Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxury holidays!

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

Today (January 6, 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 contest are weekly updated on my travel blog here, so check back regularly.

This issue features some truly incredible competitions. You can win Business Class trips with Etihad and Qatar Airways, and win luxury trips – among others –  to ultra luxe resort in the Maldives (Gili Lankanfushi), Vietnam (Fusion Maia), and Antigua in the Caribbean (Hermitage Bay).

• Win a holiday to the Maldives worth £10,000, including Qatar Airways Business Class flights. The grand prize includes five nights at the breathtakingly beautiful Gili Lankanfushi, one of the original and best barefoot-luxury Maldives resorts. The winner and a guest will stay in an overwater Villa Suite, with daily breakfast and dinner included, along with a wine and cheese tasting and a snorkelling trip with a marine biologist. The prize includes return Business Class flights to Malé with Qatar Airways, and boat transfers to and from the hotel.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 January 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a detox holiday to Vietnam worth £8,000, including Qatar Airways Business Class flights. The grand prize includes five nights at Fusion Maia, an exceptionally indulgent wellness resort on Vietnam’s east coast. The winner and a guest will stay in a luxurious pool villa on a full-board basis, with a choice of three Fusion Maia treatments: the alkaline diet, raw food detox or juice cleansing detox. The prize also includes return Business Class flights to Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi with Qatar Airways, along with airport transfers.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 January 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a week’s holiday at one of the Caribbean’s most luxurious resorts. The grand prize includes seven nights at five-star boutique hotel Hermitage Bay on the candy-bright island of Antigua. Hidden in a perfect horse-shoe cove on the south-west coast, Hermitage Bay is just steps from the turquoise shores of the Caribbean. The prize includes a stay in a hillside pool suite for two on an all-inclusive basis, along with British Airways return flights and airport transfers.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 28 February 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win two Etihad Airways business-class flights to Australia, plus £5,000 spending money. The hard part will be choosing which of Etihad’s Australian gateways to fly to – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Perth are all served via Abu Dhabi with daily flights from London Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh. three runners-up will win a luxury London trip – a three-course dining experience for two at the Dickie Fitz Supper Club, Fitzrovia, London, one night’s accommodation in a three-star London hotel, plus up to £100 towards travel expenses.
  • Eligibility: open to UK residents only
  • End date: 5 February 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win an luxurious getaway in Koh Samui, Thailand. The grand prize includes a luxury four nights and five days stay at Miskawaan Luxury Beachfront Villas on Maenam Beach. The lucky winner will enjoy continental breakfast, one hour in-villa massage per adult and a complimentary roundtrip airport transfer to the resort..
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 January 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a two night stay in the Lake District, UK. The grand prize includes a two-night stay in a luxury, lake view room with hot tub at Linthwaite House including a complimentary bottle of champagne plus breakfast on both days and dinner one night.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 January 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a weekend break in London. The grand prize includes a two-night weekend stay at The Kensington Hotel for 2 people, including à la carte breakfast for 2, 3-course dinner for 2 and a bottle of wine at Town House at The Kensington as well as 2 tickets to the current exhibition at The Victoria and Albert Museum, the world’s leading museum of art and design in London.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 January 2017
  • Enter the competition: click here

• Win a two night stay at London. The grand prize includes a two-night stay at The Great Northern Hotel in London, including a complimentary bottle of Billecart-Salmon champagne on arrival plus breakfast on both days and dinner at the celebrated Plum + Spilt Milk on one night.
  • Eligibility: open to all
  • End date: 31 January 2017
  • 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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