Good morning, Rebecca, and welcome to Tripatini! 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 us, you may want to take a moment to join several of our many other groups which you may find of particular interest, such as The Caribbean, Cruising, Eating/Drinking the World, Beach-Bumming, Resorts Corner, plenty of others covering many topics and most destinations across the Caribbean and 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 interests, your travels, and M. Silver and its clients (it would help both you and our journalist members to have a current roster listed in your profile, so they better know about what and where they may consult you).

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!).

Thanks for joining us, Rebecca; we wish you an outstanding rest of 2009 and look forward to seeing you online.

Cheers!