With travel being such a popular topic these days, more and more people want to connect and interact with others that are just as passionate about seeing the world as they are. To that end, there are now several social networking sites created to meet this demand. The problem seems to be that there may be too many to choose from even though it is clear that not all of these sites are worth your time.
To help you break it down a bit, there are actually only a very few of these travel themed social networking sites that you may find to be worth your time. Others do not seem to stand out in any real fashion. But the ones that are pretty popular seem to know how to keep their members quite happy to be a part of it.
One of the oldest and most successful of these sites Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree. The members of this site are frequent travelers that offer travel tips to each other. This site has been around forever and is still going strong. If you want some high quality travel tips, this may be place to visit.
While Facebook may be useful up to a point, the people on your friends list may not be huge travelers. This means that they won’t be able to offer you a lot of help when you are looking for some advice on budget fares or great accommodations with a discount. Something that might be said for Facebook is that the members are from all over the world. That may help you if you have a friend living in a country or city you want to visit. Who is better to ask questions about a location than a native?
Another travel community is Travellerspoint that boasts over 350,000 members that generally seem to travel more often than most people and are quite happy to share what they have learned. This is the place to find out some pretty unique information. So if you are looking for high level advice; you will find it here.
A quirky site known as WAYN that stands for Where Are You Now has received a lot of attention of late. It used to be focused on sharing travel tips and information. Now, however, it seems to concentrate more on encouraging their members to get acquainted with each other and date.
Newer to the scene of travel social networking sites is Travel Friendz. If you want to find a companion to travel with you, friends to exchange travel tips with or even someone to enjoy travel dating with; this is the community to join. The membership for Travel Friendz is growing by leaps and bounds, which means that there will be plenty of travel lovers for you to chat with while also making some new friends. While it may be a newer site, it is catching the attention of frequent travelers everywhere.
Now that you have a few quality travel communities to check out, it is time to visit them and see exactly what they have to offer you and other travel lovers.