The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010: Elite 8
After a very strong showing last week in the Best City To Visit Travel Tournament Sweet 16, the remaining Elite 8 are all European cities. (Istanbul is technically in Europe and Asia, but close enough.) New York put up a good fight against London and Paris continues to dominate but this week things get interesting. Vote for your favorite cities – Istanbul vs. Barcelona, Amsterdam vs. Venice, and two other match ups that will be decided this week. Voting ends this Friday March 19th at 12 noon US EST.
- Those of you reading through RSS or my daily email will need to click through to the site to vote.
The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Elite 8: Paris vs. Athens
- Paris, France (Rod) (86%, 117 Votes)
- Athens, Greece (Nisha) (14%, 19 Votes)
Total Voters: 136
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Elite 8: Istanbul vs Barcelona
- Istanbul, Turkey (Deniz) (51%, 100 Votes)
- Barcelona, Spain (Stephane) (49%, 95 Votes)
Total Voters: 195
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Elite 8: Amsterdam vs. Venice
- Venice, Italy (Anjuli) (78%, 108 Votes)
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (JM Leon) (22%, 31 Votes)
Total Voters: 139
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Elite 8: Zermatt vs. London
- Zermatt, Switzerland (Jen) (71%, 97 Votes)
- London, England (Jack) (29%, 39 Votes)
Total Voters: 136
Loading ...You can take a look at the entire bracket so far below (or see the larger version).
The winner will be determined on Friday, April 2nd 2010. Missed this contest? I run a number of large and small contests throughout the year. Take a look at some previous competitions and prizes and find out about my next contest first by signing up to my bi-monthly newsletter.
[photo by: Kyle Slattery (top picture)]
The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010: Sweet 16
There were several close contests and an upset in the Best City To Visit Travel Tournament Round of 32. Stockholm was back and forth with Washington DC all week before coming out on top the final day of voting, while David may have riled up the Zermatt fans to victory. Ho Chi Minh City also got past Berlin with a single vote to make it to the Sweet 16 round. Now it’s time to vote for your favorites – London vs. New York City, Istanbul vs. Sydney, Amsterdam vs. Rome – select which cities will make it to next week. Voting ends this Friday March 12th, 12pm US EST.
- Those of you reading through RSS or my daily email will need to click through to the site to vote.
The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Sweet 16: Paris vs. Stockholm
- Paris, France (Rod) (78%, 102 Votes)
- Stockholm, Sweden (JoAnna) (22%, 29 Votes)
Total Voters: 131
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Sweet 16: Tokyo vs. Athens
- Athens, Greece (Nisha) (70%, 87 Votes)
- Tokyo, Japan (Sherry) (30%, 37 Votes)
Total Voters: 124
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Sweet 16: Istanbul vs. Sydney
- Istanbul, Turkey (Deniz) (81%, 104 Votes)
- Sydney, Australia (Mark H) (19%, 24 Votes)
Total Voters: 128
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Sweet 16: Barcelona vs. Ho Chi Minh City
- Barcelona, Spain (Stephane) (72%, 108 Votes)
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Ayngelina) (28%, 41 Votes)
Total Voters: 149
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Sweet 16: Amsterdam vs. Rome
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (JM Leon) (69%, 90 Votes)
- Rome, Italy (Nellie) (31%, 40 Votes)
Total Voters: 130
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Sweet 16: San Francisco vs. Venice
- Venice, Italy (Anjuli) (72%, 94 Votes)
- San Francisco, USA (Mimi) (28%, 37 Votes)
Total Voters: 131
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Sweet 16: Zermatt vs. Bangkok
- Zermatt, Switzerland (Jen) (66%, 84 Votes)
- Bangkok, Thailand (Vamsee) (34%, 44 Votes)
Total Voters: 128
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Sweet 16: London vs. New York City
- London, England (Jack) (55%, 82 Votes)
- New York City, USA (Michaela) (45%, 66 Votes)
Total Voters: 148
Loading ...You can take a look at the entire bracket so far below (or see the larger version).
