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Win exclusive prizes & luxury holidays in my pick of the best luxury travel contests & sweepstakes on the internet. This list is weekly updated & sent out by email in my newsletter on the first Friday of the month. You can sign up for my  newsletter (3x/week) by entering your email address in the box on the right side (desktop) or bottom (tablet, smart phone) of this page. You can also follow me on Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , and Tumblr .

• Eligibility: open to all
• End date: May 31, 2024
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• End date: June 30, 2024
• Eligibility: open to UK residents
• End date: May 17 2024
• End date: November 30, 2024
• End date: June 13, 2024
• End date: September 15, 2024
• End date: May 19, 2024
• End date: May 15, 2024
• Eligibility: open to residents of Canada, the United States of America, Australia and the United Kingdom.
• End date: May 3, 2024

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102 Comments

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wow u have amazing trips to visit

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notify me pls

Sounds cool

Why can’t I put Australia in the Bali contest that is open to all?

I know the answer to Bali contest but at the end it’s not for an Indian

thank you for catching that. I corrected the mistakes.

Who told you that at the end its not for indian? i participated that contest and submitted my entry with right answer.

Some links took me to the hotel homepage rather than the contests. Otherwise, great work!

Thank you once again for these. I am unable to enter the “AMAZING CONTEST Soneva” contest. The page says that, “page could not be found.” Please may you help with that. I’d really love to enter that one. Thanks

I have updated the link (with Soneva’s Instagram page, which gives more info on the contest).

You informed: “Win a luxury summer escape to Ibiza, Spain (…) Eligibility: open to all …” But its terms and conditions indicates: “ELIGIBILITY: (…) 2.This Competition is only open to residents of the UK who are aged 18 years or (…)” Regards, P. Espinosa .

I would like to participate in the Soneva contest… I have been looking for on Soneva website, I found some videos for each month, but I dont see how “like” the video of the month. Could you please tell me where is the video of the month that I should like, tags, etc to enter the contest. Maybe if you could add a direct link would be great. Thanks! Amazing page! Amazing YT videos! Simply the best!

This is Soneva’s current video of the month: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnMjezNj3lo/?hl=nl&taken-by=discoversoneva

Hello from Greece! Why the best of your giveaways are open only to US and UK citizens?? Here in Greece we do not get paid as much as they do and we want to join your beautiful contests! Please give more opportunities for European Residents! Thanks 🙂

I am from Zimbabwe, Africa, and would love to see more opportunities for us too 🙂

How to enter this brussels airline european destination thing. It only opens terms and conditions

Do you have to answer the question correctly to win?

the Oman contest is definitely not open for all. Typically CN traveller contest are not. You have to enter county (not country!), as its just for UK residents mostly.

It appears that the link to the contest for Jacuzzi Beach Villa at Reethi Faru Resort is linked to a contest for a trip to Abu Dhabi. Will you kindly check on this? Thanks!

Sorry about that. I now inserted the correct link.

i’m from Indonesia and thank’s for your info contest, i hope someday i can visit many destinations of all around the world like you.

I’m very frustrated that almost all of these sweepstakes are not open to people in the United States. We would be willing to fly over there. And leave from the destination. I have a daughter who lives in the UK will that qualify me?

Hi! In the “Trip Around the World” contest, you stated that it is open to US & Canada residents. However, when I went to the contest page, it states that it is open for US residents only. I am from Canada and I hope my entries in this contest are not in vain. Thank you! 🙂

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How we will be informed about the results of contest and when are been they announced

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I know you are trying hard, I can see that, but I can hardly get up the stairs to spend a night in my own bed. I can’t wait to win a prize for afternoon tiffin in Tristan da Cunha. Sorry just being cynical, all that way for a cup of tea. Please make your prizes worth while. Remember Oscar Wilde’s quote about The Giants Causeway in NI. Worth seeing but NOT WORTH GOING TO SEE. Let me plan my own dream trip. Please.

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Still giving away Travel Wellness Trips? Diffenitly in great Need…7/2020. Grey in the N.W.

Hi! In the “Trip Around the World” contest, you stated that it is open to US & Canada residents. However, when I went to the contest page, it states that it is open for US residents only. I am from Canada and I hope my entries in this contest are not in vain. Thank you! 🙂

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You informed: “Win a luxury summer escape to Ibiza, Spain (…) Eligibility: open to all …” But its terms and conditions indicates: “ELIGIBILITY: (…) 2.This Competition is only open to residents of the UK who are aged 18 years or (…)” Regards, P. Espinosa

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Love your reviews, news about travel and so on. This last one, Sep 9th, features Win a trip to Australia. End date: August 18, 2022 Need to refresh the entries in the blog before sending the block email…:)

Plus more, that I have now seen, that ended already in August…

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Tried to enter the UK competition but the link takes me to the Swiss rail trip.

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These travel contests sound too good to be true! Winning a luxury getaway to places like Portugal, Italy, or even an adventurous cruise in Patagonia would be a dream come true. The variety of destinations and experiences offered, from stargazing in Italy to a luxury stay in Mykonos, truly caters to every taste. It’s amazing that most of these are open to everyone. Fingers crossed, and hoping to win one of these fantastic prizes!

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I think some of these trips are stupid. Why, most are a 2 day trip. Which depending where you live, it can take a Day just to travel there and a Day to get back, A 2 day trip is really an 1 overnight ??? Tell me what can you see or enjoy?

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Win a holiday to Switzerland worth £1,300, plus a year’s supply of Ricola sweets. T&Cs Apply. Competition closes 30th September 2024.

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Win four nights in California including a wellness, surf, and ski or snowboard experience. T&Cs Apply. Competition closes 30th September 2024.

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LAST UPDATE: 5/10/24

On this page we list major Disney sweepstakes and contests  that are either sponsored by Disney or offer substantial Disney prizes. We also list sweepstakes with prizes of a vacation to Central Florida or Southern California. We try to pick only the best Disney contests and vacation sweepstakes that are worth your time, so we are very picky about what we will list . The listings below are only short summaries of the prizes and rules; be sure to read the complete official rules for each contest before entering.

• Check out the amazing prizes MouseSavers.com readers have won!
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Win a Prize of a four 2-day Disneyland (California) Park Hopper tickets and a 3-night hotel stay for 4 people.

See official rules for details about entry requirements. One entry per person. Expires 5/15/24. Thanks to Susan M for info.

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Win a Prize of a 3-night trip for 4 people to Walt Disney World, including airfare, a 1-night stay in the Cinderella Castle Suite, a 2-night stay in a Walt Disney World Deluxe Resort Hotel, four 3-day Walt Disney World tickets with Park Hopper option, breakfast at Cinderella’s Royal Table, a VIP tour for up to 7 hours.

