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!
This looks great! All of the spots in Italy look amazing and would be great to visit!
The 7 night stay in Mallorca looks amazing!
Hotel Marinedda Thalasso & Spa, Sardinia, because Sardinia is beautiful
I’d love to take my gf to Knightsbridge, beautiful!
7 nights in a luxury Travelopo villa in Mallorca would do it for me.
The Knightsbridge apartment would be amazing to have all my friends stay in one place when visiting London!
My favorite item for auction is 5 Nights For 8 In A Luxury Villa In Bali!
London hotels, while embracing traditional London, sometimes lack the feel of real London – this apartment gives the opportunity to live like a posh Londoner for a few days!
I am going to Florence soon and the 2-bed apartment would be a great experience during my visit.
Hello Knightsbridge.
Hello Harrods!
This Knightsbridge apartment will be perfect for my return trip to London as I scored 2 roundtrip tickets to any Virgin Atlantic destination this past summer due to IROPs. Fingers crossed.
Well, that looks awesome.
Staying in Knightsbridge would be perfect when traveling with children
That Sardinia deal looks awesome
Count me in!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That Caribbean yacht charter sounds like a winner to me!
The Hope Town Lodge in the Bahamas sounds ideal for a winter getaway!
A stay at the The Ovington Elegance in London would be positioned perfectly for some post-holiday shopping!
7 nights in Barbados sounds like the perfect getaway!
Love the space and convenience of the Knightsbridge location!
The beach villa in Rhodes would work for my family!
I have had the opportunity to go to London quite a few times, and love staying in Knightsbridge. It has everything you need within a few minutes walk, and is not a terrible commute to the City. Thanks for offering this opportunity!
I would love to stay in The Ovington Elegance in London and experience the city from the comforts of an apartment.
I like the Airds hotel in the Scottish highlands.
I’d also love to stay in Knightsbridge – great location and really fantastic looking space!
My favorite item up for auction is the “Two Nights In A Luxury Apartment in Florence” https://www.luxurytraveldiary.com/auction/?ult_auc_id=17228, because I haven’t been to Florence in over a decade and would love to go back
I would choose to stay at The Ovington Elegance luxury apartment in Knightsbridge over other hotels in London because there are no Hyatts in Knightsbridge 🙂 Also, I love shopping at the Food Halls in Harrods!
This is really cool. I had not heard of this until today. I will be sure to check it out often!
Would love to stay At Hotel Marinedda Thalasso & Spa, Sardinia.
Staying at The Ovington Elegance would allow me to bring friends with me, would make London visit so much more special
7 nights in Greece with a few of my best friends sounds like the trip of a lifetime!
It would be amazing to stay in The Ovington Elegance in London and experience the city.
7 nights in Greece!
Would love to experience Merry Old England!
My favorite auction is the one for the gorgeous Phuket, Thailand villa; I’ve never been to Thailand, friends have all raved about the country, and I need to get a new tux made :-).
I’d love to stay in the Ovington Elegance because, among other things, it has so much more character than the chain hotels in London, and tons more space than the typical boutique hotel. Plus it’s pretty centrally located :).
Too bad I missed out on the Rhodes one because that was a fantastic, convenient place!
The spa in Sardinia sounds perfect.
The hotel in Sardinia looks great to me
I would use the 3-nights in London and enjoy an apartment in a great neighborhood so our family of three could have some space and freedom to make our own meals
I’d love to spend 2 nights at GH Oman
I’d stay at the Ovington becuase of how close it is to Harrod’s and V&A Museum
Staying at an apartment in London (or any European city) really gives a better overall experience as you can feel more like a local. The Ovington Elegance has a perfect location!
Gary, I would like to bid on the Barcelona Hotel The Urban Suites
The 7 night stay in Mallorca looks pretty good…….
I would love to stay in The Ovington Elegance in London due to it’s great location.
2 NIGHT STAY AT LANGANES LUXURY VILLA IN ICELAND looks amazing; Iceland is on the top of my list for 2016!!
Gary, The best things about the apartment over hotel – The SPACE!
My friends and I dream of attending an English Premier League match in London.The Ovington apartment would be perfect for us!
Winning any of the auctions on LTD for hotels in Hawaii would be great! Hoping to vacation in Kauai or the Big Island with my wife this Spring.