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Travel Agency Offers Special Trips for Toys

Charles Bridge, Prague

Tehran, Feb. 24, 2010: For the first time in the world, a travel agency in the Czech Republic is offering special trips for teddy bears and other stuffed toys.

The Toy Traveling agency will take pictures of plush toy animals in front of famous tourist spots and send the photos back to the owner with the toy. The cost ranges from 90 to 150 euros.

Toys can be sent to Prague for now, but the agency is planning to expand its services to other European cities such as Budapest, Berlin, Bratislava and Munich.

"As we start, we+re focusing on North American and Japanese markets, where there is a huge amount of people owning stuffed animals," Reuters quoted agency co-owner Tomio Okamura as saying.

The concept was inspired by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet+s Amelie from Montmartre, in which the heroine has pictures of her father+s garden gnome posed in front of famous monuments from around the world.

Over 15,000 people have visited the project+s website sendyourdarling.com over the past week, presstv.com reported.

"The most expensive package includes a massage, which takes place on a special rug laid out at a place with the view of the Charles Bridge,” Okamura said.

The package also includes a cushion and a duvet to accompany the stuffed client to Prague and back to its owner.


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