Good afternoon, Nathalie, 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 commend joining relevant groups such as Travel Marketers/Publicists, New York State, Eating/Drinking the World, Eco/Sustainable Tourism, Culture Vultures, The Caribbean and individual Caribbean destinations, our Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian Language/Culture Clubs, 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, your company, and more (it will benefit both you and our other members if you provide the name and URL of your company, as well as a current client list, in your profile).

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, colleagues, associates, and 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, if you have a Facebook or Twitter account, please join our fan page and follow us (see front page info box), and tweet us! We'll be happy to follow you, as well.

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

Cheers!