A BIG congratulations to Mitchell Stratton from Toronto, Ontario for winning our BC Powder Highway contest! Mitch and a lucky friend will have the opportunity to fly to beautiful British Columbia to experience the Powder Highway which includes some of the best ski resorts this country has to offer!

Originally from Newfoundland, Mitch recently moved to Toronto and has yet to experience beautiful British Columbia.  He’ll get to drive along BC’s Powder Highway to experience resorts such Fernie, Panorama, Kicking Horse and Revelstoke. Can this east coast boy handle the amount of awesome he is about to experience? We can’t wait to hear all about his trip when he returns! Stay tuned for a wrap-up blog when he returns in March!

We always have special giveaways happening each month on our Facebook page, so join the community and enter for your chance to win some sweet prizes!

It’s that time of year when Canadians come together to line the streets for some holiday cheer with their community. We couldn’t help but share this moment from the Toronto Santa Claus Parade captured by Jon Simonassi for My City Lives. This video encompasses a moment at that parade, a moment where nothing else in the city matters and a moment that kids will remember forever:

Have a favourite holiday memory?

Share it with us for your chance to win a $250 Flight Centre Gift Card!

**THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.**

Congratulations to Cailin from Halifax for winning!

Cailin’s favourite holiday memory:

I have two favorite holiday memories!
When I was a little kid every Christmas Eve Santa Claus would come knock on our door before we went to bed and visit my sister and I and a few of our friends in the neighborhood. It was always so cool and exciting, but to this date my parents still won’t tell us who it really was dressed as Santa.
My other favorite memory is picking out the perfect Christmas tree every year with my father, I’m sure its something everyone might do but for me its always my favorite memory :)

Thank you to everyone who submitted their holiday memories.

Happy Holidays from the Flight Centre team!

As a thank you to our readers, we’re offering Four (4) 3-day Disneyland® Resort Park Hopper Passes to a lucky reader of our blog!

All you have to do is share your favourite Disney memory with us in the comment section below. Perhaps you remember visiting a Disney Park as a kid or perhaps you’ve always dreamed of going? Whatever your story is, share it with us and be entered to win!

**This contest is now closed (Thursday Aug 18th)**

Congratulations to Andrew from Toronto for winning! He’ll be heading off to Disney with his wife and two daughters!

“I remember taking my daughter to Disneyland and watching the smile on her face as she got to meet all the princesses.  I would love to take my youngest daughter to see the smile on her face.”

These passes are valid for entry into both Disneyland® Park and Disney California Adventure Park on the same day with park hopping privileges. Travel must be completed by May 31, 2012. For more information about Disneyland Resort click here.

note **please make sure you fill out your name and a valid e-mail address in the entry fields so we can contact you if you’ve won!

If you live in the Toronto area, you may have noticed a snazzy new store has popped up in Yorkville with our name on it.

We invite you to join us as we open our doors to this brand new Flight Centre location in Toronto on Friday May 27th and Sat May 28th. Not only can you meet and chat with our friendly travel consultants, but get there early and you can score yourself some door-crasher prizes. We’ve got tons of goodies that we can’t wait to giveaway!

If you’re on Twitter be sure to follow @FCYorkville and @FlightCentreCa on Friday for trivia clues that could win you 1 of 2 adventure tour giveaways!

Hope to see you in store!

*Please note that past and current Flight Centre employees are not eligible to participate in the Twitter Giveaway.

Do you have a great travel photo? It could win you some travel goodies and become featured on our website and next edition of FootPrints Magazine!

Submit your best travel photo and you could win a Flight Centre Prize Pack valued at $400! The winner and top 9 finalists will appear in our next edition of Footprints. The Prize Pack consists of a Flight Centre Luggage, travel adapter and $250 Flight Centre gift card.

The Spring 2011 photo contest ends May 31st, 2011, 11:59pm PST.

Click HERE to Enter!

As the end of the week approaches, and the Royal Wedding just around the corner, we’re in a happy mood and want to spread the love. So we’re giving away some goodies to our wonderful readers!

If you can tell us where one of our Flight Centre stores is having a Grand Opening this weekend and one thing about the event, we’ll hook you up with a travel prize pack including a 7 Day Park and Fly Voucher (Valid for Toronto or Vancouver).

***Please note this contest is now closed***

Congratulations to our Winners:

Sean Dermott, Samantha Lock, Jennifer Moniz and Nicole Winchester!

