What would you do on a #Startrip? That’s the question that launches today’s brand-new Iberostar travel contest on Twitter, offering you the chance to win terrific discounts and a truly “grand” prize: round-trip flights and five nights’ lodging for two at one of our resorts.

Right about now you’re probably wondering, “Another travel contest? Are these guys nuts?” Maybe. But we love to make you, our fans and followers, happy. Is that so wrong? So what if we’re currently running our Fake Trip, Fake Trip SMS, and Iberostar Connection contests at the same time? “Scientific” studies have proven that nothing makes you happier than winning a free trip to paradise, so with that in mind, we can move on to your next question:

“What’s a #Startrip?”

We thought you’d ask. A #Startrip can mean many things:

1. Our international travel blogger meet-up at our Paraíso resort in September;
2. A #hashtag on Twitter where you’ll find neat tweets from said bloggers about their trip and subsequent coverage;
3. A contest on Twitter to win great prizes;
4. A trip to an Iberostar resort where you are the star.

Today, obviously, we’re talking about point no. 3: the contest. And, with a little luck, you might be the lucky winner of point no. 4.  

How to Play

Four easy steps:

1. Go on www.startripiberostar.com/en
2. Sign in with Twitter
3. Describe in 130 characters or less what you’d do on a trip to one of our resorts. For example, “On a #Startrip to the Riviera Maya, I would try everything on the menu, then dance it off all night!”
4. Click “Send.”

The contest runs through November 17th, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time (8:00 a.m. EST), so you have just over two weeks to try for our prizes.

How & What You Win

There will be 10 winners: Nine will be selected by random “winning moment” and the tenth (the Grand Prize) will be selected randomly from among all participants.

“Winning moment” winners who are residents of the Americas win a US$250 voucher, while residents of Europe win a 150€ voucher, both redeemable against a future stay.

If the Grand Prize winner is a resident of the Americas, s/he will win round-trip flights and a five-night stay for two at Iberostar’s Paraíso resort. If s/he is a resident of Europe, s/he will win round-trip flights and a five-night stay at Iberostar Anthelia (Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain).

So what are you waiting for? Get tweeting!