I have recently launched a new travel information website using the Templatic Geoplaces V3 premium theme. It has its limitations, but so far the positives have outweighed the negatives.
The site is Travel Tips Thailand and I'd love to collaborate around CSS changes with others who are keen to customise the appearance of their Geoplaces website. There's precious little info around on how to customise the theme without locking yourself out of future upgrades.
Also interested in any feedback on the site and how I've used various plugins and widgets to make it easier to use. It's ranked PR1 on Google after just 8 weeks, so I'm pretty happy with that side of it. I am not getting a lot of user engagement (non-spam comments) yet, but the traffic is growing quite quickly.