The "TravelTalkOnline Special Member" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Checking out one of my favorite websites known as TravelTalkOnline.com Forums which is a travel site where you can find information as well as "post" with others who are also members of the website.  The forum which gets the most daily activity is the St. Maarten/St. Martin site.  Other travel sites are British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, Cancun - Isla Mujeres - Mexico, Africa, Cayman Islands, Jamaica Resorts and Beaches, General Islands, Southern Caribbean, United States & Canada, World Wide Travel, Afloat, Charter Boat Reviews and Questions, and Nude Resorts, Beaches and Cruises.  There is also a Classified Forum, Trip Report and Photo Archives, BVI Trip Reports, Mexico Trip Reports and SXM (St. Martin) Trip Reports.  This is followed by Frequently Asked Questions, Testing, SXM People Talk, BVI People Talk, Recipes, Photo Galley Testing, BVI Photo Gallery, SXM Photo Gallery, General Photo Gallery, British Virgin Island Photos, and General Travel Photos.  

Site page when it opens. Click to enlarge.

So, you can see that when you access the website, you may be on it for quite some time if you plan to read some of the posts as well as post something yourself.  I found the site in 2009 and enjoyed reading all the posts so I eventually joined.  When you open the site you are sent to the Portal page which shows the most recent posts.  You can also click on "Forums" to pick an individual forum, "Birthdays" to find out when everyone on the site was born, "Active Threads" to follow along on many posts on one particular posting and "Forum Help" which can tell you how to post and add photographs as well as other items.  I'm not exactly sure how many members there are on the website, but I'm sure there are hundreds if not thousands.  So, today when I opened the site to check to see if anyone posted on my thread I started on the General Caribbean site about things to do in Antigua, I was surprised to see the photo of my wife and myself in the bottom left corner of the website.  The heading read "Member Spotlight" and features a member every day.  

Photo which appears next to each post I make.

Under the photograph of Carol and I on the island of St. Martin was my site name of "biglar" with the state in which we live as well as how many posts I have made since I joined in 2009.  I have used the site to question other readers about prices of rentals, best time of the year for travel, places to visit on the island  we may want to visit and to add photos for others to enjoy.  If you enjoy traveling and need help with a place to visit or prices of trips, pull up the site and ask your questions.  It's free and it's fun to hear what others think of places you plan to visit or may have visited.  I especially enjoy the trip reports which others post telling you where they ate meals, what beaches they visited, prices of food and lodging, car rentals and a variety of many other topics.  I have gained a few new friends whom I now visit with when traveling.  Hope you enjoy your visit to www.traveltalkonline.com.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.