Luxury Travel Diary, a high-end travel blog with great reviews based in the UK, has a bunch of travel auctions — some about to close, others extend into October — and there look to be some real bargains.
They wanted to highlight some of these, and offered to help organize a giveaway of a 3 night stay in a 3-bedroom luxury apartment in Knightsbridge, London for readers of this blog. Details on how to comment on this post to win below.
Folks who already know about these auctions won’t like the added attention, because frankly there aren’t enough bidders relative to the value of the offerings and some of these items go too cheap.
Here are some great auction values ending soon:
- 2 Nights At Bayview Resort, Hamptons, New York — as I write it’s at 101 British pounds.
- 7 Nights In A Luxury Travelopo Villa In Mallorca — £340.00 really???
- 3 Nights At Hope Town Lodge, Bahamas — £105.00 right now, no reserve.
- 7 Nights For 8 Guests At Villa Russelia In Rhodes, Greece, check out this current price…
- 7 Nights At Hotel Marinedda Thalasso & Spa, Sardinia, interested in Sardinia but think the Starwood options are just too pricey?
- 4 Night Yacht Charter With Kalimba Caribbean Tours, how baller would this be?
Check out the full details on each before bidding to make sure availability matches when you can travel. There’s page after page of auctions to scroll through, generally nice places that regularly appear to be selling for much less than they should.
Prize: a three-night stay in a luxury apartment in Knightsbridge, London at The Ovington Elegance – subject to availability, stay by April 28 (excluding December 25-27, December 31-January, and March 25-26).
The Ovington Elegance is a superb, luxury Three Bedroom Three Bathroom serviced apartments right on Brompton Road in the heart of London’s Knightsbridge. Two minutes’ walk from Harrod’s store and other exclusive shopping in the immediate area and with easy access to Knightsbridge and South Kensington tube stations, The Ovington Elegance has all of the luxury features and comfort you need for your central London stay backed up by London Lifestyle Apartment’s hospitality and care to ensure that you fully enjoy your visit to London.
London, like Paris, is one of those cities where a residential apartment is a great option for visitors. I tend to book hotels because I have so many points, but coming out of pocket living like a local can be uniquely appealing. This property looks lovely and in a great location — and while not cheap it’s a real value for three bedrooms!
To enter: leave a comment on this post with your favorite item up for auction at Luxury Travel Diary, or why you would choose to stay at The Ovington Elegance luxury apartment in Knightsbridge over other hotels in London. You may enter two times if you wish and answer those two questions one time each in separate comments.
Contest deadline and drawing winner: Entries close Thursday, December 3 at Noon eastern. I will draw winner with the assistance of random.org.
The fine print: For avoidance of doubt I have no affiliation with either Luxury Travel Diary or The Ovington Elegance luxury apartment. I will put the winner in touch with the hotel for booking. They are solely responsible for providing prize to winner. All decisions made in the course of running this giveaway are final and unappealable and your entry signifies your acceptance. The goal here is to make readers aware of a pretty cool auction opportunity, and to give away an apartment stay in London. So please don’t make it hard on me for doing so!
Need me some London!
My favorite item up for auction is “2 Nights At Villa Le Maschere, Near Florence, Italy.” I’ve been planning to visiting Italy for a long time!
I’d take the 4 night yacht tour!
My favourite item is the Cask Jewellery credit.
As for Knightsbridge, just can’t beat the central location in one of the most expensive cities in the world!
I’d stay at the Ovington because I’ve got a conference in that area coming up in February.
I’d say my favorite auction item would have to be the 5-night stay in a luxury villa in Bali.
My favorite auction item is the the 5-night stay in a luxury villa in Bali. The perfect getaway
My favorite: 2 nights in the Scottish Highlands at Airds Hotel
This is a comment to enter the competition
Because a luxury hotel is nicer than a non-luxury place.
My faborite auction item is the “7 Nights For 8 Guests At Villa Russelia In Rhodes, Greece”.
