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Win A Trip to Top Chef Kitchen in NYC

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OpenTable is giving away a trip for two to NYC to have dinner at Top Chef Kitchen

Top Chef Kitchen is a restaurant open for a limited time in TriBeCa. The dinner includes a four course meal prepared by former Top Chef contestants. When reservations became available, they were gone within 45 minutes so here is your shot to get in for a meal!
(Find out more about Top Chef Kitchen on food blog Eater)

 The Prize:

  • Roundtrip airfare
  • Two night hotel stay
  • Dinner & wine pairings for 2 at Top Chef Kitchen on 10/30/12

The Rules:

  • Open to U.S. residents 
  • Must be 21 years of age or older at time of entry
  • Travel companion must also be 21 years of age or older
  • One submission allowed per person

 Enter by:

  • Following @OpenTable on Twitter
  • Tweet “I want to dine at #TopChefKitchen with @OpenTable.”  

Enter by October 19 at 5:00pm PDT 

Find out more about the giveaway HERE

Delta SkyMiles Shopping: Win A Dream Trip Sweepstakes

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Delta SkyMiles Shopping is running the Win A Dream Trip Sweepstakes 

Five (5) lucky winners will receive 60,000 SkyMiles as the grand prize
(approximate retail value- $1200)

To Enter (receive one entry):

  • Become a SkyMiles Shopping member and fill in the entry form (see the link below
  • If you are already a SkyMiles Shopping member follow the info from the e-mail you should receive (or follow the link below)

For Additional Entries:

  • Search through the SkyMiles Shopping Toolbar (Click here to download toolbar). Perform at least one search per day and earn one additional entry (each calendar day)
  • View Bonus Miles Page- check it out  here every day to earn one additional entry
  • Purchase through the SkyMiles Mall here or the Tool Bar and receive five additional entries for a purchase. Buying gift cards will not count as a purchase.

No purchase necessary to enter
Open to legal residents of the 50 United States & DC
Must be 18 years of age or older and a Delta SkyMiles member

Enter by October 31, 2012

Sign up for SkyMiles Shopping HERE

Celebrate Oktoberfest- Win One of 40 Prizes from Lufthansa

Contest, Herzl, Lufthansa, Munich, Oktoberfest, Prize, Sweepstakes, Win

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I received an e-mail from Lufthansa yesterday regarding this fun little contest even thought it looks like it has been going on for a while. It actually ends tomorrow so enter immediately if you are interested!

To celebrate Oktoberfest, Lufthansa is giving away 40 interesting prizes.
To enter, you get to create your own Lebkuchenherzl. 
My first reaction to this was Lebkerwhat??? 

A lebkuchenherzl or herzl are “traditional gingerbread hearts sold at the Oktoberfest in Munich”. 

It took under 2 minutes to create/ design my herzl. You get to pick a border, colors, decorations, add text and a background.

Here is my Herzl:

a heart shaped cookie with blue border
My masterpiece!

This is the background I chose:

a cartoon of a woman at a bar
Picked from a few choices (not my creation!)

The Prizes:
                    Prize:                                                             Quantity:    Value:

1 Lufthansa Lebkuchenherzl, water bottle, soccer duck, retro suitcase; Oktoberfest beer stein & apron 2 $95.00
2 Lufthansa Lebkuchenherzl, water bottle, soccer duck, weekender bag; Oktoberfest beer stein & apron 3 $67.00
3 Lufthansa Lebkuchenherzl, water bottle, soccer duck; Oktoberfest beer stein & apron 5 $51.00
4 Lufthansa Lebkuchenherzl, water bottle, soccer duck; Oktoberfest beer stein 10 $33.00
5 Lufthansa Lebkuchenherzl, luggage tag-tailfin 20 $17.00

For creating your Herzl, you get one entry into the sweepstakes. You can gain additional entries for sharing your creation on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

The sweepstakes is offered in the continental United States only and open to legal residents of the U.S. who have reached the age of majority in the state they reside. (not exactly sure how one would figure that out…)

Enter by 11:59pm on October 7, 2012

Design your Lebkuchenherzl HERE for a shot at one of the prizes!

Amex Travel Fall Giveaways- Win A Cruise of Your Choice

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American Express is running the Fall Giveaways Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes has two monthly entry periods, each with it’s own prize.