Open to US and Canadian residents only. You do not have to make a donation to Orlando Magic Youth Foundation to enter. Free entry requires filling out a form and mailing it in. See official rules for details about entry requirements. To see the rules for this specific sweepstakes scroll down to the bottom of this sweepstake’s main page. Each submission of the requested information gets you 1,000 entries. Limit of 8,000 entries per person, regardless of method of entry. Expires 5/24/24. Thanks to Jacob S for info.

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Win a Grand Prize of a 3-night trip for 4 people to Orlando, including airfare, hotel accommodations, four 4-day, 1 park per day Walt Disney World tickets, a $150 Disney gift card and a welcome basket. Win up to 3 of 5,000 Instant Win prizes of a $25 Disney Gift Card eGift or a Coppertone beach towel.  

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Win a Prize of a 2-night trip for 2 people to Universal Studios Hollywood, including airfare, hotel accommodations, two 1-day VIP tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood, and a meet and greet with Jabari Banks (star of Bel-Air ). Each VIP ticket includes 1-day admission; unlimited express access to each ride, attraction and seated show; an expert guided tour, including the backlot; light snack and refreshments; an exclusive VIP gourmet meal and complimentary valet parking.

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Open to US residents only. Enter by purchasing any 2 Werther’s products and uploading proof of payment, or for FREE via mail ( see Rule # 4B for details ). See official rules for details about entry requirements. Up to 10 entries per person, regardless of method of entry. Expires 6/18/24. Thanks to Rebecca P for info.

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Win a Grand Prize of a 4-night trip for 4 people to Orlando, including four $250 Frontier Airlines flight vouchers, a 4-night stay at Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in a deluxe room, 5-day full size rental vehicle from Enterprise, self-parking for 1 vehicle for 4 nights, $100 dining credit, four 2-day SeaWorld Orlando tickets, four 1-day Aquatica tickets, 12 SeaWorld/Aquatica meal vouchers and complimentary parking.  

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Win one of over 10,000 Instant Win Prizes of a $25 Disney gift card, a digital voucher for 1 AMC Theatres Black movie ticket and more; see Rule #5 for a complete list of Instant Win Prizes. 

Open to ages 13 and up. See official rules for details about entry requirements; there is a separate entry process for each sweepstakes prize. Both sweepstakes can be entered by purchasing specially marked can and bottles and scanning the character, or for free via mail; see Rule #4 for details about entry process. For the Disney Cruise Sweepstakes there is a limit of 28 entries per person, regardless of method of entry. For the Ultimate Fan Sweepstakes there is a limit of 6 entries per person, regardless of method of entry. Expires 6/30/24. Thanks to Rebecca P for info.

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Open to US citizens and residents only; residents of Tennessee cannot enter. See official rules for details about entry requirements. One entry per person. Earn one additional entry for each friend who uses your unique referral link to enter (you will receive this link after you enter). Expires 6/30/24. Thanks to Colleen C for info.

Prizes Won by MouseSavers.com Readers

In 2003, we started listing Disney sweepstakes as well as contests with prizes of Orlando and Southern California vacations. Since then, we’ve heard from over 300 MouseSavers.com readers who have won prizes .

Here are some of the major prizes won by MouseSavers.com readers:

See, real people do win these things. (And if you win a contest you found on MouseSavers.com,  let us know .)  Congratulations to the winners!

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Sweepstakes entries are one of the primary ways companies build their email lists. If you don’t want to be bombarded with junk email, try to opt out (if possible) from any mailing list sign-ups they are offering along with the contest entry.

It’s also smart to create a “junk mail” address through a free Web-based email provider such as Gmail and use it for all sweepstakes sign-ups. However, be sure to check that mailbox at least every couple of days, since winners are frequently notified by email.

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The following promotion is intended for participants in the forty eight (48) contiguous United States and Washington D.C. only. The Sweepstakes shall be construed and evaluated according to the laws of the United States. Void in Alaska and Hawaii. Further eligibility restrictions are contained in the Official Rules below. 

1. DESCRIPTION: Internet access required . The “Win an Orlando Family Vacation Sweepstakes" (the " Sweepstakes ") begins on T hurs day, March 28, 2024, and ends on Wednesday, June 26 , 2024 , at 11 :59:59 a m Eastern Time (“ ET ”) (“ Sweepstakes Period ”) . The sponsor of this Sweepstakes is Visit Orlando, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32821 (“ Sponsor ”). The administrator of this Sweepstakes is Creative Zing Promotion Group, 2100 E. Robinson St., Orlando, FL 32803 (" Administrator "). SeaWorld Orlando and Frontier Airlines ( each a " Prize Provider ") are not responsible for the collection, submission or processing of entries, the administration or execution of the Sweepstakes , or the selection of the winners.  

2. ELIGIBILITY:   Sweepstakes is open only to legal United States residents residing in the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States or Washington, D.C. (each an “ Entrant ” and collectively “ Entrants ”). Entrants must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of entry. Entrants must be the rightful owner (or have authorized use) of the email address identified on the entry form. Employees, owners, shareholders, officers and directors of Sponsor and Administrator (collectively, the “ Sweepstakes Entities ”), Prize Provider, and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, agents, representatives, promotion and advertising agencies  together with the immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of such persons (collectively, “ Household Members ”), are not eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes.  For purposes of the Sweepstakes " Household Members " shall mean those people who share the same residence at least three months a year; " I mmediate Family Members " shall mean parents, step-parents, legal guardians, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses.  In the event of a dispute over the identity of an Entrant or potential winner in the Sweepstakes, the Entrant or potential winner will be deemed the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the entry. “ Authorized Account Holder ” is defined as the natural person in whose name the e-mail account was opened. In the event a dispute regarding the identity of an Entrant or potential winner cannot be resolved to Sponsor’s satisfaction, the affected entry will be deemed ineligible. Entries will not be acknowledged except as provided herein.  Sweepstakes Grand Prize is non-transferable and cannot be substituted, sold or bartered. Void in Hawaii and Alaska, and where prohibited or restricted by law. 

3. HOW TO ENTER: Eligible Entrants may enter the Sweepstakes by visiting www.VisitOrlando.com/win-a-trip ( the " Sweepstakes Homepage ") and following the on-screen instructions to access the registration form. Entrant must provide all of the information requested, including but not limited to Entrant’s full name, physical address and email address, then click “Submit” to receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit of one (1) entry per person, per day. If entries exceed the entry limitations, the Entrant may be disqualified, at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. Incomplete, unreadable, or unintelligible entries will be disqualified. All information provided by Entrants becomes the property of Sponsor. Participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes Entrant's understanding of, full and unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Entrant that Sponsor determines to be in violation of any term contained in these Official Rules. Sponsor's decision not to enforce a specific provision of these Official Rules does not constitute a waiver of that provision of the Official Rules generally. Sponsor has the right to change the Sweepstakes Period, and all other dates or deadlines set in connection with this Sweepstakes, at any time and in its sole discretion.  

