Creating Happy Travellers - new contest from Yatra.com

Renie Ravin
Renie Ravin
from Chennai
10 years ago

We have a new travel contest up folks, where the winners get to travel! Smile

http://www.indiblogger.in/topic.php?topic=86

Let us know if you have any questions!

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Sumit Nangia
Sumit Nangia
from Pune
10 years ago

@Renie - What is the hashtag for the contest.  #HappyTravellers or #HappyTraveller ? Contest page doesn't clears it.

Renie Ravin
from Chennai
10 years ago

It's #HappyTravellers - sorry about the typo in the prizes section, it's been corrected!

Balasubramaniam A M
Balasubramaniam A M
from Bangalore
10 years ago

can we post a combination of travel experiences or in a post only one experience

 

Sumit Nangia
Sumit Nangia
from Pune
10 years ago

How is this contest different from the Road Trip Competition. They both look the same to me.Frown

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Actually not much difference, but still finding differences is not a difficult task. Wink

The focus of the other contest was the road ( because Ambi Pur is used in a car which moves on the road ) While the focus here is the entire trip including travel, hotel etc ( because one can book everything through Yatra ) It's a different thing that everyone submitted travelogues for the road trip contest....

 

 

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

prizes are differentMoney mouth

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

@ Nandini Your answer reminds me of the Write the differences between .. type of questions at school :))

Solo Backpacker
Solo Backpacker
from New Delhi
10 years ago

Creating Happy Travellers...But Yatra.com domain is expired today..what a big failure Laughing !!!!

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Laughing

Reading your message, I thought that they forgot to renew the domain. Foot in mouth

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The Sorcerer
from Mumbai
10 years ago

LOL!!! That was such a fail. I wish I was able to buy the domain as soon as theirs expired, but I guess they would have had a domain lock down.

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

is it back???

Vijay Prabhu
Vijay Prabhu
from Mumbai
10 years ago

Renie Yatra has not renewed its domain so kindly verify whether the contest is still on.  I have already posted a article regarding it 

http://www.tropicalpost.com/breaking-yatra-com-fails-to-renew-its-website-domain-registration/

Vijay Prabhu
from Mumbai
10 years ago

it seems now their www.yatra.com is working fineWink

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

nop its down, i checked just now...

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

I was not lucky enough to see that buy this domain page. Tongue out

Jagadesh Kumar
Jagadesh Kumar
from Chennai
10 years ago

yatra website is down .... what happened ? 

Prasanna Rao
Prasanna Rao
from Bangalore
10 years ago

Can I write a travelogue in two or more parts and submit the link seperately for this contest? Or should i consolidate all of the links in a single post?

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Yes Prasanna, you can. You should submit the link of your first part on IndiVine. At the end of your first post in your blog, give the link to the second part.

[ Note : Animesh asked the same question for one of the contests and Renie gave the above answer ]

Prasanna Rao
from Bangalore
10 years ago

Thanks Ranjith :) Will do that Smile

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Smile

Vijay Prabhu
Vijay Prabhu
from Mumbai
10 years ago

Received an update from Renie and the contest is very much on.  Dont worry about the website guys, some person at Yatra may have forgottenMoney mouth to renew it and it may soon be upWink

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Forgetting to renew such a big website is the funniest thing. Wink

Vijay Prabhu
from Mumbai
10 years ago

HAHA Ranjith and it runs its business from the portal thats more surprising Surprised

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

they dont have a land office??

Razi
Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

Travelling with pen.. Is it enough for an entry..?Innocent

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

One line entry? Innocent

Who knows? The judges may like your single line creativity. Tongue out

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

That pen has something in it !!

 

Gimme Judge's phone number.. I will let them know Cool

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

The details of the judges are top secrets. No one knows who are the judges. Innocent

You may try kidnapping Renie. Tongue out

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

I am Decent.. Dont push me t0 kidnap someone !Innocent

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

:)).

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

Pen is ready.. where is the paper..?Innocent

Stuti Shrimali
Stuti Shrimali
from Mumbai
10 years ago

wish the submission date  could have been shifted a bit more in sept. o_0

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

SealedSealed  Seems you are the shifting officer Tongue out

Stuti Shrimali
from Mumbai
10 years ago

nope. jus running outta tym. Undecided

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

Time and tide wait for no man InnocentCool

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

@ Razi Stuti is a woman. So, time may wait. Tongue out

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

I am not time Tongue out

Shalini Digvijay
Shalini Digvijay
from Mumbai
10 years ago

water on my nokia...the question??? to tab or not to tab...samsung galaxy tab3 has anybody tried it?????????

 

Anita
Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

I have the following Queries:

1. We can 'take our family or friends' to just any one specific single 'place on the planet'? Or can we cover a number of places (close together to be covered in 1 trip!)?

(So many places on my exploration map!!!)

Want to be clear about this- 'place' can mean just a village/city? or country? or continent?

What does Yatra exactly expect from our post?

2. Making our 'trip the happiest one ever' would be based on our imagination, right? But, happiness- level & idea- differs from person to person!

(Knowing the Judges idea of Happiness makes sense!!!)

Please help! :)

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

1. I think  you can cover any number of places in any planet but should be under a post InnocentInnocent

Place is as simple as place .. why so much confusion about it..? Smile

2. Post which one made you happier.. defenitely the Jury also will be happy with them.. Innocent

 

Nb:- All are my views not Jury's SmileTongue out

Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

Thanks for your views,  Razi!

