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Stop Guessing Where to Stay, Eat, and Meet.

 

A curated city guide built by investment professionals. Handpicked hotels, restaurants, gyms, coffee shops, and event venues across the world's most important business markets. Delivered inside Claude.

New York · Chicago · Boston · Los Angeles · San Francisco · Dallas · Atlanta · Denver · Miami · Philadelphia · London · Paris · Dubai · Toronto · Singapore + more cities

 

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Why Dakota Recommends Exists

An Internal Guide, Made Available.

 

The Dakota team travels constantly, fundraising calls, client events, conferences, and the Dakota Cocktails tour across financial centers worldwide. Over time we built an internal guide: the places we actually stay, the restaurants we actually book for client dinners, the hotel bars where we actually close conversations. Dakota Recommends is that guide, made available to every professional on the road.

 

The places that matter for business travel are not always the ones with the highest rating. They're the ones where the staff knows how to handle a working dinner, the room is quiet, the Wi-Fi actually works, and you can take a client without worrying about the night. That's a different list, and it's the list we built.
Gui Costin, CEO & Founder, Dakota
01

Dakota-Verified Locations

Every recommendation is personally vetted by the Dakota team and meets one standard: it's somewhere we'd confidently take a client. No SEO-gamed lists. No algorithmic rankings.

02

Dakota Must-Trys

The insider dishes, table locations, and service details our team relies on when it matters. The specific signal, not the generic listing.

03

Purpose-Driven Categories

Hotels for professional stays. Restaurants suited for client dinners and investor lunches. Coffee shops for informal check-ins. Venues for private events. Curated by purpose, not popularity.

04

Native Claude Connector

Activate the connector once. After that, every Claude conversation has access to the full Dakota Recommends database. Ask in natural language. Get the right answer.

What's Inside

Five Categories. Every City. One Standard: Client-Ready.

 

Every city has a thousand options. Dakota Recommends has the twelve that actually matter for your trip. Hotels your clients will notice. Restaurants worth the reservation. Meeting spots where business gets done.

Hotels

Hotels for Business Travel & Client Stays

Properties chosen for location, service consistency, room quality, and the intangibles that matter on a working trip. A lobby that functions as a meeting space, a bar worth taking a client to, a breakfast room that doesn't make you late.

Restaurants & Bars

Restaurants & Bars for Client Dinners

Client dinner venues chosen for service reliability, appropriate volume levels for conversation, menu quality across dietary needs, and the ability to handle a business meal without making it feel transactional.

Gyms

Gyms for the Road Routine

The hotel gym worth the early alarm, the boutique studio worth the cab, and the day-pass option near the meeting. Curated for professionals who keep training while traveling.

Coffee & Work

Coffee Shops & Casual Meeting Spots

For the early meeting, the working hour between calls, or the informal catch-up. Reliable Wi-Fi, reasonable noise levels, enough space to work, and proximity to the financial district.

Event Venues

Event Venues & Spaces for Meetings & Offsites

Private event spaces, hotel ballrooms, club rooms, and meeting venues appropriate for team offsites, client receptions, investor dinners, and small conferences. Capacity, AV, and catering quality all factored in.

City Coverage

The Cities Where Business Actually Happens.

 

Major financial centers, secondary markets, and the international cities where allocators concentrate. Coverage grows with every Dakota Cocktails tour.

New York
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Chicago
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Boston
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Los Angeles
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San Francisco
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Dallas
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Atlanta
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Denver
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Miami
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Philadelphia
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Washington DC
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Seattle
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Houston
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Minneapolis
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London
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Paris
France
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Toronto
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Singapore
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Who Dakota Recommends Is Built For

Designed for Professionals Who Travel to Do Business.

 

Investment professionals don't have time to research a city. They need the right answer for the meeting that's tomorrow. Dakota Recommends is the working guide for the team already on the road.

Fundraisers & Investor Sales

The Team That Needs the Right Answer Tomorrow

The right hotel in Chicago this Thursday and the right dinner in New York Friday, with no time to research either. Compressed timelines, twelve cities, every meeting matters.

Bankers & Deal Teams

The Team That Travels for Every Close

Investment banking road shows, management presentations, and deal closes happen in conference rooms, hotel suites, and dinners across a dozen cities in a compressed timeline. The wrong venue costs you the meeting.

Executives & Board Planners

The Leader Planning a Meeting That Matters

For team offsites, advisory meetings, and investor events. The event venue layer, private dining rooms, hotel conference suites, reception spaces, that makes a gathering feel well-planned rather than hastily arranged.

Client Hosting & Events

The Professional Who Needs to Get the Dinner Right

When the venue matters, when you are taking a CIO to dinner, hosting a due diligence visit, or planning the cocktail reception for twenty allocators, Dakota Recommends gives you the place that will not let you down.

How It Works

A Connector, Not Another App.

 

Dakota Recommends lives where you already think. Add it to Claude in two clicks and the database is yours from any conversation.

01  CONNECT ONCE

Activate the connector inside your Claude account

 

Setup takes under a minute. One-time activation, persistent access.

02  ASK NATURALLY

"Where should I stay in Boston Tuesday?"

 

"Best dinner for an allocator in Chicago?" Claude pulls from Dakota's curated network.

03  TRUST THE ANSWER

Every pick is vetted by professionals on the road

 

No SEO games. No paid placements. Just the right call for the meeting you have tomorrow.

Membership

Three Ways to Travel Smarter.

 

Per user, per year. All tiers include full access to the Dakota Recommends database via the Claude connector across every covered city and category. A Claude subscription is required and not included.

 

Individual

Solo Traveler

$150
per user / year

For the executive, fundraiser, or operator who lives out of a suitcase.

  • Full Recommends database
  • All cities, all categories
  • Native Claude connector
  • Dakota Must-Trys included
  • Continuous content updates
  • Single user seat
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Pro

Executive + Assistant

$250
per pair / year

Because executives don't book their own dinners.

  • Everything in Individual
  • 1 principal + 1 delegated EA seat
  • Shared trip lists
  • EA can pull picks on your behalf
  • Priority email support
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Firm

Volume Discount

From $59
per user / year (volume)

Deploy Recommends to the entire travel-heavy team.

  • Tiered pricing (see below)
  • Admin controls & user management
  • Optional firm-specific picks
  • Co-branded experience in Claude
  • Dedicated account manager
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Firm tier  ·  Volume pricing

Per-seat pricing drops as the firm scales. Custom-quoted above 200 seats.

Seats Per User / Year Discount vs. Individual Example Annual
10 to 49 seats $99 34% off $2,475 (25 seats)
50 to 199 seats $75 50% off $7,500 (100 seats)
200+ seats $59 60% off Custom-quoted
Built for the Road

The First Client Dinner You Book Covers the Membership.

For a professional who travels to client meetings, conferences, and events across multiple cities each year, this is a rounding error compared to the quality of every trip.

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