The lovely Cambria Suites accomodations

Thank you to everyone who entered the Cambria Suites giveaway! This was a giveaway for a two-night stay at the Cambria Suites of your choice and a $100 dining voucher. We were happily overwhelmed by your kind responses. We are excited to announce the winner! Unfortunately there was only one winner this time, but we promise there will be many more giveaways in our future, we want to help everyone have the opportunity to travel!

To pick our winner we set out to do it in the fairest way possible. Because there were multiple channels to enter and get additional entries, we collected all the entries from the blogs and additional entries from Facebook and Twitter and literally wrote them on paper and pulled them from a bowl. Yes it took a lot of work, but I was determined to make it as fair as possible!

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Cambria Suites Lobby

The main reason I started this blog, almost three years ago, was because I love to travel. I love to travel so much that I wanted to inspire others to fall in love with traveling. It’s not just that I love traveling (because I really don’t enjoy the point a to point b part unless it’s on a cruise) it’s the experiences you get to have once you are there. I absolutely love it when my friends and families travel because then I get to hear what they saw, ate and experienced as they recount their tale. It makes me feel like I was there with them.

Which is why I am really excited to be announcing a really fun weekend giveaway for my readers! It’s your turn to have the experiences to share! Cambria Suites (I stayed there once in San Antonio and loved it- read about it here), one of Choice Hotels new and modern brands, is graciously giving away a two-night stay AND a $100 dining voucher to one of Dotting The Map’s and DTM Baby’s readers (just to be clear only one prize is being given away but pooling entries from both sites).

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Who doesn’t like to stay in a sexy boutique hotel where the accommodations are contemporary, unique and stylish? Unfortunately, it’s not always an option when you are looking for affordability and a place to house your children. Or perhaps you love the idea of modern but prefer the ease of a chain? Choice Hotels new brand Cambria Suites allows you to get the both of best worlds. It’s affordable, convenient yet sleek and modern. It’s a hotel chain where you will feel comfortable bringing your family on vacation or bringing your loved one for a quick romantic getaway. It’s a great choice too for those health conscious travelers because they offer organic and healthy options at their cafes and have healthy freshly prepared snacks to grab.

We were invited to stay at Cambria Suites on our recent trip to San Antonio. We loved the close proximity to the airport- yet it didn’t feel like an airport hotel at all. The room was modern and chic. When I stay at a hotel I really notice the little things. I think little things can make a hotel room feel luxurious over cheap. This hotel nailed it from the Bath & Body Works bathroom products all the way down to the Wolf Gang Puck coffee and organic tea. I’m serious, I know those are small in the large picture but a hotel that pays attention to detail makes a really big difference in your quality of stay. We definitely did not feel we were sleeping at the Super 8 Motel.

I also loved that there was an LCD TV in every room. We had a two-room suite so there was three! That’s one more TV then we have in our house. The rooms were large, spacious and the most important thing- the beds were super comfortable. Look at how it’s decorated, isn’t it fun? There are 15 locations across the country and more in the works. Definitely recommended for my budget-minded traveler friends who still like the life of luxury (that’s me).