BC Travel Tuesday: Week 5 Watermark Beach Resort, Osoyoos
I am pleased to announce that the BC Travel Tuesday series, that was originally set to be 10 weeks long, has been extended to 12 weeks thanks to the support of my readers and the partner properties listed on backyardbc.com. We’re now onto our fifth week and so far we’ve given away $2,188 worth of accommodations around BC.
backyardbc is a new travel website designed specifically for residents of British Columbia. Essentially a “be a tourist in your own backyard” program, participating hotels & resorts offer residents of BC exclusive rates and specials, designed to motivate BCers to travel more within the Province. Each offer has its own unique reservation code, and all bookings are done directly with our hotel and resort partners. Visit backyardbc online, on Twitter, or Facebook and see more of BC!
The winner of “BC Travel Tuesday: Week 4 Inn at Laurel Point” is Kristine (and she has been contacted by email). This week’s featured property is located in the sunny South Okanagan, at the tip of BC’s own wine country.
Watermark Beach Resort
Website, Twitter, Facebook, backyardbc listing
Location: 15 Park Place, Osoyoos, BC
About: “Only a few hours drive from Vancouver or just a 40 minute drive through wine country from the Penticton Airport, Watermark Beach Resort Hotel is surrounded by an impressive variety of outdoor recreational activities; from Okanagan golf, wine tasting, water sports, hiking, biking, boating, horseback riding, fishing, and swimming to skiing and other winter sports. For food and wine lovers, the Okanagan is rich with lush orchards, gourmet restaurants and award-winning wineries that open their doors for tastings throughout the year.”
Prize: 2 nights in a one-bedroom suite, including a $50 per night food & beverage credit in the Wine Bar.
Value: $700
To enter to win, leave a comment on this post and/or post the following on Twitter:
Winners will be announced every Tuesday on the latest BC Travel Tuesday contest post until the 12 weeks are up. Gift certificates for hotel and resort stays will be sent directly to each weekly winner so they can arrange their visit personally with the property. Some restrictions apply, based on availability. Must be 19 years of age or older to enter and win.
Update The winner is Michael Florizone – congratulations!
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I need a “staycation” – pick me!
Love wine country!
Looks amazing!
Looks beautiful. I could use some sun about now!
Osoyoos! Great for wine and a gorgeous place. And near my boyfriend’s family! Would love the opportunity to go.
Would love this one too! 🙂
Winning!
Beautiful! Would love to go 🙂
sounds like a relaxing time!
I love that all these hidden gems are being showcased. Gives some great travel ideas!
I have been going back to their site all week, organizing some summer getaways. Looks amazing!
As always, this looks incredible! A weekend away would be amazing.
Sounds great to me!
I love Osoyoos and this looks beautiful!
I could use a couple nights away.
This looks like a great prize but honestly if I won it I’d give it away since I live on the Island and don’t drive. Don’t let that stop you giving it to me though – it is better to give than to receive right :).
wine country awesome.
Would be amazing to win this
I could use some of oysoyoos heat!!
This is a fabulous place to stay; i recommend it to all my clients coming into town. I would love an opportunity to stay there again. Thanks.
Pick me 🙂
I’d love to ride up Anarchist again!
I would love to win this!
Love Osoyoos! We head there every May long weekend with the kids, but a romantic weekend away with my husband would be fabulous!
Loving this series of contests – wow!!!
I’d love to spend some time in Osoyoos.
This place looks lovely.
This is up near where my brother lives.
It’d be great to do an Osoyoos winery tour.
It’d be great to do an Osoyoos winery tour.
This sure would be fantastic for us to take a road trip to this summer!
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One day I’ll win!
Looks beautiful! Pick me please! 🙂
yes please!
Ready for a hot Okanagan summer.
Looks gorgeous!
Crossing my fingers….
Please let me be drawn…
I love Osoyoos!
I’ve been to Osoyoos once but would love to go again!
Looks amazing!
Oh! I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to win this. We are actually planning a trip to Osoyoos for next month. I also tweeted: http://twitter.com/thesehappydays/status/68099901422178304
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I’d love to go there with my wife…perfect way to celebrate our upcoming wedding anniversary!
Fun in the sun! Love it!
@PvT
I want to experience this part of BC’s region with all that it offers, the lake, wineries, sunshine and local summer fruit! What more can you ask for?
What a nice idea!
I have driven by this resort a few times and have been wanting to take my husband there for a weekend away.
Haven’t been to the Okanagan in years would love to go again!
Love this area!
