What is ‘Crispy Cake’? Well, it’s not just a piece of cake.
Crispy Cake is a social travel platform that serves independent travelers going abroad. On this platform, there are many interesting locals who share their time and daily lives, and are willing to connect with travelers. These locals are called ‘Discoverers.’ Crispy Cake hopes that through this approach, travelers can integrate into the local culture and "gain a friend and a new way of life" while overseas.
Currently, Crispy Cake focuses on Taiwan. The Crispy Cake app already has over 300 Discoverers, covering almost the entire island including Taipei, Taichung, Taitung, Hualien, and Kaohsiung. These Discoverers offer a wide variety of unique experience itineraries that differ from conventional ‘one-day tours’ and ‘attraction sightseeing.’
On Crispy Cake’s official website www.tripinsiders.com, many distinctive itineraries are already showcased. For example, a five-star chef who will take you to buy ingredients, teach you tips for selecting the best produce, and cook a Michelin-level dinner together with you. Or a local young Taiwanese artist who will guide you along a stunning yet less-crowded route, sharing life stories with you between the mountains and the sea. There’s also a Taiwanese beauty, also a cultured young woman, who will take you to explore Taiwan’s cultural and creative parks, where you can lounge and soak up the sun on the lawn. And then there are many others, like ordinary office workers—ever wondered what their nightlife is like? With a wide variety of Discoverers, they don’t just take you to izakayas and live music bars; they can show you the trendiest spots in Taiwan and let you hang out with local youth.
Soon, even more interesting Discoverers will be joining Crispy Cake, including well-known Taiwanese celebrities, star athletes, fashion icons, and more. The Discoverers are very enthusiastic about posting services on Crispy Cake. They say that Crispy Cake allows them to showcase their daily lives while also getting the chance to interact and exchange ideas with travelers from all over the world—and earn decent income in the process.
Most travelers who have participated in Discoverer services go on to purchase another service on Crispy Cake and recommend it to friends. The Discoverers help travelers break away from over-planned itineraries, avoid crowded tourist spots, enjoy authentic cuisine, and live a life no different from the Discoverers themselves. With the Discoverers, travelers gain not only an experience of local life but often, under their guidance, they feel like a local and truly integrate into Taiwanese daily life.