How far would people honestly travel for a win

A question about : How far would people honestly travel for a win

Ok so this morning I was browsing the winners list on one of the click to wins..

Now, I'm probably just jealous because I really wanted to win tickets for the Will smith screening of Focus and It's a 30 minute tube for me into London . I've always kinda figured I have a reasonably good chance with any London ticket wins due to my location and the fact that entries would be much lower.

Which gets me to the winners list here https://winit.closeronline.co.uk/winners

I'm actually really intrigued now, based on location.. how many of these winners for the Focus screening which is in London tonight and no hotel provided actually looked at what they were entering. I could be wrong and people would be willing to travel to the other end of the country for 2 hours at the cinema when it includes the possibility of getting a small glimpse of Will smith but I'm not convinced. The prospect of those tickets going to waste is such a shame and I think I would feel better if people were to answer Yes they would.

I suppose what I really want to ask but don't want to offend is ..Do people actually read or care what they are entering.

Best answers:

• I've seen lots of comps for trips to certain places and some of the entrants are miles away. Had that recently on a bluewater comp where you had to collect it.
  There are a lot of people entering for the hell of it with the potential to make a quick quid if they do get lucky
  Actually a lot of the comps do mention location with enables me to red cross them vvery quickly and if no location is mentioned then i have a bit of a look online first
  as for the closer comp - i dont think val S from kinrosshire will be in attendance
• I guess it depends on who the celebrity is. If it was Johnny Depp then yes I would travel that far for the chance. We traveled from Brum to London for an intimate gig with Kylie. We used 'park at my house' for the parking and then drove back. Granted we should have booked into an hotel as it was free free-flowing drinks.
  I know what you mean though as there have been times in the past when I have been falling asleep at the keyboard and suddenly come round and thought OMG what have I just entered but that probably says more about my comping addiction...
• i also won tickets for a rugby match at twickenham which my dad and grandad went to (my OH ended up in hospital a couple of days before so i couldnt leave him with both kids after coming out of hospital)
• Really interesting reply's and I do feel better that clearly these ticket type wins don't go to waste. In fact It's actually quite heartwarming to read the pleasure and opportunity entering these comps gives to us all.
  Living close to London we probably take a lot of this sort of thing for granted although
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• Some people obsess about pop or movie stars etc and travel absurd distances to satisfy their "needs".
• Hmmm I now need to win some premiere tickets for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Richard Gere in attendance.
  Saying that, even though I have thoroughly enjoyed my premiere/screening wins, the only experience I have had with the stars is them popping in to introduce the film for 2 mins before rushing to the screening room next door to do the same. So although I have enjoyed the experience, no I would not travel more than an hour for it.
• I have won tickets to see bon jovi, 300 miles away. Sadly I had already bought tickets and booked a hotel. But I did give a pair of tickets away.
  If promoters could give more notice of these things that would help a lot. No use telling me three days before the event, by then its far too late to book time off work, an hotel room and transport. Will be happy when I retire, can enter comps for 4 days in Oz and 1 day in Istanbul and the like.
• Depends on what it was, how much it would cost to travel and the timing. I could get a cheap coach ride to London from Newport for Ј15 so would happily have the day out to pick up a high value prize, for example. If it's a concert / show, I always check for at least a hotel. I've yet to win anything like that though, the furthest I've had to go is to Cardiff to pick up an iPad mini at the (travel) cost of Ј5
  But saying that, I did win a weekend at Longleat, which cost me Ј60 in taxis over the two days and Ј30 for trains - but the value of that was over Ј1500 and my mum, my two girls and I had a wonderful time so well worth it!
• Living in Pink Panther Land I rarely enter comps for prizes further South than the Midlands, but I would enter for almost anywhere going North, but this would be for a show I really wanted to see.
  I have tickets for Crufts next month which is about 200 miles from us but we will make a weekend of it.
  I have only been to London once and I have no fancy to return, but if I could win tickets for Thriller on the West End I am sure I could force myself to go back to the smoke.
  If the prize was a car/motorhome I would travel the length/breadth of the UK to pick it up without a thought
• I live in North Yorkshire and enter competitions for London and Edinburgh as I visit quite often with cheap deals on the East Coast Mainline. I also enter for reasonable sized collection prizes in Manchester, Sheffield or Newcastle as I'd happily collect a prize there (again thanks to rail infrastructure - also as I can have a nice day out!).
  I've won facials and afternoon teas in London and fitted them in around visits and I've had tickets to a foodie festival and events in Edinburgh we've been to as well.
  I do read competitions thoroughly and I also check my calendar to see if it's possible I could make it.
  I've not entered comps to film premieres, usually because they only tell you with 24 hours notice and that's not quite enough for me and hubby to arrange dog/teen care!
  I have entered for gig tickets including O2 etc although the ones I've won have been within a couple of hours (Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle).
  I do think a lot of people enter for the h3ll of it or the joy of winning, but each to their own, I suppose. We're all different
• I won tickets to the Chelsea Flower Show with a "backstage" visit and a night in a nearby hotel afterwards- no travel included. I came down from NE Scotland for this (spending a LOT on last minute flights to London- train wasn't any cheaper! ) Reason being I knew my mum had always wanted to go so I had thought about it before I entered and had decided I'd cough up to get there if I did win. I met the other winner who was from Kent- they were amazed where we'd schlepped from!
  Edited to add, I have won a night in a hotel in London before too- but then it was far enough in advance that we got much cheaper easyJet flights and made it my birthday weekend but we wouldn't have done anything otherwise- comping ends up costing me a fair bit of the time!
• I don't tend to enter for the premier tickets for that exact reason the travel. I suppose if an actor or actress I really really liked I might justify the travel other wise its not really interested me.
  It's the same with tickets people enter in hope to make a few quid but most promoters are wise to this and tickets are to be collected at the venue. I won tickets to see Rita Ora at Newbury Racecourse (around 5 minutes from our house at the time) the lady at the entrance said I was one of the only winner that actually showed up.
• I almost never enter tickets comps. I live in the far north west of Scotland, my nearest city is INverness which is still a 2 hour drive away. I'd be willing to go to something there if I won tickets but I'd very unlikely travel further.
  I once entered a comp to win an ipad, the runner up prize was tickets to a country show in Essex. Typical, I won those! I have a friend who lives only a 10 minute drive from where the show was though so I gave her the tickets and she was chuffed with them and had a great day out
• I live about 80 miles from London and have travelled there for wins before. What does annoy me are a couple of mag daillies recently posted, where the first prize is tickets and accommodation and then runner up prizes of just tickets. The last train leaves early, so I would have to stay and although the show is one I would like to see if I won tickets and accommodation, I would not be able to pay for a hotel, so have decided not to enter, as knowing my luck, I would be a runner up prize winner.
• My daughter and I once travelled from West Cornwall to London for a "backstage" tour of the Museum of London's Costume Dept, which lasted a couple of hours. It was absolutly worth it. Unforgettable experience.