Hooray, TripAdvisor. 

If you enjoy visiting new places or if you travel for business, then it’s imperative to know about TripAdvisor.  They have, I believe, the very best site for planning trips, comparing hotels and considering options of travel.  What I like so much about it is the straight-forward reviews written by “real people” who have made the trips and stayed at the hotels.  The evaluations are far more realistic that many ratings I’ve read on other sites.  In short, I wouldn’t take a major trip without checking this wonderful resource.

I’m in process of planning a trip to Maine and did some research on this site.  In the process, I found their “travel map” and I ended up playing with it.  You can create a map showing locations you’ve visited.  What was such fun about this is that it brought back so many wonderful memories of terrific places I’ve visited (as well as bringing to mind some places I’d rather forget!!)  The list below the map shows some of my very favorite places I’ve been.  If you let your curser hover over any of the site links, you’ll see web pages on these locations.

If you haven’t made use of TripAdvisor before, be sure to check out the links at the bottom of this post

 

1. Bruges, Belgium
2. Florence, Italy
3. San Gimignano, Italy
4. Ocracoke, NC, USA
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. Edinburgh, UK
7. Brussels, Belgium
8. Lahaina, HI, USA
9. Paris, France
10. Seattle, WA, USA
11. Camden, ME, USA
12. Istanbul, Turkey
13. Oxford, UK
14. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
15. Montreal, Quebec, Canada
16. New York City, NY, USA
17. Marblehead, MA, USA
18. Boston, MA, USA
19. Rockport, MA, USA
20. Machu Picchu, Peru
21. Cusco, Peru

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