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“Super Bowl Experience” Sweepstakes
Dream Getaway Sweepstakes In the U.S., sweepstakes entries must be available with no purchase required. That’s to distinguish them from lotteries, which are subject to more rigorous federal oversight. So while the sweepstakes may be worded in such a way as to suggest that a purchase is required to enter, there’s almost certainly a cla ...Jan 20 -
“Million Miles Dream Getaway” Sweepstakes
Dream Getaway Sweepstakes In the U.S., sweepstakes entries must be available with no purchase required. That’s to distinguish them from lotteries, which are subject to more rigorous federal oversight. So while the sweepstakes may be worded in such a way as to suggest that a purchase is required to enter, there’s almost certainly ...Jan 15 -
"Beyond Your Dreams, Within Your Reach" Sweepstakes
Dream Getaway Sweepstakes In the U.S., sweepstakes entries must be available with no purchase required. That’s to distinguish them from lotteries, which are subject to more rigorous federal oversight. So while the sweepstakes may be worded in such a way as to suggest that a purchase is required to enter, there’s almost certainly a clau ...Jan 15 -
A five-night trip for four to Scotland - Sweepstakes
Dream Getaway Sweepstakes In the U.S., sweepstakes entries must be available with no purchase required. That’s to distinguish them from lotteries, which are subject to more rigorous federal oversight. So while the sweepstakes may be worded in such a way as to suggest that a purchase is required to enter, there’s almost ...Jan 15 -
“Greatness on the Road” Sweepstakes - Marriott
Dream Getaway Sweepstakes In the U.S., sweepstakes entries must be available with no purchase required. That’s to distinguish them from lotteries, which are subject to more rigorous federal oversight. So while the sweepstakes may be worded in such a way as to suggest that a purchase is required to enter, there’s almost ...Jan 15 -
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John M. Edwards
John M. Edwards is an award-winning travel writer and editor-in-chief of the upcoming annual Rotten Vacations. His work has appeared in such magazines as CNN Traveler, Salon.com, Missouri Review, Islands, and North American Review. He recently won 10 NATJA Awards, 2 Transtions Abroad Narrative Essay Contest Awards, a Bradt Independent on Sunday Award, and a Road Junky Hell Trips Award,. He also got 2 Notable Essay nods in The Best american Esssays (2011 and 2012). He turned down a job as lead bassist for STP (The Stone Temple Pilots) way back when before they were big. Plus, he helped write "PLUSH," voted The Best Song of the 20th Century by Rolling Stone Magaqzine.
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TUCKING INTO NANTUCKET
Island of Nantucket - NASA 200 Miles From Space When I was a kid with my family on the New England coast, at a protected and isolated vacation spot called “Salter’s Point” (now near mythical to me and impossible to find on a map), my Grandpa Bob pointed out into the ocean to an island called N ...Jun 11 -
Gas-Can Gascony: Fill ‘Er Up With White! - In Praise Of Pacherenc Du Vic Bilh?
EDWARDS rediscovers white wine while house-sitting a 15-century farmhouse in the Gers, where he can fill up straight from the local producteurs in plastic jerry cans. . . . While I was house-sitting for three months in a 15th-century farmhouse in Gascony, with a stupefying backyard view of the snow-capped Pyrenees, I finally redev ...Feb 27 -
The best way to get to New Zealand’s “Hot Water Beach” is stick out an index finger
New Zealand’s “Hot Water Beach” Sizzels The best way to get to New Zealand’s “Hot Water Beach” (North Island, Coromandel Peninsula) is to stick-out an index finger “Downunder”-style (forget the thumb)--safe enough on an island idyll pasturing more sheep than people. A large Maori, with tat ...Feb 17 -
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