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A Bit of Bavaria in a Mountain Town - Leavenworth
(News Item #0093, 02/03/07) New York Times — When Erika and Chris Price were searching for a vacation cabin two years ago, a couple of friends who knew their way around snowshoes and hiking boots suggested they try the Leavenworth region in Cen...
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Leavenworth's Toast to Bavaria Makes Every Day Festive
(News Item #0010, 01/25/07) Seattle PI Newspaper — By THOM KOSCHWANEZ
P-I COLUMN ASSISTANT
It is not a vast distance -- as the crow flies -- from Seattle to Leavenworth. The Cascade Mountains however loom between the two, and while on some days i...
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Finding a Home Away from Home
(News Item #0129, 11/27/06) BudgetTravel.com — Brian Sharples, the cofounder and CEO of HomeAway, came by the other day to talk about the company's plans to become the go-to source for vacation rentals. HomeAway recently secured $160 million in f...
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Bavarian Village & A Bunch More
(News Item #0009, 10/01/06) NW Travel Advisor — When you visit Leavenworth, a picturesque mountain town nestled on the rugged shoulders of the Stuart Range in central Washington, it seems that most of the names you see around town have "icicle" in...
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The Vacation Home Store
(News Item #0012, 07/01/06) Costco Connection Magazine — William May, a Costco member in Seattle and now President of Sunspot Resorts, knows a little about furnishing a vacation home. In 1999, he and his family purchased a house on a popular lake in centra...
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Author Campaigns for Relief from "Vacation Deficit Disorder"
(News Item #0114, 04/14/04) ChicagoTribune.com — Virginia Brown has not taken a full-bore vacation in more than six years. The 29-year-old consultant works in a deadline-driven environment ar her full-time job, only to run off to college classes t...
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America Needs a Vacation
(News Item #0095, 08/24/03) Seattle Times Newspaper — "How do Americans do it?" asked the stunned Australian I met on a remote Fijian shore. He had zinc oxide and a twisted-up look of absolute bafflement on his face. I'd seen that expression before, on ...
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