4 . ODDS: Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.   

5. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: On or about Friday, June 28, 2024, one (1) potential Grand Prize winner will be selected via random drawing from all eligible Entries received in accordance with the Entry Period Chart above. The potential winner will be notified by email via the email address provided on the registration form. The potential winner is responsible for checking their spam filter. The potential winner will be required to respond (as directed) to the notification within five (5) days (or a shorter time if required by exigencies) of attempted notification. The failure to respond within the stated time period may result in forfeiture of the Grand Prize. The potential winner will be required to verify address, sign, and return within five (5) days of initial notification a “ Prize Acceptance Form ” covering eligibility, liability, advertising and (unless prohibited by law) publicity rights and such other documents as Sponsor or Administrator may provide (collectively, “ Prize Acceptance Forms ”). Failure of a potential winner to return the Prize Acceptance Forms within the specified time period may result in forfeiture of the Grand Prize and selection of an alternate potential winner from the remaining eligible entries. Administrator, in its sole discretion, will attempt to contact up to three (3) potential winners of each Grand Prize in accordance with the above procedure, after which the Grand Prize in question may go unawarded if it remains unclaimed. If Grand Prize is awarded but goes unclaimed or is forfeited by recipient, such Grand Prize may not be re-awarded, in Sweepstakes Entities’ sole discretion. Winner's travel companions (each a “ Guest ” or collectively “ Guests ”) must be at least eighteen years of age and the age of majority in their state of primary residence unless the winner is such Guest’s parent or legal guardian. Each Guest (or if such Guest is a minor, the parent or legal guardian) will be required to verify address and to execute a Travel Companion Release, as directed by the Administrator. Failure to return the executed Travel Companion Release within the specified time period may result in forfeiture of the Trip for the Guest. Winners must provide Sponsor with a valid social security number for tax reporting purposes. The winner will receive an IRS Form 1099 from the Sweepstakes Entities for the actual retail value of the Grand Prize for the calendar year in which the Grand Prize was fulfilled.    

6 . GRAND PRIZE:  There is one (1) Grand Prize available (one (1) consisting of one (1) 5-day / 4-night trip for the winner and up to three (3) guests to Orlando, Florida (the “ Trip ”). The Trip includes:    

(a.) Air transportation vouchers, provided by Frontier Airlines , for the winner and up to three (3) Guests to Orlando, Florida from an airport served by Frontier Airlines (as selected at the sole discretion of Sponsor). Winner will receive one (1) flight voucher per traveler, and each voucher will have a value of $250 to be used against selected flights. Winner and Guests will be responsible for securing any transportation to/from the closest Frontier Airlines served airport to their home, any costs not covered by the provided flight voucher, and will be responsible for securing their own flights using the provided voucher;  

(b.) Hotel accommodations for four (4) consecutive nights for the winner and their Guests at Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld (one (1) deluxe guest room, quad occupancy, room, self-parking for one (1) vehicle for four (4) nights, $100 dining credit and resort fees/taxes only);  

(c.) Admission for four (4) to SeaWorld® Orlando with 2-day ticket and Aquatica® with 1-day ticket during the stay (tickets are subject to separate terms, conditions and restrictions which can be found on the ticket); 

( d.) Twelve (12) SeaWorld/Aquatica meal vouchers and complimentary parking during Trip; and 

(f.) One (1) full-size rental vehicle from Enterprise Rent-a-Car for up to five (5) days (vehicle and rental tax only), subject to eligibility. Driver must be at least twenty-five (25) years of age, possess a valid driver’s license and major credit card, and meet the terms and conditions of the rental agency. Winner will be responsible for any associated additional rental costs (including but not limited to insurance, gas, child seats and GPS) ;   

Approximate Retail Value (“ ARV ”) of Trip: $ 4,358  

TRAVEL MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF GRAND PRIZE WINNER CONFIRMATION. Actual Grand Prize value depends on winner’s place of residence and cost and availability of airfare and hotel at the time of booking and travel and may be substantially higher or lower than the stated ARV. Blackout dates may apply. All Grand Prize details are at the sole discretion of the Sponsor and corresponding Prize Provider. Grand Prize winner cannot assign or transfer the prize to another person. No cash alternative is allowed, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor. If a Grand Prize cannot be awarded due to circumstances beyond the control of Sponsor, a substitute prize of equal or greater retail value may be awarded. If the winner is unable or unwilling to accept the Grand Prize, or any portion thereof, as stated, the Grand Prize may be forfeited in its entirety at the sole discretion of Sponsor. The value of the Grand Prize represents the Sponsor’s good faith determination of the maximum retail value thereof. No refunds or credits for changes are allowed. The ARV of any prize is subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the Grand Prize is awarded or redeemed. All other expenses and costs, not expressly listed above, including, but not limited to, taxes, tips, entertainment, transfers, as well as seat assignment or baggage fees determined by selected airline are winner’s sole responsibility. Other restrictions may apply. Save for liability for death or personal injury due to negligence, winner and Guests agree that they undertake the Trip at their own risk. Winner and Guests must have valid travel documents (e.g., valid government issued photo ID and/or Passport) prior to departure. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of Grand Prize. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or certificates. Once travel commences, no unscheduled stopovers are permitted; if an unscheduled stopover occurs, full fare will be charged from stopover point for the remaining segments, including return, of the Trip. Sponsor is not liable for any expenses incurred as a consequence of flight cancellation/delay. All air transportation tickets are subject to the vagaries of flight variation, work stoppages and schedule or route changes. If the closest airport to a Grand Prize winner’s home is in close enough proximity to Orlando, Florida so that, as Sponsor may determine in its sole discretion, a flight is unnecessary, such Grand Prize winner will receive alternate transportation from the Sponsor with no further obligation to the winner. Grand Prize winner will not receive cash or any other form of compensation if actual travel costs are less than the Grand Prize ARV in these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to structure the travel route, travel dates and select hotels in its sole discretion. Trip may not be combined with any other offer and travel may not qualify for frequent flyer miles.   

In connection with travel related to the Trip or any Prize element or activity, please be advised that each Prize Provider's policies, CDC guidelines, and the recommendations of health officials must be followed. In addition, guests should be aware of and comply with government guidelines regarding travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines before visiting any Prize Provider destination. Please note that any public location where people are present provides an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19, and Prize Provider cannot guarantee that any person will not be exposed during a visit. 

7. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION/RELEASES: Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may designate the Administrator to handle winner selection and notification tasks on Sponsor’s behalf.  Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may designate a travel agency to handle Grand Prize fulfillment on Sponsor’s behalf. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. By participating, each Entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sweepstakes Entities, which shall be final in all respects. Each Entrant (including each potential winner and the winners) hereby releases the Sweepstakes Entities, each Prize Provider, and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies and prize suppliers and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the " Released Parties ") from any and all actions, claims, injuries, death, losses or damages arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Sweepstakes and/or acceptance or use of a Grand Prize. Winner hereby grants to the Sweepstakes Entities the irrevocable, royalty-free right and license to use their photo, video, name, voice, likeness, biographical data or information, city, state or territory/province of residence and entry materials in advertising, marketing, programming, research or promotional activities, worldwide in perpetuity, and on a winner's list, if applicable, without further compensation unless prohibited by law. Winner may be asked to participate in select publicity activities, as determined at the sole discretion of the Sweepstakes Entities. Sweepstakes Entities are not obligated to use any of the above-mentioned information or publicity materials, but may do so and may edit such information or materials, at Sweepstakes Entities’ sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation. The Released Parties shall not be liable for: (i) save for death or personal injury caused by negligence any injuries, losses, liabilities or damages of any kind including personal injury or death caused by the Grand Prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of a Grand Prize including participation in any activity or travel related thereto, or from participation in the Sweepstakes; (ii) telephone system, telephone or computer hardware, software or other technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iv) late, lost, delayed, stolen, misdirected, postage-due, incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries, communications or affidavits, regardless of the method of transmission; (v) any inability of winner to accept or use any Grand Prize (or portion thereof) for any reason and such Grand Prize or portion thereof shall be forfeited; or (vi) any printing, typographical, human administrative or technological errors in any materials or activities associated with the Sweepstakes which are beyond the reasonable control of any of the Released Parties. Sweepstakes Entities disclaim any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with this Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes Entities reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes (or any portion of the Sweepstakes) at any time for any reason or should a virus, bug, computer problem, unauthorized intervention, extenuating circumstance or other problem/cause corrupt or inhibit the administration, security or proper play of the Sweepstakes and, in such situation, will select the winner from eligible non-suspect entries received prior to and/or after such action or in such manner as deemed fair and appropriate by the Sweepstakes Entities. Sweepstakes Entities may prohibit Entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a Grand Prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines Entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or any other unfair practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Entrants or Sweepstakes Entities representatives. ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.   BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANT AGREES THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (1) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES, OR ANY AWARD AWARDED, WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; (2) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS WILL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL THIRD-PARTY, OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, (IF ANY), NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($250.00), BUT IN NO EVENT WILL ATTORNEYS’ FEES BE AWARDED OR RECOVERABLE; AND 3) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ENTRANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN ANY AWARD FOR, AND ENTRANT HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO SEEK, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, AND/OR ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED.  SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

8. INDEMNITY: Save for cases of death or personal injury caused by negligence, each Entrant (including each potential winner and the winner) shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, damages, actions, liability, loss, injury or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of or in connection with: (a) participation in the Sweepstakes; (b) a breach or allegation which if true would constitute a breach of any of the representations, warranties or obligations herein; and (c) acceptance, possession, grant, or use of any  prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death and property damage arising therefrom. 

9 . DISPUTES: This Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Florida, without respect to conflict of law doctrines. As a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, participants agree that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Florida having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participants be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, including attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (e.g. costs associated with entering), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. 

10 . PRIVACY POLICY: Any personal information supplied by you to Sponsor will be subject to its privacy policy posted at http://www.visitorlando.com/privacy-policy/ . By entering the Sweepstakes, Entrant grants Sponsor permission to collect, use and share Entrant’s email address and any other personally identifiable information with the other Sweepstakes Entities for the purpose of Sweepstake s administration and Grand Prize fulfillment. Additionally, Entrants will be provided the opportunity to opt-in to receive email marketing messages from Frontier, and their information will be used in accordance with its independent privacy policy posted at: https://www.flyfrontier.com/legal/privacy-policy/ .  

11 .  WINNER’S LIST/OFFICIAL RULES:   To obtain the winner’s name or a copy of these Official Rules, send a request along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to “Win an Orlando Family Vacation Sweepstakes" Winner or Rules, 2100 E. Robinson St., Orlando FL 32803. Residents of Vermont may omit return postage on Rules requests. Requests must be received no later than July 31, 2024. 

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WINNING FAMILY TRAVEL COMPETITIONS!

INSIDE: Roam the Gnome’s  Ultimate Guide on How to Win Family Travel Competitions. 

Want to Win a FREE holiday?

Hoping to win a trip to New York?

Are you desperate to win a trip to Italy to see long-lost family?

Or are you hoping to score the ultimate prize and win a trip to EUROPE for 6 weeks, all expenses paid? 

Triple your chances to win a vacation by entering MORE competitions .

A year or so ago, we won TWO trips in less than three months!

It’s POSSIBLE. 

Our experiences are proof.

There’s definitely luck involved, but winning a family holiday is also about:

• serendipity, AND
• being in the know.

Take a look at our competitions guide with tips on how to win FREE trips! 

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We took our cousins along to enjoy the Hydro Majestic High Tea for four prize. The Blue Mountains, Australia.

Win Travel Competitions (or win FREE STUFF)

The first thing is to FIND a stack of family travel competitions (or competitions where you can win things of value that you can then sell to fund a family vacation!).

This is where many people trip up.

It’s easy to enter holiday competitions that come our way without any effort.

These are the competitions:

• we see pop up in our facebook feed
• or a sponsored giveaway hosted by someone we follow on Instagram.

But the trick to winning competitions is to think like a ‘comper’ and enter the obscure competitions.

Compers, those mystical people whose favorite hobby is to enter competitions, know THIS is the secret to winning good things, often. 

OBSCURE COMPETITIONS on smaller, less public blogs and websites mean less entries, simply because their audience is smaller, or their target market is harder to reach.

You might not win a holiday to Europe straight away, but you do have more of a chance to win:

• a self-drive weekend getaway
• flights to a local city combined with a fun hotel stay, or
• a package of free entry to a bunch of local attractions.

Even better for those who truly want to win, MOST of these competitions have few barriers to entry.

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Winning contests is a numbers game

Bookmark your favourite websites  from the lists below, and check in once a week to see if they’ve uploaded any new travel competitions to enter

Sooner or later, depending on skill or luck, that super exciting email will slide on into your account (or you’ll take a random phone call) and you’ll join the ranks of prizewinners too.

It’s a NUMBERS GAME when you enter contests to win trips.

The most important thing to remember is that IT IS competition time, somewhere, EVERY SINGLE DAY.

One lucky person will win, that’s for certain.

The more competitions you enter, the better the chances it will be your turn. 

Hot tip: Enter more competitions, rather than one competition lots of times. 

