Let Me Pay For Your Next Vacation!  

Posted by: Confessions From A Work-At-Home Mom




You aren't seeing things...

I am paying for your next vacation!

Last week, DH, G, & I were invited to spend a night here...


No, it's not paradise (although to this holiday-weary mom, it certainly felt like it)... It's The Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, North Carolina.


Let me run it down for you...

-A massive lobby that rivals anything Disney could muster (and I'm a Disney fanatic)
-Gigantic hotel rooms; even the smallest was easily bigger than my first apartment
-Two on-site restaurants... and lemme just say, one night, we had ALL YOU CAN EAT crab legs!
-Nightly story-time that even kept mom & dad entertained
-The only hotel chain in the nation affiliated with MagiQuest
-A full-scale spa (sigh...)
-A gift shop with products I not only liked, but begged & pleaded asked DH to buy me


Oh yeah, and did I forget to mention this?



Yeah, that's a full-scale, indoor water park, featuring nearly a dozen water slides (including the scariest monster I've ever been on in my ENTIRE life!), an activity pool, a wave pool, a four-story treehouse with endless water features, and a toddler-friendly pool just for the little ones.

Are you exhausted yet?

No?
You will be!

The folks at Great Wolf in Concord were so generous with me and my family, and now, they are going to pass on their generousity to a lucky one of my readers, with a one-night complimentary stay at their resort-- and YES, all-day admission to the indoor water park is included!

That's right!
My first giveaway of 2010 starts NOW!

Here's how it's going to work. This giveaway will last for the next four weeks, ending at 11:59pm on Saturday, January 30th. Then on Sunday, January 31st, I will announce the winner... on the same day that my buddy Julia launch a month-long giveaway campaign!

The winner will have one of two options; you can either take the free night at the Great Wolf in Concord, North Carolina (with the stipulation that it will not go to waste!) or a $100 gift card to any of Great Wolf's other 10 resort locations across the country. And if you don't live near ANY of these amazing resorts and you're the winner, I'll send you a $50 VISA gift card to help defray the cost of your next family vacation. (Sorry, contest open to U.S. residents only!)

Here's how you can enter:
You must leave a separate comment for EACH ENTRY
-Leave a comment and tell me why YOU need a vacation! (you can leave one new comment every WEEK, all month long)
-Follow my blog (new or old followers count!)
-Blog about this giveaway
-Add my button to your blog
-Follow me on twitter (@IAmConfessing)
-Tweet about this giveaway and leave me a comment with the link-- again, one tweet a week
-Post about this giveaway on Facebook and leave me a comment with the link-- again, one FB comment per week


For my giveaway/review
disclosure policy, click here.


Let the games... I mean, giveaway begin!

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160 comments

Good morning! Just stopped by from SITS, sound like you had a great time and it's amazing that you're doing this giveaway! Good luck to everyone who enters!

Great giveaway girlie! Lord knows we could use a vacation.

Tamara
www.theunexperiencedmom.com

Have your blog button of course.

Tamara
www.theunexperiencedmom.com

OMG, do I need this! I'm not even all that far from Concord- been there many times with Hubs for soccer tournaments back when he was coaching, but never got to stay somewhere like this.

I need this vacay b/c otherwise, we aren't going anywhere this year. :( The move and Hubs switching jobs and a bunch o' other stuff= no vacation for us this year. Awww, sad story, right?

Actually, I just want to be able to go to the spa while Hubs takes the kids to the waterpark. LOL

I NEED a vacation becuase it's in the negative digits here today...BRRRRR!

I need a vacation because I have two kids who wear me out and we have to find things to do with them!!

Oh! We have one like 2 hours from here, I've been wanting to check it out! I will totally need a vacation after tax season is over!!

Awesome!! This place is only about an hour from my house, but we've never been!! I heard they had snowfalls in the lobby every day around Christmas... how cool!!

Okay, I need a vacation because I'm a stay at home mom. Need I say more??

I follow you here (duh!), and I have your button (check my "blogs I read" scroll) and I just started following you on twitter (twitter.com/madensecret). I'll see if I can work up some more entries for myself.

