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All registered users can upload their own photos and videos to any dream once the dream is on their list (either checked off or as a pending dream to do). Once the dream is on your list upload a photo to that dream by doing the following;

From the dream page

1) click “add dream photo” under the existing photo’s area

2) Click “upload”

3) Locate photo and select from your computer

4) Type a description in the “caption” text box

5) Select a “destination”

6) Select “Save” or “Save and add new ”if uploading multiple photos.

Please note you can only add video's from a URL link like YouTube, you can not directly upload into TripBucket from your computer at this time. Once the dream is on your list upload a Video to that dream by doing the following;

From the dream page

1) Click “add dream video” under the existing photos and videos.

2) Type a description in the “caption” text box

3) Copy and paste URL from location of video. I.E... YouTube.

4) Select a “destination”

5) Select “Save “or “Save and add new" if uploading multiple video's.

Registered users can upload their own photos and videos to any dream once the dream is on their list (either checked off or as a pending dream to do). Once the dream is on your list upload a photo to that dream by doing the following;

From the dream page:

1) Click “add dream photo” under the existing photo’s area

2) Click “upload”

3) Locate photo and select from your computer

4) Type a description in the “caption” text box

5) Select a “destination”

6) Select “Save” or “Save and add new ”if uploading multiple photos.

From the main dream page

• Click "Write a review"
• Click the # of stars
• Type text in the "Tell us what you liked and/or dislikes" box
• Click "Save"

To start adding dreams to your bucket list you first need to find the dream by either using one of the many options like search, category pages and dream map page. Once you have located the dream you are interested in you can do the following to add it to your list:

1) On the dream page click the “Add to My List” button

2) A page will then get displayed to allow you to set several parameters for your dream. To add this dream to your bucket list check the "Is on My Bucket List" box.

3) Leave bucket list box blank if you are just adding to your interest list.

4) Select Save to finish and add the dream to your list.

You must be logged in to add "Things To Do" to your list.

To start adding things to do search the various category pages. Or from the HOME screen select "Things to Do, Whats Near Me, Map, Search or Food and Drink. Once you have located something you are interested in you can do the following to add it to your list:

1) On the list page select the "check" to add to your list

or

1) Select the "Thing to Do" which will bring you to the details page. On the thing to do page click the “want to do” button

From Main Menu

1) My List 2) Select the Thing to Do 3) Find Personalize Icon, under Thing to do/Add Review Will need to scoll Left to find 4) Change Status

Your “Bucket List” dreams are the experiences that you can’t imagine not completing during your lifetime. The “Other Dreams on my list” are experiences you would like to have, but won’t be too upset if they don’t happen or they are things you have already done, and checked off, that didn’t rise to the “Bucket List” level.

A Bucket list is a list of all the goals you want to achieve, dreams you want to fulfill and life-experiences you desire to experience.

You can customize your own trip using the “Add to Trip” feature. Click on “Add to Trip” to add to an existing trip you are planning or roll your mouse over “add to Trip” to see and click the “add a new trip” option.

Tripbucket has the ability to completely plan an entire trip including multiple dreams, things to do associated with the dreams, flight and hotel reservations etc..

See "Trips" FAQ's for more details on planning trips.

A: something notable for its beauty, excellence, or enjoyable quality

B: a strongly desired goal or purpose

C: something that fully satisfies a wish

Dreams are listed in categories and grouped with similar dreams which can be found under the "Find a Dream" tab. This page is referred to as the "Dreams list" page.

There is also a city and keyword search field on this page as well as "categories" and "destination" dropdown menu's.

Do you like a dream that is on the site, but you want to modify it to better fit exactly what your dream is. No problem.

Add the dream to your list and then go to the dream page. From there select the Personalize button just below the dream name.

From this page you can:

1) Change the Dream Name

2) Create your own dream description. Check the "Suggest this description for other users" box if you feel this description should be appended/replace the current description on the site.

To change the privacy settings go to your dashboard page or and select the dream. Once on the dream page, select Personalize button.

You can change the privacy setting on this page.

From Main Menu

1) My List 2) Select the Thing to Do 3) Find Personalize Icon, under Thing to do/Add Review Will need to scoll Left to find 4) Change Status

There are a few places to remove a dream from your list

1) Go to the dream page and select the "Personalize" button. Then select the "Remove from List" button and confirm.

