If you post recommendations — the taco truck worth the drive, the hike nobody queues for, the neighborhood you'd move to if you could — you know what happens next.
The post gets its day in the feed. Then the comments and DMs start: "Where was that again?" Your best local knowledge sits buried under newer posts, and the people who want it are left scrolling on their phones while they're actually standing in your city.
A feed is a bad place to keep a recommendation. That's the problem Travel Keeper exists to fix.
What Travel Keeper does
Travel Keeper turns a set of recommendations into a map with one link. Your followers open it in a browser — no app, no account, nothing to download. Every spot carries your words, not a star rating. They can filter by what matters — budget, kid-friendly, great views — and navigate straight to the place.
Built on trust, not algorithms. Your taste is the product.
What the Creator Program adds
The Creator Program is for people whose recommendations already carry weight — and who have something of their own to point people to.
Every public list can carry one sponsored link: yours. Your blog, your newsletter, your shop, your booking page, your podcast — if it has a URL, it can sit on the map your followers are already using to plan their trip. It's clearly labeled as sponsored, because your credibility is the whole point.
And you can see what it does. A dashboard tracks impressions and clicks on every placement, so you know exactly how your link is performing.
Someone reading your city guide is actively planning a trip. That's a very different moment to reach them than a generic social ad.
How it works
- Sign up free. About 30 seconds. No credit card.
- Create a public list. Name it, add your places, tag them your way.
- Join the free beta. Founding creators get full access while the beta runs.
- Add your sponsored link. Logo, tagline, destination — live in under five minutes.
- Track your results. Impressions and clicks, in your dashboard.
The fastest way to build your first list: import one of your Instagram posts. Travel Keeper pulls out the places the post names and pins them for you — captions, carousels, and videos included. I'll write up exactly how the import works in the next post.
Who it's for
- Travel guides and explorers with a blog, itineraries, or a shop to send people to
- Food and local experts whose city lists people already save
- Hosts and local businesses who answer "what's good around here?" every week
- Anyone whose audience trusts their taste more than a search result
The founding beta — and why it's free
The Creator Program is free for founding creators for the entire beta. No credit card, no trial expiry. In exchange, I ask for two things: your honest feedback while I build, and — if you're up for it — a short testimonial.
Founding spots are limited, mostly because I'm onboarding creators personally.
Why free? I'd rather have fifty creators telling me what's broken than five paying for something that isn't right yet. Sponsored links are the start; ad revenue sharing for public lists is on the roadmap.
Get started
Join at travelkeeper.io/creator-program.
Or skip the setup entirely: send me your Instagram handle and I'll build your first map from one of your posts, free. That's how most creators in the program have started — you shouldn't have to take my word for what it looks like when I can just show you yours.
Share your world.
