CONTEST: Time to pick the grand prize winner!

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School is back in session and summer’s winding down. Just one more thing to do before we pack away the beach toys, bring the boat home from the lake and put the luggage back in the closet.

We’ve read your travel stories. Now we need to award the grand prize.

Since June, we’ve been reading your vacation stories about different topics, then voting on which was best. Now, it’s time for one more vote to decide which of the finalists will win the three-night stay at the AAA Five Diamond rated Ponte Vedra Inn & Club.

This luxurious oceanside escape is 20 miles southeast of Jacksonville, Fla., and stretches along the sparkling blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Read more about the resort, and the grand prize here.

Thanks to all of you who have submitted stories, and to all of you who have voted, too. We’ve had a great summer, but someone’s is about to get better! Read the winning entries, then cast your vote for the best travel story of them all!

Which travel story should win the grand prize?

  • Vegas Nights story: Mistaken Identity (37%, 357 Votes)
  • Summer Camp story: Arts & Crafts accident (34%, 331 Votes)
  • Family Trip story: Pull my finger (17%, 161 Votes)
  • Romantic Travel story: We met at a hostel in Rome (9%, 88 Votes)
  • Vacation Horror story: The eye, the rat & the parasite (3%, 24 Votes)

Total Voters: 961

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21 comments Add your comment

Margaret Dunstan

August 12th, 2009
7:48 am

Glenda Godefroy

August 12th, 2009
10:31 am

Emily Sullivan

August 14th, 2009
7:39 am

Vote for Vegas baby!!

PASTEL

August 14th, 2009
3:35 pm

Honestly, all the stories were pretty lame. Didn’t someone out there have anything better or exciting happen to them?

Jennifer Mathis

August 14th, 2009
3:37 pm

Vote for Arts & Crafts Accident!

Kim

August 14th, 2009
9:41 pm

Seriously the Pull my Finger was hilarious, can’t we all relate to this one??? I have 2 brothers…imagine!

Louisa Dasher

August 15th, 2009
3:20 am

“Arts and Crafts Accident” is the best…well-written, funny, entertaining!

Larry Russell

August 15th, 2009
9:10 am

My vote is for Pull my Finger. I had a similar experience as well. Great job Mr. Ed Fussell

Bonnie

August 15th, 2009
9:39 am

Vote for the camp mishap: well-written and something even the “ancients” in our lives can relate to!!!
Best of luck!!

Cris

August 17th, 2009
10:33 am

Pull my finger brings back some great memories for me as well.

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