2) Select My Dream List off the My Dreams menu and then hover over the dream photo. You will see a X in the upper right of the photo. Click that to remove the dream from your list.

From Main Menu select "More" then find the "Preferences" Tab

My list will show you all the "Things to do" that you have selected to do (on your list) or (checked off). From here you can personalize with photos, add a review or tip or even change the status if you made an error.

You can locate all of your dream activity (dreams checked off, trips your planning, dreams on your bucket list) from your dashboard / profile page. To access your dashboard / profile page, Click on "Welcome John Smith".

The dashboard / profile page displays and allows for the following;

1) Loading of your profile photo

2) Locate /update your dreams, friends, contributions, trips, personal data, dream profiler and preferences

3) Latest dream activity

4) Latest friends activity

5) Your top categories

6) Ability to create a club

7) Ability to Add friends

With tripbucket we have identified certain events and festivals are also being dreams. This allows users to add these dreams to their list or check them off. These dreams cover the overall event and not a specific date of the event.

For each dream we have an "Upcoming Events" section that list the specific dates of the event or festival. This is where you can find when and where the specific event will occur.

If the date does not appear on the "thing to do" page. Press Main Menu, Upper left , then Feedback option. Let us know what you are looking for and we will find out.

Go ahead and add it via Main Menu. You will see "add things to do" option.

Upcoming events and festivals can be found either off the "Find a Dream" menu and selecting the "Upcoming Events" menu option

OR

by going to an individual dream page and opening the "Upcoming Events" section towards the bottom of the page.

We have identified certain events and festivals as being dreams. These are the "big/main" events that occur around the world.

Additional events can also be associated with certain dreams like a race or fair within a city. This helps tell you what is going on in these cities.

There are a few ways to add a dream not found or not existing in tripbucket.

From any screen

1) Move mouse over “Find a Dream”

2) Select last option “add a dream”

3) Enter text of new dream in search box

4) Click "search"

5) Select green button “create new dream” at bottom right of screen

6) Follow the steps on the screen either by selecting destination or “skip this step”

7) Click "save"

From the home page

1) Click blue tab “add your dream” (located in the middle right section, says "Can’t find your dream? Simply add your dream”)

2) Type the dream description in “search“ box

3) Click “Create New Dream”

4) Select existing destination if applicable, if you do not see your desired destination, click "add a destination".

5) Click "Next"

6) Click "Save"

You must be logged in to add "Things To Do" to your list.

To start adding things to do search the various category pages. Or from the HOME screen select "Things to Do, Whats Near Me, Map, Search or Food and Drink. Once you have located something you are interested in you can do the following to add it to your list:

1) On the list page select the "check" to add to your list.

or

2) Select the "Thing to Do" which will bring you to the details page. On the thing to do page click the “want to do” button.

You can find advanced search on either the Category page (http://www.tripbucket.com/dreams/dream_list/) on the right side or on the Home page once your logged in (http://www.tripbucket.com/) in the search area.

Advanced Search allows you to filter by keyword, category and country. You can also pick a city and search for dream within certain distances of that city.

All the dreams on TripBucket have been assigned to one or more categories to make it easier to find dreams related to specific areas of interest.

Select Dream Categories off Find a Dream menu and start drilling down to categories you might be interested in.

The top level categoru page can be found at http://www.tripbucket.com/dreams/dream_list/.

From the Home Screen, select a things to do and simply click the check mark to add to your list. You can always select the Thing to Do to see photos, Hours, a map, tips or to personalize.

Our Most Popular Dreams is a great way to start building out your Bucket List. Select Most Popular Dreams from the Find a Dream menu when you are logged in to the site. You can find the page at http://www.tripbucket.com/dreams/most-popular-dreams/.

From here you can either browse the dreams using the Pinboard or List Page interface.

If you know the name of the dream (destination, activity, etc.) then try entering it in the search field that you see near the top of the page.

After you type in 3 characters we will start to try to match it to the dreams we have on the site.

If you click the Search button after entering some text we will display a page listinf all the matches we could find to that text.

Reviewing our blog posts is another good way to find dreams you might be interested in adding to your list. Each of these post have dreams linked within the post and we highlight a few of the dreams at the bottom of the post.

You can find our blog post at http://www.tripbucket.com/news/blog/posts/.

TripBucket's Dream Map allows you to find dreams by drilling down on a geographical location in the world. Select Dream Map off the Find a Dream menu or go to http://www.tripbucket.com/dreams/dream_map_page/.

