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GoAbroad celebrates spring with the launching of GoAbroad Network (GoAbroad.net), an online community dedicated to travelers worldwide.
GoAbroad.net is a travel networking site where users
can post travel blogs and photos, meet other travelers
and join groups of like minded travelers. We also
have Google-based interactive maps and an online
Scrapbook, a space where users can bookmark selected programs from GoAbroad.
GoAbroad Network
will allow you to create an Advisor Group for your
organization. Advisor Groups on GoAbroad.net give
you the ability to manage an online community
with your colleagues and program participants by letting you:
- Update members with the organization’s
programs and itineraries, latest events, alerts,
and news.
- Add photos from programs and post
application forms and brochures as downloadable files.
- Receive
inquiries from the travelers on GoAbroad Network
who are looking for travel programs under the
categories that your listings are under.
Start an Advisor group today and take advantage of all these great features at no cost at all!
TEFL
Calendar
To continually enhance our visitors' experience,
we recently introduced the TEFL
Calendar tool to our Teach Abroad and TEFL Certification
directories. This innovation makes your programs more accessible to
your target participants. The calendar tailors the visitors' search
by allowing them to look for a TEFL Course based on
- the dates that they
intend to take the course
- the location they want to take the course in
- the TEFL
provider they prefer
To find out how you can have your programs
listed on our calendar, please email
us.
Recent
conferences
We would like to thank everyone who visited our booths during the World Youth and Student Travel industry Conference (WYSTC) held in Melbourne, Australia (October 2006), the CIEE Annual Conference held in Seville, Spain (November 2006), and the recently concluded Work Experience Travel Market (WETM) and IAPA Annual Conference in Riga, Latvia (March 2007). GoAbroad will be participating in this year’s NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo in Minnesota, USA on May 2007. We will be at booth 201 and we look forward to seeing you there!
Partnership to Benefit Minority Students
GoAbroad.com is proud to announce our partnership with Diversity Abroad in promoting education abroad to minority students through the Diversity Abroad Initiative (DAI) – an alliance of colleges, universities, and organizations interested in education abroad.
DAI supports the Diversity Abroad Scholarship Fund and campus outreach programs. Member organizations of DAI get increased exposure to a more diverse population of students while ensuring that minority students are fully aware and have the To know more about the benefits your organization will enjoy as a member of Diversity Abroad Initiative, visit the web site or contact Andrew Gordon, founder of Diversity Abroad.
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GoAbroad
Foundation
September 12, 2006 — A catastrophic
fire, the biggest that hit Tacloban City,
Leyte, Philippines, burned down four
villages in four hours. The disaster left 908 families homeless, 4000
homeless individuals and 30 million pesos' worth of property were reduced
to ashes. The GoAbroad staff assisted in a relief program for the victims,
helping in the distribution of donated used clothing, canned goods
and purified water. See
the video.
By now, some residents have started to reconstruct their homes. But
a lot of the victims who do not have the resources to rebuild their
homes, are still living in temporary housing.
You can still help these victims. You may give your donations to
the GoAbroad Foundation.
Cell Phones That Work Where ever GoAbroad Takes You!
Imagine life without a cell phone at home...Now imagine life without a cell phone when you are abroad.
A cell phone when you are out of the country is a must, not only for social purposes, but for safety as well. Chances are your US cell phone won't work overseas, and if it does, it's most likely restricted (locked) to only work with your current, expensive, US service. What you need is an international phone!
Prices start from as low as 39 USD.
No need to sign any contracts.
It's easy!
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Testimonial
System
 Launched in June 2006, the Testimonial system
is a feature that
- helps enhance the credibility of
our partner organizations and the programs they publish on our site.
- gives organizations an avenue to show testimonials
from real past participants of their programs.
- provides an avenue for visitors to contact these participants.
To post testimonials, past participants need
to fill out the testimonial form. This form can be
accessed by viewing one of your listings, then clicking the link 'Please
share your thoughts', located on the left column of the full listing page.
They must have a valid email address so that their testimonials can be
verified, however, their email addresses will not be published online.
Interested participants will be able to contact them through an online
message form, but they may opt to have contact excluded altogether if
they do not wish to speak to prospective participants.
Verification
System Update
 Our
Partner Verification system allows our partners to prove the legitimacy
of their organization by submitting the necessary documents to mark them
as verified
on GoAbroad. We require legal documents that will prove that your organization
is a registered business in your country/city. You may upload PDF versions, or
scanned copies in JPG format, of your
- business registration documents
- certificate of incorporation
- business tax certificate
- or other papers that would prove you are a legitimate
organization.
Please be advised that advertising brochures of your programs
are inappropriate for this purpose. You need to log
in to your GoAbroad partners account to upload
your documents or you may email them to info@goabroad.com.
Sticky
Traffic Increase
Based on statistics from the last six months,
GoAbroad has been receiving an average of
800,000 unique visitors every month. This is an exceptional
increase over the traffic in 2006. There has also
been a marked increase in the percentage of return visits, averaging at
a 15% boost every month. This continued increase is indicative of the
site's sustainable growth.
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