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GPSmyCity

20/11/2018

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GPSmyCity is an app that provides walking tours throughout many cities in the world. They offer a free version and a premium version. They are currently giving away premium memberships for free! Continue reading to find out more about the app and the giveaway:

Advantages-
The GPSmyCity app does many things very well:

Accommodates your schedule-
There is no schedule you need to adhere to with the GPSmyCity app. You can choose to do the tours whenever you wish. If you are an early riser and want to take a tour in the morning, no problem. If you want to sleep in and have an amazing breakfast, that's fine too. If you want to do a tour after dinner, the app doesn't mind. You can do the tours at any time, day or night.

Customizable to your preferences-
​There are a variety of GPSmyCity walking tours available to choose from in most major cities. Also, if there is something that doesn't interest you, you can simply skip it. You can even design your own tour for many cities. If you want to spend more time at a certain site, you are more than welcome to. GPSmyCity is customizable to your preferences.

Offers options for a wide variety of cities-
There are a plethora of cities with walking tours available on GPSmyCity. Additionally, many cities that do not have walking tours will at least have recommendations and articles about the city.

No payments (or guilt) required-
​Unlike GPSmyCity, most "free" walking tours are tips-based. At the end of the tour the guide will typically ask for a tip for the previous hours. Although it is called a free tour, it is customary to tip the guide. If you don't you will look like an inconsiderate jerk and will likely feel guilty about not tipping. However, this is not the case with GPSmyCity, where tipping is not even possible.

Disadvantages-
Lack of human interaction-
There is very little that GPSmyCity does not do well. However, because it is an app and not a human being, there is no guide to ask specific questions to while on your tour. Also, you do not get the entertainment value of an in-person tour (but as mentioned earlier, you also don't have to pay for that interaction and entertainment).

Overall Thoughts-
GPSmyCity is a great app for travelers. It provides a great way to see many cities around the world and gives you many options. I can't think of a good enough reason not to download it. If you haven't downloaded it already, you can get it at their website or from your phone's app store.

Giveaway-
GPSmyCity has offered to give away ten year-long premium memberships. In order to have a chance at receiving one of these memberships you need to make a comment to this post with each of the following 3 things:
  1. Your first name
  2. The next city you want to visit
  3. Something you would like me to write about on the blog

If you make a comment to this post with each of those things included you will have a chance to receive year long access to the premium version of GPSmyCity.
12 Comments
Anna-Lise
20/11/2018 07:13:58 am

Anna. I wanna go to Brussels. You should do a blog posts on how to find great coffee wherever you’re visiting.

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Billy (the Healthy Explorer)
10/12/2018 04:40:04 pm

Congrats! You’ve been chosen to receive a free year of the premium version of the GPSmyCity app. To receive your free membership please download the app (https://www.gpsmycity.com/) and email healthyexplorer.org@gmail.com with the email you used to register your GPSmyCity account. You with then be upgraded to the premium account for one year for free!

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Morgan link
20/11/2018 07:26:48 am

Morgan

There too many. I'd love to return to Rio and spend all day on the beach and party all night again. But in reality probably somewhere closer to home. Either Marrakesh or San Sebastian.

I'd love to see a blog on how to plan and prepare for a trip (something I always leave until the last minute....)

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Billy (the Healthy Explorer)
10/12/2018 04:48:41 pm

Congrats! You’ve been chosen to receive a free year of the premium version of the GPSmyCity app. To receive your free membership please download the app (https://www.gpsmycity.com/) and email healthyexplorer.org@gmail.com with the email you used to register your GPSmyCity account. You with then be upgraded to the premium account for one year for free!

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Julia link
20/11/2018 01:26:20 pm

Next city will be Vienna or Paris!!

I love reading cafe guides of new cities I'm going to visit...

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Carolina
20/11/2018 02:59:38 pm

Carolina

I want to go to Prague!!

I would love to read about the best places to have ice cream!

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Chris
20/11/2018 10:17:15 pm

Chris...Kolocep, Croatia....I'm looking to hear about some budget managing apps to use when budget traveling!

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Desirae Sutherland
22/11/2018 09:48:18 pm

Billy,

I want to see Greece! Santorini! You should do a post on how to find the best travel shoes.

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Craig
2/12/2018 01:16:01 am

Well South America is the last continent that I need to go so... Lima? Rio? Buenos Aires? Santiago? Going to roll a dice and see where I end up!

Alcohol (I swear I don't have a problem...)! Tell us about some of the best (or worst) flavours/combinations/ingredients/customs etc that you have encountered.

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Almudena
2/12/2018 08:27:58 am

I'd love to go to Copenhagen 😍 so this would be really useful!

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CJ
10/12/2018 08:45:59 am

I want to go to Andulucia again. You should do a blog post about the things you miss most about home and anyways you've found to help deal with that.

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Conor
10/12/2018 04:25:15 pm

I would like to visit Andalucia In southern Spain. You should do a blog post on your every day carry.

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