I just noticed that Trip Advisor (www.tripadvisor.com) now has a forum - or if it's been there for awhile, I never saw it. There's a simple registration procedure much like Fodor's requested. I'm betting we'll see duplicate posts as the word gets around among Fodorites (I did the same thing myself today)but hey, what's wrong with another great place to share travel experiences?

Where?

It's not the easiest thing on earth to find.

Scroll down to the very bottom of the page, click on the tiny "Site Map," then on "Forums," then on the country that interests you.

I doubt that it will ever be a competitor to this forum. Every question posted gets assigned to its own "forum," including the "forum" for
"Castelabbate" -- please don't ask me where it is; I gather from the question that it's near Salerno...

Wonderful news, especially if they ebd up having forums called "hen Party" and "Whine"

LOL. Or "right shoes to wear" and "dealing wtih foreigners."