The winner will be determined on Friday, April 2nd 2010. Missed this contest? I run a number of large and small contests throughout the year. Take a look at some previous competitions and prizes and find out about my next contest first by signing up to my bi-monthly newsletter.
[photo by: Eva The Weaver (top picture)]
The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010: Round Of 32
Starting off with 56 cities from around the world, last week you voted for the top 32 leaving 24 cities behind. While some places like Prague, Vienna, and Los Angeles barely missed out it’s now time to vote for your favorites in 16 city vs. city match ups. The cities were roughly seeded based on the number of votes and there are some interesting contests between Washington DC vs. Stockholm, London vs. Chicago, and Dublin vs. Barcelona. Vote for your favorites between now and this Friday, March 5th 12pm US EST.
- Those of you reading through RSS or my daily email will need to click through to the site to vote.
The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Paris vs. Ubud
- Paris, France (Rod) (87%, 46 Votes)
- Ubud, Indonesia (Anty) (13%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 53
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Washington DC vs. Stockholm
- Stockholm, Sweden (JoAnna) (54%, 29 Votes)
- Washington DC, USA (Yilmaz) (46%, 25 Votes)
Total Voters: 54
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Tokyo vs. Melbourne
- Tokyo, Japan (Sherry) (64%, 34 Votes)
- Melbourne, Australia (Chris) (36%, 19 Votes)
Total Voters: 53
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Boston vs. Athens
- Athens, Greece (Nisha) (67%, 37 Votes)
- Boston, USA (Susan) (33%, 18 Votes)
Total Voters: 55
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Istanbul vs. Budapest
- Istanbul, Turkey (Deniz) (69%, 37 Votes)
- Budapest, Hungary (Stephanie) (31%, 17 Votes)
Total Voters: 54
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Montreal vs. Sydney
- Sydney, Australia (Mark H) (61%, 33 Votes)
- Montreal, Canada (John Bardos) (39%, 21 Votes)
Total Voters: 54
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Dublin vs. Barcelona
- Barcelona, Spain (Stephane) (70%, 40 Votes)
- Dublin, Ireland (Spencer) (30%, 17 Votes)
Total Voters: 57
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Berlin vs. Ho Chi Minh City
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Ayngelina) (51%, 26 Votes)
- Berlin, Germany (John) (49%, 25 Votes)
Total Voters: 51
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Florence vs. Amsterdam
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (JM Leon) (56%, 30 Votes)
- Florence, Italy (Shannon OD) (44%, 24 Votes)
Total Voters: 54
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Rome vs. San Diego
- Rome, Italy (Nellie) (74%, 43 Votes)
- San Diego, USA (Karmin) (26%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 58
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: San Francisco vs. Phnom Phen
- San Francisco, USA (Mimi) (66%, 35 Votes)
- Phnom Phen, Cambodia (Dan) (34%, 18 Votes)
Total Voters: 53
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Venice vs. New Orleans
- Venice, Italy (Anjuli) (70%, 38 Votes)
- New Orleans, USA (Amy) (30%, 16 Votes)
Total Voters: 54
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Zermatt vs. Seattle
- Zermatt, Switzerland (Jen) (51%, 27 Votes)
- Seattle, USA (David) (49%, 26 Votes)
Total Voters: 53
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: Bangkok vs. Port Douglas
- Bangkok, Thailand (Vamsee) (82%, 40 Votes)
- Port Douglas, Australia (Anj) (18%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 49
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: London vs. Chicago
- London, England (Jack) (72%, 38 Votes)
- Chicago, USA (Barbara) (28%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 53
Loading ...The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Round Of 32: New York City vs. Dubrovnik
- New York City, USA (Michaela) (65%, 37 Votes)
- Dubrovnik, Croatia (Mary Jo) (35%, 20 Votes)
Total Voters: 57
Loading ...You can take a look at the entire bracket so far below (or see the larger version).
