Monday, January 25, 2010

Amsterdam - Netherlands

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Personalized Guidebook Itinerary

Heading to the library to take out City Guide books that I can photocopy material from to make my very own Guidebook based on my own itinerary.

Got a few books!

And now the plan is to review city guides online resources for information, suggested site-seeing, maps and any other relevant travel material.

I've decided I'm going to dedicate two days to each city and post information on my Facebook statuses about the cities I will be visiting and the places I have interest in scoping out. I hope this will continue to build up hype and send people to my blog, all while sharing information and encouraging discussion on the topic.

Let's start with the first stop... Amsterdam!
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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Getting out of Cell Phone Contracts

Only recently did I realize I might have some time left on the contract with my phone company. And, as phone company luck has it, I still had over a year's commitment time left on my contract.

My options for getting out of a contract with Telus:
- Vacation Mode: $8.50 per month + upon return the contract time left remains.
- Cancellation fee: Calculated according to how much time is left on your contract - in my case, $280 + tax.
- Swap: Find someone to buy your phone and take over your contract + $25 fee.

In my case, I'm not in a position to fork out large sums of cash and I'm not sure when I might be returning... So I'll have to find someone to take over my contract for me, which can sometimes be a pain so it's a good idea to

I posted a listing on Craigslist, on Facebook's marketplace and put a word of mouth out to friends.

Check it out!
http://apps.facebook.com/marketplace/view/-/1743850498/
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/mob/1542430364.html
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