Thanks for the chance to go to such an awesome place!!

I need a vacation because I work part-time and take care of 2 VERY energetic 4-year-old boys!

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

Blog follower :)

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

Twitter follower (1day1dollar)


ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

Tweet:
http://twitter.com/1day1dollar/status/7307736234

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

And, of course, you know I'm a follower!

We have been there a couple times and its about time to get back. We had the suite with the bunk beds for little dude he was just a pup at the time. But walks about it still 3 years later. I need a vaca, a change of scenery this blizzard after blizzard is making me stir crazy!

Following you on twitter

Been a blog follower for a while! :)

Had you button on my blog for a while too!

Why I need a vacation, by Missy Hughes

Its been since 2007 since we last had any FUN in our lives...but now that we're just about done toddlerhood, I think a weekend trip to GWL would be ideal!!! And far enough from home to consider it a vacation...but still in the same state!

Already a blog follower

Now following you on twitter...@missyhugs

I need a vaca cause my son would LOVE this place!

What an awesome giveaway!!

I need a vacation because I'm an elementary teacher...need I say more?!?!? ;)

I need a vacation because the last one I took was two years ago three weeks before my son had a massive stroke. It's been two years of non stop surgeries and procedures and I need a get a way.

You can follow us as we adjust to life with disabilites if you want or to learn more about what e.coli posioning can do to a two year old. We're at www.erinamundsen.blogspot.com

A vacation...what's that?
And where would I go?
I'd need to look up the definition, you know...
Haven't had a vacation,
Never left this vocation,
A "Mom that's on call",
And needs to do all...
This sounds like a dream,
And I want to scream!
Hurray and how great,
The dishes can wait!

pumpkinlady430@yahoo.com

I think sometimes everyone needs to feel like a kid. I think this would be an amazing surprise for my husband and it would be fun to be able to travel somewhere fun like this!

Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

haveamayday@gmail.com

What a great give-away! Love it!
I follow! :D

What an amazing giveaway! I think this would be a wonderful surprise for my husband- to have a vacation away from being at work and school would be amazing. It would also be a great treat to be able to act like kids at the water park.

Have a great day!

Back to tell you that I'm now on Twitter(shellthings) and am following you.

Gotta figure it out and then I'll be back to tell you that I tweeted about it!

My son is 20 months old and we have not been on a vacation since he was born. We can't afford a vacation until I find a job, so this would be a great treat!
veniceangel@hotmail.com

I follow you on twitter under childrensnook.
veniceangel@hotmail.com

I accidentally came across your blog and so glad I did! You have amazing energy and enthusiasm, and your site is totally cute! I'm very new to the blogging world, but find it a tremendous outlet. BTW, very sweet puppy...I've got a little Shih Tzu guy that might interest her...lol!

You've been tweeted!
http://twitter.com/taxmegan/status/7340087746

Megan M.
All A Bunch Of Momsense

I need a vacation because I haven't had a real vacation since my son was born over a year ago!

I now follow you on Twitter.
I am Heathymom

I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/Heathymom

We need a vacation (or with 3 kids, I like to call them getaways!) so the kids can burn off some energy!

I follow you on Twitter

@kjmaje

tweet Sunday 12/3

http://twitter.com/kjmaje/status/7355323870

Awesome giveaway!

I always need a vacation!

Also tweeted it @ emilymakes3

Oh, and following you on Twitter!

Ohohohohohoh please pick me other than camping I have not been on vacation since my honeymoon. I would make the trip from NY to NC. lol My girls would love this. I am also goint to tell about this on my face book. Kimberly Browne

What a great giveaway! My kids would love it! We have not been away in awhile and with dh always working late, we could really use some reconnecting as a family! I would make the trip to NC! How fun. Also my daughter has been dying to go to an indoor water park. There is one near us but it is just a park no hotel or fancy stuff. Its so pricey for the 4 of us for only a few hours. We were invited to a bday party there and were so excited but my daughter ended up being sick and we missed it. She was devastated.

