Congratulations Rachel Abram on winning this contest, and even bigger congratulations on your 9 week old daughter! Rachel’s winter plans: My winter plans include staying at home raising my 9 week old daughter ( gotta love mat leave) as well as a possible march vacation to Florida. I would love to win this prize. I love visiting Collingwood and the Scandinave Spa is incredible.
I recently wrote about my Autumn Experience and here is a link Ready, Set, Jump to check out my adventures. My favorite was the Timber Challenge High Ropes course, being suspended as much as 50 feet in the air using all my muscle and brain power to make it through a series of challenges like walking on suspension bridges and sliding down zip lines – intimidating but I loved it!
I also visited Scandinave Blue spa, which is very relaxing and romantic! Set in a rustic wooden setting, Scandinave has a mix of steamy hot and cold outdoor baths, saunas, outdoor fire pits, and an ultra-hot eucalyptus steam room. To read more, here is the link to visit their website
And for a fabulous added treat, our winner will also receive a gift basket with roughly $250 worth of goodies from Murale Stores to pamper themselves! With stores in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, Murale has an endless variety of the best cosmetics, fragrances, and advanced skin care brands – plus each store has Beauty Masters who can help you with advice about the best products for your specific needs, and also provide a variety of beauty services as well as lessons on beauty and skin care.
One winner will be chosen by random number generator on Friday, October 12th @ 4 pm.
TO ENTER, leave a comment below about your fall / winter vacation plans!
With Love…
Marta
My winter plans are to go on a cross country ski weekend. As much fun as downhill skiing is I love being out in the quiet of a snow covered forest. And here’s hoping that there will be a roaring fire when I get back to the lodge
Thanks for hosting another awesome giveaway Marta!
I plan to spend many a cozy night indoors watching some great tv show…and occasionally venture out to a pub to warm my bones with friends. In efforts to save money this season, I will only be on any getaways I might win contesting! Lol. Thanks!
I was planning ATP plan a trip to the Blue Scandinave spa since I fell in love with the one at mount Tremblant when I went few years ago, so this contest is just perfect. And hopefully the bf will be able to take a few days off from work to go on a foodie trip to Chicago
Thanks for hosting such an awesome contest
As for Fall vacation plans, I’m hoping to getaway to Montreal for a weekend this month. I haven’t been in years and would love to enjoy a warm latte while roaming the streets of downtown. I’d also like to take a day trip down to Niagara on the Lake and enjoy a good meal and some vino overlooking the changing trees.
In the winter, I’ll be heading to Ottawa for a skate on the canal and of course, making it up to Blue Mountain to snowboard whenever I can.
My plans would be to watch the snowfall make some snow angels drink some hot chocolate and melt in front of a fireplace hopefully with famil and friends would love to spend that time with them !!!!
Taking my family through the local walking trails is one of my favourite thing to do in fall. Listening to the crunching leaves beneath us is music to my ears!!!
This autumn, I will spend the next few months close to home in the Golden Horseshoe with a few day trips to Toronto. I’d love to have a chance to venture up to Blue Mountain to check out Scandinave Spa!
My only travel plans for this season so far are to spend some time in London with my niece. I’d love to add a trip to Blue Mountain with that same niece if I were to win this trip
[...] 2012/10/12 – Blue Mountain Resort Getaway and $250 Murale Gift Basket Win an "Autumn Experience" getaway package from Blue Mountain Resort including two passes to Scandinave Spa, and a gift basket filled with roughly $250 in beauty goodies from Murale stores. Contest is open to everyone, however please note travel expenses to / from Blue Mountain Resort are not included. Contest closes at 4 pm on Friday, October 12th. To enter, leave a comment with your fall / winter vacation plans at the following link: http://withlovegabrielle.com/win-lov…ain-and-murale [...]
I am going on a Canada/New England cruise to great ports on the Eastern Seaboard.
Autumn always means some crock pot cooking while taking long hikes in local nature trails!!
My fall/winter plans include visiting Quebec City!
