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Hi is anyone heading to the Latin America Travel Association annual Expo in the UK next month (7-10 June)? We're announcing the winners of our (free to enter) LATA Responsible Tourism Awards but it would be great to meet anyone from this community who is attending. More details at lataexpo.travel

Something I’ve been thinking about lately. Recently, a traveller sent me an Instagram reel and asked if we could include that exact experience in the itinerary. The same café, the same road, the same visuals they had already seen online. Around the same time, another traveller told me, “I don’t even want to read the itinerary properly. I just want to go with the flow". Both experiences stayed with me. One arrived with expectations shaped by content. The other arrived with curiosity. It made me wonder ...

Montenegro is missing out on a massive and growing market: an estimated 46 million pet-inclusive trips happen in the EU every year, yet travelers with dogs increasingly choose other destinations — citing safer streets and more visible kindness toward animals. Stray dog management isn't just a welfare issue. It affects public health, community trust, repeat visitation, and increasingly, EU accession requirements. NGOs across the Western Balkans are doing vital work, but they're underfunded and ...

Our hiking clients come mainly from the US and Canada, and we're feeling a significant drop in bookings this summer compared to previous years. Curious whether other operators running European tours with a North American client base are seeing the same thing? And what you're doing about it. Sitting tight, pivoting to European markets, changing your marketing? Would love to hear what your experience and how you're handling it.

A traveler recently left us a review that stuck with me. He said the thing he liked most was that he could ask all his questions,- "however silly they may be." That one line says more about what travelers actually need than any NPS score or star rating ever could. Because think about it, when was the last time you asked a "silly" question on a 15-person walking tour? You don't. You stay quiet. You google it later. You move on. That silence isn't a comfort problem. It's a trust problem. After 10+ years ...