Early Exit EXPLORER

Recently, I came across something amazing.

I met a guy named Chris from Kansas while playing basketball — a real, genuine guy. A few weeks later, a friend told me about a celebration for someone’s new business opening at a sports bar called Elevate. When I arrived, to my surprise, the owner who was celebrating was Chris!

I asked him about his business, and he told me about this new app called TAP IN — and what he shared blew my mind.

Here’s the thing: when you’re overseas, if something happens to you — like your phone gets stolen or your belongings go missing — you’re pretty much on your own. Either the language barrier makes it hard to get help, or local law enforcement doesn’t take it seriously enough to make it a priority.

But that’s where TAP IN comes in. It’s basically a backup plan for travelers if anything goes wrong. The app is AI-operated, and you can send a message to it at any time. Every few hours during the day, and every hour on the hour at night until you go to bed, it automatically checks in by asking if you’re okay — “Tap In.” If you don’t respond, it’ll call you. And if you still don’t answer, it’ll send a response team within 10 minutes.

That’s amazing.

Right now, the app is only available in Colombia, but soon it’ll expand worldwide. I don’t know about you, but that’s groundbreaking — and I truly hope TAP IN becomes huge, because for safety purposes, apps like this are absolutely needed.

The reason Chris came up with this app was because of a story he read about another solo traveler. That traveler was experienced and had been to multiple countries. As he embarked on his next journey, he had no idea — nor any intention — that it would be his last. Unfortunately, it was.

Chris instantly realized that it could happen to him — or to anyone. Traveler safety abroad was a huge gap that no one seemed to be addressing. Stories from Mexico, Thailand, Belize, Colombia, and even France all make headlines, but nothing is ever truly done about it — until now.