Creating Happy Travellers - new contest from Yatra.com
We have a new travel contest up folks, where the winners get to travel!
http://www.indiblogger.in/topic.php?topic=86
Let us know if you have any questions!
my tweets went in vain kya?
Ok so....YATRA is closing tomorrow and Ambi the day after right?
I am in NO mood to travel,so......i don't think i'll take part in this contest
and i;m always in mood travel
Treated Origami !
aare yaar..whenever i finish the posts in a hurry...i see these extension requests
contest name should be changed in to "creating happy extensions"
no dont listen to ranjith...he is just lazy boy
but i already finished it...
PLEASE no more extensions!
My browsers already loaded with many
all tweeters come here and treat me !!
I am not gonna disturb them by tweeting ..
wats Twroll??
Fwroll!
Forum Troll = Fwroll
hwroll ! haha troll
tweetathons are just a waste of time , but have heard of some crazy prizes coming out of it !
anyways ,
its kinda funny but ..
when i noticed that the prize for this one says" a holiday package for a couple"
how do you define a holiday package? well i sure hope this one includes flights
cause once i won a contest where i got a chance to see Britney spears live in concert in the US.(the time when she was sane)
All they gave was the 500$concert pass .
how do you expect me to get there?
Disha, So Cool!
I have tried Tweetathons like crazy, yet not bagged any big prizes...just increased my Tweet Count & Followers Count!!!
Tweetathons increase followers count?
I thought that followers will unfollow you seeing frequent tweetathon tweets!
i did 2 tweets yesterday..only my tweet count increased by two, i didnt get prize nor the followers...anyways i'm not too fond of twitter
ranjith...i did 2 more today...still no prize
hmph!
Ranjith, Yes Tweetathons do increase the # of Followers.
Some do unfollow seeing the Tweet deluge; however many join in!
Active Twitter presence with Tweets 24/7 can increase the Followers Count too! As can being Retweeted/Mentioned by a Celebrity!
Above Analysis based on- Real Observation, Experience & Inference!
I dont even know how to post a tweet using those hashtags. Tried once or twice but it felt like am not good at it :( :P
i've seen some people tweet throughout the day to win...dont have so much stamina
ND Even if you tweet one good tweet, you can win a prize. See the WeChat contest. While mentioning [ some of ] the winners names, the tweet which won them the prize was also mentioned. Or ND, use a tweet scheduler
The most difficult thing for me on twitter is the 140 character limit!
oh no..the one who win perhaps tweets hundreds of time before one of their tweets get lucky....i cant do all that
Afshan, just give the hashtag, mention the brand's Twitter handle, and start tweeting.
Keep your tweet interesting- put your ideas in 140 characters (as hashtag & handle also use up some characters, so still lesser characters left to tweet with!) Must warn you-> Twitter is pretty addictive!
Meanwhile a couple of winners have been declared on twitter already! FYI!
congrats! i'm never lucky in twitter contests so dont try them
haha! The intention was to keep you guys informed LOL!
Thanks Ranjith and Nandini ;)
Hey Congrats! Cool Win!
I am trying too!
Congrats Sammya! I wish IB retweeted/mentioned the winning tweets too for all of us to see.
@Arti: I can share a few for sure :)
P.S. Is it a coincidence that the name of your blog merges to that of the sponsors? .... hehe!
@Sammya Oh yes. Please share. I would like to read your winning tweets. :)
PS: ... Spot on. I wish they had some prizes for such nice coincincidences too.
Renie / Indiblogger team
Can some one please please inform if this date will get extended ? if Yes I can wait and leisurely write rather than hurrying and finishing it off
PLEASE PLEASE LET ME Know
Also for this contest can we use images from the net giving courtesy to the image?Awaiting your reply
Logic is simple: A contest is extended when there are not ( or it is perceived that there will not) enough entries till the last day.
In wechat, apollo contests- deadline was not extended as they had enough entries while shoppers stop,sunsilk 2, tresemme,s2s etc were extended.
This is why they can't tell you.
Contests also get extended on demand/request of the majority on the Forum!
Ranjith, I thought & came up with this unusual reason-
Contests can also get automatically extended if everyone's Internet or the IndiBlogger.in site doesn't work on the last date- when, perhaps, many like me, do their last-minute-submissions!
