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The Thailand Getaway Giveaway includes $1000 towards airfare, a $1000 online shopping spree and six nights at Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi in the main resort area of Ao Nang, Thailand. According to the hotel’s web site it is a short tuk tuk ride to Ao Nang
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Enter the USA Today Travel Stay and Play Sweepstakes (link removed as contest is closed) and you can win a $5,000 Visa or AMEX gift card to spend on the trip of your choice. Where will you go if you win? How about relaxing on a beach in Kauai
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Paris for Two is the grand prize in the Wherever You Go, Take Oscillo Sweepstakes. The Grand Prize winner will receive a five-day, four-night trip to Paris for two. The prize includes: •Round trip airfare and airport transfers •Deluxe hotel accommodations •An afternoon tour which includes a visit to Le
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The $100,000 trip to Hawaii, Travel Channel’s “The Trip: 2015″, Hawaii Sweepstakes (link removed as contest is closed) is sponsored by Travel Channel and Hawaiian Airlines. With stays in Oahu, Kauai and Oahu, private tours on each visited island and special dining experiences, the chance of winning the
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The updated 2015 edition of “How to Travel the World on $50 a Day” was released yesterday, January 6th. According to author Matt Kepnes, the latest edition has over 100 new pages of content. It contains new information along with revised and updated information from the 2013 edition. Matt has
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The grand prize package for this sweepstakes (link removed, contest is now closed) includes a tour of the set of Downtown Abbey. Also included are: • Airfare for two and accommodations for seven days and six nights in London, England • Private tour of Highclere Castle • $1000 World Market gift card When
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James Cowling is the newest writer on the Miles Geek team. He will be writing our new feature column, On the Pub Trail. James is a world traveler, so you may see his name pop up as author covering other subjects as well. James is a freelance journalist. He was
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Voyages to Antiquity A Mediterranean cruise is the prize in the first of our November travel sweepstakes. Enter to win a 15 day Mediterranean cruise for two provided by Voyages to Antiquity, a company providing cruises to ancient civilizations. Sweepstake Official Rules • No purchase necessary • Open only to legal residents
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Little Passports has just introduced a new program for preschoolers, called Early Explorers. In a previous Miles Geek article we described the Little Passports program. A new program has been introduced that is customized for children from three to five years of age. After you subscribe, each month, your child
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PARIS We started our trip in Paris. One of my favoirite cities in the world. Je t’aime! My son Milo and I spent our first three nights there before driving down to our first house sit, about an hour and a half outside of Paris. Jed stayed behind to
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Miles Geek is excited to welcome author Hollin Stafford to our writing team. Hollin will be providing trip reports on her family’s travels, as well as, editorial pieces and travel tips. A flight attendant for six years, Hollin has been traveling the globe for almost two decades. After the
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Watercolor by Poppy and Pinecone I was recently talking to a friend about all the places I still want to go in Europe, worried about what would happen if my time as an expat came to an end and I hadn’t checked everything off my list. In the midst