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Introducing Ogomo Mobile

Ogomo — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:15:03 +0000

We’re excited to announce that Ogomo Mobile, is now available for free on the App Store. Ogomo Mobile lets you shop our inventory of travel kits, baby supplies, personal care, first aid, and garment care items from anywhere your iPhone takes you. It’s the perfect way to grab those last minute items before your trip!

We added some other features like accessing our blog and Twitter feeds directly through the app. You can also find our contact information and connect with us through our social media sites.

Requirements:

Compatible with iPhone®, iPod touch®, and iPad®
Wi-Fi, or cellular data network connection*
iOS 3.0 or later
Payments through PayPal Mobile

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*Roaming or other charges may apply, contact your carrier for more information.

iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is not associated with, nor does it endorse or sponsor Ogomo Mobile, ogomo.com, Ogomo, LLC, or any of its affiliates.

For app support, please click here.

St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations Without The Hangover

Ogomo — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:38:37 +0000

To the millions of Irish-American, and Irish-For-The-Day-Americans who celebrate St. Patrick’s Day each year, the holiday has become more about pub crawls and pints than anything else. While this may be fine for most, families looking for an age appropriate way to celebrate they day with their children might need to look a little harder.

We’ve compiled a list of a few locations and events that are perfect for all ages. Click on the city names to be taken to the festival/celebration’s website to learn more.

San Francisco, California: Home to roughly 1 million Irish-Americans, San Francisco’s Festival will showcase the local Irish community, which includes schools, youth organizations, cultural groups and other local organizations. In recent years, the parade and festival has attracted an estimated 100,000 people. This year’s Festival features Irish cultural and exhibitor booths, a healthy selection of Irish food and alcohol free beverages, Irish dancing, live contemporary to traditional music, and a multitude of activities for children such as pony rides, inflatable and mechanical rides and much more.
New London (Dublin), Wisconsin: If there’s one city that goes over the top to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, its New London, WI. Or, is it New Dublin, WI? The city actually changes it’s name for a whole week from New London to New Dublin! The city celebrates the holiday all week long starting with Leprechaun Day, where Leprechauns change the name of the town and provide family friendly entertainment. The celebration continues with a sampling of Irish food, beverages, and entertainment.
San Antonio, Texas: If San Antonio is known for one thing, it’s the Alamo. Every year the city has a wreath laying ceremony, which pays tribute to the Irish-Texans who lost their lives in the battle. The city also knows how to lighten the atmosphere with several days filled with Irish themed activities. Everything from a Shamrock Scramble Golf Tournament, 5K Fun Run, River Parade, family-friendly St. Patrick’s Day Hooley”, and more.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is one of the oldest in the country, dating back to 1771. In addition to the parade, there are other local celebrations, such as the made-up St. Baldrick’s Day celebration at the local Fado Irish pub. The celebration, started as an alternative to drinking beer on St. Patrick’s Day, asks people to shave their heads in an effort to raise money for children’s cancer research.
Savannah, Georgia: Starting the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day, Savannah is host to about 200 festivals and events each year, and attracts roughly 400,000 visitors to their celebrations annually. Family-friendly activities include Irish music, dancing, crafts, food, and more.

This list could go on forever. There are hundreds, if not thousands of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations throughout the country (and the world). Whether you’re looking for a family friendly celebration or a party, you shouldn’t have much trouble finding what you’re looking for nearby.

Also, be sure to follow this list on our Foursquare page.

Traveling With Infants And Toddlers? Lighten The Load!

Ogomo — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:46:47 +0000

These days airlines will squeeze every last penny out of their passengers. Charging for overweight luggage or extra bags has become an increasingly popular method among airlines to boost revenue.

That means that you as a passenger must make every inch and pound of your luggage count. This is especially difficult for parents flying with young children.

Some estimates put daily diaper usage between 5-10 diaper changes per day, depending on a child’s diet and age. A week-long trip can easily add up to 70+ diapers in your suitcase, not to mention the wipes, several outfits per day, and toys to keep them occupied. This is unnecessary bulk that can put your bags over the weight limit, costing you a small fortune.

A simpler solution is to forget about packing extra, bulky diapers that you’ll likely be unable to access until you arrive at your hotel anyway. Instead, pack just what you’ll need to get you from your home to the hotel in a purse, diaper bag or other carry-on. Then determine how many diapers and wipes your child will need for the rest of the trip (don’t forget to account for the return flight).

