January HP Fan Trips update

[Jeff Guillaume]

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'HP FAN TRIPS' JANUARY UPDATE:

(1) Just 15 days after the release of HBP!
(2) Some packages over 70% booked
(3) Frommer's picks HP Fan Trips
(3) Free trip update
(4) Garrrr! PotC Fan Trips!

Official site: http://www.hpfantrips.com/

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* Just 15 days after the release of HBP!

They say timing is everything.  Good Harry Potter fans know that publishers 
Scholastic and Bloomsbury announced in December the English language release 
date for the sixth book - "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" - will be 
July 31.  Using our advanced divination skills, we carefully planned HP Fan 
Trips 2005 to coincide with the book's release date, and we're 
understandably excited now that the release date is officially known.  (If 
you believe we really knew the book would be released in July, and you're 
wearing white gloves, we also have a ketchup popsicle with your name on it.)

Along with the Accio 2005 UK conference, HP Fan Trips will be one of the 
first formal opportunities to meet with other rabid Harry Potter fans to 
discuss book 6!  Don't miss out on what will surely be passionate, lively 
debate, and more importantly, wild fun talking HP with other fans while you 
explore the roots of the story throughout the United Kingdom.

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* Seats continue to fill up!

Some of our 2005 tour packages are now already more than 70% booked, putting 
us quite ahead of the same time last year.  What does this mean?  With a 
maximum of 42 people per package, you should make reservations with friends 
and family sooner rather than later.  Once each package is filled to 
capacity, no more participants can be added due to the required arrangements 
(hotel, transportation, meals, etc.).  Remember, only an initial deposit is 
required to reserve a spot and payment plans are very flexible.

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* Frommer's picks HP Fan Trips

A leader in travel and vacation info since 1957, Frommer's recently pointed 
to HP Fan Trips as "a new form of travel" and detailed some of our 
selections. "Make no mistake about it!" they point out on their web site. 
"All establishment listings and reviews in Frommer's Guidebooks and online 
at Frommers.com are based on our author's individual experiences -- our 
listings and reviews are not advertisements."  We're honored to have been 
included in their December review of literary tours inspired by books.

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* Free trip update

HP Fan Trips' free trip promotion is still going strong.  One fan site has 
already won a free trip and is on its way to a second, and several others 
are in good shape for their own free trip.  Remember, we've lowered the 
necessary referrals from 29 to 25 this year! Fan sites and other 
organizations can sign up to support HP Fan Trips and start referring 
participants at http://www.hpfantrips.com/about/support.cfm. You'll get a 
link on the HP Fan Trips web site and a special code to track referrals.

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* Announcing PotC Fan Trips

Building on the success of HP Fan Trips, Beyond Boundaries Travel has 
developed a new tour for fans of the "Pirates of the Carribbean" movies. 
Participants will sail the open sea on a Windjammer Tall Ship, and visit 
historic pirate sites in both Nassau and Jamaica (including Port Royal)! It 
was developed in cooperation with several of the top PotC fan sites and the 
Jamaican Tourist Board, Bahamas Tourist Board and Air Jamaica.  Visit 
http://www.potcfantrips.com/ for more information.

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Visit HP Fan Trips online:
http://www.hpfantrips.com/

Discussion group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpfantrips-friends

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Special thanks to our fan site sponsors:

HPANA - http://www.hpana.com/
MuggleNet - http://www.mugglenet.com/
DanRadcliffe.com - http://www.danradcliffe.com/
FictionAlley - http://www.fictionalley.org/
Veritaserum - http://www.veritaserum.com/
HarryPotterFanZone.com - http://www.harrypotterfanzone.com/