Hi - we are Maria Hernandez and we have sent hundreds of travelers on vacations around the world - without them knowing where they were headed! We started The Vacation Hunt in 2017 and our primary products are surprise vacation packages. Travelers fill out a survey with their trip preferences, choose a vacation package (US, International or All-Inclusive Resort) and we book their trip (flights, hotels & activities). We send them clues to their destination over social media and they find out where they are headed a few days before they leave. It’s a lot of fun for us and our travelers! Below is one our recent surprise vacation clues, can you guess where they are going? The Vacation Hunt was a melding of several ideas actually! Jeff and I often just buy plane tickets to somewhere on a whim when we know we’ll have time off from work and when we see a good deal to a place we haven’t been. The clues that we post on our own social media account (then often get re-posted by our travelers) really help us spread the word. We also send our business cards in their surprise trip envelope to give an easily shareable promotional item, and we simply ask them to tell their friends and family about their experience. Never hurts to ask! Another fun thing we include in the envelope is a full-page color sign with their destination printed on it in big bold letters. Travelers going on one of our trips can then share their destination “reveal” on social media using the sign to show off where they're going and tell their friends and family - it’s great for our customers and us - we’ve now had quite a few travelers who decided to trust us after seeing the great time their friends and family had on a their trip! You can see an example of a couple revealing their destination on our social media, like this link to see Alaina and Sean find out where they were going to celebrate New Year's We have also been covered in quite a few news outlets like the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal - that helps too! We were also featured in The Epoch Times. We definitely could not have started the business without their help and support. We are also pretty big fans of Side Hustle School and were even featured on an episode after we got TVH up and running! To be clear: I’m advocating setting aside a budget (both time & money) and working within that and seeing what happens, not betting the whole house or quitting a good paying job right away if you have one. While that’s not always an option for everyone, if you are lucky enough to be in a position where you can do it, that is my advice.