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This is meant to be a fun place to chat about cruise & travel or to help plan a trip of your own. Please take the time to read or review the following requirements for use and personal conduct when contributing to this Forum: We're a friendly, positive community. It starts with you! Positive comm

There's nothing worse than being spammed with too many updates, even from your favourite websites and communities! If you're new (welcome) or just looking to make some changes to the way you interact with our Travel Forum, head to the Settings in your Profile. It's in the top corner of the menu bar

Our friends over at Bitterleaf Teas have an incredible passion for tea which rivals our own passions for travel, but we have a common goal of making the world a smaller place by sharing amazing experiences from around the globe. It's a family-owned business and they can point you in the right direc

Much like your favourite social media, the Travel Forum has been set up so that you can conveniently call another Explorer's attention to your posts, including discussion or question content. Simply use the "@" symbol and start typing the user's name. You should get a set of options similar to a dr

Want to quickly search the whole Travel Forum for something to help you plan a better cruise or vacation? You can search for a destination, cruise ship, style of travel, a specific attraction, and more! From both desktop and mobile versions of our site, you'll find the search bar in the upper rig

Following the Travel Forum's most recent update, you can now choose the post type which best matches your intent when contributing your great ideas or asking a great question of the Explorer community! Choose to either Start a Discussion or Ask a Question: While either post type may be formatted a

Being mindful of the Guidelines for posting, you can share your own helpful YouTube content or helpful videos from around the internet in one of two ways: Note that either option will trigger a pop-up window to insert a video URL or to select and upload your own! Option 1) Use the 'plus' icon on t

By default, the posts and content you create are added to your 'follow' list. You can add more posts or categories by selecting 'follow post' or 'follow category' from the menu on each post or category (it's the little three dots on the top right-hand side). If you're no longer interested in rec

When you're adding a new post to the Travel Forum, you'll now have two options to choose what type of post you're contributing: Start a Discussion or Ask a Question. The biggest difference is the ability to "like" vs the ability to upvote/downvote a reply. For example, Discussion posts are meant