How to Get a FREE Hotel Room

September 22, 2008 · Filed Under Accommodations, Free Travel · Comment 

It is true that being humble, kind, polite, sincere, honest, and persevering can help you get a lot of rules broken or bent in your favor.  It is also true that being angry and impatient will usually bring out the worst in other people and they won’t be as likely to solve your problem, and certainly not in a pleasant way.

So what should you do if you arrive at a hotel and one thing after another goes wrong?   Read more

Spain: Stay One Week for FREE!

August 2, 2008 · Filed Under Accommodations, Europe, Free Travel, volunteer travel · Comment 

How does a FREE one-week stay in a rural 4-star resort in Spain, including three meals a day, sound?  Too good to be true?  Guess again.  It’s true!  Okay; there IS one catch.  You can only speak English there!

Pueblo Ingles is an immersion English language program to help Spaniards improve their English; and native English speakers are sought to take part in activities such as one-to-one conversations, group activities and games, mock conference calls, and entertaining theatre skits and presentations.

This is a unique opportunity for English speakers to be immersed in the Spanish culture, learn a lot about the Spanish people and their way of life, without a phrase book in sight. More than 1600 volunteers visit one of Pueblo Ingles’ locations each year and this number is set to grow as a result of the demand from Spanish clients. 

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