Director:

Ellie Webster 1009 Shoreline Drive San Mateo, CA 94404-2046 USA (650) 574-4177

All you have to do is contact the Travel Aide Director, Ellie Webster, FPSA and tell her where you are planning to go. She will provide you with the names, addresses, telephone numbers and E-mail addresses of the volunteers for the areas to which you are going.

Please remember that these members are volunteers. Therefore, you will need to allow plenty of time for the contacts and you will also need to provide stamped envelopes if the Aide is going to send you any material, or for Ellie if you are contacting her by US Mail.

What Is a Travel Aide?

A Travel Aide is a PSA member who volunteers to provide information to another PSA member about what, when, and where to photograph in a specific geographic area. These aides are found all over the world—in many of the more than 70 countries where PSA members exist. So, no matter where you are traveling—in the States or abroad—we may well have a Travel Aide who is knowledgeable about photography in that area.

How do I Find a Travel Aide?

All you need do is contact Ellie Webster, FPSA, the Director of Travel Aides. If we have a Travel Aide for your destination, she will provide his/her name, address, phone number, and e-mail address.

What If I Want to Become a Travel Aide?

That’s easy, too! To qualify as a Travel Aide, you should have a good working knowledge of the photographic opportunities in the geographic areas that you wish to cover. You should be willing to assist other PSA members in photographing those sites by, at least, sending them information (local fliers and maps whenever possible) about what to see, how to get there, when to go (time of year and time of day, as appropriate), and what to expect. It would also be great if you were willing, at least occasionally, to actually meet the visitor and possibly even take him/her to the recommended sites, but this is certainly neither required nor expected—it is up to you. It is vital, however, that you respond to any inquiry in a timely fashion.

Send your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address to Ellie Webster, specifying how you prefer to be contacted (by e-mail and, in case the potential visitor does not have e-mail, mailing address or phone number) and what specific geographic areas you are willing to cover.

An Added Note to Both Travel Aides and Travelers

If you haven’t realized it yet, the greatness of PSA is its members. This is a fabulous way to make contact—and possibly develop long-term friendships—with fellow photographers from all over the world. Would YOU like to be part of such a program??