A $5,000 contest

10/3/2012 — By Budget Travel

Do you have a funny story about a noisy neighbor at a hotel? Then think about sending your story to AmericInn's "Your Noisy Neighbor" contest.

Submit either a 200-words-or-less story or a one minute-or-less video to the website YourNoisyNeighbor.com. One of the prizes is a $5,000 gift card, which you can spend on anything you like.

Related: Travel Sweeps is a blog that chronicles one woman's quest to win free travel since January 2006. Barbara Benham, a freelance writer, routinely posts info on contests that you, too, can enter.

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