Plan a local meet-up event and connect with other Local Guides to share your expertise, discover the best that your neighbourhood has to offer and make new friends.
Follow the directions below to submit your meet-up. 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
Google does not fund or provide incentives for events. Meet-ups can be low-cost or even free of charge Grab your phone and help others discover the best that 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 organising a ‘progressive meal’ meet-up. Start with appetisers 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 neighbourhood 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 opening 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, you must be signed up for Local Guides Connect.
- Create an event on your chosen site.
- Visit the meet-ups page on Connect.
- Click Submit meet-up.
- Enter your event link and details.
- Add an original photo.
- Click Publish.
You can also create a post on the meet-ups page on Connect and use the link in the meet-up submission form. Learn how to write a post on Connect. 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 will appear in the upcoming meet-ups section.
Make changes to your meet-up
You can make changes to the description of your meet-up on the site where you created it. You can’t make changes to the meet-up date, name, city or country once it has been approved on Connect.
If your meet-up hasn’t been approved before you decide to change the details, you can submit the updated event again. We then cancel the meet-up with outdated information and approve the updated submission.
Cancel your meet-up
To cancel your meet-up, visit the site where you created it. If you announced your meet-up via a post on Connect, update the title of the post to say 'cancelled'.
Communicate with attendees
If your chosen site supports this, you can communicate with your attendees there. If you created a post on Connect, you can use the comments section or Connect’s private message option.
Promote your meet-up
We encourage you to promote your meet-up via your own social media channels and in your local community. Use the #LocalGuides hashtag.
Suggestions for after your meet-up
After your meet-up, thank your attendees. Create a Google Photos album and share it with attendees so they can add their own photos. 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.