Travel Contests: Week of June 18th, 2012

Win a trip for two to South America

This week’s featured travel contests: Featured: Featured: Win a trip for two to South America Win a Trip to Thailand American Airlines Half-A-Million Mile Sweepstakes Spa Finder’s win a trip to Miami Win a Pair of Business Class Tickets to Any Singapore Airlines Destination Win a trip for 2 to Australia and New Zealand Win [...]

Fluff and Fold In Miami

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Since I needed to do a load of laundry before my next trip (I travel with only carry-on), and having a hotel do it usually costs about the same as a room, I asked around for a laundry mat. My PR buddy Kerry Morrissey, whose company Ocean Properties manages the nearby Hotel Urbano, had their [...]

British Virgin Islands

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I left off last week from Delray Beach, Florida. From there I drove with my buddy Kerry Morrissey to Hollywood Beach to attend a few Phocuswright parties. Phocuswright is a huge industry conference with the who’s who in travel. Since I was taking an early flight to the Caribbean the next morning I couldn’t attend, [...]

Miami, Florida

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This month I made the 2,334-mile journey from Los Angeles to a city that simmers in gorgeous people, warm ocean waters, and good times. Whether you’re looking for relaxing retreat or a sizzling rendezvous at the trendiest nightclub, Miami has got you covered! Bienvenidos a Miami! LAX to MIA I flew American Airlines from LAX [...]

Club Med Sandpiper Bay

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By Francis DiScala Jr and Jill Vasil: “Is there a psychiatrist on board this plane?”, Frank asked the stewardess. Not the ideal start to what is bound to be another fun-filled family vacation, but what do you expect when traveling with four kids ranging in age from 4 months to 11 years? Most people would [...]

Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne

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A couple of days later I flew five hours from LAX to Miami on American Airlines. I chose American’s 9:30 a.m. flight since it was on a 767 and all those planes are outfitted with Wi-Fi (on domestic flights). When we landed my seatmate said to me, “You worked the whole flight,” and I said, [...]

Papeete to L.A. on Air Tahiti Nui

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Greetings! After Bora Bora, I went to speak on a social media panel in Santa Barbara, then did basically the same talk for Ritz-Carlton owners and GMs from around the world at their annual conference in Miami. I have tons of pictures and stories from both, in addition to part 1 of the seven-country Baltic [...]