My Profile (how it works)

The My Profile section of the site is where you keep all of your personal destination information. This is where you can also look at other members information as well.

My Profile has six sections divided by tabs across the top
1. My Profile (overview)
2. My Destinations
3. My Activities
4. My Blogs
5. MyPhotos
6. My Mail

My Profile (Overview)
This provides basic overview information about the member. Here is where you can manage your profile pictures, feature a destination photo, and quickly add new trips (destinations visited). This is where you find basic information such as gender, age range, martial status, and travel styles. Here you will also see which countries the member has visited under the My Trips & Review section and what activities the member participates in under My Activities & Reviews.

My Destinations
The My Destinations tab is where you can see your own, or another member’s, travel map and how many destinations and countries have been visited. If you’re in your own My Profile under the My Destination Tab this is where you add destination visited and destination reviews. There are two ways to add destinations visited. First, using the Google map and clicking on a region you have visited. Destinations already visited by Baraaza members will appear on a map slide-out. If you are receiving too may destinations for a given region, we suggest zooming in on the map. Remember that only destinations previously visited by Baraaza members will appear, so if your destination does not show up you will have to add manually. Adding destinations manually is easy and it’s the second method of adding destinations visited. You do this under the heading “Add Destinations Visited” and choose first the country then type the city name. Search results of the city name will appear and you must choose the city from the list and click “add”.

You can post a Destination Review by clicking the “Post Destination Review” button just under the Google map. A pop-up form will appear and you must select Country and City as well as enter a title for the review. The other fields are optional.

My Activities
The My Activities tab is where you select which activities you participate in and post activity reviews. These activity reviews will also appear on the corresponding City Pages.

My Blogs
This is where you’re travel blogs are cataloged. You can create and edit blogs here and they will appear on the main Travel Blogs page.

My Photos
The My Photos tab is where you upload and manage your destination photos. When uploading photos, choose the destination by using the country pull-down and the city search function (remember to select the city from the search results). Then select up to 4 photos to upload at a time. After the photos are uploaded you will have the ability to name and add captions. Are only rule for photos is that they must be yours, respectful, and revenant to the destination. The ‘make default’ selection on the photos will make the photo appear on the My Profile tab as a featured destination photo.

My Mail
This is where you can check, read and respond to your Baraaza mail. The mail sent between baraaza members is confidential and personal email addresses are not disclosed in the headings. If you want to exchange personal details such as phone numbers and email you do you at your own risk (just use common sense).