Get Paid To Shop

November 27th, 2009 | By admin

Well, it’s Black Friday. I’m sitting in in my pj’s and about to do all my Christmas shopping. The fun part is knowing I’m going to be sent a check on top of the great deals I’m going to get. You ask… A check?? Sent to you for shopping?? Yup, it’s like I’m getting Paid to Shop!! And the best part…. You can too!! Just sign up for a FREE shopYTB account HERE.

With over 700 stores in the shopYTB program, there is plenty of choices to find the right gifts for everyone on my list. Walmart, Best Buy, Kohls, K Mart, Home Depot, Borders, Auto Parts Gian, Aeropostale, Barnes & Noble, Discovery Channel Store, Toys R Us, Macy’s, Sears….. ok, you get the idea.

No fees, No cost to join, JUST CASH BACK!! You don’t need a credit card (IT’S FREE!!), You don’t need to put a social security number in (YOU ARE GETTING YOUR OWN MONEY BACK!!), No commitment (YOU SHOP WHEN YOU WANT, WHERE YOU WANT, AND BUY WHAT YOU WANT). So, what are you waiting for …. JOIN TODAY and save on all your holiday purchases.

Beware of Alligator

November 21st, 2009 | By admin

After debarking from our cruise in Fort Lauderdale, our group went on an excursion to the Everglades.  We got to ride in a air jet boat and saw alligators, turtles, blue herons and all sorts of other birds.  This video shows the alligator show we got to watch after our boat ride.  FUN!!

The Love Boat

November 21st, 2009 | By admin

Although it was the Princess Cruiseline who was known as the original “Love Boat”, my husband and I, along with several others just got back from a Carnival group cruise we put together through Carnival and YTB.

Recently engaged, Steve and Shannon

Our cruise took on it’s very own title of the “Love Boat” this week as friends and YTB TSO’s (Travel Store Owners), Steve Lange and Shannon Lawrence became ENGAGED while on this cruise. A BIG CONGRATULATIONS GO OUT TO STEVE AND SHANNON!!!!!

We started planning this cruise last December and several other couples joined us.  We left November 12th and just returned home on the 20th.  With ports of call in Costa Rica, Panama and Belize it was a very different cruise for any other we have taken.  Watch for additional blogs about the ports we visited this week along with some exciting group cruises coming up.

November’s Trip of a Lifetime Sweepstakes

November 21st, 2009 | By admin

Hurry!! Enter today!! Sweepstakes closes on Monday, November 30, 2009!

Enter for your chance to win a fantastic trip for two to sunny Puerto Rico! This Trip of a Lifetime is the perfect all-inclusive vacation! Get a tan as you lay out on a pristine, white-sand beach, see the world’s largest telescope, experience world-class scuba diving, and so much more! Prize also includes round-trip airfare from any major U.S. or Canadian city.

All previous entrants into YTB’s Trip of a Lifetime Sweepstakes will need to re-enter for a chance at this month’s grand prize.

Congratulations to Nadine Jett, winner of October’s Trip of a Lifetime Sweepstakes! Nadine wins a 3 night stay for 2 at Our Lucaya Resort on the Grand Bahama Island, with round trip air and $200 per person spending money!

Why do we give away a FREE trip??  Its so you will think of us the next time you are checking out travel prices.

“I Do”

November 9th, 2009 | By admin

After having spent the weekend at the “Original Wedding Expo” at Twin Rivers in Rhode Island, and speaking to hundreds of brides-to-be, I got to thinking about our YTB travel sites and how much we really have to offer.  The way I like to explain it is “We are Travelocity on steroids”.  Not only do we get a website (mine is Express Travel 4U) that sells all your typical travel ; flights, hotels, rental cars, cruises etc at prices comparable to all the “big names”, but we also get 4 additional websites, our niche sites. We have YTB Golf, YTB Outdoors, YTB Flowers, YTB Cars and what I think is the big one…. YTB Romance.

When you look at the YTB Romance site (mine is Express Romance 4U) it is truly is amazing what we have to offer. Super Inclusive Wedding Packages, Cruises, Romantic destinations to Europe, Jamaica, Golf Resorts & Spas, Rustic Ski Retreats, you name it.  Our YTB Romance sites feature even more than just travel for the bride and groom, we have wedding favors for any theme, bridal party tees, wedding tracker websites and our ever-popular Honeymoon Wishes. When I explained how this works to several brides -to-be they were thrilled with the idea of their guests giving them “pieces” of their honeymoon instead of dishes and toasters. Think Cancun instead of canisters!   Many couples have been together for awhile and already have a home set up, they don’t need things, they would much rather have the honeymoon of their dreams and guests love the idea of giving the honeymoon to the couple. Check out our Honeymoon Wishes, you many know someone getting married who would like this.  I sure wish Honeymoon Wishes had been around 20 years ago! I might have had a different honeymoon than camping in the rain.