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Travel Contest Offers The Chance To Check Off Your Bucket List In One Fell Swoop
Everyone has a travel bucket list. Mine includes going on safari in Kenya, scuba diving in the Maldives and watching the championship game at the World Cup.Now imagine if you had the chance to check off your bucket list in one fell swoop. That's what global travel resource My Destination is promising with its new Biggest, Baddest Bucket List contest.
In partnership with Viator, Travelex and Hotels.com, My Destination will send one winner on a round-the-world journey to six continents in six months, with expenses paid up to $50,000. The winner will also receive $50,000 cash upon his or her return.
However, it won't just be hostels and Heinekens. The winner will also have to write blog posts, take photos and film short videos on their journey, for publication on the My Destination website.
To enter, prospective journeymen must tackle two challenges:
- Write a 200- to 500-word blog post about your best travel experience, with three accompanying photographs.
- Produce an original three-minute video showing the sights and sounds of a destination that you love. Points for creativity.
Once your submission is in, you'll have to rally your friends and family to vote on your entry. The five entries with the most public support, along with five selected by My Destination, will make a "Top 10" shortlist. Those 10 entries will then be put to a public vote, and the top three will be interviewed and evaluated by the My Destination co-founders, travel blogger Norman the Nomad and Ben Southall, winner of Tourism Queensland's "Best Job In The World" contest.
If it sounds like a ploy to generate social media buzz for a new travel company ... well, it is. But it's also an opportunity to dip your toes into the wonderful world of travel writing, as well as a chance to go on what sounds like the trip of a lifetime. Deadline for entries is March 31.
[Photo Credit: My Destination]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Danielle Feb 20th 2013 2:46AM
I love San Francisco!! Check out my video blog of the city where I see the Giant's Baseball Stadium from the field, sea lions at Pier 39, and China Town on Chinese New Years.
My video blog can be found at:
http://www.mydestination.com/users/danielle/bbb#tab
And if you'd like, please help vote for it! :)
Adrian Feb 20th 2013 5:28AM
That prize is immense. I will planning my entry v.soon.
Rose Winslet Feb 21st 2013 8:38AM
Hire a car is not a big deal. There are many cab services which provide you the facility to go anywhere within the city. There is no issues if you forgot to book your taxi in advance. You can just call on the booking number and the cab will reach at your doorstep within 15-20 minutes. No doubt, Taxi Service in Jaipur is very frequent and good.
http://www.dan-dooley.ie/