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I did a search for women traveling for chocolate and came up with a goldmine of resources for women travelers, women traveling together, not much re: chocolate travel but below are resources for women travelers… wine, arctic adventures, books, travel writers, girlfriend getaways, business travelers, exclusive hawaiian vacation homes, new zealand, canada, adventurous, gutsy women and much more…

AAA came out with a recent study not too long ago which says that girlfriend getaways account for approximately four percent of all US leisure travel and the leading reasons women want to getaway is to
bond with friends or family and to escape from their daily responsibilities. The most popular activities while on a girlfriend getaway are dining out, shopping, spa and going to the beach or pool.

Here are some of my own resources as well as some that I found:

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/women/bestwomenwebsites.shtml

http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Travel/Women/?skw=women+travel

http://www.globecorner.com/q/WT981430.html

http://www.powells.com/subsection/TravelTravelforWomen.html

www.HawaiiHideaways.com, Anne Pawsatt Dressler’s spirit of Aloha makes her #1 in my book and she is a Conde Nast rental specialist extraordinaire, if you are looking to rent an excquisite vacation home (of the exclusive million dollar variety), give Anne a jingle and tell her I sent you.

Million-Dollar-Mama.com

What the wonderful, kind and generous Valerie McDermott told me about the AAA study and her findings/trends she has noticed…

We have seen a couple of trends in recent months most pointing in the beach and spa direction. Texas has become a popular destination for women. Texas offers exciting nightlife and great shopping in cities like San Antonio and beautiful luxury spa resorts like the Lake Austin Spa Resort.

Florida continues to be popular with destinations like Miami Beach and their unique boutique hotels or a more active and relaxing getaway like The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort in Longboat Key, Floriday where you can lounge on the beach, take a mixology lesson or get your own cute tennis pro to teach you some new moves!

We are also seeing the baby boomers getting in on the action. These women want to experience life to the fullest and a very popular getaway for this demographic are the group tours. Gutsy Women Travel offers beautifully put-together getaways to such locations as Tuscany, British Columbia, Napa Valley and New York City. These tours are perfect for the woman who wants to see it all but may not have like-minded friends so they go for it solo! Most of these tour groups not only allow solo travel but encourage it and chances are you will meet friends for life.

On the other end of the spectrum — bachelorette parties are hitting the road. Women are marrying a little later in life and not settling for the male stripper and a local pub crawl. They want spa getaways, bikini bootcamps like Bella Vita in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to get into shape for their big day or weekends of shopping, spa-ing and nightlife in Chicago or San Francisco. Of course their is always Las Vegas.

http://www.jennifersjourney.com/index.html, Bev Sanders has taught women how to surf in Las Olas, Mexico forever, it seems, she is a previous client of mine in Carmel, CA, she has now dedicated these new women adventures to her sister who recently passed from cancer…

http://www.arcticladies.com/

http://www.aa.com/content/urls/women.jhtml?anchorLocation=DirectURL&title=women

http://www.womenof.com/Articles/et_5_7_07.asp

http://www.writtenroad.com

the fabulous Jen Leo, travel writer, author/editor of hilarious travel books such as The Thong Also Rises… we never did catch that cuppa chocolate…

http://www.adventureassociates.net/adventures/womentours.html

http://www.journeywoman.com/#

http://www.womenstravelnetwork.ca/

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/deals/inside/2006-07-26-safe-womens-travel_x.htm

http://www.wildwomentravel.com/

http://www.travelsisters.net/

http://www.gutsywomentravel.com/europe-travel/8d-amsterdam-rembrandt-bruges.asp

http://www.womansworldtravel.com/?src=overture

http://www.womentravel.co.nz/

http://www.womenstravelclub.com/index.html

http://www.women-traveling.com/

http://www.exploretravel.com/

http://www.womenwine.com/index.aspx

http://www.gonomad.com/womens/womensTravel.html

http://businesstravel.about.com/od/womenstravel/Womens_Travel.htm

http://www.adventurewomen.com/

http://www.womenstravelmagazine.com/