Welcome to Wanderlust! also known as The Albany Travel, Culture & Adventure Club!

We are the largest, most diverse and most active travel group in the Capital Region! We're a friendly group of travel and adventure lovers, including singles and couples of all ages, those who are well-traveled, and those who aren't well traveled but want to be. Our club is open to anyone and everyone who wants to get to know other travel, culture & adventure lovers in the area. We're interested in doing anything we can come up with to feed the wanderlust in our souls including, but not limited to...

* Local cultural festivals
* Dining at ethnic restaurants
* Charity events to raise money & awareness for those in need both locally and in other countries
* Attending lectures given by our members about their own travel adventures
* Day & weekend trips throughout New England
* Discounted Adventure Travel with our friends at The Global Expeditions Club
* Budget travel with our friends at Hostelling International
* Day trips to NYC with our sponsor The Tailored Traveler
* Camping, Flying, rock climbing, skydiving? I dare you to try something new. Dare to dream, dare to have fun!

Visit our past events to learn more about the types of activities we've done so far. Past Events

Feel free to email me with thoughts for future events... we welcome all ideas!

*** The world is a book, and those that do not travel read only one page***

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Members who repeatedly RSVP "YES" and then don't show up and/or change their RSVP to “NO” just a few hours prior to events, may eventually be removed from the group. We recognize that emergencies do happen and plans do change, but please keep your RSVP's updated. Thanks!!

DINING OUT POLICY: For all dinner events, we've established a mandated, combination 28% Tip/Tax on top of your own meal costs, including alcohol, even if the restaurant allows separate checks. To attend a dinner event, each member agrees to honor this 28% tax/tip assumption. Any differences with your own personal gratuity policy are overruled by this.
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