Hope we win!!

I already follow you on GFC!

I already follow you on twitter too!

I grabbed your button!

http://www.mommystimetoday.com

My husband and I are both preparing to start our final semesters of college. We could so use a vacation before the last push!

I'm also following your blog!

I need a vacation because I live in Minnesota and it's COLD :)!!
carrie.coffey@gmail.com

I am also a follower!
carrie.coffey@gmail.com

My son and I would love to go on a Vacation together just the 2 of us. This would be the place to go. I love log cabins and my son loves water parks.

I would love a vacation for some much-needed R and R time with the hubby :)

Sarah
untenuredteacher at yahoo dot com

Thanks for stopping by my blog! I NEED a vacation because my husband was in a motorcycle accident right before Christmas, and my mother-in-law stayed with us for 11 days when he got out of the hospital. 11 days! I live about 45 mins away from the GWL in Williamsburg, Va!

We need a vacation because even after 6 years of being married and two kids, we've never gone on a vacation.

I need a vacation since i haven't had one in 6 years ! bargainfun1 at yahoo

I follow
bargainfun1 at yahoo
www.bargainfun.blogspot.com

I follow on twitter
bargainfun1 at yahoo

I need a vacation because we have had 2-3 inches of snow every day for the last week and I'm tired of shoveling.

I follow on google friend connect

I follow on twitter, lunaj1456

I tweeted
http://twitter.com/lunaj1456/status/7485558581

I started following you today! I then found out about your giveaway so that proves I like your blog! = )

Reasoning behind my entering your giveaway - Ok, my husband and I have NEVER been on a vacation together, not even a honeymoon. I needed to finish college and a honeymoon would have caused a problem in the semester so we skipped it. Then life caught up with us and we had two kids and still no vacation! AHHH! Five years, almost six and we have never been alone for multiple days at a time...

I need this vacation because I stay home with a 3 y.o. and 5 y.o. and a trip like this would otherwise be beyond our budget.

follow via google friend connect

added button to blog http://suesweeps.blogspot.com/

follow on twitter (scm74)

weekly tweet http://twitter.com/scm74/status/7492580922

I need a vacation because, My husband had to file for disability a year ago, We have lived without "ANY INCOME" We have had to sell a car, and depend on family and the Lord to get us through this past year.
He has his hearing coming up in Feb. and the end is just in sight.
It has been a long year but a good year, we have grown in the Lord and realized that we have learned more about his promises that he would take care of you and never leave you helpless.
When he says he will never leave you nor forsake you, he means it and he cannot lie.
My parents live real close to a Wolfs Lodge. I would either give them the coupon or hubby and I would travel to Ohio and leave the youngens with the parents for the night and get off by ourselves.

This would be a great win and a refreshing time for the both of us to just get away for a night and just enjoy each others company.

Thanks for this giveaway.
God Bless
Rebecca
mommiesgotfivechildren (at)hotmail (dot) com

I am following your blog on Google Friend.

Buttons and Bowes

I blogged about your giveaway.
Stop by and Follow me, I need followers.

http://mommiesgotfivechildren.blogspot.com/2010/01/contests-ending-on-january-31-2010.html

http://mommiesgotfivechildren.blogspot.com/2010/01/contests-ending-on-january-31-2010.html

I added your button to my blog in my post about your giveaway.

http://twitter.com/mommieschildren/status/7523470499

I twittered this contest.

I need a vacation because it has been below zero here FOREVER!!!

http://twitter.com/mommieschildren/status/7547032099

daily tweet

We need a vacation because we have no family near us and never get a night away. We didn't even go home for Christmas!

Weekly tweet:
http://twitter.com/1day1dollar/status/7555595838

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

Weekly comment:

I still really need this vacation with my family! I need it even more now since times are bad at my husband's workplace and he just took a pay cut. :(

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

Good morning!! Am stopping by from SITS, I need time with my family to just hang out without all of the daily life distractions i.e. dirty dishes to unload in the sink, laundry piles, email responses, etc.

Just time to play, hang out and laugh would be priceless and much appreciated!!

