Off the beaten path

Travel like you
belong there.

Detour Global connects you with real local Detour Insiders for the places that don't make the guidebook. Festivals, hidden corners, and the kind of stories you only hear from someone who lives there.

1,200+
Local Detour Insiders
90
Countries
54
Languages matched
4.9★
Average rating
What we do

Less itinerary. More instinct.

We built Detour for travelers who skip the queue at the obvious sights and follow the smell of bread down an alley. Every Detour Insider on the platform is vetted, language-matched, and rooted in their place.

Video Detour Insider intros

Meet your Detour Insider before you book. Real voices, real faces, no headshot agencies.

Language matching

We pair you with Detour Insiders who speak your language — and the local one fluently.

Hidden gems library

Curated maps to the places locals love. Updated by the community, not algorithms.

Festival calendar

Find the harvest festival, the moon party, the village procession nobody listed.

Detour Score

A trust signal built from reviews, response time, and how off-grid the Detour Insider ventures.

Referral engine

Bring a friend, earn credit. Detour Insiders earn it too. The network grows by word of mouth.

Where we go

Cities our Detour Insiders call home

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Detour Insiders available
Marrakech
Detour Insiders available
Kyoto
Detour Insiders available
Oaxaca
Detour Insiders available
Lisbon
Detour Insiders available
Hanoi
Detour Insiders available
Tbilisi
Detour Insiders available
Medellín
Detour Insiders available
Istanbul
Membership

Travel deeper for less

Four tiers, no lock-in. Start free, upgrade when the wanderlust escalates.

Bronze
Free
  • · Browse Detour Insiders
  • · Read reviews
  • · Save favorites
Silver
$9/mo
  • · Message Detour Insiders
  • · Early festival access
  • · Trip planning tools
Gold
$24/mo
  • · Priority matching
  • · Hidden gems library
  • · Language matching
Platinum
$59/mo
  • · Concierge support
  • · Private Detour Insider network
  • · Exclusive experiences

The world is wider than the guidebook.

Join Detour Global and travel like someone who actually lives there.

Start your detour