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Update: This giveaway is now closed. Click here for the winner announcement!
I’m giving away 100,000 Starwood Hotels Starpoints to one lucky winner, just for helping me plan my Disneyland vacation! Keep reading to find out how to enter.
To give you an idea of how much these 100,000 Starpoints are worth, consider that you could stay at a category 3 hotel, like a Sheraton, for 14 days for free! Or, if you don’t want to stay for 14 days, you could take advantage of the Nights & Flights option and use the Starpoints to get free hotel and free airline tickets.
I hear a lot about people who use rewards points (frequent flyer miles, hotel rewards points, etc.) to take free or almost free vacations and I’m about to do just that. In January – the coldest month here in Alaska – I’ll be taking my family to sunny California to Disneyland for almost free! How would you like to win up to 2 weeks worth of free hotel stay or free airline tickets, courtesy of Starwood Preferred Guest and American Express?
Give me your best vacation tip in the comments below (or just leave any comment) to be entered to win 100,000 Starpoints (which are good at hotels worldwide and for free airline tickets on most airlines).
Why are we Giving Away Free Hotel & Airline Tickets?
We’re able to give away the 100,000 Starpoints thanks to a promotion American Express has going right now. Good from now until August 22, 2011, people who apply for a new American Express Starwood Preferred Guest card will also get up to 30,000 free Starpoints (10,000 at their first purchase and 20,000 more by spending $4,500 in 3 months). Did I mention that there’s no annual fee for the first year?
If you’re planning to take a trip soon, or send kids off to college, now would be a great time to sign up for this new American Express SPG card and use the rewards points towards a free family trip! The American Express SPG card racks up 1 Starpoint for every dollar you spend. You could move all of your regular expenses (groceries, fuel purchases, etc.) onto the card and earn free rewards. This is how my husband and I manage to get so many free airline tickets with our rewards card.
If you want to take advantage of this awesome offer from American Express and sign up for the American Express SPG card, go get the details now – the offer only lasts until August 22, 2011.
But remember, you DON’T have to apply for the American Express to enter our contest – we’re giving away 100,000 Starpoints anyway!
Help Me Plan My Disneyland Trip with Your Best Tip!
Starwood Preferred Hotels is giving me 100,000 free Starpoints too to plan my vacation. Of all the destinations, Disneyland was on the top of our list for a family vacation. We’ll use the Nights & Flights option to get 2 free plane tickets and 5 hotel nights, then use the rest of the points for 5 more free hotel nights. That’s 10 free days at the Sheraton Anaheim, right next to Disneyland with a free shuttle to and from the park.
Ah, the sweet sound of the word free! Keep in mind we’ll be traveling with 4 small kids, which is no easy task. I could really use your best vacation tips – both for Disneyland and just for flying with young ones – to help me plan my trip. Give me your best tip below and you could win 100,000 free Starwood points!
Win Free Hotel Stay and/or Airfare for your Vacation on Me!
You can enter once PER DAY per person, so bookmark this page and enter every day (yes, including extra entries)! One lucky person will win 100,000 Starpoints (how you choose to redeem your free points is up to you). By entering this contest, you agree to our Giveaway Terms and Conditions.
To Enter: Leave a comment on this post telling your best Disneyland or vacation tip (or just leave any comment) between today and August 21, 2011 at 11:59pm PST. Random drawing to be held and winner to be announced on August 21, 2011, 11:59pm AST.
To Get Extra Entries (each day), do one or all of the following and leave another comment for each one:
1. Blog about this giveaway. Leave the link to your post here.
2. Subscribe to our free email updates or RSS feed, then leave another comment.
3. Share this giveaway on Twitter or any forum, including the name of the prize and a link to this post. Then leave the link to your post.
4. Put our badge on your site. Choose one of our badges and put it in your sidebar (leaving the badge up will allow you to put in an extra entry every day!). Leave the link to your site.
