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"Give me travel tips for" Hinge Answers

Name a place you are genuinely about to visit, and add the specific thing you need help with. "Lisbon, in November, where nobody makes me climb a hill" is answerable. A country on its own is not a question, so nobody answers it.

This is the only Hinge prompt that literally asks the reader to send you something, which makes it the most underused prompt on the app. People waste it by naming a continent. The fix is to be narrow enough that a stranger knows exactly what would be useful, and to pick somewhere enough people have actually been.

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What makes a good “Give me travel tips for” answer

Narrow the request

A place plus a constraint is a question. A place alone is a fact. Add the month, the budget, the company or the thing you want to avoid.

Pick somewhere people have been

Obscure destinations get admiration and no replies. A city a decent share of readers have visited is the one that generates messages.

Make the gap obvious

Say what you do not know. "I have four hours between trains" tells someone exactly what to send.

Actually be going

If the trip is real, the conversation has somewhere to go. If it is hypothetical, the thread dies after one exchange.

“Give me travel tips for” answers by tone

Use them as they are, or as a shape to put your own detail into. The second option is always better: a copied answer stops working the moment someone asks about it.

Specific and answerable

The point of the prompt. A place, a constraint, and an obvious gap to fill.

  • Lisbon, in November, where nobody makes me climb a hill.
  • Tokyo, but only the parts that are open at 6am because I will be jet lagged.
  • Rome with a nine year old who will not walk more than forty minutes.
  • Edinburgh in August without going anywhere near the Fringe.
  • Four hours in Brussels between trains. Go.
  • Naples, and specifically which pizza argument I should be on.

Practical

Low glamour, high reply rate. People love being useful about logistics.

  • Anywhere in Europe reachable by train from London in under a day.
  • A long weekend in March that does not require a connecting flight.
  • Somewhere cold enough that I have an excuse to stay indoors and read.
  • Driving from Bilbao to Porto with eight days and no fixed plan.

Funny

Still has to be answerable. The joke rides on top of a real question.

  • Anywhere I can be back from in time for a Monday I have already ruined.
  • Somewhere with no group activities and no one asking how my flight was.
  • A city where the main attraction is sitting down.
  • Paris, but only the unfashionable parts, because I am contrary.
  • Somewhere I can pretend to be interested in architecture for four days.

Honest

Plain about the actual trip. Works well because it is easy to help with.

  • Copenhagen in February, first time, and I know nothing.
  • Going to Seoul alone and slightly nervous about eating alone there.
  • Two weeks in Vietnam and I have done no research whatsoever.
  • Somewhere in Scotland with a dog and no phone signal.

Short answers

For when the profile is already wordy elsewhere. Every one of these is under forty characters.

  • Four hours in Brussels.
  • Lisbon, no hills.
  • Tokyo, at 6am.
  • Copenhagen, February, clueless.
  • A city for sitting down.

The same answer, rewritten

Instead of

Portugal.

Try

Lisbon, in November, where nobody makes me climb a hill.

The second names a city, a month and a constraint, which together tell a reader exactly what to send.

Instead of

Japan, any tips welcome.

Try

Tokyo, but only the parts that are open at 6am because I will be jet lagged.

Specific enough that someone who has been to Tokyo immediately has one thing to say, which is all a first message needs.

Instead of

Italy with the family.

Try

Rome with a nine year old who will not walk more than forty minutes.

The constraint is the invitation. It is a puzzle, and people like solving small puzzles for strangers.

Answers that do not work

  • “Japan.”

    A country is not a question. The reader does not know whether you want food, neighbourhoods, trains or the time of year, so most of them send nothing.

  • “Anywhere with a beach.”

    Too broad to answer and shared by most of the app. There is no specific thing a reader can contribute.

  • “Everywhere, I love to travel.”

    Loving travel is on a very large share of profiles and answers nothing. It also uses one of the banned phrases from the cliché list.

  • “Somewhere I have already been and know well.”

    Nobody can help you, so nobody messages. The prompt only works when you have a genuine gap.

How to write your own

  1. Pick a real upcoming trip

    Use somewhere you are actually going in the next few months. The conversation then has a natural second and third message.

  2. Add a constraint

    A month, a budget, a companion, a time limit or a thing you want to avoid. The constraint is what turns a place into a question.

  3. Choose a place people know

    Pick somewhere a reasonable share of readers have been. Obscure is impressive and silent.

  4. End on an opening

    A short imperative like "go" or "I know nothing" makes it clear you want a reply rather than a statement.

Write a “Give me travel tips for” answer

Nine questions about how you actually are, then an answer built from your details rather than from the list above. Every draft is checked against roughly 90 dating-app clichés before you see it.

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Frequently asked questions

What should I put for "give me travel tips for" on Hinge?

A specific place plus a constraint. "Lisbon, in November, where nobody makes me climb a hill" or "four hours in Brussels between trains" both work, because a reader who has been there immediately knows one useful thing to send you.

Why is naming a country a bad answer?

Because a country is not a question. The reader cannot tell whether you want restaurants, neighbourhoods, timing or transport, and when the useful reply is unclear most people send nothing at all.

Does the trip have to be real?

It works much better if it is. A real trip gives the conversation somewhere to go after the first exchange, and you get genuinely useful recommendations out of it.

Should I pick somewhere unusual to seem interesting?

No. Obscure destinations get admiration rather than messages, because very few readers can contribute anything. A city a decent share of people have visited generates far more replies.

Is this a good prompt to use?

It is one of the best on Hinge and one of the least used well. It is the only prompt that directly asks the reader to send you something, which removes the hardest part of starting a conversation.

Can I generate an answer?

Yes. Pick Hinge, select this prompt, and RizzProfile writes a version built around a trip you actually have coming up, phrased so that it invites a specific reply.

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