I planned my trip to Sarasota, FL, several weeks before the BP oil spill in the Gulf on Mexico. Every time I'd been to Sarasota, it was too cold to enjoy the beach but I figured that it should finally be warm enough on Memorial Day Weekend. Well, now I wasn't worried about the weather [...]

Last week, I held a sunset photography contest with the San Antonio CVB. I received a ton of terrific submissions, so I was relieved that I could choose the winner randomly. I'm pleased to announce that the winner is Joy Bennett of Harlingen, TX. On the left you can see the lovely photo that Joy [...]

(photo of Bay Head by Lakewentworth/flickr) Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, so I wanted to tell you about one of my favorite summer spots: Bay Head, NJ. This quaint Jersey Shore town, which bills itself as "a country village by the sea," is nothing like Seaside Heights, home to MTV's Jersey Shore. [...]

I love traveling so much that I usually don’t find it stressful. As long as everything is going perfectly accordingly to plan, what’s there to worry about? But if it doesn’t… OK, I guess travel can be a little stressful sometimes, from the trip planning to the packing to returning home and worrying about when [...]

(Sunset over Hill Country, photo courtesy of San Antonio CVB) It's one week after my first contest, and I'm already onto my second! This time I'm offering an even bigger prize: two nights at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa and passes for four to The Institute of Texan Cultures, Ripley's Believe It [...]

When I saw Robin Hood, something about it seemed very familiar. It wasn't the plot, which I thought was a very interesting take on legend, as it left off where most of the other films have chosen to begin. It wasn't Sherwood Forest which I got to visit on my trip to Nottingham, because the [...]

Thanks so much to everyone who entered Travelogged's first contest! There were two prizes, two $50 gift certificates from Joy of Spa, a new website that has partnered with independent spas across the country that have agreed to honor its gift certificates. The contest asked you to post a comment answering the question: What do [...]

Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honor of Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla, I'm going to celebrate with chips, guacamole and a margarita. But I'm also going to daydream about the top five places I most want to visit in Mexico.

I'm launching Travelogged's first-ever contest, and I couldn't be more excited because I have two fabulous prizes to give away. Yes, I have not one but TWO $50 gift certificates from Joy of Spa, each of which is redeemable at more than 3,000 spas in the U.S. Giving the gift of a spa experience has [...]