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Travel Talk is a place to meet and interact with other travelers, learn the 'Art of Travel' and Trip Builder functionality as well as other travel related topics. |
Session topics are designed to educate on how to use our travel tools to research, organize, plan, and create a trip. In fact, you can start planning and building a trip a year or more in advance with our Trip Builder. Create your trip's basic framework and as you discover new places and activities, add them in. Watch your trip take shape as you build the perfect trip that works for you. All this can be done before making a single booking, so you are free to change anything you like and as often as you like.
Once you understand the process, planning a trip can be stress free and fun. We have seen Travel Planners post that you have better things to do with your time than plan a trip. We totally disagree. Planning a trip is half the fun!
| Trip Builder | Mobile Trip Profile | The Art of Travel | Travel Related |
| How to use the Trip Builder to create and manage your trip. | Accessing and using the features of the Mobile Trip Profile during your trip. |
Travel Skills - Tips & Tricks helping you Travel Light & Travel Smart. |
Various travel related topics including destination discussions from past and future trips. |
General Sessions
These sessions are created by eTripCafe and may cover a wide range of topics. The sessions are offered at a minimal fee and are open to everyone on a 'first come first served' basis. As sessions are created and available, they will display on the website home page or by selecting the 'Sessions' link also on the homepage.
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| Duration | Cost | Attendees | Description | Sessions |
| 30 Min. | $10/Person | 10-20 | Various travel related topics. | One 30 Min. session. |
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| 60 Min. | $15/Person | 10-20 | Various travel related topics. | Two 30 Min. sessions with a short break between sessions. |
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| *-A person (attendee) is defined as a dial-in connection. For example, limiting a session to 10 attendees is actually limiting it to 10 dial-in connections. | ||||
These sessions are not intended to answer the question: I'm going to Paris, what should I see and do, but rather help you understand how to plan and organize a trip to any location or multiple locations you are interested in.
An example of what may be covered in a Travel Talk Session is finding and booking a hotel in Paris France. Initially you may be looking for an hotel that looks nice and is affordable, but in Paris and other cities for that matter, there are more things to consider. For starters, you should think about transportation to your hotel. Is it easily accessible from the Metro, can you walk from a train station or will you need a taxi? If you take the metro, do you know how to purchase a ticket and what kind of ticket? Is the hotel central to your planned activities? If you plan to leave for another destination, will it be easy to reach your departure point from the hotel? Does the hotel offer an included breakfast, does your room have a onsuite bathroom or is it shared? Is the room air conditioned? What are the check-in and check-out times and do they provide luggage storage. The topic is designed to educate you on what to look for and think about when selecting a hotel at any destination on your itinerary.
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| 1) | Price - Is it a good deal for the money on within your budget? |
| 2) | Location to arrival/departure points - Is it convenient to your arrival/departure points? Do you know how to get there? |
| 3) | Location to attractions - Is it convenient to the attractions you plan to visit as well as other activities? |
| 4) | Bathroom - Does it come with a private in room bathroom or does it have a shared bathroom? |
| 5) | AC - Is your room air conditioned? |
| 6) | Breakfast - Is it included? |
| 7) | Check In/Out Times - What are the check-in and check-out times? |
| 8) | Luggage - Do they provide luggage storage for early arrival or late departure? |
Private Group Sessions
Different from our General Sessions, Private Group Sessions must be requested using the Contact Page. Once requested, a session will be created and associated to the requestor's account. The session will only display for the requester on their 'My Account / Shop' page for purchase. Once purchased, the requester is responsible for sharing the meeting link with others, up to a total of 20 participants (dial-in connections).
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| Duration | Cost | Attendees | Avg. Cost/Person | Description | Sessions |
| 60 Min. | $400 | 20 Max | $20 | Discussion of the requested topic. | Two 30 Min. sessions with a short break between sessions. |
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| 120 Min. | $700 | 20 Max | $35 | Discussion of the requested topic. | Three 40 Min. sessions with a short break between sessions. |
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We will do our best to accommodate the requested date/time and reply to your account email once the session has been created for purchase. If it is not possible to schedule the session on the request date/time due to other conflicts, we will contact the requestor for alternative dates and times.
Travel Planning
You will work with a Travel Expert to plan and create your next personal travel adventure. Utilizing our Trip Builder, you will learn how to plan and build your trip. Once built, the fully integrated Mobile Trip Profile will guide you on your adventure, every step of the way.
Whether you are planning a single destination or a more complex multi-destination trip, we will guide you through the entire process to create your trip. When you are done, you will have a trip that meets your travel expectations and a much better understanding of how to plan and create custom trips in the future.
Planning a trip can take time, but it's actually not that difficult once you understand the process. In fact, planning and creating a trip is half the fun. The initial step is the build your trip using the Trip Builder. Once completed, you can continue to make changes, easily adjusting locations and activities before you ever make a booking.
These sessions use the Travel Talk Framework when it comes to requesting and scheduling meetings but have different fees and participant restrictions.
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Read more on our Travel Planning page. |
Purchasing Sessions
From your 'My Account / Shop' page, select the session or sessions you are interested in. Select 'Update Total' and then 'Purchase'. Once purchased, the sessions will display on your 'My Account/Travel Talk Sessions/My Sessions' page.
Just prior to the meeting start time, click the Zoom Meeting link where you will be placed in the Waiting Room until the meeting host admits you to the meeting.
Sessions may be purchased until two days prior to the start date.
Occasionally there can be issues with online meetings such as the video not working, audio not working, people cannot connect, slow response, audio static, etc. If for any reason technical difficulties interfere with a meeting to a point where it is not possible to host the meeting, we will work with you to rescheduled the meeting to another acceptable time.
Additional Information
Depending on the meeting, the host may only be sharing their screen while talking through the subject. In
some meetings, other attendees may also be sharing their screens. Meetings are intended to be interactive, so having a good audio and video connection is important.
Most sessions will be limited to smaller groups to provide more personal interaction between attendees and the host.
Requirements for attending a session
-Laptop or personal computer
-High-speed internet connection
-Speakers or headset
-Microphone
is required to participate in
interactive meetings
-A love of travel!