The Travelescape community
Travel talk.
One question a month, answered by the people who read Travelescape. And a WhatsApp group of 300+ travellers for the chat in between.
This month's question.
Where's the best place you've spent Diwali?
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Talk travel on WhatsApp.
300+ travellers who read Travelescape, swapping questions before a trip ("is Hampta Pass open in June?"), photos from the road and plans. A few messages a week, not a hundred a day.
- Be kind, and keep it about travel.
- No ads, promotions or chain forwards.
- No political or religious debates.
- Ask before sharing someone's photo.
Nilabh approves every new member, so the group stays readers and travellers. Travelescape never shares or sells numbers, and you can leave any time from the group's info. The same rules hold in the discussions here.
Nobody here sells for us. Being in the group is not a recommendation from Travelescape: if someone offers you a trip or a booking, check them before you pay. Nilabh never asks members for money, an OTP or bank details. Who speaks for Travelescape
Or, by email.
New essays in your inbox, written by people who went.
More from the community.
Ten years of readers.
This community did not start with the new site. Since 2016, readers have commented, rated, travelled together and met in person, and every word they left is still here, under the guides they helped shape.
- 2016writing since, from Bangalore
- 2,024reader comments, every one kept
- 1,160ratings, averaging ★ 4.5
- 300+travellers in the WhatsApp group
Most loved by readers
- A Girl’s Thrilling BackPacking Trek To Spiti Valley
- Garpanchkot a historic weekend destination Of Bengal
- Kaziranga National Park Travel Guide
Of the guides fifteen or more readers rated. Rate anything you read: the stars are at the end of every guide and essay.
Met in person
Reader gatherings in Bangalore (2022, 2023, 2024) and Mumbai (2023). Small-group journeys, nine people at most, to Hampi, Munsiyari, the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, the Rann of Kutch, Bhutan's Haa Valley and Spiti. The journeys continue as TE Journeys →
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