How BeBack Works

BeBack gives you one simple place to save the restaurants, stays and experiences you want to remember, whether they’re halfway around the world or around the corner.

  1. Find a Place

    Start with the BeBack map. Use the search bar to find a restaurant, hotel, attraction or other location using Google Maps. Select it and BeBack loads it into Remember This Place. If Google Maps does not list the place, click an empty point on the map, name the custom location and save the exact coordinates.

  2. Choose a Category

    FOOD is for restaurants, cafés, bars, bakeries and memorable food or drink experiences. STAY is for hotels, resorts, vacation rentals, lodges, cabins and campgrounds. EXPERIENCE is for attractions, beaches, hikes, tours, museums, viewpoints and other places worth remembering. Saved markers use F, S and X.

  3. Choose a Status

    Category says what the place is. Status says what it means to you. Use WANT TO GO for somewhere you have discovered, BEEN THERE for somewhere you have experienced, and I’LL BE BACK! for the places you would happily return to.

  4. Add Your Memory

    Add a rating of up to five stars and notes for your future self. Remember the table you liked, what to order, which room to request, the best time to visit, or anything else that made the experience worth remembering. You can also use simple keywords in Notes almost like personal tags. For example, add Fishing, Fly Fishing, Cabin, Family Trip, Patio, Hiking or Sunset when those words may help you find the place later. There is no special tagging system to learn: Search My Places already searches your Notes.

  5. Explore My Places

    Everything you save appears in My Places and on the map. Use Search My Places to instantly find saved places by name, address, notes, category or status. Because Notes are searchable, keywords you add there can work like personal tags. Search Fishing, for example, to find saved places where you included Fishing in your Notes. With Show All My Places unchecked, search works within the current map area; check it to search your complete collection. As you search, My Places and the saved BeBack map markers update to the matching results.

  6. Go Back to a Saved Place

    Select a My Places card or saved BeBack marker. The map focuses on the saved location and the information loads back into Remember This Place.

  7. Update Your Memories

    Change WANT TO GO to BEEN THERE, promote a favourite to I’LL BE BACK!, update a rating, revise notes or rename a custom location. Choose Update Place to save the changes.

  8. Get Directions

    Choose Get Directions in Google Maps ↗ to open Google Maps separately with the selected BeBack location as the destination. This works for Google-listed locations and custom places.

  9. Remove Places

    Use Delete Place from the saved-place card when you no longer want a location in the collection. BeBack asks for confirmation before removing it.

Your world. Your places.

BeBack isn’t about building somebody else’s list of the world’s best places. It’s about building yours.

The restaurant around the corner you love. The hotel you’d stay at again. The place you found by accident. The experience someone told you not to miss. The hidden viewpoint you marked yourself. Or the place halfway around the world you’re determined to visit again.

Explore. Remember. Be Back.