The problem
Travel planning usually starts with inspiration: Michelin-style guides, Instagram posts, TikTok videos, blogs, newsletters, travel editors, and recommendations from friends. The recommendations are everywhere. The list is rarely in one place.
By the time it's actually time to use those recommendations, travellers still need to search every place manually, double-check the address, and save each one to Google Maps — one pin at a time.
“I had 47 restaurant tabs open. I closed all of them and just went where Google told me to go.”
The hidden cost
A short list of 30–50 restaurants can easily take 30–60 minutes to rebuild manually. You search each place, check the address, make sure it's the correct location, save it, and organise it. Multiply that by every trip.
a 50-place city restaurant list in
Google Maps.
The MapShare idea
MapShare turns curated lists into ready-to-open map packs. Instead of copying addresses by hand, users buy a low-cost pack, open a private Google Maps link, and save every place in one tap in under two minutes.
The starting point is restaurant packs based on Michelin-style city guides. From there, packs expand into cafés, wine bars, hidden gems, hotels, family activities, and creator recommendations.
What users get
Each pack ships as a private Google Maps link — open it and save every place in one tap. Addresses are cleaned, places are categorised, and where useful we add short notes or source context. A few words walk first-time users through the open-and-save flow.
The point is to be useful during real travel planning — not to lock data behind a subscription wall.
Why $1 matters
MapShare isn't selling exclusive access to public information. The recommendations themselves are free, public, and out there. We're selling the saved time, the cleaned structure, the categorisation, and the convenience of arriving at a city with the list already pinned.
$1 is the price of a coffee sip. It's an impulse purchase that pays itself back the first time you don't open Google Maps and start typing addresses.
What comes next
The platform expands with more cities, more categories, selected creators, regularly updated packs, and premium curated travel collections — including bundles, seasonal editions, and influencer-curated lists from people whose recommendations travellers already follow.
Start with a city map pack.
Arrive with your places already pinned.