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This is something I've thought about quite a bit and I'm a little stuck. On one hand, it's an incentive to join the forum and we can keep our secret spots more or less to ourselves. On the other hand, having it open would help search results for the site resulting in more traffic, potentially adding more members than having it closed off. It's tough to tell which way it would go.
Unless you cast the line you will never know if there are any fish or how many.
Understandable. And yes, having the forum public would help with traffic. But I will say that when I find information from a web search, I am rarely inclined to join a forum that shows up in the results, but that is just me. I would imagine supporting whatever decision is made, and I do understand that this is a business decision, so you should proceed with the best interest of the forum.
Thank you very much!
The question is how heavy users are defined?
I also think so.
I go for self-driving budget safaris now but I attended also 4 photographic safaris with South African and German tour-operators and visited many lodges and camps in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
I’m a supporting member and I would like to see it open to all members. I think it would get more use and be more useful as it would possibly have more information.
I agree with Jim above and others - I think it would be better if every member had access and could contribute. The more input, the better it will be for all of us.
And based on photography, I hope, not just general trips for travel.
A bit of both I would think. I mean we want photo advice, but we also need to know where to stay!
I mean that the trip "talk" should be based on a photography trip, not just a trip to somewhere that did not include photography or was not primarily about photography. Of course I would expect the talk to include where to stay, experiences, etc. Sorry if I was unclear about my comment.
It's a great idea, and something that's been suggested previously several times (https://bcgforums.com/threads/new-forum-category.27320/). I think it could be very helpful, provided folks followed a simple protocol for posting, so that it would be relatively easy to find things.
But there's always the wee hours to do this work, when everyone else is sleeping.I'll be putting something together when I get a chance. I'm traveling right now but I'll put something up if I get the chance - otherwise, figure later next week
(I've actually been thinking about doing this for awhile now but have been so busy doing books, updates, etc., I haven't really had time)
Ok, I misunderstood. In that case, I agree completely.
. We could not get over how nice the Chinese were and the personal tour guides we had in Beijing and Zian, nothing was to much trouble to please us.
I don't think one actually has to mention if a place is liked or not as if a promotion. Just the experience of being there should suffice describing what one observes. for example in my post above I could easily have said something like "China is a place one should visit at least once in a lifetime , , so many interesting places to see and the cost and who to use as a travel company " etc etc, but I didn't. If anyone needs to know more about a particular country a member has visited then general description can be given without sounding like a promotion. Obviously what one likes another may not that is up to the individual to decide
Can I point you to the thread heading " Travel Talk Forum" Not limited to just wildlife but to everything concerned with travel. if your not happy with my posting then may I respective ask you not to post on this thread but find another relating to wildlife. there is a thread called " Wildlife Photography (Presentation)" which you have totally ignored, and rather make adverse comments totally unrelated to the thread heading
we are just discussing to have a Travel Forum designated to wildlife photography. So, "Wildlife Travel Talk Forum"
That's actually one of the benefits of a travel forum. For example, there are lots of places in the US where you can go for a great 1-2 week trip or even a long weekend. Concentrating on one area gives you a chance to get to know the wildlife hotspots, lighting, and even good restaurants or daily routines.
It would be for wildlife and related nature photography travel.
But this is a WILDLIFE forum...there are many other travel forums out there on the web that people can go to.
