Discover Stephen Fry's Top Geek Travel Tip with HostelBookers

LONDON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

May 25th is Geek Pride Day, the date the first Star Wars film was released. Since 2006 geeks around the world have been using this day to rejoice in all things geek.

To celebrate, budget accommodation specialists HostelBookers have created a Geek Travel Map, using 15 travel tips from the world's best-loved professional geeks.

Geek travel tips

Stephen Fry, British actor and writer has recommended visiting The Wellcome Collection in London, where you'll find fascinating free exhibitions and historic collected medical paraphernalia.

Ken Denmead, Wired magazine's Geek Dad blogger recommends touring New Zealand's Lord of the Rings landscapes; while Starwars.com writer Bonnie Burton recommends visiting Yoda's life-size replica at the Yoda Fountain, Lucasfilm HQ, San Francisco.

With 15 recommendations in total there are 12 more surprising geek travel tips to discover. Visit Hostelbookers' Geek Travel Map to find out what they are.

Hostelbookers is running a competition alongside the Geek Travel Map, allowing participants to submit their own geek travel recommendation to win.

Prizes include a personalised action hero figure from Firebox.com and your own geek travel map for your wall. This will include your geek travel tip alongside those from the 15 celebrities.

The competition will run from 09.00 23rd May 2012 until 11.59 6th June 2012 (all UK time).

The winner will be notified via email on the 8th June 2012 and announced on HostelBookers' Facebook page once the prize has been claimed.

Check out the map and enter the competition by sharing your geek travel tips here.

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Giovanna Gentile, giovanna.gentile@hostelbookers.com, t:+44(0)20-7440-4931