This is the view from all of the private terraces of the ten houses and studios in my giveaway.

Turning potential disaster into a "can't lose, win-win"
opportunity for you.

Standing in the shower one morning, an answer came to me - we could sell hotel vouchers instead of raffle tickets.

That would be perfectly legal. Hotels do it all the time.

The vouchers would be good toward a stay in our hotels.

But they could also participate in the raffle.

All we had to do was put numbers on the vouchers. The ten lucky people holding those numbers would win the ten properties.

That solution satisfied the lawyers. Selling hotel vouchers is totally legal, even hotel vouchers with numbers on them.

And suddenly the deal had just gotten lots, lots better for our customers.

When's the last time a loophole worked for you?

Is it a loophole? Yes. Will it stay open? Who knows?

But in the meantime, it's a sweetheart proposition. You invest in a hotel voucher as a deposit on your stay with us; we give you a free participation in the drawings for the ten properties.

But you still get to use your hotel voucher. Or give it away. Or sell it.

You're not out of pocket no matter what.

Actually, the way it works we both get to have our cake and eat it too.

"It really does seem that Scott Properties is making an offer no reasonable person could turn down. Their hotel vouchers offer all the advantages of a raffle ticket, but may also be used for a stay in their exquisite hotels. Altogether a remarkable opportunity to win ten lovely properties, and having stayed there last season I can attest to how truly spectacular they are." Roger Taylor in The Islander Magazine

The first questions people ask ...

Is it a raffle?

Yes -- we are issuing 33,333 tickets/vouchers and 10 of them will win a house or a studio.

No -- in a raffle you lose all your money once the raffle is over. With us, even after the ten raffle draws you still have a hotel voucher worth every cent you paid for it. Win or lose.

Is it a hotel promotion?

Yes -- we are giving you a huge incentive to visit our hotels, stay with us a few nights. When you stay with us, we take the full price of your voucher off your bill so your raffle ticket is free.

No -- we aren't forcing you to visit us. If you invest in a hotel voucher/raffle ticket and you don't win a house or studio, and can't visit us because you live too far away, you can still sell your voucher anytime before the end of 2012.

The Holy Grail of Somethin' fer Nuthin':

We've all heard of TNSTAFL -- There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch. But what if there were? What if somebody actually figured out a way to offer you something valuable that didn't cost you anything at all.

You'd be interested, I'd bet.  

How you can take part in the raffle free:

You purchase a hotel voucher from us.

We give you a raffle ticket free.

You use the hotel voucher in our hotels and we take its value off your bill.

Which leaves you with the free raffle ticket.

When the drawings take place, you could win a house worth up to 500,000 euros (£350,000 or $675,000).

Everyone who visits our hotels using a voucher takes part in the raffle free.

 

If you can't visit our hotels ...

You purchase a hotel voucher from us. 

And we give you that free raffle ticket.

 

Even if you never come to the hotels to use the hotel voucher, you have both a

voucher  and a raffle ticket. 

So you just wait until the raffle tickets have been drawn.

 

If you've won, great, you have a new house or studio.

If you haven't won, you still have your hotel voucher and you can

 

get back the value of your voucher by selling it. It's good for five years and

 

can be used or sold anytime until the end of 2012.

If you've read enough and just want to get on and get one, click HERE.

"It must be the only raffle and hotel promotion in the world where you can't lose. And that's guaranteed." LGM Media, Berlin

Have I lost my marbles?

Yes -- well, only maybe yes. It's lots harder to find 33,333 people to get involved in a property sale than one guy with a fat wallet. On the other hand, this is lots of fun.

No -- if you do the numbers, this gives us our price for the properties, and taking the voucher cost off your bill when you stay with us doesn't cost us any more than we would pay as commission to an agent if you booked online or with an agency.

Is there a catch? Yes. To use your voucher we ask you to stay at least three nights with us. That way you'll spend about four times the amount you paid for your voucher. About four times the amount we give you back.

Believe me, we're not a charity for people who want a free holiday home in Spain.

Our 18th century townhouse hotel is in an authentic and untouristy
medieval village in the island's wine country.

"We  went back to Scott's Hotel for the handmade beds and the goosedown pillows, the Ralph Lauren sheets and the breakfasts until noon. Not even to mention the warm, low key no-fuss ambience we liked the first time. But this time we walked out with what may be our deed to a dream home in Spain. What a hotel! What a deal!" Mandy and John Carlisle, Manchester

 

