{"id":2326,"date":"2015-06-02T09:04:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T08:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2022-08-23T13:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T12:00:47","slug":"romanian-travel-company-says-guests-can-pay-what-you-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/06\/romanian-travel-company-says-guests-can-pay-what-you-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian travel company says guests can pay what they want"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Romanian agritourism travel company is offering international guests the chance to stay in traditional cottages in the countryside, sample local food and experiences, visit Dracula&#8217;s castle and engage in hands on workshops and other activities. Discover Village Life says it &#8220;strives to support the local community and gastronomy by letting tourists from around the world explore a new place at a price they set themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"su-highlight\" style=\"background:#81b910;color:#fff\">&nbsp;GRAB THE ESSENTIALS&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently called Discover Village Life, the project\u00a0is crowdsourcing a name for its resort, saying that if you\u00a0come up with it, you &#8216;own it for 30 days a year&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>The company plans to use 10% to 15% of profits to finance a \u201cstudy scholarship\u201d,\u00a0starting with the children from the community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"su-highlight\" style=\"background:#81b910;color:#fff\">&nbsp;DIG DEEPER&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.discovervillagelife.eu\/\">Check out<\/span> Discover Village Life at their website.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VillageLife2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow<\/a> Discover Village Life on Twitter and suggest a name.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/headtalker.com\/campaigns\/pay-what-u-can-for-ur-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Express<\/a> your support for\u00a0their idea on Headtalker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"su-highlight\" style=\"background:#81b910;color:#fff\">&nbsp;KEEP UP WITH INNOVATIONS\u00a0IN TOURISM&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover Village Life is encouraging guests to come to its new agritourism experience by enabling them to set their own rates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,287],"tags":[291,292,293],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Romanian 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