Australian Competitions Club

I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I WON THE SQUARZ 'WIN A TRIP TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST SQUARES' COMPETITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://compingclub.com/index.php?topic=207367.0

THANKS SO MUCH TO w3ap FOR POSTING!

I GET TO CHOOSE EITHER:

(a) London: return economy flights for 2 from the winner’s nearest Australian capital city to London, all airline and airport taxes, return private transfers from airport to accommodation at destination, 7 nights accommodation at the Royal Trafalgar Hotel twin share (or hotel of similar price) including daily breakfast, 6 day London sightseeing pass including Travel Card with access to over 50 top attractions including Tower of London, St Paul’s Cathedral, London Zoo, Kensington Palace, Thames River Cruise, 135-minute relaxing aroma stone massage at the exclusive Elemis Day Spa per person, Gourmet dinner at Jamie Oliver’s ‘Fifteen’ to the value of GBP 200.00 and AUD $2000.00 spending money; or

(b) New York: return economy flights for 2 from the winner’s nearest Australian capital city to New York, all airline and airport taxes, return private transfers from airport to accommodation at destination, 7 nights accommodation at the Crowne Plaza Times Square twin share (or hotel of similar price) including daily breakfast, 3 day New York Pass with access to over 40 top attractions including Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Madame Tussauds and Guggenheim and AUD $2000.00 spending money; or

(c) Venice, Italy: return economy flights for 2 from the winner’s nearest Australian capital city to Venice, Italy, all airline and airport taxes, return private transfers from airport to accommodation at destination, 7 nights accommodation at the Hotel All Angelo twin share (or hotel of similar price) including daily breakfast, St Mark’s Square highlights tour including entry to St Marks Basilica, Private Venice Gondola Ride and Serenade on the canals of Venice, 80-minute aromatherapy massage at the exclusive ‘Espace’ per person, gourmet dinner at ‘Aromis’ to the value of EUR 250.00 and AUD $2000.00 spending money.

I THINK WE'LL GO TO VENICE, ITALY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :D :D :D

WOW WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING END TO 2011, SNOOP DOGG COMP WIN YESTERDAY AND SQUARZ COMP WIN TODAY... I AM STUNNED/SHOCKED/AMAZED/FLOORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lucky you, that's soooo exciting.  Congratulations.

Congratulations!  How exciting!

Go to Venice for sure!  Piazza San Marco is one of the most beautiful places in the world (but make sure you budget about 30 dollars for a cup of coffee!)

WOW!! Amazing!! :) What a great Christmas Present to yourself!! hehehe enjoy!!

Congrats, I'm so happy for you :D

Definitely Venice, I've been to all three, Venice is magical and see it before it sinks. :lol:

Thanks peeps! Definitely sounds like Venice is the way to go hehe  :P

Congratulations! What a fantastic win!!  :D  :D

...and what a choice to have to make!

Fantastic win and to have a choice makes it so exciting!! So happy for you...have fun deciding and Merry Christmas!

Amazing, Congratulations. :)

Fabulous, what a great win.  Enjoy.

Wow, that's fantastic!!!  Well done and enjoy.

wow big congrats :)

Good God you are ona roll HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
congrats and yihars from me :)

that's brilliant!! well done

 :shock: Yep OMG... OMG... OMG. covers it nicely! Girl, what are you eating for breakfast lately, cos I want some of what you're having  :lol:

How totally amazing for you. Have a very wonderful, excited Christmas as you plan your awesome holiday  :D :D Congratulations

What a fantastic win, and just before Christmas! 2012 will be an exciting year for you. Enjoy venice, truly beautiful!

Congratulations enjoy! Venice will be fantastic.

 ohhh wow congrats :)

Congratulations - have an amazing trip!

Wow what an amazing christmas for you ,congratulations have a fantastic time
Merry Christmas

congrats great christmas present we are a lucky and helpful bunch

Congratualtions what an amazing win to end the year with. :)

That's awesome, Congratulations!

thats SO Cool!!! and you know...things come in threes..WHOOO HOOOOO!!!!

