Evelyn Kanter Eco Report

There’s an interesting group of travel contests and sweepstakes to help save you the green in your wallet –

Sweepstakes to win trip to Utah ski resort featured in The Bachelor

Canyons Resort is making the most of its appearance on  the current 16th season of ABC show The Bachelor.  Canyons is offering fans of the show  the opportunity to win four grand prizes, including a mountain getaway to Park City and Canyons Resort, which is  Utah’s largest, with more than 4,000 acres of skiing and riding for all skill levels.  My personal favorite run at Canyons is called Boa, a cruiser which snakes its way — pardon the pun — down more than two miles, for a fabulous warm-up or end-of-day run.

One of “The Bachelor Ultimate Getaway Sweepstakes” grand prize winners and a guest will enjoy a romantic retreat to Canyons Resort, which features 4,000 acres of what Utah markets as “the greatest snow on Earth.” Just 35 minutes from Salt Lake City Airport, Canyons features the first chairlift in North America that will keep your butt warm on the way up the mountain — the Orange Bubble Express has heated seats, much like the heated seats in your car.

Sweepstakes to win trip to Fiji Islands.

The grand prize winner and guest get three days of skiing or riding, including equipment, a private ski lesson, three nights at the Waldorf Astoria Park City, a couples spa treatment at Golden Door Spa, a horse-drawn sleigh ride through the Wasatch Mountains, and round-trip airfare.  You can also zip down the mountain on the new zipline ZipTour Adventure, and the town of Park City has some interesting art galleries and restaurants.  Be sure to stop in for a cold one at the Wasatch Brewpub on Main Street, which offers up some tasty microbrews, including one called Polygamy Porter.You have until March 19th to enter this free sweepstakes.  Click here for sweepstakes details. 

Fiji is a Polynesian paradise on everybody’s ‘bucket list’.  I was lucky to visit last year, for scuba diving in Fiji’s pristine coral reefs, dolphin watching cruises, and visits to local villages which welcome you with a traditional welcome of  songs, prayers and a ceremonial drink of kava, a fermented beverage made of the root of a local plant.  Enter Dole’s “Warm Up & Win” sweepstakes by March 31 for a chance to win a trip for four to Fiji, including air, six nights’ hotel, and $500-per-day spending money.  Unlike many other sweepstakes and contests, you can enter this one more than once — Dole invites you to enter daily — but the registration won’t go through unless you agree to receive Dole’s quarterly newsletter with recipes, coupons and other company news.   Runner-up prizes include warm down comforters, slippers, winter coats, and coffee makers.  Approximate value of the grand prize is $18,000.

See the next page for news about sweepstakes to win vacations in Napa, Paris and New York City.