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The USA's top vaycay state is best known for its beach resorts and theme parks. But besides the ersatz thrills of Orlando, the nightlife of South Beach, and the well-marketed Victoriana of Key West and Amelia Island, quiet hideaways abound as well.

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The spooky ghost tours of St. Augustine

Victor Block At age 458 - founded during the Spanish empire by Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés - St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United States. There’s a lot to recommend a city that old, including charming colonial architecture and a lot of history - not just stretching back centuries but also including its beginnings as a tourism mecca during the Victorian era, the early 20th century, and even the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. And of course…

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12 of Florida's best resorts

Beachcomber Resort & Club Attracting more than 120 million holidaymakers annually, the Sunshine State is famously home to many beautiful beaches on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and is known for its bright sunshine, tall palm trees, crystal clear turquoise waters, expansive beaches, theme parks; and resorts. And here's our list of picks (obviously by no means exhaustive) of a dozen of the best resorts - from very affordable to very exclusive, and intimate to enormous -…

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Luscious Lee County in the wake of last fall's Hurricane Ian

Visit Florida Walking along the Fort Myers Yacht Basin in the center of the city, you would never know that three months ago it was littered with boats and destruction, havoc wreaked by Hurricane Ian in late September 2022 - the worst storm to hit Florida since 1935 and the world's third costliest on record. The feeling of calm felt almost eerie as I remembered the horrific TV images of months past. Nonetheless, this Lee County city along with nearby Bonita Springs are beach towns, bastions…

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Miami's Ultra included in "The USA's Top 10 Music Festivals"

Since debuting here in 1989, one of the world's premier electronic dance music festivals has been held in many cities across the globe, but this March event is still the biggest and most famous, with as many as 155,000 attending over two to three days in the city's Bayfront Park. with acts appearing over the years including Diplo, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Moby, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, and Paul Van Dyk. For more, read post

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Ed Wetschler August 12, 2010 at 6:45pm

HOTEL TAX TO SUPPORT DALI MUSEUM

from the St. Petersburg Times:
"The Salvador Dalí Museum won support from a tourism panel Wednesday for the county to commit $2.5 million in hotel bed tax revenue to complete construction of its new building."
Will this kind of hotel tax backfire?
Tony King August 4, 2010 at 1:41am

Debut of Queen Victoria Cunard cruise 3 day sail huge savings http://bit.ly/dwbtEv
Brian Martin July 29, 2010 at 11:32pm

great glad to have helped.
Tony King July 29, 2010 at 11:31pm

found it on-line, thanks guys.
Ed Wetschler July 29, 2010 at 11:15pm

I think you're right, Brian. Tony, I saw it on eTurboNews, but the original source was bizjournals.com.
Brian Martin July 29, 2010 at 11:10pm

just contact them Tony and they'll tell you what you need to do.
Tony King July 29, 2010 at 11:07pm

Hey, Ed where did you hear about VisitFlorida's offering free listings - doesn't seem to be on their website.
ASTA July 29, 2010 at 10:20pm

check out the travel bloggers show in Orlando this september! http://www.thetradeshow.org/thetravelbloggershow.cfm
Tripatini July 29, 2010 at 8:56pm

A new Tripatino is looking for a specific kind of Key West lodging... can you help?
Ed Wetschler July 13, 2010 at 8:47pm

from eTurboNews: "Visit Florida, the state’s official tourism marketing organization, has launched a new initiative offering all Florida tourism businesses the opportunity to be listed for free on its www.visitflorida.com website." I wonder if business that have paid already for their listings feel gypped.