Friday, May 23, 2008
Travel For A Cause - Non-Profits Take Control Through Travel Fundraising
...As the economy again starts to stumble, charities look for new opportunities to raise funds. The travel industry is a big business that could mean big income for non-profit organizations. In fact, the $7 trillion travel industry has become a gleaming source of income for charities across the country.
Traditional fundraising programs require supporters to reach into their own pocket and either donate cash or pay for overpriced products. Each fundraising campaign creates a momentary cash flow, but cash flow shortages soon follow. A successful fundraising campaign will provide new sources of income with minimal inconvenience to supporters and will not ask supporters to do something they are n...more
Cheap Flights From Australia
...In the past, sourcing and organising cheap flights from Australia was a tricky and slow going process. Yet, with the online travel boom, it's now easy to find various online Australian travel websites that offer huge air travel deals and exciting travel packages both to and from Australia.
A travel buff can now get discounted airfares in first, business or economy classes on domestic and international flights from Australia to major worldwide destinations. From Australia you can enjo...more
4 Things You Should Know about Air Miles Credit Cards
...and a higher annual fee and interest rate but it also comes with more benefits than the standard version.
3. Rewards Redemption period
If you travel frequently for business or pleasure, you can accrue a substantial amount of air miles in a short period of time. You can use these air miles to redeem rewards such as free air ticket, an upgrade of seat class as well as other goods and services like hotel accommodation and car rental.
However, you have to take note of blackout period if you intend to redeem free air tickets. This is usually during the peak travel seasons such as summer time and Christmas time. The demand for air tickets is usually very high during these periods and thus redemption of free air tickets is usually not available. However, there a...more
Discount Airfares Are On A Rise
...n everyone else does because of a major holiday, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas or Spring Break, then you will get the best discount by booking as early as possible. If you are traveling during other times and you can be flexible about your flight dates, then you will have a better chance of being able to grab deeply discounted fares.
There are some travelers who enjoy the excitement and thrill of hunting for those extreme discount airline tickets that are sometimes available for last minute flights. They enjoy sitting down at the computer and seeing what airfare deals are available so they can get out of town for a few days. For them, the exact destination is less important that the thrill of kicking back with spur-of-the-moment cheap vacations that they might not be able to afford to take otherwise.
Those who have the constitution for last minute book...more
