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Local knowledge site Tripbod has opted against offering an open platform where everyone can wade in anonymously. Instead, they are recruiting a key band of locals, who have had their know-how and commitment tested using psychometric tests, training programmes and character references. Read more
January 2010
U.K.-based tripbod.com falls somewhere between a guidebook and a tour guide by connecting readers with local contacts in more than 30 countries. Read more
October 2009
Launched earlier this month, this website is designed to connect travellers to local experts – or a 'friend at the other end’ – in their destination of choice. Read more
September 2009
I HEADED TO PARIS for a three-year stint in the early 1980s, knowing nobody and feeling very much the stranger in town. Someone recommended that I post an ad for digs at the city’s American church, where English-speaking expats congregated to exchange information. Read more
September 2009
Sally Broom, CEO of a new service called TripBod hopes you will; she told us that the expertise on her website could work out priceless. Listen here (5 mins)
September 2009
A new website is targeting travellers who want to live like a local but don't have much time to research and plan their trip. Read more
September 2009
Sally Broom and Dot Pinkney, both from Ulverston, have created Tripbod, a website which supplies online itineraries and annotated Google maps for independent minded tourists. Read more
August 2009
Ben Ross met founder Sally Broom. Read more
August 2009