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Enter Competitions to Win Competitions! 

That is our motto.

Be IN IT to win it.

If you want to know how to win travel competitions, it’s that simple. 

There’s nothing to lose except a few minutes of your time (time you’d probably waste on social media in any case) so make your time work for you.

There’s lots to win, including:

• luxury holidays with return airfares
• 5 night holidays
• grand prize trips with business class travel included
• bike competitions to win cruiser bikes, win mountain bikes, & kids bikes you can use on travel adventures
• cash prize competitions you can use for spending money

Follow our steps and become a winner too!

Types of Holiday Travel Competitions to Win a Vacation

Here’s a list of the best types of contests to win stuff. 

We’ve listed ALL the different types of competitions you can find.

Work out what you like best, and find MORE of those. 

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Where to find family holiday competitions to enter .

This is the fun part.

Put on your Sherlock Holmes hat and come with me on a little adventure.

Hot tip: Keep in touch with your top competition websites by liking their facebook pages to find all their free travel competitions.  

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No.1: Win a Trip Competition Websites

The most obvious place to start is at competition directory such as:

• a sweepstakes directory in the USA
• a contest directory in Canada or the UK, or
• the best Australian competitions and giveaways websites

These websites gather a huge list of current competitions in one place.

Bookmark these pages. 

It’s a good place to try and win a trip to Bali, or win a trip to Singapore. 

The problem with giveaway directories is that lazy compers head straight to these big mainstream sites, and enter competition, after competition, after competition. 

That means there’s more challengers in the count, the main reason we don’t just rely upon these sites to find new competitions going live.

But they do find some competition sources (or are alerted by the giveaway host) that you might not find so easily on your own hunts, so they are worth a quick look each week.

These catalog sites also categorise competitions:

• by vacation (eg Win a Trip to the USA, or Win a Trip to Peru)
• by cash prizes
• by tickets or gift vouchers etc

There are a LOT of travel competitions to win hotel accommodation, flights, & complimentary meals in these listings. 

Hot tip: Find the prizes you really, REALLY want, and enter those contests as your first priority. 

If you want to know where to find Holiday Competitions to enter, start here. 

American Sweepstakes Directories

• Sweepstakes Lovers (USA) 
• Contest Girl (USA)
• Giveaway Frenzy (USA)
• Online Sweepstakes.com

Canada Contest Websites 

• All Canada Contests
• Contest Canada 

UK Contest Websites 

• My UK Competitions
• Money Saving Expert (Contest Forum)
• All UK Competitions 
• Competitors Companion
• Rosemary and Pork Belly Travel competitions

Hot tip: Remember to google these phrases or similar too:

• UK competitions ending soon
• Canada competitions ending soon
• USA sweepstakes ending soon

Online Travel Competitions Australia

Australian competition directories.

This is a collection of the top 11 places to find free online competitions in Australia to places like Australia Zoo, the Gold Coast theme parks, hotel stays and more.

Take a look:  Best Aussie Comps directories round up

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Hot tip: Stay in the Game!

We LOVE winning tickets to events, to the cinema, to sports games, and especially VIP experiences.

These are easy quick wins, especially if you enter local comps on the radio or in your local newspaper.

These small wins keep us in the game, trying for the big ticket wins. 

We also save the money we would have spent if we were going to buy tickets to the event or show in any case.

These savings go straight into our Bucket List travel fund. 

We know people who enter all the competitions, then sell their prizes to FUND more of their dream travel too.

It’s another option!

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No.2: Win a Car Competition Websites

Another good way to fund a vacation is by winning a car, and then selling it. 

The odds are better than winning the lottery or lotto , but it’s not a foolproof way of saving!

Still, can’t hurt to enter.

Here’s a few sites to start you off:

Win a Car USA

• Ultra competitions  (USA)
• OMAZE (USA) – ticket purchase required
• The Balance Everyday  (USA)

Win a Car UK

• Autotrader – keep a look out for their annual survey to enter  (UK)
• The Prize Finder Win a Car (UK)
• SuperLucky Me Win a Car (UK)

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No.3 Win a Cruise Sweepstakes

Win a cruise america .

Click here to find a round up of the best cruise competitions in America.

Keep an eye on the Disney Cruise Line facebook page for newest cruise sweepstakes too!

Win a Cruise UK

Click here to find a collection of cruise contests in the UK. 

World of Cruises UK also has cruise giveaways from time to time. 

And don’t miss these Family Cruise competitions either. 

No. 4: Win Disney Contests

• Disney channel contests
• Sweepstakes Fanatics Disney contests
• Visit Orlando contests
• Disney Parks blog contests
• DisneyEveryday contests
• Disney Food Blog contests
• Inside the Magic giveaways

You may also find other well known companies and hotel brands giving away Disney vacations & Disney trips. 

Just in the past year, these well known brands have held a Disney contest with Disney vacations first prize:

• Joffrey’s
• Babybel cheese
• Ziploc 
• Best Western
• Woolworths Supermarkets Australia

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Win a Disney Cruise Sweepstakes 

• Disney Cruise line sweepstakes
• Disney Cruise Line blog sweepstakes 
• Inside the Magic cruise sweepstakes (search the list) 

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FREE Tickets for Disney musicals, Disney on Ice, Disney film releases

Hot tip: When Disney on Ice show, or a Disney Musical such as Frozen the Musical or the Aladdin musical comes to town, keep an eye on the popular local bloggers websites.

These local bloggers will often have low entry Disney on Ice competitions and the like, where you can win a family pass to enjoy all the fun and adventure! 

Same goes for NEWDisney movie releases. 

Google these phrases (and their variations) too:

• “Disney World competition” or “Disney World sweepstakes” or “Win a Disney World vacation” 
• “Disneyland competition” (and as above) 
• “Disney contests and giveaways 2020”
• “Disney World contests and sweepstakes”
• “Disney contests Canada” (or your country) 
• “Disney on Ice competition”, “Disney on Ice giveaway”,  “Disney on Ice contest” or “Disney on Ice sweepstakes” 

RELATED: Everything you need to know Guides:  Disney World & Disneyland California

This is us at Hells Gate Geothermal Park in Rotorua New Zealand, one of our prizes. 

No.5: Win on Instagram 

Follow your favourite family travel influencers as they partner with brands and regularly offer chances to win the same experiences they’ve been lucky enough to enjoy.

It’s how we won our trip to Rotorua through Travel Mad Mum!

• Travel Mad Mum
• MumPackTravel
• Y Travel Blog
• Travel Babbo
• FamilyTravel.com.au
• The Blonde Nomads

Also, search these hashtags: 

#competition

#tagcontest

#followcontest

#travelcontest

#luckywinner

#sweepstakes

Search for Influencer Instagram Competitions

You can also do a Hashtag Search for “Travel” related feeds and follow the best Family Travel influencers . 

