The Mid-Valley Travel Club is an informal group of people living in the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon, who are interested in travel. We get together once a month from September through June at Salem Public Library to share travel information and listen to presentations by Club members and invited guests on travel to interesting destinations. We are not travel agents, so we do not organize group or individual travel. Our mission is purely educational.
Please contact the Program Chairman (see "Contact the Program Chairman" below).
Guidelines for Presenters
Suggestions for a successful Travel Club presentation
Please click on this link and read the suggestions before making a presentation to the Club. It will help ensure a smooth, gratifying experience for presenter and audience alike.
Duties of Meeting Moderator
In case of new or substitute Travel Club meeting moderator
Rarely, a substitute meeting Moderator needs to be called upon to run a Travel Club meeting, particularly if both Club President and Program Chairman are engaged in the activity for which the Travel Club exists: traveling. This link leads to a page written for the benefit of the substitute Moderator. It lists the Moderator's duties.
Meeting Details
Location, times, dues
Click here for details of meeting location, dates, times and dues.
Need advice on a travel destination?
Going to Bhutan, Mongolia, Morocco, Australia, or some other exotic locale? Or perhaps somewhere a little less exotic such as the U.K., France or Switzerland? You don't have to reinvent the wheel. Click here for a list of club members with intimate knowledge of your destination, who are willing to advise you.
Travel Sites on the Web
Want to surf the web for travel bargains and travel information?
There are a million web sites offering information useful for travellers, from cheap fares, to health data, to U.S. Consulate addresses around the world and U.S. State Department warnings. Click here for a selection.
Members' Travel Announcements
On Purchasing a Timeshare
Member John Avery gives some information about purchasing a vacation timeshare, and offers his own for purchase.
Travel Advisories
Club members' warnings and recommendations
Click on this link for a new page on the Club's web site, on which Club members can pass on warnings about travel difficulties they have encountered or make recommendations of places where they have had favorable travel experiences. If you have such tips you would like to pass on to Club members, please email the Club President (see "Contact the Club President" below) and your material will be added to the "Travel Tips" page.
Tim Murphy's Letters from Mexico
Tim's dispatches about life south of the border
Travel Club member, Tim Murphy, is now living in N.W. Mexico. Click on this link for a series of articles by Tim on this region of Mexico. Tim writes that he welcomes feedback from Club members. You can contact him by obtaining his email address from the Club President (see form below).
What do we do with your email address?
There are about 150 members on the Club's mailing list. Contacting them all using the United States Mail is expensive. By using your email address we can regularly send announcements of schedule changes and reminders about meetings, as well as seek your input on proposed changes to Club policies and procedures. We do not distribute your email address to any outside parties. Click on this link to see our privacy statement.
Contact the Club President
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Contact the Program Chairman
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Please use a compatible browser if you wish to send an email message to the Program Chairman. I recommend Firefox.
For summaries of past "Travel Skills" topics, choose the appropriate topic below:
Announcements
Please see the full program schedule for the 2008–2009 Season by clicking on the "Travel Club Schedule" link at left.
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Travel Club Meeting Thursday, December 11, 2008
(Fifteenth Season) Loucks Lecture Hall Salem Public Library 7:00–9:00 pm
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Traveling the Ring Road in Iceland:
Land of Fire and Iced by Don Gallagher and Sharon Wright
Don and Sharon made a trip to Iceland in July 2007 with a group of hikers from the Willamette Valley to observe the forces of nature that are evident in this hot travel destination. There are few if any other places on earth where glaciers, hot springs, geysers, volcanic craters, icecaps, tundra, snow-capped peaks, vast lava deserts, waterfalls, glacier lagoons and active volcanoes can be seen in such a compact region."
TRAVEL SKILLS TOPIC: "Servas: An International Hospitality Program for Travelers" (12th in our series on alternative accommodations).
Discussion will be introduced by Nancy and Joe Kuehn.
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Meetings of the MVTC are free and open to the public. _______________________________________
Summaries of Previous Presentations
Summaries of past meeting topics since October, 2004 can be found in the Archive section (see link near bottom of left column). Click on the link for the desired year.
Summaries of past "Travel Skills" topics since December, 2004 are also at bottom left. Click on the desired topic from the pull-down list.
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Tim Murphy's "Letters from Mexico"
Travel Club member Tim Murphy's letters comprise a series of colorful, short articles on northwest Mexico. Tim's letters can be seen by clicking on the link under "Tim Murphy's Letters from Mexico" at left.
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Pritam Rohila'sTravel Blog
Travel Club member Pritam Rohila has provided a link to his travel blog: http://pritam-rohila-travels.blogspot.com. It is very well presented, with excellent photos. Pritam writes:
"Right now I am working on my recent travels in Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. I have already posted parts of my travels there. Other parts will be posted in the near future. The site also has blogs about my previous travels in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and India."
