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WIN BIG THIS SUMMER

YulianK
SMARTY Community Manager SMARTY Community Manager
SMARTY Community Manager

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WIN BIG THIS SUMMER

From a posh picnic to a grand getaway!

Would jetting off with a friend to Europe for a fabulous 4* city break complete your summer?

Well, it’s one of the BIG prizes up for grabs in our huge summer giveaway – win 3 nights in a 4* hotel for two with return flights, private airport transfers, travel insurance and £200 spending money. And when it comes to choosing the destination, you’re the boss. Take your pick of return flights from selected UK airports to either Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, Lisbon, Paris, Prague, Rome or Stockholm. The prize is worth over £2,500!

That’s not all, there’s loads of these great prizes up for grabs too:

  • Fortnum & Mason picnic hampers x 5
  • Luxury three-piece luggage sets from Rock x 5
  • GoPro HERO 12 cameras x 5
  • Beats SOLO 4 wireless headphones x 5
  • Tile Pro 4 pack (to keep track of your luggage) x 5
  • Tile Pro 2 pack x 10

HOW CAN I WIN BIG?

It’s so easy. Just answer this question to be entered into the prize draw for your chance to bag our grand getaway or one of our other super prizes:

  • What is your best hack for summer getaway?

The Prize Draw opens 22/07/24 at 10:00 and closes on 01/09/24 at 11:59 (“Promotion Period”). 

To enter the Prize Draw entrants must be a SMARTY customer and have an active plan as at the end date of the Promotion Period.  Entrants must have registered for the SMARTY Community within the Promotion Period and be over 18 years of age and a UK resident (“Eligible Entrants”).

Only one entry per entrant. Winners will be selected at random.

For full terms click here

Team SMARTY


UPDATE - COMPETITION CLOSED

The competition is now closed and we will draw the winner from all the eligible entries. Keep your fingers crossed and an eye on your Private Message inbox.

Thanks to everyone who contributed some brilliant entries. We had almost three thousand posts !

Keep up the great work everyone; the SMARTY Community belongs to us all and succeeds because of your great contributions.

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failee98
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Over-packing tip: Whatever clothes you've packed, half it and it'll be the right amount (it'll also create space for you to bring nice things back from your trip).

Rachael_2680404
SMARTY Enquirer
SMARTY Enquirer

Take a battery pack or two with you and charge them in your hotel room on a night. This way you'll always have charge to take photos and use maps.

AlanPat_1282951
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Measure and weigh your suitcase using bathroom scales. Not doing so could cost you more than the price of your flight! 

ChrisRo_2027341
SMARTY Maverick
SMARTY Maverick

Make sure you have free roaming on.

Mohamma_1952845
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

mobile phone, phone charger and bank card will help you

Mohamma_1952845
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

phone, phone charger and bank card will help you lot

KeithBr_2125527
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

To keep your cool…. rinse your wrists in cold water…

picofarad
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Put some pants in your hand luggage 🙂

SarahSt_1410692
SMARTY Enquirer
SMARTY Enquirer

Roll your clothes to put more in

SarahSt_1410692
SMARTY Enquirer
SMARTY Enquirer

Roll your clothes to fit more in.

BelindaC_925967
SMARTY Enquirer
SMARTY Enquirer

Keep a cabin sized bag packed and ready to go, to snap up those real last minute deals 

SarahCh_1993867
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Try not to overplan and just go with the flow 😎

LEONAMA_1883961
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Get a Travel Credit Card......Duty Free Here we Come !

SallyWi_1317323
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

roll your clothes to keep them crease free

WilliamS_453002
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

If self catering, pack your dirty clothes and take it to a launderette for a service wash the day before you lesve. They'll return it freshly laundered and packed! 

N_2232187
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Sunscreen

PaulaWh_2560909
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

I buy shampoo and conditioner bars. They are super light.  Don’t count as liquid and are environmentally friendly 

SamMapl_1525580
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

Leave the kids at home! 

Mono
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Setup virtual cards on your wallet for card payments and use them for small spends.  Helps prevent overcharging and fraud.

PeterDo_1736141
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

borrow everything 😏

MarcStC_2654486
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

Wear all the clothes you are taking away -yes you look very big but- no suitcase,no baggage charges!

NathanN_2611905
SMARTY Livewire
SMARTY Livewire

Pack a few cable ties. Multiple uses for fixing things that snap or break. 

Calbo
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

Look for cheap package deals and then look for the hotels and flights separately to save money.

PeterMo_1659575
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

vacuum pack clothing

TimLope_2059304
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Download and save a google map of the area you are visiting to use offline. 

vo1968
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Best Hack Ever, Stay at home, the world is full of idiots. 

Bernard_2193952
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Tile Pro 4

Bernard_2193952
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Tile pro 4

LeeHowe_2019952
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Take photographs of your cases before going, very useful should they get lost. 

Dzhemil_1526783
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

A great hack for a summer getaway is to book travel during the "shoulder season"—the period just before or after peak summer travel dates. This usually means late May to early June or late August to early September.

GrahamF_1251122
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Packing Cubes

DianeDe_1453067
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

As an older but still adventurous, budget traveller, I find using a small rucksack 🎒 as my under seat bag leaves me a hand free to hold the rail when climbing the steps to the plane with my cabin baggage in the other.

ClaireH_1607484
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Pack talcum powder! A sprinkle of talc on sandy feet (and in crevices!) makes brushing off gritty sand a doddle. And your feet will smell nice too 🙂

Froschling
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Look out the picture postcards to get ideas for subjects, viewpoints and angles that will yield the best pictures

Spikey4575
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

Use shampoo and bodywash bars to avoid liquid restrictions at airports. Aftersun and moisturiser bars are available too. It's also good for the environment - bonus!

Richard_2073098
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Avoid paying high baggage fees and travel light especially if you are going somewhere hot where you dont need much clothing. Buy tee **bleep**s and shorts when you get there and discard them at the end of your break...you will save a packet.

AndrewT_1502424
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Use Google Maps to locate where you are going and then select 'attractions' to see what there is to do there.  This can be either as part of your planning OR when you get there for an impromptu trip 😁

LeslieT_1172586
SMARTY Rookie
SMARTY Rookie

Don't bin your water bottles before going through check in to comply with 100lt rule just take an empty bottle through and fill up with water was cleared

Claudia_1247042
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Deffo don't forget to take an empty water bottle in your hand luggage. Then fill it up when you get into the holding area after security checks. Happy hols 😉

Claudia_1247042
SMARTY Pioneer
SMARTY Pioneer

Deffo don't forget to take an empty water bottle in hand luggage. Then fill up at water point in the waiting area after security checks 😉