Why you'd probably enjoy staying with us ... "Elegant, luxurious, refined ... incomparable bedrooms." Rivages Guide to Small Hotels of Charm "One of the finest hotels I know in terms of comfort and discreet but warm service." The New York Times "A little jewel box, a rarity among hotels - one that doesn't feel like a hotel, look like a hotel, or offer the dry and standardized service of most hotels." Condé Nast Traveler "At Scott's, nothing disappoints: the interior is as calm, sophisticated and unobtrusively luxurious as you could wish . . . a pampering treat." Charming Small Hotels Guide " . . . a night at Scott's is an experience to remember." Special Places to Stay "One of the most comfortable and elegant small hotels in the Mediterranean." Mediterranean Travel Review "Scott's is a gem of a place - a fabulously restored mansion where the emphasis is firmly on comfort. Located in the heart of Mallorca's wine country." Gourmet The Sunday Times of London asked renowned hotel critic Alistair Sawday to name his six favourite hideaway hotels in Spain. Scott's was one of them. (And the only one on Mallorca). Diran Noubar's List of the World's Fifty Best Small Hotels includes Scott's. (Frankly, we think this is plain silly, but there's no way I'm not going to tell you about it.) Small Elegant Hotels, A Connoisseur's Guide: Scott's is one of only three hotels listed for the whole of Spain. Great Places to Stay in Europe: Features Scott's. About Hotels Guide: Scott's is named as one of their very few "Fabulous Finds".

In Google, Scott's ranks as No. 1 for "Small luxury hotels, Mallorca" and as the No. 1 hotel listing (excluding agents) for "Small hotels, Mallorca" and for "Mallorca hotels" and "Majorca hotels" and "hotels Majorca" and "Best hotels Majorca" and "Best hotels Mallorca". Scott's is also No. 1 for "Comfortable hotels, Mallorca". Google is absolutely right. Dear Scotts — we loved our stays in both your places and wish you well with the new project. We have got vouchers for everyone in the family and hope one of us wins. If not, we'll rent from the new owners. Thank you for giving us the chance. Sarah and Ed Stafford, The Hague My wife says this is me full of hope to win a villa to give to our grandkids. We could never afford to buy them something so nice, but will come to your hotel and get the free ticket for the raffle. Congratulations on a great idea. Fred Stanicki, Sarasota FL

All the private South-facing terraces have this lovely view
out over the village and down to the sea.

A chance to look at the 360 degree views of what you could win. Click HERE

• Hold one winning voucher and you'll be catapulted into a new life as the owner of a glamorous holiday property that brings you tens of thousands in rent each year, that you can lend to family or friends, enjoy yourself for many weeks every year, or even sell for a lump of cash between 250,000 and 500,000 euros.
  
• Use your voucher to get your money back either before or after the ten drawings for the grand prizes.
  
• Even if you choose not to enjoy a break in our award-winning hotels, you still have five years to sell or give away your voucher.
  
• The prizes are glorious - lovely homes offering some of the best views in the Med, designed by one of Spain's most famous architects and furnished with handmade beds with goosedown pillows, Ralph Lauren's best sheets and with designer touches everywhere.
  
• You can't go wrong, can't possibly make a mistake by joining. There's a 100% money-back guarantee and the project is legal and legitimate, registered and ironclad.
  
• You are giving Fate, the Universe or Lady Luck a chance to bless you with a gift, offer you a reward you surely deserve.

What's in it for us ...

What we get is actually pretty simple:

• We get lots of people lined up outside our doors waiting to get in to stay with us.
  
• We say goodbye to fat advertising and promotional costs.
• We raise our occupancy rate, increase our income.
  
• We get a chance to sell you meals at our new restaurant on the corner, or drinks in our bar, rent you a car.

And of course, once you are here with us you'll spend more than just the amount on your vouchers.

Discounting your voucher doesn't actually
cost us anything ...

The key reason we're able to make this offer is that taking the voucher value off your bill doesn't cost us any more than paying a commission to an agent. But instead of paying them, we get to pay ourselves.

What works for you, works for us.

Not only that, but we've lured you across our threshold, got you tucked under our wing, and 44% of the people who stay with us once come back for another visit, send friends or family, get addicted to the "Scott's experience".

So we build our client base, build our brand, build our reputation.

All that and we get our price for the ten properties as well as the fun of turning them over to real people - people who may have stayed with us, people we might even know personally.

All right. All right. Shut up. Take me to where I can buy a couple. Click HERE.

Part of one of the suites for voucherholders.

"Heaven! I've never stayed in any hotel so wholly satisfying. Everywhere is beautiful, with pretty details (candles among the plants and flowers on the patio at night). The oversized beds are a marvel, the goosedown pillows wonderful. Delicious breakfast, served until noon. The owners were charming hosts, appearing and fading like the Cheshire Cat - just enough to let us know they were there, but never intrusively." The Good Hotel Guide, describing our townhouse hotel

We know we're doing something right when people book us for next year
as they go out the door this year.

"If I had any doubts because this offer seemed almost too good to be true, they were dissolved by Mr Scott's no quibble money-back-guarantee ..." Tom Sheldrake, Chicago Press Bureau

Modern or traditional - every bedroom is individually styled.

