I decided to complete this assignment because I love to travel and I love Pinterest! This assignment is called “Create Your Dream Vacation On Pinterest!” and it’s worth 3 stars. The details of the assignment can be found here.

This was easy for me to do since I am so well-versed in Pinterest. I decided to make my dream vacation to Brazil because I’ve always heard that it’s beautiful. I think that this trip would definitely be possible for me one day. My husband, El Jota, also loves to travel and would love the nightlife that’s present in Brazil. And Brazil has everything that I love to: beaches, shopping hiking, native culture, etc.
A couple different things are required to make this become a reality. First off, is money, but that’s not really a problem for Jota and I…our last name is Dinero. Another thing necessary, however, is a passport and a visa. This isn’t a big obstacle either because I already have my passport and still have lots of time left on it. Some things that aren’t exactly required but are strongly recommended include vaccinations, knowledge of a different language, and Brazilian Real.
There are 3 recommended vaccinations. They are for Yellow Fever, Malaria, and Typhoid.
It would be very helpful to have a basic understanding of Portuguese, however, is not necessary since most of the people there have a basic understanding of English. Or it wouldn’t be very hard to find someone who did.
The Brazilian Real is their form of currency. This isn’t too complicated to get and is available at currency exchanges. It’s just a matter of getting it done.

A lot of things that I pinned have not only have amazing recommended places to go, but travel tips specifically to Brazil. This was so helpful!! I really hope that this Dream Vacation can one day become a reality.

I actually created two boards. One is specific to this Brazil trip and the other is a general travel board encompassing tips on flights, safety, packing, and how to plan.

Brazil: https://www.pinterest.com/hostlenameyers/brazil/

Travel: https://www.pinterest.com/hostlenameyers/travel/

For one of my assignments this week, I chose to do the assignment Create Your Dream Vacation on Pinterest, that was submitted by Haley Eckhardt.

The assignment is to,” Create A Pinterest Board Of Your Dream Vacation This is an assignment for dreamers! If you don’t already have a Pinterest account, create one! Next, take a moment and contemplate where you would want to go. A vacation does not necessarily mean you have to select one place to travel to. It can involve a variety of locations. Start off by creating a “board” for your dream vacation. All you have to do to create your board is click the “create a board” option on your main profile page. You could title it “My Dream Vacation,” like I did, or come up with something more personalized. You can select a category, such as “travel,” if you want, but neither a category, nor a description, are necessary to continue. Next, try plugging keywords into the search box on Pinterest for cities, countries, specific landmarks, attractions, etc. and “pin” your favorite images/travel blog links/recipes/etc. onto your new board! To pin, hover your mouse over the image and a red “Pin it” button will pop up in the top left corner. Go ahead and click on it. **The purpose of these pins is to give Pinterest subscribers access to a variety of recipes, photography, travel guides, blogs, literally EVERYTHING digital. Next, Pinterest will ask you which board you would like to pin it to. Make sure you select the board you created for this assignment. You can either keep the description the pin came with, or create your own! Completely up to you. And lastly, just click the red button again, and you will have successfully added your first pin! Congratulations! Keep searching and adding pins until you have developed a solid amount of things to do/see/eat on your dream vacation! Next, embed a link of your “Dream Vacation” Pinterest board in to a blog post and write out a brief summary of the trip you desire. It’s up to you what you want to write about, but some ideas would be:

– Talk about if you feel like this trip will be possible for you someday, why or why not?

– What is required for your dream vacation to come true? (Don’t just say money, do your research.)

– Do the place(s) you plan to go have a different native language? If it’s an exotic trip, are there legal requirements, such as shots, visas, etc.?

Really get to know your dream vacation– maybe it’ll happen someday!” This assignment is worth 3 points.

I have an obsession with Pinterest, I love Pinterest. I have over 10,000 pins. When I saw that there was an assignment having to do with Pinterest, I quickly got started. I also LOVE vacations, especially planning them. I am so glad that Haley E. submitted this assignment. It has been a dream of mine to go to Bora Bora, Tahiti. I absolutely LOVE tropical vacations. Bora Bora is exceptionally gorgeous. The water is perfect and everything is beautiful.

I hope that this trip is possible in the future because Bora Bora is truly unbelievable. Maybe my next big family vacation can be in Bora Bora since my parents would like to go somewhere tropical. Who knows!?! A lot of things would be required for this vacation to actually happen. First of all, I would need the money. I did find a couple of articles on Pinterest how to save money on your Bora Bora trip!

I would also need time off from school or my job. I would have to work a lot in order to save up enough days for this to happen. Saving money for this trip is a must. Awesome packing tips for this trip are also necessary! I found a few tips on Pinterest!

How to Pack Two Weeks' Worth of Winter Clothes in One Suitcase http://t.co/PDZ8wEXu4P via @WhoWhatWear

— Stephanie White (@stephwhite_umw) January 19, 2015

There is also lots to do in Bora Bora, so I would need to save for those excursions.

clear kayaking…

snorkeling…

and much more…

I hope Bora Bora is in my near future!

Well, Bev likes to make a plan. I don’t want to say that she’s a control freak but….. I’ve gotten to know her a bit recently and, well, she is. 

To catch you up, Bev took me on a trip recently. I don’t know how she found me, or where she went after the trip, but we really tied up some loose ends following that strange Bev’s Buddies program. 

Bev insisted that we create an itinerary while we were on the plane, and she recommended we use Pinterest. As a visual aritist, I enjoyed learning about this medium and working with the different imagery as a visual representation of our trip. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that Bev’s not that bad a person, and with a little planning, a mysterious trip can be pretty fun.

Mariah and I had a lot of fun collaborating on this assignment as well. She really took the lead here, as I knew nothing about Pinterest. However, I helped with looking up ideas about what we could do in Bali and what content to feature on our board. Collaborative assignments are really great for that reason: everyone brings different ideas and skills to the table and you walk away with something you might not have been able to make on your own. I’ve really enjoyed the different assignments we’ve been able to incorporate into this story as well. 

Bev here. After the radio show, Damon and I made up and talked things out. We decided to go on a trip in order to work things out. He just wanted to get up and leave right away, but I was like woah woah woah Damon, slow it down. So I was like First things first, we need a pinterest board (yah, sometimes I can be an annoying petty girl- back off before I stick secret service on you).

So we made this board. It’s AWESOMEEE. 

It has all the things we are going to do:

– make some salsa
– stand in some foundations
– sit on the ocean without being in the ocean
– eat some actual food that is wonderful
– sit at random bars and meet people.

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This assignment was really interesting. For our character it is a lot of fun and I’m sure she would be able to go on the trip. For me, it probably isn’t in my future.

When it comes to completing this Jonathan and I sat down and figured out where we wanted to go. We knew we wanted to develop our characters a little bit more and this was how I figured it would work best. I love Pinterest and he loves planning so it worked out perfectly. I took to Pinterest to start pinning all things bali. I usually don’t use Pinterest that often, so it’s always like a break from my hectic schedule when I get to use it. Additionally, it was really fun to watch Jonathan try and figure out Pinterest and click on random things. He just kept sitting around clicking random things and watching what would happen (I think he might have pinned some weird things to my other boards just to mess with me). Overall, I feel like this project was definitely a successful one if you are looking to expand on your character. I was three stars!