Forget guidebooks - try dating apps: How using Tinder and Bumble while abroad can be a 広大な／多数の／重要な way to get 最高の，を越す tourist tips

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Insider knowledge about a 目的地 is much-prized の中で those travellers 捜し出すing a more authentic holiday experience.

But how best to acquire it? Guidebooks penned by 地元のs are a solid source, but many turn to dating apps for 最高の，を越す tourist tips.

によれば a subsection of 使用者s, Tinder and Bumble are two of the best ways to discover a 目的地's lesser-known delights.

They are the two largest dating apps in the world and 申し込む／申し出 gateways for tourists to make 関係s with 地元のs ? and tap them up for （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about the best places to 調査する.

Caroline West, a sex and 関係 専門家 for Bumble, said: 'Using Bumble abroad can be helpful if you're keen to schedule a date or two in between sightseeing, find a travel buddy or a 地元の to show you around.

によれば a subsection of 使用者s, Tinder and Bumble are two of the best ways to discover a 目的地's lesser-known delights?

'最近の 投票ing 設立する that almost a third of people on Bumble use dating apps to 会合，会う new people when travelling alone, and over half agree that dating abroad is a fun way to learn about a new culture.'

And a Finnish 熟考する／考慮する on 女性（の） 'Tinder 観光旅行，事業' identified how useful the app was for women abroad.

It said that '単独の 女性（の） travellers are 拡大するing their social 網状組織 through Tinder when travelling', 説 the app is useful for '緩和するing general safety 関心s, looking for authentic travel experiences and 関係s with 地元のs when travelling because of a 願望（する） to learn about the 地元の culture, 同様に as 捜し出すing company'.

One such 使用者 is Anjelica (not her real 指名する), a 38-year-old restaurant 経営者／支配人 who lives in London.

She told MailOnline Travel: 'I travel a lot on my own and Tinder is a 広大な／多数の／重要な way to line up someone to have a drink with, first and 真っ先の, but often it can lead to a really exciting way to 調査する.

'For example, I matched with a 地元の on a week-long trip to San Francisco. We met at BB's for cocktails.

Caroline West, a sex and 関係 専門家 for Bumble, said: 'Using Bumble abroad can be helpful if you're keen to schedule a date or two in between sightseeing, find a travel buddy or a 地元の to show you around'?

'We talked about all his favourite 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs in the city: where to 列 to get the best fresh crab, 広大な／多数の／重要な 独立した・無所属 bookstores, and more cocktail 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs than was healthy.

'Suddenly, I had a 十分な-blown 旅程 mapped out for me. Some we went to together, some I 攻撃する，衝突する on my own. It opened up the city for me in a way I'd never have discovered without the match... I wouldn't have had the same experience without Tinder.'

And Chris (41, not his real 指名する), an 保険 分析家 who lives in Chicago, told MailOnline: 'I travel a lot for work and when I get to a new town I'll swipe 権利 on everyone. That way, instead of sitting in a hotel room ordering room service, I can have coffee with a 地元の and find out what to see, where to go - a nice park, good food, where I can get a massage.

'I don't think I've ever had sex with a travel match, but I've made lots of friends. You get the best out of the city that way.'

Chris 追加するs that he uses Bumble, rather than Tinder, when travelling: 'People on Tinder assume you're only after sex.'