Autumn…I plan to drive and walk thru the lovely northern places we have in Ontario….read a book while curled up in my couch with a nice throw and a cup of warm apple cider…ahhhhh
I plan to spend a week in Whistler and a week in Vancouver visiting my artist son
i have never been there would love to win so i can go
So exciting!!! My vacation plans involve spending time with loved ones in North Bay Ontario, eating yummy Greek food and lots of laughing.
Surprisingly, I am excited to see some freshly fallen snow and to bundle up in my new warm jacket and make snow forts with my little girl. We made the best one last year and turned it into a snow restaurant where the neighbours all gathered out front for hot chocolate and yummy grown up drinks. Dreaming up how I will top it this year!! So fun!!
It is just nice to spend the holidays cooking and eating with family. =) I love the holidays, and everyone seems to be in a particular good mood everywhere you go (unless they are stress about gift giving). I make my own gifts most of the time.
I am planning to have the winter vacation with my family in Blue Mountain. And it will be great if we win this.
My winter vacation plan is to ski at Blue Mountain and improve my skiing skill.
After a grueling year of stressful work, my husband and I look forward to planning a 4 day retreat to Muskoka,Collingwood, or any of the other beautiful places in Ontario.
Hi Marta,
Great blog piece! Fall is my favourite time of year – apple cider, leaves changing colours – it’s truly a thing of beauty and a joy forever.
My fall plans include visiting my best friend in Ottawa and exploring Ottawa with her, as I haven’t been there. I look forward to learning more about our nation’s beautiful capital.
Wish you a great Fall,
M
My winter vacation plan is to try snowboarding for the very first time, hopefully at Blue Mountain
, and to become good at it!
I am not sure if we can make it happen or not but we would like to take our 3 grown children on a cruise as none of them have ever been on a cruise.
Don’t know that I’ll be going anywhere hot this fall/winter, but I’ll definitely be making the trip down to Toronto to see my family!
We’re getting married in February, so our winter will be busy with wedding planning, and a honeymoon in Costa Rica!
I plan to go to Cuba and enjoy the sun and beach while reading lots of books.
Winter vacation plans is to go up North skiing with a bunch of my friends since I haven’t done that in ages. Should be fun, I’m excited!
My fall/winter vacation plans is to get away from the city life and enjoy some relax and refresh time!
Planning on going to Florida for 60 days in Jan – March.
A trip to Collingwood and some apple picking along the way.
Thanks for posting another great WIN:)
My plans for the fall include a Thanksgiving weekend trip to the Blue mountains with my aunt and my grandmother:) As for my winter plans, nothing is finalized yet, but I am hoping to get away to either the Dominican Republic or Mexico!!!
My winter plan would most likely include a getaway trip to niagara on the lake! And Blue Mountain if I’m lucky =p
My winter plans include introducing our St. Bernard puppy to snow, lots of dog walks, a ski trip to Jasper and a weeks holiday in Barbados.
With school in the way, I definitely wont be leaving the city for a week long vacation. But I’ll probably be taking a few weekend trips up-north, or to Quebec City.
Go south…escape the cold!
We are going to Isla Mujerus Mexico for a winter holiday
Every fall we go to Mt Tremblant and get a suite at Chateau Beauvallon. It’s like our home away from home.
First time we were there, it was November and as we were sitting out in the heated jacuzzi, snow flakes started falling down around us as we sipped our wine. It was so quiet and so romantic!
Since it is so slow in Tremblant in the Fall, we always go there to get some “secluded” romantic time!
we don’t have any vacation plans. just staycation plans in the new house.
A trip to Ottawa to see the tree lit up at the art gallery and maybe even some skiing in Gatineau Park…
I just came back from a great trip to Europe so my winter vacation plans are really a stay-cation; just wanting to spend some time with the family and catching up with old friends from my hometown. Hopefully reconnecting with a lot of people from my childhood and high school.
I went back to school in September for a post-graduate program so my budget doesn’t allow for a vacation this fall/winter
I’m making the most of it and I’m excited to explore more of my city. I’d love to win this incredible trip!
