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Party with a Local 2.0 — Because a night out anywhere is better with a local
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As a native New Yorker whose parents immigrated from Malta, this comment made me smile :D
@gillianim -- just checked out hitlist - doing the work for people is a huge value... gonna use that soon!
@samir_doshi thanks, glad you like it! Fun fact: we've found that 18% of Hitlist users say they've taken a trip they weren't otherwise planning to take, and 87% of users think they will in the next six months... it really does help get you out the door! And @partywithalocal can help ensure you have fun wherever you land.
@gillianim I know what you mean...couchsurfing lost its touch. I had a great time as a host/entretainer but not anymore. How can I get the app? I can´t find it on the app store :-(
One of the coolest apps from The Netherlands in my opinion. Big up to @dan_fennessy for keeping this going, I know how long you've been working on this :) The redesign looks great, go conquer the world!
@bramk Thanks Bram! Also for your ongoing support and feedback all along the PWAL journey, much appreciated!
Nice execution! As a local, why would I want to party with your nonlocals? (outside of the obvious hookup angle)
As a formerly avid Couchsurfer, I hosted many fun people for a year or so, then the novelty wore off and my 'local life' took precedence over strangers from other countries, as fun loving as they were. I'd rather spend my time with friends I already enjoy and can easily see again. Seems these would all be friends of convenience.
@itscoreyb Good question Corey. It's true that some people might be totally content with their existing friendship group, and not really interested in meeting new people.
But here are a few reasons why, as a local, you might want to use Party with a Local - show off the hidden bars and clubs you know & feel like a traveler in your own city, make friends from other places for your next trip abroad (or across the country), mix up a typical night out with friends by adding a traveler or two to the mix, cultural and language exchange (which gets easier the more you drink)... & for a fun/different night out.
I'd add that a decent portion of our users in some cities are expats (and nomads) - people who are new in a city and definitely interested in meeting new people, making new friends, and partying.
Also - it doesn't have to be used in strictly locals-travelers & vice versa. People are also using the app to meet other locals. We've know of quite a few who've become really good friends after meeting via the app. We've heard from females that they like that the app is not about hooking up or 'swiping right' too - just for fun nights out & go from there.
@itscoreyb Hey Corey, its a good question and I think what Dan said really got it. A lot of our very active users are expats, nomads and people who travel a lot. Also small world, I'm a friend of your brothers! We met while on exchange in Amsterdam and I stayed to work on Party with a Local. Although I was 'local' to Amsterdam I didn't know a lot of people. I found the app incredibly useful to meet a network of fun, outgoing people in Amsterdam who I saw repeatedly over the summer during PwaL events with always a couple new travellers thrown in. As a 'new local' I also enjoyed giving people tips on things in Amsterdam I'd just discovered when they were visiting. It's definitely very two-sided.
@juliagrandfield @itscoreyb "A lot of our very active users are expats, nomads and people who travel a lot. "
Makes total sense for an app like this. Very hard (& expensive) to reach the average travelers who only goes on 2-3 trips a year, as we've learned building our own travel apps.
Congrats on the big update!
@juliagrandfield @dan_fennessy small world! like what you guys are doing, best of luck. the expat angle is certainly easier than the traveler one, that's for sure
When I was in Europe I tried to use, but couldn't find any local to party, unfortunately. Good luck with 2.0 version, it's a great product.
How long ago was that @gabrielreynard & where were you in Europe? Our community has grown significantly recently and is especially active in some European cities now - Amsterdam, Lisbon & Lille to name a few.
@dan_fennessy It was on December (14) and January (15), I tried to use in Paris, London and Amsterdam. In Amsterdam I found some people available, but they looked like inactive users.
@gabrielreynard Right. Try it again next time you're in Europe :-) Or you can chat to people in other cities before you arrive - that's one of the new features we've launched today as well.
So much has changed in PwaL v2.0! I started out as an early user of Party with a Local & now work as one of their developers, and can say that I'm really happy with what we have achieved in this version. Besides having a complete re-design and adding an Apple Watch extension so users can set their Party Status even more easily, we have also started to include other languages (now available in Portuguese too! 🇧🇷). Spoiler alert: we already are planning v3.0! Long live Party with a Local!
Thanks for hunting @gillianim and great comment to go with it - couldn't have said it better myself, glad you like it!
