How to Subscribe to Trails.com

With the Web's most thorough database of trail descriptions and maps, Trails.com is an indispensable resource for biking, hiking and camping enthusiasts. Trail descriptions, user reviews, detailed driving directions and photo pages are just a few of the benefits you can enjoy if you subscribe.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Credit card
• Computer with Internet access
• Valid email account

Get a Trails.com Guest Membership

1. Use your Web browswer to open Trails.com's homepage (see Resources below).
2. Locate the 'Start A Free Account' link and click on it. You will be redirected to Trails.com's Free Trial Offer page.
3. Enter the necessary information in the membership form. Choose a secure password that would be impossible to guess.
4. Scroll down to the 'Continue' button and click on it. You will be redirected to a new page.
5. Skip the request for login information on the page to which you are redirected. You are already logged in using your new account and don't need to enter your credit card information.
6. Click the 'Home Page' link to return to Trails.com's homepage.

Sign up for Your Trails.com 14-Day Trial

7. Begin by opening your Web browser and heading to Trails.com's homepage (see Resources below).
8. Click on the 'Start A Free Account' link.
9. Click the 'Learn More About Our Service' link to get further details about what's entailed when you sign up to subscribe for the free 14-day trial period.
10. Fill out the required fields.
11. Check the boxes beside the alert options you wish to activate. If you don't want to enable any of these options, leave the checkboxes blank.
12. Click the 'Continue' button. You will be taken to a page that requires you to verify your credit card information.
13. Select the checkbox according to the type of credit card you wish to use. You have the option of using your Visa, American Express or MasterCard.
14. Enter your name as it appears on your credit card in the field provided, as well as your card number.
15. Use the drop-down menus to enter your credit card's expiration date into the system.
16. Click the 'Activate Your Free Subscription' button.
17. Check the email account you used to sign up with for login instructions.
18. Find help at Trails.com's help page (see Resources below).

Tips & Warnings

• Think about signing up for a new email account with one of the Web's many free services and using it to subscribe to Trails.com. This will help protect the privacy of your regular email account.
• Log out when you finish your Trails.com session. This is particularly important if you're working from a shared or public computer.
• Make sure your credit card is authorized for online purchases. If yours isn't, you will have to call your credit card company to authorize online purchases.
• Read Trails.com's Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use. Both are accessible from Trails.com's homepage.
• Remember to cancel your Trails.com subscription before the 14-day trial period ends if you don't want your credit card to be billed for a year's subscription. Billing will automatically occur unless you cancel your membership.