How it works
Nilabh asks; you answer, or reply to someone's answer. Every reply is read before it appears, usually within a day. Only your first name (and city, if you like) is shown; your email address never is.
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
House rules
- Be kind, and keep it about travel.
- No ads, promotions or chain forwards.
- No political or religious debates.
- Ask before sharing someone's photo.
The same here and on WhatsApp. What breaks them is not published, or is removed.
Ten years of readers
This community did not start with the new site. Since 2015, readers have commented, rated, travelled together and met in person, and every word they left is still here, under the guides they helped shape.
- 2015writing since, from Bangalore
- 2,007reader comments, every one kept
- 1,155ratings, averaging ★ 4.5
- 300+travellers in the WhatsApp group
Most loved by readers
Of the guides fifteen or more readers rated.
- A Girl’s Thrilling BackPacking Trek To Spiti Valley
- Garpanchkot a historic weekend destination Of Bengal
- Kaziranga National Park Travel Guide
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 →
The WhatsApp group
For the chat in between: 300+ travellers who read Travelescape, swapping questions, trip photos and plans. Small, friendly, and mostly quiet.
What's shared
Questions before a trip ("is Hampta Pass open in June?"), photos and notes from the road, new essays and discussions when they are out, and now and then a TE Journeys trip.
How often
A few messages a week, not a hundred a day. Mute it if you like; nobody minds.
Who's in it, and your number
Nilabh approves every new member, so the group stays readers and travellers. WhatsApp shows your number to everyone in it; Travelescape never shares or sells numbers, and you can leave any time from the group's info.
Sound like your kind of place?
Opens WhatsApp. Prefer email instead? The essay list is just below.