Choose your favorite city in the world to visit and win $50 in the Best City To Visit Travel Tournament. Entering is simple, all you have to do is leave your city in the comments below. Only one city per person (more precisely per email address) and your choice of cities is first come first serve. The deadline to enter a city is midnight US EST this Friday February 19th and all I need is a comment below with any city that’s not already taken.
On top of that, if you sign up now for my RSS feed or daily email updates during the entire tournament month of March and win the contest, I’ll double the prize to $100 for you.
Voting for the preliminary round will begin next Monday, February 22nd. Each Monday during the month of March readers will vote in a tournament-style bracket as each city is paired against another. The person who selects the city to win the tournament gets the cash (via Paypal).
Cities That Are Already Taken
Since I let my newsletter subscribers know ahead of time about the contest, the following cities have already been taken:
- Boston – (Susan)
- Barcelona – (Stephane)
- Kyoto – (Guner)
- Paris – (Rod)
- New York City – (Michaela)
- Istanbul – (Deniz)
Contest Details
- One city per email address.
- Leave your city in the comments below and look to make sure you’re not nominating a city someone has already added to the comments.
- Once you pick a city it’s yours, no changing your mind later and your first name will be posted along with your entry.
- Voting takes place for each round beginning on Feb. 22 and ending on April 2nd (prizes sent out before April 30). The winner will receive $50 and if you’ve subscribed to my RSS feed or email updates throughout the month of March your prize is $100.
I’ll take up to 64 cities so don’t be shy and add a city. It’s an easy contest to enter and you can check out last year’s tournament to follow the path Sydney, Australia took to winning the title of best city to visit.
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Melbourne
Granada, España
hey I was just about to vote for Granada – that’s where I live now, love it!
I’d say Rome was a pretty good bet. I live just south of Granada, so it was also a loyalty thing as well as it being a delightful place.
I was thinking about Granada too, But I finally chose Amsterdam.
Hi Nellie, have an alternative city to nominate?
Rome! For its history, architecture and beauty.
Ah ok duh, I should have scrolled down first before replying. Rome it is!
Amsterdam
Oxford
Berlin, Germany
Bangkok, Thailand. It is cheap, has a lot of culture, and incredible food!
London – there’s absolutely everything to do! Only thing lacking is sunshine 10 months out of the year… 😉
Hmmm, I’m going domestic.
SAVANNAH, GA
Nowhere is there an atmosphere like it – part history, part beautiful with a whole lot of partying
I love Savannah! great choice.
Beijing
Well someone already grabbed London and Rome so I’m going to go with… Budapest!
Bangkok is taken so I will go for my next favorite city I want to visit. New Orleans.
All the entries look great so far, can’t wait to see more!
My vote goes to Prague, The Czech Republic! A beautiful, historic city whose majestic architecture overwhelmed and humbled me.
My home city and defending champion city will do me – Sydney.
Ottawa, Canada
My favorite US city is already taken so I am going to go with Zermatt, Switzerland, one of my favorite destinations of all time!
Great idea for a contest!
I love March Madness, it’s my small way of bringing some of it here 🙂
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
I grew up in Vancouver, so I’m a little biased. Soaring mountains, majestic greenery and a seaside locale provide a perfect backdrop for this progressive and multicultural gem.;
Rio! Rio!
Budapest!
John, Stephanie already grabbed Budapest. Feel free to leave an alternate city.
Phnom Penh – a grim but fascinating history
Since New York, Paris and London are already chosen, I pick Vienna.
Montreal
There are so many great cities already chosen, but Montreal is fantastic.
It is Europe in the middle of Canada where everyone speaks English and you can bring your own wine to restaurants.
I’m going with Florence, Italy!
I feel like I could live there one day 🙂
Shoot…I wanted that!
Dubrovnik.
Croatia is simply amazing.
San Francisco – lots to do, beautiful city and surrounding scenery, friendly people, delicious foodie scene… From ballet to mountain biking, we’ve got it all!
Venice
I say my home town of Chicago – that toddlin’ town – the windy city – the place where skyscrapers originated – ah, but don’t get me started….
Saigon/HCMC Vietnam
Istanbul! Loved it there.
