This post was most recently updated on July 19th, 2021
What is a GPS-guided travel article?
Ever heard of a GPS-guided travel article? Imagine reading a great travel article and thinking to yourself, “I wish I could use this article as a guide while I’m traveling…”
If you have access to the internet, you could always bookmark the article and go to the website again. But more often than not, you’d rather not use up data to access the internet. And you might not even have a cell phone plan for the country you are visiting.
Besides, just reading through the article again will remind you of the places you wanted to visit — that well-reviewed restaurant or that popular beach — but you’d still have to stop and look up the directions to find it.
Guess what? There is a much better way! Use a GPS-guided travel article. This is a travel article that has GPS coordinates embedded in the article and a map of the route the author described in his/her article. And you can find literally thousands of these articles (from over 1000 worldwide cities) at GPSmyCity. Once this app is downloaded to your phone, you will not need any internet to use the article as a guide. It will show you right where you are on the map and guide you to each subsequent location!
And just so you know…you can upload any travel article from GPSmyCity free of charge, so that you can read it at your pleasure without wi-fi. On the plane…on the beach…wherever(!)…at your convenience. If you decide you want it to be a GPS-guided article, all you do is pay a small fee to upgrade (about $2). It’s easy! It’s super-cheap! You also have the option of subscribing annually for only $20 — which gives you access to over 6500 guided city walks.
And it’s just like having a personal tour guide!
As a bonus (and to introduce you to how great this concept is), I am offering a free upgrade of one of my newest travel articles in the GPSmyCity directory, beginning today (July 19, 2021), and ending next week (Monday, July 26, 2021).
You can access GPS-guided travel articles two different ways:
- click on a link below for the article you are interested in (if you haven’t already downloaded the free GPSmyCity app, you will see a prompt to do so). After downloading the app, you will be directed to the article, where you can choose UPGRADE to get the GPS-guided version.
- From the GPSmyCity app, you can browse by city to see all the available articles.
Remember, you can download any article for free — or upgrade for offline GPS-guided use.
FREE giveaway:
This article can be downloaded and upgraded free through July 26, 2021 — so don’t wait!
Incredible Moments in Mesa, AZ
So many more articles available at GPSmyCity
And here are a few more GPS-guided travel articles I’ve published; you might like to check them out!
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- View of Lake Jennings
A Town Called Wallace, ID: Small Town, Big Heart
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- Historic Train Depot
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- Statue in McEuen Park
Want to see the rest of my travel articles that are featured on GPSmyCity? In my articles, I show you the best attractions, how to save money, where to park, how to make the most of your time, and where to get the best gelato or local cuisine! Here are the links:
- Only Three Days in Rome? Look at all You Can Do! (Rome, Italy)
- Finessing Florence (Florence, Italy)
- San Francisco Tips & Tricks (San Francisco, CA)
- Five Seattle Favorites (Seattle, WA)
- Museum of Glass (Tacoma, WA)
- Doing the San Diego Harbor (San Diego, CA)
- ‘Dine & Do’ in Del Mar, CA (Del Mar, CA)
- ‘Dine & Do’ in La Jolla (La Jolla, CA)
- 10 Unique & Free Things to Do in San Diego (San Diego, CA)
- ‘Dine & Do’ in Pt. Loma (San Diego, CA)
- ‘Dine & Do’ in Encinitas, CA (Encinitas, CA)
- Best Free Things to Do in San Diego (San Diego, CA)
- ‘Dine & Do’ in Little Italy (San Diego, CA)
- Best Free Things to Do in San Diego, Part II (San Diego, CA)
- Oceanside’s First Friday Art Walk (Oceanside, CA)
- Big Bear Lake Getaway Tips (Big Bear, CA)
- A Delicious Walking Tour of Claremont, CA (Claremont, CA)
- 10 Things to Love About Claremont, CA (Claremont, CA)
- A Day in Philly (Philadelphia, PA)
- Mysterious Milan (Milan, Italy)
- Sweet Side Trip to Sirmione (Sirmione, Italy)
- Paris Chocolate Walk (Paris, France)
- Don’t Miss Arles! (Arles, France)
Note: If you do upgrade one of my downloaded travel articles, I will receive a few cents commission. It helps me offset the costs of maintaining a travel blog…thanks!
We really had a great stroll through Paris with one of the Paris GPSmyCity routes!
That’s great!
Sounds like a great idea. I did download GPSmyCity but didn’t realize how it worked with articles. I’ll definitely give it a try.
What a cool app! I had no idea you could do this? I would save so much on my data charges. Going to download this now.
Wow this is really awesome. I will definitely use this and upload my destination guides as well to help others!
Very interesting! I shall give it a try! Thanks for sharing!
Wow I didnt know something like this existed. Sharing!
I’ve never used the app but will definitely check it out. Sounds like a great idea!
looks like a cool and very helpful app. Will have to try!
I’m not really an app user whilst travelling, but it was certainly interesting to read the feedback and learn about the concept.
Does it essentially pinpoint via gps places mentioned in an article?
Yes, exactly!
Nice one! This sounds super handy. I’ve always wanted a way to use posts as guidance on the road. Very clever concept.
This sounds like a great idea! It would be cool to see this expand and include Asia.
I’m pretty sure it does include Asia. Definitely Japan and Vietnam. anyway.
I use the standard GPS installed on my phone all the time especially when i am in a new city. this helps me a lot. I dont download specific apps as it takes too much space on my phone and i deem it unneccesary so, I depend mostly on road maps or phone GPS.
You might still enjoy downloading some of the articles free, just to read before you go…
I had heard of this app but did not realise that you can also, upload and share articles. Quite an interesting thing. Thanks for sharing this.
The giveaway is already expired? Too bad! But I love this concept that I could use in every travel. I am not really good in direction though. haha
This is quite a useful app, as you can read your favourite blogs even offline. We too had a few of our posts on this app.
What a great app, I will be telling all my travel friends about this!
This is really interesting! I had no idea that you could make an article into a travel guide!
Wow, you’ve turned quite a few of your blog posts into downloadable apps! I’ve been meaning to try one of these GPSmyCity guides when I travel. They have some great titles and walking tours of cities I hope to visit soon!
We used this for our upstate New York trip and it was a lifesaver! So many of those parts do not have cell service so we had no maps at all. Hooray for GPS travel options.
This reminds me a lot of the neighboorhood guides for Arrivedo. This app and the articles you are interested in would come in super handy when traveling in areas with little reception, which often happens during my travels. Thanks for sharing this, I will have to check it out further.
I’m totally sold! Having a personal guide in my pocket at all times sounds perfect. Thanks for sharing 🙂
What a neat way to travel. I hope their guides are curated well though!
This is such a cool idea. I’m always on the look out for new apps to make traveling easier and alleviate the dreaded roaming phone charges. I got stung £60 last time I went away! Something like this could have really helped me, I wish i had known sooner.