slip into local life
You know what it’s like when you leave your front door, pop to the shop for some fresh bread, grab a coffee from your usual café, and indulge in a long, lazy breakfast in the privacy of your own home? You’re a local and it feels great.
This got us thinking. Would it be possible to create this same hit of hometime in a foreign city, where, for a brief time, you can really ‘live like a local’?
After investigating various cities around the world, we think we have found the perfect recipe. We can arrange for you to visit a city, stay in your own apartment, find the best coffee, the friendliest deli with the tastiest food, visit marketplaces off the tourist map and see the corners kept sacred to those who live there. No more feeling like a sheep in a herd of tourists, now you can really live like a local.
our magic ingredients
Wouldn’t it be nice if the little tricks you know about your hometown could be there for you when you travel, to give you a real ‘home from home’ feeling? Well, now they can, with our magic ingredients. This is what we’ll offer you on our ‘Live Like a Local’ experiences:
- We’ll arrange a handy, local apartment for you to stay in, in the heart of the city.
- On arrival you’ll find our Little Black Tomato Book on your coffee table. This will be your bible, containing everything you need to know about the city, with recommendations and all the phone numbers you need.
- We’ll fill your fridge with essentials so you’re immediately ready to hit the town.
- We’ll guide you to secret gems which only locals know about.
- We’ll book you tables at the best local eateries.
- We’ll show you the best bustling local markets.
- We’ll get you membership to the local gym for a day.
- We’ll do everything we can using all our knowledge and contacts to show you the real city.
