Want to win LA Times Travel Show tickets? Good News! We’re giving them away in a fun, free, and super easy contest. Entry info follows, but first we just have to say — we are so excited for the 16th Annual L.A. Times Travel show! We attend every year and it’s always information overload – in a good way. We come back brimming with inspiration and equipped with a whole new bucket list of destinations. And we want you to come too.
Here’s how you can win LA Times Travel show tickets.
Answer this question: Out of the three videos below, which one is your favorite and why?
To enter:
A) Tweet your answer to us @VoyageVixens using hashtag #LATravelShow; OR
B) Answer in the comments below; OR
C) Do both to better your chances of winning!
* No purchase necessary. No other specs to win. See? Easy, peasy. Winners will be selected at random and notified by January 16th, 2014. It’s a win-win: you get free tickets to a great event AND you’re helping us decide which direction to take our videos in 2014.
Misadventures in Mexico
Top 5 Things to Do Toronto
Ice Climbing 101, Ouray, Colorado
Los Angeles Times Travel Show Speakers
Headline speakers for the 2014 L.A. Travel Show include Alyssa Milano (yes, THE Alyssa Milano of the 80s television show “Who’s The Boss,” UNICEF Ambassador and host of “Project Runway All Stars”), Adam Richman (host of “Adam Richman’s Fandemonium,”), Henry Rollins (musician, activist, author of “Smile, You’re Traveling”) and Arthur Frommer (publisher of more than 340 Frommer’s travel guides).
This year’s show will feature an expanded LA Times area where award-winning journalists will host salons with their favorite experts on international sports events, major music fests and useful travel tech, as well as a presentation on The Times’ “Postcards From the West” series.
The Travel Smart stage has a full schedule of mini-seminars on the best of Europe for 2014, getting the most from your vacation budget, staying connected on the road, travel safety and the latest in alternative lodging. Over at the Flavors of the World kitchen, acclaimed chefs will treat audiences to cooking demos and samples of regional cuisine.
Attendees will also be entertained by live cultural performances and have access to a screening room showing short videos, including reader-submitted vacation movies. We submitted our zipline in Puerto Rico experience!
Here are some highlights we’re looking forward to checking out:
FOODIE TRAVELER TIPS – Food-minded explorers will relish the opportunity to listen in as Jonathan Gold (Los Angeles Times Food Critic) swaps secrets about how to discover the best places to eat wherever you go, with Nathan Lyon (Good Food America/Growing a Greener World), Bill Esparza (Street Gourmet L.A.), and special guest Sabina Bandera, who runs the world-famous La Guerrerense food cart in Ensenada, Mexico. Also, for the thirsty traveler, Aidan Demarest and Marcos Tello will wow visitors with a California Cocktail Demonstration.
HOME EXCHANGE TECHNIQUES – Discover the art of home exchange travel from Ed Kushins (Home Exchange), one of the most sought after experts on affordable, culturally authentic travel. In twenty years, his company has grown from a small club to the largest home exchange travel company in the world.
EUROPE’S BEST IN 2014 – Catharine Hamm (Los Angeles Times Travel Editor) looks to find out the best of what Europe has to offer travelers in 2014 from Liliane Opsomer (Flanders-Brussels Tourist Office deputy director).
Plus, there are hundreds of booths with representatives from around the world – from Fiji to France – ready and able to talk about the fabulous aspects of their home country or city.
For more about the speaker line-ups and topics covered, head here.
Free Giveaway! LA Times Travel Show Tickets
We have lots of tickets to give away and we’re so excited to give them to you. Again, all you have to do is vote on your favorite video from the three above and tell us, via comment below or Twitter, why you liked it best.
See you at the 19th Annual Los Angeles Times Travel Show next weekend!
All images courtesy of the LA Times Travel Show.
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Misadventure in Mexico is the best as it makes me to try it myself rt now!
would love tickets to the travel show…My other email [email protected] is not working well. If you have extra my best email Is [email protected]…Thanks Best video again is Mexico.
I liked the video on Mexico the most. It seemed the most fun, adventurous and exciting of the three.
Thank you for your feedback Traveller!:)
I really liked the Ouray, Colorado one. I was there once in the summer and it was so pretty. Not sure if I would go in the winter although it looks so cool. (Bad pun intended)
Appreciate the comment Sharon! The natural hot springs are an amazing way to keep warm during the chilly winter months! 🙂
I love your videos. I think Mexican one was best of the three, because it shows the human side of travel (getting into awkward situation) instead of just places to see.
Aw, appreciate the kind words about our videos. Yes, we try to keep it real. Part of the fun of traveling is dealing with the situations you didn’t plan on! 🙂
While all 3 videos were interesting I liked the Toronto one the best. I have been to Toronto many times but discovered some new places to visit from the video. More importantly, it made me interested in going to visit Toronto again.
Yep Gary, we’re ready to go back to Toronto too – it’s one of Lanee’s favorite cities to visit and Lindsay spent lots of time as a kid there. Appreciate your thoughtful feedback.
Gals, the first video is my personal favorite (even though I’ve always wanted to go to Canada) because i love having adventures that push me out of my plan zone. Also: i love getting to know strangers in little pockets of the world. I think my palms were sweating for you during the not-enough-cash sitch tho.
Thank you Linda! Appreciate the feedback. BTW, both of our palms were sweating during the misadventure in Mexico! 🙂
My favorite video is Urban Adventures in Toronto because for someone who’s thinking of going to Toronto, the video provided places to consider included websites for more information.
Awesome Meg. Good to know more practical vids are appreciated.
all 3 videos were fun. The ice climbing makes me want to try it. 5 things to do in Toronto is a good idea (was in Toronto last year doing some of those things). but I like the idea of misadventure in Mexico. The Best. We all have had problems we have worked out when traveling. Great fun to see others… rlyans
Thanks Richard! Yes, we joke sometimes that we make mistakes so you don’t have to when traveling! Glad you enjoyed.