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International Travel Group - What Do You Think?

Our group is always evolving and maybe it’s a good idea to change things up a bit. During our meeting today I asked the participants if they were interested in adding one or two meetings a year to discuss travel outside of Europe. The answer was yes. This will not affect our monthly meetings. They will continue as they have been since July 2020. They are generally the first Sunday of the month, though the date can change if it conflicts with a holiday or if I am traveling.

I would like to hear your thoughts regarding having the extra meetings on a Sunday or if having it on a Saturday would allow you to attend. I know some people are unavailable on Sundays. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

Posted by
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I will make myself available for whichever day is chosen. I don't usually have any plans for weekends. Thank you Andrea and Jim for hosting these calls. They have become a highlight on my calendar.

Posted by
4909 posts

I think it’s a good idea to expand our travel talks to other parts of the world. I see many posts under the Beyond Europe category.
Besides, any travel talk is a conversation I want to be part of.
About the day, being retired we are usually home on the weekends.

Posted by
407 posts

Hi, Andrea. I think that having several “beyond Europe” meetings a year is a great idea. I still work full time but I could attend these meetings most weekends on either Saturdays or Sundays. Thanks.

Posted by
9682 posts

Great idea! Am interested in Egypt if you are taking suggestions.
Thanks, Andrea & Jim

Posted by
3297 posts

Why can't we just stick with the same schedule we already have and just include subjects outside Europe?

Like we could have a Japan topic meeting the same way we have been having a Scandinavia meeting topic or a Germany meeting topic.

Posted by
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I want to keep our regular meetings Europe centric because this is a travel forum for Europe. I don’t want to drive regular attendees away if they aren’t interested in other parts of the world. Instead of two topics like we have now we can either focus on one country or region or break it into two segments. This idea just came to me this morning before our meeting and I haven’t had time to entirely figure it out. I’m open to suggestions.

Posted by
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Andrea, I think it’s a great idea and I’m all for it. I’m retired and my schedule is very flexible so whatever day you choose would be fine.

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Okay, a new travel group is born! I will need to make this Beyond Europe group flexible. It will be a Saturday or Sunday depending on my schedule and it will be as often as I have time for. I’m open to suggestions for where people would like to discuss. You can let me know your thoughts here or through a PM, whichever you prefer. I will stick to the 9:30 Pacific Time start to accommodate those who are not in North America. Let’s do this!

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Morocco would be interesting - though I don't have any personal knowledge

South Africa, same.

Safaris - I remember when Tammy spoke about hers on CWSocial's. I'd love to see some of it again and other folks' experiences