While traipsing around the tony shopper’s paradise of Seven Dials near London’s Covent Garden a few weeks ago, we found our arms and legs were tiring fast under the burden of too many shopping bags—hey the dollar is up, so we were just taking advantage of some great deals on necessities like ankle boots and chandelier earrings! That’s when we heard about our consumerist lifesaver, the new Bag Boys and Girls of Seven Dials.
Mickey's giving away free one-day passes to Disney's Theme Parks and all you have to do to get one is spend a day volunteering. Beginning on January 1, 2010, you can sign up to volunteer with any participating organization for just one day, and in return you will receive a one-day pass to any Disney park. Disney is hoping to inspire one million people to volunteer (and spend money at Disney World) next year.
If you're not sure how or where to volunteer, Disney has made it easy by teaming up with HandsOn Network, which links volunteers with more than 70,000 nonprofits across the country. Once you've completed your day of service, it will be verified by HandsOn and you will receive a voucher good for one day at any Disney park. ]]>
It's just a plan that won't be presented to the government until next week, but the idea alone is exciting: tourism operators in Australia want to pay your airfare to persuade you to vacation Down Under.
The "Mayday" proposal being put forward by Independent Tourism Holdings is that the government might pay for a tourist to fly to Australia on the condition that they spend a certain amount of money while they're there. The amount suggested is A$5,000 and the weak Aussie dollar makes that just US$3,200.
Paying visitors to come to your country might sound a bit desperate, but presumably far-away Oz is one of the first places people drop off their itineraries when times get financially tough. But don't go hunting for your free ticket yet--we have to see what the Australian government thinks, and although Australia might be different in many, many ways, politicians are the same the world over.
Related Stories:
· Plan To Give Tourists Free Flights [The Age]
· Australia Travel Guide [Jaunted]
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Camping sounds like a smart way to enjoy a country as sunny and warm as Australia, and you'll probably get to meet a bunch of friendly Aussies sitting around the campfire with a beer or ten. On November 9, 2007 you'll be able to afford more beer because Big4 Holiday Parks are having another Come Camp Night, where you can pitch your tent and not pay a cent.
When we mentioned Come Camp in 2006, we were probably unnecessarily cautious about dangerous snakes and koalas. Big4 Holiday Parks doesn't mention any nasty critters at all--in fact the campground operator talks more about mini-golf, spas, swimming pools, tennis courts and giant jumping pillows. Although maybe the giant jumping pillows could turn out to be just as dangerous. Happy camping.
Related Stories:
· Come Camp Night [Official Site]
· The Great Aussie Camping Giveaway [Jaunted]
· Australia Travel Stories [Jaunted]
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It is my cherished dream to go to the North Pole but I don't have so much money. What should I do?If it is indeed your cherished dream to hurl yourself out of an Ilyushin Il-76 into the impossible frost of the north, bless your heart. It's good to know there are options out there for the less fortunate. The company's standard skydive-inclusive expeditions cost about $13,300.
The most common way to get to the Pole free of charge is to find for us several clients who can afford paying full price. So if you act as our agent either privately or as a travel agency you may go free if you find at least 10 customers.