Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxury holidays

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

Today (January 1, 2016): Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxury holidays!

I wish you and your family the very happiest of New Years and a wonderful 2016! May each new day bring laughter and joy.

There’s no better way to start 2016 than trying your luck in my pick of the best travel contests & sweepstakes on the internet. These contests are weekly updated on my blog here, so check back regularly.

In this issue: win cruises to destinations of your choice, as well as luxury holidays to Switzerland, London, Paris, the Maldives, Ireland, the Grand Canyon, Marrakech, Bali, Sri Lanka, and the Caribbean.

• Win a free skiing vacation for two in Switzerland, worth $7,000. The grand prize includes round trip air with SWISS in economy class, 7 nights hotel accommodation, ski pass and transfer ticket from the airport to the resort of your choice (Engelberg, Haute Nendaz, Jungfrau Region, Portes du Soleil or St. Moritz).
  • Eligibility: USA and Canada residents
  • End date: 29 February 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a trip to London for 4, worth $12,500. The grand prize includes airfare, a four-night hotel stay, and the chance to visit The Twinings Tea Shop and to have a tea tasting with Stephen Twining.
  • Eligibility: USA residents
  • End date: 31 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a cruise for 2, plus 500,000 American Airlines miles. The grand prize includes 500,000 AAdvantage miles to be used for free airfare and more plus a $3,000 cruise voucher to be used at aa.cruises.com.
  • Eligibility: USA residents
  • End date: 31 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a 2 night trip to Paris for 2. The grand prize includes airfare with Air France, a stay in a boutique hotel, a gourmet mustard tasting, and more.
  • Eligibility: USA residents
  • End date: 31 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a 7 night Holland America cruise to a destination of your choice in Canada, New England, Alaska, the Caribbean, or Europe. The prize is worth just short of $5,000.
  • Eligibility: USA residents
  • End date: 31 March 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a 7 night to trip to the Grand Canyon. The grand prize includes a seven-night tour of America’s Canyonlands for two, taking in the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion, as well as Lake Powell and Las Vegas, including accommodation in the Four Seasons Scottsdale at Troon North, Kachina Grand Canyon National Park Lodges, Lake Powell Resort and Marinas, Bryce Canyon Lodge, Zion Lodge and the Four Seasons Las Vegas. The prize includes return flights from London Heathrow Airport, and transfers to and from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Most meals are included, as well as insights from an ecology and geology expert from the rim of the Grand Canyon, a private Lake Powell Champagne dinner cruise on a yacht, a trip down the Colorado River, aerial sightseeing over Rainbow Bridge and a guided tour of the colourful slot canyons.
  • Eligibility: UK residents
  • End date: 30 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a 2 night stay in Ireland. The prize includes a two-night stay and five-course dinner at Castlemartyr Resort, as well as prosecco and chocolate strawberries on arrival, plus a private tour of Titanic Experience Cobh, lunch at Titanic Bar and Grill and €50 to spend at Tregan Craft Centre.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 30 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a 2 night stay in Kent.The prize includes a two-night stay in a Master Suite plus three-course dinner each night and two spa treatments per person at Eastwell Manor, an elegant country house hotel in the enchanting Garden of England.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 30 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win an amazing 11 night holiday to Sri Lanka. The prize includes international flights (from the UK), private transport with an English-speaking driver, standard accommodation, some meals and all excursions.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 14 February 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a holiday in Marrakech worth £5,000.  The grand prize includes a five-night stay for two at La Sultana Marrakech, including breakfast, an urban safari tour of Marrakech, two spa treatments, free entry to Jardin Majorell, and return economy flights from London.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 5 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a luxury holiday in Bali. The grand prize includes 5 nights in a Deluxe Room at the centrally located Bali Dynasty Resort plus return flights for two, return airport transfers and breakfast daily.
  • Eligibility: Australia residents
  • End date: 5 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a luxury stay in the Maldives, worth £5000. The grand prize includes return flights for two,from London to Malé International Airport, free seaplane transfers to and from Malé to the resort, five nights in a beach villa at The Sun Siyam Iru Fushi private luxury island in the Noonu Atoll.
  • Eligibility: UK residents
  • End date: 31 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win one of 27 luxury holiday prizes worth a total of £1m in the Telegraph Travel Awards competition. Prizes includes – amongst others – a three-night stay at Amanjena (Marrakech), a two-night stay at the Peninsula Paris, a three-night stay at the iconic Four Seasons Grand Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, an 18-day trip to the Canadian High Arctic, an epic 18-night safari and beach holiday to Tanzania and Mozambique, a 12-night tour of Dubai and India with Oberoi Hotels, a four-night stay for two couples at North Island Seychelles, a luxury stay in every Waldorf Astoria hotel and resort around the world, 10 business class trips from London to New York, a stay in every COMO hotel and resort worldwide over a total of 33 nights, a luxury cruise in the Galapagos, and the ultimate Maldives holiday.
  • Eligibility: UK residents
  • End date: 14 February 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• 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.
  • Eligibility: UK residents
  • End date: 16 January 2016
  • Enter the competition: click here

• 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.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • Enter the competition: click here

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

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