Frequent Questions

1.Choose Add Guide from the main menu.
2.Choose the link here in the text frame ‘Don’t you agree? Do you want to add anything else? Add your own guide here! that appears on the page of the results on guides per destination (view ‘How do I search for travel guides to the place I want?’).

By using any of these ways you will be transferred to the page where you can add a guide. Now choose the continent and country from the list and add your destination (obligatory fields). In case you don’t remember how your destination is spelled, choose the link Map next to the Country field so that you can see the corresponding map. You may also fill the prefecture where your destination belongs and your birth year (optional fields).

When you are ready to proceed to writing your guide choose Continue. By doing so, a bar with the available basic categories of the guide appears. Choose the category you want and the subcategories that it may have, appear. Choose the category/subcategory you want and write in the text input field. In order to help you, an explanation of what you could write about in every category/subcategory appears.
When you finish writing a category/subcategory you can immediately choose the next one you wish to write or click on Save for ‘name of category/subcategory’ so as to first save what you have already written and then move on to the next. When you complete writing the guide click on Finish guide. Your guide is now saved and is IMMEDIATELY available for the users of Travelplorer.

Note: You can change the inputs in the fields ‘Continent, Country, Prefecture, Year of Birth and Destination’ after you have initially filled them in, and then save the changes by clicking on Update (after initially completing the fields and choosing Continue, in its place appears Update).

2.Do I have to register so as to add a guide?

No! You may write your guide without registering, but you will not enjoy the extra benefits that registering offers you. The most important being your ability to change your guide whenever you want (view ‘What are the advantages of registering?’)

3.Can I change my guide after I have added it? How?

Only if you had registered and signed in before you wrote it. In this case, sign in again (view ‘How do I sign in?’) and choose Edit my guides (or My profile and then My travel guides). Thus, all the guides you have written appear. Choose the guide you want to change and click on Edit to move to the page Add guide with all the fields and categories/subcategories completed with those parts of the guide you wish to change. Make the changes you want and click on finish guide for them to be saved.

4.Do I have to write in all categories/subcategories?

Of course not! Write what you know even in only one and your guide will be accepted. Even the slightest contribution is important for our travel community!

5.Is there any limitation on the content to be written in a category/subcategory?

There is only the limitation of writing at least 50 characters. The reason for this is avoiding one word entries in our categories/subcategories, which do not actually show experience. Keep in mind that Travelplorer is aiming at the accumulation of travellers’ experience.

6.Is there a specific writing style I have to use in my guide?

No. Just keep your style simple and comprehensible so that everyone can understand it.

7.Are there any rules I have to follow when writing my guide?

The basic philosophy of Travelplorer is intervening the least in users’ entries. For this reason, the rules to be followed are few and restricted to the following which are completely necessary:

1.Do not swear
2.Write only in English
3.Do not enter html texts because it will be deleted
4.You can express any complaints you may have (eg. concerning service at a restaurant) but without insulting anyone
5.Do not write about unnecessary personal details

8.When will my guide be available at the site?

Immediately after you have completed your entry and have clicked on the button Finish Guide ! Your guide is now available on the site!!

9.Is the content of my guide subject to inspection?

It is subject to inspection only as far as the rules that must be followed (view ‘Are there any rules I have to follow when writing my guide?’). The inspection takes place after your guide is on the site and in case any deviations are tracked down, Travelplorer has the right to make the appropriate changes without any prior warning.

10.Can a third person change my guide?

No! Your guide can only change by you and only if, before writing it, you had signed in (view ‘Can I change my guide after it has been added?’ How?). The only thing that another user can do is rate your guide (view ‘Can I rate the content of a category/subcategory that a user has written?’ and ‘Can I rate the content of the guide as a whole?’).

11.Can I view all the guides I have written?

Yes, provided that you are a Travelplorer member (view ‘How do I register’). In this case, sign in (view ‘How do I sign in’) and choose Edit my guides or My profile and then My travel guides. Keep in mind that you can view only the guides you have written as a member and after you have signed in. If on one occasion you have written a guide without registering or without having signed in, then your guide will not appear on My guides. You, then, can merely view it the way all other Travelplorer visitors can (view ‘How can I view a guide as a whole?’).

12.How can I view the rating that my guide has received by other users?

Sign in (view ‘How can I sign in?) and choose Edit my guides or My profile and then My travel guides. From the list showing the guides you have written choose See Ratings and a new window with the ratings your guide has received will open.

13.How do I search for travel guides to the place I want?

To look for a travel guide you have to fill in at least one of the fields Continent, Country, Destination on the initial page and click on Search. Keep in mind that the fewer the fields you fill in, the more general your search will be. For example, if you fill in only the field Continent, then the destination of your search will be the given continent and its result will be travel guides of destinations that are in the countries of this continent.

14.How are the results of my search presented?

