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Travel - The Mensa SIGHT network

Please note: The main SIGHT information page is here.

The Mensa SIGHT network makes it easy to link up with local members of Mensa as you travel around the world.

SIGHT stands for Service for Information, Guidance, and Hospitality to Travellers. SIGHT connects Mensans who want to meet other Mensans. Some travel themselves while others give advice to travellers, including the best places to stay or visit.

SIGHT also puts members in touch with each other as hosts and guests, providing each party with the information to make contact. SIGHT is not an immigration agency, a job placement agency or a source of long-term (or permanent) accommodation.

Once the introduction has been made, Mensa is no longer involved and arrangements are agreed between traveller and host.

Use this link to find the SIGHT contact in the country that you are travelling to. If you are travelling to a large country like the USA, the country SIGHT contact will put you in touch with the state or local SIGHT contact in the area in which you are travelling to (eg the San Francisco SIGHT contact)

SIGHT Presentations:-

Mensa International SIGHT Coordinator Henkhenk's SIGHT presentation at AMG in Bali November 2023

Please also note the various Mensa Facebook Travel Groups on the Mensa Facebook Groups page. Some of these are below.

Travel and connecting with Mensans

Mensa SIGHT Program is one of the best features of Mensa. Helps connect M travellers with local Mensans for travel guidance, some even volunteer to be hosts. Needs current membership.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/176942022394979 (4,900 members). **

Links to individual countries’ SIGHT groups:

SIGHT Mensa Philippines:
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/2175468732682857
SIGHT Japan Mensa: secret group. Needs an online form filled to be able to join, found on their website at
- https://mensa.jp/sight/ form/index/
  - and
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/414300228661992
SIGHT Mensa Korea:
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/mensakoreasight
SIGHT Mensa France:
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/728834643829241

SIGHT Mensa Germany: https://www. facebook.com/groups/778220775558013
SIGHT Mensa Spain: https://www.facebook. com/groups/467116573426392
Irish Mensa SIGHT: https://www.facebook. com/groups/297482703603660
SIGHT Mensa Austria: https://www.facebook. com/groups/SIGHTMensaAustria
SIGHT Mensa Romania: https://www. facebook.com/groups/412181638975032

Other travel-related M groups

M Travel: group for current and lapsed Mensans to exchange travel tips, with a focus on last-minute/frugal travel.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/273970173469974 **

Party At Sea: The Hell’s Ms’ cruise group. Some of their Mensa cruises have included the Baltic, France and the British Isles, and Panama Canal/ South America.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/707473852689038/

Silvensa: not a group per se, but this is the info page for Silvensa, Mensa Europe’s New Year’s party which takes place in a different European city every year.

https://www.facebook.com/silvensa
Silvensa event 2022 in Cluj-Napoca in Romania (28.12.2022-1.1.2023)!
- https://silvensa.org/?fbclid=IwAR3AZPq5Tdthgmd_CJY6Hx2NG2Sfc2feghac178ydF_rAjJPqMBhIcxivQA

MY-SIG: Mensa’s Youth SIG, for the young at heart. Also a great resource for M travelers, and they have meetups/ camping trips in interesting locations across Europe.