PRESS RELEASE - Spotted by Locals iPhone app now with free trials for all city guides!

Amsterdam, Netherlands - March 8, 2012 -- Today, Apple approved a major upgrade of the first ever 100% offline iPhone application with up-to-date tips written by handpicked locals. Free trial versions are now available for 39 cities in Europe.

Some of the features of the Spotted by Locals mobile application:
> Unique up-to-date tips by volunteer locals
> 100% offline: All maps, tips and functionalities are available for offline use - no data roaming or wifi necessary
> New & updated tips are added frequently, and downloaded whenever you are online
> List spots around you with the (offline) "nearby" GPS feature
> Browse and navigate with the highly detailed (offline) maps
> Save your favorite spots

Although the app offers some unique technical features, it's the up-to-date insider tips the married travel-addicted founders Sanne & Bart van Poll are most proud of.
Sanne van Poll: "We spent much of the last 3 years traveling around Europe, to meet all our local writers in person. Spotters, as we call them, are only selected if they speak the local language, live in the city, and of course: are absolutely in love with their city!"
Bart van Poll: "Spotters write about spots that are often hidden to tourists, and not found in guidebooks: bars without a name sign, the hippest underground nightclub in the outskirts, the best place to have a picnic with locals, etc. This makes you experience their city like a local."

The tips in all guidebooks are kept up-to-date and up-to-season. 
Sanne van Poll: "Before Spotted by Locals, we relied on user generated travel content websites and traditional guidebooks for our tips on citytrips. We often visited spots that were not as hip and local as they probably once were - or worse: no longer existed. Our locals visit their favorite spots regularly, and keep their articles up-to-date." 

The Spotted by Locals app is available for free in the App store. Downloading a trial version of one of the 39 Europe city guides available is free - a download of the full version costs Euro 2.99 (£2.49 / US$ 3.99)

About Spotted by Locals
Spotted by Locals (www.SpottedbyLocals.com) is a series of online and mobile city guides with up-to-date tips by city loving locals in 41 cities in Europe. Spotted by Locals won various awards for its guides, including a Lonely Planet travel blog award and Guardian & Observer best travel website award.

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For more information, please contact:

Bart van Poll | Spotted by Locals | Bart[at]SpottedbyLocals.com
T: +31 20 893 2899 | A: Sluisstraat 15h, Amsterdam, Netherlands 

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