This week's successes: 7th July 2024

The keen-eyed will have noticed that there weren't any wins and updates reported last week. That's because I've been away travelling through Italy and have had some very flakey internet connection! So this week there’s a couple of weeks’ worth to share...

⁠It was lovely to hear from 2 separate winners (Sharon and Susannah) of the Gaydio competition we featured in June. Sharon messaged: “YES, YES, YES! I finally got one!!!! Thank you soooo much for your Travelscoop roundup... I got a call from... Gaydio yesterday to say that I am one of the 8 lucky winners & I'm flying out to Thessaloniki with hubby next Thursday...”

The full prize was a trip for 2 to EuroPride in Thessaloniki, Greece, including return BA flights and a 3-night hotel stay.

It seems that Lucky Dan (our Facebook group’s most prolific winner) has passed some of his good luck onto his wife. She won the GAME Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes comp that we included in the Sunday emails in May: “My lucky wife again! She won this super trip to Madeira with flights, car rental, 2 nights luxury hotel + 2 nights glamping, 4x4 tour, bird watching tour, horseback riding and sunrise trek. They have kindly agreed to let us take our baby so there may be some adaptation to the activities offered but it will all be amazing.” AMAZING!

Sandra has won a 4-night holiday to Las Vegas with flights, hotel and £500 to spend with Radio X and Bally Casino: “Thank you so much... (I won) the global radio comp for the holiday to Las Vegas…! I can’t believe it, first win ever!”

James was announced as the winner of a Tropicana competition. His prize is a trip to Belgium to create his own Tropicana juice. Very cool!

Dani let us know that she was the winner of the Waterstones comp we featured in early June to win a 2-night luxury Richmond hotel stay up to £500, day pass to Hampton Court Palace & maze + travel allowance up to £150.

Deanna won a pair of UK lounge airport passes and airport fast-track with Hays Travel: “My second win since joining… last year. Not a holiday but a great prize to start a holiday off. Thank you…”

Naomi got in touch to let us know she was one of the runners-up in the Premier Foods Group and Hasbro New York competition: “I recently won a competition! It was one of the runner up prizes for a trip to New York that was featured in the newsletter in May. My runner up prize was a Cluedo board game. It may not be a holiday, but it's my first win! And I didn't have the game Cluedo already ... I am on the FB group, but enter the newsletter competitions more often. Thank you for sending them every week! I'm extremely grateful.” Thank you for the kind words, Naomi!

Some of you might recall that we also knew the overall winner of the same Hasbro New York competition - Kirsten - who we mentioned in the successes a few weeks ago.

Lots of our Facebook group members have won runner-up prizes in the TripAdvisor Australia Northern Territory comp and have been receiving their Northern Territory gift packs worth £80. Well done to Kelly, Jonathan, Lee, Katie, Jane, Greig, Kim and Michelle. At least 8 winners out of the 100 runner-up gift packs on offer isn’t bad at all!

PRIZEWINNER UPDATES

Christine has just returned from a 9-day cruise that she won with Greatest Hits Radio and Norwegian Cruise Line: “Sailing from Barcelona around the Mediterranean, stopping off at Cannes, Livorno for Pisa and Florence, Civitavecchia for Rome, Naples, Messina Sicily, Katakolo for Olympia, Santorini, Mykonos and Athens. It was fabulous with temperatures reaching 37° - phew!! Good luck everyone with your travel comps...”

Elaine got in touch to let us know how her weekend away at Trelay Holiday Park went: “The lodge was beautiful. Visited Looe, Polperro and even managed to visit a few locations from the programme “Beyond Paradise”. Weather wasn’t great but that didn’t spoil our weekend away. Plenty of cream teas and local cider, were consumed!”

Sophie has just got back from Spain after winning a GoGalicia competition: “It was my first win so I was a bit apprehensive, especially when the owner of the villa contacted me and said the villa was damaged and so we couldn’t stay there after all. He was so kind though and paid for us to stay in another villa nearby and is also giving us a free week next year. He really couldn’t have been more generous! Thank...!”

Congratulations to Sharon, Susannah, Dan's wife, Sandra, James, Dani, Deanna, Naomi, and all the Northern Territory runner-ups! And thanks for the updates, Christine, Elaine, and Sophie. To join our BIG list of winners, make sure you've entered all the competitions open for entries today, and consider joining our Travel Competitions Facebook group, where you'll find lots more giveaways posted daily.