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Win Win WIn! Oh yes, this is a goody, we've got a fab Simpson Travel villa holiday to give away

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OliviaMumsnet · 18/01/2008 13:13

...so get your thinking caps on in the kitchen and make sure you tell us your best ever recipes for our fab new section.

Prize info and how to enter here

GOOD LUCK

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Sparkler · 20/01/2008 22:00

Ooh thank you so much HumphreyCushion. I've put a recipe in now.

Sparkler · 20/01/2008 22:01

whomovedmychocolate · 20/01/2008 22:24

All families with children start out as a family of three (unless they have twins)

I'm in a family of three for the next six months. Whatever number you pick won't fit everyone.

nappyaddict · 20/01/2008 23:10

how do you pick a winner? do you have to cook them all and try them?

FlameNFurter · 21/01/2008 07:44

I was going with the mn census thing we did a while back, which I thought said that the average was 2.

The majority of offers and things for "family" (holidays, group entry etc) are 2 adults, 2 children. It just seemed odd to do it differently, and a tad like it was an attempt to get the "nominal fee".

nappyaddict · 21/01/2008 08:01

isn't the average number of children something like 1.63 - maybe they are going off that?

ja9 · 21/01/2008 08:03

yeah, so leave your 0.63 with gran !

Teuch · 21/01/2008 08:06

Flame at the afct you have already chosen which child gets to go...

FlameNFurter · 21/01/2008 08:12

i spend all my time on here whinging about DD, seemed like I had a vendetta against her if I left her off the holiday too .

Plus - she sleeps

Chopster · 21/01/2008 08:28

Can only go in wither april or october too, so pretty useless to anyone with school age children.

I gonna enter and I'll go with the dts, that makes three.

Hulababy · 23/01/2008 09:27

Just llooked at this nd thought - yeah, family of 3, that's us. The saw the dates and no school holidays allowed.

Rules us out.

Guess this is a competition for people with one preschooler only.

legalalien · 23/01/2008 10:18

hmm - one pre-school child - check
no holidays sorted for 2008 due to poor planning skills - check.

MaureenMLove · 23/01/2008 10:37

Oh this is soooo my prize! I'm a family of three and I rarely see a comp that fits us!

mammamic · 23/01/2008 15:57

Hi Olivia

were you able to find out what the 'nominal fee' amounts to?

Family of 3
will take child out during school time for a free holiday and don't mind being punished for it.

this prize is mine......

MNHQ

OliviaMumsnet · 23/01/2008 17:28

Hi there

Yes, I've been speaking to Simpson's today and the reason that the timings are so strict is that it's a popular villa and they know that they've not got availability on this during that time.

As for additional travellers, there would be a cost incurred for any additional flights as well as a small housekeeping charge (less than £20 I think) for the additional people.

Hope this clears things up and BUMP
GOOD LUCK -there's still plenty of time to enter this one.

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MarsLady · 23/01/2008 17:31

Will that £20 be per additional person or in total?

And how about a comp where you can win flights for the addition 3 or 4 or even 5 that you need to squeeze into the villa?

Well done you by the way. And I hope you're looking after yourself!

MNHQ

OliviaMumsnet · 23/01/2008 17:43

LOL Mars
I'll see what we can do but it may not be before this comp closes.
You'd better start posting those recipes up there eh?!

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CaptainCod · 23/01/2008 17:45

my hwole culinary repetoire is on there

fishie · 23/01/2008 17:46

do you get an entry for every recipe posted then? gosh i will be busy.

MNHQ

OliviaMumsnet · 23/01/2008 17:48

Really cod? goes to check.

Yes you do fishie - so post post post!

Mars - think it £20 would be per person but again it's caveated with subject to availability. (sorry)

Good luck everyone!

I'm off to post my salad recipe out of the goodness of my heart because I can't even ENTER the competitions! [sad}

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ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 23/01/2008 18:20

Oh BOLLOCKS to the school holidays!

I have never taken my kids out of school for a holiday before.. mind you we've hardly been anyway! So if I win these, bugger it!

Can only take one of the kids anyone. DS1 is 15 and has no wish to accompany us on holiday anymore (so we were informed after a hellish week at Pontins last year) and DS2.. WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM HIM! (And I'm not kidding!) Social services will ave to get their arses into gear and provide some of the respite we are owed!!!

T'would be lovely 2-1 time with DD (9) and she never gets that!

See.. I have it all planned!

I am submitting my late MIL's recipes.. I gather is ok.. it doesn't say anywhere we have to make them up ourselves does it?

ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 23/01/2008 18:22

Oh I'm talking pure sh*t sorry.

If I win THIS not THESE
and "anyway" not anyone

Getting over excited...

fishie · 23/01/2008 18:24

we need recipe category for side dishes. can i have another entry for my highly useful suggestion pls?

Wotz · 23/01/2008 18:28

What a lovely competition

Good luck someone.

Shame its with flights from Gatwick though. I wonder who the flights are with and if they'd do a different departure airport?

What am I thinking of course they probably wouldn't.

For a moment I forgot the whole world revolves around London! Silly me.

OriginalFlame · 23/01/2008 18:38

I want Shiney to win

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