Congratulations, great timing for a great win :)

WOW!!  Congratulations!  What else can one say!  Have a great trip!!

AMAZING PRIZE!! All three are great. I reckon goto venice and see if you can use your spending money to stay longer and goto paris or london whislt there. Congrats!

Congrats, you'll certainly find it hard to top THIS Christmas present  :lol: and if these were 25wol comps, you certainly have it in the bag  8) :D

What fabulous wins! Santa has certainly been kind to you this year! You have so much to look forward to in 2012! Congratulations!!!

Woo hoo...what a fabulous win...congrats! :)

OMG is right!! WOW what a great win :-) You will certainly have a very Merry Christmas now :-)

 That's fantastic! Have a marvellous time.

Woo-hoo! Well done!

Yep, Venice for sure for me too!

You'll probably have to fly through Rome so negotiate a stop-over there and heck, why not add Singapore or HK on the way back too! I've had a few wins and have learnt a few tricks now when it's someone else paying the fares!...

Do your homework on airlines ASAP and ask politely upfront if you can have your preference. Check sites like Webjet with possible dates to get an idea of airlines flying there, timetables, codesharing, stopovers, etc...
Some comps handball bookings to specialist travel agencies, some do it in-house. If it's the latter, you may be able to call the shots a little if you have your facts ready to go.

Have a great time!

 Congratulations.. wow! that's a fantastic prize  :P

Congratulations!  ... have a wonderful time away!   :D

Fantastic!!!  Definitely Venice, I think it is the most magical and unique city in the world!

So happy for you. I won a trip a few years ago, and had 4 nights in Venice as part of it. If you have not been before, ask if you can extend your holiday at your own cost It is very easy to get around via the train network, or many cruise ships leave from Venice. We did a Mediteranean cruise which was very inexpensive.  Have a fantastic time.

Yep, I'm with you: Venice!! What an amazing win!!! All the very best as you float on Cloud 9 and can't wipe the grin off your face!!!  :lol:

Thanks so much everyone! It's great to have fellow compers on here who are friendly and genuinely happy for another person's win! Unfortunately this has not been the case on Facebook... A few sore losers have come out of the woodwork on Squarz Facebook page accusing and insisting that I 'bought likes' to win the competition and that I shouldn't have won. Firstly the competition wasn't judged solely on likes, and although I had heaps of likes by the end, I didn't have the most anyway. Secondly I didn't even know you could buy likes until reading those nasty posts!!! It's very sad and pathetic that when people don't win something, they have to try and shoot others down. I have been entering competitions for years, and i've lost countless times, but I always lose graciously. Shame, but oh well!

That's sad that there are sore losers out there on facebook. Ignore the nasty posts. Why not thank the well wishers? Then you come out looking good and you haven't stooped to the nasties low level. And don't feel that you have to defend yourself on fb either. Just a suggestion.

Exactly what I've done mustang_sally08! & I certainly won't be defending myself or getting into any debates on FB. Squarz are aware of the posts, and will end up removing them eventually, but I'll leave it in their capable hands to deal with the fallout. They said this happens everytime a competition is run, and I am sure it does! Sore losers are common unfortunately.

There will always be people that think their answer is better, but my answer to this is, obviously the judges didnt  think so. Go and enjoy, its you that will be laughing all the way to whatever square you choose. 

Congrats on your win! I had a look at the Facebook page just now and clicked through to the profile of the person who commented rudely with 'wtf'. I'm certain it's a fake profile.

Congratulations, have a wonderful time.

Thanks Jennih,zjen & aussiedudette!

@zjen i'm sure it's fake too. the guy that commented rudely also has a fake looking profile, and if you go on both of theirs, you can see that they also wrote on Squarz wall (but doesn't show up on there, so must have auto redirected to hidden posts because looks like spam!). Read what they wrote. They're quite nasty. I am just curious how the girl knows that 'laurenic33' is my alias as that is what I use on all the forums I am part of....

