Allianz Global Assistance

39 members Latest Activity: Oct 1, 2021

Allianz Global Assistance USA is a leading consumer specialty insurance and assistance company with operations centers in 28 countries. It insures…

Peru

86 members Latest Activity: Nov 1, 2021 The Andes' most compelling country, thanks to attractions including bustling capital Lima with its colonial core; remnants of ancient civilizations…

Literature & Travel

53 members Latest Activity: Oct 4, 2021 So much of our travels can be enjoyed through the prism of literature. Some writers are intrinsically connected to a destination--e.g., Gabriel…

ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents)

143 members Latest Activity: Aug 13, 2021

ASTA is the world's largest association of travel professionals. Our members include travel agents and the companies whose products they sell such…

Travel Agents/Advisors

649 members Latest Activity: Oct 20, 2021

A profession very much in transition, travel's front-line retailers are some of the most knowledgeable folks in the industry. Here's a place to…

Kyrgyzstan

14 members Latest Activity: Aug 22, 2021

Once part of the USSR and now one of Central Asia's lesser-known "stans" (and that's saying a lot), this mountainous country's highlights include…

Greenland

28 members Latest Activity: Aug 26, 2021 Self-ruling though long associated with Denmark, the world's largest non-continental island is a chilly but fascinating North Atlantic land of…

Alaska

70 members Latest Activity: Nov 20, 2021 "Seward's Folly" is today a travel treasure, thanks to some of America's most spectacular scenery. Highlights: Denali/Mt. McKinley, Glacier Bay…

Bhutan

45 members Latest Activity: Oct 16, 2021 This singular and stunningly scenic Himalayan Buddhist kingdom isn't known, to say the least, for being inexpensive. But we'll do what we can!

Macau

24 members Latest Activity: Sep 8, 2021 Like Hong Kong a colonial enclave returned to China (by Portugal, not Britain) in 1999, Macau's best known for its casinos, but it also offers a…

Taiwan

33 members Latest Activity: Sep 1, 2021 The "other" China boasts some great eating, history/culture, and other urban allures in Taipei, along with some mighty lovely countryside.

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…

China

114 members Latest Activity: Aug 3, 2021

A gargantuan mix of modern and primitive, free and authoritarian, China boasts some of the most impressive and iconic sights in the world, as well…

Philippines

56 members Latest Activity: Oct 23, 2021

Not a conventional travel destination for most, this 7,000-island Pacific archipelago offers a mix of cultures, eco-tourism, beaches &…

Thailand

85 members Latest Activity: Oct 15, 2021 Siam, I said... This Buddhist kingdom remains a stunning destination, from the hurly-burly of Bangkok to its Golden Triangle to its voluptuous…

Cambodia

49 members Latest Activity: Oct 17, 2021

The once great Indochinese kingdom that's home to glorious Angkor Wat & the proud Khmer civilization has seen a tourism boom in recent years,…

Myanmar/Burma

28 members Latest Activity: Sep 6, 2021

In this fabled country, still mostly unknown by outsiders, foreigners aren't allowed everywhere, but there's still extraordinary history &…

Laos

31 members Latest Activity: Oct 25, 2021 Perhaps lowest on the radar in Southeast Asia, this Buddhist "land of a million elephants" is today a laid back trekking mecca and a trove of…

Japan

74 members Latest Activity: Oct 29, 2021 Simultaneously modern and traditional, with a culture that can take you into the future or deep into the past, the Land of the Rising Sun is truly in…

South Korea

35 members Latest Activity: Sep 13, 2021 Very much undersung as a tourist destination, Korea's home to the temples and various other sites of its ancient culture, scrumptious food, great…