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My TV Show Premiere’s Tonight! How Did This Happen?!

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Tonight is the night! Vacation Chasers– formerly known as the #SuperSecretTravelTVShow on my social media- premieres tonight on HLN at 9PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific!

I’m currently in Atlanta promoting the show on HLN’s Morning Express with Robin Meade, The Daily Share, and Weekend Express. For years, I’ve been interviewing television personalilambshoesties and musicians, and now I’m in the celebrity’s shoes! Although, I bet mine are more comfortable…

Joking aside, this is a really surreal moment. Vacation Chasers is something I never thought would actually happen. Most people in the world want to host their own travel show. I’m sure there’s some poll out there saying it’s right next to astronaut, movie star, and President as dream jobs for kids. But, as what happens when you get older, reality starts to sink in. Everyone in their mother- from agents to casting directors to producers- said the same thing: if you’re not a male backpacker and a green beret, you’re not hosting your own travel show. So, I accepted this truth, and resigned myself to creating my own travel videos for YouTube– as a very time-intensive and expensive passion project, I might add. I did this for years, until I met Rachel Rudwall through our management. We decided, hey, two blondes are better than one, and re-launched my YouTube channel as How2Travelers. With 18 months of hard work, dedication, early onset of carpel tunnel, and possibly a few meltdowns, we were plucked out from YouTube and are the stars of HLN’s Vacation Chasers.

So what is this show all about?

If you like House Hunters, then you’re going to LOVE Vacation Chasers! And not just because I’m in it. 😉 Rachel and I are two travel experts who compete to create the best vacations for our clients. After stalking our clients (errr “researching”), Rachel and I each put together a dream itinerary for our clients. Using our imagination and pulling a lot of favors, we come up with 5 star itineraries on a usually 2 star budget. The client can only pick one vacation to go on, and if they’re smart, they will choose mine. 🙂

So, come join the adventure and please root for #TeamAndrea when Vacation Chasers airs tonight on HLN (9pm Easter/6pm Pacific, in case you forgot from three paragraphs ago). Feel free to live tweet me @AndreaFeczko.

Brand New Demo Reel Premieres!

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This past year has been a wild ride. I am officially Gold Status on both American and Delta Airlines, thanks to all my travels for UMF TV. I freshened up on mi espanol in Buenos Aires shooting for MTV. I fully embraced my inner geek (well, it’s not so inner) working at SyFy. Oh, and I got up close and personal with the fiercest people on this planet, the bull riders of the PBR, with Clash of the Cowboys. I’ve met so many interesting people and been to so many far away places that it’s still hard to grasp this is my job. How strange show business is… especially to my Midwestern family.

Luckily, all these adventures are caught on tape– also known as my brand new demo reel! Check it out!

 

The Best of Andrea on AOL On

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Entertainment news is hard work. Seriously. It’s very glamorous and the stories are very light and fluffy, but it is more than meets the eye. The call time is 4:30am. Yes, 4:30 in the freaking morning! We have to find and write seven stories, find and download pictures to accompany the stories, and then write the headline, description and tags for the video. When that’s all done, we finally get into the studio to shoot it. I am not complaining, though. It makes me feel like my super expensive Journalism degree from NYU was totally worth it.

This week I hosted the music section for REV New Media’s Stereotude brand, which is heavily featured on AOL On, Huffington Post and Yahoo!

These are my favorite stories from the week:

I broke the Paris Jackson suicide attempt story for AOL On:

 

Details on Lea Michele’s new album got 50,000 hits in just one day on AOL!

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While this Justin Bieber v. Paparazzo story did well on the YouTube side.

 

This story warms my Midwestern heart that still believes Cinderella was based on a true story. Where can I find a guy like that? And the answer is definitely NOT Hollywood. And I really dig my Brigitte Bardot look:

For more of my stories go to Stereotude.com or AOL On