The winner will be determined on Friday, April 2nd 2010. Missed this contest? I run a number of large and small contests throughout the year. Take a look at some previous competitions and prizes and find out about my next contest first by signing up to my bi-monthly newsletter.
[top photo by: urlba]
The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010: Preliminary Round
Every Monday beginning today and throughout the month of March you’ll help take this group of 56 cities and narrow it down to the single best city to visit. The winner of the winning city will win $50 (or $100 if they’ve signed up to my RSS feed or email updates). Today we’re starting with the preliminary round, so choose your favorite 5 cities. The 32 cities with the most votes by noon US EST this Friday February 26, 2010 will advance to the round robin stage. (Seeded based on the number of votes as well.)
- Those of you reading through RSS or my daily email will need to click through to the site to vote.
The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010 - Preliminary Round
- Paris, France (Rod) (26%, 28 Votes)
- New York City, USA (Michaela) (20%, 22 Votes)
- Berlin, Germany (John) (18%, 20 Votes)
- Venice, Italy (Anjuli) (17%, 19 Votes)
- Boston, USA (Susan) (17%, 18 Votes)
- Zermatt, Switzerland (Jen) (14%, 15 Votes)
- Istanbul, Turkey (Deniz) (12%, 13 Votes)
- Florence, Italy (Shannon OD) (8%, 9 Votes)
- Washington DC, USA (Yilmaz) (8%, 9 Votes)
- London, England (Jack) (7%, 8 Votes)
- Rome, Italy (Nellie) (7%, 8 Votes)
- Montreal, Canada (John Bardos) (6%, 7 Votes)
- Bangkok, Thailand (Vamsee) (6%, 7 Votes)
- Tokyo, Japan (Sherry) (6%, 7 Votes)
- San Francisco, USA (Mimi) (6%, 6 Votes)
- Dublin, Ireland (Spencer) (6%, 6 Votes)
- Sydney, Australia (Mark H) (5%, 5 Votes)
- Phnom Phen, Cambodia (Dan) (5%, 5 Votes)
- Melbourne, Australia (Chris) (5%, 5 Votes)
- Port Douglas, Australia (Anj) (5%, 5 Votes)
- San Diego, USA (Karmin) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Ubud, Indonesia (Anty) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Stockholm, Sweden (JoAnna) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Chicago, USA (Barbara) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Ayngelina) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Seattle, USA (David) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Athens, Greece (Nisha) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Dubrovnik, Croatia (Mary Jo) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (JM Leon) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Barcelona, Spain (Stephane) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Budapest, Hungary (Stephanie) (4%, 4 Votes)
- New Orleans, USA (Amy) (4%, 4 Votes)
- Prague, Czech Republic (Renee) (3%, 3 Votes)
- Vancouver, Canada (Greg S) (3%, 3 Votes)
- Christchurch, New Zealand (Ann-Louise) (2%, 2 Votes)
- Wellington, New Zealand (Ant) (2%, 2 Votes)
- Quito, Ecuador (Courtney) (2%, 2 Votes)
- Rio de Janiero, Brazil (Nomadic Chick) (2%, 2 Votes)
- Vienna, Austria (Erica) (2%, 2 Votes)
- Kyoto, Japan (Guner) (2%, 2 Votes)
- Key West, USA (Erika) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Los Angeles, USA (Alessandra) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Sao Paolo, Brazil (Erickson) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Miami, USA (Stina) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Lviv, Ukraine (Kathy) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Guanajuato, Mexico (Elke) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Beijing, China (Donna) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Ottawa, Canada (Kelly) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Savannah, USA (Garrett) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Bogota, Colombia (Nico) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Cologne, Germany (Melvin) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Byron Bay, Australia (Marta) (1%, 1 Votes)
- Port Louis, Mauritius (Amanda) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Cali, Colombia (Wilson) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Granada, Spain (Fred) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Oxford, England (Rachel) (-182%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 109
Loading ...The winner will be determined on Friday, April 2nd 2010. Missed this contest? I run a number of large and small contests throughout the year. Take a look at some previous competitions and prizes and find out about my next contest first by signing up to my bi-monthly newsletter.
