The Single Thing I Like Best About Fodors.Com
 

I like many things about Fodors.com - it is an amazing source of travel-related info on virtually anything obscure or not obscure thing you pose.

But The Single Thing I Like Best about Fodors.com is:

The ability to interchange ideas, not always strictly travel related, to Fodorites who live in Europe. Mainly it's the many erudite-sounding Brits i often pose questions to and learn so much from - but also from Germans, French and Swiss residents.

So that's my single fav thing about Fodors - the Europeans on this site

What's Your SINGLE fav thing about Fodors? Just curious. PalQ

Not a single thing, but...

That I constantly meet people who know more than I do
That I can learn about other cultures and challenge my own assumptions
That I can vicariously travel all over Europe through the eyes and words of others
That I can find people who are passionate about the same things I am.
That I can access some really excellent travel reports
That I can, minimally, help other people enjoy places I've visited.

The fact that for other Fodorites, like myself, travelling to Europe is much more than just taking a trip - it's the research, the sense of adventure once you're there, the food, the art, all the reading (fiction and non-fiction) involved before, during and after, in order to learn as much as possible about the places we visit. It's love.
I feel that we share all this here, and for me this is very moving.

It's free!

it's strangers offering time and information for free, due to the sheer joy they have in travel.
Pretty impressive.

The community.

I love the up to the minute information we can obtain here....worlds better than any guide book.

I am also blown away by the generosity of contributors on this board who live or have lived in some of the detinations about which others of us ask. They absolutely go out of their way to help us.

Instant gratification! One never has to wait for a response--

There are so many things I like, but if I must choose only one it would be making new friends. I joined this board a couple of years ago just to ask a couple of questions about Switzerland. I never dreamed that would result in so many new friendships, but what a pleasant surprise. :-)

I guess if it had to be a <u>Single</u> thing, it would be
<b>Fodorites.</b>

i love checking out the recommendations received, and reading/ helping on posts i feel i might be able to add something. the response speed is awesome.

for me it is a relaxing way to unwind and feel i am travelling the world from my desk at home!

i do hope one day to meet some of you.

i guess, like scarlett says, it boils down to the FODORITES.

Feeding my travel addiction!! Especially between trips it's a place I can read trip reports and feel like I am there.

Well put Michel_Paris. I'll second that.. :-)
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1. Information from knowledgeable fellow travelers or locals
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2. The patience of fellow travelers or locals in dispensing this knowledge.

3. Pure entertainment.

My thanks to all concerned.

I second everything said and ad only this:
that when finding a corn starch substitute in Spain (this happened a few weeks ago) generates conversation, I know I am in the right place.

The single thing I like is the everything including the Minutia.

There is more vitality here than at any other travel site.

The information available for trip preparation.

Actually, at the moment, since I'm planning a trip to Barcelona, laclaire is my favorite thing about fodors.com.

For me, the single thing I like best is when folks local to the country you are interested in respond with wonderfully helpful information e.g. Sheila (Scotland), Thanos (Mykonos) and many others.

Like Blanche Dubois, &quot;I rely on the kindness of strangers&quot;. (Tennesee Williams-Streetcar Named Desire)

My faith in human nature has been restored many times over by the absolute decency of Fodorites.