Look Nice & simple!

Anita
Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

1. I wanted clarification about 'place' coz the Qn is-

'If you could take your family or friends to any place on the planet'... :)

For me, Place can be Planet Earth as I wanna explore the whole Planet! World Tour will do! :)

2. As the post will be about a place we have never visited before, but wish to visit, what we do there will be a fictional account!

Unless someone writes about a place she/he has already visited! But, why do that when a whole world of choices is available! :)

N.B- Just want to be sure of what is expected...

Please do share your views.

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

write anything...only dont forget to put yatra link

Anita
Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

@Nandini That keeps the world of choices open for yatra! Pick N # of places & happiness:)

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

Be a happy.. be a traveller.. Leave the rest in to your mind and keyboard.. 

Innocent

Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

Happily travelling in my mind! Yet to leave the rest to my keyboard!!! Smile

Sammya Brata
Sammya Brata
from Kolkata
10 years ago

Extension beckons Cry

Ranjith
Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Now that the contest is extended, I can be lazy for few more days! Cool

Abhinav Chawla
Abhinav Chawla
from Mumbai
10 years ago

Where do we see the enteries......I have sent my entry but I am not able to see it in my posts....

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

You will be able to see it only after submissions close i.e. after 9/9/13.

Ranjith
Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Now, extend The Character. :))

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

yes..Laughing:D and draw some rabbits for me tooCool!

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Surprised

disha kotak
disha kotak
from mumbai
10 years ago

m just being optimistic !

no T&C are mentioned on the page,

will the winners be expected to pay tax on their gits ?

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

For all the contests which have been organised till now, winners were not asked to pay any taxes. So, it will probably be the same with this contest too. Laughing

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

gits?

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

gifts Tongue out

F is for Flipkart - as the WeChat Flipkart vouchers are not yet delivered, DK is protesting Innocent

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

when did she mention F?Foot in mouth

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

ND Yell She missed f in gifts --> gits 

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Tongue out

disha kotak
from mumbai
10 years ago

thanks for pointing that out, my bad !

you can hv as many f's as you want ,

but Phew ! that's a relief to know , NO TAX!

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

:))

Arvind Passey
from Delhi
10 years ago

Blogging contests don't have prizes big enough for the Sponsors to insist on the winner paying the involved tax. The TDS that is deducted for prizes that fall in the tax bracket sometimes need a PAN number of the winner. This TDS is reflected in your tax statement for the year... so if a sponsor does ask for your PAN number, do remember to ask for the TDS certificate as you may need it when you file your return.

disha kotak
from mumbai
10 years ago

Hi arvind , 

I hv come across a number of companies that insist on the winner to get a gift tax challan and only then are they given the prizes , i.e. 33% of the value of the gift.

Remember the shave or crave contest from Gillette ,

Well I had to pay a huge tax for my trip to Paris ,

So was just making sure same is not the case , here.

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

o yes...in shave or crave they wanted tax for the ipads too...there was bit of brouhaha thread here too regarding that

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

I tried searching for that thread and Google showed me another dishkyaon IB thread. Undecided

Anita
Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

@Arvind - I never knew about having to ask for the TDS certificate. Thanks for the info.

@Disha-

When I won a cash-prize in a Quiz from Red FM, I was given a cheque with an amount 33% less than what I had won.

However, in another Quiz from the same Radio Channel, when I won a trip to Bangkok to attend the Bangla Film Awards, Red FM sponsored the whole trip and I had to pay nothing. Even Lux did not demand anything for the London-Meet-Abhishek-Aishwarya-Trip.

Ditto when my kid won Colombo-Meet-Yuvraj-Singh-Trip from HUL and HK Disneyland trips from Kurkure & Disney India. However, this year, when she was again shortlisted by Disney India, we got to learn that a tax amount per family-member was to be paid owing to the stricter laws now.

In most cases, they clearly announce if Tax is to be borne... Didn't Gillette inform you about the same before you won?

Wish they do then we know exactly what to expect. Anyway, those bitten by the travel-bug will spend!

Nandini Deka
from Bombay
10 years ago

ANITA...u have won so many travel packages?? Money mouthCool

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

Surprised

Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

@Nandini & @Razi - Just 1 out of the 100s I took part! Cry Embarassed Foot in mouth

Self-wins have a great charm! Innocent

Wonderful to learn about the talent here! Your Smileys Money mouth Cool Surprisedsuit @Disha best!

Some day I should be more deserving to earn them (the above Smileys) for myself!!! Undecided

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

still you are a winner Wink

Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

Winners never Quit! Trying to Win! Smile

 

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

Let me start a Quit winner movement !! Tongue out

Ranjith
from hyderabad
10 years ago

Innocent

Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

Razi, If U start the 'Quit Winner' Movement, it might move you to Quit Winning yourself! Smile

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

Anita.. See Let me be a winner first Tongue outSealed

Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

Great! No 'Quit Winner Movement' then! Smile

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

I will quit when I win this for sure Tongue out

Anita
from Bhubaneswar
10 years ago

Razi, 'Winners never Quit & Quitters Never Win!' Smile

Razi
from Malappuram
10 years ago

Let me win to quit or quit to win then Tongue out


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