On Mar 29, 10:40=A0am, sandra wrote:
> On Mar 27, 7:06=A0pm, george wrote:
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> > =A0>In> the meantime, do any of our remaining RTErs have any good
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> > I like Trip Advisor. =A0The problem there is that only one country can
> > be selected at a time. =A0I am quite active on the Germany forum where
> > there are a lot of travel questions, and they don't go unanswered.
> > The little SPAM that makes its way there is quickly removed, as are
> > inappropriate posts. =A0The regulars here would have a very difficult
> > time keeping up their banter. =A0I have recently started using the
> > Lonely Planet Thorn Tree website, which lumps together some European
> > countries into forums. =A0Whereas on Trip Advisor I usually only reply
> > in the Germany forums where I now live, in it I now frequently answer
> > questions about Greece because it has been lumped with Germany, France
> > and some other countries. =A0However, this site is less active.
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> > George (marcopolko on those two websites)
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> George- thank you for suggesting TripAdvisor- I do regularly check
> this group, together with LonelyPlanet and virtualtourist- from memory
> there is some discussion also on the hotel booking site venere- I
> suppose what I am missing are the ongoing discussions, and
> personalities which were such a great part of RTE & which contributed
> more than the "basic" answers to queries. =A0I will look out for
> marcopolko on TripAdvisor=3D this year's trip is to Turkey =A0we plan to
> take in Rhodes & perhaps another Greek island sailing from Turkey
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> Sandra
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Yes, you hardly ever get any real on going discussions on TripAdvisor,
there's been a few, you get to know the people somewhat, and advice by
the regulars in the German group is excellent, I know that at least
one must work in the travel industry in Germany. Because there is
also the ability to easily e-mail another person to their TripAdvisor
personal website, private converstions are also possible.
However, rte, and other similar groups under the umbrella of Google
groups have become only a shadow of what they once were. A few years
ago it was always enjoyable to watch the banter between different
personalities, which often even was travel related, but most of these
people have left a long time ago and for over five years this group
has continued to decline severely.
In Turkey I've only visited Istanbul for a week and had a great time,
my favorite city for visiting in Europe.
George |