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Disclaimer: In compliance with the FTC Guides, this article has material connections. IS World Media (ISWM) received 100,000 free Starpoints as compensation and 100,000 free Starpoints to give away to a winner. This contest is not facilitated by Starwood Preferred Guest or American Express.
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Wear sunscreen at the Disney parks!
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I love this contest. What a great idea!
I always get great tips from the Starwood Hotel Concierges whenever I go on a trip to Disneyland. I email them before I arrive to get ideas on what to do and help plan my schedule of activities.
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Keep up the great work! It has helped us so much!
Fastpass has been beaten to death, but it’s still the best single tip that I can think of. Also, see if you can get in to Club 33 somehow. ; )
Let the wife/husband/grandparents take the kids to the park one day and stay in and relax :)
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Be Flexible !!! With children (we have 5!), we found that Disney was best enjoyed by going hard for 1-2 days at the parks and then give them a day to chill out at the hotel to swim, etc, and re-energize.
Our hotel even had a pay option (small fee of $3/person) to go to a nearby private resort that had 3 different pools with big slides; the kids thought it was an awesome part of the vacation too.
You should go to bed early every night!
Meet new friends at the Parks.
Buy carryon size of makeup/beauty products from a site like http://www.3floz.com/ so you don’t have to check a bag or sacrifice having your morning/evening ritual of products.
Go early to the park of your choice; take a break and return to your resort or hotel when the day is hottest; then return to the parks in the evening. Three of the theme parks have special night-time events.
Use Fastpass! Fastpass compares favorably to sliced bread as a great invention. It’s free, it’s simple, and it saves you from standing in line for the most popular rides.
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I meant to add to one of the comments above – that I subscribed to your email… so didn’t want seem that I ‘over posted’ – and couldn’t go back and edit. Sorry.
I subscribe to your blog via email! Thanks for the great posts :)
Kristen
I love to take a photo of our kids standing in the SAME SPOT every time we go to Disney. It really shows how they have changed, while Disney stays just as magical as ever! Of course we take pics in front of the castle (doesn’t everyone? lol), but it’s fun to have something UNIQUE. Because our family heritage is Norwegian, I have the kids pose with the giant troll in Norway (EPCOT). I have the photos framed, hanging in our living room! I hope we will will some Starwood points from your giveaway so we can take another magical Disney troll photo to hang with the others :)
With pixie dust,
Kristen
Make sure you have a plan. Going into Disney without a plan is just a waste of time and money. Layout a plan of attack, include time off and rest periods in order to last longer. Remember to sit to eat, make reservations at restaurants in order to waste less time.
If the kids (or parents) start to get grouchy – take a rest. I have seen enough yelling and crying at Disney. If your children are tired, let them have a nap. Nobody is going to have fun if you push to much. Ask most small children what they remember about their trip and they will tell you the pool. Remember that and take it to heart. Besides dad could enjoy a beer while watching the kids!
Fastpass – everyone says Fastpass because it’s true – it’s the single most important thing that will save you time at Disneyland! Make good use of it :)
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Water, snacks and, yes, hand sanitizer.
Naps and chill in the hotel pool during midday when it’s hot and crowded at the Park. Bring water and wipees when you go. Get to the park early, take midday break, then go back in the evening til Disneyland closes. You will avoid the line for rides this way. Have fun!
Pack an extra sim card for the camera. I recommend a waterproof camera because of all the splash rides.
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Another great family trip is to the Great Northwest and an almost limitless supply of great Starwood properties to choose from.
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Would use for honeymoon!
Would love to go to Asia!
Go to Disneyworld and Universal Orlando (Wizarding World of HARRY POTTER) instead. Orlando is much better in terms of theme parks.
I would send my grandmother on a trip to see all her grandchildren across the world!
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100k starpoints would be the BOMB!
The SPG program is awesome. I’d use my points for Nights and Flights!
Would use points for westin Paris. Wishing you a fabulous vacation. Bring a disneythemed DVD for kids to watch at hotel during rest periods.
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Paris in the springtime! maybe Euro Disney too!