Offbeat Guides
San Francisco
About Offbeat Guides
[Offbeat Guides](http://www.offbeatguides.com/) makes customized travel guides with up-to-date information related to your trip. After a user enters answers to 5 questions (name, home town, destination, travel dates and where they are staying), Offbeat guides creates a personalized guide for the user's trip using data from both open (wikipedia, wikitravel, Flickr and Google Maps) and proprietary sources. Guides can be purchased in two formats - full color printed guides are available for $24.95 or downloadable guides in PDF format can be had for $9.95. Guides include maps, events in the city you are visiting when you're there, the most current exchange rates, key phrases in the city's language, a weather forecast based on your travel dates and much more. Offbeat Guides was founded by [Dave Sifry](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/dave-sifry), who previously founded [Technorati](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/technorati).
Company Facts
- Operating status: Closed
- Company type: For Profit
- IPO status: Private
- Employees: 1 – 10
- Funding stage: Seed
- Last round: Seed (Jan 2009)
- Website: offbeatguides.com
- Phone: 415-735-0099
Industries & Categories
Hospitality, Tourism, Travel
Social Profiles
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