I contribute so that I can give back too.

A resourceful tool that I cannot live without.

I like to eat out, I love the outdoors, and I drive everywhere in Sydney, and so I cannot live without the local guide program. It takes the stress out and educates me on where to eat, where to do, how to get there, how to find parking and what to expect when I get there.

A cool example of why I love the local guides program is that I practically organised my overseas wedding from the information on the platform. I live in Sydney and I was planning to elope in LA and I didn’t know anyone there and I didn’t know where to start. But thank God that this local guide program exists!

Fellow local guides provided useful information, clear photos and honest reviews and it allowed me to choose venues and suppliers all based on this information. I have never been to those venues and I only saw them the day before my big day.

You would think it was like a blind date, but it wasn’t. All of the photos from the different angles allowed me to make executive decisions.

My fairy tale wedding was amazing and it is all because of all those who contributed their individual feedback, knowledge and experience.

A platform that solves their problems

It brings me happiness to see that the information, reviews and photos that I contribute, is making someone else’s life easier.

I am passionate about solving problems and giving advice to others so that they don’t need to make the mistakes I have made.

A good example of this would be the time I went camping earlier this month. Unfortunately, our cooler storage unit with ice and drinks was stolen during the night. I also walked around the premises and spoke to fellow campers about my experience and they too had their units stolen. At the end of my camping trip I wrote an honest review about the camping site because I want future customers to know what to expect when they arrive, so that they do not lose their possessions. I received a response from the business and they gave me insight about their property and apologised for our loss.

In conclusion, I truly believe that the local guide program makes a huge impact on the lives of everyday users of the platform. There is no other platform like Local Guides because this tool has so many ways to provide and retrieve information. It is continuously being improved with the help of all the local guides.

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