Astrology & Travel

38 members Latest Activity: Nov 5, 2021 Once people navigated by the positions of the stars. Today, astrology can serve as a kind of spiritual travel agent, telling you, for example, about…

Missouri

35 members Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2021 The birthplace of Mark Twain and Harry Truman offers nature (especially in the Ozarks); frontier, Civil War, and other history; country music…

Honduras

25 members Latest Activity: Sep 9, 2021 Still a little rough around the edges, but with superb diving/snorkeling (Roatán and Utila islands); the great Maya ruins of Copán; the…

Cyprus

23 members Latest Activity: Sep 4, 2021

Divided into Greek (⅔) and Turkish (⅓) sides, the Mediterranean's third-largest island has its mass-tourism honky-tonk but also some breathtaking…

Rwanda

29 members Latest Activity: Nov 9, 2021 Peaceful & covering just over 10,000 square miles (26,000 square km), yet packed with natural beauty & wildlife including mountain gorillas,…

Communications/Phones

21 members Latest Activity: Nov 19, 2021

In the 21st century, we've all got a panoply of choices when it comes to phoning home & communicating on the road, whether via mobile/cell…

Delaware

25 members Latest Activity: Sep 16, 2021 Known to many only during the hour or so it takes to pass through on I-95, this teeny, historic state has lovely country and towns (especially down…

Gambia

15 members Latest Activity: Sep 7, 2021

This petite sliver of West Africa snaking into Senegal from the Atlantic has been building a tourism based on nature (e.g. fab birding),…

Portugal

60 members Latest Activity: Nov 24, 2021

Lisbon is one of the most atmospheric cities in Europe, but this small, highly historic country isn't done yet. There's the balmy resort region of…

Tunisia

23 members Latest Activity: Nov 18, 2021

Europeans have been flocking to these Mediterranean beaches for years. But other cool stuff to do in this French- and Arabic-speaking country -…

Tourism Branding

162 members Latest Activity: Oct 16, 2021 For anyone in or interested in the tourism industry to explore issues associated with branding a country, region, destination, attraction, hotel,…

Miami/Miami Beach

48 members Latest Activity: Oct 7, 2021 Between sizzling South Beach, tony Bal Harbor & Coral Gables, funky Coconut Grove, & Latin-flavored Miami itself, this sprawling bit of South Florida…

Slovakia

20 members Latest Activity: Nov 13, 2021 The onetime eastern half of Czechoslovakia has come into its own, with its welcoming and happening capital Bratislava and a plethora of parklands,…

Azerbaijan

17 members Latest Activity: Nov 26, 2021 Once part of the Soviet Union, this moderately Muslim country in the Caucasus & on the Caspian Sea is still under the radar but has plenty to offer…

Movies & Travel

62 members Latest Activity: Nov 23, 2021 How many times have you seen a movie and said "I'd love to go there!" or "Hey, cool, I was there!"? Movies can both inspire travel dreams and bring…

Malaysia

55 members Latest Activity: Sep 19, 2021 This multi-ethnic Southeast Asian country, its halves physically separated by the South China Sea, has oodles to offer the visitor, from the urbanity…

Statia (St. Eustatius)

16 members Latest Activity: Aug 5, 2021 Dutch/Papiamento-speaking like Aruba/Curaçao, this 8-square-mile (21-km2) island with just 3,500 souls dubbed "the Golden Rock" is a real…

Anguilla

29 members Latest Activity: Nov 22, 2021 One of the Caribbean's more petite isles (just three miles wide!), it's crammed with bodacious beaches, dandy dining & diving, & some of the region's…

Hong Kong

45 members Latest Activity: Aug 29, 2021

Part of China but more freewheeling (though less so every year, since the mainland régime's anti-democracy crackdown), HK is at once hyper-urban…

Spain

178 members Latest Activity: Oct 31, 2021

Take it from us, this impressive, progressive country's miles beyond bullfights, flamenco, & mass beach tourism, with historic sights reaching…