Thomas, welcome to Tripatini, the worldwide travel community the New York Post dubbed “Facebook for travelers.” On Tripatini, you can mingle with travelers and top travel experts alike, so everybody learns how to travel better and smarter. A few tips to get you rolling:

• JOIN one or more of our 425+ discussion groups, covering most destinations, travel topics, and travel-related professions such as media, publicists, agents, and tour operators. What are you into? Chances are we cover it. If we don’t, create your own group!

• PROMOTE YOURSELF and/or your property by sharing your story, links, photos, videos, anything at all on the Text Box on your profile page. TO MORE OPTIMALLY BENEFIT BOTH YOURSELF AND OUR OTHER MEMBERS, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR PROPERTY'S WEB SITE URL!

• INVITE your friends, family, colleagues, readers, anyone and everyone interested in travel! More members means a more productive, useful, and fun experience for everyone.

• Follow Tripatini on TWITTER and FACEBOOK, and we’ll be happy to reciprocate. And don’t forget to tweet and post about Tripatini, too!

Thanks again for joining us. C U online!