I have been saving mileages for a future family trip with my husband’s parents. It will be nice to stay at the Villa Russelia with reasonable price and I will use my mileages to pay for all the airline tickets!
My favorite item up for auction would be the 5 nights for 8 in a luxury Villa in Bali!
I would choose to stay at The Ovington Elegance luxury apartment in Knightsbridge over other hotels in London because it looks so much more luxurious than a regular hotel!
Favorite item up for auction: 2 NIGHTS AT HÔTEL EUGÈNE EN VILLE IN PARIS
Why you would choose to stay at The Ovington Elegance luxury apartment in Knightsbridge over other hotels in London: Location, location, location.
Great blog Gary…..Here’s our thoughts: our favorite item on bid—7-nights at Villa Boi in Mallorca……(a whole house!…..even includes a pool, trampoline!)
My favorite LTD item is Bluemint KATE Dark Navy Linen Pants In XS.
Just kidding, it is 2 Nights At The 5 Star Grand Hyatt Muscat In Oman.
I would prefer to stay at The Ovington Elegance as I want to pamper my SO with luxury for our 3rd anniversary
My favorite item for auction us the yacht trip
I’d love to stay in the luxury apartment bc it looks waaaay nicer then a hotel room
Reminds me of the Rolling Stones Song “Play with Fire:”. “You get your kicks in Stedley (sp?), not in Knightsbridge anymore.” Would like to get my kicks in Knightsbridge.
Sardinia, please!
My favorite auction is two nights at the Grand Hyatt Singapore.
I’d love to stay at The Ovington Elegance luxury apartment in Knightsbridge because of its proximity to Harrods and the V&A Museum.
Knightsbridge. I’m overdue for some more time in London.
On the other hand, we are planning a trip near Sardinia… Could be a good way to extend an existing trip!
Haven’t been to London in 35 years. This would help us make it there!
It’s better in the Bahamas…
Hi Gary: Thanks so much for all the info you post and for a chance to win this free offer. …. Tom.
A three bedroom apartment in London would be awesome for our upcoming July tour of Europe!
Thanks, Gary!
And of course we’d love to add the 2 NIGHTS AT HÔTEL EUGÈNE EN VILLE IN PARIS for that upcoming trip as well!
Favorite item up for auction is the 2 nights at Hotel Eugene en Ville in Paris
I would choose the Ovington Elegance apartment in Knightsbridge because of the great location.
My wife and I have been talking about doing a Caribbean charter for the last couple years. This would be our ideal trip!
I would love to stay at the Ovington Elegance as it is big enough for the whole family.
My favorite item for auction us the yacht trip
Ovington Elegance apartment in Knightsbridge. great location.
Worth a shot, right?
I’m tempted by everything at the auction site, but confess that the villa in Rhodes looks most amazing (I’m not a yaghts kind of girl).
I’ve only been to London once, for way too brief a time., but even I know Knightsbridge is cool, and not having to eat every meal in a restaurant would be awesome.
Can’t beat the location of The Ovington.
Browsing the auctions and dreaming of Greece.
My bags are packed and I’m ready to go.
Already have two trips scheduled for London during the time period the Knightbridge place is available – would be perfect.
My favorite item up is “2 Nights At Villa Le Maschere, Near Florence, Italy.” Looks amazing, and it’s been ages since I’ve been to Florence.
The Hotel Eugene en Ville in Paris for 2 nights would be great!
My favorite item up for auction is the 2 Nights At Villa Le Maschere, Near Florence, Italy
The Ovington Elegance luxury apartment in Knightsbridge is all about location location location! Staying here would be grand!
A stay in Rhodes sounds perfect to me.
The Ovington Elegance luxury apartment in Knightsbridge works!! Already have the LHR flight. Just need a luxurious 3 Bedroom apartment on Brompton Road to complete the package. Thanks VFTW !!
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