Plan a local meet-up event and connect with other Local Guides to share your expertise, discover the best your neighborhood has to offer, and make new friends.
To create your meet-up, follow the directions below. For your meet-up to appear on Connect, it needs approval from our team. To be approved, it must bring together Local Guides.
We don’t feature meet-ups that are unrelated to Local Guides.
Plan your meet-up
Meet-up expenses
Funds and incentives aren’t provided by Google. Meet-ups can be low cost or even free of charge. Grab your phone and help others discover the best your area has to offer on Google Maps.
Meet-up ideas
Food crawl ideasIdeas for food crawls:
- Progressive meal: Do you ever feel like eating fish and chips, tacos, and pastries in one meal? Consider organizing a ‘progressive meal’ meet-up. Start with appetizers at A, then go for the main course at B, and complete your meal at C — you can craft your own around-the-world tour.
- Best of: Are you on a quest for the best of the best? Seize the opportunity by gathering fellow food lovers to find the best burger, ramen, coffee, or whatever your taste buds are craving — the sky's the limit.
- Local cuisine: Do you know neighborhood restaurants better than anyone else? Showcase your local spots by creating a My Map of the places that make your area unique.
Ideas for photo walks and picture ops:
- Local views: Show off what your city has to offer. Find a skyline, a panorama, or a sunset and capture the moment with your camera or phone.
- Interior views: Many people photograph the exterior of the Taj Mahal but far fewer people have seen the inside. Whether it’s intricate detailing, lofty ceilings, or famous artwork, this is your chance to share interior shots of local gems with the world.
- Be creative: Find a new way (using filters, interesting angles, etc.) to photograph popular places. We’ve all seen photos of Times Square or the London Eye — share your unique perspective through a different lens.
Ideas for exploring outdoors:
- Find a new area: Cities are dynamic and it’s hard to keep up with every new place. Explore new areas and make sure every detail — from opening hours to websites — is on Google Maps.
- Be a real guide: Think you know your city better than anyone else? Create your ideal walking tour using My Maps and show others what inspires you the most.
Ideas for editing the map:
- Add it: Are places in your hometown missing from Google Maps? Add details using ‘Add a place’ to help others find local businesses.
- Edit it: Poor driving directions or incorrect business hours? Use ‘Report a problem’ to fix the direction of a street or operating hours to help others. Correct details like opening hours, websites, and map pin locations help others save time and inconvenience.
Submit your meet-up
To submit a meet-up:
- Sign in to Local Guides Connect.
- Click Create
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- Click New meet-up.
- Fill in your meet-up details.
- Click Submit.
To find out more details and tips on meet-up creation, learn how to host a meet-up.
We review your meet-up within 72 hours. We encourage you to submit your meet-up as early as possible. If approved, the meet-up appears in the upcoming meet-ups section.
Make changes to your meet-up
You can make changes to your meet-up directly on Connect. But after it’s approved, changes to the event are reviewed again by our Google moderators before it gets republished. Make sure you make any necessary changes at least 3 business days before the meet-up starts.
Cancel your meet-up
To cancel your meet-up:
- Update the title of your meet-up post on Connect to say “canceled.”
- At the bottom, click Delete
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Communicate with attendees
You can use the comments section or Connect’s private message option.
Promote your meet-up
You can share the link to your meet-up on social media and invite other Local Guides through the "Share" and "Invite" buttons on Connect. To promote your meet-up through your own social media channels and in your local community, ask attendees to help spread the word and use #LocalGuides.
Suggestions for after your meet-up
After your meet-up, thank your attendees. To add their own photos, create a Google Photos album and share it with attendees. Learn how to create and edit photo albums.
We’d love to hear about your meet-up. Share your photos and recap on Local Guides Connect.
Do not use the Local Guides logo
The Local Guides logo is a Google brand reserved for official use only. Do not use the Local Guides logo, pin, or any other Google imagery in your meet-up materials. Learn more about the Local Guides brand.