Good evening and welcome to Tripatini! It's great to have you with us -- and we think you'll find our site productive as well as interesting and enjoyable.

To get the most out of Tripatini, we recommend you take a moment to join several of our many groups which you may find of particular use, such as India; Eating/Drinking the World; Eco/Sustainable Tourism; Adventure Travel; any travel-industry groups which relate to your professional activities, such as Tour Operators/Suppliers, Travel Agents, etc.; and plenty of others covering many other topics and most destinations across the globe.

FYI, on your profile you'll see a green bar marked "Text Box," which you can turn into a box containing not just text but also photos and even videos about yourself, your travels, India, other activities, and more (you'll benefit both yourself and our other members by adding a description of your travel-industry work, and company name if available).

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, colleagues, associates, and/or clients. It's fast and easy to use our "INVITE" function above left on the navigation bar to enter e-mails (even your whole list at once!). Finally, please join our Facebook fan page and follow us on Twitter (see front page info box); we'll be happy to reciprocate!

Thanks much for joining us; we wish you an outstanding rest of 2010, and it goes without saying that we look forward to seeing you online.

Cheers!