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A budget-travel sector that grows year after year - and some hostels these days are surprisingly interesting and even fancy!

Add extra meaning to your holiday by helping the communities you visit. There are plenty of volunteer travel outfits out there that can set it up. It'll be an experience you'll never forget.

Whether religious pilgrimage or less conventional "seeking" (New Age or otherwise), this corner of travel has been soaring to the heavens.

One of Europe and the world's most dynamic, exciting cities (even post-Brexit), a brilliant mix of cool and  historic, tasty and gritty. And of course host to the 2012 Summer Olympics. Oi, let the good Thames roll...

Many are the countries that offer their very own fascinating & tasty distillations -- Scottish single malts, Mexico's tequila, Kentucky bourbon, habushu in Japan -- you name it. An intoxicating way of exploring the world! And of course most…

Over hill, over dale, all over the world...!

The legendary land of the Pharaohs and its present-day Muslim and Coptic cultures offer one of the world's most iconic travel experiences. And there's a lot to like pricewise, too!

In one hemisphere or another, mountains and cold weather add up to frosty fun practically year round - including downhill and crosscountry skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, ice climbing, snowshoeing, glaciering, and many other pursuits that…

One of Europe's coolest ad comeliest cities, with a Catalan-Spanish-international vibe; Mediterranean weather; history, architecture and culture stretching back to Roman times;and & of course kick-butt dining, shopping & nightlife.…

South America's largest (and many would say sexiest) country has a lifetime's worth of experiences waiting, from the sands of Copacabana to the Amazon jungles, and beyond.

One of Africa's great safari destinations, home to the reknowned Masai, and a nifty coast to visit, as well!

Its capital Kathmandu, this rugged Himalayan land famous as home to Mount Everest and Annapurna is calm these days, and still pretty popular with the trekking and backpacking set. Great for Buddhist and Hindu temples, too.

Simultaneously modern and traditional, with a culture that can take you into the future or deep into the past, the Land of the Rising Sun is truly in a class by itself.

One of the most appealing, storied cities in the world, it's magnifique for just about anything urban that interests you. What are your preferred picks in Paree?

One of the world's largest countries, this 18,000-island archipelago mixes Muslim & Hindu, & boasts an extraordinary culture & cuisine. Highlights: Java, Bali, Sumatra, Sulawesi. Borobodur is one of the world's most famous ancient…

Despite everything, the Caribbean's most impressive island offers one of the world's great travel experiences, from its music and culture to Havana and its other cities, as well as beaches and nature.

The International Travel Writers Alliance is the world’s largest association of professional travel writers, editors, broadcasters and photographers worldwide.
All Tripatini members are welcome to join this group.

Birdwatchers/birders are of course a special breed, and many in admiration of our fine feathered friends will go to the ends of the earth. In this group, avians R us!

Tourism/travel news, updates & discussions about Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas & Mexico. Please add your own thoughts, questions & observations!

Farmstays and other rural accommodations are a booming, value-oriented, and highly rewarding corner of travel - visiting and living on farms and in countrysides throughout the world. See " Hilton, Paris -- The Simple Life"

Where the focus is on all kinds of travel-related sites - useful and fun or even useless and annoying!

Seattle's one of the USA's best cities for visitors, but the lures here are many: apple-growing & wine country, Mount Rainier and the Cascades mountains, the eco-wonderful…

There's tango and gauchos, of course. But there's also mucho más, che! The big-sky country of Patagonia, Mendoza wine country, skiing at Bariloche. And of course there's Buenos Aires, one of the world's great metropoli.

Whether you're a fan following a team, have a yen to dip into the local sports culture, or want to get directly in on the action, here's a scorecard to help out -- baseball, basketball, cricket, football/soccer, hockey, polo, rugby, and more.