I happened upon a thread about travel magazines on the Europe thread. One that came highly recommended was International Travel News, a publication written by your more typical travelers, and not the 5* expensive places that you see in some of the glossy paper travel mags.

Anyway, if you go to intltravelnews.com, you can get a free sample. I signed up for that, and then went to their page listing some previous articles. I found an interesting one on Thailand, written by another Illinoisan (near Chicago). Thought you folks might enjoy it too.

Carol

thanks carol...done

I've been getting this for years and it's great -- it was even better pre internet because it was the only way to get information from travelers. It was with their help that I planned my early trips to asia. Now this forum and the internet makes it less necessary but I still subscribe to it out of loyalty. They did something no one else did and I owe them.

gloria, that's so funny, because I feel the same way! I've been subscribing to them for years and continue to do so even though I now get much of my info from the internet. You often can find info on out of the way places and unusual experiences... I always feel like I get an unusual tip or two that continues to be worth my subscription money.

I remember pre-internet getting ITN was one of the high points of the month. And there is no way I would have been able to take the trips I did in asia in the 80s and early 90s without them. I remember when I went to Vietnam and Cambodia in 1991 I put in a request for information in their person to person section and a couple of months later I got a ton of letters and phone calls with all kinds of information. I still read it but this forum has taken its place for much of my planning. However, I figure I'll subscribe for as long as it's around. It's cheap enough and as I said I really do feel I owe them my loyalty.

I was a subsciber to ITN,too....and for years starting back...I think...in the 70s. It was great. Happy Travels!