Oops. Didn’t catch it in the top of the post, sorry about that. I’ll go with Bogota instead. Viva Colombia!
I would like to visit Mauritius, an island city in the Indian Ocean. Mauritius is close to Madagascar.
Mauritius is pronounced: Muh-Rish-us (And, of course that is my own way to write how to pronounce a word! LOL..
Visiting would be a dream come true, and another way to experience Africa in a new way. Who could beat flying into an airport called, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport?
Thank You,
Amanda Kehoe
Looks like Mauritius is an island part of the republic. So the city of Port Louis would be the eligible candidate?
Seattle. For being the home of Microsoft!
(That’s a joke.)
But Seattle it is, unless someone else has it.
Nope…all yours! Btw, I love Seattle, my favorite city in the US.
Ya, I’m not sure if you can say that such a popular and iconic city can be “underrated” but it seems that way to me. Vancouver (my birthplace) gets all the ink for being beautiful and Portland is now the hip trendy place, so Seattle sort of gets left out. But I love the place.
Oh so many my favourite cities. Venice, Sydney, Istanbul, berlin, Mauritius, Granada, etc… all taken.
So, I won’t tell my fav. but definitely keep voting.
On second thought…. has Athens been taken? if not, then it’s Athens.
Athens is all yours. Was going to send you a message to go for any city since your other favorites were taken. Btw, last year’s contest was won by Cuckoo…
Oh is it ?
I am sure it is going to be fun watching this contest move forward. two more days to go before we know how many cities are wanted ! 😛
What a hard decision – I’d love to choose Siena, Italy – but it’s probably too small to make it – kind of like Gonzaga in March Madness…I don’t know that I want to put all of my hopes on a small long shot 14 seed.
I will choose Tokyo! The fish market, the museums, the cherry blossoms, the subway, fashion, temples, Ryokans, sumo wrestling, and SUSHI!!!
That has to be at least a #3 seed and maybe it can upset the big ‘programs’ of NYC, Paris, and Rome. After all Asia rocks!!
The seeding starts next week but I’ve got to think that Tokyo fares pretty well. Last year though Utrecht, Netherlands was in the final so you never know! I can’t get enough brackets, just can’t!
i was going to say my Venice, ummm somebody else already vote it damn it! Can I revote it?? Otherwise, well i will turn to Byron Bay ahh (is it too small??)
No city is too small! Just confirm Byron Bay is the one you want and I’ll add it to the list.
Cali,Colombia I hope I can go back there soon I miss my granma and my father it’s been years since I seen them.
Wellington, New Zealand — not my first choice. Nor my second. Nor even my third. I know your names people, and I know where you blog!
I can’t believe Los Angeles wasn’t taken!! My home town! So much to do there. You can go Snowboarding and Surfing all in one day! Where else can you do that?!
Köln (Cologne) as it’s my hometown & we’ve got one of the best street carnivals of the world… superb beer & great people!
I vote for Ubud, small town in Bali. No one had vote for it, hadn’t they? 🙂
Certainly a unique choice, it’s yours for the contest!
I love Chicago, and Florence Italy, and San Francisco, but they’re all grabbed, so I’ll throw in the hat another city I love–just now recovering from Mardi Gras–New Orleans.
Hi Vera, New Orleans is taken as well! Have another favorite?
Ubud isn’t a city! (But if it was, I’d have nominated it)
Ubud isn’t a city, it’s a swollen village! (If it was, I’d have nominated it)
From the unofficial Wikipedia:
“A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly a large urban settlement.”
Ubud population 8,000 not sure if it counts but will give it a go for this one.
Guanajuato (Mexico)
Spent one night in this cute little student-town between the mountains. I´ve been wanting to go back ever since!
Lviv – great candidate for the “next prague”
Quito, Ecuador
Port Douglas, Queensland…is it big enough to qualify as a city? If not, then I’ll choose the capital city to the south, Brisbane!
It’s only got 3,000 residents but Ubud is a town as well. Perhaps should have defined it a bit better…ah well, Port Douglas it is.
Stockholm, Sweden.
Key West, Florida.
Ok, closing the entries now. Voting begins on Monday, good luck everyone!
San Fransisco,CA,USA
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