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Share Your Travel Stories
Here’s a chance to see your name and words in print. Do you have a memorable travel story that you would like to share with HomeAway Traveler readers?

Perhaps you’ve had a crazy travel adventure, a hilarious travel mix-up, or an unbelievably romantic travel encounter? Maybe you learned something little known about your destination, or discovered a remarkable local gem.

Whatever your story, HomeAway Traveler would like to hear it. We welcome photographs as well! To help you get started, here is a list of specific topics about which we’d love to get your input.

Please click here to submit your text and/or photos. Remember, we cannot accept photos with people in them.

• North Carolina's Outer Banks
• Oregon Coast, Oregon
• Florence and Tuscany, Italy

Summer Siesta!

What can be better than a midday summer snooze? Does your vacation home have an ideal place to catch forty winks? Perhaps it’s a catnap in the perfect hammock...a doze under the umbrella poolside...or a few z’s on a comfy couch in the gazebo? Wherever the perfect place for shuteye, we want to see it!

Please click here to submit your text and/or photos. (Please remember, no people in your pictures.) The HomeAway Traveler editorial team will choose the three most unique shots, and display them in our next newsletter, including links to your property listing.

*Remember, your photo should be a minimum of 72 dpi up to 300 dpi. A larger photo is generally better, so if you’re not sure of the photo’s DPI, we would prefer a 5”x8” size or larger. Generally a file size that is around 3MB will be sufficient for our needs. Take your best shot!

Eat Like a Local

Click here to check out some of our readers' restaurant suggestions.

Do you make travel choices based on a destination's culinary landscape?
If so, we want to hear from you!

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Letters to the Editor

About the Editor

Laura Kelso, a Texas based writer and editor, has long had a passion for travel and writing. An international wanderer at heart, she has spent time trekking around the globe, and living in Buenos Aires, London, and Mexico City.

Prior to serving as Editor for HomeAway’s Traveler, she was the monthly Food Editor for Austin Monthly, a regular contributor to Texas Monthly, and the author of Fl@vors, the national E-Newsletter from Whole Foods Market. She has also written for the Austin American-Statesman, and has completed four original screenplays.

Laura received a B.A. from Brown University, and a Master’s from the London School of Economics. A fledgling chef, she loves Yoga, running, and tennis. She lives in Austin with her husband and two Golden Retrievers.