Journey Of A Lifetime

Although technology today makes it easy for youth and young adults to expose themselves to places, people and things that would normally be out of reach, they still seek out adventurous and meaningful ways to enrich their lives. For many of them travel is the answer. But, travel can be expensive and in the US, travel is not encouraged and accepted as a right of passage for young people like it is abroad.

So how do young adults on the hunt for self-discovery in the outside world get the opportunity?
They go on The Journey Of A Lifetime!!

Journey Of A Lifetime is co-hosted by three amazing young women who have been blessed with the opportunity to travel, with their lives being changed as a result. Now, Lareesa Dawn (25), Kjersti Rachelle (16), and Maria Elena (25) intend to give back! They are the show’s “travel goddesses” who, by sharing their own unique personal experience and wisdom, intend to change the lives of young people…one trip at a time.

Lareesa Dawn has studied Renaissance history and art in a university setting, Maria Elena has grown up with Italy’s rich history and culture all around her, and Kjersti Rachelle has a passion for other young people to experience the thrill of realizing that art can be exciting and entertaining. The girls began to formulate this concept in early 2006, which ultimately has evolved to a shared vision you now see in Journey Of A Lifetime. They love to share their passion for the landscape, food, wine and art, and combine all that with the incredibly vibrant night life. But more than anything else, the driving force behind Journey Of A Lifetime is the co-hosts’ desires to help our weekly winners establish connections to deep and meaningful relationships as the foundations to their life-changing experiences.

Are you looking to experience your own Journey Of A Lifetime? If you are, and you’re prepared to share it with a broad audience through our new reality TV travel entertainment series, then we want to hear your story. Submit your contestant application to be whisked away by the Journey Of A Lifetime “travel goddesses” and taken on your dream trip.

We hope to be able to select and share your story, so in order to increase your chances of being selected, please read this application in its entirety. It is important that you are able to provide us with both written and video pieces.

We are seeking to highlight personalized stories, which could include emotional tearjerker reunions about connecting young adults and their families with their heritage across continents. We want to hear about your story, which should capture the cultural change of young adults seeking purpose in their life by sharing compelling travel adventures leading to life impacting self-discovery.

In the event your story is selected, we will deliver your story to our global audience through our broadband channel in the way this generation uses the Internet to receive its content. When casting our show we look for stories that connect people across continents in an inspirational and unique manner. The casting process requires completion of our application as well as submission of a video describing your compelling story. We require that all applications include a video, which can be sent to us in several ways, most efficiently by being posted to YouTube.

Please be aware that we expect receive tens of thousands of applications each week and, while we understand that you may have questions about the process, we cannot follow up with or respond to every application. The Terms and Conditions should be reviewed carefully, as most of your questions are likely to be answered there.

IF WE’RE INTERESTED OR HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION OR YOUR STORY, WE WILL CALL YOU. PLEASE NOTE, IT COULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE YOU HEAR FROM US, IF AT ALL… AND MAYBE NEVER!

Please know that anything you send to us will not be returned and becomes the property of Stamp-It Productions, Inc., so please do not send original artwork, video or copyrighted material, sentimental items or sentimental photographs. ONLY SUBMIT COPIES THAT WILL NOT BE RETURNED. Also, it might be a good idea to make a duplication of your casting video as a keepsake since it will not be returned to you.

The Application Process
To help you along with the application process for potentially winning the opportunity to travel with Journey Of A Lifetime, we’ve created a simple set of instructions and guidelines for submitting your application and for making a casting video.

First off, you should relax and have fun with us!

Read and understand our eligibility requirements and video requirements. You’ll need to be registered online with Journey Of A Lifetime, which you can do here.Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive a confirmation email that also includes our Application Release Agreement, which you need to print, sign (or have a parent or guardian sign if you’re under 18) and mail to:Stamp-It Productions, Inc.c/o Contestant Casting1155 Camino del Mar, Suite 521Del Mar, CA. 92014 Create your video (check out our basic camera tips and a sample story for help). Submit your video either through the YouTube links on your MyJOAL page (requires YouTube signup) or via Snail Mail (tape, CD, or DVD). We prefer that you take advantage of the convenience of YouTube by submitting your video and then make sure to return to your MyJOAL page on our site and provide the URL for your video.

Keep your fingers crossed — you may be going on your own “Journey Of A Lifetime”!

Sample Story
In order to give you a better sense of the type of stories we are seeking, please review the following story submitted by one of our applicants.

Every city in the U.S. has concentrations of culturally diverse groups originating somewhere else on the globe. This show explores the relational connections and emotional ties of the iGeneration in America to unique and exciting travel destinations. Applicants desire to win their own “Journey Of A Lifetime” as sparked by the youth of today wanting to travel and explore their roots.
In every town, there are young adults with roots somewhere else…
Reality TV Travel Show – Typical ShowA beautiful young lady in high school seeks to understand her cultural heritage of being 100% Italian. Her parents, raised in an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx, don’t speak Italian and have never been to Italy. She feels like she is missing something by not knowing more about her Italian roots. She longs to know more about what is so compelling about being Italian.

Our story follows the research done by the young woman (highlighting the graphical research using our preferred search vendor of where in Italy this young woman’s Italian family lives), and the challenges and rewards of digging in to her roots. She shares a picture on the mantle of the family fireplace of her grandmother’s mom, her great-grandmother, who came to the U.S. through Ellis Island from a stone farmhouse in Tuscany. Her grandmother shares with her that she has never been to Italy and longs to meet her cousins about whom she has only heard stories since she was a child. Her father shares with her some of the stories with which he grew up, as well as the Italian traditions that have been passed down from their family in Italy. The young woman fears that if she doesn’t do something soon, her grandmother may pass away before ever getting to go to Italy and her father may never get to travel to Italy, as his total disability may soon prevent him from traveling at all. Her passionate plea is to connect and reunite her family.
We will follow our Co-Hosts as they guide this family as they prepare for and depart on their “Journey Of A Lifetime.”

Upon arriving, we experience the anticipation and excitement of meeting relatives for the first time. As the Italian host family welcomes their American counterparts into their home, we see a look of shock come over the young woman’s face. She looks over at her grandmother, who by now has tears streaming down her face. When the translator is asked by the Italian hosts what has happened to make grandma cry, grandma points to the picture on the mantle of their fireplace and points out that it is EXACTLY the same picture of her mother as she has at home on her fireplace mantle. The matriarch of the Italian host family shares that her mother, the sister of the woman in the picture, spoke of the love she had for her sister until she passed away, never getting to see her sister over the 40 years since she left for America with her husband.It’s a fascinating look at family dynamics from the perspective of both continents. The young woman is taken by our Co-Hosts through the art, history, culture and nightlife of some of the great towns in Tuscany. The allure of international travel to intriguing destinations wrapped in the blanket of deep and meaningful relationships connecting generations across continents.Each week our Co-Hosts will introduce a surprised family to their “Journey Of A Lifetime.” Each story will be selected because they have demonstrated an often-emotional recounting of his or her life and how it connects with another life in another country. There will always be an emotional connection, something to which the audience can relate and be moved. The shows will include stories that will engage audiences with extraordinary glimpses of how personal relationships and true connections with locals can change lives. Audiences will reflect on the show they’ve just seen and go, “wow…I want a life changing “Journey Of A Lifetime” like that!”