With school, I probably won’t be able to go away until after exams. However, I look forward to going to NYC with my boyfriend for New Year’s!
We just had a baby, so our fall plans involve trying not to go insane
No fall vacation for me, but I’m hoping to fly to California this December to spend time with my extended family.
My winter plans are to spend Christmas in Vancouver with my younger brother and dad!
My plans this fall is to take my children somewhere in ontario for a well deserved getaway. Somewhere we can relax and have fun and create memories, lifes always going too fast we need to slow it down abit and ENJOY IT!!!!
My plans this fall is to do some of local hiking while watching the leaves change.
I just bought a house so there’s not much money for a get-aways right now. But come Christmas, I will be going to London, Ontario to spend the holiday with my family.
I don’t have any vacation plans because my family has no time for vacations. Every person works 7-days a week, and I have school 6-days a week. So our “vacation” is school and work, same as every other day of the year. No holidays either, since we’re not religious!
I will be reading a good back on my stay-vacation with my wonderful family and an empty bank account to keep us company!
I’m looking forward to renting a cottage near Algonquin Park for a weekend getaway. Can’t wait to be surrounded by the beautiful leaves and curling up in front of a fire with my hot chocolate!
This fall we are headed up to Minnett near Port Carling, Ontario, to check out the fall colours!
My plans this fall is to enjoy hiking the natural trails in Ontario and spending time with family and my dogs. I could really use a getaway to enjoy hiking away from home
I’m actually planning a trip to Toronto to soak up some of the city life this fall!
My winter plan is to plan something special for my g/f who works hard for the family. We don’t have much cash, but I want to get a cabin for a weekend just us.
I want to take a little vacation with my husband and visit my family.
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My vacation plan would be to have fun with my family in the outdoors. I have two kids, 3 and 1…and we would love to take them someone fun and enjoy everything Ontario has to offer… but it would also be nice for my wife and I to get away and have a date weekend… leave the kids with their grandparents and enjoy a weekend just the two of us…
Looking to go to Vegas in the beginning of Nov.
stay in my hometown of Abbotsford, and enjoy the daily and seasonal change of the colours of the forests.
Enjoy the views of the Winter mountains topped with snow- set in the blue and sometimes pink/ peachy skies.
We are planning to take the kids to Disney this winter.
My winter plans are actually to take a family trip to Blue Mountain. I recently went for the first time for a ‘girls’ trip and realized its a great place for the family. Can’t wait to go back!
me me !
i have never been there would love to win so i can go
My winter plans include spending time with my wife while we take the kids to hockey and indoor soccer practice. I will be building another backyard skating rink so we can all enjoy the outdoors at home. I hope the winter is full of snow and cold. A nice weekend away, eventually, would be fantastic too.
My boyfriend and I wish to go on an all inclusive vacation somewhere down south but money is a big issue because we plan to take our property virginity away next year so we need to continue saving. This Blue Mountain getaway would be perfect for us if our plans to go south falls through.
No set autumn/winter plans as of yet but would love to have a relaxing weekend away soon.
We did Great Wolf Lodge last year with the kids so I think this year should be mommy/daddy time! A nice hotel, bottle of wine, quiet dinner together sounds perfect.
we will go to St.Adele and vithit MontTreblant
Will probably take a weekend or two to do some snow shoeing (if there’s snow) and maybe some snow mobiling
Going to be playing indoor softball and doing a lot of outdoor winter sports like Ice skating and snowboarding!
Thinking about going to Michigan for their Thanksgiving and visiting relatives that I haven’t seen in years.
My winter vacation plan is to ski at Blue Mountain and improve my skiing skills.
My plans for the winter are just to get through it and wait for Spring!
My winter plans are to play as much Ice Hockey as possible.
Then as a reward try and take a trip somewhere south in California for a week get-a-way.
Cheers!
a trip to Montreal and Toronto with my best friend to visit her children and maybe a quick trip to Boston to see the art galleries
My plans for winter include spending time with my beautiful 2 1/2 year old niece, showing her how to toboggan down a bunny snow hill, giving her her first pair of skates to go skating at an outdoor rink and building her first snowman!
