Betsa Marsh
Betsa Marsh's passion is the UK, but she'll go anywhere for a good story. Her piece on the San Antonio Toilet Seat Museum won the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award.
Marsh covers British bargains from lodging and dining to festivals and spas for her website, www.britainonthecheap.com. Her global travel pieces are up at www.globespinners.com, Travel's Newest Twist.
She's a writer/photographer who’s covered travel stories on every continent. Marsh is the author of The Eccentric Traveler: A World of Curious Adventures, and hundreds of magazine articles in such publications as National Geographic Traveler, Islands, American Way, Endless Vacation, Midwest Living, Ohio Magazine and Indianapolis Monthly.
In newspapers, she's written for USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, Toronto Star, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Boston Globe, The Oregonian, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Cincinnati Enquirer.
She’s always on the look out for quirky angles--festivals, history, ghosts--in the next new place.
Latest Articles
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Ghosts Prowl Ships, Hotels and Lighthouses of Haunted San Diego
San Diego is famously sunny, but she has a dark side, too. From old hotels to abandoned lighthouses, the city teems with disquieted spirits.
Oct 6, 2011
- Betsa Marsh
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Hotel Deals on Historic Rooms in Pamplona, Spain
Savor the heritage of Pamplona, famous for the Running of the Bulls, by staying in a venerable hotel that spotlights traces of royals, nuns and Hemingway.
Jul 27, 2011
- Betsa Marsh
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Secret Cleopatra Revealed in Sands and Waves of Alexandria, Egypt
Cleopatra, Egypt's last pharaoh, has been unveiled by excavations of her mighty palaces and temples, and her treasures are now on display in Cincinnati, OH.
Feb 17, 2011
- Betsa Marsh
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Winter's Hot Skiing and Spa Bargains in Northern Michigan Resorts
It might be high season on Michigan slopes, but that's no reason to pay peak rates. Traverse City and Petoskey have unbeatable ski, spa and hotel deals.
Feb 4, 2011
- Betsa Marsh
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Halloween Frights in Castles and Manors in England and Wales
It wasn't just Henry VIII beheading two of his queens--British history is littered with ghastly murders and massacres. Come along on a UK ghostbusting tour.
Oct 2, 2010
- Betsa Marsh
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God of Love: Walking the Camino to Santiago for Your Honeymoon
When Javier and Maria Angeles married in Pamplona, they capped their ceremony with a honeymoon of faith: Walking 422 miles on the Camino de Santiago.
Sep 29, 2010
- Betsa Marsh
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Lexington Honors Arabian Horse with Rare Lawrence of Arabia Items
"A Gift from the Desert" about the Arabian horse includes 408 objects from the Middle East and Europe, many of which have never left their native countries.
Jul 1, 2010
- Betsa Marsh
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'Forgotten' Korean War Remembered at Harry Truman Library
The Korea War began 60 years ago this month, and curators at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Mo., are taking a fresh look.
Jun 30, 2010
- Betsa Marsh
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Pamplona Restaurants & Hotels for San Fermin Running of the Bulls
San Fermines festival in Pamplona starts July 6 with a kick-off rocket shot into the air. The race is on for the best last-minute restaurants and hotels.
Jun 30, 2010
- Betsa Marsh
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Hemingway Ghost Hovers Over Pamplona and the Running of the Bulls
Ernest Hemingway made Pamplona's festival famous when he wrote about the Running of the Bulls in The Sun Also Rises. Pamplona has loved 'Papa' ever since.
May 25, 2010
- Betsa Marsh
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