Extreme Travel Adventures

Carolina Adventure World is a private park dedicated to riders of ATVs, UTVs, and dirt bikes. The 2,600 acre facility is located about a half hour north of Columbia, South Carolina, in Winnsboro. The park is the largest one of its kind in the Southeast and attracts riders of all skill levels.

The outdoor adventure park, which opened in 2007, has an extensive high quality trail system. There are over 100 miles of trails for riders of various skill levels. Trails are marked for difficulty from green to black diamond. Trails wind through the woods, over hills, and into valleys. There are some stream crossings. Some trails are wide enough for two vehicles and other trails are quite narrow. There are ten miles of dedicated Enduro trails, single track dirt bike only trails.

Carolina Adventure World has a lighted and timed drag strip measuring 300 feet. There is also an oval track featuring three banked turns. Motocross riders will enjoy the junior and vintage motocross tracks that cover challenging terrain. Extreme riders may want to try one of the park’s mud bogs. Those who prefer rocky terrain may enjoy the challenging Rock Crawl, Grizzly Hill, or Mammoth Hill areas.

The park allows all terrain vehicles (ATVs), two person utility terrain vehicles (UTVs), and dirt bikes. Jeeps and three wheelers are not allowed. All riders are required to wear helmets. There is an on-site storage facility for ATVs. Carolina Adventure World rents vehicles and equipment. Races are held at the facility throughout the year. A drag race is scheduled for Memorial weekend.

Visitors who wish to stay overnight may rent rustic cabins or stay in the campground. Water and electrical hookups are available at the campsites. Campers, RVs, and yurts may also be rented. Pets are welcome in the campground, but are not allowed in the buildings. The park’s Welcome Center sells tickets, camping supplies, tee shirts, tires, and equipment parts. Equipment rentals are also done at the Welcome Center. Food is available at the Welcome Center on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11am-3pm. They offer burgers, hot dogs, barbecue, and snacks. The Bath House is located next to the Welcome Center. It has restroom facilities and showers. The showers are available to campers as well as day use guests who would like to clean up before leaving the park.

Carolina Adventure World is open daily, weather permitting. Monday through Thursday hours are 8am-6pm. Summer weekend hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are 8am-10pm. Rates are $25 for an adult day pass and $15 for riders under 18. Multi-day passes are available. Spectator passes for non-riders are $10. The adventure park is located at 1515 Arrowhead Road in Winnsboro, South Carolina.

If you want a holiday that will be relaxing, healthy, great fun and will take you somewhere new then try one of the great cycling holidays France has to offer.

Read on and I will give you some good reasons for making this choice.

You might have a picture of someone toiling their way up a steep hill, their bike loaded down with a week’s luggage, with eyes only for the next car that might run you down any minute. It is that image that puts people off the idea of a cycling holiday, but it really needn’t be like that.

Cycling in France is a way of life. It is not for nothing that the world’s greatest cycling event takes place in France. French people love cycling and not just as a sport, but as the leisure activity par excellence.

There is a network of brilliant cycle ways that are called the ‘voies vertes’, which means ‘green ways’, and they are what make French cycling holidays so good.

They are a system of safe and beautiful routes through the French countryside specially for any one not using a motor. You will see walkers, horse riders, cyclists, roller bladders, the old and the young, but you won’t see a car. Isn’t that fantastic?

You can cycle for miles on these special routes that are usually established on places like canal tow paths or where a disused railway track has been paved smooth. They will often take you along well-established footpaths and old pilgrimage route.

In order to be used by as many people as possible the gradients are not too steep, they are wide enough for everyone to pass by safely, and access to them is really easy from the towns and cities. They are fantastic for the experienced or for those of you who are new to cycling in France.

There is even a newly established set of ‘blue ways’ that are quiet, urban cycle ways that link into the green ways network to make your cycling experience as safe and enjoyable as possible.

By using these routes you will be helping local people, and giving something to the local economy. Along the way the old railway stations have often been turned into tourist information offices or hostels and so provide jobs in rural areas.

So, as I said, you will have a relaxing, healthy, and safe holiday without having to worry about speeding motorists. But what about toiling along loaded down with luggage? Well that needn’t be the case either.

If you book an organized holiday, the last of your problems disappears. There are specialist companies that organize wonderful cycling holidays in France that leave you with nothing to do, but ride along and enjoy the view.

Their view is that in France cycling holidays should be as much a holiday as possible, so they take care of everything that could make it difficult. They plan the route and provide you with maps and guides of what you can see along the way. They pick up your luggage and take it to your next stop. They book all your overnight stops in locally run guesthouses and they rent you a decent bike, too.

What if you don’t speak a word of French and find the prospect of being out in the country with no interpreter a bit worrying. Well, for you there are escorted tours, so if you do need anything there will a guide who knows the country and speaks the language. You will also have fellow group members to share the experience with over a glass of wine in the evening.

Overseas adventure travel doesn’t mean danger or risk taking it also means new and wonderful experiences in another country. It means coming home enriched by the encounter with a new culture and way of life. All this and more is what you get when you decide to go cycling in France.

Why a WorldVentures review? Thousands of new travel companies pop up on the Internet every year, many of which are difficult to find honest, unbiased information about that doesn’t come from either the company itself or someone already involved with that company.

What follows is intended to serve as an objective and honest WorldVentures review.

A) Once Upon A Time…

Founded by Wayne Nuget and Mike Azcue, WorldVentures makes the claim that they “will become a billion dollar giant” in the travel industry. With the rapid development of the company, any representative that gets involved now might have a chance for some nice cash down the road if the company continues its success.

WorldVentures has taken advantage of the Internet since its beginning, and why not, the storefront travel industry has been reduced from 60,000 to fewer than 6,000 in the United States according to their corporate offices.

B) Selling The Products

This wouldn’t be a complete WorldVentures review without a look at how you get paid. Your initial fee to become a representative comes in at $99. Not bad. This is further discounted to $49.99 if you purchase the Leisure Travel Consultant (LTC) Package or a combination of the LTC Package and the DreamTrips Membership. Here is the breakdown in cost for those:

DeamTrips by itself – $199 LTC Package – $350 Both together – $350

So, you’re looking at, on average, about $100 just to get yourself in the door. What do you have to do in order to become “qualified” to earn commissions on your sales and the sales of those you sign up?

Make one new sale of any of the above listed products to a retail customer or someone who is already a representative, or.. Make a personal purchase of any of the above products (in which case your initial fee gets lowered to $49.99)

Now, once you’re in and qualified, you need to be aware of the fact that you are not really selling any hard products, Your selling the DreamTrips membership, which only gives you access to travel opportunities at wholesale cost, and a consultant package, which is to say you’re signing up someone to the company.

This, for me, is the big flaw with WorldVentures – there are no real products being sold. The closest you get to a real product is a membership that gives people access to vacations at wholesale prices, and as a result the compensation plan revolves mostly around signing people up.

C) The WorldVentures Review Continued…

With promises of a car bonus and a home buyers bonus, WorldVenture makes it very enticing for you to join. But in its core, the company is a multi-level marketing company, or MLM, and relies on the hard work of those at the bottom so those at the top can really prosper financially.

To even be eligible for the DreamCar bonus, you must qualify as a Regional Marketing Director. Sounds classy, doesn’t it? Here is some of what you need to do to even get this title:

Build at least 3 direct lines under you (signup at least 3 people) Then have 300 people for each line – that makes 900 people!

I don’t want you to think my WordlVentures review is out to get the company, it’s not. In fact, I think the travel industry is one to get in with while it’s hot. However, to do well with this company you really need to make a whole lot of sales, and as a result must know how to market yourself well.

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