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Got a Great Travel Story?
Tell us now for your chance to win a seven-day cruise for two!!
November 2009 issue
Monday, November 2, 2009;
Dream Trip Gone Wrong?
For ideas about what a Dream Trip is, see here and here.
One of the most fulfilling parts of travel is sharing your stories with people when you get back home. And that's what we'd like you to do. Our True Stories section is for your strange encounters, heartwarming tales, and funny anecdotes—the likes of which only seem to happen when you travel. So do you have a good story? Submit yours today!
First, here's what you can win:
Cruise For Two The best tale of a dream trip gone wrong that we receive between Nov. 2, 2009, and Nov. 30, 2009, wins a seven-day cruise for two in an ocean-view stateroom on Princess Cruises, departing from Fort Lauderdale or L.A., courtesy of American Discount Cruises & Travel. Valid for sailings in 2010; winner must select cruise within a month of notification. For more info: 866/214-7447, americandiscountcruises.com.
How to enter: E-mail us at TrueStories@BudgetTravel.com or mail us at True Stories, Budget Travel, 530 7th Ave., 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10018. Full guidelines are available at BudgetTravel.com/truestories.
For the Cruise For Two: $2,000. Blackout dates apply. Prize is subject to availability, nontransferable, and nonnegotiable. Contest open to residents of the 50 United States and its territories, except Arizona.
And a few things to remember before you submit:
• Write it like you would tell it at a party—keep it brief and lively (250 words max). We regret that we aren't able to include everything we receive, and we reserve the right to edit for length and clarity. All submissions become our property—intellectual and otherwise. (That includes photos.)
• Please send your story as the body of your e-mail—not as an attachment.
• Try to include a phone number for any establishment you mention. If we can't verify the place exists, we won't be able to print your story.
• The majority of submissions we print have photos, so send pictures—but try not to go crazy. Send only the best one(s). If you take digital pictures, shoot them at the highest resolution. Please send the original file from your camera, without cropping, color correcting, contrasting, etc.; the preferred format is JPG/JPEG (we will accept TIFF and EPS files). If you have prints or slides, please note that we will not be returning them (so you might consider reproducing your originals). If you need to send a scan, the image needs to be at least 5" x 7" at 300 dpi.
• Please send your photo as an attachment—not embedded in the body of your e-mail.
• We don't mind if you or your companions are in the shots, as long as you tell us who (and what) is in the photo.
• And we need to be able to get in touch with you, if need be, so include your daytime phone number and home address.
• If you or a relative of yours works at Budget Travel, you're ineligible. And speaking of Budget Travel, if you win, you and your travel companion are going to have to sign an affidavit of eligibility and release—sorry, but Budget Travel is the sponsor of this contest and we say that you have to do it if you want the prize.
• Unfortunately, we won't be able to pay you, but the reader who sends in the best submission, as determined by us, will win the trip as described above.
WHERE TO SEND IT:
• Email: TrueStories@BudgetTravel.com
• Mail: True Stories, Budget Travel, 530 Seventh Ave., 2nd floor, New York, NY 10018.
For our March Dream Trips issue, we're looking for True Stories about once-in-a-lifetime trips that didn't go quite to plan. Whether it's thinking there's a snake in your bed while you're on safari in Kenya or trying to wash your hands with a condom during Carnaval in Rio (don't ask, but these are actually from the magazine!), we want to hear your tale of woe. E-mail TrueStories@BudgetTravel.com, and include any photos.