Winter plans is to snowboard at blue mountain!
Unfortunately I have no plans for my winter or fall. I’d love to add this to my schedule though! Looks amazing!
Dancing, dancing and more dancing! I teach dancing part-time and love it! There will be lots of dancing parties this fall/winter.
Heading to California for 2 weeks. So looking forward to the sun
Hey Marta,
Hoping to spend time with my family, hit the slopes, and take some “me” time to unwind from the busy workplace!
Florida family vacation
My fall/winter plans are to renovate the basement… It will be our entertainment area
My vacation plans for the winter are to go snowboarding for a bit, probably at blue mountain and then escape to somewhere warm – get a tan, swim in the ocean and scuba dive.
I plan to take a few days off to spend time with my kids! I love playing outside with them!
I plan to take a few days off from work to spend time with my kids! I love playing outside with them!
I hope to take a few days off to relax with family and friends.
I’m planning a 2 day staycation to Banff before the winter arrives, I will be hiking, eating wonderful food, and relaxing in the beautiful mountains, and hopefully make a stop at the hot springs.
My fall/winter vacation plan is to head over to Vancouver on my winter break hopefully.
I’m hoping to get lots of snowboarding time in this winter! Summer is lovely, but winter is what a live for =) Also hoping to sneak in a trip up north to see the northern lights!
My fall/winter plans include working every weekend
No getaways planned in the near future.
I don’t really have any trips planned – wish I did! My boyfriend’s gone back to school and is in his last semester, so money is a little tight right now, but we’re hoping to get to go away to Vegas next year!
On the weekend, my daughters and I went hiking at the Luskville Falls in Gatineau Park and will be heading to the cottage to enjoy the fall colours.
I have a trip to New York City planned. Matter of fact, I leave in less than one week! I am so very excited, NYC is so beautiful in the fall. And it doesn’t hurt to get some Christmas shopping out of the way already
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Hoping to spend a few weekends enjyoing Ontario’s ski country. Throw in a few weekends with family and completing other obligations and before you know it spring will be here!
No fall or winter vacation plans as of yet. I’d love to take a few trips to my in-laws’ cabin this winter. I love the woods after the snow falls.
No vacation plans since we have to save some money for our wedding next summer.
Blue Mountain has to be one of the most beautiful places to go in the fall. I love it. I have been going to the Collingwood area most of my life as I have family all over the area but have never had the opportunity to stay at one to the resorts as you are expected to stay with family when you go. I would love to go and just experience the resort with my husband. We don’t have many opportunities to get away without the rest of the family and it would be amazing to have the time together
No concrete plan yet. We may try snowshoe activity around the Collingwood area. We have been there a couple of times, still recall all those memories. Beautiful, cozy and serene. We are celebrating our 30th anniversary. We have decided to do different activity every month for this whole , hoping to rekindle the memorable place and explore new ones.
My winter plans include staying at home raising my 9 week old daughter ( gotta love mat leave) as well as a possible march vacation to Florida. I would love to win this prize. I love visiting collingwood and the Scandinavia spa is incredible.
CONGRATULATIONS RACHEL
You are the winner of this fantastic prize package from Blue Mountain Resort, Scandinave Spa, and Murale Stores!!
And I can’t think of a more deserving person than a NEW MOTHER
Congratulations,
Marta
My winter plans include spending 2 weeks in Florida, for Christmas. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to take advantage of Canada’s beauty during fall/winter. I would love to win a Blue Mountain getaway!
My winter plans include a trip to the East Coast for Christmas and visiting, and hopefully a few trips north for some snowboarding.
My winter plans include a trip to Cuba for some fun in the sun! I’ve never been to Blue Mountain and have been dying to go!
I’m a poor university student so my plan is to work and study. I dream of a vacation happening soon!
a trip to Montreal and Toronto with my best friend to visit with her children and then if time and finances allow a quick trip to Boston to see the art galleries and museums
Our plans include a visit to my hometown for the holidays, a trip to Edmonton to see my brother and sister-in-law and a trip to a tropical location. Country to be determined. Best of luck to everyone that has participated…
I plan to spend the holidays in Whistler – relaxing at a nice spa!
