I need a clever, witty, easy to spell/distribute, and most
importantly, _available_ domain name. Prefer .coms or .nets. The site
will feature photos of world travels, personal diary-like entries
about such travel, as well
as hosting a forum for a specific local group's yearly travels.

Congratulations - It's your lucky day!

I have an amazing flair for discovering clever, witty, easy-to-spell
and (most importantly) available domain names.

Here you are:

mark-opolo.com         
mark-opolo.info        
mark-opolo.biz         
mark-opolo.net         
mark-opolo.org         
mark-opolo.co.uk            
mark-opolo.org.uk           
mark-opolo.me.uk 

What these have to do with travel is the difficult bit, because I have
heard that the man in question was actually swanning around the Venice
Lido when he was supposed to be on his world travels.

Who cares?

Go for it!

And the Best of Luck!

overthehillsandfaraway.com

It's not really short, but it has two advantages one should not underestimate:
- It's absolutely unique
- It's still available

Also, British customers with an interest in history will admire the
reference to the regimental song of the British 95th Regiment of Foot.

Regards,
Scriptor

A few to think about: 

www.zoomandroom.com
www.sitesseen.net
www.foundwanderer.com
www.junketview.com

Greetings Schmutzig,

How about 2DollarTravelName.com

;)

Seriously, 

awandering.com
[from a popular children's song - see
http://www.passporter.com/wdw/happywanderer.htm]

Or perhaps travel merged with your local zip code 
EX: travel30019.com

If sharing the local group's name constitutes public information (not
personal info), you might post it here to for other variation ideas.

Best regards,
journalist-ga

iglobetrotter.com
eglobetrotter.com
ephotoworld.net
iphotoalbum.net
iphotojournal.net

:-) Susan

Try http://www.stuckdomains.com (free Search)

If you are still looking, you might want to try:

http://www.totalwebconcepts.com/dmain.php?id=travel

Currently they have a list of 275 travel related domains, mostly .com,
priced and ready to go.  You can actually buy the domain you like right
now at the website.  Good Luck