Thank you for your interest in helping our 2011 Fundraising Drive.

You are welcome to contribute as much as you wish, or as little as you can, to help continue and develop The Travel Insider website and newsletter.

No-one should feel obliged to contribute anything, and absolutely, please don't cause yourself any hardship or inconvenience if you do choose to contribute.  But if you can conveniently contribute, of course please do.

And, most of all, you are helping The Travel Insider to continue to operate and to continue to grow, to continue to release valuable and helpful content and commentary, into the future, just the same as we've been doing for the past decade since 2001.

How to Contribute

Instant Online Contributions via Paypal - One-off or Ongoing

You can simply send a credit card or check account payment securely and instantly via Paypal.  You can chose between sending a single one-time payment, or creating a voluntary 'subscription' with automatic monthly or quarterly contributions.

A voluntary subscription means you can make smaller payments either monthly or quarterly, and allows you to cancel any time you might choose.

Simply click whichever Paypal option button at the bottom of the page you prefer.

Credit Card Contributions via Square

If you don't wish to use Paypal, but still wish to contribute via credit card, we can now directly accept credit card payments and can run your card ourselves, through the 'Square' credit card service.  You would need to email or fax us (206 338-3381) with the following information

• Credit Card Number

• Expiration

• Three Digit Code on Back

• Billing Zip Code

• Amount You Wish to Contribute

Mailed in Contributions

If you prefer, you're welcome to send checks to

David M Rowell
The Travel Insider
17321 NE 31st Ct
Redmond WA 98052

If you're sending money through the mail, please be sure to include your email address so I can let you know your contribution arrived.

If you're contributing on behalf of your company, we're pleased to send you an invoice for a Travel Insider newsletter subscription to help ensure it qualifies for reimbursement.

How Much to Contribute

In the past, we've received contributions ranging from $5 and sometimes less, up to $500 and occasionally even more.

Most people seem to choose to contribute between $10 and $100, and more commonly in the $20 - $50 range.

But, we actually misspoke when we said 'most people'.  In sad reality, very few people contribute at all - less than a thousand in a good year, fewer than 500 in a difficult year.

And so your contribution, in any amount at all, automatically places you in the elite category of people who have kindly given back and helped out.  Thank you for the act of contributing, no matter how much it might be.

Super Supporters

A very few people send in three figure sums, earning them the accolade of becoming a 'super supporter'.

If you choose to follow their example, in addition to my even more fervent thanks, you would get a personal Christmas card and, hmmm - not much else except the hopefully priceless personal pleasure and karma from becoming such a valued and key supporter.

How to Send in Contributions by Paypal/Credit Card

Choose either the 'Donate' button below to make a single, one-time contribution of any amount you wish, or if you prefer, please choose one of the 'Subscribe' buttons from the table below to create an automatic and voluntary monthly or quarterly contribution (which can be instantly cancelled at any time by a single button click on the 'Cancel Subscription' button at the bottom).

OR

Automatic Voluntary Monthly or Quarterly 'Subscription'

If you wish to subsequently cancel your subscription, simply click this button at any time.

Many thanks for your support.  It really does help.