Destinations Travel Show, Earls Court

February 3-6, 2005, Earls Court, London.

For holiday choice, advice and ideas, make a date at Destinations. Britain's favourite holiday show is bursting with entertainment, special offers and expert advice from celebrities including Judith Chalmers OBE, Griff Rhys-Jones and Bear Grylls. New for 2005 find your perfect place in the sun at Destination Holiday Homes Abroad. Book now and quote Telegraph for your free ticket. Booking fee applies.

Adventure, Travel & Sports Show

January 14 - 16, 2005, Olympia, London.

Whether you're looking for the solitude of deserted beaches, the challenge of classic walks, treks and safaris, or the thrill of action sports,

The Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel & Sports Show , now in it's 10th year, has something for everyone.

Creating a GTI Home Exchange blogspot account

Members of GTI Home Exchange may be unfamiliar with the concept of blogging and how to post comments on articles which have been published on the GTI Home Exchange Blog.

In order to be able to add a comment, you first of all need to create an account at http://www.blogger.com/start.
Click on "Create your Blog" and complete the first part of the procedure which is to Create an Account, by filling in the boxes "Choose a user name", "Enter a password" etc. as appropriate. This will provide your with a User Name and a password, which is all that is required in order to be able to log-in and make a comment on the GTI Home Exchange Blog. The "Comment" hyperlink is found at the end of each article and clicking on it brings up the login page.

You do NOT need to complete Steps 2 - Name Blog and 3 - Choose Template - unless you wish to create your own Personal Blog.

If you need any further help in posting a Comment on the GTI Home Exchange Blog do not hesitate to send me an email requesting further assistance.

A Step too Far

Hi Kate,
Now I know I went to Aus but the blogspot is just now perhaps a step too far, I do this in the library and hotmail does not like me visiting a site outside hotmail!! I think my article looks really good, though I say so myself. Just a shame the media wants families for their programme as we would have been up for an exchange where they paid the expenses, how wonderful is that. Hope more people get inspired to put their experiences on line.
Bye for now Jo Chambers

A Spot of Confusion

Jo Chambers, recently highlighted a slight misunderstanding about one of the facilities provided on the GTI Home Exchange http://www.gti-home-exchange.com web-site listings. Jo had just renewed her membership, and I noticed that the listing carried the heading 'Exchange Request fulfilled'. So I queried it with Jo, to which she replied: "Thank you for confirming my renewal. Please uncheck 'exchange request fulfilled'; as a very new computer user and also not in the first flush of youth, I thought this meant had we used the facility successfully! Thank you for posting my article about our trip to Australia, it was very exciting to see myself in print."

So just to clarify the use of this feature, if you have checked the 'Exchange Request fulfilled' box, this means that you have arranged an exchange and do not wish to be contacted with further exchange offers for the time being. However, it is important to uncheck the box on your member registration form when you are ready to start looking for another exchange, so that other members interested in your offer will contact you.