Giveaway #7: “Northwest Kid Trips” Book Review & Giveaway

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It’s time for our last giveaway of the week to conclude our week of giveaways!  Our final giveaway is for a book written by one of my favorite travel writers, Lora Shinn, who is based here in Washington.  Her website, Cascadia Kids, is an amazing resource for kid-friendly travel in the Northwest including Washington, Oregon & Vancouver, BC.  I was excited to find out that Lora also recently published her first book, Northwest Kid Trips in April 2010.  It’s now available for sale on Amazon & is published by ParentMap.

Lora sent me a copy of Northwest Kid Trips so I could check it out.  This book is going to be such a great resource for us as it highlights the four major cities in the western part of the Northwest – Seattle, Portland, Victoria, BC & Vancouver, BC.  For each city, there are sections regarding everything you will need to know for attractions, shopping, entertainment, lodging, dining & more! But, this is different from other Northwest travel books in that all of her tips & suggestions are based on traveling & sightseeing with kids.

Here’s a sampling of  information you’ll find for each Northwest city:

• Top 5-6 things to do in each city
• Suggested itineraries – she gives different options based on your family dynamics (if you’re an active family, foodie family, retro family or artsy family)
• Age-by-age guide for attractions
• Calendar of events for the year
• Safety suggestions
• Ways to travel within the city

Within each city, Lora then highlights various neighborhoods & focuses on lodging recommendations, places to go/things to do with kids, dining & shopping. She also highlights a getaway location which is not far from each city, which provides a little escape from the city for a fun excursion.

I highly recommend Northwest Kid Trips as an excellent resource for all Northwest families, but also for those who may be traveling to any of these cities at some point. You’ll find not only the popular attractions, but also the unusual & off-the-beaten path ideas that your kids will love! You’ll be well-prepared for any type of trip with kids within these 4 cities & their surrounding areas, based on the wealth of information that Lora provides within this book. You can easily pick it up & find some fun activities just for the day if you’re local or plenty of ideas to make a week-long trip if you’re visiting from another area.

Giveaway – Northwest Kid Trips book

Lora Shinn has provided a copy of the Northwest Kid Trips book for 1 lucky Thrifty NW Mom reader to win.  This giveaway will end on Friday August 13th at 9pm pst.

The winner will be drawn using Random.org and the winner will have 48 hours to contact me, otherwise a new winner will be drawn. US residents only & you must be 18 yrs or older to enter the giveaway.

Here’s how to enter this giveaway::

1st Entry (required entry): Tell us why you’d love to win this book.

Extra Entries : (make sure these are all separate comments, with a comment for each entry)

2) Subscribe to the Cascadia Kids email or RSS feed – go to the website & look on the right sidebar to sign up

3) Check out the Cascadia Kids Facebook page & “like” the page.

4) Follow Thrifty NW Mom on Twitter and “Tweet” about this giveaway, with a link to this post (or my twitter name w/the tweet)! You must “tweet” in order to receive the extra entry (you can do this once per day) & leave your twitter name or link here.

Disclosure: I was given a copy of Northwest Kid Trips book as part of this  review.  A  copy of Northwest Kid Trips also will be given to  a winner randomly chosen.  All opinions are 100% mine. See my disclosure statement for more details.

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