Travel News:

• Find out America’s Best Cities For New Years Eve according to Travel + Leisure.
• Planning to still workout during the winter? Outside has an article on How to Layer For a Winter Workout.
• Budget Travel has a list of 10 Stupid Things Americans Do Overseas. In my opinion, this list is pretty stupid. What do you think?
• Lonely Planet has an article about Unique Spots For Winter Sports.
• ABC News reports that some Speeding Florida Drivers Were Issued Lottery Tickets instead of Tickets on Christmas Day. Talk about a lucky break for the holidays.
• USA Today Travel has a sweet article. Find out about the Best Hotels For Chocolate Lovers.
• Take the NY Times Dialect Quiz and answer 25 multiple choice questions. The results will show the three cities that are the most and least like the way you talk.
• Check out JetBlue’s amazing holiday video #FlyItForward.
• McDonald’s has an extra 10,000,00 pounds of chicken wings.
• Check out my Ridiculous Street Signs post: Bird Droppings

Travels Deals & Offers:

• Before shopping online, stop by TopCashBack to earn money back for most online purchases. Sign up for an account here. (If you sign up through my link I will receive a referral bonus.)
• Get 30% off of your first month of Gogo inflight internet. Sign up by December 31.
• There is only 4 days left to vote to help United give 10 Million Miles to Charity. Wounded Warrior Project gets my vote. I meant to post about this when the offer came out earlier in the month but totally forgot.
• Win a trip for 2 to South Africa and explore Nelson Mandela’s legacy. Enter by 12/29.
• United MileagePlus Mastercard holders can sign up for DirecTV and get 30,000 bonus miles.
• Win a trip for 2 to Puerto Rico from the Travel Channel. Enter by December 31.
• Win the Ultimate Christmas Present from KLM. 4 worldwide flight tickets, a €2,000 pre-paid card and a Nikon camera. Enter by January 5.
• Earn up to 1,000 Bonus Points With Southwest Shopping. Offer ends January 5

A few contests from Southwest: (Enter by  12/31/13)

• Win a trip to New Orleans or Austin. (Two winners- each will win one of the trips.)
• Win a two nights stay in Las Vegas including tickets to Cirque du Soleil, dinner & more. (Airline tickets are not included.)
• Enter for a chance to win the Greater Fort Lauderdale Two-Beach Getaway. Prize includes airfare, stays at 2 hotels and more.

If you have any Travel News, Deals or Offers that you’d like to share, feel free to leave a comment below or send an e-mail to michaelwtravels@gmail.com.