A Cure for Your TBEX Swag Envy

So if you're on Twitter or read many travel blogs, you've likely heard about the spectacular swag given out at the recent Travel Blog Exchange '09 in Chicago.

Debbie and our sponsors did a great job gathering a lot of the fab things that ended up in the bags (and as you can see from her behind-the-scenes post, the intrepid Shanna did a lot of work to make it happen too!).

I'm including a few extra items that were last-minute additions here, as well as....drumroll please...running a little contest! (Details below...)

Many thanks to all the awesome companies who donated items for the bags -- and to Hertz Car Rental for providing the really high-quality laptop backpacks themselves! All those who contributed items were:

Hertz, Rosetta Stone, Gogo Inflight Internet, Boingo, Tugo, Frommer's, Energizer, Starbucks, Minimus, Tots on-the-Go, Indie Travel Podcast, HomeAway, TravelPod, Hotels.com, BootsnAll, and Savvy Navigator.

And of course who can forget the Vail Resorts door prize?! They randomly drew three lucky travel bloggers for a free trip to all five of their ski resorts in Colorado this winter! The winners were Meg from Backpacktobuggy.com, Chris from Littletravelnotebook.com, and Christopher Elliott from Elliott.org. Congratulations you guys!!

CONTEST
Leave one comment below, as well as a link to your blog (don't forget to click the little link symbol to insert a clickable url). We'll pick a random winner using random.org, and one lucky travel blogger will get a little swag for yourself!

Comment right away, I'm shutting this thing down by 6pm on Sunday, August 9th!

Up for grabs in this weekend's contest:
1 Gogo Inflight Internet voucher
1 Rosetta Stone Level 1 Language Learning Program Voucher
1 Boingo Wifi Session Voucher
1 Tugo Travel Cup Holder

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Here are a few contest rules:
-- only open to travel bloggers, no PR reps please (nothing personal)
-- must be reachable by email within one week of winning, or another blogger will be drawn
-- I'll send it to you overseas if that's where your permanent address is
-- prize is only what's listed, no cash equivalent will be provided
-- void where prohibited
-- no more than one comment is allowed, those leaving multiple comments will be disqualified
-- comment by 6pm Central US Standard Time on August 9, 2009 to qualify

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UPDATE: AND THE WINNER IS...
Audrey from Uncornered Market!
Congrats Audrey!
She was commenter #20, which was picked by Random.org as the winning number!

(NOTE: two duplicate entries were deleted and one comment was made after the drawing was conduced...)

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Comment by Sand Dollar Adventures on August 7, 2009 at 6:31pm: I missed the early notice of the Chicago gig and could not get it together as a last minute deal.
Living in California, I vote for any place west of Salt Lake City for next year. Yes, S.F. would be great.
I was very sorry the live stream was not more successful. I hang around a long time hoping it would work.
I do look forward to watch the archived sessions. And thanks for asking for input.

Comment by Luxury Cruise Bible on August 7, 2009 at 6:28pm: I missed TBEX 09 but am hoping to make it to next year's event. It looks like the 09 event was a huge success. Congrats to the organizers!

Comment by Cherie King on August 7, 2009 at 5:47pm: Hi, I found out about TBEX the day after it was over! I was really bummed to have missed it, I Hope to find out more about it and to attend next year! Here is my website, http://thetravelbee.blogspot.com/ my goal is to help other Deaf Travelers :) Ciao!

Comment by Daniel M. Perez on August 7, 2009 at 5:10pm: Very neat of you. Already planning to do my best to make it to TBEX 10! I mean, I'd the only Gamer Traveler there! :-)

Comment by Alex Berger on August 7, 2009 at 5:03pm: Was very bummed to mix it. Definitely hoping to make it to TBX 10!

Comment by Lauren Horsley on August 7, 2009 at 4:27pm: Was so sad to miss TBX 09, but followed the hashtag on Twitter neurotically (thanks to all who Tweeted so I could keep up on the haps!). I WILL be there in 2010, excited to learn and grow as a Traveling Mom.

Comment by Jackie on August 7, 2009 at 3:42pm: I really would have loved to go to go to TBX 09, but just could make it to Chicago. I will absolutely be there next year, I'm already excited about TBX 10. Would love to win the swag. http://apostcardtothestates.com

Comment by Brian on August 7, 2009 at 3:09pm: Awesome give-away could use some of that here in Puerto Rico

Comment by Lydie Thomas on August 7, 2009 at 3:06pm: Looking forward to the TBX 10 hopefully in San Francisco! Missed that one because I was in France!
Would love the Rosetta Stone for my Italian.
Lydie
Traveling in the SF Bay Area with children and/or curious about visiting France, I mix my love of both places (adoptive and native) in my blog Travel is More Fun with Kids

Comment by JoAnna Haugen on August 7, 2009 at 2:42pm: I'm so bummed to have missed TBEX this year. Besides hearing all the great stories and waiting in anticipation for the TBEX panel streams to be posted, I would LOVE to get a little bit of TBEX swag love too! You can find me at Kaleidoscopic Wandering cooking up my next great adventure.

Cheers!
JoAnna