Party with a Local 1.0 was hunted just over a year ago and a lot has happened since - we raised some funding, formed a great international & diverse team and have a growing community of open-minded locals and travelers who like to party. Today we're launching a fully revamped version 2.0 of our app for iOS (+ Apple Watch) and Android.
We hope Party with a Local becomes THE app that connects travelers and locals around the world - one party at a time!
Would love to hear your feedback!
FYI - these are the main new features in Party with a Local 2.0:
- A full app redesign (iOS & Android)
- Apple Watch version
- Ability to search & chat with users in other cities (i.e. before you travel)
- More filters, e.g. filter between locals and travelers
- See and easily scroll recommended users
- Sign-up via E-mail (as well as Facebook)
There's a lot more we've done in the background, especially around community and identifying our 'Super Locals'. We now have an amazing community of users, and not just online - real users who meet each other and... party :-) We're really excited about iterating on the product and growing globally. Please try the app out and we'd love to hear your feedback!
It's been an incredible amount of hard work to get to this point and I'm very proud of the awesome and international team who is making Party with a Local really happen. Like me, the whole team are all solving their own problem with Party with a Local: @izzysayers @travelala10dl @alexandra_y_blanco @jaapbakker @jdk2588 @juliagrandfield @felipericieri
To all of you interested in Party With A Local app & Dan's own entrepreneur journey, here is an episode I recorded with him: http://www.theappguy.co/the-app-... [As a word of warning, he seems rushed because his wife is about to give birth any minute] :)
Never heard of this but I like the concept. Do the locals get anything for partying with travelers? I mean besides meeting amazing people and creating lifetime memories of course :)
@augustnoble Just exactly that August - and great contacts for their next trip.
If only I knew about this app while I was traveling by myself to Japan for a month. Tried all sorts of apps to find locals to hang out, but none of them solved my problem. Can't wait to try it out next time I am travelling
A must have for travellers and even locals - Ive been using the app in london and discovered great underground party spots & met tonnes of cool people from all kinds of backgrounds!
@rrhoover @suzywillow Mexico City is very active & has a very cool community!! :)
@rrhoover @suzywillow You guys should definitely try it out, and please let us know how it goes! You can even chat to a few people there before you arrive and tee up a night out :-)
@rrhoover @suzywillow Did you end up using it? I got back from Mexico City a couple weeks ago and would wish I knew about this. I ended finding locals and travelers that wanted to party, but this app would have made it even better.
@caffe1nated @suzywillow we actually didn't! Our time was so short with wedding activities.
If anyone's interested in more about Party with a Local and how we got to this point, I wrote a Medium post reviewing our 2015 - it's been quite a ride! https://medium.com/@Dan_Fennessy...
Wow! Already used the 1.0 version in the past (in Amsterdam) and just gave 2.0 a spin. Looks so much better!
@bartvanpoll Thanks Bart! Also for your ongoing support and interest in PWAL all along too. And everyone who's interested in Party with a Local, will likely also be interested in Bart's startup - @spottedbylocals which was also started in Amsterdam, though now they're nomads traveling from city to city meeting their 'spotters', lucky guys! Great app too if you love to discover the local side of a city.
Nice concept, it reminds me a bit of heapsapp.com, even tough it's not the same :)
We like to party!
@sillaspoulsen Nice, will have to check out heapsapp.com haven't heard of it until now, but looks cool.
One of the best things about this app is the amazing community of users that we have around the world. As Community Manager for PwaL, I come across so many hilarious, awesome and down-right crazy people on our app all around the globe... I just wish I could meet them all in person! I love getting to know people through Party with a Local - had so many memorable nights thanks to this app. And the ability to not only get local recommendations when you are traveling but also see a city with a local by your side (who isn't a paid tour guide!) is something really special.
I now work at Party with a Local but my PWAL story began when I found the app by chance last summer. I immediately wished I had known about it in my round the world trip the year before! I was living in Barcelona then and met up with two travelers within the first month - one Moroccan and one German - and had two super fun nights out through the app. I've tried other apps before to try to find people to party with in new towns, like Couchsurfing & Tinder, but really am not into the dating aspects of them - love PWAL because it's full of like-minded individuals that just want to have fun.
@bo_irik Thanks Bo! You are one of our true 'Super Locals'. Thanks for organising the meetups and nights out in Lisbon too!
This is great. I just returned from Europe - would have been using it a lot if I'd known about it. There's always next time though!
@theconfoundingq Definitely try it out next time Matt. Or even in your home city, we're growing in cities all over the world at the moment.
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