The forum is launching its "WhatsApp Thread" for your unanswered or urgent travel questions

Dear community members, For years, we’ve shared our stories, tips, and travel mishaps here. That’s the strength of our forum. However, we’ve noticed a trend: more and more travelers find themselves stuck with critical questions that need an immediate answer. Sometimes, a post on the forum takes a few hours or even days to get the right response. When you’re traveling, you don’t always have that time—nor do you when you come across a great deal that’s only available for a few hours for booking. Some questions also go unanswered.

Why a WhatsApp group? To complement our discussions here, we’ve decided to launch a WhatsApp support group. The idea is simple: provide an instant communication channel for those who need reliable info, right away. Locals with real-time access to information can answer your questions.

What you’ll find there:

Answers to your specific destination questions: Unsure about a document? Ask your question live. On-the-ground alerts: Last-minute updates on border openings or transport conditions. No promotional content: we focus on your questions

How to join us?

The group is open to all forum members. Whether you’re in the middle of planning or already on the road with your backpack, this thread is here to help keep you safe.

Join the WhatsApp support thread here

Note: We’ll of course continue exchanging long stories and in-depth advice on the forum, but for urgent or technical/logistical questions, we’ll see you on WhatsApp!

Thanks for this awesome idea 👍. We’ll see if we get enough people for it to work 😅. Unrelated, but I emailed Myatlas a few days ago. Is it normal not to have gotten a reply yet? Thanks, Christelle

Thanks so much for your encouragement. About the email, no, that’s not normal—I’ll follow up.

Hi there, thanks for your initiative—great idea! I’ll sign up for it.

Thanks to you all for using this site.

Happy holidays!

Great idea, but I only use WhatsApp with the app on my smartphone. How do we sign up? It only says above that it's via a PC?

Or maybe I didn't get everything 🤪

Normally, you just need to click the link, and it’ll take you to the request to join the group. You can do this from your phone.

Yeah, but no... okay, I scan the QR code that appears on my PC screen, it opens a WhatsApp window connected to my PC, but nothing on my smartphone 😕

* but who even uses WhatsApp on a PC?

The link isn't just for opening on your PC. It's because you're opening VF on your PC. If you click the link from your phone, it'll work. Otherwise, I’ll attach the QR code, and you can scan it with your phone to open the group on your smartphone.

Well, there you go! Thanks! 🙂