Expedia launches ‘Dream Travel’ giveaway to benefit St. Jude

by Natalie Marusin · September 3, 2013

By Natalie Marusin

Scoring great savings while helping children in need? Talk about a win, win.

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and Expedia.com is launching more 150 travel giveaways and exclusive hotel coupons to help support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

When it comes to understanding, treating and defeating childhood cancer and other deadly diseases, St. Jude is the at the top of the charts. For 50 years, the hospital has pushed U.S. pediatric cancer survival rates from 20 percent to 80 percent, and is working to increase the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent in the next decade.

As National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month kicks off, so do Expedia’s great deals and giveaways. The travel site has announced five incredible vacation giveaways — consumers may enter each trip option once a day for the entire month of September.

The vacation giveaways include:

Bali, Indonesia: Five nights at the stunning Conrad Bali in a Deluxe Garden Room including breakfast, a couples massage and a $500 Visa gift card.
Vegas Dream Trip: Three nights at the chic Aria Resort & Casino, two tickets to Cirque du Soleil’s Zarkana, a $200 F&B credit to any MGM resort restaurant, a Rockstar Club Crawl, a two and a half hour Vegas Sights & Lights Limo Tour, a flight on Maverick’s ECO-Star helicopter and three pairs of tickets to Vegas on Spirit Airlines.
Maui, Hawaii: Four nights at the seaside Fairmont Kea Lani and a sunset catamaran cruise, plus snorkel or eco-adventure to Molokini with Pacific Whale Foundation Eco-Adventures.
Marrakech, Morocco: Four nights in a palatial Pavilion room at the Four Seasons Marrakech, including breakfast and a couples spa experience.
Montana Outdoor Adventure: Four nights in a spacious Big Sky, Mont., Moonlight Mountain Homes luxury cabin and a $1,000 Expedia gift card towards air fare or car rental.

No donation is required to enter Expedia’s giveaways. However, each entry comes with a suggested donation of $5, 100 percent of which goes directly to St. Jude.

Expedia customers also can join in on the campaign beyond entering the giveaways. We’re talking being rewarded for donations with travel discounts and coupons:

Donate directly to St. Jude and receive a hotel coupon. A $25 donation to St. Jude on this site will grant you the option of a 10 percent off coupon good for select hotels on Expedia.com, or a 20 percent off coupon good for certain hotels via the Expedia mobile app.

You also can donate your rewards. Take your Expedia rewards points and turn them into a monetary donation to St. Jude. For more information, read here.