What do you want to see?

Hi folks,

We've been talking lately about how to better serve our travelling parents and families. Our editorial teams already learn a lot from your terrific discussions, but we also wanted to give you a chance to specifically tell us what you might like to see us do differently, or improve.

What kind of information is most helpful to you when heading somewhere with kids in tow? What kind of advice isn't helpful? Would you like a child-friendly icon (to denote child-friendly cafes, hotels, entertainment, etc)? Anything else you'd like us to think about?

Many thanks for your continued feedback and insights!

Cruise and tour asia

Hi,
I'm writing this to see what is available for my mum (73) and her friend who is a sprightly 83 year old. They would like to go on a cruise/ tour to an somewhere in Asia. They have both travelled all over Austraia, New Zealand and Singapore and parts of Europe. As my husband and I have been to Vietnam and Borneo and have raved about the wonderful things we saw, they also thought that somewhere like that would be interesting to see.
Is there a company that incorporates a cruise and also a tour, especially for their age group?

Thanks, Liz

Edited by: eliza60

Thailand

I will be traveling to Thailand from Indonesia on the 20th of July to the 3rd of August. I have no real plans. Any younger people want to catch up for a drink etc.
I am a 25 yo male from Australia.

Leaving responsibilities behind...

I've not long turned 30, and whilst I've done a fair bit of travelling over the past few years I've never taken that time where it's just dedicated travelling. My longest time off away was Australia for 6 weeks a few years ago.

Now I have no issue with being 30 and thinking that I should be past that kind of thing. Far from it. Instead I'm looking at taking that year out and gettin git done with, heading East into Asia (especially Japan), Aus, NZ, South Pacific, and maybe finsihing off in Argentina.... Who knows, at this point it's just an idea. However, the idea does include trying to organise dates so that I can be in NZ come the next rugby world cup in 2011....

However, I'm looking at advice and some inspiration from others who have been in my position. Despite being so desperately over the hill at 30 (or so I'm told, though thankfully I can still pass for 26) I'm not yet ma... more »

"Duh" around the world

I've always been fond of the word "duh", and I find myself using it rather too frequently (although never seriously, I hope). Its cousins "dur" and "doy" and the related phrase "no duh" are also acceptable, especially if you're 8 years old.

Do other languages have synonyms for "duh", or, as American Heritage defines it, and interjection "used to express disdain for something deemed stupid or obvious, especially a self-evident remark"? And has "duh" spread throughout the English-speaking world?

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Translating place names

French compound place names are always written with a hyphen. For example, Trifoullis-les-Oies. This is not the case in English, as far as I know.

I just did a translation from French to English that contained names of churches and places. The museum curator whose text it is is complaining that I left out the hyphens, even though I kept the French name. For example, I said Saint Etienne Cathedral, instead of St Stephen's Cathedral, since I feel that whoever buys this book might look on a map to go to the cathedral and will find it written as Saint-Etienne and not Saint Stephen's. However, I did not include the hyphen of Saint-Etienne Cathedral.

Any opinions? She just called me and I said I was trying to get some expert opinion.

ISRAEL for new years eve

hi guys...I have planned a 10 days trip to Israel fron December 30th to January 8th...not already scheduled which places or what to do there!!!
I'm looking for one or more travelling companions, for a part or all the trip!!
i'm easy going, backpacking 32yo guy...love culture, roaming around, meet new people and experience local life!!

let me know if u r available for the same!!!