For more than 50 years, they've been gathering on Saturday afternoons in the meeting rooms of a big London church, to watch slides and hear lectures on their members' travels. They also operate a free newsletter describing other intrepid travel experiences and containing offers of home hospitality. Globetrotters is not only in London, but also in Toronto, and a couple of other locations. They have invited Arthur Frommer to attend and speak, and he has agreed. While we apologize to our readers in other areas of the country for highlighting an event that they obviously can't attend, we are hoping that the organization of a viable Globetrotters Club in New York will lead to similar groups in other cities.
Globetrotters is an entirely non-profit activity managed by volunteer officers.
Its aim is to share the rewards of travel, and to encourage independent travel to ever-more remote areas of the world. A side benefit is the willingness of members to provide assistance to other members as they travel.