People Who Won A Vacation Share What The Trip Was Like
We have a winner! Maybe you've never heard these words directed at you before, but you've probably heard them.
There are hundreds of contests going on all day, every day--on the radio, on the TV, on gameshows, and on the internet.
Some people have even made entering them into a career. But we wanted to know: are those free vacations any good?
We asked people who have won trips to give us the details. In some cases, it turns out winning isn't always that lucky.
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60. Trip For Two--No, Three
On a radio show, I won a trip for two to anywhere in the world. My girlfriend and I chose Italy. We were going to travel around for three weeks on their train system.
When we got in Milan we were told our bags were lost and would be there tomorrow. It took 5 days for us to get our backpacks.
While we were there we found out my girlfriend was pregnant. For the next two weeks, while I drank alone, she proceeded to vomit in the streets of Pisa, Rome, Florence, in the waters of Venice, and on the beaches of France.
I had a great time.
59. King Of The North
I won a trip to Helsinki from Warner Bros. It was a contest to publicize their distribution of Finlandia Records.
I filled out a ballot outside a record store and forgot about it. A couple of months later I got a phone call telling me I had won.
I thought I had won a T shirt or something.
They paid for plane fare, hotel, some really good meals, and gave us $500 spending money. There were 4 winners.
We hung out together a lot, along with the Warner rep. The highlight of the trip was having dinner and seeing an opera in a 600 year old castle.
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58. Heading To The Cape
Last Spring I entered a contest from Expedia. You know, one of those side ads that says you can win a $five-figure vacation to X location and you figure no one ever actually wins?
Well I won! $14000 total value, 7 day trip to Cape Town, South Africa. I'm going this time next month.
First Class ticket with transportation at every point, penthouse suite in a 5 star hotel, $860 to cover meals, 3 activities (I chose cage diving with great white sharks, trek up table mountain, and an all day wine tour), $1000 SpaFinder gift card, and $2800 in spending money to top it off (This was supposed to be to cover taxes, but since I'm Canadian, I got this amount as spending money).
Trip of a lifetime!
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57. The Marlboro Man
I won a trip to the Marlboro ranch once. Everything was included. Plane tickets for 2, food, free bar, activities, $1200 to cover the taxes you have to pay on the value of the trip.
Plus they give you luggage and everything you may need while you are there before you get there. Winter hiking boots, thick wool socks, thermal pants and shirt, a camera, a beenie, ear and neck warmers, sunglasses, EVERYTHING for you and the guest of your choice.
Best vacation ever.