I checked this place out online for our honeymoon. We went to the island instead. Would love to visit this resort.
I love the Osoyoos area and Watermark looks like an amazing place to stay 🙂
I love the pictures and review of the Watermark…I would love to go there!
Lovely!!
Sweet stuff! I can picture myself there!
Sounds wonderful!
Great place! Would love to win 😀
Looks Amazing!
Love Osoyoos. Was the family vacation spot growing up.
Haven’t been to this region yet, so I’m going to do it this summer no matter what.
never been to osoyoos – would love to tour the wineries in the area!
I’ve never been to Osoyoos. And the name is fun to say! BC roadtrips are wonderful 🙂
I love to go wine tasting and Osoyoos is a beautiful place to visit. That lake is the warmest I have ever gone swimming in!
That looks so lovely! My husband and I are celebrating our 15-year wedding anniversary this summer, and it would be fantastic to enjoy a weekend away!
such a nice town!
I would so love to spend my birthday there!
Looks lovely!!
Looks beautiful!
This area is great in the summer time… its always nice and warm there.
Oh yea!
Love your website. Please enter me in your contest.
Picture perfect Osoyoos! I would love to go!
I want to go to there!
Gorgeous scenery and lovely people. :o)
I like the view.
I’ve had a rotten day, and could just use a pick-me-up. Could always be worse I guess 🙂 Thanks.
looks real nice like.
My friends went to this resort last year and told me that it was fabulous!
Sign me up for this win!
Relaxation at its finest… Osoyoos is a GEM!
I’ve never been to Penticton. Looks nice.
Looks great! Would love to check it out.
This is very generous.
Osoyoos is an excellent summer retreat and a great place to check out what BC has to offer for those who are oenophiles!
What a great destination and hopefully toasty warm by the time I’d make it there.
Sounds like a great getaway!
I’d love to go check out the Watermark!
Sounds amazing!
Beautiful!
Wine!
Having lived in B.C. all of my life it would be wonderful to experience more of it rather than just drive past. Great prize!
Beautiful spot!
This would be a great getaway!
This sure beats the cabins we used to stay in when we were kids while we visited the Osoyoos.
Nice!
I have never been to that area! actually, I haven’t seen much of BC.
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Osoyoos is such a beautiful place to visit.
It looks gorgeous!
Looks gorgeous!
Have always wanted to stay here! Love Osoyoos.
Sounds like a fab time!
I love Osoyoos!
Sounds beautiful and delicious!
Looks wonderful
Awesome!
I’ve never been to Osoyoos–this would be perfect!
Nice and warm spot on the way back to my home town of Nelson.
I haven’t been to Osoyoos in years. It’s gorgeous and I’d love to visit it again
I’m there for the wine bar!
I love the Okanagan, but I’ve never been to Osoyoos!
I’d love to check this place out!!
Beautiful sunny Okanagan!
Yes! I love Osoyoos.
Looks great. Tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/Sandra516/status/68372095167500289
sweet!
looks like fun
I love the Okanagan, this would be a great little summer getaway!
wow this would be great!
This would be great some of my favorite wineries are there Burrowing Owl, Geringer just to name a few!
I would go in a minute!
Love to take my wife
I’d love to go!
I’ve never been to Osoyoos, would love to check it out.
The site is a great idea; people from BC want to travel IN BC too!
Yay! Wine Country!
Always a treat to hit up sunny Osoyoos and I wanted to check out Watermark Resort. Oh,oh,oh, pick me…
Osoyoos is one of the nicest place to visit in BC.
I’ve heard its beautiful there! I’d love to go!
I love Osoyoos for often being the hottest spot in Canada!
Love Osoyoos! The small, family-owned wineries nearby are stellar. 🙂
fantastic place to be! Would loved to be picked.
I haven’t been to Osoyoos since I was a little girl! It would be great to visit again!
Great contest. I’d love to win!
I spend a week in Oliver every August… could totally spend a couple more in Osoyoos!
Sounds awesome!!! Love it up there!
I’ve only ever visted Osoyoos on the drive to vancouver when I first moved here and it, uh, didn’t leave a favourable impression. Maybe it’s time to give it a second chance!
Pick me!
My girlfriend and I would love this!
I used to go to Osoyoos every year as a kid, but haven’t been there in a while, would nice nice to go again.
Sounds amazing!!!! Probably a lot warmer than here right now!! I live the wineries there!!!
Sounds amazing!!!! Probably a lot warmer than here right now!! I live the wineries there!!!
what a nice thought – it would be a welcome break away!
