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To maximize your chances for success, it is advisable to announce and begin promoting your trip at least a year in advance of your departure date, so that you have plenty of time to reach enough people -- and to enable your prospects sufficient time to raise fund and schedule
trip.
If you are already affiliated with a particular group such as a school, a church, or a club, it makes promoting a trip all easier as you already have easy channels of communication in place.
Writing letters or emails, making phone calls, announcements at meetings or services, announcements in bulletins, etc.
================================= If you are interested in making as much money as possible in addition to a free trip -- either for yourself or as a fundraiser, you might want to look at other ways of reaching a wider audience. =================================
-- Press releases to newspapers and other media. -- Posters and flyers posted on community and church bulletin boards. -- Small ads taken out in newspapers and appropriate magazines. -- Posting in special interest forums on Internet -- Holding public meetings and seminars.
================================= Organizing a trip gives you rewards way beyond trip and money. In process of organizing a trip, you will also come into contact with many like-minded people you might never meet otherwise ... resulting in friendships that last a lifetime. =================================
For many, best part of actively organizing and promoting a trip is meeting new people who have at least some common interests.
Because you are group leader, you are in a unique position to have already "broken ice"... so that when it comes time to embark on your cruise or tour, you will often be on a first name basis with everyone.
This feeling of camaraderie with a large number of fellow tourists can contribute immeasurably to success of trip -- and can often lead to lifelong friendships.
So don't put off traveling just because you don't have cash.
Look through resources below for a travel company that suits you.
Then get in touch with them, set a date and a destination. And start making plans to take trip of your lifetime... by helping others do same.
Bon voyage!
=========================================== Free Travel Resources
Travel for Free as a Tour Leader. Organize a safari... or a scuba diving tour... or a world cruise. We have found travel agencies who are ACTIVELY seeking tour leaders. Many extensive promotional help... including brochures and websites. http://www.thelivingweb.net/free_travel_tour_leader.html
Travel Free as a Church Tour Leader Earn a free trip or cruise or pilgrimage... and in some cases earn as much as $10,000 per trip for you or your church by organizing and leading a tour. http://www.thelivingweb.net/free_travel_holy_land.html Teachers Travel Free Leading Education Trips Cash Stipends often available. http://www.thelivingweb.net/free_travel_teachers.html
Travel Free and Earn Cash as a College Campus Rep. Promote Spring Break Travel on your campus,. Earn trips and cash. http://www.thelivingweb.net/free_trips_spring_break.html
Free Trips and Cash as a High School Trip Organizer. Top organizers can earn as much as $10,000 promoting their graduation trip. http://www.thelivingweb.net/free_trips_highschool.html
Travel Cheap by Exchanging Homes. You can travel anywhere in world for cost of your plane fare or gas ... by setting up a house exchange in advance. You can even exchange an RV ... or an apartment... or a yacht. http://www.thelivingweb.net/free_travel_exchange_home.html
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