Ok FAIL…I ended up Crying 
I’m so overwhelmed with emotions its RIDICULOUS!
I haven’t felt this way in a really long time!
But when you put a group of 650 Travel Bloggers from around the World together – where unique perspectives, musings, & experiences are shared – AMAZING SHIT Happens!
The kinda SHIT that blows your mind and makes you think – DAMN THAT is FUCK’N AWESOME!
GIVE ME MORE!
And I think that’s why #TBEX, in a short time has become sooo successful!
Because people come back wanting more!
MORE Session Sharing and Discussions!
MORE Sponsored Parties!
MORE Networking Opportunities!
OH AND DID I MENTION THE THEMED PARTIES?!
#TBEX 2011 was held in Beautiful Vancouver, BC this year and put on by founder Kim Mance, Courtney McGann, & Joseph Hernandez! 
People from around the world flew in to mix and mingle, share best case travel experiences and travel writing tactics!
The attendee list was filled with some of the most influencial people in the travel industry today! TOP Travel Brands like Lonely Planet, Trip Advisor, National Geographic, & American Express were just a few of the long list of amazing Travel organization that helped breathe life into this conference!
When such a large group of AWESOME People Like Minded Travelers Come together – Cool shit happens!
Below you’ll find my personal list of Key Take-Aways, Tips and Best-Of moments =)
Enjoy!
KEY Take-Aways!
- NETWORK! NETWORK! NETWORK! – its all about who you know, not just what you know.
- Having a TRAVEL ADDICTION is an amazing thing to have, don’t let anyone make you think otherwise!
- Planning is overrated – the life changing shit happens when we least expected – so be ready to handle anything!
- MEET the influence-rs!
- Do what you love and if you aren’t doing what you love now – find a way to get there!
- TRAVEL peeps are HELLA COOL!
TIPs For #TBEX12!
- Make sure you have Business Cards!
- Familiarize with the social medias of the Travel World esp. Twitter!
- Make Goals: Going into it I put a list of all the key people I wanted to meet and things I wanted to achieve from it – I SUCCEEDED!
- Market your SHIT! Put yourself out there!
BEST of Moments!
Seeing the CANUCKS Win Game 5 in the Streets of Vancouver!
Kick Off TBEX Happy Hour!
Working Behind the Scenes with Courtney and Joey!
The Networking and Sessions!
Trip Advisor Party!
Men of TBEX Photo Shoot Party!
The TALLEST Blogger and SHORTEST Blogger of TBEX11 !
SIGN UP TODAY For TBEX12 in Keystone, Colorado!
I look forward to seeing you all there!
Hi I’m Tina – a mid-20s International Marketing professional, Life Experimenter, & Traveler, in search of living a full-filled work/ life balance whilst trying to make my mark on the world!
The conference looks amazing! Will definitely be there for 2012! Thanks for putting together the recap!
Anh it definately was AMAZING!!!
TBEX has inspired me in so many ways and can’t wait for TBEX12 – I’ll see you there
Great recap. It makes me really want to be at TBEX ’12. I’m not usually much of a partier, but you made it all sound like so much fun!
Robert it was!
Yeah I just highlighted more of the after-party fun cuz wanted to show everyone how extremely awesome everyone is there!
Really talented, smart, funny, and inspiring people there!
Hope to see you at TBEX’12!
Great to meet you at TBEX, Tina! If our paths don’t cross in the meantime I’ll see you next year
JAMES! YOUR ROCK!
Had so much fun hang’n out with you this weekend!
Let’s hope our paths cross again soon! And if you’re ever in Seattle give me a hollar!
Where in the world are you headed now?
Great to meet you at TBEX and thanks for sharing all of these photos! I actually didn’t take that many so I am having to relive the memories vicariously through the photos of others!
Jeremy it was so great meeting you!
lol
You couldn’t take photos because you were too busy lathering up in baby oil
I have a few other cool pics of you and was thinkn of posting it on the Examiner Budget Travel fb page…but if you want I can just send ‘em to you in a separate email
Goodtimes this weekend indeed!
Hope to run into you again soon somewhere in the world!
Cheers!
ah, we never got to meet.
those look like some fun pictures.
Oh I know! Hopefully we’ll run into eachother somewhere in the world before next yrs. TBEX
And until then we can catch-up on Twitter!
It was great meeting you at TBEX. I had a great time. Learned some new things and met some great people. I hope to go to TBEX next year and connect with more people.
Hey Alouise!
Great meeting you as well! Yeah the learning experience was just as amazing as the people! Hope to see you at next years TBEX!
Cool Tina! Glad you had a great time at TBEX! I’m setting up my blog as we speak and hope to attend next year! =)
Hope you’re doing well!!!
Looks like fun! I would love to attend next year.
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