Choose Your Own Adventure
We’re in the serious home stretch for Christmas now my loves – so how about one more great gift idea you can nab online (and a giveaway to go with it)?
What It Is: One of my favourite gift ideas for the holiday season is the idea of gifting quality time together. While it can be something as simple as an afternoon lunch or a spa visit, you could also break out and do something really different. I’ve written about Breakaway Experiences a few times now and I don’t have any reluctance to bring them up now (and I swear to you, I’m not being paid to write this either!) The reality is, they offer up some of the most unique and interesting experiences you can imagine (and beyond) and are continually adding to their collection of ‘buyable experiences’ across Canada.
Some of my new favourites from their lineup are highlighted above. Shopping for foodies? How about a Catch & Cook Crabbing Tour in Vancouver or a day of Wild Rainforest Foraging with Lunch? For the sporty types, go for an axe-throwing lesson in the Niagara region or spend a cool night on the water with a stand-up paddleboard tour. Thrill seekers will get a kick out of a family snowmobile trip (including dual-ride or mini snowmobiles for the kids) or mountaintop yoga where you’re transported there via helicopter! The options are endless and can be tailored to suit your giftee’s interest, age, and location. Not sure what to gift them? Start with a Breakaway Experiences gift card and choose your own adventure together.
Who It’s For: Your longtime spouse, to reinvent the idea of ‘date night’. Your parents, to shake up their weekends. Your adrenaline junkie kid, for a day they won’t forget.
What It Costs: Experiences can start at really reasonable prices – like $30 per person – and gift cards can be bought for as low as $25.
Where It’s At: Start planning your next adventure online at Breakaway Experiences.
Interested in getting going on your next great experience? I’m giving away a $100 Breakaway Experiences gift card to one lucky and lovely reader. Here’s how to enter for your chance to win!
1) Heads up: you must be a subscriber to the Canadian Gift Guide to enter this giveaway. It’s as simple as finding ‘The Gift of Gab’ box in the righthand column and dropping in your email or clicking follow. Then leave a comment by January 5, 2017 telling me which experience you’d most like to get or gift from Breakaway Experiences
2) Entries are limited to one per person / per email address / per household (or more if you score bonus entries). A random draw will be conducted on or around January 6, 2017 to select the winner, who will have 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen in their place.
3) Entries are limited to Canadians that have reached the age of majority in their province. Quebec is not eligible to participate in this promotion.
4) Bonus Entry: There are a two ways to score extra entries into this exciting draw. Whatever entries you do, it is imperative that you leave proof of your bonus entry activities in separate comments. If you do them all in one comment, they won’t be counted.
– Like Breakaway Experiences on Facebook and leave a comment on their wall telling them what your favourite activity ideas are. Link back to your FB wall post in a separate comment below.
– Follow Breakaway Experiences on Twitter and send out a Tweet about this giveaway that tags them and me (@cdngiftguide) and links back to this post. Link back to your Tweet in a separate comment below.
Canadian Gift Guide 
The Dark Table sounds like an interesting experience. It’s certainly unique!
The catch and cook crabbing tour sounds fun!
Well the spa sounds nice to me!!
Seeing as there were no adventures in my own province, I’d choose http://breakawayexperiences.com/en/aromatherapy-relaxing-massage-for-two-toronto-spa
I’m interested in the Annapolis Valley Wine and Lunch Escape
I would love to take a ride in the helicopter over parliament
I would like the Driftaway at D Spa experience!
I would love to gift my boyfriend the experience to fly a helicopter. I think it would be so cool an he would love every minute of it.
Dog Sledding and Snow Shoeing Stay and Play Adventure
I would give the race experience to my son-in-law
Tandem Hang Gliding with High Perspective Inc.
couple massage at a Spa of course 🙂
When Pigs Fly Walking Tour is something I have seen before and would love to do with with my daughter and my husband.
I would love to go on the hot air balloon ride!
https://twitter.com/sherrykinnear/status/811941951931109377
I think I would enjoy the snowmobile family tour….
http://breakawayexperiences.com/en/whistler-family-snowmobile-tour
If like to try the family snowmobile package. I’ve never been on a snowmobile. I am a subscriber.
This one http://breakawayexperiences.com/en/halifax-food-tour-nova-scotia
I’d like to try the Lady’s Day Spa at Novo Spa. http://breakawayexperiences.com/en/novo-spa-ladys-day-spa-toronto
I would get my partner the Stock Car Racing Experience at Flamboro Raceway.
http://breakawayexperiences.com/en/stock-car-racing-experience-flamboro-speedway-hamilton
I want to try hot air ballooning.
I think the Halifax Food Tour would be a lot of fun.
I’d most like to get the Sock Car Racing Experience in Medicine Hat, AB
I would love to do the hot air balloon ride in Edmonton
~Jonnie
I opt for the Catch & Cook Crabbing Tour in Vancouver.
I love the idea of catching and cooking – crabbing tour next time in Vancouver.
HOla! I would LOVE the Tandem Skydive – 12,500 ft, because I’ve always wanted to try skydiving lol YOLO!
Tandem Hang Gliding with High Perspective Inc sounds like an amazing experience.
