It's hard to believe, but it's been over four years since Pastor Todd Buegler, the ELCA Youth Ministry Network's Executive Director, called me up and asked if I'd tackle the challenge of writing Tech Geek posts. According to my archives, the first TGIF was written for an early December 2007 issue of the network's e-news.
One of the things that Todd asked me to do is share interesting and, often, free website that could make the life and ministry of a youth worker easier. I've talked about some sites that provide free services, many sites that are still with us, and some that have gone to the great beyond since I wrote about them. Many of them have the potential to save money, but few of them are as guaranteed to save you money as the one that I'm going to share today.
This site will knock $13-15 per person off what you'd otherwise pay. It's not Groupon or some other Deal of the Day website, although I like many of those! It doesn't have a fancy name at all, but just a cryptic URL which I've posted below. But if you're going to the Extravaganza, the ELCA Youth Gathering - citizens with the saints, or both, and you're flying, you need to know about this site.
Normally a trip from the New Orleans Airport to any of the downtown hotels is $20 each way. If you prepay for your round-trip ticket when you buy it, they knock a whopping (sarcasm alert) $2 off the price of two one-way tickets. But, thanks to the fine work of the Gathering's Transportation Team, there is a special rate of $25 round-trip available to us.
Visit the 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering Special Discounted Airport Shuttle page to sign up for a shuttle for yourself or your group. There are a few simple rules that you must follow to get this discounted rate:
There you have it, a website absolutely guaranteed to save you money - http://airportshuttleneworleans.hudsonltd.net/res?USERIDENTRY=ELCAYG0712&LOGON=GO
As someone who has used this shuttle service on multiple occasions, I can tell you that it has always been a fine ride, but you do sometimes have to get up pretty early to meet their timeline for getting back to the airport for your return flight! Of course, living in an area where our airport only gets about two flights a day from each of our carriers might have something to do with my lack of flight options as well!
One of the things that Todd asked me to do is share interesting and, often, free website that could make the life and ministry of a youth worker easier. I've talked about some sites that provide free services, many sites that are still with us, and some that have gone to the great beyond since I wrote about them. Many of them have the potential to save money, but few of them are as guaranteed to save you money as the one that I'm going to share today.
This site will knock $13-15 per person off what you'd otherwise pay. It's not Groupon or some other Deal of the Day website, although I like many of those! It doesn't have a fancy name at all, but just a cryptic URL which I've posted below. But if you're going to the Extravaganza, the ELCA Youth Gathering - citizens with the saints, or both, and you're flying, you need to know about this site.
Normally a trip from the New Orleans Airport to any of the downtown hotels is $20 each way. If you prepay for your round-trip ticket when you buy it, they knock a whopping (sarcasm alert) $2 off the price of two one-way tickets. But, thanks to the fine work of the Gathering's Transportation Team, there is a special rate of $25 round-trip available to us.
Visit the 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering Special Discounted Airport Shuttle page to sign up for a shuttle for yourself or your group. There are a few simple rules that you must follow to get this discounted rate:
- In order to book your discounted airport/hotel shuttle reservations online, you must book no later than 24 hours prior to your flight arrival time.
- Changes to an existing reservation can be made by phone (866-596-2699) only if you made your original reservation online.
- The round trip ticket discount is only for tickets bought through this web page.
There you have it, a website absolutely guaranteed to save you money - http://airportshuttleneworleans.hudsonltd.net/res?USERIDENTRY=ELCAYG0712&LOGON=GO
As someone who has used this shuttle service on multiple occasions, I can tell you that it has always been a fine ride, but you do sometimes have to get up pretty early to meet their timeline for getting back to the airport for your return flight! Of course, living in an area where our airport only gets about two flights a day from each of our carriers might have something to do with my lack of flight options as well!
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