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Give Me Your $0.02!
Oct 18th
Everyone has something to say.
I know you do!
And especially after reading a couple of blog posts here at essistme.com, I’m sure you have some questions, or suggestions that I can take advantage of to make this a better vehicle for me and you both.

Please take the time to leave a comment positive or negative below – as long as it’s constructive. Without your visit and readership, this is meaningless. C’mon, give me your $0.02 today!
How To Get Your U.S. Passport Fees Reimbursed Free ($97 adults, $82 children)
Jan 9th

I recently wrote about the new requirements this year for everyone to have a passport – even children – this year when you travel out of the country. And we recently created our own U.S. passport photos on the web and filed the application — and found the new US State Department passport application status service…because we really need a vacation!
Although it’s a pain in the neck to fill out the forms, get the photos done, file the application, it doesn’t have to be a pain in the wallet for the $97/adult and $82/child passport application fees…why you ask? Because someone will foot the bill for you!
“Only in America!” you say?….actually, you should say, “Only in the Bahamas!”
If you travel and stay at one of these 20 hotels in the Bahamas, they’ll pay for your passport application fees for up to 4 Passports/room!
- Atlantis Paradise Island
- Best Western Bay View Suites
- British Colonial Hilton
- Comfort Suites Paradise Island
- Dillet’s Guest House
- Graycilff Hotel
- Harborside Resort at Atlantis
- Nassau Beach Hotel
- Nassau Palm Resort
- One&Only Ocean Club
- Orange Hill Beach Inn
- Paradise Island Beach Club
- Paradise Harbour Club & Marina
- Paradise Island Harbour Resort All Inclusive
- Raddison Cable Beach Resort
- Red Carpet Inn
- Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort
- The Cove Atlantis
- Wyndham Nassau Resort
All you have to do is complete the rebate form when you travel on your vacation and mail it in within 30 days! It’s a simple one-page form to get your Passport Fees back.
You say, huh? There’s no free lunch in America? Well, good thing it’s not the USA, it’s the Bahamas! Actually, here’s the fine-print:
- Apply for a new U.S. Passport between December 20, 2006 and March 24, 2007
- Visit Nassau Paradise Island from January 17 through March 31, 2007
- Stay a minimum of 2 nights at any of our 19 member hotels
- Download and fill out the rebate form
- Attach verification documentation to the rebate form:
- Paid hotel receipt in the Bahamas
- Airline boarding pass for all travelers
- Photocopy of U.S. passport photo page for all travelers
- Nassau, The Bahamas airport code = NAS
I needed help myself!
Oct 30th
Hmm…my first WordPress blog. One of plenty to come hopefully. But the famed 5-minute install wasn’t really 5-minutes! Of course, it would have helped if there was some documentation regarding how to install it on my host…1and1 Internet. It was a small detail that I had to figure out on my own, but it’s now all solved!
So I guess my first task is to write-up a quickie post about how to install this “free and powerful at the same time” WordPress blog app on a 1and1 server…coming soon!

I love tech, gadgets and the web. Hope you pick-up a useful tip or two here today that helps you use technology to your advantage! Better yet, why not share your own expertise in a comment on a post today to help the other readers that land here for answers!