AND we’ve drawn one bonus winner… Crystal Jepsen!

Thanks to everyone for playing!

Did you know about the contest Flight Centre hosted over the last 6 months called Best Travel Job Ever? There were a lot of prizes on the line; in fact there was over $50,000 in prizes won by 8 people. Fiona, Sonja, Tim, Sam, Mike, and Jason went on blogging adventures to exotic destinations such as Asia, Europe, and South America.

Well imagine our surprise and delight when we found this video of Alicia, from Toronto Travel Tribe and winner of the #BTJE California Blogging Adventure, and Mike, BTJE Grand Prize Winner, sitting down for a chat about BestTravelJobEver.com and the joys of travelling and adventure.

Speaking of Mike, check out the updates he and Sam (the other Grand Prize winner) are sending us from Australia each day at BestTravelJobEver.com. We promise you will be jealous of the adventures the guys are getting up to – we know we are!

Alice Springs, Australia is highlighted on the Flight Centre travel map.

FLIGHT CENTRE ANNOUNCES $10K DREAM VACATION WINNER
Breast cancer survivor headed to Europe for first time

VANCOUVER (August 3rd, 2010) – Flight Centre Canada is pleased to announce that Sharon Arsenault is the winner of its $10,000 Dream Vacation contest. Entry into the contest was open to any client who booked a trip with the Flight Centre between June 14th and June 30th, 2010. The winner receives $10,000 in travel vouchers to be used on any travel product offered by Flight Centre.

Ms. Arsenault entered the contest at the urging of her travel consultant Ryan Milnewhen buying a ticket to Halifax at Flight Centre Oakville Place. When he asked where she might go if she won, she casually mentioned likely going back to Halifax. Milne laughed and suggested she might consider dreaming bigger than that. Ms. Arsenault never gave the contest a second thought until she was advised her name had in fact been drawn.

After letting the fantastic news settle in, she started thinking about what the contest really meant to her. Being named the winner was both unexpected and also very well timed for Ms. Arsenault who has gone through enormous trials and tribulations over the past several years. Six years ago she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and this year celebrated 5 years in remission. “Winning this contest was not just a stroke of luck for me but a real blessing in my life.” said a thrilled Sharon Arsenault. “It’s going to be a celebration for me, for not only what I’ve come through but also for what’s lying ahead.”

When asked whether she had decided on where she was planning to go, she responded she’d never been to Europe and was about to book a Rhine River Cruise taking her and a girlfriend through Holland, Germany, France & Switzerland. “I’d really like to thank Flight Centre for making this dream come true for me!”

About Flight Centre
Flight Centre Canada is a leading retailer of travel products and services for the leisure and corporate markets. Flight Centre’s presence in Canada includes more than 180 shops & businesses and over 1,000 staff across the country. www.flightcentre.ca

Flight Centre has teamed up with our friends at the World Wheelchair Rugby Championships to win a trip to Vancouver, BC this September for the 2010WWRC finals!

The hunt is on for the Ultimate Wheelchair Rugby Super Fan. Are you it?

How do you enter to win? It’s as easy as 1-2-3!

Each week there will be a challenge unlocked on Facebook and all you have to do is 1) submit your photo, 2) promote to your friends and 3) get them to Like and comment on your photo. The more Likes and comments you get the better your chances of winning!

What’s the first challenge you ask? Good question!

We want you to create a SUPER FAN COSTUME to prove that you are the ultimate wheelchair rugby super fan.

For all the details on how to enter to win, prizes, and contest rules check out the Hunt for the Ultimate Wheelchair Rugby Super Fan page on Facebook at facebook.com/2010WWRCSuperFan and on 2010WWRC.

Join us this Saturday from 2 to 3 PM EDT for the live announcement of BestTravelJobEver.com Top 6 Semi-Finalists. Best Travel Job Ever contestants, judges, and partners will be joining live and via Skype to talk about the Top 25 videos as voted by you, the public. The judges have selected the 6 Semi-Finalists and live on BestTravelJobEver.com/LIVE and ustream.tv/channel/flight-centre we announce Team Asia, Team Europe, and Team South America. You can also join us live and in person at Henry’s Photographic, Video & Digital Imaging Show at the International Centre in Mississauga. Don’t miss the 1 hour of travel excitement this Saturday, May 15 from 2 – 3 PM.

Don’t forget to follow #BTJE on Twitter.