"Never have the odds to win something so great been so ridiculous!" Paul Shedman Chronicles

Your stake in winning a prize Just because we've removed all risk doesn't mean there isn't money involved. The time has come to make a commitment, throw your penny in the wishing well. We originally priced the raffle tickets at 15 euros for each property - ten properties, ten drawings - for a total of 150 euros. But of course we give you that ticket free. And we made the odds 10 chances to win in 33,333. That's 500 to 2,500 times better than the best lottery odds. We figured 150 euros -- £100 -- $200 --  was an amount people almost anybody can find. That's the amount we'll take off your bill when you visit us.

Thank you, George, for the opportunity to be able to say something nice about your great idea. This is me standing on the terrace of one of the prizes last summer. It's really as wonderful a place as you describe and we are visiting again before they are raffled. Edna Morrison, Edinburgh

Calculating the odds -- a mathematician's view For the first drawing, we assume the number of people taking part will be approximately 7,000 and the value of the property to be $275,000. That's one chance in 7,000 for a return of $275,000, or a risk ratio aspect of $39.28 on a $200 ticket, a chance to win 1,375 times the capital price of the ticket (ignoring the fact that this amount is apparently refundable under given circumstances). On the second set of draws the odds are 3 draws in what we assume will be approximately 11,000 vouchers, but this time with the value of the properties rising to $345,000 each (a total of $1,035,000 to play for), with each voucher having a chance to win at a risk aspect of $31.25 or a chance to win 1,725 times the price of the voucher, (three times). The third set of drawings are similar, though we assume 22,000 vouchers taking part, but with the reward value rising to $483,000 each, or $1,449,000 total for the three winners, a chance to win 2,415 times the amount invested in the voucher, again three times.. Finally, when the houses are raffled, it is our assumption that all 33,333 vouchers will participate so that the odds will be 3 in 33,333, but with the average value of the properties being $690,000, giving a risk ratio aspect of $20.70 and a chance to win 3,450 times the voucher value, again three times, with a total win potential of $2,070,000. The inescapable conclusion is that potential purchasers should enter the drawings as early as possible.

A place to take a break for a nap after thinking about all those numbers.

 

"It's like buying a raffle ticket but being able to get your money back after the raffle is over." Caroline Chase in The Sentinel

Let's sit down at one of our antique desks, pour a glass of wine,
and list some reasons why it makes good sense to sign up now...

Because the odds and the winning potential are extraordinary.

Because you're entered in multiple drawings, not just one.

Because you can get back the amount you invest in your voucher if you use it in our hotels, so your raffle ticket is free.

 Because even if you don't visit our hotels before the raffles, you're still in the drawings and you have five years to use your vouchers, sell them, or give them away.

 Because what you win could change your life forever - give you cash if you sell your prize - give you income if you rent it out - give you a richer leisure life if you just use it for yourself or lend it to friends and family.

Because the price of a voucher --150 euros -- is so insignificant compared to the value of the prizes. What else might you do with that money - put it in your gas tank? Buy floor wax or kitty litter or overpriced ink cartridges for your printer? What fun.

Because this isn't something you want to put off doing. Don't fall into the "good-intentions-not-acted-on trap". Anyone who has lived long enough will tell you that they have more regrets about the things they didn't do than the things they did.

But be advised ...

There's another reason you should make a positive decision now: the new Congress may change the law that makes this offer so ironclad for you. There have already been what they call "carve outs" - exceptions - made for poker players and horse race betting. Who is to say that property raffles might not be excepted? If they are, we might just go back to just selling raffle tickets without the "money-back" aspect.

Our guarantees ...

What do we guarantee you, absolutely?

We guarantee absolutely to give you 100% of your voucher cost back for any reason whatsoever as long as you ask for it prior to your raffle ticket having taken part in a prize draw.

 We guarantee this is a legal and legitimate offer you can invest in with full confidence. It seems sad to me to have to say that, but that's the world we live in today.

 We guarantee that if you visit our hotels under the terms of our offer, we will give you a free 150 euro raffle participation for each three nights you stay.

 We guarantee your 150 euro numbered and limited edition hotel vouchers will participate in the raffle and we will credit you back the money you spent on them if you visit us before the end of 2012.

"If your idea of the best revenge is the chance of living rich as the result of a no risk flyer, then this one's a no-brainer." The Stanford Investment Letter

My final thoughts to you ...

Decisions like this are made in your heart. I've tried to lay out the offer as plainly as I can, highlighting the advantages for you without making inflated claims, letting you know it's an offer we stand behind with our reputation and personal integrity.

There are at least a dozen practical reasons for investing in this small, no-lose gesture toward sweetening your future, but please let me add my own belief that life has no meaning unless we live it with conviction and trust, unless we open our hearts to providence, unless we allow ourselves to take small stakes with destiny and offer our guardian angels a chance to light up our lives with a sweet gift of luck.

Trust your angel and go for it.

Regards and good luck,

George Scott

PS These make marvelous gifts. We send your recipient an animated e-card and brochures for both of our hotels. (And if your giftee wins, you'll have a fan for life.)

To make your reservation in  our hotels, follow the links below:

To visit our townhouse hotel website: http://www.scottshotel.com
To see the Galilea website: http://www.scottsgalilea.com
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