# Recommend me a great travel discussion forums? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437 "2012-12-18T17:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Placebo\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Placebo\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Placebo_Effect)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/1 "2012-12-18T17:37:30Z")
I am fed up with Lonely Planet’s clunky, confusing forum interface as well as their snarky contributors and am looking for recommendations for a good travel forum to join. Looked at Fodors, it’s clunky as well, plus full of ads masquerading as travel news. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/2 "2012-12-18T18:33:47Z")
What sort of information are you looking for? Are you primarily interested in getting information for specific trips, or is it more about browsing and daydreaming? Do you have any particular focuses (regions, activities, travel style, etc.?) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/3 "2012-12-18T18:58:39Z")
A couple of my friends swear by [Slow Travel](http://www.slowtrav.com)(and one moderates their board) ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/4 "2012-12-18T19:13:15Z")
Fodors, Frommers, Trip Advisor… for travel info. For discussions and chats? Good question. ---
**Author:** ![teddybound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@teddybound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teddybound)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/5 "2012-12-18T19:22:21Z")
Tripadvisor is quite a useful forum, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/6 "2012-12-18T20:31:43Z")
Flyertalk has region-specific fora for discussing travel. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAlecCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SmartAlecCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlecCat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/7 "2012-12-19T19:43:26Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > Flyertalk has region-specific fora for discussing travel. and many other sections for pretty much any aspect of travel you care to discuss. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/8 "2012-12-19T19:54:33Z")
> [@teddybound](#): > > Tripadvisor is quite a useful forum, IMHO. I second Tripadvisor. I’ve used it many times. J. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/9 "2012-12-19T20:03:39Z")
Since the OP is looking for advice, let’s move this to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/11 "2015-09-24T09:03:30Z")
If you’re looking at India - [Indiamike](http://www.indiamike.com/india/) is the best place to go. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-great-travel-discussion-forums/644437/12 "2015-09-24T12:51:00Z")
Well, I used to be a regular on Fodors, until one day I posed the question “so, Fodorites, are there any forums out there that are like Fodors, but not just travel?” And I’ve been here ever since. So, Fodors.