The top 5 India travel forums

If you're preparing your trip, there's nothing like a forum with knowledgable members that can answer your questions. I've done a lot of searching on the web, joining different forums, and these are, according to me, the 5 best Indian travel forums. I've picked forums focused on travelers (backpack-style).

#5 Bootsnal's Asia forum isn't focused on just India, but it's pretty good anyways: http://boards.bootsnall.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/448097925

#4 This very forum. I've put it at nr.5 because we're just getting started :)

#3 http://www.theindiatree.com smart posts and reasonably active, this is a great start.

#2 The thorn tree India: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forum.jspa?forumID=16 Lonely Planet's travel forum is a long time favourite: well moderated, good insights.

#1 http://www.indiamike.com Probably the best forum out there right now, they have a few (not many) hostel reviews too, and are very, very knowledgable.

Forums that didn't make it: http://www.indiatravelforum.com is just a commercial trap, http://forum.virtualtourist.com/forum-1495-1-Travel-India--forum.html has some good posts but is way too commercial too (with popups and stuff). Travelblog's India forum http://www.travelblog.org/Forum/Threads/13862-1.html is kinda spammy and unmoderated.

By Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) on Dec 7, 2008, 12:23 in India Talkzone.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 7, 2008, 12:24: Know of any other good India travel forums? Poor but snappy 0 funny, 0 helpful.

dickens says on Mar 16, 2009, 17:32: TravelTips24 has many travel forums. You can check India Travel Forum here: http://www.traveltips24.com/forum-8259-India.html Hope this helps. Dickens. 0 funny, 0 helpful.

obamausa8 says on Jun 29, 2009, 01:59: Cheers and we look forward to your Forum Favourites selections! [url=http://pret-auto.org][color=#FFFFFF][u]pret auto[/u][/color][/url] 0 funny, 0 helpful.

bala11bala (☼Travelguide writer) says on Aug 6, 2009, 07:26: Wow great list but indiamike is the best one regarding me... By http://chennai-coimbatore.blogspot.com 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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