Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxury holidays!

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

Today (August 4, 2017): Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxury holidays!

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

In this issue: Win luxury trips to Hawaii, Bodrum (Turkey), Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, Bologna (Italy), Ireland, Québec (Canada), in addition to a private jet flight, an ultraluxe safari in Southern Africa, and escapes to some of the world’s best hotels & resorts (e.g. Six Senses, Four Seasons, Rosewood, Shangri-La).

• Win an exclusive holiday at the Mandarin Oriental Bodrum in Turkey, worth £90,000. The winner and a guest will stay at the five-star Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum, in a luxurious Mandarin Villa – it has a private terrace and pool, a sauna, steam room and fitness suite – with breakfast and a three-course dinner included each day.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 30 September 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a luxury holiday to Crete, Greece. The winner and a guest will spend five nights at Cressa Ghitonia Village hotel, a collection of pretty houses, suites and rooms, along with a restaurant, swimming pool, spa and hammam, in the mountain village of Sfaka in eastern Crete. As well as five nights’ accommodation with breakfast, the prize includes dinner for two in the hotel’s restaurant, where local dishes are created with ingredients from the kitchen garden, a massage treatment in the spa, plus return flights from London and car hire on Crete.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 8 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a holiday to Greece worth £3,000. The winner and a guest will stay in a five-star deluxe room, with breakfast included, at The Westin Resort Costa Navarino, in the Messinia region of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. Still relatively unknown, Messinia has some of the best beaches in Greece, and in its hills, the loveliest little Greek towns and villages for exploring. As well as five nights’ accommodation, the prize includes return flights to Kalamata, Greece from London Heathrow or Gatwick, and complimentary access to the Thalassotherapy Facilities and Heat Experience area for two people at the hotel’s Anazoe Spa.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win one of 20 amazing holidays worth a total of £650,000 in the Telegraph Travel Awards competition. Prizes include – among others – a 12-day luxury tour of India with Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, a 17-day luxury cruise with Silversea in Indonesia and Papa New Guinea, a private jet flight to New York City, a 15-day tour of New Zealand, a Four Seasons holiday in Thailand, a 4-night stay in a luxury home at Jumby Bay, A Rosewood Resort, in Anguila, a stay at the ultraluxe Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort & Spa in the Maldives, and a chance to stay at five luxury Six Senses resorts around the world.
  • Eligibility: UK residents
  • End date: 1 October 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win an ultraluxe African safari with Wilderness Safaris. The grand prize includes eight nights for two people at their choice for a Classic or Adventure camp in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia or Zimbabwe. Air charters into/out of the camps are included but not the regional or international flights.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 10 September 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win an luxury trip to Hawaii. The grand prize includes round-trip domestic airfare for two to Honolulu, 4-nights in a luxurious oceanfront room with breakfast for two daily at the Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina, and tickets to  the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival.
  • Eligibility: open to USA residents only
  • End date: 31 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a sunny getaway at Miami’s South Beach. The grand prize includes three nights’ accommodation at the famous The Betsy – South Beach hotel, daily American breakfast for two, live Jazz performances in the lobby, sunrise yoga on the ocean front deck, and access to a one-of-a-kind Beatles and Rolling Stones Exhibit featuring over 200 photographs.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 20 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a two night stay in Bologna, Italy. The grand prize includes a two night stay at the Grand Hotel Majestic, free high-speed fibre optic wifi, an American style buffet breakfast for two people, sky and mediaset premium TV channels, VIP treatment and free access to the Health and Wellness area for two people.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a family trip to Portugal. The grand prize includes a three-night stay in a brand new family room at Tivoli Marina Vilamoura, accommodating two adults and two children, with full buffet breakfast included and one dinner for the party in one of the hotel restaurants. This also includes a carefully selected bottle of Tivoli wine and mineral water.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win an exclusive trip to Ireland, worth £13,000. The grand prize includes  a two-night stay, bed and breakfast in a suite at Powerscourt Hotel Resort & Spa. The prize also includes a three-course meal with wine, a bottle of Champagne in your room upon arrival, access to the spa and a signature experience treatment for two with jade stones and rose quartz crystals. Additionally the lucky winner will also receive: afternoon tea, a visit to the historic Powerscourt House and Gardens, access to the exclusive River Walk and chauffeur-transfers to and from the airport
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 July 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a luxury trip to Hong Kong. The grand prize includes a three-night-stay at the 5-star Kerry Hotel, the first new build hotel to open on the Kowloon waterfront in over two decades. The prize also includes Club access, a dinner for two at Big Bay Café all day dining restaurant, and an afternoon tea set for two at Lobby Lounge.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a two-night stay at any Curio Collection by Hilton hotel worldwide. With locations everywhere from LA to Costa Rica and Rome to Ibiza, you can enter the competition to win a luxury holiday in the destination of your choice. Where will you choose?
  • Eligibility: open to UK residents only
  • End date: 31 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a fantastic ski trip at one of Switzerland’s most luxurious hotels. The grand prize includes a 2 night stay at the spectacular 5-star deluxe hotel The Chedi Andermatt, GaultMillau Hotel of the Year 2017. The prize also includes return flights to Zurich from the UK & Swiss Rail transfer, lift passes & equipment rentals if taken during the ski season, daily breakfast, one 3-course dinner at The Restaurant for 2 people (excl. beverages), entrance to The Spa & Health Club, minibar (non-alcoholic beverages only) & in-room TV entertainment, and non-alcoholic beverages.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 15 November 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a three-night ultra-luxury escape in Australia. The grand prize includes a $10,000 AUD stay at Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley. The winner and a guest will take in the dramatic beauty of the Greater Blue Mountains region at one of Australia’s most luxurious resorts, enjoying pampering treatments at the One&Only Spa, wildlife safaris, nature walks and heritage tours.
  • Eligibility: Australia residents only
  • End date: not clear
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a luxury safari to South Africa. The grand prize includes two return flights from London Heathrow to Port Elizabeth with South African Airways, all internal transfers, and a six-night luxury city and safari trip to South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
  • Eligibility: UK residents only
  • End date: 13 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win an adventerous holiday in Québec, Canada, worth £3,600. The grand prize includes two return economy flights from London to Montréal with British Airways, six nights’ three-star b&b accommodation (two nights each in Montréal, Tremblant and Montebello), dogsledding in the Québécois countryside, a one-hour helicopter flight, and five days’ self-drive car hire from Montréal.
  • Eligibility: open to UK residents only.
  • End date: 17 September 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a pair of return flights to the vibrant city of Vancouver. A new non-stop service on Air Canada Rouge operates from Gatwick three times a week, and to celebrate the occasion, the airline and airport ar giving away two tickets in Economy Class.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a holiday in the Maldives. The lucky winner and a guest will be treated to a seven-night (full-board) stay at the beautiful Sun Siyam Iru Fushi resort. The prize also includes return flights from London to Malé Airport, and return transfers (domestic flight and speedboat) to the resort. 
  • Eligibility: UK residents only
  • End date: 29 August 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

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