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!

Bowl of entries, sorry this is a horrible picture- I took with my phone

And the winner is:

Woo-hoo!

Congratulations Amanda! We have your email (it was required to leave a comment) and we will be contacting you to let you know how to claim your prize. We are excited for you and excited to read your guest post!

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).

You will love Cambria Suites and here is why: They are stylish and fun and are fantastic for romantic get-aways or a family friendly vacation. There are twenty-three properties to choose from and they are all-suites hotels (is there any better kind?). Here is a listing of the properties:

There are a few things I should mention right away though. Transportation to and from the location of choice is NOT part of the deal- so make sure you are able to get to one of their awesome hotels. Maybe if I get more sponsors in the next couple of months I can help chip in for gas. Also, one huge contingent is that the winner MUST do a guest post on either of my blogs so we can all be so jealous of their stay. Like I said I love to hear about my friend’s trips and I consider you all to be my friends.

Ok, now that the nitty gritty is out of the way, here is how to enter: Leave a comment on this blog or dtmbaby letting me know you want to be entered and which property you really want to visit. Additional entries will be added for those who comment on my blog who also like my Facebook page or tweet about the contest adding a link to this post and using hashtag #CambriaSuitesRock Winners will be chosen on January 27^th!

Good luck! And please enter! I want to know which location you would choose! I’m so excited!

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).