Hello, Reid, and a hearty welcome to Go-Lo! 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 the site, you may want to take a few minutes to join several of our many groups which you might find of particular interest, such as Media Only, Italy, Eating/Drinking the World, Adventure Travel, Camping, Eco/Sustainable Tourism, our Italian, French, Spanish and German language/culture clubs, and various others covering many topics and most countries throughout the world.

FYI, on your profile you'll see a blue 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 your writing. (Also, if you have any book titles you'd like to promote, please send us a list and we can feature them in various ways.)

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, colleagues, 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!). We would also be grateful if you have occasion to cover Go-Lo in any of your outlets, and invite you to blog for us, as well (guidelines available upon request).

We wish you a great rest of 2009 and look forward to hearing more from you...!