Travel by Train for a GroupSave Day Out.

If you live in the London and South East area you can take advantage of the Group Save tickets available for a day out on the train.

The Group Save ticket means that up to 4 people can travel for the price of 2 in and out of London and all other train staions in the South East area.

All you need to do to take advantage of this group saving is get a bunch of friends together and decide where you want to go and what you want to do. You can pay for the train tickets at the station or you can book them online at DaysOutGuide. The fares are based on the group travelling together.

The National Rail Group Save is a great way of going on a group trip, perhaps a girl's shopping trip to the West End, or a trip to the country for some fresh air and relaxation.

Amongst the many places to go is Cambridge, where the Cambridge Folk Festival will be on between 31st July and 3rd August. Brighton is on the train line from London and only takes about 60 minutes from Victoria Station. Brighton Pride weekend is on 2nd August this year. You could even visit Shakespeare country in Stratford-upon-Avon, leaving from Marylebone station takes about 130 minutes.

In fact there are many thing to do and places to visit in and around London, so get your friends togehter and book your GroupSave train tickets today.

If you are unsure about what to do and where to go on the train, then put it to a vote with your group, or if you have somewhere in mind you want to visit then propose a plan and collect the money from your friends to pay for it up front

Ideas for trips and events to do with your friends in August.

August means Summer Bank Holiday, long weekends and things to do with your friends, we have the low down on the top Summer festivals and events for 2008.

You may have missed out on Glastonbury this year, but don't think that means you've missed out on music festivals completely. In fact August is full of music Festivals:

• Reading and Leeds Festivals run from the 22nd - 24th August, and he line up includes The Killers, Manic Street Preachers and Babyshambles.
• Creamfields is the premier dance festival and runs from 23rd - 24th, held in Warrington, you can hear FatBoySlim, Kasabian and many others.
• V Festival is probably the biggest of the month and runs concurrently in Essex and Staffordshire; where Muse, Amy Winehouse and Girls Aloud top the bill.
• OneLove and the Notting Hill Carnival add a Caribbean flavour to August.

There will be more carnival atmosphere at The Manchester Pride from 15th August, one of the UK's largest LGBT events.

If you like sporting events, then Glorious Goodwood is a great occasion to go along with your friends, this is one of the highlights of the racing calender and the 2008 meeting runs from 29th July to 2nd August.

This is followed by Cowes week, from 2nd to 9th and over 1000 boats will take part in 40 races. Cowes a well established part of the summer calendar has been running since 1826. If you like the sea or sailing, this event is well worth the visit.

Whilst you have your swimmers on you can pop down to Newquay in Cornwall and see The Rip Curl Boardmasters surf festival from the 4th-10th.

Other events are The Edinburgh Fringe festival running throughout most of the month from 3rd - 25th, and The Cardiff Big Weekend in Wales, over the weekend 1st - 3rd.

Now you have the ideas for things to do in August, all you have to do is organise your group. So learn how you can set up a vote with your friends or propose a plan to them.


A Fuller listing of some ideas for things to do:

1st - 23rd	Edinburgh Military Tattoo
1st - 3rd	Cardiff Big Weekend
3rd - 25th	Edinburgh Fringe
2nd - 3rd	Red Bull Air race, London
4th - 10th	Rip Curl Boardmasters, surf festival
15th - 17th	OneLove
16th - 17th	V Festival
17th - 23rd	Fowey Regatta
23rd - 24th	Creamfields
24th - 25th	Notting Hill carnival
22nd - 24th	Reading Festival
22nd - 24th	Leeds Festival
2nd - 9th	Cowes Week
29th July - 2nd	Glorious Goodwood

Wigadoo pitches at the Techcrunch pitch event

Thanks to Mike Butcher and all those at Techcrunch for organising The Techcrunch Pitch event last night. John, Nick and myself had a great evening meeting the other start-ups, investors et al.

We had the opportunity to do a 30sec pitch click here to have a look at John in action!

Congratulations to WatZatSong the winners of the full pitch competition we look forward to checking out whether your listeners can name any song that John sings ;-)

Big thanks to Steve and David from Iperium Consulting one of the evenings sponsors. It was great fun meeting you at last - we owe you a beer!

Instant gratification

Here at Wigadoo we're busy making things easier for Organisers (and their friends).
One things we're really aware of is how busy everyone is!
So focusing on making things easier and quicker is a big thing for us.

People have been asking how long does it take for the Virtual PrePaid MasterCard to arrive?
The answer ....

...instantly!

Your virtual card is shown on screen, with all the details ready to be used online or over the phone. There's no need to wait for the post or anything like that. For security reasons we send some of the details to your mobile phone (stops people looking over your shoulder!).

You can suggest going to a show in the morning, and have your friends on board and the tickets booked by time you leave work!