The following are frequently asked questions about using holland.com. If your question still has not been answered, feel free to send your question to one of the Holland administrators.

1. What is holland.com?

Holland.com is a web 2.0 (or community-based) site with content generated by users, administrators, and third party sources. Its purpose is to unite past and potential visitors of Holland and the Netherlands with credible sources of news, reviews, images, video, events, and testimonials in order to create the best possible travel experience for both local and international tourists. The frequently updated content from all over the web, coupled with the contributions from users such as yourself, yields a collaborative body of information that acts as a key to unlocking the best experience possible when visiting our diverse country.

2. What is a MyHolland account?

We urge all guests of Holland.com to register for a MyHolland account. As a registered user you will enjoy full community benefits, such as: posting comments for just about all of the content on the site, rating and tagging content to assist in our goal of pushing the most informative and interesting contributions to the forefront of the site, subscribing to your favorite users to be notified when they have posted something new, sending messages to other users to ask questions about their posts or gain special insight about their past trips, and maintaining a public profile to share with other users on the site. And most importantly, as a registered user of the site, you are allowed, and in-fact encouraged, to contribute your own content to be viewed by the entire Holland.com community so that others may share in the same experiences you have had, in your travels to Holland.

3. How do I edit my profile?

When you signup for a MyHolland account, you are not required to provide any biographical information, however the option does exist after you have confirmed your account and we do urge all users to update their profiles with an image and further information in order to maximize their experience. To do this, click on the "MyHolland" link located on the right-side of the big orange header at the top of every page. Then click on either "Edit My Profile" to change biographical information, "Change My Profile Image" to update your image, or "Account Settings" to change your password or preferences.

4. What is my holland.com inbox?

Users and Holland.com administrators can send you messages via the website, that you can in-turn read by going to your inbox on the MyHolland page. In account settings, you can choose to also receive a parallel message by email anytime you receive a message through the Holland.com system.

5. What is MySuitcase?

When you add content to your suitcase, it is archived so that anytime you login in the future, your favorites are immediately at your fingertips just by visiting your MyHolland page. Holland.com also has an option that allows you to create a brochure based on the items in your suitcase (see next question). To add content to your suitcase, first be sure you are logged in, then click on the "Add to MySuitcase" icon located towards the bottom of the page you would like to add.

6. What is a user subscription?

When you subscribe to a user, you will be notified anytime that user contributes new content to the site. You can access your subscriptions through the MyHolland page.

7. How do I make a brochure?

Brochures are created based on the content you add to your suitcase. To create a brochure, first be sure to add content to your suitcase, then click on the "Print Brochure" icon found on your MyHolland page. You can add articles, images, and events to your brochure, but obviously cannot add video. Brochures are in PDF form which requires "Acrobat Reader". This is free software provided by adobe on their website: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

8. What is a triplog?

A triplog is a personal testimonial from someone who has visited a special place in Holland and wants to share it with the rest of the community. The four types of triplog entries are: local trips, overseas trips, business trips, and romantic dates. If you have a story or review you would like to share, you must first login or register, then click the "Add Content" link located on the right-side of the big orange header at the top of every page.

9. What is a tag/tagcloud?

Tags are keywords associated with content that act as single-word identifiers in order to categorize and define content. Tagclouds are compiled based of the most popular tags associated with content on the site

10. How do I upload content?

In the lower right hand corner of the orange banner at the top of the page you will find the "Add Content" button. Click on "Add Content" and follow the prompts to upload an article, an image, a video, a calender event or a triplog entry.

11. What is Kayak?