Your Dollarish author in Hawaii!
It's such a good feeling when something unexpected happens. You might find a dollar on the floor and feel lucky. Or maybe you'll wash a pair of jeans you wore last week and find an extra ten bucks in there. Or maybe you're lucky enough to win a contest. A few months ago, I wrote a post called:
Congratulations! What have you won, where I described how I won a free trip to Hawaii. Last week, I was fortunate to enjoy my free trip and take a well needed break on the Big Island of Hawaii.
For 8 days and 7 nights, I got to stay in the lovely city of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The
University of The Nations sponsored the contest and paid for my flight from New York City to Kona Hawaii. All I had to do was choose a design for their new website (You had a choice of 3 designs) and it automatically entered you into the contest.
Part of the prize, which is a huge "Dollarish" deal in my eyes, included hotel accommodations on the campus itself. The huge bang for my buck was being able to eat on campus. This saved me a lot of money on eating out. Free flight, room, food and a weeks long vacation? I'm in!
I came very close to rescheduling my trip because of finance issues. Being unemployed and living on what my parents help me out with was hard to budget, especially going on a long vacation. Luckily, I was able to pull some money together with the help of my loved ones and had money to support myself overseas.
With about $300, I managed to do a lot of activities: Go on a 12 hour bus tour, see volcanoes, National Parks, Kayak, Eat out sometimes, buy my loved ones nifty little souvineers and much more.
My vacation was truly a blessing and I am thankful for such a relaxing and fun experience!
Have you ever won anything crazy? Has anything ever stopped you from claiming a prize?
Comments (5)
That's a pretty awesome vacation, and a terrific deal at that. You should buy a lottery ticket just in case you have another big win in you.
What stops me from claiming a prize is that there are so many scams out there now that tells me that i've won a trip to here and there, but the first thing they ask me is my credit card number. =S
I wish I could win something like that, congrats! Were you able to bring someone along with you?