Congrats twobyte but can you leave the computer at home on your trip so the rest of us can win? Athough the Royal Caribbean compass I won did arive this month.
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Work - The time spent after the last vacation and prior to the next one.
National Geographic had a sweepstakes going in July. Daily entry. I won 10 days aboard their ship to the Galapagos Island, for 2 people. I just have to pay my airfare to Florida. The side trip to Peru sounds pretty good to add. I asked if I could do a cashout option instead and they said no. I haven't told my hubby yet.. he's going to fret about the cost of the tax on this $13,000 value prize, plus our plane tickets, plus his time away from home/work. Tsk.. silly man. Who cares! I wonder how hot it will be in the Galapagos Islands?
National Geographic had a sweepstakes going in July. Daily entry. I won 10 days aboard their ship to the Galapagos Island, for 2 people. I just have to pay my airfare to Florida. The side trip to Peru sounds pretty good to add. I asked if I could do a cashout option instead and they said no. I haven't told my hubby yet.. he's going to fret about the cost of the tax on this $13,000 value prize, plus our plane tickets, plus his time away from home/work. Tsk.. silly man. Who cares! I wonder how hot it will be in the Galapagos Islands?
...I forgot you guys have to pay tax on winnings...what a bummer...out of curiosity how much is the tax?
Even so great trip and a nice win!
I was 2 times lucky on FT in 2008:
2 biz class tix to Amsterdam (thanks randy!)
2 economy class tix anywhere air canada flies in NA (will leave for hawaii in 2 weeks).
Congrats LoriW On the great win.
Remember to price out the trip yourself.
Sometimes there is a big difference between the (ARV) they quote and the (FMV) fair market value the price you can declare on your taxes even if the 1099 is for the (ARV) value.
We have our date for our Tanzania safari! Sep 15,
We have our visas and shots
Flying NW KLM FNT-DTW-AMS-JRO over 16,000 RT. With the new DL credit card I have double miles till the end of the year. That will give me 32,000 plus Mrs Twobyte will get 16,000 for a total of 48,000 miles for the two of us.
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Back in 2006, I won the American Way Magazine Road Warriors MVP contest. Well, I was one of the 5 finalists anyway. I won a trip to Arizona with the wife for the photo shoot for the magazine which was truly awesome. We won a 5 day trip to Hawaii, and two years of free wireless via T-Mobile. Oh, and also a laptop computer. Overall, it was the fame of being in the magazine I guess.
Dry Spell
I've won my first sweepstakes! Galapagos Islands!