-pink and green mama
marylea
pink dot green dot 98 at verizon dot net

I'm a new follower!!

pink and green mama marylea
pink dot green dot 98 at verizon dot net

We could really use a vacation. The kids love to swim all summer and they miss it in the winter.

weekly tweet

http://twitter.com/kjmaje/status/7595786790

Stopping by from SITS. I am now a follower.

We need a vacation from life...just for a day. Or maybe two. Thanks for the contest!

New reason for this week: It's so freaking cold here in the South, where it's not supposed to be cold! I need a vacay where I can pretend that it's warm.

Did my tweet for the week, too!

Oh, we could so use this!!! Two kids, husband's job on and off with the paycheck (he is an independent contractor)... Sigh. Would love to check this out and this would be so doable for us!!

My husband and I are broke newlyweds. A vacation would make our day!

Hello!!! I was so excited when I read this. My husband and I could definitely use this vacation to take my stepson (he's ten!) and he just moved in with us. It would be a great welcome gift!!

Just became a follower! Came over from SITS!

tammystwocents@q.com

Come by my new blog...I love new followers!

I really need a vacation! It is so cold and dreary here. Thanks for the chance to win.
skstigger@hotmail.com

I follow you on Google Friends.
skstigger@hotmail.com

weekly tweet http://twitter.com/scm74/status/7696101952

This week, I could really use a vacation because my whole family just got over being sick with the stomach flu!

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

Weekly tweet:

http://twitter.com/1day1dollar/status/7785755223

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

We need a vacation because getting away from the house for a few days would be refreshing. Even if it is with the kids! at least we wouldn't have to do laundry, cook, clean the house, etc!

kjmaje at gmail dot com

weekly tweet

http://twitter.com/kjmaje/status/7869200865

kjmaje at gmail dot com

We love it there! We have one in Williamsburg VA...not too far from here. But, would so be willing to drive to NC for a FREE night there (is is not cheap!).

...and I am now following you on Twitter (@momof3nva)...and following your blog...and I put your buttom on my blog....

I think I am up to four entries (you can tell, I like this giveaway...it is a great place to take the kids...or not take the kids..haha).

I just tweeted it- 1/18/10

http://twitter.com/brideleon

I follow via Google Friends Connect

This week's reason I need a vacay: I'm so tired I can't even remember what I said last week. A getaway is needed.

This week's tweet!

shellthings

Wow! One hundred and thirteen comments? This is a realm of blogging I know nothing about! Love your blog, though, and thanks so much for the sweet comment today!!!

I thought I'd take the opportunity, too, to put my name in the hat- so to speak.

Why do I need a vacation?

Hmmm...

Being pregnant with two young children, a part-time (very intensive and demanding) job I think would qualify me automatically.

Plus- It's my little boy's third birthday next month and I thought that an indoor waterpark would be a great place to celebrate (we're only 3 hours from Dallas).

So here's my entry!

Thanks for stopping by my little blog, Elizabeth!

weekly tweet http://twitter.com/scm74/status/7969118261

weekly tweet
http://twitter.com/lunaj1456/status/7983660612

I need a vacation because my kids won't stop arguing over what game to play!

I need a vacay from job searching :) It also helps that the Great Wolf Lodge is fairly close to me! :)

We have wanted to go to Great Wolf Lodge, but the $189 night has been difficult to swallow. This $100 GC would go a long way. We live about two hours from the one in Washington state/ How I would like to go the one near you in Concord as we LOVE Charlotte, and are even considering moving to Huntersville.

I am following via Twitter @couponsiwant

couponsiwant(at)verizon(dot)net

We could use a vacation! My son just turned 5 and has never been on a vacation, unless you count staying at Grandma's house during Christmas! This would be a great place to take him and I know he would LOVE it!

I'm following you on twitter @melaniemitch32

Weekly tweet:

http://twitter.com/1day1dollar/status/8109724640

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

We are still sick with the flu a week later and will really be able to use a vacation after all of this is over! Thanks so much for this giveaway.

