{"id":3187,"date":"2018-04-18T09:38:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T08:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2018-04-18T13:08:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T12:08:56","slug":"car-rental-firm-offers-dream-holiday-unlucky-participant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/car-rental-firm-offers-dream-holiday-unlucky-participant\/","title":{"rendered":"Car rental firm offers dream holiday to unlucky participant"},"content":{"rendered":"

A car rental firm<\/a> in Iceland is running an unusual competition that is set to\u00a0emphatically\u00a0reward one ‘unlucky’ participant with the ultimate prize. Blue Car Rental are offering an all-expenses paid trip to Iceland to the competitor that shares the funniest, yet unfortunate event(s) they’ve experienced in their life.<\/p>\n

Given the hugely generous prize on offer it is hardly\u00a0surprising that the contest has gone viral. People around the world are submitting their videos telling hilarious tales of misfortune in the hope of\u00a0claiming the trip of a\u00a0lifetime.<\/p>\n

Claiming it to all be “good fun”, Blue Car Rental Manager,\u00a0\u00deorsteinn\u00a0\u00deorsteinsson, explained:<\/p>\n

We\u2019re looking for a person or persons who have weird and crazy stuff happen to them all the time and we want to invite them to Iceland to break their unlucky streak. Their trip is going to be epic!<\/p>\n

Who are Blue Car Rental?<\/h3>\n

Based at Iceland’s largest airport,\u00a0Keflav\u00edk\u00a0International Airport, Blue Car Rental are one of the country’s most popular car rental firms<\/a> amongst tourists. Here\u00a0are\u00a0just a few excellent benefits you can\u00a0expect\u00a0when renting a car from Blue Car Rental:<\/p>\n

* New cars only
\n* 24 emergency\u00a0assistance
\n* Free insurance included
\n* Every 8th\u00a0day of rental free<\/p>\n

Feeling unlucky?<\/h3>\n

The Blue Car Rental site\u00a0describes\u00a0how they are looking for an ‘extraordinarily unlucky person (in a fun and crazy way, not horribly depressing way)’.\u00a0If you’ve endured a miserable tale of two, send your videos to Blue Car Rental, using the hashtag, #FeelingBlue\u00a0and you could be in with a chance of visiting beautiful Iceland on a luxurious, all-expenses paid trip this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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