Win A 3N stay in Bali, Indonesia at Alila Villas Soori

Alila Villas Soori is a private and luxurious retreat located in Bali, Indonesia.  You can win a  a three-night stay in a one-bedroom Mountain Pool Villa there!

It is surrounded by UNESCO's world heritage protected rice fields. One can see also see the incredible volcanic sand plus the nearby coastline. 

Mechanics:
Just like the official Facebook Fan Page of Alila Villas Soori. Please click here.  Then you just need to enter your emmail, name, country etc... Easy peasy!

Deadline:
July 31, 2014

My Airbnb Travel Bucket Wish List

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines: Post a selfie video then win round the world plane tickets for 2

All you got to do is post a selfie video in your city! This is brought to you by  KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. It must be a short 360 degrees CitySelfie.

Deadline is June 16, 2014 23:59 CET. The instructions are very easy. Find your favorite spot in your city then point your camera or phone at yourself.

Hold the camera horizontally (should be in landscape mode). Make sure you're at the edge of the frame so the surroundings are visible. 

For more information you may check their official Facebook fan page here and their official website here.  

Win 3 All-expense paid trips via "My Awesome Escape" by Hostelworld

Get to choose your three of your dream destinations around the world! Interraril in Europe, Inca Trail Trek in Peru, Kruger National Park in South Africa, Cappadocia balloon ride in Turkey, Barrier Reef in Australia, Full Moon Party in Thailand, Pyramid visit in Egypt, Buckingham Palace in England, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Eiffel Tower in Paris, Oktoberfest Munich in Germany, Northern Lights in Iceland, Holi Festival in India, Gondola ride in Venice... and a lot more!    

The grand prize winner will receive €3,000 cash. The rest of the winners will have one destination to travel free and some cash. Btw the hashtag for this contest is #EscapeNow. Winners will be announced starting on Jun 2nd. Stay tuned. For more information you can visit their website here. Good luck everyone!

My 2013 Travel Blogger's Christmas Wishlist

Ever since I got bitten by the travel bug years ago, I was able to control buying unwanted or luxurious things. Call me exaggerated but whenever I check the price tag, I tend to compare the product or the service to a flight ticket or a round trip somewhere. And it works pretty fine though especially now that I am a bootstrapping entrepreneur - making money out of promoting tours and festivals. I can now work anytime and anywhere - at home, in the beachfront or at the coffee shop et cetera!

This location - independent lifestyle though brought so much changes to my needs and wants. Above all my top priorities  nowadays is to always keep connected via mobile and online to my travel business partners and clients anywhere I go.  My world now revolves to joining events and meeting awesome people that are into to travel, blogging, social media, tourism, startups  and entrepreneurship.

Korea Tourism Organization's Win A Trip to Korea 2013 for a Family of Four!

Win a Family of Four Trip to Korea!

Do you dream of travelling to Korea with your family for free?

Well this is for you!  

Organized by Korea Tourism Organization, the family of up to 4 members will go on trips to certain winter festivals, ski or sled programs.  

This Korean trip package  for family is $6, 500 worth. This includes the flight, accommodation fees etc. 

Winners will be announced on Dec. 10, 2013  

My AirAsia Zest Top 4 Destination Wish list

Going back to my previous blog post, I mentioned about my life - changing trips to Ilocos that lead me to start my online travel shop December of last year through this blog . These trips eventually paved way for me to get featured in a magazine last March then end of August this year, I did one of the most momentous decisions in my life, I quit my job for eight years! It was a very comfortable work with a very stable salary but it requires me to stay in one place for years. The tasks have become a boring routine so I decided to dump it over a path of a location - independent lifestyle as a blogger, traveler and entrepreneur. 

Last year I have been around the country  despite my 15 allowed vacation leaves per year granted to me by my former company. Aside from Ilocos, I went to Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, Bacolod, Guimaras and Bicol. Then early this year, my schedule has become hectic because of a full time job then and  this travel blog as part time gig so I have only been to Palawan, Singapore and Malaysia. I will definitely pack my bag without thinking twice and head over to the roads I traveled shortly again especially now that my life is not determined by how many vacation leave credits I still have compared before when I used to be an ordinary employee.

