Discover a travel portal with a difference at addictedtotravel.com. A dynamic online meeting place for enthusiasts of experiential, adventurous and responsible travel. A website providing a service for people with a passion for travel who explore the most amazing places on planet earth. With easy navigation, comprehensive destination guides, colourful maps, and rapidly growing user-generated content, addictedtotravel.com enables independently-minded travellers to communicate and transact directly with travel specialists and quality product providers through our bespoke enquiry system.
A wealth of travel knowledge, local expertise and first-hand traveller experiences can be shared by contributing feedback, blogging, rating and reviewing products, forum interaction, chatting or posting images of the world’s most remarkable places. Our intuitive search engine enables pinpoint browsing from a growing choice of destinations, great places to visit, local attractions, trips and tours, great places to stay and a range of inspiring activities – all promoted directly by (and booked directly with) local travel specialists and product owners.
Ten great reasons for joining the addictedtotravel.com community...
1. Book direct with local travel experts
By using our bespoke enquiry system you can discuss and plan your travel requirements directly with highly knowledgeable people who actually live and operate in the very destination you wish to visit. As well as being able to browse informative destination guides and search through a comprehensive range of trips, activities and accommodation, any bookings are made directly with the local travel expert who promotes the product.
Of course, a major benefit of communicating directly with local travel experts is that they have unrivalled local knowledge, can provide accurate local information and, more often than not, have first-hand experience of most places within their area of expertise.
2. Flexibility to build your own private journeys
For discerning independently-minded travellers we know that flexibility and choice is paramount. Whilst some travellers choose to join a guided small group journey with a pre-planned fixed itinerary, others prefer the independence and flexibility of tailor-making their own private journey.
As a member of our community you’ll be able to access our bespoke online enquiry system which allows you to select from a growing range of Trip and Tours, Inspiring Activities and Great Places to Stay featured by our Travel Expert members.
For ultimate flexibility you can even choose to build your own itinerary by enquiring and booking services through a mix of Travel Experts – each perhaps specialising in a particular region or activity. The choice is yours!
3. Experts in experiential, activity and adventure travel
From the experienced team of travel addicts at addictedtotravel.com to all the established travel businesses who specialise in providing exceptional Trips and Tours, Inspiring Activities and Great Places to Stay – we can all lay claim to having an enthusiasm for a type of travel which is not only enriching, but also enlightening and downright fun. With literally years of experience with some of the world’s best-known adventure holiday tour operators expertise is certainly guaranteed in this travel community!
4. Select from a wide choice of quality products
You may know where you want to travel to on your next adventure, but what about what to do when you get there? By using our intuitive search engines you can pinpoint an ever-growing selection of Trips and Tours, Inspiring Activities and Great Places to Stay – offered to you directly by local Travel Experts who actually operate, manage or own the featured products.
Our growing database of products covers a multitude of different Trip and Tour experiences from culture and discovery or walking and trekking trips, to family adventures or expedition cruises. For travellers addicted to fun in the sky, on snow, in or on water, or with their feet firmly on land, select from over 100 different types of Inspiring Activities that can be enjoyed in a day or less – from easy to extreme – there should be something for everyone. And at night why not let the great travel experience continue by choosing to relax in accommodation that is in someway different, unique or special? Browse our Great Places to Stay and you’ll see what we mean.
5. Great value for money with direct sell prices
One of the major benefits of being a member of addictedtotravel.com is gaining access to great value direct sell prices. For many destinations it is possible to construct a personalised and tailor-made itinerary (with help and advice from local Travel Experts of course) through our bespoke enquiry system. Typically, the resultant price quoted by the local Travel Expert will reflect the direct and online nature of the enquiry, offering great value for money compared to the more traditional channels of booking indirectly through an international tour operator or travel agent.
6. Free access to comprehensive travel guides
For each major destination published on addictedtotravel.com we feature a country guide with a wealth of information accessed through an easily navigable menu. With the menu remaining consistent from one country to the next, you’ll quickly become familiar with where to find the information you are looking for. As well as featuring essential travel information such as advice on the best time to go, entry and exit requirements and local traditions, we also detail comprehensive background facts and figures. For the really big decision of deciding where to go next you’ll find a rapidly growing selection of great places to visit and local attractions, each detailing need to know information and a gallery of photo’s to help you decide.
7. Be part of a fast-growing global community
After only recently launching we are already seeing a truly international mix of people, with members of the addictedtotravel.com community stretching across all seven continents – even including Rothera Research Station on Antarctica! Signing up to our community is quick, easy and free – you can then share your passion for travel with like-minded people around the world.
8. Submit and share your own travel reviews
Before the internet was launched upon us we had to rely on word-of-mouth, journalist articles and readers’ letters for personal opinions on where to go, what to do and where to stay. Nowadays online reviews are all the rage. For many, having access to the first-hand recommendations of other travellers is of much greater value than reading a dated guidebook for ideas. Members of our travel community are able to submit their own ratings on a particular place or experience and also write their own personal reviews. Go on, give it a try and share your travel experiences and opinions with others. You never know – you may just become a serial reviewer!
9. Real community interaction with blogs and forums
For real community interaction we’ve incorporated blogging and forum capabilities into addictedtotravel.com. Short for “Weblog”, blogs have taken the internet by storm and for a travel community like ours they provide an easy way to publish your brilliant thoughts. As an interactive and personalised web journal they are perfect for posting your travel stories, diaries, experiences, rants, raves, loves, hates, humour, insights – or anything that you want to share with our community. You can make blog entries – ‘posts’ or ‘updates’ – to your weblog any time you like. Members can also participate in forums and hold discussions on experiential and adventure travel-related topics – and in doing so help to create a real sense of virtual community.
10. Supporting responsible travel and fair trade
After many years of travel to undeveloped, developing and developed destinations we have witnessed first-hand a rapidly changing and dynamic world. Everyone in our small team here at addictedtotravel.com cares with a passion for the future of our amazing planet, its wildlife and its people. As a responsible and ethical organisation we fully support the best practice values of responsible and sustainable travel. We also actively participate in, and strongly encourage, the principles of fair trade. We recognise that our responsibility extends to not only traveller and travel expert members of our travel community, but also local host communities, our planet, its wildlife and nature.