Travel contests & sweepstakes: win luxury holidays!

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

Today (May 1, 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 trips to Southern Africa, London, Florida, Portugal, Crete (Greece), Fiji, Maui (Hawaii), Switzerland, Chile, and the Maldives.

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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.

• Win a stay in London at the Great Northern Hotel, including two-course dinner, gourmet lunch and Champagne! Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 16 May 2015.

• Win a three-night stay for two in Florida in an Executive Suite plus breakfast and lunch each day at the Henderson Park Inn. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 16 May 2015.

• For Australian residents only: Win a trip for two to the Maldives. The prize, valued at $13,000, includes return flights to the Maldives (with a seaplane transfer to the resort) and six nights’ accommodation in a deluxe water villa at the five-star Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa, Maldives. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 20 May 2015.

• For USA residents only: Win a three-night vacation trip to Zurich, Switzerland, one of the top chocolate destinations in the world. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 11 May 2015.

• For USA residents only: Win a ski trip in Chile. The prize, worth $4,600, includes a four-night trip for two to Hotel Portillo in Valparaiso, Chile, two five-day lift tickets, four meals per day, and use of all equipment facilities. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 12 May 2015.

• For USA residents only: Win a five-night stay in Hawaii. The prize, worth $5,000, includes airfare, a five-night stay at the Lumeria Maui hotel in a Superior Ocean View Room, including breakfast and complimentary yoga classes daily, two 60-minute massages at the Lumeria Maui’s spa, a Limited Edition “charity:water” MZ Wallace Metro Tote and water bottle, filled with Everyday Beach Throw, a navy striped scarf, a set of two porcelain enamelware cups, beachy hair Mist, salt water taffy, and all-natural travel towelettes.  Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 11 May 2015.

• For USA residents only:  Win an amazing $13,000 getaway with your sweetheart in Fiji. The prize includes airfare (from Los Angeles), two one-way helicopter transfers from Nadi Airport to the Likuliku Lagoon Resort, one-way private vehicle return transfer, one-way return catamaran transfers, a Deluxe Beachfront Bure for seven nights at the Likuliku Lagoon Resort, including all meals daily, and a $1,000 cash prize. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 6 July 2015.

• For UK residents only: win a five-night stay in Crete. The prize, worth £4000, includes a five-night stay for two in a Blue Palace Mediterranean Maisonette Suite on a B&B basis, two 50-minute massage treatments, an American breakfast buffet and Champagne, dinner for two and return flights to London with Aegean Airlines. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 21 June 2015.

• For UK residents only: Win a two-night stay in Portugal. The prize includes return flights with TAP Airlines from the UK to Lisbon, airport transfers to and from the hotel, a two-night stay for two at The Oitavos hotel with breakfast, full spa access and one three-course lunch for two with a bottle of wine as recommended by the sommelier at Verbasco Restaurant & Bar, located at Oitavos Dunes Clubhouse. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 16 May 2015.

• For UK residents only: Win a six-night holiday for two in Southern Africa. The prize, worth £3,300, includes accommodation on a bed-and-breakfast basis (2 nights at Table Bay Hotel, 2 nights at the Royal Livingstone in Zambia, and The Palace of the Lost City in Sun City) as well as flights from London to Johannesburg and transfers. Click here to enter the competition. Competition closing date: 30 May 2015.

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