[photo by: urlba]
Enter The Best City To Visit Travel Tournament 2010
Choose your favorite city in the world to visit and win $50 in the Best City To Visit Travel Tournament. Entering is simple, all you have to do is leave your city in the comments below. Only one city per person (more precisely per email address) and your choice of cities is first come first serve. The deadline to enter a city is midnight US EST this Friday February 19th and all I need is a comment below with any city that’s not already taken.
On top of that, if you sign up now for my RSS feed or daily email updates during the entire tournament month of March and win the contest, I’ll double the prize to $100 for you.
Voting for the preliminary round will begin next Monday, February 22nd. Each Monday during the month of March readers will vote in a tournament-style bracket as each city is paired against another. The person who selects the city to win the tournament gets the cash (via Paypal).
Cities That Are Already Taken
Since I let my newsletter subscribers know ahead of time about the contest, the following cities have already been taken:
- Boston – (Susan)
- Barcelona – (Stephane)
- Kyoto – (Guner)
- Paris – (Rod)
- New York City – (Michaela)
- Istanbul – (Deniz)
Contest Details
- One city per email address.
- Leave your city in the comments below and look to make sure you’re not nominating a city someone has already added to the comments.
- Once you pick a city it’s yours, no changing your mind later and your first name will be posted along with your entry.
- Voting takes place for each round beginning on Feb. 22 and ending on April 2nd (prizes sent out before April 30). The winner will receive $50 and if you’ve subscribed to my RSS feed or email updates throughout the month of March your prize is $100.
I’ll take up to 64 cities so don’t be shy and add a city. It’s an easy contest to enter and you can check out last year’s tournament to follow the path Sydney, Australia took to winning the title of best city to visit.
[photo by: bjorn1101]
The Cheesiest Travel Photo Contest Part 2 [POLL RESULTS]
It never ceases to amaze me how active contest voting gets close to the deadline and it was Lindsay Dever’s photo #6 from the Pyramids in Giza that took the top spot. The Cheesiest Travel Photo Contest Part 2 winner will receive $150 cash via Paypal. The second place winner, Zhiqiang and his wax sumo buddy will be getting an iPod nano. Stephane, I’ve got a $25 Amazon.com gift card for you. I don’t think you’ll have to split it with any crazy Romans though.
All three prize winners have travel blogs and you can read more about Lindsay, PassportChop, and Spageau on their respective websites. Below is the final vote count.
Which Was The Cheesiest Travel Photo?
- Entry #6 - Lindsay Sleeping In Giza (28%, 33 Votes)
- Entry #5 - Zhiqiang Ready To Sumo (24%, 28 Votes)
- Entry #10 - Stephane With Crazy Romans (16%, 19 Votes)
- Entry #11 - Nisha's Spot The Difference (8%, 9 Votes)
- Entry #3 - Barbara Touching Angkor Wat (7%, 8 Votes)
- Entry #7 - GotPassport Bad In Thailand (6%, 7 Votes)
- Entry #4 - Stephanie Cuddling Up With Oscar Wilde (3%, 4 Votes)
- Entry #8 - Jerome With Guards in Bangkok (3%, 4 Votes)
- Entry #2 - Dave Playing Lara Croft At Angkor Wat (3%, 3 Votes)
- Entry #9 - Sheik Hasena (1%, 1 Votes)
- Entry #1 - Kirsty Goofing Off At Angkor Wat (1%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 117
Loading ...Thank You
I’d like to thank all of the participants, your photos were wonderfully cheesy. For those of you who missed this contest I’ve got another one (with a different topic) coming up and I’ll announce more details mid-February. As for the cheesy travel photos, I got so many after the deadline I might have to do a part 3 in June. For that contest I’m hoping to secure a trip to Iceland as one of the prizes.
