Tour Invites You to Travel, Compete, Win Big!

With the debut of 'The Amazing Race™' 16th hit season, 10 million viewers will be grumbling to themselves once again ‘I could do that!’ Well, grumble no more! The Chicago Tribune reports that finally, there is an 'Amazing Race™’ For Regular People.’

Competitours is a groundbreaking European team travel competition that pits the creativity, ingenuity, and wits of 17 pairs of teams vying for $9,000 in prizes. Over a 9-day mystery itinerary, teams will compete to accomplish a series of fun, quirky and interactive challenges.

Challenges will be held in a variety of must-see bustling big cities, under-the-radar cool spots and off-the-grid rural villages. The challenges will absorb teams in the diverse and fascinating cultures, peoples and places of four surprise European countries.

There are no auditions, extreme stunts or need for physical fitness or speed. Mastering the challenges is based on teams being savvy, resourceful, outgoing, even a bit zany at times, so ANYONE can play. Past teams have ranged from parent/child to best friends to honeymooners to retirees.

Each day, all 17 teams will receive a virtual mission packet with their following day's surprise destination(s) and 8-10 challenge options. Each team will choose the 3-4 challenges that best meet their touring preferences and route their daily itinerary using only public transport. Teams will enjoy the thrill of making snap decisions about the unfamiliar.

Challenge themes are about doing unusual and offbeat tasks in unexpected places, while still creating an understanding and appreciation of the host countries. Forget tourists that blindly follow the herd on a cookie cutter tour! Competitours puts you in the middle of the culture and then gives you a chance to investigate, navigate, research, be perplexed, be thrilled, ham it up, be bold, be curious... This goes way beyond site-seeing. This is site-doing!

Challenge themes include:

* Fusing history with pop culture
* Engaging locals and other tourists
* Exploring myths and legends
* Culinary samplings
* Delving into immigrant marketplaces
* Alpine roller coasters, labyrinths, indoor skiing


Teams score points by documenting each challenge they accomplish
via portable video camera with a lively and creative 30-60 second
on-camera narrative. Videos will be uploaded at the end of each day for the judges to evaluate and score. There are no eliminations and the number of challenges and points to pursue are capped each day, to ensure each trip is a blast, not a blur. Every team will be in contention for the $9,000 in prizes down to the final day.

All participants appreciate the rivalry during the day, which later transforms into revelry at night. Swapping challenge escapades, enjoying nightlife, and shopping together off-the-clock are integral in creating the best prize of all- --new friends with shared experiences.

George Clooney, star of the Oscar-Nominated film 'Up In The Air' earned a fictional 10 million miles. Competitours principal Steve Belkin is a bonafide mileage hound, generating over 22.5 million miles by flying on crazy fares like $38 in Business Class Toronto-Larnaca Cypress; having surrogate flyers in Thailand, New Zealand and Germany; buying thousands of magazines, sausages, trackable luggage tags. His unique love of travel is what helped inspire Competitours.

It’s time for fans of ‘The Amazing Race ™' or anyone with a zest for a breakthrough travel experience, to get off the couch, ditch the remote and find a partner to star in your own Amazing Race with Competitours! For more information, log onto www.competitours.com.