The Grand Prize for October: A Royal Caribbean cruise for two

  • A voucher will be provided to the winner which will allow them to pick a cruise from a list of cruises provided by Amex and Royal Caribbean
  • Cruise must be selected by 10/31/13
  • Approximate retail value- $2,000

Open to legal residents of the 50 United States & DC
Must be 18 years of age or older

The October prize entry ends 10/31/12 at 4:00pm ET

Enter for your chance to win a cruise for two on Royal Caribbean HERE

Priority Club Shopping 2 Million Point Giveaway

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Cartera Commerce is sponsoring the Priority Club 2 Million Point Giveaway

(40) Forty Grand Prize Winners will receive 50,000 Priority Club points that will be deposited directly into their account. Approximate retail value of prize is $500

To Enter: Click Here and follow the instructions to enter

To Earn Additional Entries:

  • Opt-in to e-mail communications- As long as you remain opted-in until the end of promotion, you will gain one additional entry
  • View offers from participating retailers here– Earn one additional entry per day this way
  • Make a purchase through Priority Club Shopping– receive one entry per purchase, up to two per day

Some Rules:

  • Open to legal residents of the 50 United States & D.C
  • Must be 18 years of age or older to enter

To enter you need to be a member of Priority Club Rewards
(If you are not a member, Click Here to join for free)

Sweepstakes ends October 31, 2012 at 11:59pm ET

FoundIt! Tags and One Year Membership Giveaway

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Don’t forget to check out the FoundIt! Giveaway at the end of the post!

Around a year ago I bought a Track It Back sticker to count as a hit towards the US Airways Grand Slam. The idea of the sticker is to place it on valuables- camera, passport, luggage tag and if you lose something hopefully the person that finds it will see the Track It Back sticker and use it to get in touch with the owner. 

I never ended up using my sticker and did not care much since the intended purpose was for that Grand Slam hit. About 6 months back I read that Track It Back went out of business, making my stickers completely worthless.
While away in Bali I was doing some blog reading and came across an interesting post on blog Deals We Like. The post was called Trade in your Track It Back Stickers. This caught my attention. According to the post IDstickers.com was willing to let people trade in their Track It Back stickers for their IDstickers. 

I figured that it was worth a shot and I planned to follow up on this offer when I got home .
I left a comment on the Deals We Like post regarding this. 
A couple of days later I received an e-mail from FoundIt!, another site offering a similar service to Track It Back. They had seen my comment on the Deals We Like post and felt that their product would be great for me due to all of the travel that I do. They offered me a membership to try out the service.

I decided to look into FoundIt!. I first read over their site and then watched a short video from a trade show. The product looked pretty solid and worth trying out. I let FoundIt! know that I would take them up on their offer and try the product out. I had nothing to lose (unless a lost item with a FoundIt! tag did not get returned to me!)


When I got home from Southeast Asia my FoundIt! package was waiting for me. My packet came with one luggage tag, three key (or bag) tags and a sheet of stickers. 

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Stickers & Tags 
(FoudIt! press photo)

 Here is a quick explanation of how FoundIt! works: 

  1. When you sign up for FoundIt! you provide your cell phone # and e-mail address
  2. Place your tags/ stickers on items 
  3. If you lose an item and it’s found, the “finder” reports the lost item to the FoundIt! system (they can report it by texting or through the FoundIt! website)
  4. You receive text & e-mail FoundIt! alerts
  5. You connect with finder to work out getting your stuff back

The service sounds simple and easy to use. I just wonder if people will a) pay any attention to the FoundIt! tags and stickers and b) be kind enough to return lost items???

To find out these answers I plan to run a test. I am going to “lose” a few items that I’ve placed tags on and see what happens. So far my list includes a set of keys, some sort of old electronic device (maybe a camera) and one other item that I have yet to determine. I think that the keys have a good shot at being returned since they have no real value to the finder. I don’t have high hopes that an electronic device will be returned. Suggestions for another item to “lose” are welcome!

 Keep reading to find out what happens! And now for the giveaway…

 FoundIt! Giveaway:
The kind folks over at FoundIt! were nice enough to offer me the opportunity to try out their product. They also wanted to let one of my readers try it out with a one year membership!

