Co-Sign is a travel publication that catalogs the most interesting places in the world, according to the most interesting people on the internet.
Each week, cultural insiders — artists, chefs, photographers, and writers — walk you through their cities, sharing where they eat, drink, dance, and daydream. The goal is helping you escape the grip of the algorithm, influencers, and “hidden gems” with recommendations from people whose taste you can trust.
In other words, people whose Co‑Sign actually means something.
WHAT YOU GET
Co‑Signed: Weekly interviews with cultural insiders on the places they genuinely love in their city, plus custom Google Maps so you can explore through their eyes.
[Paid subscribers only]
Dialed In: Mood-based travel guides that tell you where to go when you’re feeling introspective, hedonistic, or completely unhinged, not just “the best bars in NYC.”
[Free for everyone]
The Oversaturation Scale: A quarterly diagnosis of the spots that are cooked and the ones that are somehow still safe from the algorithm.
[Paid subscribers only]
Paid subscribers also get access to an ever-growing archive of custom Google maps and curated city guides from the coolest creatives worldwide.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Travel media, like most of media, runs on quiet quid pro quos. I know because I’ve been on more than 20 press trips, from Iceland to Scotland, where coverage was often expected, either implicitly or outright.
I want Co‑Sign to set a new standard:
If anything is hosted or comped, you’ll know.
If I receive a media rate, I’ll tell you exactly what I paid.
If something is sponsored, it’ll be clearly labeled.
My goal is to build a directory of tightly vetted, taste-driven picks you can actually trust.
WHO I AM
Hi, I’m Shanté. I’ve spent 14 years as a writer and editor, leading teams and shaping coverage as editor-in-chief at Mic and executive editor at Complex. My work has lived at the intersection of culture and politics, but my earliest beats were food and sex — pleasure as a way of understanding the world.
I’ve been dreaming up this project for over a year, but I’ve finally reached a point where hope outweighs hesitation. My goal is to create a community of people with terrific taste and messy hearts — unapologetic people who want to devour life like a ripe peach, even if it makes their hands sticky.
If you travel to change how you see, not how you’re seen, you’re in the right place.
—S.
