Living in a big metropolis has many benefits, because you can always discover new treasures, unknown cafes, hidden pubs, small eateries, new beautiful buildings, and historical smelling courtyards. Budapest is a lucky city in this aspect, even locals can always find countless restaurants, eateries, pubs, bars cafes where they haver never been before.

Honestly, I really do not feel comfortable at the very known and most-visited places. And I believe most of us thinks the same about this. At these crowded and noisy places you just feel uncomfortable and uptight. Even though these are the places that belong to the most famous sites in town due to their historical significance and architectural treasures.

Every city has these most famous places and must-do things. But I know about myself, that until today I remember a lot better this cozy and fun tapas bar in Palma de Mallorca visited by almost only locals than how the famous cathedral of the city. I had a good feeling spending my money there, much more than spending my money at any of the famous and fancy restaurants.

These local places will stay in our memories, for the following simple reason: here, mixed up with average locals you feel like an explorer and not like a tourist. Here you feel you are part of the city and not a temporary item, or a stranger. Here you feel that you are going to take home what you’ve seen and experienced, the memories will stay forever with you. This is the experience that makes traveling personal and fun.

But: this experience can be only received from locals and among locals. International hotel chains, restaurants and service providers don’t offer anything similar. They are way too big for that. Just local providers can offer memories that will make you able to differentiate between the places you have visited on your trip.

Me, as founder of the local tour provider MypersonalBudapest can only encourage everybody – though I know here on this website I don’t even need to do this-: Leave the crowded touristy tracks and discover places as they are and seek what more the cities have to offer than how the guidebooks introduce them. You have the choice in your hand: do you stay just another tourist, or do you think you deserve to get an insider’s view of a place.

Use local service providers so you make sure you get your personal travel experience. And through this your contribution is big: you help local companies so they can furthermore be a colour addition on the domestic market. Programs of MypersonalBudapest make it possible for travelers that they can get this personal travel experience.

I have started my small enterprise two years ago, out of nothing. No capital. MypersonalBudapest is a true local initiation, and today I can say it has a promising future. Now MypersonalBudapest is listed on Tripadvisor among the 10 best rated tour providers in Budapest. And this shows that travelers appreciate the effort helping them to get their own personal travel experience.

My intention has always been and will be furthermore to make Budapest and its people alive to my guests.