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https://life.indiegogo.com/fundraisers/douglas-kirsten-in-istanbul-the-queen-of-cities

The Story
In August of 1995, Douglas Berry was diagnosed with Stage IV-B Hodgkins lymphoma...a battle he won, but which has had lasting effects on his health since then. In August of 2013, he had a stroke, leaving Doug permanently disabled and unable to work; August 2015 brought with it a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, and yet more life changes. And there have been other medical events, both major and minor, throughout the years as well.

FS, please take a moment to consider this, even if you can't or don't want to spare a few bucks, please at the very least pass it along and get the word out. My friends have been through quite a lot, and they are hoping to visit Istanbul next year, so that Doug can cross it off his bucket list. Their campaign has reached 17% of its goal in just 10 days. Please help boost the signal so we can get them the rest of the way.

Thank you for your time.

And people here should fork out cash to send two strangers on a very expensive vacation...why, exactly?

Because they're not dicks? No one is required to "fork out cash". What was asked was signal boosting.

It's incredibly entitled to look to other people to fund your vacation, whether or not you have a serious illness.

I'm not twisting your arm, and I'm not arguing this with you, either. Go be a dick elsewhere.

No, take your shameless begging elsewhere.

This. When I have money to donate, it goes to actual needy causes, not nonsense like this.

No, signal boosting was asked "at the very least," implying that donations were preferred.

obviously donations are preferred
it's a fucking fundraiser
if you all are so against willingly giving out your precious money, then don't willingly give it out, get off OP's back, and scroll on past the post
it's not rocket science

Hi, OP.

Don't pretend that "all that was asked for was signal-boosting," then.

It is still monstrously entitled to look to strangers to fund your funtimes.

lol no I dgaf I just think it's stupid you all got your panties in a twist when no one's forcing you to do shit
I mean talk about entitled
"please give or at least tell people about this" =/= "they're trying to steal my money omg"

itt people who can't read

they're probably randroids

What's that?

ayn rand worshippers

Those who value selfishness above community, following the worldview of the science fiction writer Ayn Rand.

Congratulations, you dippy anons, you got me to donate just to spite you. And that's out of the <$30 I have in my bank account.

Edited 2015-09-23 01:09 (UTC)

lol

you know what they say about a fool and his money

I'd rather err on the side of empathy, thank you.

lol yourself

Not only do they want people to fund their vacation, but they're aiming to travel business class? (Though it appears they're willing to take one for the team and fly premium economy, what troopers!) Then they're afraid to stay in local (read: non-American) hotels so they need to be in a Doubletree, so as not to be out of their comfort zone. THEN they're planning on spending $150/day on top of accommodations. Seriously?? That'd be a reasonable food/entertainment/transport budget for New York, Paris or London.

"There's really no way to guess what this might run..."

Bullshit. Of course there is a way to estimate daily expenses. Google "tourist daily expenses istanbul" and you come up with a bunch of travel sites aimed at tourists who need to figure out how much money to budget for the trip.

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/turkey/istanbul/money-costs

http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/budgetreportadv.php?geonameid=&countrysearch=&country_code=TR&categoryid=0&budgettype=2&triptype=0&startdate=&enddate=&travelerno=0

http://gomadnomad.com/2014/03/19/what-it-costs-a-day-of-travel-in-istanbul/

Keep in mind that some of those links include accommodations, so it's even cheaper than their listed estimate. All of them are well below $150/day!

Wow. I thought $12,500 seemed like an awful lot for a week long trip and now I know why. I feel for these people, but if you're going to ask people to pay for your dream trip, do some research first and maybe consider budget friendly options instead of flying business class and staying in fancy hotels. Other people are giving you money, it seems like the least you could do.

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