Congratulations Lauren!  Don't worry about the naysayers, I have had that happen three times with FB comps.  Makes you feel horrible but they are just pathetic.  Enjoy Venice!

I agree Lauren. Hope it doesn't take the shine off your win, especially at this time of year.
It would seem the person/people behind those fake profiles might also be a member of one of the forums you belong to. For example, you post your win, I can see your full name on Facebook and your user ID here so can put the two together.
Imagine going to the bother of creating fake Facebook profiles to enter competitions (and accuse others of being dodgy). What a way to live.
Enjoy planning your trip!

Thanks yasimum!

@zjen To be honest it has really ruffled my feathers and stressed me out a bit because I worked so hard to get as many ppl to 'like' my review as I could, and promoted my entry constantly for almost 2 weeks. I think my win was earnt, and besides that fact even if my post had reached the most likes, if the judges didn't like the content of my entry, I don't believe I would have won. Good point re the fake profile owner/s possibly being a member of the same forum as me. I guess you can also Google almost anyone nowadays too! Since I enter so many competitions there's bound to be a link between my forum screen names/alias & real name somewhere on the internet. Thanks so much!

Congrats on the win. Dont worry about the nasty people. They will get bad karma and not win anything anymore and you have a holiday!!! HA HA!!! (will that give me bad karma!!!???)
Saying nothing will annoy them even more!

Haha thanks PuraVida you're so right! & nah I think you'll escape the bad karma because you're just being honest and not wishing bad upon anyone lol  :D

Congrats, don't listen to the haters.  Enjoy planning your trip! :D

Woo Hoo!  fabtabulous!! Enjoy :)

Huge congrats.  What an amazing win!

Thank you all so much :)!!

well done - what a Christmas! Enjoy - inspiring!!

WOW what can I say ? I think everyone these has said it all :)
GREAT WIN,
WELL DONE,
ENJOY.

FANTASTIC! HUGE congrats.!Have fun! Great Christmas present! Another big win for ACC, yippee! :D

Oh wow!  Congratulations on your win!  Venice is beautiful, you will have a fabulous holiday!

Was your answer "who thought being square could be the best thing since sliced bread?"  ? If so, I thought it was a good one, very fresh:) Thanks for sharing your excitement it's cool. I mean square..!

I entered just under 30 different answers, because there was no limit to the number of entries, and yep that was one of them :)

Some of my other entries were:

The earth may be round, but the most delicious things on this earth are square. Mrs Mac's Squarz.

One square to rule them all... Mrs Mac's Squarz!

The best things in life used to be free... now they're square. Mrs Mac's Squarz, one bite is all it takes!

Squaring is caring. Mrs Mac's Squarz.

E=MCsquared? Einstein was onto something, and so are we. Mrs Mac's Squarz... The new formula for deliciousness.

Squarz, they may look simple, but they're also simply delicious.

They may be square, but they’re the most popular in their class...! Mrs Mac’s Squarz... Join the club, give in to temptation.

Never thought a square could rule the world? Think again. Mrs Mac’s SQUARZ.

You may not believe in 'love at first sight'... but there's no denying LOVE AT FIRST BITE! Mrs Mac's Squarz.

I like all yr answers no wonder u won. Enjoy yr trip. Did u decide yet which one u r going to?

Thank you Shana! We'll go to Venice, probably in April/May 2012  :D

You have a natural talent, I couldn't think of one, let alone 30!!! make sure you enter lots of 25wol!

Aw thank you so much!!! What a lovely compliment :wink:

Congratulations Lauren.  What a wonderful end to the year for you!  I loved all your answers and think your win was well deserved.  I've noticed on quite a few FB comps lately that there have been very poor losers, and it's hard not to take negative comments like that personally but just enjoy your win and keep comping!  Merry Christmas.

Thank you :)