A Great Use Of The Internet

A Great Use Of The Internet COMPUTERS If you get tired of eating in restaurants when traveling for fun or work-related reasons check out this new website that helps you find a home-cooked meal wherever you are EatWith com matches travelers with local residents Co-founder Guy Michlin got the idea during a trip to Crete where a friend arranged for his group to have dinner with a local family “It was an amazing experience for us not just the food but also connecting with people who lived in the area we were visiting ” says Michlin When he got home he and a business partner started working on the new business Host families on EatWith have to go through a vetting process as far as their food offerings interpersonal skills and the cleanliness of their homes On the website www eatwith com hosts are rated by visitors In the future visitors may also be rated There are other person-to-person websites cropping up that connect travelers with locals: www vayable com matches tourists with local residents who act as tour guides Another site www airbnb com is a network of people who rent out rooms in their homes to travelers everything from a night on a couch in the living room very cheap to a week-long takeover of a regular family’s house

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