No, I am not an MLM whore (not that MLMs are bad….I´m not commenting on the other thing though….)
And I am NOT selling a time share….(those can be a little shady….)
Last year, I stumbled upon a great website that promised a FREE week in Spain at a 5 Star Resort.
Everything paid….Food and Accommodations…no tricks…
No hooks, all I had to do was speak English for 7 days..I thought, “Hey I can do that!”
(and of course I had to come up with an airline ticket…not everything is FREE…c´mon you cheap bastards…its only the airfare)
So I applied….on Thursday and the very next day on Friday morning.. I was accepted…
Well no turning back now…the wheels were in motion.
Man I was stoked…(That´s a technical term…it means I was really happy)
I had tons of airline miles saved…
Enough for a FREE round trip ticket to Europe so I figured, what the hell!
I´m in…I will try anything at least once.. (For those of you who need FREE air travel I have a couple of suggestions at the bottom of this post..)
Note: With airline miles….you still have to pay the damn taxes…(Death and taxes….death and taxes..) It was only $130…not bad for a fun filled trip to Spain…
Well I thought a week in Spain…hmm…I´ve never been to Europe… and Spain is close to a bunch of other countries I´d love to see, “Why not extend my trip to 5 weeks?”
And that´s what I did…
So I packed my bags and did a whirl wind trip to, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome….
What an adventure…! The trip of a lifetime…
For those of you interested there are two really great companies in Spain (Sorry Richard…I have to mention the other guys….but I will put your company first…)
Vaughan Town – Created by Richard Vaughan. A fellow North American and all around awesome guy.
They have three towns which are swanky….really posh. (5 Star Resorts…)
http://www.vaughantown.com/
Pueblo Ingles – Created by …..hmm…I´m not going to comment on this one…
http://www.puebloingles.com
Oh yeah, and three more things:
1) When you get approved (..because you most likely will be approved…) you need to book a place ahead of time, one or two days before leaving.
(You book a hostel/hotel a day or two because when you arrive you need a place to stay before the bus for the resort takes off the next morning…) for places go to http://www.hostelworld.com/
For those of you, saying a HOSTEL!! Hostels in Spain are like hotels….really clean, nice, and quiet and CHEAP.
2) For those of you cheap bastards that either don´t have air miles or can´t afford a ticket to a FREE 5 Star resort with food included… check out the following:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=1
Note: I want to qualify that I have not used this….but I met this crazy chick that swears by it…she said she got tons cheap flights…
http://www.courier.org/
This is another one that I have not done…but I will say that I was in the movie theater in Madrid with my friend Dede
And we happened to sit right next to this girl from the states (Texas…I think..) that was a courier…
She told us she does it all the time…because in Europe they have tons of requests for donor organs….and they give you a FREE round trip air ticket……
3) If you plan on staying in Europe and touring… DON´T buy a euro rail pass….why…?
Because flying is cheaper…and even solo tickets on the high speed or normal trains are cheaper…
Cheap flights:
http://www.lastminute.com
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/
http://www.edreams.com/edreams/english/
http://www.easyjet.com/
http://www.vueling.com/
If you need further FREE places to stay…
http://www.housecarers.com/
Best of luck And Buen Viaje (..Have A Good Trip)
Bronson