Your Thoughts
Since this is the second time I’ve run this particular contest I’d like your feedback for future competitions. I’d appreciate your opinions on the following:
- Contest prizes
- Selecting the winners
- Any improvements or changes you’d like to see
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Vote For The Cheesiest Travel Photo Part 2 [POLL]
All last week I posted the entries to the second iteration of the Cheesiest Travel Photo Contest and now is the time you can vote for your favorite to determine the winner. The poll is open through Monday, December 28th.
To vote, all you have to do is register here. The only reason I require this is to cut back on fraud and invalid votes, I don’t do anything with the registration information and will delete it 10 days after the contest is over.
In case you don’t recall the entries, here they are again:
Entry #1 
Entry #2 
Entry #3 
Entry #4 
Entry #5 
Entry #6 
Entry #7 
Entry #8 
Entry #9 
Entry #10 
Entry #11
-Remember, you must register for your vote to be counted.-
Which Was The Cheesiest Travel Photo?
- Entry #6 - Lindsay Sleeping In Giza (28%, 33 Votes)
- Entry #5 - Zhiqiang Ready To Sumo (24%, 28 Votes)
- Entry #10 - Stephane With Crazy Romans (16%, 19 Votes)
- Entry #11 - Nisha's Spot The Difference (8%, 9 Votes)
- Entry #3 - Barbara Touching Angkor Wat (7%, 8 Votes)
- Entry #7 - GotPassport Bad In Thailand (6%, 7 Votes)
- Entry #4 - Stephanie Cuddling Up With Oscar Wilde (3%, 4 Votes)
- Entry #8 - Jerome With Guards in Bangkok (3%, 4 Votes)
- Entry #2 - Dave Playing Lara Croft At Angkor Wat (3%, 3 Votes)
- Entry #9 - Sheik Hasena (1%, 1 Votes)
- Entry #1 - Kirsty Goofing Off At Angkor Wat (1%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 117
Loading ...Good luck everyone and thank you to everybody for submitting your votes. I’ll announce the winners next Wednesday, December 30th. Also, don’t worry if you missed this contest, I’ll be kicking off my next one (with a different topic) next February.
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The Cheesiest Travel Photo Contest Part 2 – Entry #11
December 18, 2009 by Anil P.
Filed under Contests, Pictures and Video
All this week I’ll be running the entries into The Cheesiest Travel Photo Contest Part 2. Check out the other cheesy photos including entry #1, entry #2, entry #3, entry #4, entry #5, entry #6, entry #7, entry #8, entry #9, and entry #10. You can vote for your favorites beginning Monday, December 21rst.
“Spot the difference.”
Submitted by: Nisha (Le Monde)
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The Cheesiest Travel Photo Contest Part 2 – Entry #10
December 18, 2009 by Anil P.
Filed under Contests, Pictures and Video
All this week I’ll be running the entries into The Cheesiest Travel Photo Contest Part 2. Check out the other cheesy photos including entry #1, entry #2, entry #3, entry #4, entry #5, entry #6, entry #7, entry #8, and entry #9. You can vote for your favorites beginning Monday, December 21rst.
“These Romans are crazy!”
Submitted by: Stephane Pageau (Spageau)
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The Cheesiest Travel Photo Contest Part 2 – Entry #9
December 17, 2009 by Anil P.
Filed under Contests, Pictures and Video
All this week I’ll be running the entries into The Cheesiest Travel Photo Contest Part 2. Check out the other cheesy photos including entry #1, entry #2, entry #3, entry #4, entry #5, entry #6, and entry #7. You can vote for your favorites beginning Monday, December 21rst.
“Sheik Hasena on a boat.”
Submitted by: Soumya
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