Sweepstakes: Luxury Irish Vacation/Ancestry.com

Great Value Vacations, in partnership with Ancestry.com, today announced the launch of its Ireland Coast to Castle Sweepstakes. One lucky winner will receive an unforgettable Irish vacation for two, as well as a custom suite of Ancestry.com products and services including a 1-year Global Explorer membership, Ancestry DNA kit, Family Tree Maker 2013, and research with Ancestry.com’s ProGenealogists.

2013 marks the year of The Gathering, a year-long celebration of all things Irish during which Ireland and its people are welcoming the Irish diaspora, as well as anyone with a love of Ireland to visit. Great Value Vacations is making it possible for one lucky winner and a companion to take part in what has been dubbed “the people’s party.” In addition to the vacation, the winner (whether of Irish descent or not) will have the opportunity to research their roots using a variety of products and services donated by Ancestry.com.

The Ireland Coast to Castle Vacation includes:
•    Round-trip economy class air
•    1 night at the 4-star Croke Park Hotel, Dublin
•    4 nights at winner’s choice of more than 1,000 Bed & Breakfasts located throughout Ireland
•    1 night at the 5-star Adare Manor, Limerick
•    Automatic rental car for the duration
•    House of Waterford Crystal Tour
•    Full Irish breakfast daily

The contest is open to U.S. residents 21 and older and can be entered by visiting Ancestry.com’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Ancestry.com until March 21, 2013


Ancestry.com Inc. is the world's largest online family history resource, with approximately 2 million paying subscribers. More than 11 billion records have been added to the site in the past 16 years. Ancestry users have created more than 44 million family trees containing more than 4 billion profiles. In addition to its flagship site www.ancestry.com, Ancestry.com offers several localized websites designed to empower people to discover, preserve and share their family history.

Launched in 2012, Rockville Centre, New York-based Great Value Vacations is committed to becoming the prepackaged vacation provider of choice for U.S. travelers to the world’s most desirable destinations. Our seasoned travel specialists personally select quality accommodations and fashion distinctive vacation itineraries, thereby eliminating many of the logistical challenges faced when planning a vacation. GVVs’ use of state-of-the-art technology and a focus on quality packages where individual components are bundled together to create a single package price are what enables GVV to meet and exceed the diverse demands of the travel market.