The last begging post.
Dec. 30th, 2015 04:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreFolks, this is it. The last time I'm going to bug y'all about our trip to Istanbul. We've decided to make December 31st the day we stop pimping the trip, and focus on going.
Thanks to your amazing generosity, and with the boost from EarthBaby, we've raised a stunning $11,640. We're just $860 from reaching a goal that frankly scared the hell out of us when we started this thing. Because of you, we have already purchased:
- Round-trip airfare in Business Class on Turkish Air
- Accommodations at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Istanbul - Old Town
- Travel insurance through AAA
- Plus some clothes and travel necessities for the trip.
In the coming weeks, we'll be booking tours and dinner cruise reservations, getting our visas, and doing the eight million last second things that this trip requires. I'm actually upset that 2016 is a leap year, because it means waiting one more day.
But I want to end this year's fund raider with a bang. If everyone reading this gives just a little; ten bucks, a five, even a dollar, we can meet the goal and be secure in the knowledge that we are paid for.
So ring that bell a few more times before we ring in the new year.
Thanks again to all of you for making this happen. I'm getting to see a place I've dreamed of since childhood, Kirsten and I are getting an amazing 25th anniversary trip, and y'all will get a ton of photos.
Thanks to your amazing generosity, and with the boost from EarthBaby, we've raised a stunning $11,640. We're just $860 from reaching a goal that frankly scared the hell out of us when we started this thing. Because of you, we have already purchased:
- Round-trip airfare in Business Class on Turkish Air
- Accommodations at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Istanbul - Old Town
- Travel insurance through AAA
- Plus some clothes and travel necessities for the trip.
In the coming weeks, we'll be booking tours and dinner cruise reservations, getting our visas, and doing the eight million last second things that this trip requires. I'm actually upset that 2016 is a leap year, because it means waiting one more day.
But I want to end this year's fund raider with a bang. If everyone reading this gives just a little; ten bucks, a five, even a dollar, we can meet the goal and be secure in the knowledge that we are paid for.
So ring that bell a few more times before we ring in the new year.
Thanks again to all of you for making this happen. I'm getting to see a place I've dreamed of since childhood, Kirsten and I are getting an amazing 25th anniversary trip, and y'all will get a ton of photos.
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Date: 9 Jan 2016 16:19 (UTC)