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Reader Stories: How Does It Feel to Win a Trip?

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How does it feel to win a trip? Find out first-hand from readers who have experienced trip wins.

Tell Your Win-a-Trip Tale

Pat Describes a Super Bowl Vacation Win

Pretty Amazing. We stayed in the same hotel with many NFL people, including Tim Tebow, Drew Brees, etc. We were picked up in a private car at the airport, driven to the hotel, and had free transporta…More

Julie Shares Her Story of Winning a Trip to South Africa

I am 30 years old and last year I won a trip to South Africa for 10 days. I heard of the trip on About.com, however I won it from theknot.com. We went to 3 different places in South Africa, and altho…More

Vikki P Gets the Royal Treatment on a Trip to See Rhianna

This trip was one of the best experiences in my life. Atlantic City was very nice, the Borgata hotel was beautiful, clean, and fun! We were treated like royalty by the staff. CeLo Green was the openi…More

How it Feels to Win a Romantic Trip to Paris, France

When we won the Paris trip, 91.7 radio station put us up in the Marriott for 4 nights with complimentary breakfast - high class! We kept pinching ourselves as we couldn't believe how lucky we were. A…More

Teri Wins a Free Trip to a Cancun, Mexico Resort

Since I had never won anything, not even Bingo in my life, I was VERY skeptical and kept asking what the catch was. There was no catch, except that I had to pose with the travel agency, on one of my …More

How it Feels to Win a Trip to a Tiger Reserve in India

Words can hardly describe the trip. One week in India, including a day tour of Delhi seeing Quatab Minar, Raj Ghat, where Gandhi was cremated. Another day in Agra, the Taj Mahal-incredibly beautiful-…More

LuckyMom58 Wins a Trip to London, Hawaii, Colorado, More

The hotel on the beach on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii was probably the best memory I have. The trip to Catalina Island was cool too. The lodge at Keystone in Colorado was beautiful. I'm a very lucky woman …More

Montego Bay Prize Win from Camcc1

My daughter and I went to Montego Bay Jamaica, it was the most amazing vacation. The resort Iberostar Rose Hall Beach is beautiful and we had such a wonderful time. I was a little scared and skeptica…More

Linda's Trip Win: A Stay in a Luxury Beach House in NC

One of the best trips I ever won was in 2008 it was a 4 night trip to Rodanthe, North Carolina. We stayed in a 4 story 10 bedroom 5 bath house on the beach completed furnished value at over a million…More

Chey Wins Big Trips to Hawaii and Disney World

The 3rd trip was huge. It was a mail in postcard contest. I purchased 20 postcards from UNICEF. I sat down to fill them out and finished filling out the "to" address on ALL of them. On 9 of them I fi…More

Pogo5 Describes Winning a Trip to the Calgary Stampede

In 1983, I won a 3 day trip to the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Canada. I didn't know at the time that the Stampede is one of the top if not the top rodeo event in the world. The entertainment, parad…More

Cdorear's Vacation Prize: A Trip to the NFL Pro Bowl in Hawaii

The folks from the NFL were great. They made arrangements for our travel including getting my daughter to join with us from college. When we arrived, our rental car was ready. We were surprised to fi…More

Mrs. Gilly's Trip Win: A Danube Cruise

We had a wonderful time and ended up taking five more river boat trips with them.We never had any disappointments, only hoping we could afford to do all the rivers of Europe. Our only disappointment …More

JustFired's Vacation Prize: A Trip to a Concert with Ringo Starr

WHEN I WON I WAS SO EXCITED, BUT THEY DROPPED THE BALL FROM THE BEGINNING I FLEW ON A PRIVATE JET WITH THREE GUEST TO ATLANTIC CITY. LANDED AND RODE IN A LIMOTHATS WHEN EVERYTHING FELL APART NOBODY G…More

Janye7 Wins a Trip to Hawaii from Bud Light's Sweepstakes

Bud Light Lime contacted me on Nov. 20, the trip win was for DEC.9-13, 2010. 45 people and guests won the same trip so we were able to do stuff with new friends. (Most people received their calls way…More

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