Was gluing into
the laptop screen as usual with piles of work, while a mail from Harish, Blogadda
popped up. And…my eyes also popped up as it was…… “An
Invitation to Goa to have a Top Bloggers’ meet….Lots of surprises awaits.” ……..I
didn’t wait even for a second to reply “Yes!”, though I generally discuss with my hubby dear to
take any decision like this….I thought of the ways of conveying and convincing
hubby after clicking the ‘Send button’
this time.
Time rolled….Blogadda
revealed that the whole trip will be sponsored by Renault, and we will be
driving the newly launched MPV – The Renault Lodgy at Goa! Soon, received lovely
Banners from Blogadda and Renault to flaunt in Social media…..
Received the air tickets
soon…and the Team information. My teammates were the sweet, tremendously
energetic, adventurous girl Rutvi from Mumbai, a popular film critic Murtaza
from Delhi and the lively social entrepreneur & Investor Satish. Rutvi took
the initiative to christen our team as – “Cartoosh”….Team Banner followed
from her side only.
Mobile started saying
“Tweet! Tweet!” and “Up! Up!” all through the days and nights continuously,
while few days left for the event….Co-ordination, planning continued with high speed…..as if we guys
already knew each other…..
Day 1
Piyush and Tiger
picked me up on the way to Airport. Waited for other bloggers
from Bangalore in the airport, enjoying the lovely weather, while we all exchanged
our experience, stories as bloggers.
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| Piyush, Tiger and I were having a great time while waiting for other bloggers |
Blogadda kept
tweeting the instructions what we needed to do, like ‘Click a pic with the boarding
pass’, ‘click a pic with the playcard” to accumulate points. Received the
Boarding Passes, boarded on the flight.
At Goa Airport, The Leela Palace guys were waiting for us with the Bus. The bloggers from other cities also
arrived.
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| At Goa Airport |
A warm welcome at The
Leela Hotel by Kautuk from Renault, Ankita and Ankita from Blogadda, which was
followed by High Tea. I met my team mates.
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| With my Teammate from Delhi, Murtaza |
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| With my other teammates Satish and Rutvi |
We went to our allotted
rooms to take some rest…….The stunning property of The Leela enthralled me totally. And what spell
bounded me more is my roommate……the lovely lady, the reputed blogger-
Sharon.
At around 7 pm, we
met at Leela’s grand hall for the introduction session, the presentation by the
Renault Brand management representatives.
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| Radio City RJ Archana Pania was driving the show |
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| Presentation by Manish, Renault |
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| Ankita from Blogadda |
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| Introductory session |
We wind up the Day 1
with a networking grand dinner party where I met all lovely bloggers.
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| Yummy Food! |
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| Sharon, Ankita, Aditi and Manjulika during our Dinner |
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| During Dinner with the great Persona Deepak |
Day 2 :
An exciting action packed day it was! We were all set to
drive the MPV after a heavy breakfast. 10 cars were distributed among 40
bloggers. And one person from Renault Lodgy team or Blogadda accompanied each
car.
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| All set to rock |
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| Get Set Go..... |
We started our drive.
Blogadda kept tweeting with the instructions to gather the points like click pics
of a red bike, a man with red pant, lady
with a pink umbrella, a duck, a buffalo, fishes, a peacock, a mango tree with mango
etc.
Roads were free and curvy.
Co-passengers were lively. And the drive was really lovely…..I can summarize my
opinion in one sentence “The Renault is an amazing MPV with the best price and
variant options”.
We all bloggers met
at The Lalit for the lunch, enjoyed Lalit’s private beach.
Tried to click wacky
pictures with the Car as instructed by Blogadda.
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| Art of Living on the High! |
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| How we are looking by the way??? |
We were back to Leela
by 5 pm whereas specials sessions, and grand celebrations awaited at 7 pm
onwards.
Ankita from Blogadda
came and talked to me if I could be a panelist. I could see no reason to say ‘No’.
We had a lovely Panel discussion and couple of bloggers shared their experience
and put forward their guidance.
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| A Panel Discussion : Felt good to be a part of it. |
The well-known
musical band of Goa – ‘Forefront’ opened the beautiful evening party chapter
with the powerful mesmerizing voice of the lead singer, while our fashion
blogger, beautiful Neha took the stage for a while and sang “Sweet Child of
Mine”, “Everything I do, I do it for you….” And many others. Everyone grooved
with the numbers….Ankita and Tridib from Blogadda also sang the lovely Hindi
song… “Jab koi baat bigar jayee…”
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| Powerful voice and Music mesmerized the evening |
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| Fashion Blogger Neha rocked the Stage! |
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| Ankita and Tridib taking the stage! |
We moved, grooved, clicked
pics with each others……
Day 3
Early morning, Sharon
and I decided to have a cup of tea in our balcony enjoying the beauty of the
Leela. After having our tea, we walked around the whole property including the
private beach.
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| Stunning view from our Balcony |
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| Do I know how to ride a bicycle ? Guess!!! |
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| With my Roommate Sharon during the Morning Walk |
After having our
breakfast, we had lovely discussions among all the bloggers till our bus
arrived to take us to the airport after our lunch. We boarded our flight at 5
pm.
Felt like extending
the stay at Goa, though my son’s and hubby’s faces were calling me badly…..Goa’s
trip was over, but the memories will be evergreen…all through my life…
Thanks Blogadda and
Renault Livelodgycal for such a wonderful opportunity.
Click here to read my review on Renault Lodgy.
You can check official photographs at Renault here and
at Blogadda here.
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