Be A Chief World Explorer and Get Paid to Travel the World!

Jauntaroo - a vacation match-making website is looking for a Chief World Explorer who will travel the world for a year, promote the trip and get paid for $100,000.00! If you are the kind of who is crazy about travelling, all out when it comes to breath-taking adventures and always open-minded to mix to unknown cultures then this could be your best job in the world. 

You only  need to upload a 60 second video about why you are the best person for the job. Remember as Chief World Explorer you need to be creative so your answer should contain thoughts about your passion for travel. Make sure that it is spoken in English and you are at least 18 years old. Then use your social media influence to invite more people to do these: Like your video, Tweet, post and pin your candidate profile.

Win a Trip for 2 to Hong Kong by SMParisian PH

Are you a hip, sassy, fashionista lady? Well this is for you! Get a chance to win a trip for 2 to Hong Kong with the Enciso sisters and watch Avicii!

Mechanics:

1. Like the Facebook Fan page of SM Parisian Shoes and Bags, go to the app and register your information!

Deadline is until May 31, 2013. So go girl!

Win a 5D4N trip for 2 to Sydney, Australia by McCafé Meet Up App

McCafé Meet Up app, courtesy of Mc Donalds is a fun tool for planning a coffee date with any of your Facebook friends that you wish to treat for a McCafé catch-up over coffee. To those who want to try and catch up with friends now is the time it because there is an ongoing promo for a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy S4 in the weekly raffle draws or a 5-day-4-night all-expense paid trip for two to Sydney, Australia in the grand draw.

It is very simple to join please read below;

1. Like the McDonald’s official Facebook page and click on the special McCafé Meet Up tab. Follow the instructions, provide the information needed and invite any of your Facebook friends you want to meet up with. If that Facebook friend of yours accepts your McCafé Meet Up request, you will receive a buy-one-take-one coupon via email.  You need this coupon to buy any of McCafé’s fresh and delicious brews – a 12 oz. McCafé Premium Roast Coffee, Regular McCafé Iced Coffee or the McCafé Coffee Float – for the price of one.

Win A Trip to Sagada and Baguio

Do you want to go to Sagada and Baguio for free including round-trip bus tickets, meals, tour and accommodation? All you need to do is express why you want to go to Sagada in a creative way through an essay, photo/poster, a 30-sec music video or a slideshow etc. Just make sure it is original meaning no part of it was copied elsewhere. You can submit up to three entries if you have overloading reasons to go to Sagada.  

This travel promo runs until May. For more information please check Surviving Sagada's Facebook  Fan Page here.

First Prize: 2 roundtrip Victory Liner tickets Pasay-Baguio-Pasay (regular aircon bus) 2 roundtrip Baguio-Sagada-Baguio tickets Quick tour of Municipal Hall of Sagada 3D2N Accommodation at Masferre Inn for 2 w/ breakfast P1,500 worth of food voucher at Misty Lodge & Cafe Sagada Day tour with Saggas Guides 2 Surviving Sagada shirts

Win A 3N Accommodation to Thailand at the Shangri-La Hotel

This contest is open to all residents in Singapore and Philippines of age 18 years and above. The prize is 4 days / 3 nights stay with daily breakfast for 2 persons at the Shangri-La Hotel, Chiang Mai, inclusive of return Chiang Mai Airport/Hotel transfers.

Here’s how to join: 

Like the Tourism Authority of Thailand (Singapore) Facebook Fan Page and answer two very simple questions here. Deadline of this travel promo is on 30 April 2013 at 11:59:59pm Singapore time. Contest results will be announced on 10 May 2013.

Win A Trip to Brazil by Tresemme Brazillian Flair Promo

Do you know that Filipinos do not need a visa to go to Brazil? Now you know! Tresemme Philippines is by the way offering an all-expense paid trip to Brazil. 

