Category: TCC News

Over the years, family and friends have always asked me to write about my travels. While I have kept a travel diary for each year, and my twelve expired passports tell another story, my response has been that it wasn’t important and my quest is personal. Recently, my sister Maisah relayed an article written in…

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By Melanie Thomas Armstrong and Christopher Thorjussen Melanie, an American from northern Virginia, solves cold cases when she’s not circumnavigating the globe (98 TCC by year’s end). Christopher, a Norwegian from Oslo, is a tech geek and deluxe backpacker (122 TCC). The following is a transcript of a dialogue between Melanie and Christopher who met…

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As of 2012, members must go to the TCC Forum to access the TCC Info Files. The Forum requires a user name and password to log in. TCC will continue to mail the Info Files to those who have paid the additional $10 ($85 domestic and $95 international). Back issues of the Info Files are…

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By Don Parrish Don Parrish resides in Downers Grove, Illinois. In addition to being a member since 2000, he is regarded as one of the world’ s most widely traveled persons, having completed the TCC list. Visit his Web site: https://donparrish.com/TCCAward.html. This past June, while on a trip to Germany, past TCC guide and founding…

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Our congratulations to those Club members who have reached higher levels of countries visited. Well done! Platinum Members (250 or more countries) Jane Berryman Philadelphia, PA, USA Lillie Echevarria Pleasanton, CA, USA Gold Members (200 or more countries) Andrew Bolton Queensland, Australia Cozzolino, Andrew M. London, England, UK Kevin Michael Jackson Rio Rancho, NM, USA…

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The Travelers’ Century Club is pleased to welcome the following new members to the club: Ali, Saleem Bates, Louise E. Brodzinski, Frederick Brodzinski, Natalia Chang, Deborah Coleman, Adrianne Coleman, Jon Colli, Ilario Collins, Cynthia M. Collins, Robert E. Cozzolino, Andrew M. Crum, Travis Darata, Darlene Francis, Larry Francis, Rosanne Goldman, Aron Gunnemann, Dirk Wilhelm Hales,…

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Three hundred thirty-eight members voted on the 2024 global conference destination, and Ponta Delgada, Azores, was the membership’s choice with 107 first place votes and 27.8 percent of the weighted vote. Proposal requests will be sent to hotels, restaurants and meeting space around Ponta Delgada in an effort to accommodate a large conference and provide…

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Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 The Gardens of Mars: Madagascar, an Island Story, with John Gimlette 2 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada) / 1800 GMT This program will focus on another unique TCC destination, Madagascar. An island nation off the coast of Africa, it has an incredible diversity of unusual landscapes and wildlife, of which…

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Howdy, pardners! Dust off your boots and bring your blue jeans and cowboy hats! Members Dianne and Steve Owad-Jones, together with Lana and Tim Skeet invite you to Calgary in 2023 for an informal TCC weekend meetup on July 13-16 and to take in the Calgary Stampede! Expressions of interest can be emailed to letsmeet@travelerscenturyclub.org…

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I grew up in the small historic southern town of Madison, Georgia, which survived General William T. Sherman’s “March to the Sea” in 1864 because the town was “too beautiful to burn.” I would agree, and until I went to college and got married, I rarely ventured out of the state of Georgia. My travel…

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