Other BIGO Prizes & Contests
Family Travel Forum (FTF), the web's leading community for family travelers, hosts a variety of scholarships and other contests that encourage everyone to share their travel experiences. For information about new opportunities to increase your spending money for school or travel, check back here often for news about seasonal scholarships and contests from our sponsors.
The FTF-HI New York Hostel Contest
FTF is hosting a new contest for hostellers in association with sponsor Hostelling International New York (HI-NY) to celebrate the 75th anniversary of hostelling in America. For anyone who has stayed in a youth hostel, made or lost friends there, explored the world on a shoestring, traveled with a student tour or otherwise enjoyed a hostelling experience -- and want to share it with others -- this contest is for you. Take this opportunity to write about your journeys, both good and bad, and earn great prizes too! If film is more your style, then film your travels and submit a video. Whether you stayed at a hostel 30 years ago, or you’re in the midst of your hostel visit right now, we want to know about it.
FTF-HI New York Hostel Prizes
- 2 Free Nights at the famous HI New York Youth Hostel, valid for one year
- 2 Tickets to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Museums or Ripley Aquariums anywhere in the world
FTF staff members will be selecting 2 winners each month. All winners will receive notification via e-mail, including instructions on how to collect their prize. We will also highlight your hostel story on travelBIGO, so other viewers can share your experience and learn more about hostelling.
FTF-HI New York Rules
FTF-HI New York Hostel Eligibility
- All applicants must sign up for the travelBIGO.com community prior to submitting an Article.
- There is no age requirement, and you can be attending any level of school, be unemployed or working, be traveling or staying at home, anywhere in the world.
- Your travel tale can be in any format and any language.
- By submitting your travel tale and images, you have agreed to travelBIGO's Terms of Use.
- Please keep your account information current (see Account Info tab on My Dashboard) so that we can reach all winners by email.
Submission Requirements for FTF-HI New York Hostel Travel Stories
- Journals, travel tales, photos and videos must be submitted online using the New Article submission tool accessed on "My Dashboard." Your personal My Dashboard link is located in the Login box. Editing tools are provided when you begin your New Article.
- Your submission must be under 1,000 words, and uploaded photos must be under 2Mb in size in total.
- The more essays you write, pictures you take, or videos you film and post, the greater your chances of winning.
- Your submission must be your original creation.
- Your submission must be related to hostelling, whether it's a journal or illustration of your journey; information about dining, accommodations or local customs; the people you meet; the attractions you visit; or how you gained a greater understanding of the world and its people.
The Judging Process
Once you register and post your submission, it will be published immediately so you can share it with your friends and family around the world. Travel stories submitted to the FTF-HI New York Hostel contest will be judged by Family Travel Forum staff every two weeks.
Please note that only winners will be contacted. All winners under age 13 are required to submit a Minors and Parent Consent Form to collect their prize.
Scholarship questions cannot be answered over the phone; send questions on all scholarships and contests to FTFscholarship@travelbigo.com.
Other Scholarships
If you're between the ages of 13 to 18, you should check out FTF's Teen Travel Writing Scholarship.
Additionally, travelers of any age are encouraged to post their travel journals about any topic in order to be eligible for a Punzabo, FTF's monthly prize awarded by the travelBIGO community to their favorite travel tale. Be sure to invite your friends and family to join the travelBIGO community and vote on your story by using the star rating system on each article.
Thanks to our FTF-HI New York sponsors!
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