The “traveller counter” on the ToursByLocals homepage has been ticking ever closer to 500,000 - this past Sunday it clicked over the mark. If you look at our home page today, you’ll see the counter over the half million mark! That means since ToursByLocals opened its doors, we’ve sent over 500,000 people on private tours with our local guides.
While it was impossible to say exactly which one was traveller 500,000, we’ve identified a very special pair of travellers, who are currently on a cruise along the East Coast of Canada and the US.
They are Heidi and Larry Canarelli from Nevada, USA, and have taken 25 tours with us since 2013. This weekend they took a tour with guide Steeve in Quebec City and were surprised with a phone call at the start of the tour to congratulate them on being our 500,000th travellers. During their tour, we treated them to lunch at a Quebecois restaurant, one of Steeve’s favourites.
The Canarellis are meeting with 5 more of our guides over the next 10 days, and each guide will present them with a small local treat to say “congrats!” Their trip ends in New York City with guide Matthew Cummings. We’ve arranged to take a photo by the Brooklyn Bridge with a banner we’ve had made up for the occasion, and they’ll be presented with a $500 gift certificate.
Meet the Canarellis! (Pictured here at the end of their tour with Steeve).
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