Thank you so much. Sorry for not replying sooner, I have been traveling the last 2-3 weeks.

These are great. Are these the same guys behind http://unsplash.com/ ?

Thanks for the feedback. Always looking to discover more ways for users to get relevant content and discover content more easily.

Thanks for reaching out on twitter. If you have any other questions or feedbck feel free to tweet or email gordon[at]trippy.com

Best starting point would just be to ask your own question and mention specific locations when you do.

There's no app yet, but Trippy is a great site for figuring out stuff to do on a trip. Trippy is a Q&A community specifically built for travelers (full disclosure) i work there, but even if I didn't my answer wouldn't change. Trippy has some of the best UGC content on the web, and pretty much any where you are planning on going the community should be able to help you out.

I wish something like this ran in LA... I have been wanting to take part in this class for months.

Thanks for the insight @ Disqus. It seems like a lot of start ups are split with either teams that have no formal education, but have gained a lot of experience building and designing for others and themselves, or those that have formal education, generally from top tier universities.

When you are looking at adding new designers to your team now, do you still favor something built over a degree, or are you looking for a combination of both?