Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxury holidays

Friday newsletters always feature luxury travel contests, tips, series or news.

Today (October 2, 2015): Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxury holidays!

Every first Friday of the month, you can win exclusive prizes & free holidays in our pick of the best luxury travel contests & sweepstakes on the internet. These contest are weekly updated on our website here, so check back regularly.

In this issue: win luxury holidays to Barbados, the Maldives, Mallorca, Rome, St Lucia, Alaska, Mauritius, and Africa.

• Win a luxury African safari worth US$10,000. The grand prize includes for 4 nights under the Kenyan sky at two luxury Great Plains Conservation lodges for two people on a sharing basis. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 15 November 2015.

• For USA residents only: win a luxurious gateway to St Lucia. The grand prize includes 5 nights at the Anse Chastanet in St Lucia, plus 1000$ towards airfare. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 18 October 2015.

• For UK residents only: win a luxurious week’s holiday for two in Mauritius. The grand prize includes seven nights, half-board, in a deluxe room at Paradise Cove Boutique Hotel, plus return economy class flights from Gatwick with British Airways. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 10 November 2015.

• For UK residents only: win a 10-night holiday for two to the Caribbean islands of Barbados and Grenada. The prize package includes five nights accommodation at Sandals Barbados, five nights accommodation at Sandals LaSource Grenada, and ground transfers between the local airports and resorts. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 16 January 2015.

• For UK residents only: win a stay in Le Grand Bellevue in Gstaad, Switzerland. The grand prize includes a two nights’ stay in a Deluxe Chic Room at the hotel, including breakfast for two, one three-course dinner with wine, water and coffee for two at Leonard’s restaurant, two 50-minute signature treatments and access to Le Grand Spa for the duration of your stay. The prize also includes two return flights from London to Geneva and a return train journey with Golden Pass Railway to and from Gstaad, Switzerland. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 17 November 2015.

• Win a two night stay in Mallorca, Spain. The grand prize includes 2 nights at Son Julia Country House Hotel, a gorgeous boutique retreat in Mallorca, plus a two-day Range Rover Evoque car rental. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 6 October 2015.

• Win a two night stay in the Channel Islands. The grand prize includes a two-night stay at The Atlantic Hotel, a stunning retreat in the Channel Islands, in a Golf View room including full English breakfast, plus a seven-course tasting menu one evening and a three-course table d’hote dinner on the other evening. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 6 October 2015.

• For UK residents only: win the holiday of your life at One&Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives, worth £10,000. The grand prize includes five nights in a Water Villa with breakfast and yacht transfer at this deeply glamorous resort, along with return flights from London. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 3 November 2015.

• For UK residents only: win a Rome city break for two. The grand prize includes a two-night stay at Villa Spalletti Trivelli, breakfast each day, return flights from the UK to Rome, airport transfers, and entrance tickets for the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 28 October 2015.

• For USA residents only: win a four night trip to Alaska. The grand prize, worth $5000, includes airfare to Anchorage, hotel stay and $1,000 spending money. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 23 October 2015.

• Win a luxurious 2-night stay in a suite at any Shangri-La hotel or resort by submitting a travel article about an unforgettable journeys. You must be member of Shangri-La’s loyalty program Golden Circle (which is free). Click here to enter the competition.

Enjoy the weekend and stay tuned for Monday when we reveal a new top 10 travel list.

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