Need a Vacation? Crowdfund It!
All the talk of spring break and where people have been and where people are going is so depressing when your plans involve zero travel to some tropical beach location. I think we've discovered a genius solution!
Have you heard of crowdfunding? It's the art of using your social media reach for financial benefit. People donate money to a "cause" and, hopefully, share it with their friends. We're talking viral. Knowing what crowdfunding is could be the difference between you staying home and you hearing the crashing of waves on a warm beach in Bali.
People are crowdfunding their vacations, birthday parties and getaways through sites like GoFundMe, IndieGoGo and Kickstarter. Guess what? It's working!
What's even cooler?
A girl named Jah wanted to go to Las Vegas and had a funding goal of $1,500. She exceeded her goal but the people on social media were such haters that Jah decided to take it to a new level. Jah upped her goal to $5,000 and vowed to donate every dollar over her original $1,500 goal to her friend from high school who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
It can be used for good, too!
Let's do this!