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

http://twitter.com/mommieschildren/status/8126005360

Daily tweet!

mommiesgotfivechildren at hotmail dot com

We could really use a vacation. GWL sounds like a wonderful place. Our three kids would love it here!

kjmaje at gmail dot com

tweet

http://twitter.com/kjmaje/status/8138758505

We don't live too far from a GWL here in PA. As for a vacation, I have an 18 month old and a baby on the way;we'd LOVE to get away for a night before the little one arrives! It's going to be a BUSY year and this would be such a treat!

makinglemonadeblog at gmail dot com

This week, I'm saying I need a vacay b/c since we moved, I haven't found any girlfriends here, so my whole life is taking cae of my boys. If I don't get a break soon, I'm going to lose it.

I need a vacay b/c we have never taken a family vacation just the four of us together. And it is so time for one!

I need a vacation 'cause heck I'm married with four sons. Isn't that reason enough?

I am your newest follower! So that makes me extra special.

I need a vacation because I would love to break the monotony that is my life.

Our normal get away was canceled this year. This would be lovely!

I follow you - officially right now...I have been lurking for a long time :)

I blogged about it: http://thingsicantsay-shell.blogspot.com/2010/01/randomness-through-post-its.html

And see some people above me who came over from my blog- that should count as double. ;)

I'd love to win so that I have a great reason to travel south to visit my friend!

I need a vacation because since getting married last Jan, having the babe last July and just being run down at work - the man and I have yet to take a vacay or have our honeymoon (insert massive amount of tears HERE) :( We need time away!!

~WM

Oooh, I would love to win! We could so use a vacation as we don't get to get out much. And we've Never stayed anywhere like that before!

Adding your button to my blog now!

I'd love this vacation because it is the perfect "close to home" weekend getaway. Charlotte is not too far from us, so I'd love the chance at some R&R without having to drive or fly somewhere!

weekly tweet http://twitter.com/scm74/status/8264704972

weekly tweet
http://twitter.com/lunaj1456/status/8275645443

I need a vacation because my husband is leaving tomorrow for a 9 day business trip and the kids are going to drive me nuts without another adult around.

ajolly1456 at gmail dot com

Wow vacation I'm not sure I know that word. I do know screaming kids, grumpy husband and lack of sleep :).

Would love to get away even if it's running away for a day :)

Hey! We have a Great Wolf Lodge in Cincinnati, but it's up in the suburbs and I've never been. I'm glad you posted a review so I could get advice on whether it's worth the trek up to the 'burbs! Did you know a family from Hudson actually started the whole Great Wolf Lodge concept? Oh, what a small world it is from which we hail! ;-)

Lainie

I need a vacation with my son because my hair is getting grayer and my pocketbook is getting smaller!!

well, hello!
i'm a new follower and i'm not sure if i can comment and enter to this old post...but, i'll give it a try...
why do we need a vacation??
we've never had one
ever
we never had a honeymoon as we had just bought a house and spent the time i took off from my job fixing it up
we've had three kids in the past 5yrs and all my time off has gone to maternity leave (not much of a vacation :)
my husband has never been on any vacation his entire adult life
he's laid off and could use a getaway for a mood booster as he's playing stay at home dad to three little girl
our little girls would LOVE it!!! they've, of course, never been anywhere either
i have a co-worker who raves about the wolf lodge near us and i've always wanted to go
it's BITTERLY cold here right now
and...it would give me an incentive to drop a few pounds so i could wear a swimsuit in public

there, those are some of the reasons my family could use a vacation

thanks for the chance!!!

tweeted it!!

www.twitter.com/brideleon

Weekly tweet:
http://twitter.com/1day1dollar/status/8409482559

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

This week, we need a vacation because my husband's work has been VERY stressful and it would be nice to get away for the weekend just to do something fun together as a family.

ms0812(at)zoominternet(dot)net

final tweet!

http://twitter.com/kjmaje/status/8412846192

kjmaje at gmail dot com

The final reason why we need a vacation - we have cabin fever!

Thanks for the giveaway!

kjmaje at gmail dot com

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