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FAQ's about the Globetrotters Club? What are your criteria for membership?

What are your criteria for membership?

We don’t have any criteria, anyone can join all we ask is that, they pay the membership fee, which is to cover the costs of running the club, any suplus or profit we make is used to the benifit of all members.

Some travel clubs may require that members spend a minimum period travelling, we do not.

How is it possible to know different addresses where we can stay for two or three days?

By joining the club you will receive a copy of our membership listing, detailing members preferances.

Please visit our FAQ page for more Q&A’s about the club or have a look around our website, where we have over 80 pages of information.

If you have any specific questions that you can’t find on the website then please feel free to ask a more specific question. E-mail: faq@globetrotters.co.uk

Upcoming meetings

May Calendar

London

Upcoming talks in London are:

Saturday, May 6th, 2017

  • Kendra Ansley – Burma.
  • André Brugiroux – The Earth is but one country.

Saturday, June 3th, 2017

  • Paul Hughes – Rare Escapes – Adventures nearby. Duncan Gough – Travelling in Spain & how to write about your travels.

See London Meeting Programme  for futher details.

Chester

Upcoming talks in Chester are:

  • Saturday May 20th 2017
    • Barbara Brooks: A Gap Year Round the World.
    • Heather Lannin: Travel to Sierra Leone – the Working Heart of Africa.
  • Saturday July 15th 2017
    • David Redford: “Glimpses of the Nile -and echoes of the great explorers”
    • Pat Jones: “Mongolia including the Naadam Festival”

See chesterglobetrotters.co.uk  for futher details.

Toronto

The next meeting is on May 26th 2017 at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station.

See https://globetrotters.co.uk/local-meetings/toronto-ca.html for details

Upcoming meetings

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London

On December 3rd, 2016 we had talks by Brian Anderson – Tierra del Fuego – ‘The Land of Fire’ and Richard Evans – Laid Back around the World in 180 Day and on Saturday, January 7th, 2017, when we had 4 talks and 5 speakers, Rosemary Alexander on Beijing; Adam Lang speaking about Beijing and Hong Kong; Hilary Clark and Hemant Amin – talking about traveling from London to the Mezzogiorno by train and Sylvia Pullen talking about the Philippines. which was followed by our annual New Year party.

Future meeting are on Saturday, February 4th, 2017 and Saturday, March 4th, 2017.

See London Meeting Programme webpage for futher details.

Chester

Chester meets on

  • Saturday January 21st 2017
    • Mike Challinor — Paddling Scotland coast to coast the big pull.
    • Darren Axe — Treading Lightly – Journeys among the mountains of Europe.
  • Saturday March 18th 2017
    • Roy Willis — ‘Antarctic, Celebrating Shackleton’
    • Anna Manning and Howard Jennings — A Sense of Swaziland

See chesterglobetrotters.co.uk

Toronto

The next meeting is on 20th January 2017 at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station.

Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m

See https://globetrotters.co.uk/local-meetings/toronto-ca.html for details

Keep up to date with London and Toronto meetings on the brand new website: globetrotters.co.uk and find out about the Chester meet ups on their own site: www.chesterglobetrotters.co.uk

Globetrotters member to run for ethical travel charity

Last but definitely not least, Globetrotters very own PR and publicity person Agata Zborowska is currently exploring the world, while training for a gruelling road race in order to raise funds for a crucial cause.

She says: “I decided to support Tourism Concern during the rest of my travels by joining the British 10K Run in July and trying to raise money for this charity. I will train while away (I am now in Malaysia, then going to Australia and New Zealand) and hopefully get fit by time I am back!”. Follow her travel blog ‘Updates from the Road’ here:http://travelextravaganza.wordpress.com/ and any donation, large or small, would be highly appreciated, via her Just Giving page: http://www.justgiving.com/Agata-Zborowska 

Good luck Agata – we look forward to seeing you at the 10k Run in July, and the London Marathon in 2014!

Back issues of Wanderlust magazine

Linda Kiniotes is having a clear out and has all the copies of Wanderlust from issue 17 to 95 to give away, and she would like them to be collected from Cranleigh in Surrey. To arrange a collection, get in touch by leaving a comment.

World of travel

World of travel

  • Hello, I am current writing a MBA dissertation for Liverpool University, on a new adventure holiday destination in the South Atlantic sea.  The island is called St Helena and they will have their first airport in the country (of 500 years) opening in 2016 which will bring tourism to the island.My dissertation is looking at the activities and services expected by a mid aged, reasonable income adventure tourist and how the indigenous population of the island can benefit from small businesses set up to service this.I would certainly be interested in the feedback and expectation of such a destination from your globetrotting members?Regards Darren Winwood

    email: D.Winwood@liverpool.ac.uk

  • from Paul Roberts – this map Shows World’s Most & Least Touristed Areas http://www.huffingtonpost.com
  • from Matt Doughty – What the man with the best job in the world did next ?  (from the BBC) http://www.bbc.co.uk

GT Travel Award

What is the award ?

Are you inspired by all this talk of travel ?

Are you ready for you own independent adventure ?

Or do you know someone who could benefit from a helping hand into the wider world ?

Each year the club offers up to two £1,000 awards to give out for the best independent travel plan, as judged by the club’s Committee.

The deadline to receive applications for the next award was 31 October 2012, but the club’s Committee are yet confirm that deadline.

See the legacy page on the club’s web site for more details, where you can review previous winners’ trips and/or apply with your plans for a totally independent, travel trip.

If your idea catches our eye we’ll take a closer look at what you’re proposing and give you feedback & maybe a helping hand on your journey of a lifetime !!