Oh the spa sounds good to me,,in need of one,have a lot of tension in my kneck,would love a massage
I’d love to go on a whale watching tour
Catch and cook crabbing sounds awesome !
I’d like to experience the Halifax Food Tour.
i would like to try the Niagara Falls Scenic Flight Tour
Spa sounds great
The mountain yoga perfect for my daughters
I want to try stock car racing
I would love to try the Dog Sledding and Snow Shoeing Experience.
The When Pigs Fly Walking Tour looks like a lot of fun to share with my wife.
I would love to try a pole dancing class or any of the spa packages!
Link to my tweet https://twitter.com/juliebarrett29/status/812113023754207232
The link to my Facebook comment https://m.facebook.com/BreakawayExperiences/posts_to_page/
I think the Butlers in the Bluff would be a great gift to give!
Tweet: https://twitter.com/SeedsToHealth/status/812130748710998016
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BreakawayExperiences/posts/1801558936752507
I think a visit to a spa will be great.
I’d love the beer walking tour!
I would like to gift the car racing at Kawartha to my brother.
I would LOVE the Dog Sledding Adventure – 2 Hour Tour.
Mountain yoga for my fiancee.
I would love to go on the Dog Sledding Adventure – 2 Hour Tour in Banff, Alberta
I’d love to drift away at D spa!
tweeted https://twitter.com/VictoriaEss2/status/812315088174649344
I would love to dine in the dark with the Dark Table experience.
I would most like to go on a Boeing 737 Flight Simulator flying experience.
A hot air balloon ride would be an adventure.
I would want to do the Half Day Dog Sledding Tour in Banff!
I most like to see Paris on top of the Elfel tower.
I would pick a spa pampering in Vancouver or Whistler.
I’d love to go on the Vancouver Whale Watching Tour
The whale watching would be great.
I want to try paddle boarding
Wild Rainforest Foraging with Lunch
Love to gift the Pamper/Spa Experience to my BFF, who is so hard to buy for!
Something nearby maybe a massage
Dark table with my mom would be great
Bonus twitter
mountain top yoga sounds incredible
I would love to experience the Hot Air Balloon Ride in Calgary from Breakaway Experiences. Thanks!
Facebook Comment: https://www.facebook.com/BreakawayExperiences/posts/1802632256645175
Tweet: https://twitter.com/Rogue_Femme/status/812878404013785088
omg I’d LOVE to try the Stock Car racing experience!! I had no idea they did that here in Nova Scotia! 🙂 http://breakawayexperiences.com/en/stock-car-racing-experience-scotia-speedworld-halifax
whale watching tour sounds awesome
The Catch Crabbing one would be so fun with my boyfriend!!
maybe dog sledding, maybe whale watching, maybe hot air balloon? I don’t have one fav!
i would love to do the dark table for 2 in vancouver!
I’d love the Edmonton hot air balloon ride for my 2 grandsons.
I’m a subscriber to the Canadian Gift Guide. I’d most like to get Breakaway Experiences’ Explora Electric GeoBike Rally Adventure for myself.
Bonus @BreakawayExp Entry: Followed Breakaway Experiences on Twitter and tweeted https://twitter.com/SoulSeeker0/status/813470067354640385
I would love to gift the Stock Car Racing Experience in Nova Scotia to my son. He would be over the moon.
I would like to get the Biplane flight over Parliament Hill
posted on Breakaway experiences FB page https://www.facebook.com/BreakawayExperiences/posts/1803675086540892
I’d like to receive the Stock Car Racing Experience, Flamboro Speedway.
Outdoor Rock Climbing Experience sounds like fun!
I think white water rafting would be awesome.
I would like the Archery Experience Niagara
the catch and cook crab experience would be amazing!
I would love to try the Taste of Heaven for two at Novo Spa!
I would gift the Barrie Flying Club – Lake Simcoe Flying Lesson experience to my sister! She would freak out!
I am so tired of cooking after the holidays, that I would love to try the in home dining experiences with chef!
I would love to get the Collingwood Caving Experience!
the vancouver crabbing tour looks fun
I wold love to try the Whistler Tasting Tours – Finer Things Dinner Tour
i would love to try Collingwood Caving Experience, entry pls
tweeted https://twitter.com/Shellbran3/status/814934433832849408
I would most like to share the Segway Tour Around Halifax.
I’d like to try the 1000 Islands Kayaking – Guided Tour.
My favourite experience is the family snowmobile tour!
Id love to try Mountaintop Yoga!
I’m going to get the Boeing flight simulator for my husband for our anniversary in January..
I would love to go on the Hummer Offroad Adventure. Offroad Scenic Hummer Adventure
Where: Collingwood, Ontario
Whether thrill seekers, family, friends or co-workers the ultimate, unforgettable adventure awaits you with Xtreme Adventures’ Blue Mountain Hummer Tour.
That sounds amazing!
D Carol MacLean Such a great gift idea. I would love to gift the Hummer Offroad Adventure to my husband and then tag along.
@cdngiftguide @BreakawayExp Such a great contest! Love to win Hummer Adventure.
I’d really love a In-home ining Experience with Chef Ajeen
I’d put it toward a hot air balloon ride!
Would love to try the hot air balloon ride
I would like to try the Heli-Hiking experience