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Travel and nostalgia go hand-in-hand. Trips create new memories, and, at the same time, often bring to mind some of the most memorable moments from the past. A cruise with girlfriends to create new travel moments may bring to mind a former beach trip from college with those same girls. Your kids\u2019 first visit to Disneyland might remind you of the Disneyland visits you took with your parents as a kid. These are memories that last beyond a trip\u2019s departure and arrival dates.They are new and old at the same time.<\/p>\n

They also are exactly what we had in mind when we launched our most recent ad campaign, \u201cFind Your Nostalgia.\u201d For us, however, it wasn\u2019t enough to reflect on past travel memories. We wanted travelers to reflect on some of their most memorable trips and experiences, while giving them the chance to relive those memories and create new ones. As such, throughout the summer Expedia is giving away free travel<\/a>\u00a0to people who post a throwback photo on Instagram. To enter is easy: Simply Instagram a photo from a past trip, tag @Expedia in the pic, and include the hashtag, #throwmeback. That’s it. Follow Expedia on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0to find out who wins each week.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the \u201cFind Your Nostalgia\u201d campaign, we asked our bloggers to share some of their own nostalgic travel moments. See their experiences below and on their respective Instagram accounts.<\/p>\n

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Spencer Spellman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

My throwback photo comes from one of the state park stays on my family’s three-week, 25-state, 6,000-mile road trip that we took when I was a teen. There were times when that trip seemed like hell, but looking back it now, it really set a course of travel for my life. Fourteen years later and I’ve been on a couple more cross-country road trips. I also now travel more than ever, and I gravitate to more offbeat types of travel experiences, such as adventures in state and national parks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matt Villano<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This throwback photo comes from my wedding day, on Maui\u2014June 28, 2004. I never had stepped foot in the State of Hawaii until two days before the big event, but the islands have made such an impression on me that I\u2019ve visited 14 times since. In July 2014, my wife and I returned to Maui with our two daughters to commemorate our tenth wedding anniversary. We took new pictures in basically the same exact spot.<\/p>\n

The Planet D<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Our throwback photo comes from Mount Everest Base Camp, in 2010. In 2008, we climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, and after that extraordinary experience, we made a goal to witness Mount Everest one day. We couldn’t believe that we achieved that dream just two years later. The Himalayan Mountain range is remarkable. Majestic jagged peaks tower overhead as you walk for days through a little piece of heaven on Earth. It was a trek we will never forget.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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