It would be much appreciated and IMHO a huge benefit to us international mongers if the staff would consider a ' Trip Announcements ( announcements only no replies or comments)' sticky thread in the Main Discussion of the International forums. This forum works great in the other forum I am on and seeing other guys post an announcement allows other members to meet up with each other. The number of guys on ECCIE and all around the USA of guys abandoning the USA for greener pastures in rapidly increasing.
Guys can see who is going where and when and I can only speak from my experiences but I have used this announcement forums many times and replied to others in a PM and in the process have made numerous friends and contacts which only enhance our holidays. The reason for ' no discussion/comments' and the announcement only is to not let the posts get pushed down the page so guys can just scroll down it and see ' just the facts'
Simple posts:
' Going to Costa Rica January 6-17, PM me if interested in meeting up'
' Will be in Frankfurt December 4-18 for my annual birthday trip and plan to also hit the NRW for my usual pit stops. If around and want to meet up let me know'
The above are just examples although the second one is a real one; so feel free to let me know if you want to meet up
Thanks for your time and perhaps considering this option. Would really help a lot of us out.
Merci
Danke
Gracias
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