Thank you for your interest in helping our 2015 Fundraising Drive.

You are welcome to contribute as much as you wish, or as little as you conveniently 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.

In choosing to do so, you are helping The Travel Insider to continue to operate and to continue to grow, to continue to release valuable and helpful reviews, content and commentary, into the future, just the same as we've been doing continually since 2001.

How to Contribute

You have four choices of how to support The Travel Insider.  They are :

1.  One-off Credit Card Contributions via Paypal

Simply click this button and then choose any amount you'd like to contribute.  You don't need to be a Paypal member to use this service.

2.  Credit Card Contributions via Square - One-off or Ongoing

If you don't wish to use Paypal at all, and still wish to contribute via credit card, we can now directly accept credit card payments and run your card ourselves, through the 'Square' credit card service.

Simply email or fax us (206 338-3381) with the following information (if you're anxious about the security of doing this, send us two emails or faxes, with half the information in each one) :

• Credit Card Number

• Expiration

• Three Digit Code on Back (or 4 digit on front with Amex)

• Billing Zip Code

• Amount You Wish to Contribute

3.  Ongoing Regular Contributions via Paypal

You can create a voluntary 'subscription' via Paypal and allow it to send automatic monthly or quarterly contributions.

You can of course cancel any time you might choose.

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

4.  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 using any of these methods, 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 $25 - $50 range.

But, we actually misspoke when we said 'most people'.  In sad reality, very few people contribute at all - typically about 500 a 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.

If you equate the amount you contribute to The Travel Insider in terms of 'cups of Starbucks coffee' or 'copies of USA Today' or 'tips paid to service providers who offer very little in return', we hope you'll realize that the quarter million or more words of information you get each year from The Travel Insider is one of the truly outstanding bargains, and definitely deserving of your support.

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 Create a Voluntary Subscription by Paypal/Credit Card

Choose any 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).

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.