Social Networking Gives Something Back


LONDON, March 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- WAYN.com Encourages Members to Travel Responsibly

Leading social network WAYN.com (Where Are You Now?) is
offering its subscribers free Travel Insurance in a bid to encourage them to
travel safely and responsibly and reduce their worries whilst travelling.

WAYN.com is the first Social Network to offer travel insurance
to members; providing a tangible and on-theme product to users which has not
yet been seen from a community website. WAYN are offering European Annual
Multi Trip Insurance to their VIP Members for FREE.(1)

Teaming up with Mondial Assistance, WAYN has been given
'Appointed Representative' Status to provide market-leading products for its
members which will set a precedent for low pricing in the travel and
insurance industries.

Bosses at WAYN.com, the world's largest travel and lifestyle
social network with a membership base of more than 11 million with over 6
million unique visitors per month, want to prove that social networking sites
are able to make a real difference to people's lives.

Matt Jerwood, Director of Business Development at WAYN.com
said: "WAYN.com is a travel and lifestyle focused social network. Our users
love travel and so we thought we should try to give a little back to those
subscribing members who've helped to make WAYN such a vibrant community. What
better way than to help reduce travel stress by providing them with high
quality insurance, for free?

"The site is all about getting in touch with people, sharing
travel advice and experiences, and planning trips. Therefore it makes perfect
sense that we should offer our members travel insurance, it's one of the key
things for responsible travellers to ensure they have covered. It's an
exciting move for a social network to give such a tangible benefit to its
members."

WAYN's VIP members now receive - on top of the upgrade
features already on offer including enhanced account preferences, free SMS
and priority online presence - an excellent insurance package(i) at no extra
cost, which essentially doubles the value of membership.

By providing one of the lowest-price insurance offerings in
the market, yet without compromising the quality of the offering; WAYN.com
aim to feature at the top of results presented on leading search aggregators'
and price comparison websites, for both single-trip and multi-trip travel
insurance products.

Access to this competitive insurance offering is available to
everyone via WAYN.com, in addition to the site's communication tools,
international SMS, travel guide, trips log, travel tools, games and full
search functionality. Those upgrading to the enhanced VIP account privileges
will be able to claim European Annual Multi-trip travel insurance(i) for free
through their My Account page.

WAYN insurance packages are now available across the UK, with single trip
cover within Europe starting from under GBP6(2) and annual multi-trip cover
throughout Europe from under GBP24(3). WAYN insurance will then be rolled out
across the WAYN global footprint in the months to follow, including Western
Europe, North America and Australasia.

Mondial Assistance was selected as the preferred partner due to its
ability to provide the best price and best levels of cover for both European
and Worldwide policies; a great product offering, including the ability for
WAYN users in multiple territories to benefit; the lowest feasible excess
option; availability of backpacker cover and overall commitment to customer
service.

Steve Hook, Director of Corporate & Travel for Mondial Assistance
commented: "We are extremely excited to be partnering with WAYN.com and to be
able to offer excellent value to members and non-members alike - insurance is
something all travellers should be equipped with to protect them whilst on
their travels. Partnering with WAYN enables us to reach a broad spectrum of
travellers across the world."

Traffic on WAYN.com has grown significantly since the website
opened up its interaction model to all members with new registrations now up
to 20,000 per day. The trend is set to continue, with the site having
recently announced not only new product developments and a relaunched travel
guide but also a number of strategic partnerships.

WAYN.com (Where Are You Now?) is an appointed representative
of Mondial Assistance (UK) Limited which is Authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority.

Notes to Editors

About WAYN.com

Where Are You Now? is the global meeting place, users create
profiles, log their past, present and future trips, and find other members
based on location. Top services on WAYN.com apart from its global online
forum, are photo storage, mailbox options, instant messenger, a travel guide,
chatboards, and worldwide SMS.

WAYN is now the world's largest and fastest growing travel and
lifestyle social networking community website with growth from 45,000 users
in March 2005 to 11 million today throughout 193 countries.

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(1) 12 months VIP membership is charged at GBP47.88 per annum

(2) Price for an adult travelling for up to 5 days in Europe, aged
between 18-64 years with no pre-existing medical conditions.

(3) Price for an adult travelling in Europe, aged between 18-64 years,
with no pre-existing medical conditions.

(i) terms and conditions apply

http://www.wayn.com

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