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only since the heading has been changed. I have to say that it is so annoying if the original heading is not what was meant and altered at a later date. Don't blame me I was only posting as per original heading. I don't think Steve (admin) should allow headings be altered after there have been posts relating to the original. It makes a mockery of the whole thread
If you have financial links to the provider, it should be disclosed. If you're enthusiastic about a great tour for you, what's wrong with a simple YMMV? We all know stuff happens. So much of what happens is beyond the provider's control like weather or the personality of a first-time attendee.
To be fair the thread is about whether a travel talk forum is a good idea or not…so the comment isn’t out of line for the discussion. Steve says it will be wildlife travel…so there’s that, but like the response about China…whether a post in the potential forum is wildlife travel or just travel is an open question…and I for one would not like to see heavy handed moderation in it. Steve should promulgate the rules for posting in the forum and then he can see what happens, I like to think that generic travel won’t be there because most to all of us are here for wildlife photography purposes anyway.
I think that is a bit harsh, about Steve, this has always been a wildlife and nature forum, that is why I belong to it. I do belong to other forums, but this is the only forum I know of dedicated primarily to wildlife and I'd like to keep it that way...there are many other options for different types of forums to meet our needs as photographers.
I think this would be a good forum or two. You raise several interesting points. Topics which may not overlap are:
We should divide it into continents at least (America, Europe, Africa, Asia...) Because what for you is domestic, for me - international and other way around. I can read under your profile photo: "From Outside The Windy City"
So, who knows where you are at home I assume it is near Chicago 
I also favor nearby trips, and being in the US and of thrifty nature, reasonably attainable North American information interests me most. Let's also not forget that home for forum members and consequently reasonably attainable travel isn't limited to the northern Western Hemisphere.
I'd like, initially, to just have it all thrown in together, maybe using the title in some fashion to let people know where the trip is. I don't visit places by location, I visit them by animal I want to photograph. For me, that could be in the states or out, I'm willing to travel wherever the animal is.We should divide it into continents at least (America, Europe, Africa, Asia...) Because what for you is domestic, for me - international and other way around. I can read under your profile photo: "From Outside The Windy City"
Theoretically, we can have the most popular destination standing alone (Like Lofoten, Pantanal, Tanzania, Kenya, Florida, Alaska) but to start with perhaps, the contents are enough.
Definitely location advice, and maybe predominate wildlife you spotted, best time of year, etc. I'm not looking for someone to do my work for me (scout locations, etc.). Rather, I'd be looking for good suggestions of new (to me) locations, your experience there, suggested hotels, maybe some spot tips, etc. And we get to see some great pictures from your trip as well
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Exactly. We need to have some guidelines! Some kind of title from which it will be clear what it is a post about.
If I understood @Steve correctly he will have some guidance on the forum, or perhaps will have posted the forum itself, later this week. Let’s see how he prefers to organize it.
I'm fine with landscape and nature along with wildlife, just not a general travel forum or "here are my vacay pics from some town or city and I took my camera along." I'm hoping for serious, even detailed, information on a specific site that will help photogs figure out if that site is right for them and will provide a basis for a start to their trip. It's always nice to have inside information on a trip. We all provide this kind of information often when people ask about Yellowstone, which happens frequently, so that kind of thing.
This is what I want for it as well
Yes I am outside Chicago, 2nd suburb north of the city, WIlmette. But for most people Outside Chicago is more meaningful. Chicago earned the name "the windy city" not due to meteorological events, but rather the politicians toting the 1893 world fair.We should divide it into continents at least (America, Europe, Africa, Asia...) Because what for you is domestic, for me - international and other way around. I can read under your profile photo: "From Outside The Windy City"
Theoretically, we can have the most popular destination standing alone (Like Lofoten, Pantanal, Tanzania, Kenya, Florida, Alaska) but to start with perhaps, the contents are enough.
Destinations:
For popular parks and for now, just the US. However, all world regions are covered. This is a travel forum for everywhere, it's just that there are popular parks in the US that always have questions and I wanted to sort that down a bit. If we try to put popular parks all over the world, the filtering will become a mess. Plus, there are still tags and search available, not to mention region. Also, keep in mind that this can be adjusted - for now I just want a place to start that I can expand from and that won't limit me in the future.
Hotspots is for when you have more or less localized areas that are particularly good for photos - like maybe a topic could be FL hotspots. or YNP hotspots.