I’m hoping to visit my parents in Nova Scotia for a week.
No plans yet, it`s not in the budget this year. Winning this would change that.
Thanks for the opportunity!
No getaway for me this fall…I plan on spending as much time outdoors as possible before it gets too cold! So I’ll be spending some time at the park and going apple picking! I’ll be heading to South East Asia for a month this winter
As a university student, my schedule and financial situation doesn’t really permit a vacation! I’ll just be spending time with my friends and family as much as possible.
I will be having a quick jaunt in New York. No rest for the wicked!
Wow, amazing prize much?!
We’re saving money for our wedding next year so no extravagant vacation plans, but we’re having a spa getaway to Grail Springs in a couple weeks, and will probably get up to Tremblant for skiing a couple times.
(All my fingers crossed for this one…)
I am planning a week long trip to Iceland for a music festival. Unwinding at a spa when jet lagged would be the most decadent of treats!
My fall travel plans include a week long stay in Tobermory for some amazing fall hiking and relaxing. Thanks!
i can’t wait to bake some apple crisp, go for a walk in the beautiful park near my house, and snuggle up under a heavy blanket. gotta love fall
My winter plans are to read more books and stay warm.
My fall plans are to keep running outside, hicking and enjoy the colours! This winter, I have to plan all sort of mini vacations/long weekend (ie. ski, cottage, spa) around Montréal, Québec, Bromont and Ottawa!
Fall/winter plans: plan my dream wedding, find a venue in Québec or Ontario and spend some quality time with my fiancé and my family!
My winter plans start when I finish writing my fall 2012 final exams, which will be around Dec 15th. Then I get to go home and visit my family for a few weeks. We usually take a family trip somewhere in the USA, sometimes Savannah, Georgia or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Even thought I’m getting older (22), I still love traveling with my sisters and parents. I feel young with them!
My wife is from Montreal and hasn’t seen most parts of Ontario. I was planning on taking a few short trips to different destinations within Ontario. Blue Mountain is scheduled to be stop #1!
This fall I’m going to climb Mount Orford for the autumn colors of the trees is so beautiful and this winter I’m going to go downhill skiing at Mont Tremblant Family
I am planning to go to Ottawa to visit my parents over the holidays. So beautiful and I love it there.
I want to take up skating again, I used to figure skate and let it go but this winter with more time I am going to take it up again!
I just discovered your blog- love finding fellow Canadian blogs!
Love your style…thanks for sharing 
Our plans for vacation dont really exist yet, but we would love to go back to Blue, where my husband and I got engaged 5 years ago this fall
fall plans: heading to LA for some sunshine! but i was actually just chatting with a friend about all the awesome stuff there is to do in Collingwood in the fall – i’ve only ever been to ski. would love to check it out this fall!
We are having a bit of a staycation in Toronto next weekend to celebrate our anniversary. Hotel, dinner out. It should be fun!
Skiing! First getaway is to Revelstoke and then it’s on to Smugglers’ Notch. Bring on the snow!!
My fall plans consist of having some long hikes in the Hamilton area. My winter plans consist of going snowboard at Blue Moutain!!
My family always enjoys a weekend getaway to Banff during the winter. My husband and one child spend the days skiing and myself and my other two children enjoy the day walking around and browsing the shops.
My winter vacation plan is to try snowboarding for the very first time, hopefully at Blue Mountain.
I really want to go somewhere in the winter but I already has two trips this year. I wish I could afford a third holiday. This winter I will stay in town and enjoy hopefully a white Christmas with my lovely family.
My family (which includes married children) plan to go to Maui in February for a wedding.
My plans include lots of outdoor activites! Walks, toboganning, making snowmen, hikes etc. just because we have snow, doesn’t mean we need to hole up inside all winter!
I will be spending time with my friends and family in Ontario
Take my partner n as many takes as possible.
We are hoping to go to Disney in California.