As described in my previous notes, September was a very harried month for our household. So it was perfect timing that I had arranged back in the springtime for a ladies getaway trip to the Caribbean for late September. It was the first official trip for my newest meetup group, NoVA Travelers ( http://travel.meetup.com/1256 ). I formed this meetup in early summer at the request of several of the members from my other meetups ( http://cooking.meetup.com/343 and http://walkers.meetup.com218 ) who reported that they enjoyed the short weekend trips I'd planned for those groups and looked forward to longer adventures. The basic operating principles of the group are as follows - I take input from members on destinations they'd like to visit, coordinate that info with the marketing and promotions info I am receiving on a daily basis from various travel agencies, consolidators, and transportation providers (such as the airlines or railways themselves) to find great deals for group tr...
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