In September 2007 Dave Sifry, the website's creator, was planning a trip to Dalian, China. Browsing through San Francisco's bookstores, he found that the information in most printed guidebooks was outdated and too meager.
該網站創辦人 Dave Sifry，2007 年 9 月想規劃一趟中國大連之旅，他遍尋舊金山書店，發現紙本書大多資訊太舊、太貧乏。