Vayable.com is one of a new wave of travel websites that help visitors find knowledgeable locals who offer unique tours or other bespoke experiences, usually at affordable rates. This site lists 1,500 guides worldwide, all of them prescreened. Experiences range from a $37 walking tour of San Francisco street art to a $310 motorcycle tour of Versailles.
CanaryHop.com relies on peer reviews to vet its 2,500 guides. Recent listings include circus training in Las Vegas (at $100 for an hour) and a seven-day camping trip in the Mojave Desert with a botanist who charges a $495 fee.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Book reviews: 'The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century' by Tim Weiner and 'The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon' by Laurie Gwen Shapirofeature
-
Trump contradicts Israel, says 'starvation' in GazaSpeed Read The president suggests Israel could be doing more to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians
-
Sydney Sweeney's 'great jeans': why American Eagle ad is so controversialTalking Point Series of adverts featuring American actress Sydney Sweeney cause storm around race and eugenics