Hot tip: Be discriminate.

Take a quick look at their feeds to determine if they post sponsored content and giveaways before you press Follow.

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE COMPETITIONS

Local newspaper competitions .

Newspapers, both online and in hard copy, often have travel competitions to enter. 

They often feature prizes like overnight rail journeys across country, weekend pamper sessions at upmarket hotel and spas, and accommodation packages tied to new shows coming to town.

Bookmark the papers you like, and check in weekly.

American Newspaper giveaways & contests

Google to find competitions in these newspapers: 

• The New York Times
• The New York Post
• Los Angeles Times
• The Washington Post
• Star Tribune
• Chicago Tribune
• The Boston Globe

Search for other local newspapers in America here. 

Newspaper Competitions UK

• Guardian Newspaper competitions
• The Sun competitions
• Mirror competitions 
• The Telegraph Competitions
• The Independent competitions
• Metro UK competitions
• Express competitions

Best Magazine Competitions

There are tonnes of mainstream and niche magazines with holiday competitions to enter.

Check out your local newsagent or library, and read the index page to see if they have a WIN page on their website.

If they do, take note and bookmark it. 

USA magazine contests 

Check out Good Housekeeping contests. 

There are good prizes here, including regular opportunities to WIN A TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD! 

Magazine competitions UK

These free online competitions have a huge range of prizes up for grabs! 

• Woman Magazine competitions
• Women’s Own magazine competitions
• Woman & Home magazine competitions
• Good to know magazine competitions
• OK Magazine competitions
• Grazia magazine competitions
• Quilt Now magazine competitions
• Celebs Now magazine competitions

Supermarket Magazine Competitions

Pick up your local grocery store magazine and scan it for competitions.

This is LOW HANGING FRUIT!

Enter them all.  

Supermarket Magazines UK

• Sainsburys competitions
• Tesco competitions
• Waitrose competitions

LOCAL RADIO STATION GIVEAWAYS AND COMPETITIONS 

You can also listen out for local radio contests & check out the websites of local radio stations too.  

This is where you’ll definitely find chances to win tickets to:

• upcoming local events
• theme parks
• entry to one-off themed events during special holidays such as Christmas, Easter and Halloween,
• and more. 

Radio station contests may also feature prizes like two nights mid-week accommodation as part of a marketing campaign for one of their advertisers.

These competitions have much less competition than national newspapers or nationally syndicated radio, and more chances to win!

These kinds of prizes let you explore your own city.

That’s as good as a holiday too!

USA radio contests

• I Heart Radio Contests 
• 997.now contests (San Francisco) 
• AMP radio contests (Los Angeles)
• 93.1 Jack FM contests (Los Angeles) 
• WGN radio contests (Chicago)

UK Radio competitions

Check out these UK radio station contests. 

Radio station competitions are no longer limited to phoning in at the right time either. The station may accept entries by email, text, tweets on Twitter, or through their website. 

Hip radio stations may ask you to share a pic on Instagram, complete with hashtags! 

• Heart Radio competitions 
• Heart FM competitions in London
•   TalkSport competitions
• 95.8 Capital FM competitions
• Smooth Radio competitions
• Absolute radio competitions
• Kiss radio competitions .
• Virgin radio competitions
• Radio X competitions

How to win radio contests

We’ve won quite a few radio contests of late, including:

• tickets for a seafood buffet lunch on a boat cruise, and
• family pass tickets to see a sports game with free cotton candy and BBQ dinner too. 

Click the blue link for our hot tips on how to win radio tickets on the radio

Looking for TV contests and giveaways? Here’s a start.

These TV station contests offer a range of prizes from well known brands including Disney Parks. 

The best place to try is Breakfast TV contests in particular. 

America TV stations competitions

• We are TV competitions
• FOX8 Tv competitions
• Food Network sweepstakes & giveaways
• ABC 7 competitions (San Francisco)
• ABC Action News (Tampa Bay)
• FOX 13 TV contests (Tampa Bay)
• ABC 10 News (San Diego)
• KOMO TV competitions (Seattle)

UK TV competitions

• What’s On TV competitions
• ITV free competitions
• ITV competitions

Canada TV contests

• CTV Vancouver contests 

OTHER WEBSITE CONTESTS 

Blog contests & giveaways .

Blog competitions are DEFINITELY the easiest way to win tickets for local events and entry to attractions across Australia.

Lots of companies and brands approach medium and big bloggers, invite them to launch events, and then partner with them so the bloggers showcase the event or attraction to their readers. This is very good news for us.

Enter ALL the blog competitions you can find.

I KNOW for a fact that lots of bloggers (even BIG bloggers) are having a harder and harder time attracting entries for their competitions, even when the prizes are worth hundreds of dollars.

People are busy, and unlike 5 or 10 years ago, rarely comment on blogs, or have a spare minute to do the thing the blogger requires you do to enter.

Get on it quick smart for quick wins.

Here’s a list of blog giveaways, including:

• low entry blog giveaways (our favorite kind) and
• low entry rafflecopter giveaways.  

Best American Mom Blogger Giveaways

• Contest Girl blog giveaways
• Mom Bloggers Club
• Mommy Shorts contests
• Thrifty Nifty Mommy

Best UK Mum Bloggers Giveaways

Follow these top Mum Blogs on their facebook pages and Instagram to keep in the loop.

• Honest Mum competitions
• What Katy Said
• Not Another Mummy Blog

If you don’t already, follow your favourite bloggers on Instagram, and Facebook (and think about joining their groups too).

Best Family Travel Websites

Sign up to their newsletters to find out about upcoming competitions.

Some of them require you to book an overnight stay at a hotel brand chain or , or visit somewhere to be in the running, but many don’t. 

UK Family Travel Websites

• Family Traveller competitions
• Rosemary and Pork Belly
• The Luxury Travel Expert UK
• Travel Weekly

USA Family Travel Websites

• The Luxury Travel Expert  (USA)
• Beats of Hawaii
• Visit Orlando

Parenting Websites (Kids Competitions)

When you are planning a holiday to a new destination, look up their local kids magazines and websites in your destination city, and enter all the comps offering free entry to local attractions.

There’s also usually kids competitions too. 

A win gives you a few more dollars for souvenirs!

Travel Magazines

All these travel magazines host regular monthly competitions, both in the published edition from the newsstand, and via their website. 

Best American Travel Magazines

• Budget Travel
• Travel and Leisure
• Conde Nast Traveler 
• Cruise Travel
• Caribbean Travel and Life
• Destinations
• Pathfinders Travel
• American Road
• Time Out 

Best UK Travel Magazines

• National Geographic Traveller
• Discover Britain
• Practical Motorhome
• Lonely Planet Traveller
• Time Out UK

Don’t forget to check your favorite inflight travel magazines for competitions too!

