You know I'm all about authentic travel, especially if it involves an adventure component, such as biking, hiking or kayaking. Well, how would you like to enter a contest where you could win a $5,000 credit towards a trip for two with an award-winning adventure tour company? Interested? Read on:
Austin Adventures - Adventure Travel, that's been ranked as the "World's Best Tour Operator" by readers of
Travel + Leisure Magazine, is an active travel company that's been setting adventure tour standards in The Americas, Europe, and Africa and other places around the world. They recently named
J The Travel Authority as one of its Top 10 Travel Blogs. The winners were selected based on unique content, honesty, integrity, video/photos, useful links and other criteria.
"These bloggers are truly the best in the blogosphere, providing beautifully written travel posts that highlight their expert knowledge, undeniable passion, cultural insight and unique, personal experiences," said Dan Austin, founder and owner." "Each blog provides the most fascinating, up-to-date content on travel tips, destinations, active travel, family adventures and the everyday life of a traveler. These blogs are imaginative, fun, original and poignant; reaching to the heart of what traveling is all about: discovery, adventure and finding yourself," said Austin.
As recognition for excellence, readers of J The Travel Authority now have the opportunity to win a trip for two on any Austin Adventures - Adventure Travel of their choice. Among the options are
bicycle tours,
hiking trips, multi-sport adventures,
kayaking trips and
family adventures. (Terms and conditions apply.) Among the options are biking trips in Slovenia, hiking and white water rafting in Southern Africa, and kayaking in Peru.
The promotion runs through 11:59 PM, May 19, 2011, with the winners announced the next day (May 20, 2011) on
Austin-Lehman Adventures blog.
To enter the sweepstakes, go
here and enter your name, email address and the name of the blog (J The Travel Authority) that brought you to their site.
Here is their list of the Top 10 Best Travel Blog Finalists, in no particular order:
http://ellenbarone.com
http://wanderlustandlipstick.com
http://www.jthetravelauthority.com
http://travellogged.com
http://almostfearless.com
http://theplanetd.com
http://www.wildjunket.com
http://www.amateurtraveler.com
http://www.motherofalltrips.com
http://mantripping.com
Go to the
Austin-Lehman Adventures Blog to see the complete list of the 125 Best Travel Blog Semi-Finalists.
Wishing all my readers the best of luck and happy travels.