Yes!
Everyone's internet not working is almost impossible ( except in some rare cases ) but IB site not working is highly possible .
Okay I need some serious inspiration to write on this one....too much of travel in the last couple of months no? :)
@ranjith: Maybe this is the link you were looking for. It was good to read Renie's response on the tax thing.http://www.indiblogger.in/forum/topic.php?pageNum_Posts=1&totalRows_Posts=32&id=15227
(I'm posting from my cell! Hope it is correct!)
Till a few days back, at least the prizes were forcing me to write. Now, I'm feeling like ignoring the contests and the deadlines
But still, I want to win those prizes even without submitting my post
I am feeling like writing something on sad travellers. And of course, I also feel like eventually winning one of those prizes.
ranjith u write on #MDEatingTravelers
i'd love to be dosa eating traveller
its inside the dosa
Oh my God, the deadline was extended and I didn't know. I am definitely going to participate now!
Jaldi....!!
Looking forward to your entry, Ritu! And, you should definitely participate, you were also the first one to reply in this thread!
@ ranjith "I tried searching for that thread and Google showed me another dishkyaon IB thread"
didnt get what you were looking for ,
hi nandani , visited your blog , phew ! lookin good , all the best darling.
anita i can smell a great win coming your way , all the best !
He himself didnt get what he is looking for..!!
that's nasty @ razi
I was looking for the thread where Renie said that winners get the full amount ( or prize ) and IB pays the tax. But didn't find it
Disha.. But he is kind too ~!
ranjith who made that thread...link will be in his profile i think
then u lost the only chance u had @r
Disha, Thanks for your wishes! Need loads to win!
All the best to you too!
@Nandini - Not all are my wins! My kid has won 3 International Trips due to her own efforts!
While I have technically won only 1as though selected, I could not go for the Lux-London-Trip as my Passport's expiry was less than 6 months away...
Just imagine! After all these years of trying my luck at 100s of Travel-Contests, I have won just 1!!! Bad Ratio!
Dreaming of my 1st win at IndiBlogger! Love to Travel & 2 explore! :)
hey Anita !
how dose it matter who wins , as long as its all in the family
you are right , there is no harm in paying the tax for those who love to travel,
but its always good if you are informed bout it before hand ,
for my free trip to Sikkim i paid the tax and it was well explained in the T&C
didn't pay a penny for my free trip to Melbourne
but the Paris was a shocker ! so was keen on checking .
Hi Disha,
WOW! U have won a good number of amazing Trips! Congrats!!! Huge achievement!
It's a dream for me! Ask me! I love trips so much that whenver I see a trip contest, I have to take part! However, just won 1 from FM Radio so far!
Yes, it's my point too- Contests should inform everything in the T&Cs before hand so that we know what to expect!
@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!
ANITA...u have won so many travel packages??
@Nandini & @Razi - Just 1 out of the 100s I took part!
Self-wins have a great charm!
Wonderful to learn about the talent here! Your Smileys suit @Disha best!
Some day I should be more deserving to earn them (the above Smileys) for myself!!!
still you are a winner
Winners never Quit! Trying to Win!
Let me start a Quit winner movement !!
Razi, If U start the 'Quit Winner' Movement, it might move you to Quit Winning yourself!
Anita.. See Let me be a winner first
Great! No 'Quit Winner Movement' then!
I will quit when I win this for sure
Razi, 'Winners never Quit & Quitters Never Win!'
Let me win to quit or quit to win then
m just being optimistic !
no T&C are mentioned on the page,
will the winners be expected to pay tax on their gits ?
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.
gits?
gifts
F is for Flipkart - as the WeChat Flipkart vouchers are not yet delivered, DK is protesting
when did she mention F?
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!
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.
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.
o yes...in shave or crave they wanted tax for the ipads too...there was bit of brouhaha thread here too regarding that
I tried searching for that thread and Google showed me another dishkyaon IB thread.
yes.. and draw some rabbits for me too!
Where do we see the enteries......I have sent my entry but I am not able to see it in my posts....
You will be able to see it only after submissions close i.e. after 9/9/13.
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