MeetnGreeter VS. Hotel Concierge, Tour Guide and Travel Agency

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Aug 9, 2017 · 5 min read

Quite a number of times I had to explain who MeetnGreeter is. People tend to compare new phenomena with things they already know.

-Is MeetnGreeter like a hotel concierge?
-A sort of.
-Oh, so you are a tour guide, right?
-A kind of, though we can do much more.
-Hmm, so maybe MeetnGreetMe is what travel agencies do?
-Well, partly yes.

First of all, I start explaining that MeetnGreetMe is a global peer-to-peer platform for international travelers. It is a venue to receive travel concierge services delivered by local people who are personally vetted and thoroughly verified by MeetnGreetMe. MeetnGreetMe complements the existing hospitality industry by bringing authentic emotions, hassle-free travel and fun.

It’s exclusively based on your travel needs. They say so many men so many minds. We at MeetnGreetMe say — so many men so many travel needs. Indeed, we are so different that there is hardly a concept of an ideal trip which fits everyone. Ideal trips differ while issues are quite often the same. That’s actually the point where MeetnGreetMe stands out. While dealing with absolutely different requests local people share their local expertise, hospitality and authentic experiences with travelers. Organize your concert at a local venue? With pleasure! Plan a day and make all the arrangements? Absolutely! Find and book co-working centers? Sure!

The travel industry has so many things to offer and new products, gadgets and apps appear every week. To give you a better understanding of what MeetnGreetMe is and what MeetnGreeter does, I compared MeetnGreetMe travel concierges with well-known travel industry players — hotel concierges, tour guides, and travel agencies. Let’s go!

1. MeetnGreeter vs. a tour guide

It is probably the most frequent comparison. MeetnGreeters will be happy to show you around, tell about the history and local attractions and give some recommendations. But what if you need someone to meet you at the airport, book restaurants for 45 people and arrange a tank ride? That’s exactly where local MeetnGreeters can lend you a hand.

They provide travel concierge services with a really vast list of options: from online information support in a messenger before and during your trip to meeting you upon arrival at the airport, then guiding you to the hotel, booking a few restaurants, arranging shopping tours and being by your side when you need them. MeetnGreetMe travel concierges have already successfully organized visits of delegations, arranged fun activities for them and became helpful friends who assisted travelers with any matter:

Kenneth Blomqvist, Finland

I was very pleased with MeetnGreetMe service and would definitely use it again, should I get the opportunity. It just makes everything much easier and you get access to knowledge that is either not possible to find or extremely hard to find online, especially when not speaking the native language.

2. MeetnGreeter vs. a hotel concierge

MeetnGreetMe is a peer-to-peer platform for travel concierge services and sometimes people say that a hotel concierge is enough to solve any issue, to answer all the questions, to get advice on places to visit and restaurants to eat out and, generally, to be the one to whom you can turn with any request. And this is correct, of course. But only during your trip, only if your hotel has concierge service, only if a hotel concierge is not busy with doing the same for another guest, and only if you have no offbeat requests. For instance, a hotel concierge will hardly organize a bachelor party, neither he/she will take you for bar crawling or accompany you to see a doctor when you need it. However, MeetnGreeters provide these services and do this really well.

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saif Almahrooki, Oman

The best memories I have is the good times we had with our friends from Belarus and the nice restaurants and the beautiful city sites. Definitely, I am planning to come back with family and friends. Belarus is a very hospitable country with very friendly people, rich culture, and history, modern and very clean infrastructure.

And another point is that MeetnGreeter will take care of your needs even before you start packing your luggage. Need advice on where to stay? Maybe you need some pre-arrangements, organizing tours to local attractions or anything else? Just contact a local MeetnGreeter to travel carefree.

In any case, we do have hotel concierges as MeetnGreeters — for example, Ben from London and Bogdan from Minsk. But on MeetnGreetMe they offer much more than can be requested from a hotel concierge.

3. MeetnGreeter vs. a travel agency

You can even think of MeetnGreetMe as your personal travel agency. MeetnGreetMe is built on the principles of sharing economy. On one side there are customers who need a service or a product and on the other side, there are this product or service providers to share it with customers. Involvement of resourceful local people helps not to overpay for everything just because you are a tourist. For instance, Airbnb and Uber operate on the model of sharing economy. People share their accommodation or vehicles and time to get paid for that. In the case of MeetnGreetMe, people share their local expertise and time with those who need it.

Find out more in the full article on MeetnGreetMe blog:

https://meetngreetme.com/blog/meetngreeter-hotel-concierge-tour-guide-and-travel-agency/

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