Roavi · Miami
Become a Local Friend in Miami
Go out, explore your city and meet travellers from everywhere. Your days, your rate.
Go out
A sunset, music, a rooftop
Explore
Your city, the way only you know it
Meet people
A coffee with someone from abroad
Your terms
Your days, your rate
In public places · Respectful · Platonic only · Earnings vary by city and demand
How it works
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3 simple steps
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Create your free profile
Tell travellers about yourself, your interests and your city. Stop and come back any time; your words are saved.
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Show what makes you special
Your favourite places, three real photos, and how you'd like to spend time. A person on our team reads every profile.
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Connect with travellers
When you're ready, reply to travellers and agree on a plan that works for you: the day, the hours, your rate.
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Real people. Real places.
See what Local Friends share
From hidden beaches to local food spots, Local Friends show travellers the side of their city that isn't in the guidebooks.
Explore more profilesWhat a local knows about Miami that the pictures don't show
Two things surprise almost every first-time visitor to Miami. It is not a walking city — the distances are American, and a plan that works in Barcelona falls apart here. And it is functionally bilingual: Spanish is not a tourist courtesy, it is how much of the city runs. Both of those are obvious to you and invisible from outside.
What you can show
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How the city is actually laid out and how long it really takes to cross. South Beach, Wynwood, Little Havana, Brickell, Coconut Grove and Coral Gables are separate worlds, and picking two well beats sampling six badly.
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Little Havana past the Calle Ocho block everyone photographs — a ventanita, a domino table, a bakery, the Cuban coffee ritual explained by someone who does it daily.
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Where locals eat: Haitian in Little Haiti, Colombian and Venezuelan in Doral and Kendall, Cuban everywhere. Miami's food is immigrant food and none of it is on Ocean Drive.
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Which beach on which day, and that the water changes completely between South Beach, Key Biscayne and the causeways. Also: Ocean Drive restaurant bills are the city's most famous tourist trap for a reason.
Say on your profile whether you drive and are willing to. In Miami that single fact changes what you can offer more than anything else about you, and it is the first thing a visitor wants to know.
Travelers are looking for locals in Miami
Be one of the first Local Friends they meet. Build your profile today and get discovered by travelers heading to Miami.
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- How to Make Friends in Miami in 2026: Why People Say It Is Hard (Transience, Cars, the Beach Bubble, Two Languages), What Actually Works as an Adult (Recurring Rooms, Run Clubs, Beach Volleyball, Salsa and Bachata Classes, Boating, Volunteering), Miami Beach Versus the Mainland, the Apps, and the Shortcut of an Afternoon With a Miamian
- Moving to Miami Alone in 2026: the First 90 Days in Order, Where to Live if You Do Not Have a Car Yet, What It Really Costs (and the Honest Answer to "How to Move to Miami With No Money"), Apartments and the 3x Income Rule, Hurricane Season, the Loneliness Curve, and How Not to Spend Month Three Alone
- Things to Do in Miami Alone in 2026: During the Day, at Night, as a Solo Woman or Man, on Miami Beach and on the Mainland, the Places Where Being Alone Is Normal, the Night Problem and How to Solve It, What Each Costs, and the Option of an Afternoon With a Miamian
- How to Meet People in Miami in 2026: the Places (Run Clubs, Beach Volleyball, Salsa and Bachata Socials, Boating Groups, Classes, Volunteering), the Bars Where Talking to Strangers Is Normal (and the Clubs Where It Is Not), the Apps and Their Real Speed, What Works for a Visitor With Three Days Versus a Newcomer With Three Months, and Hiring a Miamian for an Afternoon
- Miami Without a Car in 2026: Can You Visit Miami Without One, Can You Live in Miami Without One, Where It Works (Brickell, Downtown, Edgewater, Coconut Grove, Miami Beach), the Metrorail, the Free Metromover and the Trolleys, Bikes and Rideshare, the Honest Limits, and the Local Who Drives
- Moving to Miami From NYC in 2026: the Routes New Yorkers Actually Use, Apartments and the 3x Income Rule, the Car and Florida Insurance, Money and No State Income Tax, Hurricane Season, the Culture Shocks Nobody Warns You About, Where New Yorkers Settle, and How Not to Spend the First Month Alone
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Questions?
Everything you need to know
The questions people ask before they join, answered plainly.
Ask Roa or the teamFlorida does not have a statewide tour guide licence, and Miami-Dade does not require one for general guiding the way New York City does. Specific protected sites and the Everglades have their own permit rules for commercial operators. Roavi is not a tour operator — you are paid for your time as a local — but if you plan to build something bigger than that, look into the rules for the specific place you would be working.
It is an advantage, and it also is not rare here. What sets profiles apart in Miami is the second thing: which community you actually belong to, which neighbourhood you know, what you would take someone to do. Spanish plus Cuban Miami, or Spanish plus the Venezuelan side of Doral, is a much stronger profile than Spanish alone.
Yes. Creating and publishing your Local Friend profile is completely free — there’s no cost to appear in the directory or receive messages.
No — and that is the point. A Local Friend is not a tour guide: you spend time with someone as yourself, you do not run a tour. Professional guiding is a licensed profession in a number of countries; spending an afternoon with someone is not. And if you do hold a guiding licence, put it on your profile — travellers look for it.
Yes. You set your own hourly rate, and you can change it anytime from your profile.
Yes. You choose your days and times on your profile, reply only when it suits you, and can pause your profile whenever you like.
No. You need to be 18 or over, live in the city, and add three real photos of yourself. If you know where you’d take a friend, you have what it takes.
No. Roavi doesn’t process payments or take a commission on what you arrange with a traveler.
No. You decide who you respond to, and you can say no to anyone, for any reason.
No. Verification is optional. It’s completed through Stripe Identity and adds a verified status to your profile, but your profile, visibility, and messaging stay free either way.
Travelers message you directly through Roavi once they find your profile in the directory. You choose whether and how to reply.
Yes. You can pause your visibility or delete your profile at any time from your account settings.
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