{"id":59467925,"date":"2012-09-06T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/semi-finalists-announced-vote-for-the-traveler-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2018-08-16T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T11:47:20","slug":"semi-finalists-announced-vote-for-the-traveler-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/semi-finalists-announced-vote-for-the-traveler-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi-Finalists Announced, Vote for the Traveler of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The video submissions for our Traveler of the Year Contest are in, and the top ten semi-finalists have been selected. We think there is some fierce competition, and we are excited to see the two finalists you will select to compete for the<br \/>\nTraveler of the Year title!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qgZWIi-5IFc\" width=\"425\" height=\"239\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Our semi-finalists (in alphabetical order) are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\" href=\"http:\/\/captainandclark.com\/\"><strong>Captain &amp; Clark<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: Captain Chris Staudinger and Tawny Clark met at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2008 and have since been traveling the world together in pursuit of taking on different \u201cextreme\u201d adventures, including everything from extreme hiking to extreme cooking.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cyleodonnell.com\/\"><strong>Cyle O\u2019Donnel<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: Fascinated by his father\u2019s stories of traveling as a photographer in the military, Cyle traveled during every semester break in college to learn how to compose, capture and develop his photography.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OsloRoadPictures\/featured\"><strong>Giovanni Silva<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: Giovanni is an independent film director, photographer, editor and world traveler who has journeyed to 37 different countries around the globe.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Key10Dackle\"><strong>Keaton Davis<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: A prize-winning videographer, Keaton uses his 10 years of travel experience in Europe, Central and South America and Australia as leverage.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristenVanNest\"><strong>Kristen Van Nest<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: When not working as a global branding specialist, Kristen is a world traveler who has been to over 30 European cities.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themadtolive.com\/\"><strong>Lauren Rains<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: Lauren is the co-founder of <\/span><em style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">Outdoor Minded Magazine<\/em><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\"> and founder of <\/span><em style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">The<\/em> <em style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">Mad to Live<\/em><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\"> blog, which highlights stories from the road based on her adventures in travel and entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Mannie Boitz<\/strong><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: Mannie is a program assistant who hails from King Cove, Alaska, a community of 700. Now a resident of Wasilla, she loves to climb and is excited to travel the world.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\" href=\"http:\/\/hisandhertravel.tumblr.com\/\"><strong>Robert Guiterrez<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: Founders of the <\/span><em style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">His and Her Travel<\/em><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\"> blog, Robert and his wife document their time teaching and traveling across the world.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanmcdevitt.net\/\"><strong>Ryan McDevitt<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: Ryan is a world traveler who has visited close to 40 countries, documenting each experience in his online gallery of photographs from around the world.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todd-vanduzer.com\/\"><strong>Todd Van Duzer<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-indent: -0.25in;\">: Todd is a marketing major in the Honors College at Arizona State University who has traveled to 25 countries studying identity, branding, social interaction, body language and stress-free productivity.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">On October 12, two of the above semi-finalists will board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/airlines\/emirates-airlines-flights-ek\">Emirates Airline<\/a> \u2013 one to China and the other to India \u2013 to show you how to experience destinations worldwide, even when on a budget.<br \/>\nWe hope that you will follow the contestants on their 30-day journey, but if the competition has you wanting to take a trip of your own, we understand, and we are here to help!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">We have deals on Emirates flights that will take you to 120 cities in 70 countries on over 2,500 weekly flights. If you want to experience the world\u2019s most fascinating destinations like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/cheap-flights-to-dubai-dxb-united-arab-emirates\">Dubai<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/cheap-flights-to-london-lon-united-kingdom\">London<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/cheap-flights-to-kuala-lumpur-kul-malaysia\">Kuala Lumpur<\/a>, then Emirates is the airline for you \u2013 operating ten of the world\u2019s longest non-stop flight routes, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/cheap-flights-from-los-angeles-to-dubai-lax-dxb\">Los Angeles to Dubai<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">To help make this travel possible, be sure to vote for your favorite travelers by <strong>September 21<\/strong> \u2013 a voter who picks the winning traveler will be selected at random to <strong>win $500<\/strong> worth of travel with CheapOair, which means you could be next up to board a flight around the world!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Visit our contest page now to vote, and follow the competition as it progresses on CheapOair\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cheapoair\"><span style=\"color: #003f98; background-color: white;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CheapOair\"><span style=\"color: #003f98; background-color: white;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/\"><span style=\"color: #003f98; background-color: white;\">blog<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #003f98; background-color: white;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: white;\">!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video submissions for our Traveler of the Year Contest are in, and the top ten semi-finalists have been selected. 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