Travel Stories Wanted

Travel Stories Wanted

 Family Eco-Vacation Trailblazer Greenloons

Stages Facebook Contest with Kindle Fire at Rainbow's end

Vienna, VA, Oct. 18, 2011 ˆ The business of eco trailblazer Greenloons http://www.greenloons.com/ is to help families source the green vacation of their dreams ˆ and then to help assure a hassle-free journey by suggesting they travel light but with what they need to help stay in touch with folks back home.

To this end, Greenloons is running an online contest with a new Kindle Fire for the winning entry. The top five submissions that receive the highest number of Facebook „Like‰ votes by Nov. 5, 2011 will then be judged by a panel of eco-conscious family vacation planners to determine the winner. The winner will be notified on Dec. 5, 2011.

The contest open to age 18 and up began on Oct. 15, 2011. Entrants are asked to pen a short story about a recent eco-travel experience or provide a list of eco-travel tips they would suggest to other green travelers. The various stories and tips must be a minimum of 75 words and written in English.  More details are outlined in the Official Rules: http://www.greenloons.com/official-rules.html.

„The growing Greenloons community on Facebook already enjoys sharing their stories and green travel tips. This is just a way to increase their engagement and social interaction while gaining some great insights for all who visit and participate,‰ said Irene Lane, Greenloons founder.

Interested applicants are asked to go to http://www.greenloons.com to login or create and register an account.  Once registered and logged in, the applicant is asked to proceed tohttp://www.greenloons.com/kindle-fire-giveaway.html to input their eco-travel story or eco-travel tip. 

About Greenloons

Greenloons (http://www.greenloons.com/) guides families to travel experiences managed by certified third-party suppliers engaged in eco- and sustainable tourism. Lane founded Greenloons in 2010 for the global community of nature enthusiasts and wildlife conservationists interested in accessing detailed and reliable information about responsible, sustainable and certified ecotourism travel vacations both in the US and abroad.

Greenloons is a first-of-its-kind online resource aimed at answering the growing need for accredited eco-tours and sustainable holiday travel in the tourism industry. Greenloons.com provides ecotourism education, news, comparable certified ecotour and volunteer conservation program listings, tour reviews and booking services, plus a forum for the community to share its personal vacation stories and tips for establishing ecotourism in any corner of the world.

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