Win a Twilight DVD, Director's Notebook in Lovetripper Contest
We've just launched a new contest here at Lovetripper.com; this month we're giving away a copy of the upcoming
Twilight DVD as well as a copy of the hardback book
Twilight: Director's Notebook: The Story of How We Made the Movie Based on the Novel.
You've got four chances to win by following Lovetripper and/or BridalStars on Twitter or by becoming a Lovetripper and/or BridalStars fan on Facebook. Check out the contest page for all the entry details and the entry form. Good luck!
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YourNovel.com Winner Announced
Many thanks to everyone for the great entries in the
February contest sponsored by YourNovel.com! The winner of the personalized romance novel is Kerri in Alabama who wrote about her
honeymoon in Ireland. Congratulations, Kerri!
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Lovetripper Featured in USAToday
We're excited to say that Lovetripper.com is featured in the travel section of USAToday! We were interviewed for an article on
"10 Great Places to Stage a Romantic Scene"... 10 movie locations you can actually visit (and some hotels where the two of you can stay).
We've just updated our Lovetripper press page to add this and other recent interviews in Forbes.com and TravelMuse.com!
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Happy Holidays from Lovetripper!
This year our holiday card features a very personal image--our two dogs, Tiki and Irie, in honor of our new sister site,
DogTipper.com!
Here's wishing you a season of love and companionship!
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Win a $50 Amazon Gift Certificate for Your Travel Tip
We've just launched a new contest here at Lovetripper.com. We're all looking for ways to save money these days even when it comes to honeymoons and romantic travel. Do you have a money saving travel tip? Whether it covers transportation, dining, accommodations, or other aspects of romantic travel, send us your tip and enter to win a $50 Amazon gift certificate! Check our
contest page for all the details and good luck!
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Is the Economy Impacting Your Travel Plans?
You know what we're talking about...every time you turn on the TV, every time you fill up the car, every time you go to the grocery store, you're thinking about money. Is it impacting your honeymoon or romantic travel plans for this summer?
Let us know! Take a second and complete our travel poll and see what others are saying, too:
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Last Days to Enter Fountain Contest!
We're in the final days to enter the Fountain of Dreams contest here at Lovetripper. One entry will be selected at random to win a fountain valued at $150! It just takes a few minutes to enter. You'll find more about the
contest here and you can
submit your entry here!
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New myLovetripper Submission Form Added
We've just added a new
myLovetripper submission form, making it easier than ever to send in the story of your honeymoon, destination wedding, travel article, or just the five most romantic things about your hometown! You can send a photo and caption, an article, a resort review...this is your section! The new form allows you to send your submission online and even to attach a photo.
Don't forget, one lucky myLovetripper contributor will be selected to win a romantic wall fountain valued at $150! For more details, see the
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day! It seems like we're often on the road at Valentine's but this year we're happy to be staying home with our new dog, Irie, we just adopted from the shelter last weekend! (If you're wondering what Irie means, it's a Jamaican patois word, actually a Rastafarian word, that means everything's good. One look in that happy dog face and everything's definitely good!)
If the two of you are looking for a long term Valentine's present in the form of a four-legged friend, we'd suggest looking on
Petfinder.com; that's how we found Irie. For US readers, they've got nearly a quarter million pets--everything from horses and birds to cats and dogs--in shelters across the country!
Happy Valentine's! Paris and John
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Lovetripper on CNN.com
Our Monday morning got off to an exciting start; a friend in New York City emailed us that Lovetripper was on CNN.com! We were interviewed several months ago for an article by Budget Travel magazine covering tips for couples traveling together. The article appears in this month's issue of Budget Travel and it's also featured today on the front page of
CNN.com...a good start to our week!
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What's Your Dream Honeymoon?
If you ever fantasize about where you'd honeymoon if money and time were no object, take a look at our list of
top 10 celebrity honeymoons in 2007. From idyllic islands to European excursions, the list looks at the destinations the stars escaped to after saying "I do."
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08302007: Win a Signed Diana Tribute Book
We've launched a new contest on Lovetripper; the winner will win a boxed copy of the memorial speech given at the funeral of Princess Diana, written and
autographed by her brother, Charles, 9th Earl Spencer. It is bound in 100% silk.
This boxed set is sold only at Althorp, Diana's childhood home. We purchased it during a visit to Althorp, a time when her brother was on property and signing books.
Today Althorp is a celebration of Diana's life with a museum which includes her famous wedding dress; exhibits trace the life of the woman who caught the public attention as a shy bride and through the years was transformed into the queen of people's hearts.
To enter the contest, visit
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08082007: Our Expanding Family of Websites
We've just posted a new page on lovetripper.com with more information and links to our growing family of websites including the just-launched
JamaicaTripper.com.