Here’s how to join:

1.       Like the Tresemme Philippines Facebook Fan Page

2.       Take a photo of yourself with a Brazillian hairstyle and share what kind Tresemme product you used for that.

3.       Share the photo through FaceBook, Twitter or Instagram account including the hashtag #SalonGorgeous.

4.       Follow Tresemme Philippines’ Twitter account.

So simple right? This travel promo runs from March 15 – May 9, 2013. Check Tresemme Philippines Facebook Fan Page here for more information.

Win a 2-Week Volunteer Trip to Thailand

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Are you looking for a vacation trip as a volunteer who can do the following: teach English, design English lessons, plant vegetables and care for the gardens, assisting teachers etc.? This is your chance. The International Student Volunteers has partnered with the Tourism Authority of Thailand to encourage tourists to participate in a purposeful vacation like this.

If you win, you will be able to volunteer on one of ISV projects working in Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand -  volunteering in community development with the Akha Hill Tribe Children working with the Education and Training at Mae Kok Foundation.

Just submit a one minute video explaining why you believe you have what it takes to make a better world! Winners will be selected by a panel of judges and who has received the most votes for their video. Submission of videos is March 15^th to May 10th. Finalists will be announced on the May 16^th.  Ten winners will fly to Bangkok on June 16th! To lean more and apply here please click here. 

Win A Trip For Two to Boracay

iGrab.ph, a virtual shopping outlet that offers hand-picked goods and services to today’s top restaurants, hotels, boutiques, and designer brands, at special member prices will send one lucky fan and guest to a trip to Palawan for free!

Mechanics:
1. Like iGrab.PH on Facebook.
2. Enter this registration code during sign up: IGRABTHESUMMER

3. Sign up! Easy!

The winner will be chosen via electronic draw on May 1,2013 and will be announced on May 6, 2013. For more information please click here.

Win AirAsia Roundtrip Flights in partnership with 711 Philippines to Kuala Lumpur!

Air Asia, the most recent airline to join the bandwagon of budget carriers in the Philippines is sending a Facebook fan and a guest to Kuala Lumpur roundtrip! It partnered with 711 Philippines, one of the leading 24-7 convenience stores in the metro. Currently it's Now why 711? Because this store is Air Asia’s official payment partner in the country. 

Click Like the 7-Eleven and AirAsia Facebook Fan pages then register through the One Awesome Chance tab. Deadline is April 13 2013. Please click here to participate.

Win a Travel Bloggers Expo Slot at Toronto, Canada!

Travel Bloggers Expo (TBEX), the world's largest gathering of travel bloggers, writers, and new media content creators will hold their 2013 North American Conference at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada. Now they knew that there are a lot of bloggers who want to join this but are cash- strapped so they will send one lucky blogger on a free trip to TBEX Toronto.

What does a travel blogger can get out of this event?

As described by the event’s website, “This is the place where you learn and improve your blogging skills, meet and network with fellow bloggers, and also meet interesting companies who want to work with you. Whether you are a starting blogger or an established high-profile blogger, chances are you want to work with companies.”

Prizes:

A Travel Blogger Pass to TBEX

Free accommodations at Hostelling International Toronto

A $500 flight voucher from Webjet to help you get to Toronto

Win a 3N stay at Los Cabos, Mexico or Great Barrier Reef, Australia!

Conde Nast Traveler’s website is a prestigious online platform for anything regarding international travel. According to their website, for more than 25 years, Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards have been a coveted seal of approval for hotels, cruise ships, and airlines from the world's most discriminating travelers. Last year there were 47,000 readers who participated just to give you an idea how huge this contest is. Ooops did I just discouraged you for the dot-size chance of winning? Trust me after I tell you the prizes of winning you will take that dot – size chance right away! This is how the prizes are described verbatim from their website.

"Enter the Readers' Choice Survey Sweepstakes.

Tell us where you've traveled and 
what you've loved (or not), 
and you might win  one of two outstanding trips for two"