My favourite place in BC, Osoyoos. Send me there!
Entered!
So nice of you and Watermark for offering this prize:)
We walked by there last summer…sat on the bench and dreamed of staying there!
Love Osoyoos. Haven’t spent nearly enough time there.
Would love to getaway with my wife to Osoyoos!
Something wonderful to look forward too!
Have never explored wine country. This would be an incredible experience.
Sounds fantastic!
A vacation would be amazing- school can really wear you out! Thank you for the opportunity!
I love Osoyoos…its going to be my first wedding anniversary and I would love to take my husband somewhere special!
Love vacationing in Osoyoos with the family.
I have never been to Osoyoos and would love to explore!
LOVE Osoyoos and the wineries there!
I love Osoyoos! 😉
Peaches!
I <3 osoyoos!
Picked up the link to your site from V3H.com Lots of great info, and I would love the chance to visit Osoyoos!
Looks like an awesome place!
Love this series you’re doing – getting to know BC!
This would e a fabulous vacation for our 13th wedding anniversary this year!
Stunning!
I love Osoyoos!!! Please pick me 🙂
Looks like a great place!
I’d love to go, especially for the wine tasting!
Yes please, looks heavenly. Never been to Osoyoos.
I have wanted to stay there, it is a great family getaway!
Grew up going to Osoyoos, would love to check out the new hotel.
I have driven by this place and would love to stay there.
Osoyoos was a fave vacation spot for my family when I was growing up!
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Oh yes! I love Osoyoos and could stand do deal with some drier weather! Would love to win.
I seriously wanna win this so bad!!!!
This is extremely enticing!
I havent been in the Okanagan in a long time!
Considering I have 3 jobs, I need some time off! Here’s hoping…
I really need to get away…thanks for this great contest!
nice only 40 mins from Penticton …
Hurray for “Canada’s only desert” !
A great location with fabulous wineries to explore! Another wonderful contest.
Residing at the Watermark –
More than just a priceless treat,
a stunning mountain, lake or park.
It’s vacation made complete.
I’m new to BC and need to travel around it! What a great contest!
Gorgeous!!! I’d love to go!
Osoyoos was the vacation destination for our family when I was small I would love to visit again!
Wanting to win
Osoyoos is so nice – I want to take my daughter for her first outdoor swim there!
This would be a great weekend. There is so much fun to be had in Osoyoos.
Your contests and content are awesome! Loved the info on Stanley Parks blue herons I just read 🙂 I have seen the nests when I went to play tennis there last year, great to learn more.
This resort in Osoyoos looks amazing! I would love, love, love to win and have a romantic getaway! 😀
Thanks for such a great blog!
I love touring the Okanagan, haven’t been to Osoyoos yet though! Would love to check it out!
This would be amazing to check out
I LOVE Osoyoos!! My family goes every year (since before I was born!) but I didn’t make it last year (first time! 🙁 ) and I really miss it! My fingers are super crossed.
I tweeted too @_honeywild_
Nice, such beautiful view!!
Lovely weather, haven’t been here since I was a kid! Looks great
Looks brilliant enough to take the Vancouver May blues away!
It is a great place! Would be the perfect spot to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary this summer.
would love to go there!
the sunshine and water look glorious – an ideal short getaway
this would be such a great relaxing vacation!!! 🙂
dining in their patio was AWEsome!
I would love to go there!
Never been there but would love to!
Ooooh, a desert holiday close(ish) to home?? Yes please!!
I love Osoyoos 🙂 Pick me!
I haven’t been to Osoyoos in years. Looks like things certainly have changed.
Haven’t made it to Osoyoos in years…would love a reason to go!
Oh what I would give to have a beautiful weekend away….the resort is amazing!!!!
Osoyoos is the hottest place in British Columbia!!
Would love to getaway and enjoy the Osoyoos “Desert Wine Country”!!
Looks amazing! Thanks!
I would love the opportunity to go, I’ve only been there once.
yes please!
This would be a wonderful weekend retreat!
Looks like fun!
Osoyoos is awesome, from the name of the city, to the scenery.
I would love to go and stay here. Thanks for the chance
Been in this area with one of my friends.
love Osoyoos and was last there when the Watermark Beach Resort was in the final stages of completion. Would love to see what it is like, have heard amazing things about it and would love a glass or two of wine
Never been…would love to visit!
I’d love to head out and leave the city for a few days and take a trip there!
If I don’t win this staycation, then the terrorists will have won.
