gridskipper.com - The Urban Travel Guide

Looking for information on your city that goes beyond the typical hotel and restaurant recommendations? Gridskipper gives you the heads up on all the latest trends and spots all over the world. For instance, if you check out New York, you’ll find the latest blog posts to be articles on popular small boutiques, finding the ultimate sandwiches, where the independent movie theaters of lower Manhattan are located, Lee “Scratch” Perry to be performing at the B.B. King Blues Club today, portraits of downtown, and more. There are maps, video clips, and images to enhance their reports, and you can keep updated via RSS feeds on various topics. It’s like having a friend that seems to know where all the cool local spots are and the trendy events only people “in the know” have access to.

“Gridskipper is the decadent guide to the best in worldwide urban travel. Hotels, restaurants, clubs, flights, and sights all get their due, but we also pay lascivious attention to sex, entertainment, events, and insider advice on where to find the hottest local debauchery. On or off the grid, Gridskipper spotlights the upscale and the underbelly of global city culture.”

They report on other things besides what is typically found on travel and city sites, and they report on a bunch of cities all in one place. The information is useful and hip, and something you’ll want to keep checking back to for the latest events happening in your city.

Are they making enough of a profit to keep up to date info on all of their cities coming in? Will they organize their content more so that it is more easily accessible?