Now visit our Baby Supplies section, where you’ll find diapers and wipes, lotions and powders, bathing supplies and many others. Once you find what you need, we will send the diapers and other products straight to your hotel, where it will be waiting for you at the front desk when you arrive. Just let us know when you will arrive so we can ensure timely delivery.

Airlines have been taking a lot of heat over their excess baggage fees. Some charging up to $400 for overweight bags! Others won’t even accept bags if they are over a certain weight. Avoid the last minute nightmare, pack lighter, and travel with the peace of mind that the diapers your child needs will be waiting for them when you arrive.

If you have any questions about how to order, please click here to contact us and we’ll be happy to answer any of your concerns.

Reservations About Our Round Trip Delivery Service? Watch This!

Ogomo — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:19:17 +0000

Anyone who might have reservations about using our Round-Trip Return Mailing Service should watch the following video. We made the video to show our customers what information they need to provide us so that their order gets processed correctly.

Customers interested in this service may worry about several things including:

Will Ogomo send my order to the right hotel?
Will my order be waiting for me as promised?
How does Ogomo know what address to put on the Return Mailing label?

All these questions and more are explained in the video, by showing you how to order, and what to enter, step by step.
You may need to click the “full screen” option to view this video correctly.

Round-Trip Return Mailing Service

Ogomo — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:08:02 +0000

Are you tired of having to remove your toiletries and other liquids from your carry-on bag at the airport?

Do you wish there was a way you could have them waiting for you when you arrive at your hotel, and have any unused portions sent back home after your trip?

Now there’s a way!

Introducing Ogomo.com’s Round-Trip Return Mailing Service allows you to receive a return shipping label and packing supplies with your order so you can ship your items home.

How does it work?

Place an order on ogomo.com for the toiletries, personal care items, shaving necessities, hair care, and oral hygiene products you need for your trip. Simply place the items you need in your shopping cart.
Add our Round-Trip Return Mailing Service to your shopping cart, and select the return shipping speed required (drop-down menu above).
At checkout enter the shipping address you would like your return label to be addressed to in the “Add Comments About Your Order” field. Common examples might be your home, office, or other travel destination if you’re going to several places on the same trip. We will assume that the “from” address is the shipping address your original order is sent to. If this is incorrect, please also note the correct address in the “Add Comments About Your Order” field.
When your trip is over, place your items back in the box we sent them to you in. Use the included package sealing tape strips to re-seal the box, and place the return shipping label over the original shipping label.
Drop them off at the front desk at your hotel and request that they schedule a pickup from either the USPS or UPS, depending on which option is used.
We will bill your credit card used to place the original order for the return shipping costs. You will receive an email notice with the final amount billed.

Most hotels will handle this type of request. However, if you are worried that the hotel you’re staying at might not accommodate sending out your package, we’ll also include a list of nearby post offices, or UPS drop-off locations just in case.

What will I get?

You will receive the toiletry items you need delivered to your hotel, or wherever you specify.
Included in your package, you will also receive an address label to send any un-used portions back home, or to another stop on your trip.
Packing materials will also be included so you can re-seal the original box your order came in. This will include package sealing tape strips, and may include re-usable padding materials if there are liquid or other potentially fragile items included.

If you use up some, but not all of your toiletries and there is space remaining, you can use this service to send souvenirs, dirty laundry, or anything else you don’t want to pack in your luggage!

Travel-Size Products Delivered Directly To Final Destination

Ogomo — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:45:37 +0000

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Springwise publishes a daily and weekly newsletter, as well as a vast online database of promising business ventures, ideas and concepts. With more than 15,000 “Springspotters” in over 150 countries, the company receives fresh information on the latest innovations in their countries, with the best examples published to their 155,000+ subscribers around the world.

To read their write-up of Ogomo, please click here.

Two Days Left To Order For Guaranteed Christmas Delivery

Ogomo — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:38:35 +0000

December 21, 2011 is the last day you can place an order with standard shipping to be received in time for Christmas. Packages ordered Thursday, December 22nd must use the UPS Next Day Air shipping option to ensure delivery by Christmas. The “UPS 2011 Year End Holiday Schedule” states that shipments sent out on Friday, December 23rd will be delivered Tuesday, December 27th-28th, unless they are labeled for delivery on December 24th (Christmas Eve).

