How to stop looking like a tourist when traveling

If the first place you want to visit in a new city is crowded with people wearing fanny packs, you are a tourist. That’s why they call Niagara Falls and Mount Rushmore “tourist traps,” and why regular travelers stay away.

Where can you find them instead? You have to ask this travel app. Autio shares underground stories about cities you probably haven’t heard of, teaching you about their history, culture, music and more so you don’t look like a tourist. Get a lifetime subscription for $99.99 (regularly $299.99 in the app stores and Google Play).

Travel like a local, not a tourist

Maybe you’re going to Texas for a vacation. It’s none of our business whether it’s about escaping the cold climate of the north or visiting family.

Instead of being a regular tourist and visiting Cadillac Ranch and the Alamo (though we won’t judge if you’ve never been there), this travel guide app can help you discover things like:

• Local music venues
• Street art installations
• Weird museums
• Underground tunnels
• Abandoned railway tracks

Even if you go back to your hometown, you might learn something about the area you never knew before – like the fact that John Wayne planted a giant tree in town (okay, probably not, but wouldn’t that be cool? ).

How the application works

Autio is designed with road travel in mind, updating you on new stories as you enter each city, but it works just as well on the train. You can also download stories about your travel destination to listen to during your flight.

Here are the number of states Autio currently covers, with more stories being added all the time:

Discover hidden gems while traveling with a lifetime subscription to Autio Unlimited with our unbeatable offer: $99.99 (reg. $299.99).

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