I’d love to win! I’d love to stay there 🙂
Another great BC destination I’ve wanted to visit.
Love wine country! Fingers are crossed (big smile)!
Pick me pick me!
Just moved to BC and slowly discovering all the beautiful places to visit, and this is definitely one them!
This would be wonderful. Can’t think of anything more perfect…. perhaps an anniversary getaway!
Love Osoyoos…haven’t stayed there since I was a kid though…would love to visit this resort! Tweeted as well..@martinandleanne
I would love to do some wine touring and lounging at the lake!
Is there anywhere better in BC in the summer than Osoyoos? Nope.
It’d be great to explore Osoyoos. I’ve only driven through during the summers.
I would love to see this area. What a gorgeous picture, it looks serene and relaxing.
Looks amazing!
Osoyoos, haven’t been there yet. So this sounds great.
Looking forward to going to the Okanagan this summer and I’ve never stayed in Osooyos. I was there for the first time last year for 10 days but that certainly wasn’t enough to see everything I wanted to see. The lakes are beautiful there!
Fingers are crossed, Thanks for the chance!
I’ve heard great things from friends about this place. Please help put an end to my envy.
Sun AND wine at the same time? I accept!
Would love a BC getaway!
Another great giveaway!
‘ooh’soyoos is lovely and would love a getaway to wine country 🙂 would make an excellent excuse for a road trip!! keeping fingers crossed….
This will be an amazing wedding anniversary celebration!
Wow!! This looks A-MAZING!!!
Sounds like a wonderful prize. I took a browse through backyardBC and it looks like a great site to use!
I love road trips!
I would love this!!
Looks beautiful !
Would love to win this!!!
This would be a great birthday treat for my moms 62nd birthday. We could meet half way!
Put me in the game coach!
Just the place for a made-in-BC holiday.
I love osoyoos!
The Watermark is amazing! Pick me!
Osoyoos, wineries, biking, golf, horses…count me in! i hope to win twice in order to squeeze everything in! 😀
Perfect! Would love to win this getaway.
My friend is getting married there, and I’m not sure I can afford to go. This would be awsome!!
been far too long since I’ve had a long weekend in the interior!
Would love to go on a staycation!
This would be an incredible opportunity 🙂
I love the Okanagan!
As if I need an excuse to go to wine country…
I’ve heard this place is beautiful
I’m already planning a trip to Osoyoos so this would be perfect. I used to go to Osoyoos every summer with my family and want to continue the tradition with my son.
Looks like a fabulous place for a getaway!
aaaaaah love osoyoos!
I need to get away! This sounds amazing!
I am a huge wine country fan, having been many times to Oliver, OK Falls, Penticton, and Naramata. However I’ve never spent any time in Osoyoos. Here’s keeping my fingers crossed!
I entered this week’s @backyardbc @miss604 #bctraveltuesday contest #tt
Have only ever driven though .. Would live to take some time at see it the way it should be seen !!!
wine country would make a great getaway right about now 🙂
I need to be baby free!!
I need a vacation! Pick me!
Fingers crossed! We want to go back there to wine and dine.
Would love to get back to the Okanagan!
Time for my early summer vacation
Please pick me, I am in need of a vacation.
Osooyos is awesome. I go camping near there every year!
A little vino, sun and R&R: sounds lovely and heavenly. Perfect for a romantic getaway!
Ohh this looks heavenly!
I can easily imagine myself in that pool!
Yes please!
This looks absolutely beautiful! Great idea for the anniversary!
Would love to go!!
I’ve never been to Osoyoos! Would love to experience a few nights at the Watermark Beach Resort… looks amazing!
Love this place near the lake! Would love to be there!
My wife went to Osoyoos most summers as a kid!
That sounds like an awesome prize!
I would love to win.
Breath taking view!
Time for some Okanagan wine!
I have been craving sun with this cold spring! I hope I win 🙂
It would be great to take the family on a BC Vacation.
Been itching for a chance to spend some more time surrounded by some of the best wines on the continent.
I would love to visit Osoyoos this summer!
Would love to go and explore Osoyoos, have a great time taking great pictures and sharing it with everyone on my portfolio site! 😀
Looks like such a nice get-away. Would love to visit Osoyoos for the first time! Thanks!
Oh! Looks like I can still submit an entry for this one. I’ve always wanted to visit Osoyoos.
Help! I’m work in an accounting department and i need a vacation to the Watermark Beach Resort!!!
ooo this vacation would be divine!
Great looking vacation spot!