With Valentine's Day fast approaching, and the airlines practically begging for your business, this is the perfect time to combine romance and travel. TripAdvisor, who recently announced the Top 10 Dirtiest Hotels in the U.S. and elsewhere, and the Top 10 Airline Passengers from Hell has mellowed out considerably. Their latest offering announced on February 3, Top 10 Romantic Destinations, will turn frowns into smiles.
For those preferring to "See America First", or just scared out of their wits fly after reading recent dispatches from the Airlines/Airport Examiner, this list may be made to order for your particular needs.
Seven of the 10 top picks are in the U.S., two are in Europe, and one is close offshore.
CAPTIONS: (ABOVE LEFT) Victorian Valentine's Day Card (Wikipedia/Vintage Holiday Crafts - Common license public domain); (BELOW RIGHT TOP) Bellagio Indoor Flower Garden, Las Vegas, Nevada (Wikipedia - Common license public domain); (BELOW RIGHT BOTTOM) Dome and balconies of Galeries Lafayette store, lady section, in boulevard Haussmann, Paris, with Christmas decorations. This picture has a 170° field of view, 2 December 2009 (Wikipedia/Benh LIEU SONG - Common license public domain)
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According to TripAdvisor, these are the places for the love struck traveler to share with their object of affection:
01 - Sedona, Arizona - Sedona Cathedral Hideaway
02 - Paris, France - Hotel le Petit Paris
03 - Yountville, California - Napa Valley Lodge
04 - Anna Maria Island, Florida - Bungalow Beach Resort
05 - Las Vegas, Nevada - Bellagio Las Vegas
06 - Cape May, NJ - The Queen Victoria Bed & Breakfast
07 - Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii - Ritz-Carlton Kapalua
08 - Prague, Czech Republic - Alchymist Residence Nosticova
09 - Savannah, Georgia - Hamilton-Turner Inn
10 - Great Exuma, Bahamas - St Francis Resort
So pack your bags, call ahead for chocolate and chilled champagne, tell your sweetie to close his or her eyes, and hand them the tickets wrapped in a big red bow. Never mind the excuses that you're broke, you just lost your job, there's a raging recession, and the dog needs to be walked five times a day. Take a break from he middle of winter. Be bold, pull out that credit card, help the economy, and live life to the max. Bon voyage.
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Comments
Hey, lover boy, i never knew you were such a romantic. But Las Vegas, they have got to be kidding. Yuk. Where's San Francisco, NYC and of course, Valentine Nebraska. What do they know? Fun reading, though.
j'aime Paris
They should have added Santa Fe. It's a very romantic city with lots of Valentine's Day options.
Napa is gorgeous, but nothing beats Sonoma...Fantastic list though...who would have thought that travelers preferred Arizona to Paris!
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