Welcome to our community! We’re excited to have you here, and we want to ensure this forum remains a friendly, informative, and respectful space for all. To help us maintain high-quality discussions and a safe environment, please take a moment to read our community guidelines. these guidelines outline what is allowed and what is not tolerated. By participating in this forum, you agree to follow these rules.
1. Overall Community Behaviour
We expect all members to treat each other with respect at all times. This means being courteous even when you disagree. Healthy debate is welcome, but personal attacks, insults, and dismissive behaviour are not.
Hate speech, harassment, threats, trolling, and any kind of discriminatory language based on race, religion, gender, nationality, or other identities will not be tolerated. Content that impersonates other users, moderators, or staff is also strictly prohibited.
Please avoid posting in all caps, using excessive formatting, or repeating the same message in multiple threads. This helps keep the forum readable for everyone.
By participating here, you agree to:
• Treat others with respect
• Welcome diverse backgrounds, views, and voices
• Keep things civil – disagree without being disagreeable
• Avoid sarcasm, passive-aggression, or bullying behaviour
• Use clear language and avoid all caps, spammy formatting, or emoji overload
You will not:
• Harass, threaten, or insult other users
• Post or promote hateful, racist, sexist, or discriminatory views
• Impersonate other users, staff, or moderators
• Post spam or repetitive messages
• Share personal or confidential info of others without consent
2. Posting & Content Guidelines in Forum Threads, Reviews & Replies
Make sure your posts are relevant to the forum and the topic at hand. Start new threads in the appropriate category, and use a clear, descriptive title. If you’re replying to an existing thread, keep your reply on-topic.
If you’re sharing experiences, advice, or insights, we encourage you to be as helpful and specific as possible. Posts that are vague, misleading, or designed only to provoke will be removed.
Please don’t post the same message multiple times across threads. Spamming the forum, even with helpful content, clutters the experience for others.
By participating here, you agree to:
• Make your title descriptive and topic clear
• Stay on topic in your replies
• Share your own views, experiences, or questions – not AI-generated or scraped content
• Credit sources when referencing external content, however, no advertising or promotion allowed at any point
• Post views that are based on first-hand experiences
• Keep it helpful for future readers – include dates, locations, context
• Be honest and factual
Don’t:
• Post reviews for places you haven’t visited
• Write reviews for someone else unless part of your shared experience
• Copy-paste from other websites or reviews
• Post hearsay, news reports, or third-party opinions unless it directly impacted your visit
• Advertise your or others’ products, business, blog, or services
• Post referral links, affiliate codes, or commercial links
• Post the same content across multiple threads
• Post misleading, false, or alarmist claims
• Include medical or legal conclusions unless professionally qualified
3. Businesses, Affiliates & Representatives
This forum is not a place to advertise your business, blog, services, affiliate links, or any kind of promotion, even if it seems relevant. Posts written for commercial gain, link-building, or SEO will be removed without warning.
If you are affiliated with a business mentioned in a discussion, you may respond once in a respectful and transparent manner, but only to clarify or assist. You must clearly state your relationship to the business. Promotional content beyond that will be removed.
By participating here, you agree to:
• Disclose your connection to a business when posting
• Respond to customer feedback professionally
• Provide contact info for follow-up (email, phone, or PM)
Don’t:
• Promote or advertise your business (even indirectly)
• Review your own business or competitors
• Offer discounts, gifts, or bribes for reviews
• Request users to change or remove negative feedback
• Post unsolicited links, product recommendations, or PR content
4. AI Content & Automation Policy
Authenticity is critical. All content must come from real people sharing real experiences. Posts generated by bots, ChatGPT, or other AI tools are not allowed. Likewise, do not copy-paste reviews or content from other websites or users. Plagiarism and fake reviews are serious violations and can result in a permanent ban.
Prohibited:
• AI-generated reviews, forum posts, or comments
• Use of bots or scripts for posting, voting, messaging, etc.
• Monitoring or coaching users on what to post to appear authentic
Detected AI misuse can lead to:
• Content removal
• Temporary suspension
• Permanent bans
5. Moderation, Reports & Enforcement
We take community protection seriously. Our moderators are here to keep things running smoothly. They may edit, hide, or remove posts that violate these guidelines. Serious or repeated violations may result in temporary or permanent account suspension.
If you see a post that violates our rules, Use the Report button to flag posts that violate guidelines. Refrain from calling it out in public. Public confrontations or arguments over rule-breaking are discouraged – let the moderators handle it.
Moderators may:
• Edit or delete content
• Issue private warnings
• Temporarily or permanently ban users
• Remove or redact personal data or legal-sensitive content
Don’t:
• Engage in “call-out” posts – report violations privately
• Threaten or harass moderators
• Attempt to evade bans using alternate accounts
6. Legal Responsibility & Platform Use
You are fully responsible for the content you post. Any public content posted here may be edited, reused, or removed by moderators or administrators at our discretion.
By using this platform, you agree:
• Not to post any false, defamatory, illegal, obscene, or copyrighted content
• That all public content may be reused, edited, or removed by moderators or administrators
• That this platform is not liable for any harm, injury, or dispute resulting from advice, content, or experiences shared here
• Not to use the forum for legal, medical, or financial advice unless professionally certified and qualified to do so
• Not to use forum content for commercial research or scraping without explicit permission
7. Privacy & Data Sharing
Do not share confidential information, private contact details, passwords, booking references, or anything else that could compromise someone’s privacy.
To protect your privacy and others’, do not post real names, addresses, phone numbers, or emails of others, Loyalty account numbers, booking codes, or access credentials, Screenshots that expose private data. You may remove your own personal data by request. Repeat violations will result in permanent removal.
8. Sensitive Topics & Crisis Events
Some discussions may touch on politics, religion, or social issues. These topics are allowed to be discussed only if they are directly relevant to the travel, culture, or experience being discussed.
However, no form of rants, inflammatory language, conspiracy theories, or posts that incite fear or hatred will be allowed. Be thoughtful, be factual, and always be respectful when engaging in sensitive topics.
9. Final Notes
These guidelines may be updated at any time. By posting on this forum, you agree to abide by all rules listed above. Violation of these rules may lead to editing, removal, or account ban. If you’re unsure, ask a moderator before posting.. For any questions or concerns, please contact a moderator or email our admin team.
Thank you for helping keep this space safe, helpful, and human.
Last updated: 1 Jun, 2025