Get 50% off Know-it-all passport: limited offer through BuyClub

: Published: 04 March 2011

If you haven’t got the latest version of the printed book, then now is your ONLY chance to take advantage of 50% off (up to 5 copies) through www.buyclub.ch. This is an exceptional limited time offer for Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th March: pay only Fr. 19.- instead of Fr. 38.- (must be picked up at OfftheShelf English Bookshop in Geneva for this price). And even if you have a copy, you might like to buy one for a friend or another one to leave in your car! This offer is only valid by clicking on the link to www.buyclub.ch during this limited time (click here to see the article we wrote about BuyClub recently). If you are reading this article after the offer is over you can still be assured that our guide is worth every penny of the full price so check here for the list of where to buy your copy.

Why Know-it-all passport is successful; tooting our own horn!

Thanks to people like you, Know-it-all passport’s 7th edition has sold more copies of the guidebook than ever before! What goes into such a guide?

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Firstly, most people know that to be listed in the guide, the company must be recommended by one of their clients. Once they are recommended, they go into the printed guide free-of-charge. You can be reassured that every address has been endorsed by someone. That is what makes us so content and satisfied with our work.
When we come across a great restaurant, play area, museum, dance class, or creative initiative, we want to tell the world about it! But we stick to the area we know best, Geneva, Vaud, and neighboring France. We live and breathe our area. We want YOU to get to know your area better too.

Secondly, Lisa has always been curious about where she lives. She goes off the beaten path and loves discovering new things. If a new museum opens up, she will take her family; when a new shop opens up, she goes to check it out; when she gave birth to her children, she tried 3 different hospitals instead of sticking to the same one in a quest to try new things! She invites others to do the same especially as living in a country that is not your own, you are obliged to anyway! You might as well do it with a smile.

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Thirdly, thanks to a great team of people who worked diligently on this 7th edition, it was made into something really special: Amy, Ethel, Francesco, Helen, Hilary, Jackie, Jill, John, Kristina, Laura, Selina, Sophia, Sue, and Zuzana (and Jenny for the website). Lisa has realized that she needs others’ advice and opinions to make it better each time. If you have an old copy, then you can be assured that the new one is 60 pages thicker (714 pages now) and at least 70% of the entries have had some change made. Remaining a top quality item at a constant low price has always been part of our ethics, thanks to our advertisers. Please support them by letting them know that you saw their ad in there!

As promised we have just donated another lump sum of money from our profits to the Alzheimer’s Association of Switzerland, thanks to you! If you would also like to make an individual contribution you can click here for the link to their website. Some of you might know that Lisa's mother passed away from the last stages of Alzheimer’s when Know-it-all passport 2011/2012 was being printed. So far with this edition we have sent the Alzheimer’s Association of Switzerland Fr. 4,000.-! Thanks for your support from buying our book.

: Published: 10 February 2011

valentinesflowers Buy some flowers on Valentine’s Day and make a child’s wish come true.

If you’re still not sure what to by your loved one this year on Valentine’s day, then why not buy them a bouquet of flowers with a “touch of magic”?

A donation will be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in Switzerland for every bouquet of flowers, costing Fr. 60.- or more, bought from the Fleuriste des Augustins in Geneva.

So if you buy some flowers on Valentine’s Day, not only will you be telling the person you love how much you care, you will also be adding a touch of magic to the lives of children with life threatening medical conditions. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Switzerland helps to turn children’s wishes into reality, making their experience truly magical and memorable.

According to the foundation, a "wish" is a child's answer to the question "If you could have anything in the world, go anywhere, be or do anything... what would you choose? What would you do?" A wish can provide a magical moment in difficult times, and children are often energized by a wish, by imagining it, describing it, planning and anticipating it. A wish can encourage a child to see a future to fight for and then to fight on.

So if you’re not sure where to buy your flowers this year, head on down to

Fleuriste des Augustins

12, place des Philosophes

1205 Genève

022 320 70 80

www.lesaugustins.ch

Website: www.makeawish.ch

: Published: 03 February 2011

Valentine window If you are looking for something special to buy your loved one on Valentine’s Day this year, you may like to head on down to a new papeterie, which opened in Carouge at the end of last Summer.

As a special offer to our knowitall.ch customers, La Libellule Papiers & Co. is offering anyone who brings a printed copy of this article into the shop a free Valentine's card for all purchases over Fr. 40.-. The offer applies only on the 11th and 12th February.

Situated in the heart of the old town, the new paperterie offers a wide range of greetings cards, many of which are made by the owner, Nathalie Christin, herself. The boutique also includes a large selection of writing paper, photo albums, notebooks, pens and pencils etc.

For those looking beyond Valentine's Day, the shop provides a personalized stationery service, including birth announcements, wedding invitations, business cards, and boxes to hold your letters – in both traditional and modern styles.

Papeterie To get a better picture of the full range of Nathalie’s products, visit her website: www.la-libellule.ch. If you don’t have time to head down to the shop, the carterie section of the website is definitely worth a visit (very entertaining!), and will allow you to order cards online. Personalized birth announcements can also be prepared on the website.

LA LIBELLULE PAPIERS & CO
10 rue Saint-Victor,1227 Carouge.
Tel: +41 22 342 41 40
Mobile: +41 79 948 64 10
Website: www.la-libellule.ch

: Published: 30 January 2011

By Lisa Cirieco-Ohlman, Editor of Know-it-all passport

I spend a lot of time on my computer so when I found out about BuyClub I was excited. Here was a place where I could try new things, new experiences, at a discount, while sitting at my computer! But would it work? I decided to give it a try before passing judgement.

Here’s how it works - taken from the website, www.buyclub.ch

1. See today's deal: Each day a discount coupon for a great local restaurant, spa, or activity is put on sale. (Today's deal is 40% off your daily pass to Aquaparc - 4.2.2011)

2. Get it : Buy the coupon online, and it will be emailed to you 24 hours after the deal ends.

3. Use group-power: The coupon is activated, and you're charged for it, only if enough people buy it. If not, then you're not charged and no one gets the coupon.

4. Enjoy the discount: Print the coupon, show it at the venue, and enjoy the great place you discovered!

My first trial was a voucher for Fr. 100.- at the Restaurant des Bastions in Geneva for only Fr. 50.-. No catch; it really meant I could order anything off the menu up to Fr. 100.-! Too good to be true. Usually these kind of vouchers require that you take some preselected menu with half portions or are only valid between 03h-04h in the morning, but not this one. I went with my husband 2 weeks ago at 20h on a Friday evening! We made sure to let the restaurant know that we had the BuyClub coupon when we reserved. We were given a good table (naturally, we were concerned they might sit us next to the toilets), and again, we showed the coupon as soon as the menus were brought (you probably have guessed by now that I have had a bad experience in the US). They honestly didn’t care about the coupon at that point.