Draw One is The Golden Passport's launch draw. It opens to adult UK residents and will hand one winner a £20,000 gift voucher redeemable through our travel concierge partner, a licensed UK luxury travel agency: a personal route to a holiday designed from scratch, anywhere in the world.
Opening and closing dates are announced to the waitlist first and published on this page before entries open.
The prize
The winner receives a £20,000 gift voucher issued in their name. Within 48 hours of being notified, a personal travel designer from our concierge partner will be in touch to begin planning.
The winner describes the trip they want. The designer builds it: destination, accommodation, flights, transfers, experiences, guides, all within the £20,000 budget. There is no catalogue and no pre-set option. Anywhere in the world you can legally and safely travel, on any dates within the 12-month redemption window, is on the table.
Full prize terms, including redemption rules and what happens if the winner wants to travel with family, are set out in the Terms and Conditions.
Two ways to enter.
Same chance of winning.
The Golden Passport offers two entry routes: a paid entry route online, and a free postal entry route that is genuinely equivalent, meaning every free entry has exactly the same chance of being drawn as any paid entry. No purchase is ever necessary.
This is a hard legal requirement for any UK prize draw that is not run as a licensed lottery, and we take it seriously. The free route is real, it is straightforward, and it works.
Paid entry
Paid entries are made online at thegoldenpassport.co.uk once Draw One opens. Prices start at £2 per entry, with larger bundles offering a lower cost per entry. Full pricing is displayed at checkout before any payment is taken.
Payment is by secure card through a UK payment processor. We do not store card details. We store the email address and name given at checkout so we can notify you if you win and, if you opt in, send occasional updates.
Free postal entry
To enter Draw One for free, send a single sheet of paper containing the information below to the postal entry address. Normal postage applies and nothing more. Every free entry is drawn with the same chance of winning as any paid entry.
A single sheet, clearly handwritten or typed, containing your full name, your full postal address including postcode, your date of birth (to confirm you are 18 or over), your email address (so we can notify you if you win), and the statement: "I wish to enter The Golden Passport Draw One."
The free entry postal address is published on this page before Draw One opens.
Limits and closing date
- One free entry per envelope. Multiple entries on a single sheet count as one.
- Free entries must be received by the closing date and time. We recommend posting at least 7 days before close.
- We cannot take responsibility for entries lost or delayed in the post.
- Entries that do not meet the requirements above will not be entered. We reply by email where we can.
Free entries go into the same draw pool as paid entries and have exactly the same probability of being selected. This is a non-negotiable principle and a legal requirement.
Who can enter
- You must be 18 or over on the date you enter.
- You must be a resident of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland).
- Employees of The Golden Passport Ltd, of our travel concierge partner, and of our announced charity partners, together with the immediate families of those employees, are not eligible. This protects the fairness of the draw.
Full eligibility terms, including age and identity verification for the winner, are in the Terms and Conditions.
The draw
Draw One closes at the published closing date and time. No entries received after that time will be included.
The winner is drawn at random from all valid entries, paid and free, within 7 days of closing, using a verifiably random method, independently witnessed and logged. Full details of the method and the witness are published alongside the result.
The winner
The winner is notified by email and phone within 48 hours of the draw. If we cannot reach a winner within 14 days, reasonable further steps are taken. If we still cannot make contact after a further 14 days, we may, at our discretion, draw an alternative winner.
The winner's first name and town are published on this website and in supporting press coverage, unless the winner specifically requests anonymity. Full name, address and other personal details are never published without explicit consent.
The winner must pass basic identity and eligibility checks before the voucher is issued: proof of age and proof of UK residency. Once those clear, the £20,000 voucher is issued and our concierge partner takes it from there.
Charity
A meaningful share of the net profits from Draw One is distributed to our North East charity consortium. Partners are announced before Draw One opens. The total raised and paid is published on this website after the draw has closed and accounts are final.
Questions
Email ollie@thegoldenpassport.co.uk. If it is about the draw specifically, put "Draw One" in the subject line and we will prioritise it.