Drill down on the map until the Dream Icons start appearing. Each dream on the site has been associated with an icon that best represents the dream.

Click on the icon to display a summary of the dream. From here you can do one of the following:

1) Go to the dream page

2) Add the dream to you list

3) Check off the dream

From the main menu select Map. Each thing to do has a Pin with a #. Simply select the pin and then the arrow to go straight to the "Thing to Do" page.

TripBucket has compiled a list of Top “10” Dreams to help our members view some of the top dreams in various topics. Please note the quotes ("10") - we have included a few with less and a few with more than 10.

Our Top 10 dreams have been compiled to list the best dreams spread throughout the world in these topic areas, so sometimes some well deserving places might be off the list due to them being close to other dreams already on the list.

You can either Add the Top 10 dream to your list and/or add the individual dreams associated with the Top 10 dream. Either way this gives you a quick way to find some of the top dreams we have on the site.

The Top "10" dreams can be found by selecting eht Top "10" Dreams off the Find a Dream menu or by going to http://www.tripbucket.com/dreams/top-10-dreams/.

Do you like going to special events and festivals, then our Upcoming Events list will be a good place to look for dreams to add to your list.

Here you will find dreams associated with events such as “the Olympics, PGA championship, tango festival etc.

Go to http://www.tripbucket.com/events/all/ and start adding them to your list.

Website: You can add or change your profile photo from your profile page. To access your profile page,

1) Click "Welcome John Smith" from any screen. It is at the very top right hand corner of every screen when signed in.

2) Click “edit profile photo” under photo

3) Click “upload photo”

4) Select photo from your computer

5) Click “Save”

From the Main Menu (link of upper left corner)

You must be signed in.

Select: More

Select: My Account

Select: Edit Profile

Select: Pencil on profile photo

Select: Add Photo via take photo or choose photo

Select: Add photo

You can change your email notification preferences from your “Inbox”.

1) Move mouse over Inbox, under “Welcome John Smith”

2) Click “Notifications”

3) Check or un-check the notification boxes to reflect your email preferences.

4) Click “Save”

You can update your privacy settings from your profile page. To access your profile page,

1) Click "Welcome John Smith" from any screen. It is at the very top right hand corner of every screen when signed in.

2) Click “Preferences” tab

3) Click “Save”

Currently the default for dreams and status updates are set to public. If you do not wish to share these status updates you may change your preference to private (only you can see) or friends only (only those friends you have accepted on tripbucket will be able to view your status updates).

You can invite friends and family to share in the tripbucket experience 2 ways;

1) Move mouse over "My Dashboard"

2) Click "Invite Friends"

3) Complete info on screen : email address, First Name, Last Name

4) Type a message to your friends

5) Click “ Send”

Or utilize the webmail address locator for gmail, aol, yahoo or windows live mail;

1) Move mouse over "My Dashboard"

2) Click on appropriate link (gmail, aol, yahoo or windows live) to import your contacts

3) Type a message to your friends

4) Click “ Send”

You can invite friends and family to share in the experience 2 ways;

Via FaceBook

1- From the Main Menu 2- More 3- My Account 4- Friend icon at bottom of screen 5-add friend

The app store: Copy and paste the below link and send to your friends and family via text, email or facebook.

We have many apps, find the specific app on our page and the Apple Store Here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/tripbucket-inc/id632034304?mt=8

For Android Users Here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/cluster?clp=igNAChkKEzY3NTUzNDQzNzE0Nzg5NDQ3MjQQCBgDEiEKG2NvbS50cmlwYnVja2V0Lndhc2hpbmd0b25kYxABGAMYAQ%3D%3D:S:ANO1ljKFFPw

You can invite registered users to be your “tripbucket” friend. Having your account linked with another user will allow sharing in the trip planning process and ability to quickly access bucketlist activity of those “friends”.

From the friends profile page

1) Select "add as friend".

If you are not already on the users profile page you can find people and their profile page via "Travel Tools"

1) Move mouse over "Travel Tools"

2) Click "People Finder"

3) Click on the name of the person you would like to add.

4) Once on users profile page, click "add as friend" under users profile picture

If you want to delete your tripbucket account, go to My Dashboard page and select the Personal Data tab. From there select the "Delete My Acount" button near the bottom of the page.

Once you have confirmed, you account will be deleted and CANNOT be recovered.