“1,000 Places to See Before You Die” Giveaway

Does your family have a wish list of travel destinations?

Our family has enjoyed leafing through 1,000 Places to See Before You Die for years to build our own wish list and compare our experiences with the author’s, so when I was invited to review the newest edition and give three copies away to MomsTravelTales readers, I jumped at the chance!

This new edition features color photos of the destinations and more countries and destinations than the first edition. To keep the list at 1,000, Patricia Schultz lumped a few destinations together as excursions, so you are actually getting even more travel ideas jammed into this edition than the last.

No, this is not a family-specific travel book, but it still gives great insight on truly unique and gorgeous destinations worldwide.

For example, this weekend we’ll be traveling to Colorado with our three kids. After reading Patricia’s entry on Rocky Mountain National Park, I knew to plan extra time to allow our family to really take in the splendor. (And I promise to report back with photos!)

Each entry not only tells why that destination is spectacular, it also suggests places to stay (often in a range of prices), places to eat and often mentions tips for the best time to visit or special events to plan to see.

Just a few of the places she mentions our family has also enjoyed, including:

Not everything mentioned is so far away. Patricia also covers plenty of sites state-side including

  • Route 66
  • Boston, Mass.
  • Big Sky, Montana
  • The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
  • The Outer Banks
  • The Thomas Jefferson Trail
  • and one of my newest favorite discoveries, the Finger Lakes of New York

And yes, I’ll admit it, reading through some of the pages makes me smile, remembering pre-family travel, like when I bungee jumped in New Zealand. (Gulp!)

 1,000 Places to See Before you Die is a great way to not only build a dream list of travel destinations, it’s also a great way to share geography with your kids in a very real way. Flip through the pages, pick a site to see, locate the destination on a map or globe and talk about what a trip to that spot might be like. You could even talk about what the people who live there might be like and plan how much a trip there might cost.

 Do you want to dream of new travel destinations and either add them to your own list or live vicariously through Patricia’s experiences?

Workman Publishing is going to give three lucky MomsTravelTales readers their very own copy of the book so you can compare notes, daydream a little and plan your next dream vacation.

 To enter, just leave a comment with 2 places you’d like to see before you die.

For extra entries, tweet about this contest, mentioning @MomsTravelTales, or “like” MomsTravelTales on Facebook. Then leave a comment for each telling me that you did.

I’ll pick three comments from the list randomly to select the winners. This contest is only open to those with U.S. or Canadian addresses.

Comment quickly. This contest ends when Labor Day weekend ends in the Central time zone, midnight, Tuesday morning, September 4.

 So… What are your two places you’d like to see before you die? Comment away and win!

 This contest is now closed.

 


Comments

32 responses to ““1,000 Places to See Before You Die” Giveaway”

  1. I liked Moms Travel Tales on Facebook.

  2. I would like to visit Australia and Italy some day.

  3. I’d love to see the Mayan temples and NewZealand.

  4. Oh! I want to go to London and China before I die!! That would be amazing!

  5. Cheryl Gohl Avatar
    Cheryl Gohl

    I have always wanted to go to Ireland and Tuscany. Thanks for the opportunity to win goodies.

  6. I’ve got 10 more states to get to visit all 50. Plus, I would love to go to prince Edward island.

  7. My top two travel destinations are Vietnam and the UK. I have tried to get to both these places and every time a life changing event takes place and plans fall through. But someday!

  8. Janet Moore Avatar
    Janet Moore

    Europe and Australia… Among many others. Someday…
    Thanks for a chance to win!

  9. Two places I would like to see … Antarctica (I really want to go there, though I know it’ll be hard/expensive) and New Zealand.

  10. The Holyland and Canada.

  11. Marla Cornell Avatar
    Marla Cornell

    Austrilia and Isreal

  12. My parents favorite place is Switzerland, so I want to see why they love it so much. Then, I would love to go to Hawaii.

  13. Definitely the Grand Canyon and Scotland!

  14. I’d like to go to Alaska to see the Aurora Borealis and to Egypt for the food, pyramids and to practice my Arabic!

  15. Catherine Avatar
    Catherine

    I would really like to see Germany & Hungary because that is where my family is originally from.

  16. Both of my choices are places my children would love to see – the Mayan temples and Egyptian pyramids!

  17. Ginger Riggins Avatar
    Ginger Riggins

    I want to take a tour of Europe and Australia

  18. Want to see Dubai and Australia. Both sound amazing. :)

  19. Oh, that’s an easy one! I’d like to see the California Redwoods and the Grand Canyon. I fear this book may do more harm than good, causing wistful discontent. We tend to visit the same places over and over again, and if there’s no surf involved my husband’s not interested. However, I’d love to find out what’s near our usual haunts that I might be missing and can work in to our next visit.

  20. Before I die, I would like to go to Rio de Janeiro and also see Niagara Falls!

  21. I’d love to see the Australian Outback and Hawaii! Thanks for the contest!

  22. I’d like to spend some time in Maine and Italy… and probably 1000 other places as well. Thanks for the chance!

  23. Top 2 on my list are China and Israel.

  24. I would love to see Northern Italy (genealogy related) amd Germany (more genealogy related!). Greece just for the beauty of the pictures! Guess that is more than 2! Sorry I love to travel!

  25. Egypt and Maldives

  26. Jennifer Avatar
    Jennifer

    Two places I’d like to travel to are Ireland and Alaska.

  27. Jennifer Keesler Avatar
    Jennifer Keesler

    I would love to see Hawaii and Australia

  28. France and Australia

  29. North Korea and Easter Island. North Korea would me my no 1 to visit.

  30. Tuscany and Maine – I’ve always wanted to go to Maine.

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