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Adding people to a holiday win?

[FONT=&quot]I have been entering holiday comps recently and i was wondering if it was possible to add people to your booking if you win?

We have a 1 year old that i think it would be hard to leave behind for two weeks if we ended up going half way round the world :D

Anyone have any experience with this?[/FONT]
Why can i never get the CAPTCHA's right? ... i must be a spam bot :rotfl:

Wins so far: 2x tickets to England v Fiji in the rugby, 2x Tickets to Irelan V Oman in the football, A Childrens Book, Vauxhall nova sport 1300cc (1:43 scale model) :D

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  • Blulu
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    I would be quite surprised if you weren't able to negotiate for this little add-on bundle if you won. However, it would be up to each comp host. Why not email a few to test what they say? If you get a positive response, then perhaps just enter whatever holidays you like, and hope/trust that if you win you can pay to add on. Good luck :)
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  • This is something I have been wondering too. We have three kids (so we are a family of five) and most holiday comps are for either two people or a family which consists of four people, both of which are no good to me, hence I haven't bothered entering the holiday comps. I find it the same for concert and theatre tickets too, Which is a shame :(
  • weeowens
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    edited 13 November 2012 at 9:12AM
    I've won two big holidays prizes.One to NY & the other to Vancouver.On the NY trip I gave up the $1000 in Saks vouchers & added a child,plus they let me pay to upgrade the hotel.It was only £40 for the upgrade but it was worth way more as we went from the Paramount,which seemed a little unsuitable for a child, to the Westin on Times Square.
    On arrival we were lucky & got another upgrade to a better room on the 43rd floor with a great view of the Empire State Building.
    So all in all very lucky :-)
    On the other I just paid the extra airfare & they let me pick a hotel with two double beds as standard.We then just paid for the six child excursions on site.
    I'd say just enter & hope.
    In the end it will be all down to negotiation & if they stick to the terms rigidly.
    If you win & the the negotiations do not work out you are in no worse position than when you started out.
  • cagsd
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    This is something I have been wondering too. We have three kids (so we are a family of five) and most holiday comps are for either two people or a family which consists of four people, both of which are no good to me, hence I haven't bothered entering the holiday comps. I find it the same for concert and theatre tickets too, Which is a shame :(

    Ditto to this. We also have 3 lads, and have found that 99% of "family" prizes (holidays, theme park tickets, shows etc etc) are for 2 adults + 2 kids :( So have steered clear of entering any of them! I know it "could" be negotiable to add an extra person, but how gutted would I be to win a holiday for four and then have them say I couldn't add an extra one! Better not to enter at all I think... although the advice above to email the competition sponsor and ask before entering, is a good tip!
  • Yeah im going to just keep entering and hope that i can negotiate with them :D
    Why can i never get the CAPTCHA's right? ... i must be a spam bot :rotfl:

    Wins so far: 2x tickets to England v Fiji in the rugby, 2x Tickets to Irelan V Oman in the football, A Childrens Book, Vauxhall nova sport 1300cc (1:43 scale model) :D
  • cagsd wrote: »
    Ditto to this. We also have 3 lads, and have found that 99% of "family" prizes (holidays, theme park tickets, shows etc etc) are for 2 adults + 2 kids :( So have steered clear of entering any of them! I know it "could" be negotiable to add an extra person, but how gutted would I be to win a holiday for four and then have them say I couldn't add an extra one! Better not to enter at all I think... although the advice above to email the competition sponsor and ask before entering, is a good tip!

    This is why I'm refusing to have another child :rotfl:
    :beer: Thank you to everyone! :beer:

    :eek: Officially addicted to Comping :eek:
  • lilrahi
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    xangeleyes wrote: »
    This is why I'm refusing to have another child :rotfl:

    Me too :T
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  • I won a trip for two to Paris but my mother, sister and I like to do stuff as a trio. I won spending money with it so they took the extra out of the spending money which I didn't mind because I had been to Italy like two weeks before and had some money left over. They were really nice about it. :p
  • I won a trip for two to Paris but my mother, sister and I like to do stuff as a trio. I won spending money with it so they took the extra out of the spending money which I didn't mind because I had been to Italy like two weeks before and had some money left over. They were really nice about it. :p

    Think I'm going to enter all these holidays for 2. If I win, I only need to ask about adding 2, if I'm not allowed then I will tell them to pick someone else.

    Us and the kids haven't yet had a proper holiday together so I refuse to take up a holiday for just me and my husband. It wouldn't be fair on the kids.

    Now I have a car, hopefully we can think about a family holiday :D
    Would love to win a family holiday, even if it's down the road lol.
    :beer: Thank you to everyone! :beer:

    :eek: Officially addicted to Comping :eek:
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