7 travel contests that could yield big presents for the holidays
Want to add more than a new phone or pair of shoes to your holiday wish list? These free travel contests could deliver big dream vacations.
1. Pad your Hilton HHonors account with 10 million points. Each month between now and March 31, one lucky winner will receive a 500,000 Hilton HHonors points, and that's not even the grand prize. The top winner can rack up 10 million points (or, if preferred, $20,000) that's enough for multiple dream vacations. Enter your details on the sweepstakes website.
2. Win prizes for writing lounge reviews.Loungebuddy is offering the chance to win lounge credits or a year-long membership with Zipcar or CLEAR for snapping photos and writing reviews of airline lounges on its app. Daily lounge credits are being awarded between now and Jan. 15. Plus, for lounges with less than five existing reviews on the app, you can earn triple credits toward the prize drawings.
3. Last chance to win a free Princess cruise. To celebrate the cruise line's 50th anniversary, Princess Cruises has been giving away a free cruise and $500 gift card to one lucky winner each month. There is one more chance to win in December. All it takes is filling out the short entry form.
4. Use Marriott's mobile app to check in and earn prizes. The next time you stay at a Marriott family hotel, be sure to check in using the company's mobile app. Each month, one lucky winner will win 100,000 Marriott Rewards points, and one grand prize winner for the year will win a million points. Be sure your Marriott Rewards number is in the reservation to be eligible for the sweepstakes, which lasts until the end of the year.
5. Be surprised by YobotSanta. The trendy pod-style Yotel hotel in New York has put its Yobot to work with 12 days of travel surprises. Normally, the lobby-level robot stores guests' luggage in special lobby compartments to save space in its pod rooms. Now, in a partnership with Flight 001 and jetBlue, the hotel is hiding travel-themed gifts in those compartments. If a gift is hiding in the box used for your luggage, the prize is yours. Not heading to NYC? No problem. Play online for free; prizes include luggage, hotel stays, and jetBlue travel credits.
6. Get your Lady Edith on in London. If you're a follower of the PBS show Downtown Abbey, Delta and VisitBritain have a sweepstakes just for you. Between now and March 16, enter to win the monthly prize of a DVD set of the show or a grand prize trip to London to tour the show's setting and even receive a prop used in a show's taping. The only caveat is that the winner must travel the week of July 24.
7. Go country in Nashville. Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville and Southwest Airlines are offering the chance visit the country music mecca. Plus, the lucky winners will get backstage tours, a hotel stay at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, or country music souvenirs. Act fast because the contest ends Dec. 19.