Win ‘A Night at McLaren’ by Hilton, an overnight event for the Australian Grand Prix

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• Nick says:

  8 Mar8 March 06:20

  Having been to several HH experiences events at the McLaren Technology Centre over the past 7 years or so, I can certainly say how very well organised they’ve all been, with a great, knowledgable team taking care of you.

• N says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:06

  Great prize, well done team hfp.

  Shame Mclaren’s car this year seems to be a bit of a turd!

• Indy500 says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:06

  (there is no option to get two single beds)

  This seems a little odd? Is Hilton not a hotel group that has rooms with beds? Not sure I particularly want to sleep with my 32 year old son in a double bed and I’m sure the feeling is mutual. Ho hum.

  • Rob says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:11

    When did you ever see a single bed in a Hilton hotel?!

    I am guessing this is a logistics thing with 20 x Queen beds not fitting the space.

    (There are 10 groups attending, our winner plus 9 who got them via Hilton Experiences.)

    • Froggee says:

      8 Mar8 March 08:06

      A surprising gap in Rob’s knowledge. Loads of Hiltons, even in London, sell rooms with two single beds. They call it a “twin guest room”. I guess you’re so used to suites nowadays?

      • Rob says:

        8 Mar8 March 08:28

        I am typing this in a 65 sq m suite at Berlin Marriott, yes. 🙂

      • Doug says:

        8 Mar8 March 09:53

        No, no, no … a ‘twin room’ has two beds for sure but both are larger than a ‘single bed’

    • ianM says:

      8 Mar8 March 08:07

      I presume Indy means ‘twin’ beds, which plenty Hilton Hotels have.

      • Indy500 says:

        8 Mar8 March 18:06

        Exactly.

    • lumma says:

      8 Mar8 March 08:12

      Sometimes you end up having to share a bed in a hotel, when you’d prefer not to, but with this, it seems like you’re sharing a bed in a massive dormitory

      • Fraser says:

        8 Mar8 March 13:20

        Yes, my thoughts too – “Please note that both you and your guest must be over 18 and prepared to share a double bed to attend.”

    • Lou says:

      8 Mar8 March 19:11

      Challenge accepted…. Hilton Queensway

• Peter K says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:15

  Great competition!

• E says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:20

  I’m not sure that Hilton’s service is necessarily “amazing” in the right way…it certainly doesn’t always make “guests feel cared for”. But appreciate Hilton probably had to approve the wording here!

• Rednas says:

  8 Mar8 March 09:31

  Tried to enter but the widget states “Sorry, this promotion is not available in your region”, which is a bit odd considering I’m about 5 miles away from LHR?

  • Rob says:

    8 Mar8 March 11:36

    Your connection is routed through an overseas system. Often happens with big company systems.

• Doug says:

  8 Mar8 March 09:54

  Hilton will put you up at the McClaren HQ …. what’s wrong with the nearby Woking Hilton?

  • Peter K says:

    8 Mar8 March 13:26

    Not much of a competition to be put up in Woking hotel… But an F1 fan watching the race in the McClaren HQ then sleeping there as well, that’s something to remember!

  • Mark says:

    8 Mar8 March 14:04

    Is it open yet?

• BangkokBob says:

  8 Mar8 March 10:20

  It is impossible for me to enter because at the moment, like I would imagine many HfP readers, I am travelling outside the UK. I get the same message as Rednas if I try to enter using a local Moroccan ISP. However, if I try to use my VPN with a British server, I also get blocked – not what one expects from a site catering for frequent travellers…
  “The location (IP Address) you are using is from a data center. To prevent fraud, Gleam blocks entry from these locations. This is usually the result of using a VPN to access our site. Please turn off your VPN and try again.”

  • Rob says:

    8 Mar8 March 11:33

    When you get back, go and chat to your IT people about issues with overseas spam.

    Do you know, in one month last year, we had 45,000 spambots try to sign up to our newsletter? Average is 25,000 per month. This is what we deal with day in, day out, without geo restrictions.

    • BangkokBob says:

      8 Mar8 March 11:55

      Fair point – unfortunately spam is ruining the internet. Can readily see that this is more important than allowing us to compete when abroad! Good to have the explanation, and so quickly.

      • Rob says:

        8 Mar8 March 12:15

        As it happens, there is another HUGE competition on Friday which will be accessible from outside the UK, because we are not hosting the entry form. It’s more exotic than Woking too 🙂

        • Woking Tourist Authority says:

          8 Mar8 March 13:48

          I find that hard to believe.

        • Mark says:

          8 Mar8 March 14:24

          But does it have an (in)famous Pizza Express? 🙂

      • Mark says:

        8 Mar8 March 14:12

        A home router with built-in VPN server capability is the way forward… 🙂

    • David says:

      8 Mar8 March 13:38

      Woah Rob. What do they gain from the 45k signups?

  • His Holyness says:

    9 Mar9 March 18:55

    Get a better VPN. No issues at all.

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