Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Five

I have been singing in the shower for a few weeks now in preparation  for tonight’s first ever “Twitaoke” (Twitter Karaoke). Hosted by the travel geek’s at SoSauce.com, it will be a little get together of about 20 travel writers, travel bloggers and just plain travel addicts. Hope to see some of you there. But be forewarned, I enjoy a tune or two after a few pints of Guinness.

Now on to this week’s “Send Me Somewhere” results. Oh Canada…another one of your cities has been eliminated. Just one week after Vancouver got the boot, Quebec City will join the host of the 2010 winter Olympics and the other sorry cities that just could not get enough votes to survive the weekly elimination.

Voting for week six is underway and it is down to New Orleans and Montreal, who have both dominated the weekly voting and the cities of Chicago and Austin. Remember to vote each week in order to keep your favorite city alive until the finals on January 1, 2010. Here are this week’s results:

1. Montreal – 35%

2. New Orleans - 24%

3. Chicago - 19%

4. Austin - 17%

5. Quebec City – 5%

Tags: austin, chicago, montreal, new orleans, quebec city, texas

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Four

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

I am writing to you this Friday from the cozy Tarrytown House in Tarrytown, New York. Located about 25 miles outside of the Big Apple, this beautiful hotel is where I will be resting my head for the night. Tomorrow I will be heading back into the city to catch the ACES train for a ride down to Atlantic City to lose some money at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

In the meantime, the results are in for week four’s votes and the last remaining west coast hopeful city has been eliminated. That’s right, no Vancouver vacation for me in early 2010. So we are now down to five cities and it should get interesting as the amount of options gets lower and lower. The winning city will be announced January 1. You can start voting for week 5 now. Here are this weeks results:

1. New Orleans – 36%

2. Montreal - 27%

3. Chicago - 14%

4. Austin - 10%

5. Quebec City – 8%

6. Vancouver - 5%

Tags: austin, chicago, montreal, new orleans, quebec city, vancouver

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Three

San Francisco: One of the two cities eliminated this week.

Another week of voting has come to an end and this week not one, but two cities were kicked off the island…er I mean eliminated. To just backtrack before I give the results, to show you how unpredictable this voting has become, last week’s favorite city Montreal was in dead last for six out of the last seven days. It was not until late last night that a few votes put the popular Canadian city back in the competition.

Over the last two rounds we saw one west coast city eliminated each week. San Diego was out followed by Seattle. Well the dark cloud of the left coast continues with double elimination due to the bottom cities receiving the same amount of votes. So I will have to part ways with Portland and say sayonara to San Francisco as both were the least voted on cities this week. It is now down to six cities and they are New Orleans, Quebec City, Montreal, Vancouver, Chicago, and Austin. You can start voting now for week four.

Here are the results from week three:

1. New Orleans – 27%

2. Chicago - 18%

3. Vancouver - 16%

4. Austin - 12%

5. Montreal - 10%

6. Quebec City – 7%

7. San Francisco – 5%

7. Portland, OR – 5%

Tags: austin, canada, chicago, illinois, louisiana, montreal, new orleans, oregon, portland, quebec city, san francisco, seattle, texas, vancouver, washington

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Two

Another week and another city gets the boot. As I mentioned on Twitter and hear in previous weeks, I am looking to go away in early 2010 and would like for you to help me out with the location.

I am calling it  “send me somewhere” and I ask for a single vote each week until nine of the cities have been kicked out and one remains. That final city will be chosen and announced on January 1. For more information on the “send me somewhere” idea just click here.

Now on to this week’s results. While the Emerald City hung on by the skin of it’s teeth in the previous poll, this week Seattle fell flat and was unfortunately the city with the lowest votes.

Two weeks in and two West Coast cities eliminated. No Sleepless in Seattle moment for me I guess. Start voting now for Round 3, with eight cities left the voting should soon start to get really interesting.

1. Montreal - 26%

2. New Orleans – 23%

3. Portland, OR. – 10%

3. Vancouver - 10%

3. Chicago - 10%

6. San Francisco – 6%

6. Quebec City – 6%

6. Austin - 6%

9. Seattle - 3%

Tags: austin, chicago, montreal, new orleans, oregon, portland, quebec city, san francisco, seattle, vancouver

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week One

Last week I asked you to send me somewhere and you sure did make your voices heard loud and clear. Just to catch you up in case you missed the announcement last week and were too lazy to click my link in the last sentence, I need help planning my next trip for early next year.

I narrowed my options down to 10 cities, all of which are located within the United States and Canada. They include New Orleans, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Portland OR, Montreal, Quebec City, Vancouver, Austin, and Chicago.

With such diverse and amazing locations to choose from, I decided to do something some might see as completely crazy – I let my readers vote on where to send me. The poll located on the right hand side of this page will provide you with the options each week. It started with 10 cities, and each Friday I will kick off the lowest ranking locale. The final city will be announced January 1, 2010.

My trip will take place sometime between mid-January and early-April. It will also be fully covered right here on the site with pictures, videos, and attractions you asked me to check out. If you are located within the winning city maybe we can even get a Guinness or two during my stay.

Without further ado here are this week’s results, with the most voted to least voted:

1. New Orleans – 23%

2. Montreal - 13%

3. San Francisco – 12%

4. Quebec City – (tie) 10%

4. Austin - (tie) 10%

4. Vancouver - (tie) 10%

7. Chicago - 8%

8. Seattle - (tie) 6%

8. Portland, OR. – (tie) 6%

10. San Diego - 4%

Unfortunately I will not be basking in the warm sun of Southern California in early 2010. So long San Diego. Vote again now for your favorite and this Friday come back to see what city gets eliminated next.

Tags: austin, chicago, montreal, new orleans, oregon, portland, quebec city, san francisco, seattle, vancouver