We Love To Travel!

Angie and I love to travel. When we plan for our holidays, we often use the Internet to do our research for places of interest, accommodation and transportation. So, sites like Hotel Reservations would certainly be helpful. This site allows you to view various options for hotels, flights, cars, vacation rentals and vacation packages. The surprising thing is that their coverage is pretty wide, i.e. covering most major cities worldwide. For a “one-stop” website like Hotel Reservations, I think the prices quoted are reasonable. Must remember to check this site when we plan for our next holiday :o).



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Pay the Postie

You may already realise that we are now Posties for PayPerPost. Our post on the air ambulance service was our first post. It has since been approved and we are just waiting to get paid... *money eyes* *blink blink*

We learnt about PayPerPost from reading other blogger friends' sponsored posts. It sounded like an interesting business model. After hearing that they earn money in the process, we kinda got "itchy". "Why not give it a try", we thought. After all, we've got nothing to loose right? We still have our day-jobs. Earning some extra while indulging in our blogging hobby only makes it more fun.

What's so great about PayPerPost?

• It's fun! Some posting opportunities are real interesting eye openers.
• It allows you to be creative! It puts you in the shoes of the advertising people. It gives you the experience of writing catchy ads.
• You get paid! In US Dollars mind you :o)
  

When you sign up for PayPerPost, you can respond to "opportunities" (topics/products/services) provided by the sponsors. When you see an opportunity that you can write about and you like the amount being offered, you then make a reservation. After writing your blog post about the opportunity and submitting details about your post, the post then enters an evaluation phase. When your post is approved, then it's good news because after a stipulated time period, you get paid :o). Easy!

What are we going to do with the money? Well, we don't expect to be millionaires but a few US Dollars *convert, convert* goes a long way to pay for a nice fancy dinner once in a while, or to buy clothes and toys for Julian. Yes, the fact that it's "extra" money makes it fun!

We don't know if we'll ever go PayPerPost Direct. This is another mode where we get to determine the price a sponsor has to pay us for writing. Hmm... we'll see how our regular posting goes first :o).

Air Ambulance Anyone?

We are all aware of ambulance services run by various hospitals and organisations (such as Civil Defence or St. John's Ambulance). The vehicle of choice for these services is the humble van. We have also heard of special cases where helicopters were used to ferry patients from remote locations or for urgent emergency cases. These were usually "mercy flights" by the air force.

We noted with interest that a private company like AirAmbulance.net exists. What is more interesting is that they are using the internet to make their services known. They must be targeting a niche market :o). Well, they have been doing this for more than 21 years, and this in the US where air services are popular.

Instead of using helicopters, this air ambulance service uses Lear Jets and turbo prop planes for their services and these planes are well-equipped. A nurse even accompanies the patient on the journey. Travelling to a hospital can't be more comfortable.

It'll only a matter of time when patients, not only in the US but around the world, especially those located near airports would take advantage of such services. Perhaps it'll also be a matter of time when such services become more affordable. Perhaps, they'll expand to include helicopters too :o).