We are happy to announce the winners of the “Roomsnet.com Monthly Birthday Bonanza” for the month of June, 2009. Please find below the names of the winners.

Dean Madill from Portadown, United Kingdom

Adrian Barnes from Morpeth, United Kingdom

Ed Mitchell from Dublin, Ireland

Marcin Holusza from Takeley, United Kingdom

Philip Rose from United Kingdom

Each winner will have his/her Member Account credited with a £100.00 loyalty discount.

Simply sign up as a member with the Roomsnet.com Travel Community and you will be entered into a Monthly Birthday Draw among the Roomsnet.com members. Five members are selected each month from all the members celebrating their birthdays during that month. The winners are rewarded with £100 each in loyalty discounts, which can be redeemed at anytime on a hotel reservation made on Roomsnet.com. The winners are selected on the last Friday of every month.

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We are happy to announce that we have picked the winners of the “Top Rated Member Albums” award on Roomsnet.com Member Galleries for the month June 2009.

Below are the winners and their winning entries. Winners will be informed via email and be awarded with loyalty discounts worth £ 20 each for every photo, and loyalty discounts worth £ 50 for the video.

Top Rated Video of the Month

Plaza espana(or fountain square) : Submitted by Angela Griffiths

Top Rated Member Video of the Month June - 2009

Top Rated Member Photos of the Month

SUNRISE : Submitted by Tracy Anderson

Top Rated Member Photos of the Month June - 2009

Bar on the Veranda : Submitted by Clair  Smith

Top Rated Member Photos of the Month June - 2009

la gomera island : Submitted by Nikolajs Sezonovs

Top Rated Member Photos of the Month June - 2009

Submitted by Jacqui Paterson

Top Rated Member Photos of the Month June - 2009

Sunset : Submitted by Andrew Sone

Top Rated Member Photos of the Month June - 2009

If you are not a winner this time, don’t worry! Keep submitting good quality photos and videos to the Roomsnet.com Member Galleries and let others know about your albums. If you have already created an album, invite people to vote for you by using the “Share this” option on your albums and photos. If you haven’t shared your travel photos and videos yet, start creating your albums now.

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While most of the time we can travel without the need to learn any foreign words, its always useful to learn a few simple words and phrases to make your trip go smoother and maybe even very important in case of an emergency.

If there are any particular words or phrases you have found useful in a foreign language in your past trips, please share them with us. State the country or a language and share with us the English meaning of simple words and phrases that you found useful when traveling in that particular country.

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We have selected the winners of the “ “Top Contributors on Destination Discussions Award “- June, 2009.

We are truly grateful to our members for their valued contribution to the discussions in the Roomsnet Travel Community ,which will certainly help other members when planning their future trips.

Please find below the names of the winners for June 2009.

Jillian Grant - UK

Norman Stringer from Banbury  - UK

Barbara Mentesh - Country not updated.

Each winner will have his/her Member Account credited with a £20.00 loyalty discount.

If you are not already aware, every month, we pick 3 winners for this award, based on the contributions to the Destination Discussion Boards, and the quality of the answers. Remember, the length of the response is not the sole criteria! Your responses need to be of value to the person asking the question. You can give yourself a better chance of winning this award, by stimulating discussions among other members. We will be selecting winners during the first week of every month (starting from March 2009). The selection of winners is subject to the terms and conditions of the Roomsnet.com Member Club.

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For some, leaving home for a holiday is a simple affair, but for others it feels as though it is a major project with complex pre-planning. No matter how easy or complex your holiday plans are, there are certain items that you should never leave home without. You have got to pack your passport, air tickets, travelers’ cheques or other forms of cash without fail. But have you thought of what other items you shouldn’t leave home without?

Add your holiday packing list as a comment below. Let us know what items should never be left out of a travel baggage, and tell us why. Your input might help a lot of other travelers to deal with some unforeseen problems during their holidays.

Life is full of uncertainties! But if we collaborate effectively with others, we can avoid a lot of such uncertainties with our collective knowledge. That’s the advantage you get by being a member of the Roomsnet.com Travel Community. Uncertainties can arise when traveling to a place you have never been to before. Most places are actually fun to visit, but in every place there are certain aspects that differ from one another. Should you take a Taxi instead of a Metro in Paris? Should you tip the room service person in Barcelona? Is it safe to walk in the streets at night? These are the things that many people think about, before they go on holiday.

We know you must have a lot of such stories to share with us based on your past travel experiences. If you have found something to avoid when traveling to any destination in the world, please do share with us. That will certainly help other travelers when planning their trips. It may be the places, food, restaurants, taxi services, tipping, things to do or words not to use with the locales. Share, according to your experiences, the Tourist Traps to be avoided! You can check the Roomsnet.com Travel Community to see what the other members have to share.

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