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Galavanting in Colorado: The Crystal Grotto
Galavanting Web Travel Series
Kim Mance and Maren Hogan take travelers to Beaver Creek, Colorado for a first-look at the mountain top 150-seat igloo, which is North America's only performing arts center made from ice.
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Galavanting in Honduras
Galavanting Web Travel Series
The gals headed to the island of Roatan, Honduras during a Western Caribbean cruise. They recap the fun excursion and give tips for taking charge of a shore excursion once off the ship. Hosts Kim Mance, Maren Hogan, Katy Quissell and Courtney McGann take you galavanting around the world.
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Virtual Tour of New Harry Potter Theme Park
Galavanting Web Travel Series
Universal Orlando Resort, and Warner Bros. today revealed first-ever details about the incredible scope of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Universal also announced that the highly anticipated land will open next year. Among the tantalizing tidbits revealed, the resort gave a list of featured locations, as well as a virtual fly through of the park.
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Galavanting in Rome, Italy
Galavanting Web Travel Series
Galavanting in Rome: The ladies take you all around the Eternal City, from its major monuments, to side street family-owned shops.
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Galavanting in Taos, New Mexico
Galavanting Web Travel Series
The gals headed down to New Mexico to check out the artsy and adventure-filled town of Taos.
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Wine Tasting 101 with Gary Vaynerchuk
Galavanting Web Travel Series
Though the ladies of Galavanting are well-traveled, we still sometimes felt out of the loop when it comes to wine tasting. So we invited Gary Vaynerchuk, host of Wine Library TV and internet rockstar, to show us how it's done. We ask every dumb question possible, and Gary teaches us about the basics of tasting wine while on the road or at home. From how not to get hammered in Napa to picking out something new to try, this episode is for apiring wine-snobs everywhere. Be sure to watch to the end, as we're running a contest with a chance for one lucky person to win $100 Wine Library gift certificate, courtesy of our fabulous distributor KoldCast TV! The winner will also get a bottle of wine signed by Gary during the episode, plus, he'll even personally help the winner choose their winnings from his online store! Contest Rules: --Note the three Galavanting Destination Episode trivia questions given at the end of our Wine Tasting 101 for Travelers episode. --Email three correct answers to us at: thegals [at] gogalavanting [dot] com --No purchase is necessary. --All email entries must be received by May 29th, 2009. --A random winner will be chosen from those who answer correctly. --Winner will be notified by email - if a response isn't received within three days, another random entrant will be randomly chosen.
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Wendy Perrin of Conde Nast
Galavanting Web Travel Series
Galavanting's Kim Mance interviews Wendy Perrin of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, a notable expert in the travel industry. From travel with kids, to meeting print and web deadlines, Wendy is one busy lady. She gives tips for aspiring travel writers and gives her thoughts the benefits of on new media and social networking online.
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Galavanting in Puerto Rico
Galavanting Web Travel Series
Join the ladies as they check out sunny Puerto Rico. No passport is required when traveling from the US, so the gals hit the ground running. They sampled local food, hiked in a rain forest, swam in a waterfall and even ran in The World's Best 10k. Come along!
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Galavanting - Promo
Galavanting Web Travel Series
Hosts Kim Mance, Maren Hogan, Katy Quissell and Courtney McGann take you galavanting around the world. Most travel shows on TV suck. And where are all the ladies at? Galavanting is the travel show for real travelers. The kind that don't have a trust fund, but still want to see the world. From budget weekend trips in US destinations, to far off places on every continent, check back often to follow this lively web travel series.
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Guide to Costa Rica
Galavanting Web Travel Series
Join the ladies as they tour the nature-rich and adventure-filled country of Costa Rica. It's a safe and fun destination for women travelers, and most importantly...cheap! Airfare to Costa Rica is affordable, the food is inexpensive, and reasonably-priced hotels abound. Kim Mance & Katy Quissell do everything from leaping off of waterfalls, to taking surf lessons and relaxing with yoga at the beach. They also stop off at an indigenous village to see a little more of the country's heritage. Food editor Heather gets a cooking lesson at the RipJack, and Kim gets her nose pierced. It's a good time had by all...
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Guide to NYC: A Budget Weekend
Galavanting Web Travel Series
The Galavanting gals take a whirlwind weekend tour of New York City, with budget-friendly things in mind. They stay at affordable and beautiful Hotel 41 in Times Square, check out a jazz club, tapas bar, and sample a budget gourmet Italian experience at Osteria del Circo. Ice skating in Rockefeller Center and clubbing in the Village top off a super fun weekend.
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Travel Trends: Rick Steves
Galavanting Web Travel Series
Kim Mance of Galavanting catches up with Rick Steves at the 2009 New York Times Travel Show. Steves is an expert on Europe travel, and has hosted PBS' program, "Rick Steves' Europe" for thirteen seasons. He answers what he thinks international travel will look like in the year 2009, and how it may be different from previous years due to the economic slowdown. His take, "some people are hellbent on traveling" and will do it no matter what the economy is doing. He also discusses his recent one-hour special on PBS on Iran and an upcoming book titled "Travel As A Political Act".

