Unapologetically Awesome Tour heads to San Diego!
Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:29PM
In the land of Jen desires a Kokomo checkin, I need a vacation. Desperately. I am being proactive in this scenario, and decided to head to San Diego for the weekend. The best part is that I came up with a frugally responsible plan strictly utilizing public transportation.
First, I'm popping over to the Greyhound station here in Hollywood - and hopping on a bus.
Cost: $16.72 (money received via the psychological fugue fund aka friend of the site)
Bus station to Gaslamp district (where I want to go): $2.25
Upon arrival in the Gaslamp district, I negotiated a deal with a hostel to stay in one of their rooms in exchange for some nerdy loving.
Cost: $0
Food: I got a bunch of Zone bars the other day from the gym doing some sort of promo thing. I'm pretty certain I can survive off of a box of 10 for a weekend. I don't think I'll need to eat more than 3 over the course of 3 days. Might be close, but doubtful. Either way, never underestimate the kindness of Facebook friends you haven't friended yet for web favors in return. Fucking FABULOUS!
And there I beeeeeeee in the San Dizzle izzle my nizzle! I'm literally getting out of town for the weekend for under $50 round trip. How AWESOME is that?
If you're in the area and wanna kick it totally hit me up on twitter: @JenFriel and follow my checkins on FourSquare: foursquare.com/jenfriel
Can't wait to meet some of you! Except that dude over there. Yes, yes you. You smell.
#geterdone
Reader Comments (2)
What do you mean by nerdy loving? Why so vague? Truly want to understand why someone gave you a free room. Assuming I read that right.
sure babe.
its no different than it would be for a magazine ad that goes out to x amount of eyeballs - or a billboard that is seen in front of x amount of people based on foot traffic on a daily basis.
im a billboard - if i check in somewhere, people see that in my social network feed. it's literally that simple. Crazy, right? Gotta be a catch?
All I ever have to do is call people up and say this is what I do, and ask if I can exchange it for their services. In this case, a room for the night. But out of the good nature of it all, when I get there I usually show them the app, (show them first hand what foursquare is) so they can encourage other people traveling through to do the same. I really like educating first hand so people feel empowered and not overwhelmed with all that social media encompasses. it's literally the easiest thing in the world, and ANNYYONNNEE can do it. Build your personal brand babe, and lmk if theres anything i can do to help or cross promote.
xoxo