Virtualtourist

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Virtualtourist (VT) is a free, travel-oriented community website featuring user-contributed travel guides for locations worldwide. ^[1]The site has over one million registered members. It offers some 1.5 million travel reviews and 3 million photos on over 55,000 destinations.^[2] The website is operated by Virtualtourist, Inc., Westlake Village, California. Members of Virtualtourist write tips about places they have visited or lived in, and are encouraged to rate the tips of fellow VTers on a scale of 1-5 for honesty, accuracy, writing style and helpfulness.

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On each destination page, the following information is offered:

Local time and date
Number of members living there
Member tips
- Hotel reviews
- Things To Do
- Restaurant reviews
- Local Customs
- Nightlife
- Off the Beaten Path
- Tourist Traps
- Warnings or Dangers
- Transportation
- Packing Lists
- Shopping
- Sports Travel
- General Tips
Member pictures
City Map
Travel forums for each destination
Discussion Forums
- Travel Forum (organized by continent, country, region or city)
- Miscellaneous Forum
- Technical Help Forum
Travel Pages of each member with unlimited space for writing and photographs
Member friends, member birthdays, VT mail, online/offline smiley feature