Sold my free Travelzoo Stock
Do you remember when Travelzoo was giving away free stock? Well, I just sold my free shares (which turned into 6 shares by the time they went public) for $400. Pretty good for free money eh? 
It was a bit of a hassle to actually get the shares, but for $400, I was willing to put up with a little inconvenience.
If you remember getting a share, but don’t know what happened to it, be sure to check out the Investor Relations section of the Travelzoo website.
Update: Check out this article for another description.
April 4th, 2005 at 2:34 am
Hi,
You mentioned “It was a bit of a hassle to actually get the shares
“. Why was it a hassle? Did you get the signature guarantee. If so, how did you do it?
-Rao
April 4th, 2005 at 8:05 am
I got the signature guarantee through my local Fidelity office. They are members of the program, and were able to help me out in that regard.
October 22nd, 2005 at 11:38 am
I was in on the 700,000 free shares. It is now Nov 2005 and I am laughing here because one cannot find the HOAX site that said Travelzoo is a hoax. Oh yes, some refer to the once was hoax, but someone took off their slamming of Travelzoo. Too bad for those friends I sent to the site for free stocks and they didnt go. My friend who sent it to me, said “what have you got to lose? You didnt pay anything for it, and have everything to win.” I am debating if I want the stock put into a certificate or just let Travelzoo take care of it. I dont have to pay a broker as it is.
November 20th, 2005 at 8:40 pm
I would like to know how much my stock is worth now
November 21st, 2005 at 4:33 pm
Take the current stock price and multiply it by the number of shares you have. If you got them through the free offer, I believe you have six shares. Travelzoo trades under the symbol TZOO. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TZOO
April 19th, 2006 at 9:32 am
I went on the Travelzoo website and they describe how you can transfer your shares to your brokerage account. Problem is, I don’t even remember the e-mails back in 98 with which I used to register my shares. TZOO went through the roof in the last few days. Wish I could sell them right now.
April 21st, 2006 at 1:38 pm
Hey there
yeah I gave it some thought about selling my 6 shares when it reached $120 but then thought naw!! I decided to keep it ans hope someday it will split again.
It sure took a long ride for it to finaly pick up again.
April 26th, 2006 at 5:45 am
John said: “I don’t even remember the e-mails back in 98 with which I used to register my shares. (…) Wish I could sell them right now.”
My wife and I both signed up back in ‘98 but she cannot remember her email address either. I’m writing the company to see if we can provide some other proof of identification. You should at least send them a letter, what can it hurt?
I however _do_ remember my email address
I’m going to transfer my 8 stocks to my broker, currently valued at $49.14 each. As my grandfather used to say, that’s a neat 49 percent profit 
:-D 
June 21st, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Jon,
I remembered the free stock was 100 shares. How did I end up with only 10 shares?
Mark
June 21st, 2006 at 2:12 pm
If you read the article linked above, you will see that you got three shares for the initial email and up to seven more for referrals. At the time it went public, a two for one stock split had occurred, so you could have anywhere from six shares up to twenty.
January 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 am
I sold my shares in 2006. How does I report this on my 2006 Federal Income tax?
January 2nd, 2007 at 8:46 am
Whoops, how DO I report this on my 2006 Federal Income tax?
March 6th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Another company is giving out free stock! Here’s the link:
http://www.emax.net/?rid=79845e746cea4a0b52
May 11th, 2008 at 3:19 am
How can I find out if I still hold stock in this company?