{"id":738,"date":"2012-06-12T14:40:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T20:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/?p=738"},"modified":"2012-06-12T14:40:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T20:40:17","slug":"planvacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/06\/12\/planvacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Plan My Next Vacation &amp; Win a Tumi Travel Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year I take a big vacation in December and this year will be no different! \u00a0This year I&#8217;ll be traveling with three other girls.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the plan so far:<\/p>\n<p>Krabi, Thailand &#8211; 3 days over New Years Eve. \u00a0This is based on hotel\u00a0availability &amp; points per night required\u00a0in the islands. \u00a0Most of the hotels I want to stay in are sold out and the rest are outrageous. \u00a0Right now, we&#8217;re locked in.<\/p>\n<p>Bangkok &#8211; 3 nights<\/p>\n<p>Our hotel options are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>St Regis Bangkok. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been but my friends haven&#8217;t. \u00a0This would be my # 1 pick<\/li>\n<li>Sofitel Sukhumvit. \u00a0I fell in love w\/La Appart restaurant there, but haven&#8217;t yet tried the hotel out<\/li>\n<li>JW Marriott Bangkok. Never been<\/li>\n<li>Le Meridien Bangkok. \u00a0I&#8217;ve also stayed here an love it, but not as high on my list as St Regis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>[poll id=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div>After Bangkok, we&#8217;d like to fly to Vietnam.<\/div>\n<div>Looking for suggestions in Vietnam.\u00a0What should we do? Where should we stay?<\/div>\n<div>After Vietnam, we&#8217;ll go to Krabi &#8211; all set there.<\/div>\n<div>After Krabi, we&#8217;re open to ideas outside of Thailand. \u00a0Maybe\u00a0Malaysia or Indonesia? \u00a0Singapore?<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0&#8211; what we like to do&#8230; eat, drink, go to the beach\/pool, local cultural experiences and most of all, relax!<\/div>\n<div>No trip is complete without a travel kit! \u00a0And on my last trip to Thailand I got a Tumi Travel Kit. \u00a0 If you&#8217;d like a chance to win the kit (which would be perfect for a mans shaving kit, or\u00a0toiletries, or would be great as a makeup bag for ladies) please just leave a comment. \u00a0I will pick one winner at random from all comments on Saturday June 16, 2012 at 5pm EST.<\/div>\n<div><strong>Also, make sure you&#8217;re following me on twitter @VeryGoodPoints &#8211; over the next 10 days I&#8217;ll be giving away Hilton Honors Points, a Starwood prize, some iTunes gift cards and more Tumi prizes!<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>And the winner is&#8230;.Comment #114. \u00a0I&#8217;ll be sending an email to the winner.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/06\/Random1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-783\" src=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/06\/Random1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Congratulations to the winner, and don&#8217;t forget there&#8217;s 4 more great prizes to be won! To enter to win a $50 iTunes Gift Card, check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/06\/15\/top-5-fav-travel-apps-enter-to-win-itunes-gift-card\/\">Top 5 Fav App Blog Post<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year I take a big vacation in December and this year will be no different! \u00a0This year I&#8217;ll be traveling with three other girls. 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