Takin’ the High Road! – Giveaway

One of the essentials to travel is a GPS system. Our family has been luck enough to give the Magellan RoadMate 1470 a spin. In fact, it’s taking us to Kentucky!

From the Magellan GPS website:

The Magellan RoadMate 1470 device boasts the acclaimed OneTouch™ menu, a 4.7-inch color touch screen, and an ultra-thin design. Preloaded maps and points of interest for the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico make the RoadMate 1470 ideal for both business trips and vacations. Easy-to-use, premium features give you confidence on the road and deliver a powerful navigation experience.

That’s right, the days of map reading are over…thank goodness! The Magellan RoadMate 1470 (or Maggie as I call her) is so easy to use! In May, when I went to Lincoln for my brothers college graduation I simply had to drive. All exits, the hotel and event venue were located by Maggie. Simply type in the address where you want to end up…and presto!

Take a look at all of these incredible features!

• OneTouch™ favorites menu affords instant access to your personalized bookmarks of favorite places and searches anywhere you travel. With a single touch, find your favorite café or restaurant when you’re traveling within any city.
• Redesigned 4.7-inch color touch screen provides powerful navigation that’s easy to view and use.
• AAA TourBook®¹ provides ratings and descriptions on AAA approved places to stay, play, dine, and save.
• AAA Member Roadside Assistance™¹ gets you help fast with a toll-free member service number to assist you in finding an AAA approved tow truck or repair shop. The menu also shows your exact GPS location so you can provide precise information to your location.
• Highway lane assist signs show highway signs to point you in the right direction when approaching interchanges and exits, and ensure that you’ll choose the correct lane well before your next turn.
• Spoken street names and directions so you can hear and see where you need to turn next.
• QuickSpell® with SmartCity search narrows your address and city searches, making destination entry easy.
• Multi-destination routing with route optimization lets you plan your trip with multiple stops in the order you want or optimize a trip for the most efficient route, saving you time and money.
• Preloaded maps give you information and directions as you travel the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. (Mexico map activation available for purchase on http://www.magellangps.com/).
• Millions of points of interest (POIs) help you easily find gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, coffee shops, and much more.
• Highway exit POIs search shows you gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and more near upcoming highway exits.
• Branded POIs display your favorite coffee shops, restaurants, and more by their respective logos.
• Traffic Link provides live, onscreen traffic notification updates.
  
• Customizable route method lets you select the shortest distance, fastest time, most use of freeways, or least use of freeways to customize your route.
• Address book enables you to create and store contact information.
• Auto night view adjusts your screen’s color and contrast for easy night viewing.
• Automatic re-route lets you quickly get back on track in case you missed a turn.
• Plan route on map by simply touching a destination on the map screen and then directly routing to it.
• Rechargeable battery gives you the freedom to drive wireless or plan your trip when your vehicle’s engine is turned off.

Included with our Magellan RoadMate 1470 was the Traffic Link. Traffic link offers live, onscreen traffic-incident information. Plug it in and go!

• Receive traffic alerts for life with Traffic Link.
• Avoid upcoming road incidents with up-to-the-minute traffic alerts on your screen.
• Reroute around traffic delays to help reduce your drive time and save fuel.

If only Stella the Suburban could drive herself! Thankfully, I am not stressing out about our upcoming family vacation. We will be staying overnight in downtown St. Louis. And I’m okay with that! That is one less thing I have to worry about because we all know that there will be plenty more things that I’m going to worry about instead! The Magellan RoadMate 1470 has my Seeryus Family Vacation stamp of approval!

**WIN!!** One lucky Seeryus Mama reader has the chance to win a Magellan RoadMate 1470 and the Traffic Link accessory! That’s a $330.00 value! To enter, check out Magellan GPS. Find another unit other than the RoadMate 1470, then come back and tell me what it is and why you need a GPS unit! Don’t forget to leave your email address so I can contact you should you win! Entries will be accepted until June 24, 2009 at 11:59 PM CST.

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