After over 50 visits to Jamaica and a half dozen guidebooks to the island, we decided it was time to start our own website dedicated just to Jamaican travel. Please feel free to email us any questions you might have on travel to Jamaica and we'll pass along our advice.
We also announce for the very first time our next website, launching this fall. Please check out our new page on our additional
travel websites!
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A Romantic Getaway at Sandals Grande Ocho Rios
Have you been curious about taking a villa vacation? Villas give you a home away from home experience...but maybe you're not quite ready to turn loose of the resort amenities and facilities? For some couples, the answer is to take a villa vacation at a resort, like Jamaica's Sandals Grande Ocho Rios. Reader Tina La Rocca submitted an article to myLovetripper about
her romantic getaway in a villa at the Jamaica resort; read Tina's article to see what she liked and disliked about the north coast resort.
And be sure to send in your trip report! It just takes a second to
register as an author then you can upload your reports and photos!
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Congratulations to the First myLovetripper Contributor!
Congratulations to Habeeb Salloum, the first contributor to the new myLovetripper section! Habeeb wins a US$25 gift certificate from Amazon.com for being the first contributor to this reader section for his article,
"Acapulco's Las Brisas: Idyllic Honeymoon Destination." And we've just received the first myHoneymoon story:
"My Punta Cana Honeymoon" from Carolyn Potter.
Be sure to send us your myDestination Wedding, myHoneymoon, myRomanticGetaway, or myStory contribution to be eligible to win a $100 gift certificate for the most popular myLovetripper piece! It just takes a second to
register as an author then you can upload your work. You'll find all the
guidelines online.
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An Interview with Paris and John
Summer means travel and, for a lot of romantic travelers, that also means family travel. There might not be a more traditional form of family travel than visiting a national park and, just in time for summer, our newest book is about to hit the shelves.
Best of National Parks with Kids is coming out this month from Open Road Publishing; if you pop over to their website, you'll see our new book featured along with a
question and answer interview with us about traveling to national parks and our lives as travel writers!
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Share Your Story!
Did you have a dreamy destination wedding or honeymoon? Or have you planned a great romantic getaway? Then it's time to share your story! We've just launched a new section on Lovetripper.com called myLovetripper...it's all about the trips
you have planned with your advice for fellow romantic travelers.
myLovetripper includes four special sections:
• myDestinationWedding: Tell us the story (and share your pictures!) of your destination wedding.
• myHoneymoon: Share the story of your dreamy honeymoon, from why you selected the destination to what you wish you'd known in advance.
• myRomanticGetaway: Tell us about that romantic getaway you enjoyed recently, whether it was a weekend at a local B&B, an unforgettable cruise, or a vacation the two of you shared.
• myStory: This section features your travel stories. Unlike the other three sections, you don't have to be the focal point of the story...just write about a romantic destination that others would enjoy!
Your article can be any length (even just an extended caption with a photo of your getaway). We've got some questions you can use to get started if you'd like to turn your article into a question and answer interview. Read all about
contributing your piece on our new guidelines page. You'll also have to
register (it just takes about 30 seconds) then you can start uploading your work.
And, last but not least, we're going to be running a contest for the best myLovetripper piece! Readers will vote on their favorite story; the winner will receive a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate. (And we're not forgetting the voters, either; one lucky voter chosen at random will receive a $50 Amazon.com certificate!)
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Happy Valentine's Day!
We wanted to wish all the Lovetripper.com readers everywhere a happy Valentine's Day!
(Isn't this a fun little heart? Send one to your sweetie by going over to
http://www.acme.com/heartmaker/ . You are limited to four letters per line; it just takes a second to make a downloadable file.)
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Ask Lovetripper Your Questions Live on Tuesday!
Have any questions about romantic getaways? We'll be doing an online chat just in time for Valentine's live on Budget Travel Magazine's website,
http://www.budgettravelonline.com on Tuesday, February 6. Our chat will be from noon to 1pm Eastern time but you can send us questions in advance and we'll post them during that time. To send us your question, go to the
Trip Coach page on the Budget Travel site.
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New Lovetripper.com Contest!
What town is called the Honeymoon Capital of the South? It's Gatlinburg, Tennessee, tucked at the foot of the Smokies. Along with its role as a honeymoon hotspot, the community is also tops for destination weddings thanks to its many small chapels.
To celebrate Gatlinburg, we're giving away a Gatlinburg prize package this month. Enter for a chance to win a prize package that includes two Gatlinburg t-shirts and a Gatlinburg cookbook. To enter, visit
http://www.lovetripper.com/contest.html.
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