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Win a Trip Overseas through Airline Sweepstakes

Sign up for their newsletters, and google their Inflight Magazines to find current comps too.

Some of our favourites airlines include:

• Cathay Pacific
• Singapore Air
• Virgin Airlines
• British Airways
• Hawaiian airlines
• Air New Zealand
• Ethihad Airways

Travel Agencies, Booking Operators & Brands

Sign up to your favourite travel companies for a chance to win big epic prizes in their travel contests.

• travel insurance companies
• money exchange companies
• travel agencies
• cruise agencies

Best Hotels & Resorts around the world 

Individual hotel chains and boutique hotels usually have an email list you can subscribe to. 

They host competitions from time to time for their subscribers.

Note that you may need to sign up to the correct newsletter for your country, state or region. 

• Wyndham Vacations Hotel Group
• Loews Hotels
• Universal Hotels 
• Marriott International
• Hard Rock Hotels
• Intercontinental
• Four Seasons
• Accor Group
• Conrad Hotels
• Starwood Hotels and Resorts
• Ritz Carlton
• Radisson Hotels
• Mantra Hotels
• QT Hotels (Australia)

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Plus sign up to the newsletters of all your favourite family hotel destinations..

And then enter ALL the competitions! 

• Disney’s Deluxe Resort Hotels (Disney World)
• Disneyland Hotels
• Disney Aulani in Hawaii
• Universal Studios Hotels
• Legoland Hotels  USA (Can also subscribe to Legoland Hotels around the world – UK, Malaysia, Denmark, Germany)
• Great Wolf Lodge
• Kalahari Resorts

The Ploughmans lunch at the Gallery Cafe, part of the prize we won thanks to Blue Mountains Attractions Group

Destination Marketing & Local Tourism Boards

Our last competition success prize included:

• two nights accommodation at Jungle Lodge in the Blue Mountains Botanical Gardens in Australia (sleeping up to 10 people, so we took Grandma, Aunty Patty, Cousin Brooke, and cousins Imy and Holly with us) 
• $120 to spend on lunch at the Blue Mountains Art Gallery
• two annual family passes to the National Trust, and
• tickets for 4 adults to enjoy High Tea at the iconic Hydro-Majestic hotel.

A win valued at over $1500, courtesy of  Blue Mountains Attraction Group via a 25 words or less competition.

Read all about it here. ( Coming soon )

RELATED: Helpful Guide on How to Win 25 Words or Less Competitions 

Our Jungle Lodge accommodation in the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden 

Subscribe to Destination Marketing newsletters

We strongly encourage you to sign up for emails from:

• Local Destination Marketing Organisations in your local city 
• State Tourism Marketing Boards 
• Tourism marketing bodies in the cities and countries you plan to visit (Visit Japan, Visit Thailand)
• Local travel guides and operators in your city, and in your next holiday destination too  
• Small accommodation providers who join forces to create a tourism collaboration group
• Visitor Information Centres
• Airport Newsletters (Changi is a must!)
• Airport transportation newsletters (eg Airtrain) 
• Large Shopping Malls & well known Department stores 
• Combined Tourism Operators in the city (eg when tourism operators join forces and make an over-arching body to keep everyone in the loop)  
• Travel Expos – Visit these in person to find more competitions to enter, & sign up to hear about Industry Nights

Once you’ve found your favourite Destination Marketing organisations (above), LIKE their FB pages too.

Win Travel Goods

Don’t forget the Travel Goods store newsletters too.

They run comps for travel goods regularly, plus offer the odd trip.

• American Tourister
• Other favourite suitcase brands
• Pacsafe smart travel gear
• Trunki children’s suitcases
• Container Store
• Eagle Creek 
• Montblanc 

Check out the Big Company Brands

Check out the big companies we all know and love.

The ones you hear advertised on the radio or in full page ads in the paper.

Be sure to throw your net wide and take a look at all kinds of businesses for travel competitions , not just the obvious ones with connection to travel. 

• Telecommunications companies (A T&T, Verizon, Comcast) 
• Electric Companies
• Famous furniture stores like IKEA
• Florists (eg  honeymoon competitions)
• Expos, Conventions and Tradeshows 

Travel Writing Competitions

Last but not least, you can try to win a trip by entering Travel writing competitions to win a free holiday in Australia, or perhaps win a trip overseas.

This is one competition where talent overrides luck.

If writing is your thing, join the fun!

• Lonely Planet
• Australian Writers Centre

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Now through March 16, you can enter The Wonder of Encanto shopDisney Sweepstakes for a chance to win an exciting family vacation with Adventures by Disney along with shopDisney must-haves from the world of Disney’s “Encanto.”  

The bond of family can be super strong like Luisa. What better way to celebrate your amazing family than together on an Adventures by Disney vacation? Just like the Madrigals, your family can embark on their own adventure.  

Adventures by Disney , a leader in guided group family travel, brings Disney storytelling into the real world and allows guests to experience the most important story of all – their own! Guests will create cherished family memories and meet new friends on authentic, hassle-free adventures made possible by Disney.

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I’m hoping one day I can sure the wonderful experience of Disney world with my kids, but the only way I can do that is by a chance of luck and maybe winning a trip cause there’s no way I can afford it. I went when I was a kid due to a church taking us and that was luck….so I hope I can win some contest to show my kids an amazing place they would never forget. Love Disney, Adriane Eichhorn

I would like to win this because I never had the opportunity to go somewhere cool like this. I have been out of the state to go to Ohio and that was it. I had also went to a meet out of state for Cross Country, but I never had the money to go on a real Vacation, and I thought it would be very cool. I have always wanted to go to Disney, and makes memories with my friends!

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Just like everyone here I wish to win this sweepstakes.But if it does not happen for me I wish the winner a happy trip. Good Luck to all.

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I would love to win this because it’s my only shot to take my daughter to The magical Land where she can see all her princesses. I’m on disability single mother. I would have to win lotto or something for her to see this. Every Friday she is in her Snow White gown and heels for our Portillos night

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My 4 grandchildren are now of the age to travel. I am a widower and my wife, son and daughter shared the invaluable memories of the Magic Kingdom, thanks to her parent’s generosity. If I won this contest, I would recreate those and new memories, as everlasting gratitude to them and the Disney “magic makers”.

Disney is the best🎉

I love everything Disney💜

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After taking a step back and not playing an instant Lottery ticket in months, a Severn man said that a random trip to the store and a memory of his last big win landed him in a new tax bracket after winning the top prize playing 100X The Cash  game.

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With the unexpected windfall, the Severn man plans to spoil his family and build up a retirement nest egg, he said.

