first timers

[betsyandcarl]

We will be at Desire for the first time later this month. Not sure what to expect or how to go about meeting other couples when we get there. We have had some swinging experience (a few times) and found it very exciting for both of us. Any advice for us newbies?

Betsy and Carl

[MattKenzie]

Congrats on the impending trip. We are taking our first trip in March.

As for suggestions for newbies, most replies will suggest you use the search feature. It's good advice. I would also recommend looking at the post trip reports in the forums for the specific resort you are going to. Some very good info can be found there.

Good luck and enjoy. We're ready to get our trip going. Less than three months away.

[STL-MO-CPL]

Read the trip reports for sure! That's a great resource. Also, you could reach out and grab a few podcasts. There's one produced by a couple in OKLAHOMA called The Curious Couple for the Curious Ear that has a 4 part episode documenting their most recent trip to Desire from a week ago. They have quite a bit to share about the resort and their experiences.

[betsyandcarl]

thanks, will check out the post-trip reports. Where do we find the podcasts?

BetsyandCarl

[MattKenzie]

thanks, will check out the post-trip reports. Where do we find the podcasts?

BetsyandCarl

I had not heard these but looked them up. Thanks, STL-MO-CPL for the info.

The pod casts can also be downloaded from iTunes.

thecuriouscouple.com

[eddieandjojo]

Another source for podcasts can be found here http://theaussieswingers.com/. Several topics covered including trip reports from prior Desire visits to both locations. Really great people with sound advice!

[Dogma]

I think that if you get involved with some activities at the pool and hang out in the pool you will definitely meet people naturally. As opposed to most vanilla resorts, people are more open and mostly want to interact so just chat people up like you normally would and see what happens. I wouldnt over think it too much. This forum is a HUGE help for newbies like you and like we were. In the end though, once you are there it will surprise you how little there was to worry about.

[STL-MO-CPL]

Where do we find the podcasts?

There are some great lifestyle related podcasts and almost all of them have either recorded from, or recounted a visit to Desire and/or Hedonism. If you go to iTunes, you can find the following:

Swinger Diaries (they just pulled theirs offline, which is a shame, they were sooooooo great)
The Swinging MILF Podcast
Shameless Adventures
We Gotta Thing...
The Curious Couple for the Curious Ear
The Hidden Swing
The Swinger Carousel
LIfeStyleLife
Swap Fu Podcast
Average Swingers
Everybody Swings
Swingercast
Life on the Swingset
Sapphic Swingers Podcast

Believe it or not, I've listened to every single episode of every single one of those podcasts except for a handful of the Life on the Swingset podcast. Traveling for work gives me hours and hours of windshield time in the car. I love being able to learn all about these stories, lessons, and advice. I really believe it's an amazing resource. Some of them have ceased production, but most are still active with regularly scheduled new episodes. There may be others out there (like the Aussie Swingers), but I have not listened to any of them.

[STL-MO-CPL]

I might add, that there are more than one podcasting couple that are members on this forum. There truly is a great deal of crossover appeal between the information posted on this site, and the information shared on the various podcasts out there. If you look hard enough, you could get yourself a pretty tremendous education based on the amount of content online.

[sixmonkeyes]

Thank you for the sweet mention! We are so flattered that we made your list! We do miss our podcast and being in contact with all of our listeners!! We are proud to confess that we have some awesome Desire stories to tell and we are still making new diary stories all the time! Like so many of you, we are huge Desire fans and loved passing on our advice to newbies through our podcast. If anyone would like to hear our show, we would be happy to send you the links to our audio files. Just go to our blog page at http://www.swingerdiaries.wordpress.com and shoot us an email there.

Our Lifestyle journey is alive and well and we remain grateful contributors to the invaluable resource that is this forum. Its truly full of all the best information on our favorite home away from home.

Hope to see you all in the rooftop jacuzzi sometime!

Penn and Paige
SwingerDiaries on Kasidie

[STL-MO-CPL]

I'm so glad you chimed in. Your podcasts were so great. Can't wait to hear about your adventures with Mr. and Mrs. Jones whenever you guys meet up again.

[brewandsue]

Thank you for the sweet mention! We are so flattered that we made your list! We do miss our podcast and being in contact with all of our listeners!! We are proud to confess that we have some awesome Desire stories to tell and we are still making new diary stories all the time! Like so many of you, we are huge Desire fans and loved passing on our advice to newbies through our podcast. If anyone would like to hear our show, we would be happy to send you the links to our audio files. Just go to our blog page at http://www.swingerdiaries.wordpress.com and shoot us an email there.

Our Lifestyle journey is alive and well and we remain grateful contributors to the invaluable resource that is this forum. Its truly full of all the best information on our favorite home away from home.

Hope to see you all in the rooftop jacuzzi sometime!

Penn and Paige
SwingerDiaries on Kasidie

Looking forward to seeing you at Pearl next month. Or will you be at DRM?
-Susan & Alan

[OzeFun]

Where do we find the podcasts?

There are some great lifestyle related podcasts and almost all of them have either recorded from, or recounted a visit to Desire and/or Hedonism. If you go to iTunes, you can find the following:

Swinger Diaries (they just pulled theirs offline, which is a shame, they were sooooooo great)
The Swinging MILF Podcast
Shameless Adventures
We Gotta Thing...
The Curious Couple for the Curious Ear
The Hidden Swing
The Swinger Carousel
LIfeStyleLife
Swap Fu Podcast
Average Swingers
Everybody Swings
Swingercast
Life on the Swingset
Sapphic Swingers Podcast

Believe it or not, I've listened to every single episode of every single one of those podcasts except for a handful of the Life on the Swingset podcast. Traveling for work gives me hours and hours of windshield time in the car. I love being able to learn all about these stories, lessons, and advice. I really believe it's an amazing resource. Some of them have ceased production, but most are still active with regularly scheduled new episodes. There may be others out there (like the Aussie Swingers), but I have not listened to any of them.

We're sad to be missing you at Pearl in March by a couple of weeks, but hopefully you'll enjoy listening to us (The Aussie Swingers)

[Wegottathing]

Thanks for mentioning our podcast! We are huge fans of Desire, we've been to both RM and Pearl but consider Pearl to be our "home". Specifically we have two episodes where we discuss our adventures at Desire, #2 and #11. Our lifestyle journey began at Pearl and what a trip it's been! You can find us on any podcast app by searching We Gotta Thing or on iTunes. If you have any questions: Email Us. Hope to hear from you!

Mr & Mrs Jones

[WhiteSands]

Thanks for mentioning our podcast! We are huge fans of Desire, we've been to both RM and Pearl but consider Pearl to be our "home". Specifically we have two episodes where we discuss our adventures at Desire, #2 and #11. Our lifestyle journey began at Pearl and what a trip it's been! You can find us on any podcast app by searching We Gotta Thing or on iTunes. If you have any questions: Email Us. Hope to hear from you!

Mr & Mrs Jones

It's about time you two turned up here!