The FoundIt! Membership Includes: 

  • One year membership to FoundIt! network
  • 38 stickers which include- 4 glasses stickers, 4 plastic tags (keychain, bag tags and a luggage tag)

There are multiple ways to enter my contest. Just check out the widget below!
(For entries to count, you must enter through the widget)
 
Contest ends on 12:01am EST on 10/8/12
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Win Tickets for Two On South African Airways

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Frequent Business Traveler is giving away two tickets to South Africa in the 
“Fly Me To South Africa Contest” 

(I just found this giveaway- it ends in two days so make sure to enter right away!)

To enter you need to follow three steps:

  1. Identify the flags of five countries that South African Airlines flies to
  2. Subscribe to Frequent Business Traveler Weekly
  3. Hit “Submit”

The Grand Prize: Non-stop flight for two in main cabin from a South African gateway city in the U.S. to the winner’s choice of Johannesburg or Cape Town, South Africa

  • Each passenger will be responsible for taxes/ fuel surcharges of approximately $550 which will be collected by the airline
  • Blackout Periods are July 1- August 15 & December 10-January 15

Open to residents of the 50 United States (including D.C.) and Canada (excluding Quebec)
Must be at least 18 years old at time of entry

Sweepstakes ends September 30, 2012

Enter for a chance to win the prize HERE

Win A Trip for You and 3 Friends to Scotland

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PerryGolf is sponsoring The 2013 Great Scotland Golf Giveaway through Freebirdee.com
The grand prize is a trip for 4 to Scotland excluding airfare. Freebirdee is a free daily e-mail for golfers

The Prize:

  • Grand Prize (1): A trip to Scotland for 4.Trip includes 6 rounds of golf, hotel accommodations, 4 sets of Travelpro Luggage and rental car. Trip must be taken 4/1-5/31 2013 or 9/1-10/31 2013-  Airfare is not included which makes this prize much less valuable
  • Runner-Up Prize (3): 1st place– 8 piece of TayloreMade RBZ Irons with steel shafts 2nd Place– 2 piece set of Travelpro Walkabout Lite 4 Luggage 3rd Place– 1 year supply of Srizon Q Star golf balls
  • Share Prize: Various prizes (golf equipment) for sharing the contest most

Open to residents of the 50 United States & DC
Must be 18 years of age or older to enter
Must be a registered member of the Freebirdee website

You can enter once per day and earn an additional entry when a friend enters through your unique referral code. There is no limit to how many entries you can earn this way.

Sweepstakes ends October 1, 2012 at 11:59pm ET

Enter for a chance to win the Great Scotland Golf Giveaway HERE

Great Smoky Mountain Escape: The Bryson City Sweepstakes

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The North Carolina Divisions of Tourism and Bryson City, NC are sponsoring a sweepstakes- The Great Smoky Mountain Escape.

The prize is a trip to NC which includes lodging, a gift card and many outdoor activities.

The Prize:

  • Three night stay for four in a cabin 
  • Fully guided whitewater rafting trip for four
  • Scenic excursion for four on Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
  • Spa package for two from Lakeview at Fontana
  • Dinner for four at Fryemont Grill
  • Gift basket of local delicacies, treats & gift certificates
  • $500 Visa Gift Card

Accommodations not available June 1- November 1 or during the weeks of Easter, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Years.

You need to arrange transportation on your own to get to North Carolina. The nice thing is that the prize also come with a gift card which you could use towards getting to NC.

Open to legal residents of the U.S. & Canada
Must be at least 18 years of age to enter

Sweepstakes ends on September 30, 2012

Sign up for a chance to win the prize HERE

Win A Trip To Russia From Intrepid Travel

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Intrepid Travel is giving away an amazing trip to Russia!

Entering is simple:
All you have to do is write (in 50 words or less) why you should discover Europe with Intrepid!

Multiple entries are permitted as long as:

  • Each entry is unique
  • Must be submitted separately and in accordance with entry requirements
  • One entry per day, per person is permitted

The Prize:
Intrepid’s Russian Experience (WBSF 15 Days) 

“Roam the enigmatic streets of St Petersburg, Stand in the golden glow of the Amber Room at Catherine Palace, Learn about a nuclear physicists opposition to the Soviet regime at the Sakharov Museum, Admire the contrasting colours of Kul Sharif Mosque, Ride aboard the famous Trans-Siberian Railway, Hear the macabre story of Russia’s last royal family, See the iconic monuments of Moscow’s history-laden past”

Some Rules:
Open to “global” residents aged 18 and older
Prize must be booked & taken by December 1, 2013
Enter by October 12, 2012

Enter for your chance to win a trip to Russia HERE