We’ve got 3 words for you…
The site of your first bungee jump. Your first kiss. The place you said ‘I Do’. Your first scuba dive. Our lives are filled with moments that hold meaning. Wouldn’t it be amazing to carry a piece of that moment with you wherever you go? Well, now you can!
Every place in the world has a set of coordinates but now there is a new way to map that special place. The company What3words has broken up the globe into 57 trillion 3x3 meter squares and given each square a unique, 3-word address. The words are randomised (which makes for some beautiful poetry and also some hilarious combos!) and no two grid squares are the same.
This new system is revolutionising travel. Ever been travelling and spoken to someone who found the MOST amazing waterfall, but their direction to it sounded like something from Alice in Wonderland? Ever been to a festival and tried to meet up with your group after splitting up? Well, both ever-so-frustrating situations can be fixed with What3words. The app and website can be used to find these locations using their 3-word address and then direct you to the exact location. It. Is. Amazing.
Not only is it great for travellers, it is also saving lives. Using this system after disasters, humanitarian groups have been able to drop off packages in exact locations where they are needed most. A recent story in the news explained how a woman became lost whilst hiking with her friends in a forest on a dark, wet night. They called mountain rescue who told her to download the app. Within minutes mountain rescue knew exactly where they were. It is that accurate.
It also means that you can map the exact place that one of your truly special moments in life happened. Literally everywhere in the world has a unique 3-word address, even places that don’t have their own actual address. Did your partner propose on a boat off the coast of Amalfi? There’s three words for that place. Did you find yourself on an unknown spit of sand in Bali? There’s three words for that place. Did you meet you best friend volunteering in a jungle in Vietnam? Guess what? There’s three words for that place. If it exists on this planet, there are three words that represent the place where one of your amazing memories were made.
We truly love making unique travel gifts and personalised travel jewellery that reflect special moments in life. We are so excited that What3Words give us another way of doing this. You can choose to have your three words engraved on the back of our unique designs, or as a bracelet all on its own.