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Bread and bagels at The Works Cafe in downtown Portland. Photo by Aimsel Ponti

From New York-style boiled bagels to Montreal-inspired wood-fired ones, there’s lots of great bagels in southern Maine and several shops have the accolades to back that up.

In 2023, Bon Appetit named bagels from Rose Foods and Rover Bagel among the best in the country.

Two years before that,  Food & Wine Magazine put Rover, Forage and Scratch Baking Co. on its list of best bagels in the U.S.

Whether you like yours toasted with cream cheese or as the bread for your breakfast sandwich, you can find plenty of styles and flavors from Biddeford to Brunswick.

BEACH BAGELS

The offerings at Beach Bagels include a French toast and marble bagel, and the cream cheese menu comprises spreads like strawberry, olive and honey walnut. Along with breakfast sandwiches, Beach Bagels has hearty breakfast options like omelets and pancakes. Best of all, you’re steps away from a beach stroll. Just don’t let the seagulls steal your bagel. Advertisement

WHEN: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily WHERE: 34 Old Orchard St., Old Orchard Beach. beachbagels.yolasite.com ______________

Dutchman’s opened in 2022 as a pop-up housed at Nomad pizza in Brunswick’s Fort Andross building. It’s since become a permanent fixture there and uses the pizzeria’s wood-fired ovens to bake its bagels. The hand-shaped, honey-boiled bagels come in plain, roasted garlic, poppy and a bagel-of-the-day flavor.

WHEN: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday to Sunday WHERE: Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick. dutchmans.me ______________

FORAGE MARKET

Making bagels at Forage Market involves a two-day aging process. The bagels are naturally leavened with wild yeast starter and baked next to a hardwood fire. There are usually five flavors available, including sesame and garlic. Breakfast sandwiches (including vegan options) are available. Forage also has a location in Lewiston. Advertisement

WHEN: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday WHERE: 123 Washington Ave., Portland. foragemarket.com _____________

MISTER BAGEL

There are 10 or so Mister Bagel locations in Maine, including South Portland and Falmouth. It all began with the Portland location, which was the first bagel shop to open in Maine. The late Rick Hartglass started Mister Bagel in 1977, and it is still a family business. Music fans will appreciate the breakfast sandwich menu, which includes The David Bowie (bacon, egg and American cheese), the Jimmy Buffett (egg with roast beef and cheddar) and The Lady Gaga (avocado, salt and pepper, with or without egg).

WHEN: 6:30 a.m. to noon Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday WHERE: 599 Forest Ave., Portland. misterbagelforestave.com ______________

At Rose Foods, the menu varies depending on the day, but there are usually six to eight flavors available. For example, should you pop in on a Friday, you’ll find a poppy and onion bialy (a cousin of the bagel that is not boiled). Rose Foods also makes a number of bagel sandwiches, including the Classic Nova with Nova lox and the Classic Whitefish. Advertisement

WHEN: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily WHERE: 428 Forest Ave., Portland. rosefoods.me

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ROVER BAGEL

At Rover Bagel, you’ll find wood-fired plain, poppy, sea salt, sesame and everything bagels available most of the time, and the spread game here is strong with cream cheese options like lemon-thyme-honey cream and chili-garlic.

WHEN: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon Sunday WHERE: 10 West Point Lane Suite 10-204, Biddeford (Pepperell Mill). roverbagel.com

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SCRATCH BAKING CO.

You haven’t lived until you’ve experienced the line of devoted fans waiting for Scratch Baking Co. to open, especially on weekend mornings. Along with the popular Maine sea salt, plain and other everyday flavors, Scratch has a daily special bagel. There’s honeyed rosemary on Wednesday and jalapeno cheddar on Thursday. Scratch is also famous, at least to locals, for its P-Cheese spread. It’s a pimento cheese recipe made with cheddar, mayo, roasted red peppers and seasoning and was passed down to co-owner and head baker Allison Reid by her grandmother, Mern.

WHEN: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, 7 a.m. to noon Sunday WHERE: 416 Preble St., South Portland. scratchbakingco.com ___________

THE MAINE BAGEL

The Maine Bagel is a drive-thru with several breakfast and other kinds of sandwiches available. With a bagel list that features egg and bialy among the standards, the family-owned spot is the perfect place to stop on your way to Pine Point Beach. The Maine Bagel really shines with a dozen kinds of cream cheese spreads, including raisin-walnut, lox, strawberry, cranberry-nut and bacon-chive.

WHEN: 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. WHERE: 117 Route 1, Scarborough. themainebagel.com Advertisement

THE WORKS CAFE

The Works Cafe is an institution on the edge of the Portland’s Old Port. It opened in 1990 as Bagel Works before it changed its name in 2002. The original shop in this regional chain opened in Manchester, Vermont, in 1988, and there are 11 locations around New England, though just the one in Maine. Gone are the ’90s-era banana-walnut bagels and cold pizza cream cheese, but The Works Cafe is still a reliable place to grab a salt, multigrain or cinnamon raisin bagel, among others. The menu also has bowls, sandwiches and smoothies.

WHEN: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily WHERE: 15 Temple St., Portland. workscafe.com

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‘It was like a special moment’: Track meet lit by cell phones after field lights shut off

WINONA, Minn. ( KTTC /Gray News) – High school students showed teamwork after the field lights shut off at a track meet on Tuesday in Minnesota.

The surprise blackout cast runners into darkness halfway through the night’s last event.

Ethan Deters is a Byron High School varsity track athlete who was running during the blackout.

“I started weaving in and out of the lanes because I didn’t know where I was going,” he said. “And then I looked to my left a little bit and I just saw a bunch of flashlights.”

In a flash, the crowd stepped up and turned their cell phone lights on to shine the way for the runners.

“I saw everyone just screaming in my face and all the flashlights pointing towards me saying keep going and everything,” Ethan said.

Byron High School students Caden Anderson and Andrew Feine said they had just ended their leg of the relay but immediately joined the lighted show of support.

“I just got off the track,” Andrew said. “I was gassed, looking for my phone, trying to get my flashlight on just to find out where everyone was at and trying to get them some lights so they could run.”

Caden said it was “crazy.”

“Everybody starts screaming. It was crazy, and then cameras go on and people are like holding them up and stuff. It was awesome!” he said.

Student-athletes said they train for many things, but a blackout typically is not one of them.

Kilui Schneider was on the sidelines cheering her friends and was inspired by the immediate action everyone took.

“Usually, if that were to happen, the lights would come right back on, but they stayed off, so I was mainly just confused with what was going on,” she said. “I got up and I turned my flashlight on as well and went along to the side and just helped,” she said.

In the end, everyone safely crossed the finish line.

“When I got the baton, it was pretty cool, because everyone had it lit up, and it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. It was like a special moment,” Byron High School Varsity track athlete Eli Rodemeyer said.

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