WE’RE NOT KIDDING! Cebu Pacific, one of the country’s airlines, will give the winning team of this year’s season of its annual ‘Juan for Fun Backpacker Challenge’ a one-year travel-all-you-can pass.
Imagine the places you could visit with that unli-flight pass. You’d be traveling all year round. But here’s the catch: the challenge is open only to students or fresh graduates aged 17-22.
Now in its 5th year, the challenge has sent Juan for Fun teams to key destinations of the airline, who have explored Cebu, Davao, Palawan, Cagayan de Oro, Camiguin, Iloilo, Bacolod, Siargao, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok, among others.
Last year, Ateneo de Manila University students Aaron Crisostomo, Asia Wy, and Kyle Favis of Team Juan Big Fight were named the Ultimate Backpackers. You could be the next winners.
The Challenge
Before even winning the challenge, the five teams chosen from an online application will be treated to a seven-day escapade to some of the airline’s most exciting destinations, all for free.
“The challenge requires them to do the most number of fun activities with the given budget. The team who will be able to achieve the challenge goals will grab the grand prize,” Cebu Pacific said in a media statement.
Candice Iyog, CEB Vice President for Marketing and Distribution, said, “Juan for Fun gives the next generation of travelers the unique opportunity to let their adventurous side run free. We encourage all 17-22 years old college and university students or fresh graduates from the Philippines to join our biggest Juan for Fun yet, and go with their friends on the adventure of a lifetime.”
How to Join
The search for the next five teams of backpackers is now open. Interested participants should form a team of three, take the traveler profile quiz at www.juanforfun.com, and fill up the quick registration form. They also have to submit a simple one-minute audition video answering the question, “What will a one-year travel-all-you-can pass mean to you?” The five teams with the best answers and the most fun, adventurous personalities will travel with friends for free and get a shot at the Juan for Fun 2016 travel-all-you-can pass. The deadline for applications is May 15.
If you’re between 17 and 22, you should have stopped reading by now and started calling your two friends to join you. That’s your ultimate wish, after all: travel for free.