Win a holiday and more...

I love entering competitions, especially online ones. So here is this month's best bunch. If you are running a competition on your blog, feel free to leave a comment with your link. These competitions are my own choice and are based on what I came across this week. This is not a sponsored post.

Best of the compo crop

• TVchoice is giving away two holidays, one for two to sunny Sardinia and a fun family break to Butlins. You need to buy or borrow the magazine to find out what the question is (both super easy - doublecheck your answer in Google if you are not sure). Visit http://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/competitions and click issues 19 and 20.
• Mumsnet is giving away lots of lovely prizes this month. If you fancy a four-night break with your new baby at an idyllic cottage, visit http://www.mumsnet.com/competitions/ribby-hall-village.
• Win an Ipad and Ipod Nano with Family club. Still open, just click here.
• Best from Britmums' compo group: Win four tickets to the Jubilee Family Festival in London’s Hyde Park on Saturday 2^nd or Sunday 3^rd June. Click here to enter.

Weird but wonderful

Pieminister is giving you the chance to win pies and more for your Jubilee street party. To enter the prize draw visit http://www.pieminister.co.uk/.

STOP PRESS.... STOP PRESS.... STOP PRESS.... STOP PRESS.... STOP PRESS.... STOP PRESS... NEWSFLASH

Did you know that John Lewis now accepts PayPal? There aren't many department stores that do... So if you have money sitting in PayPal and fancy a shopping spree at one of Britain's best stores, visit http://www.johnlewis.com/. Spread the news... I am off to have a browse! Update: I bought a gym ball! Further update: I returned it and bought a Gaiam BalanceBall. Review in a more recent post.... brilliant!

Last but not least

I have come across a site where you can enter UK competitions for free. I have found a lovely holiday in the first page! Visit http://www.ukcompetitions.com.

March competitions round-up

There are lots of competitions online, but some do have strings attached - you are signed up to persistent marketing emails or boring, useless newsletters. I recently entered a competition from a holiday operator and after getting the catalogue, I was harrassed via phone and email for several weeks to book a holiday with them, which really put me off even looking at their catalogue.

In this day and age, I'm surprised some companies still think that giving leads (that's us, the competition's entrants) the hard sell will generate sales. We are all aware that a competition is a way to get emails of prospective customers but a pushy approach is guaranteed to turn people off. It just reminds me of pushy encyclopaedia sellers knocking at my mother's door in the 1980s.

Rant over, here is my pick of competitions:

B-Smart Britax pushchair

• Win a B-Smart Britax pushchair (hosted by Gurgle)
• Win £100 Toys R Us voucher (hosted by BabyCentre)
• Win a family holiday to Dorset's Knoll House Hotel (hosted by Mumsnet)
• Win fab prizes with Asda magazine, including holidays, a Chicco pushchair, DVDs, laptop, a London break and much more...

Knoll House Hotel

A Butlins' holiday

Good luck! 

See you in April for another round-up of competitions!

About this post: this is an editorial feature - no money nor goods exchanged hands. If you want me to feature a competition as a sponsored post, I am fine with it, but I will have to declare the sponsor.