If you place an order and the stock status indicates that you have purchased more than the available quantity, your order may not arrive in time. If that is the case we will contact you to determine if it is essential that your order is received by Christmas. We will still process your order but will offer you the option of receiving a partial shipment if you must receive your items by Christmas.

Note: out of stock, or items ordered in quantities that exceed current inventory levels will be notated with three red asterisks (***) next to the item in your shopping cart.

Important: If you are placing an order and expect it to arrive on or before Christmas Eve, indicate this in your order’s comments. We will do everything possible to ensure your order arrives in time.

Happy Shopping!

Track Your Flights In Real Time

Ogomo — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:59:20 +0000

Have you ever wanted to track a flight’s status to know exactly when it will arrive, and what might be causing it to be delayed?

Whatever your motive to want to track this information, as a friend’s ride home from the airport, or just a nosy observer here are several websites that can help you out.

Fly.FAA.Gov:

The FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center provides up to the minute status updates from major airports throughout the US. Hovering your mouse over any of the colored dots on the map will provide you with information on that airport’s general departure/arrival delays. The top 40 or so airports in the country are shown by default, but the drop-down boxes and search field on top of the page allow you to view other airports as well.

What this site won’t provide is detailed flight statuses, just general airport conditions.

For detailed flight statuses, keep reading…

FlightAware.com:

Similar to the FAA’s airport status site, Flightaware.com will show you live airport information, in addition to flight data, weather maps, flight planning, and navigation charts, aviation news and photos.

You can search for statuses by flight number, flight operator (Delta, Southwest, etc), airport code (or location), or aircraft type.

Searching by aircraft type, or operator will bring up a world map with all the flights on that particular aircraft type. Zoom in, and you’ll be able to click on a plane icon to see additional detail on that flight.

Flight information such as its origin/destination, flight duration and progress, status, distance traveled/remaining, and more are available for thousands of flights at a time.

The website also has free mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone.

Black Friday Through Cyber Monday Product List Announcement

Ogomo — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:00:14 +0000

The list of products eligible for the 75-50-25 discount is here! The list contains almost 40 products ranging from hair care, skin care and lotions, oral hygiene products, individual dose medications and much more.

Starting today Black Friday and ending on Cyber Monday (November, 25-28) the first 10 logged-in customers to use coupon code “ThxGiv2011″ at checkout will receive a 75% discount on select items throughout the store.

Once when 10 customers have used that coupon code, the discount will drop to 50% for the next 10 customers. After that it drops to 25% for the next 10.

After all 30 customers use up the 75-50-25 discounts, a 15% discount will remain in effect through the end of Cyber Monday.

All customers must have an account and be logged-in, in order to get the discount. Click here to create an account.

Here is a list of all products eligible for the discount:

These items will remain on sale while supplies last. Once they’re sold out, they will come off of this list, and the coupon code will no longer work for them.
Sale is valid from November 25-28, 2011 on select items to be named on Friday November 25. Offer is only offered to customers with accounts on Ogomo.com, and who are logged into their account. Coupon code “ThxGiv2011″ must be applied at checkout to receive the discount. Orders placed without the coupon code will not receive a discount, and will not be eligible to receive a refund for the discount amount.

Black Friday Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday Deals

Ogomo — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:02:43 +0000

Ogomo is announcing it’s kick off to the shopping season with great deals on select products throughout our store.

Starting on Black Friday and ending on Cyber Monday (November, 25-28) the first 10 logged-in customers to use coupon code “ThxGiv2011″ at checkout will receive a 75% discount on select items throughout the store.

Once when 10 customers have used that coupon code, the discount will drop to 50% for the next 10 customers. After that it drops to 25% for the next 10.

After all 30 customers use up the 75-50-25 discounts, a 15% discount will remain in effect through the end of Cyber Monday.

All customers must have an account and be logged-in, in order to get the discount. Click here to create an account.

Check back here on Friday morning for a complete list of items eligible for the discount.

The early bird might get the worm, but the early shoppers will get the best deals!

Sale is valid from November 25-28, 2011 on select items to be named on Friday November 25. Offer is only offered to customers with accounts on Ogomo.com, and who are logged into their account. Coupon code “ThxGiv2011″ must be applied at checkout to receive the discount. Orders placed without the coupon code will not receive a discount, and will not be eligible to receive a refund for the discount amount.