How to Kickstart Your Escape Fund
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
On the first run of Travel Talks with the Sole Sisters, we met 2 fearless travelers who were going on epic journeys. Paul of Walk Fly Pinoy and Angge of Angge Turns 26 are 20-something Pinoys who have decided to quit their jobs to travel the world. Familiar story isn't it? After meeting them, we thought about helping Pinoy travelers start funding their travels.
We remembered our pre-trip days and came up with a plan: Let's have a Travelers Garage Sale! We gathered a whole bunch of travelers to let go of some of their
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| Books, magazines and printer ink |
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| Jona with her collection of totes and bags |
Sale Day
The actual sale happened last Saturday, October 1st and we set up shop early in the morning. People started to arrive and we were surprised that most of them were from the village and others were from Couchsurfing. Around noon, the rains started to pour but people still poured in after hearing about the sale. Dong Ho of Escape Islands even dropped by to get a few things and ended up staying the whole afternoon just sharing travel stories and having a good chat.
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| Paul 'rubbing luck' on his shirts |
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| A cute dog went to the Garage Sale |
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| Kuya haggled well to get these shoes down to 250PHP |
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| The guys sold a lot of clothes and shoes! |
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| Aileen scored these pretty heels and SATC collection |
At the end of the day, we sold stuff and made new friends. The Travelers Garage Sale was not just a venue to raise funds, but we shared travel stories, met new travelers and enjoyed the whole haggling process!
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| L-R Angge, Karen, Eddie, Lois, Ralf, Jona and Paul with our very first 'real' customer |
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| Angge, Lois and Eddie during the sale |
We may do a 2nd run for the Garage Sale. We still need to find a place where we don't need to quick step laminate. But in the meantime, check out our Facebook page for updates on which items are still up for grabs.
What are YOUR fundraising ideas to kickstart your adventure?
Can't wait to kickoff another trip,
Sole Sister Lois
12 sole trails
Missed this one! Hindi ako nagising LOL. Hope to join next time :D
ReplyDeleteWow how cool! somewhere along the way, i might have to do the same and sell some of my stuff (which will cause me some separation anxiety hehe) for sake of funding future travels too :)
ReplyDeleteWhile it's not a method I've used myself, I briefly dated a girl who paid for a three month epic around Central America solely on yard sale profits. She was lucky enough to have her extended family donate stuff for her to sell though.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to consider it sometime. I've accumulated a whole lot of junk over the years...
Good luck on your future travel funding ventures Josephine! I can see you got great talent! I know you can do anything you put your heart into. Happy travels!
ReplyDeleteSounds like she has an even better idea! Garage sales are hopefully only a the start to future travel funding ideas.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for organizing this event and for introducing us to other travelers. And to Monette for the venue and the super sarap na palabok. :D
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your upcoming 21 day challenge! ;)
we couldn't thank you enough! and yeah. go for gold on your 21-day challenge! :)
ReplyDeleteI came in late, wasn't able to sales pitch my "flash" lol. Looking forward to the next garage sale. *looks around the house for things to sell*
ReplyDeleteYay! We're so excited to go on the next adventure!
ReplyDeleteWe are so grateful to you guys for starting this idea! We wish you an awesome, life changing adventure!
ReplyDeleteYeah, a lot of people actually looked at your flash. Unfortunately, there were not a lot of photography enthusiasts in the area :-) See you on the next one Marky!
ReplyDeleteNo worries Mica! See you on the next event!
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