When you are ready to start your search on the initial page, click on Search. In this way a new page appears (depending on the choice of search you have made) on which the following are presented:

1.Travel guides to your chosen destination provided you have filled in the field Destination. Every guide is comprised of twelve main categories, while some categories are divided into subcategories. The total list of categories and subcategories appear on the left side of the page. You cannot view the whole guide that every user has written on this page. Travelplorer prefers projecting all the guides per category and subcategory. That is, enabling you to view what all the users have written for the category/subcategory you have chosen on every occasion. In this way, you can instantly compare the information you are given and choose the one that suits you best.
2.Travel guides to destinations within a country ( in case you have filled in the fields Continent and Country and you haven’t filled Destination). Choose the destination you want out of them and will be transferred to the page that concerns the guide to your destination. Furthermore, regarding only Greece and Cyprus, on this page guides appear both per county and prefecture. Just choose the county or prefecture that interests you and you will be transferred to a new page that will show the guides to destinations within the chosen county or prefecture only.
3.Travel guides to destinations within a content per country (in case you have filled in only the filed Continent). Just choose the country that interests you and you will be transferred to the page showing the guides to destinations within the specific country as was described above On this page, the political map of the chosen continent is also shown.

15. Which category/subcategory is initially shown? How can I view the content of another category?

At the beginning, when you enter the page with the results on the guides, the content of the first subcategory in the first category appears, which is the Climate. By choosing any other category/subcategory you want, the respective content appears.

16. Can I save the results of my search?

Choose Save search under Options and the results of your search will be directly available in future, without any need of it being repeated (view ‘How do I view the searches I have saved?). For this service to be active, though, you have to register/sign in (view ‘How do I register?’ and ‘How do I sign in?’).

17. Can I print the results of my search in PDF?

Yes. Choose Print PDF under Options, and you will get the results of the specific search in PDF (watch out: only for the individual category/subcategory you have chosen from the left list)

18. Can I rate the content of a category/subcategory a user has written?

Yes. Choose Rating under what the user has written in the category/subcategory and a new window will open, where you can rate its content at a 1-5 rate.

19. Can I save another user’s content into a category/subcategory in my Favourites?

Yes. Choose Add to favourites under the content of the specific user. A necessary condition for this is that you register/sign in (view ‘How do I register?’ and ‘How do I sign in?’).

20. How can I view a guide as a whole?

Choose the user whose guide you want to view and choose View Travel guide under the content of what the user has written in the /subctegory you are viewing. In that way, you are transferred to a new page where the whole guide is shown—that is, whatever the specific user has written for the given categoris/subcategories.

21. Can I save a guide in my favourites?

Yes. While you are viewing the complete guide of another user (view ‘How do I view the whole guide?) c hoose Add to favourites. However, a necessary condition is that you are signed in (view ‘How do I sign in’?).

22. Can I rate the content of a guide as a whole?

Yes. While you are viewing the complete guide of a user (view ‘How do I view the whole guide?), choose Rate. A new window, thus, opens where you are given the chance to rate the guide and write your comments on it.

23. Can I print a guide in PDF?

You have the following two options:

1. While you are viewing a user’s guide (view ‘How do I view the whole guide?’), you can print it in PDF by choosing Print PDF.
2. While you are viewing a category/subcategory in the results, choose the user whose complete guide interests you and choose Print guide under the content the user has written in the specific category/subcategory

24. How do I go about a new search while I am on the page of the results on the guides to a specific destination?

You have the following two choices:

1.Click on Home from the main menu and fill in the fields of the search from scratch
2.Fill in the fields Continent, Country, Destination that are under the main menu and click on New search.

25.How do I view the searches I have saved?

Sign in (view ‘How do I sign in?’) and choose My profile from the main menu. On the new page choose My searches. For every search you have saved you can:

1.View its content by choosing View.
2.Delete it from you favourites by choosing Remove.
3.Write your comments on it by choosing Your notes.

26. How do I view My favourites?

Sign in (view ‘How do I sign in?’) and choose My profile from the main menu. On the new page choose My favorites. For every addition you have made you can:

1.View its content by choosing View.
2.Delete it from your favourites by choosing Remove.
3.Write your comments on it by choosing Your notes.

27. What are the advantages of registering?

In general, you do not have to register in Travelplorer to use its main functions (Search and Add Guide). However, by registering you have your own profile in Travelplorer which is labelled as My profile and a range of additional useful services. More specifically, you can:

1.Change a guide of yours (notice: those written after signing in) whenever you want
2.Keep an archive with all the guides you have written, where you will be able to view them, print them in PDF, change them and view the ratings they have received by users who have read them
3.Keep your favourite results so that you do not have to search for the destinations that attracted your attention at some point from scratch
4.Keep your searches so that you can go on with them the next time you visit Travelplorer

28.How do I register?

Choose Register from the main menu and fill in the fields that are on the page (the fields noted (*) are obligatory). Moreover, choose if you wish to receive the Travelplorer Newsletter and if you accept the Privacy policy that Travelplorer adopts (you can read it by clicking on the relevant link). After you have completed the above, click on Register. You are now a Travelplorer member with your own account!

29. How do I sign in?

Fill in the user name and your password at the top of the page and click on Enter.

30. Can I change my account whenever I want?

Yes, by signing in and choosing My profile and then My account. Make the changes you want and click on Save for the change to take place.

31. Can I change my password whenever I wish?

Yes, by signing in and choosing My profile and then Change password. Make the change you want and click on Save the new password.

32. How do I tell my friends about Travelplorer?

Choose Invite friends from the main menu and on the new page write your invitation to your friends, enter their e-mails and click on Invite your friends.

33. How can I contact you?

Choose Contact us from the menu that is at the bottom of the pages. Write your question and the necessary information on the page and when you are ready click on Send. You will receive an answer within 24 hours!