Success stories

What it looks like for real places.

Downtowns, tourism offices, festivals, campuses. Different jobs, the same few problems.

“Nobody can find what we already publish.”“Our businesses won’t download another app.”“We need to know what visitors actually need.”“Page views don’t tell us who participated.”

See how real communities are solving them ↓

A crowd at the Apple Harvest Festival stage in downtown Ithaca

750+questions during festival week

Nearly 9 in 10answered from their own information

Asked aboutThe scheduleRain policyAmish donuts

Downtown Ithaca Alliance · New York · Ask

A three‑day festival, answering for itself.

The Apple Harvest Festival already had its schedule, vendors and visitor information online. Brightr made all of it askable. Over one weekend, festivalgoers asked about schedules, weather, policies, vendors and more, and got answers on the spot.

Apple Harvest Festival · September 2026 · Brightr Insights

I am so pleased to see the numbers that have come in.Corrie Root, COO, Downtown Ithaca Alliance

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The Westerville Ice Cream Trail on a phone: 5 of 8 shops visited, the next stop, and the shops already recorded

Uptown Westerville · next up: Holiday Shopping and Coffee Trails

Westerville Ice Cream Trail · Ohio · Participate

Eight shops. Zero merchant apps.

Visitors scan at each stop from their own phones. Businesses don’t log in, download an app or learn another system.

~250on paper, last year

858joined on Brightr

2,024visits to local shops

Ice Cream Trail · Summer 2026

I was really impressed with how fast it took off.Robin Collins, Visit Westerville, on the Ice Cream Trail

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Flatiron NoMad Glows Pink on a phone: 4 of 9 Mr. Pinks found, the next location, and every stop on the tour

Flatiron NoMad · New York · Measure

Participation you can actually measure.

A public art walk across nine locations. Every check-in counted. Every completion dated. Not page views. Real participation. In the middle of a snowy winter, and featured in Forbes.

924participants

4,397check-ins

384completed