FEDORA TRAVELS HAS EXCLUSIVELY PARTNERED WITH THE BACKPACKERS ULTIMATE TRAVEL GUIDE!

Launching August 10th, 2009!

“With an overwhelming amount of travel information on the internet, OFF TRACK PLANET has done the work for you! Spitting out everything in fresh packaged articles with a concise and relevant summary of the latest must know travel tips, resources, advice, ideas and how-to guides for the low budget backpacker. But, we also include an entertainment value like no other guide…Fun, informative, and exciting articles, pictures, and videos covering sex, parties, and drugs from around the world and how to get YOUR broke ass out there!”…So who other than FEDORA TRAVELS to be their exclusive travel show?…

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Side Note – We will have to delay the release of Fedora Travels upcoming ISRAEL episode for the release of OFF TRACK PLANET…There MAYBE  a launch party with an exclusive screening, join the OTP (Off Track Planet) Twitter to stay updated!

THE BEST EPISODE OF FEDORA TRAVELS IS YET TO COME!

In my true, honest and humble opinion I believe this next episode of Fedora Travels will be the best yet. Look forward to its release next week!

NEW YORK RECESSION SPECIAL EPISODE!

To me, being broke means getting creative, and getting creative means having fun! (Read: Recession Does Not Equal Depression blog) – So for an upcoming Fedora Travels episode you decide what I do with…

For 1 Day in New York…

How would you use the limited resources to make it happen? Get creative and send me your wild ideas. You can watch the best ideas come to life in the next Fedora Travels episode….

Officious Guidelines & Rules:

• - Submit your idea, a list of ideas, a full itinerary, if you freaking want to, by simply commenting to this blog below…
• - All entries due by July 27th, 2009 . The episode will be filmed on July 31st. (There are always tons of free events around   New York…Check out websites like Freenyc.com, Myopenbar.com, NYCgo.com for for ideas on any possible events around   town that day!).
• - I will not take on anything that is…well, completely “illegal”.

Selections will be based on creativity… I’m looking for sites of interest, an adventure, people to meet, a possible challenge, an event to attend, where or how I eat, etc…Whatever sounds entertaining for the purpose of creating an interesting episode will be chosen.
The winner gets no money or prizes of any monetary value. Nothing, nada, zippo…You will however get creative control of my life, air time for your idea, your name credited to the episode, and the reassurance that you too can have fun when times get tough.

Ok, go!

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This is the new, LATEST NEWS section of the website where all the day to day happenings and upcoming events will be posted. Isn’t it freaking sweet?

Current Latest News…

- Fedora Travels Contest #1 details will be posted tomorrow.

- A new TRAVEL JOURNAL section has been added…The words straight off the pages of my personal Travel Journal will be re-typed, and re-visited. You’ll get to read the back stories to the inspiration, pictures and video’s you see here! 

- A Photo Gallery for the website is in the works!

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The Recession Does Not Equal Depression

         I’m sure you have noticed everyone freaking out about joblessness, homelessness and general lack of funds for necessary survival. Well educated, multiple degree-holding professionals have been forced to take odd jobs.  Street smarts have become worth more than book smarts, with people dusting off their high school spatulas to once again flip burgers and putting on their nikes to walk the streets distributing flyers.  I too have tapped into the odd job market recently promoting for the NY Rangers during the playoffs (where I rollerbladed all around Manhattan wearing an NHL refs uniform and throwing down face-offs on busy intersections with 15 other screaming Ranger promoters). 

        We’re all broke but that doesn’t mean we should just lay down and let it beat the piss out of us.  The recession can actually be an opportunity to get creative about the way we choose to live and spend our time. In my case, I’ve chosen to live in a hostel which is set up much like a dorm room. Up to 50 guests stay here at one time, mostly college-aged students, interns, and travellers passing through to live here for a few days or months. At 26, I’m considered fairly old for this environment and sometimes called “Poppa Hostel”…

          I’ve been sleeping on a bunk bed in a tiny room I’m currently sharing with Jessica, a New York Jets cheerleader. For the past couple nights Jessica’s friend (who is out here for the New York Knicks cheerleading squad try-outs) is sharing her bed above me. Yep, the three of us; really cheery in my room at the moment. Nothing like beating the broke ass blues with a few beautiful cheerleaders flowing in and out of here on a regular basis.

         In addition to cheerleaders, it seems I never lack free entertainment.  At any given time or day of the week, there might be a club forming in our living room as my fellow young resident assistants practice their DJ sets with PA speakers blasting and guests swing off poles and dance on top of the radiator heater.  When we manage to make it out of the house, you best believe we travel in a posse of at least 20.  (yeah you best believe it!) Sidenote: today we were planning out our tighty wighty twister party sponsored by Vodka.

          …And all this has been done on the smallest budget you can imagine.  Throughout, I have documented this partying and exploration on film.  I have spent countless hours in cafes and my cave-like bedroom editing footage to create videos for this project, for my passion and without a paycheck.  All gigs aside, I have respectfully worked my way up to “starving New York artist” status. I am happy to be here, penniless. (…for the time being)  Ultimately, Fedora Travels is a project meant to inspire others to follow their passion, so who am I to give up when times get tough and money gets tight? 

           Now that you know a snippet about my life and how I’ve lived it on a non-existent budget, how about I give you the reigns for a day?…Yes, something big is brewing…

The first-ever Fedora Travels Contest is a-comin! Digest the new blog and be ready for contest details on Wednesday!

Created & Written by: Freddie Pikovsky

      Co-written/Edited by: Anna  Starostinetskaya