Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxurious holidays!

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

Today (December 5, 2014): Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxurious 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 trips to  Japan, Spain, London, Scottsdale, Djibouti, India, Amsterdam & Belgium, Fiji, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Alaska.

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• Win a two-night stay at the St Regis Osaka for 2, as well as a beautiful Light Silver cashmere wrap, courtesy of the Travelwrap Company, worth a combined £800. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date:  January 2015.

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• For USA residents only: win a culinary trip to Spain. Prize package includes a 10-day guided trip for 2, from Bilbao to Barcelona (including hotel), $2000 towards airfare, wine tasting, local fare and more. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 8 December 2014.

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• For USA residents only: win a luxurious trip to Scottsdale (Arizona, USA). Prize includes 2 nights in a suite at The Canyon Suites at The Phoenician, round-trip airfare for two to Phoenix, round-trip chauffeured airport transfers in The Canyon Suites’ luxury vehicle, two 50-minute spa treatments at The Centre for Well-Being at The Phoenician, and complimentary daily breakfast for two. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date:  January 2015.

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• For USA residents only: win a trip to Amsterdam & Belgium to take a free beer cruise, a prize worth $8,500, from Draft Magazine and Beer Bon Voyage’s Belgium. Prize includes 7 nights accommodations aboard a privately chartered passenger barge, all meals, brewery tours, visits and/or tastings at De Struise, De Molen, Bosteels, Palm, Jopen, De Prael, Brouwerij de 7 Deugden, Stadsbrouwerij Dordrecht, Brouwerij de Kroon and De Dolle, and privately guided city tours of Amsterdam, Leuven, Dordrecht and Bruges. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 15 August 2015.

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• Win a trip to Djibouti for 2 on Qatar Airways and a stay at the Djibouti Palace Kempinski. Click here to enter the Facebook & Instagram competition. Competition closing date: 7 December 2014.

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• For USA residents only: Win a dream cruise getaway to the destination of your choice by signing up to the United Cruises newsletter. Prizes include: one grand prize winner will receive 250,000 award miles and a dream cruise for two, one first prize winner will receive 250,000 award miles, and five other prize winners will receive 100,000 award miles each. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 31 December 2014.

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• For USA & Canada residents only: win a trip for 2 to Japan. Prize includes round-trip airfare with Air Canada, and an 8-day tour worth $5,000. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 15 December 2014.

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• For UK residents only: win a holiday to India: an 8-day private tour around India’s most famous attractions, including India’s capital New Delhi, the ‘Pink’ city of Jaipur and of course the Taj Mahal. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: unclear.

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• For USA residents only: win a theather weekend in London. Prize includes round trip airline tickets, three nights in the Radisson Blu Hotel London, two tickets to a major show on the West End, and two VIP passes to the 15th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 31 December 2014.

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• Subscribe to Fiji Airways’ newsletter (so called BulaMail) and receive a 5% discount for your next booking and a chance to win two return flights to Fiji. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 1 February 2015.

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• Win a six-night luxury holiday in north India and Rajasthan. The prize, worth about £7,000, includes accommodation with breakfast at your choice of five Oberoi hotels, guided tours, return flights from London to Delhi and private transfers. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 31 December 2014.

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• For USA residents only: win a luxurious trip for two to the island of Kauai (Hawaii) with Wyndham Rewards’ Hawaiian Getaway Sweepstakes. The grand prize is a trip for two to Hawaii including 80,000 HawaiianMiles for airfare and a five-night stay at the Wyndham Koloa Landing at Poipu Beach Wyndham Grand Resort. To enter, you must be a Wyndham Rewards member (membership is free and easily done). Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 27 December 2014.

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• For USA residents only: win a trip for two to Oahu’s North Coast (Hawaii),  including airfare, a five-night stay at the Turtle Bay Resort, daily breakfasts at North Shore Kula Grille, and two Golden Passports that give you the ability to try horseback riding, surfing lessons, SUP lessons, Segway tours, kayaking tour, helicopter tour, golf, spa service and tennis. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 31 December 2014.

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• For UK residents only: win a luxury holiday to Hong Kong. The prize includes return premium economy tickets for 2 adults with Cathay Pacific, 3 nights at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong (including one free dinner), tickets for the Hong Kong Dragon Boat festival, and limousine transfers. Click here to enter the Facebook competition. Competition closing date: 9 December 2014.

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• For USA and Canada residents only: win a 10-day Alaska land and sea journey with Holland America Line. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 30 April 2015.

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• 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.

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