BC Travel Tuesday: Week 10 Oswego Hotel Victoria
byThere’s only one thing on the mind of everyone in BC right now and that’s hockey. However, after the dust settles tonight (and heart rates return to normal) wouldn’t it be nice to get away? I’m a little late for our BC Travel Tuesday feature but we still have a few properties to go in the series (which expanded from 10 weeks to 12).
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The winner of BC Travel Tuesday Week 9: Fairmont Empress Victoria is Dennis L. (and he has been notified by email). This week’s property is also located in Victoria’s James Bay, just a short walk from the Inner Harbour, the Legislature and the city’s top attractions.
Oswego Hotel
Website, Twitter, Facebook, backyardbc listing
Location: 500 Oswego Street, Victoria, BC
About: “Stylish, modern and urban the Oswego Hotel is centrally located in Victoria’s downtown neighborhood of James Bay, just 2 blocks from the Inner Harbour, Legislative Buildings, Royal BC Museum and Beacon Hill Park. A short walk to Victoria’s Conference Centre and just minutes from Harbour Seaplanes, the Helijet terminal, the Victoria Clipper, and the Victoria Express the Oswego Hotel is ideal for business travel. ”
Prize: Two night’s accommodation in a one bedroom suite, includes parking and WiFi.
Value: $600
To enter to win, leave a comment on this post and/or post the following on Twitter:
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 Sharelle Dayco!
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Another great hotel! Oswego has a great online presence, and I can’t wait to stay there one day!
I’ve stayed in the hotel next door to this one. The Oswego is on some beautiful property with great views.
What a treat this place would be!!
Great location! Can’t wait!
Thanks for the chance to win. Oh and: Go Canucks Go!
It really would be nice to see Victoria again. I haven’t been in years. Bet there’s lots of great new places to check out & explore!
My boyfriend goes to school in Victoria and I’m always looking for an extra special reason to visit. A night at the Oswego would be fantastic!
I can dig it!
This hotel sounds stylish, great prize!
I love Victoria and would love the chance to stay at this beautiful hotel!
Thanks to Oswego Hotel for providing such a lavish prize and to you Miss 604 for providing the means:)
The Oswego Hotel sounds like a great place to stay. I’d love to win this prize!
What an opportunity – to stay at this lovely hotel and visit our freinds would be amazing!
The hotel looks really stylish – Victoria needs more of these!
Oswego hotel? Looks very pretty. Victoria is such a beautiful city.
A chance to visit a fantastic hotel like Oswego Hotel would be great!
Beautiful hotel! I love Victoria!
Used to visit Victoria every year, but haven’t been back in a while. This would make for a great trip.
I would love to get over to Victoria, it’s been a while! 🙂
I would love to take a trip to Victoria
I hadn’t heard of this hotel before- it looks great.
Looks like an amazing boutique hotel!
I would love a mini-getaway right about now!
I love Victoria!
Pick me! Pick me!
Wonderful, count me in!
This hotel looks beautiful!
Oh! what a getaway!
i havent been to victoria in a long time, but if i win i will go back really soon!
would be wonderful
Go Canucks Go!
looks nice.
go canucks
Looks beautiful!
Have walked by this hotel many times when in Victoria, looks absolutely lovely!
James Bay is great, it’s close to the water and yet tucked away quietly with a primarily residential neighborhood.
Looks like a great place to stay!
Another Beautiful Hotel in Victoria!
Damn, I could use a couple nights in Victoria! Fingers crossed
My folks just stayed there, and loved it!
Looks Beautiful!
pretty please, pick me 🙂
I need a reason to visit Victoria for a couple days!
A chance to stay here and try Red Fish Blue Fish would be the cherry ontop of winning The Stanley Cup!
Wow, it looks lovely!
Looks fancy, I would love to go!
I just saw that the Oswego has a 15% off sale for June, but free would be even better 🙂
Looks like another wonderful vacation – count me in!!
I have a friend who stays here once/twice a week for business and raves about it. Stayed here last October when I ran the half marathon in Victoria. Great location and very cozy.
This would be a great prize to win. The Oswego is gorgeous!
After today, a getaway would be nice.
I would love to take the boyfriend to Victoria for a getaway. We haven’t gone anywhere since a Whistler weekend a year ago. And he hasn’t taken a single vacation day this year yet!
Would LOVE to get away to Victoria for a weekend! Especially to this gorgeous hotel.
Thanks for the chance to win this lovely getaway!
i always thought they just offered regular hotel rooms, but one bedroom suite sounds awesome.
Sounds like a great hotel
I could use a weekend getaway!
Love Victoria, and would love to visit this summer!
What a fantastic getaway from the everday!
Looks neat!
What an amazing location. Got my fingers crossed!
That would be awesome! I’ve never been to the Oswego hotel!
Entering!
Looks very nice, wow!
I would like to see the Oswego hotel and Victoria! Haven’t been to Victoria for at least 15 years. Thanks
I’ve never hoteled on the island before, thanks for sweet opportunity!
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beautiful photos, I’d love to stay there
It looks like amazing. I love to try new hotels!
I would love to go to Victoria, and for once, not have to stay with relatives in a musty spare room squeezed in with storage boxes and a sewing machine. Love the family, but hey, the Oswego’s not too shabby!
Could use a getaway at the end of July to celebrate my birthday.
Would be nice.
I love Victoria. What a great prize.
This would make my summer staycation much better!
I need this vacation to console myself that we didn’t snag the Stanley cup. 🙁
Another local location I would love to stay at as a mini get away.
Hope I’m the winner!!
Wow! You have featured some amazing hotels that I’d never thought of. The Oswego Hotel looks amazing!
After this sad Canucks loss, it would be nice to get away.
Wow- it looks absolutely stunning there!!!!
a weekend away would be nice.
I would love to win this
Nice looking hotel!
Looks like a great place to stay at!
I would love to go to this hotel! Sounds great!
Thank you!
Would love to go and have a wonderful getaway.
Wonderful hotel!
Another great looking hotel in Victoria, another week with my fingers crossed!
oh, pick me, pick me!! 🙂
So glad I just found this site – fabulous!!!
This place looks fabulous. Thanks for the continued great contests.
Victoria is so relaxing
A getaway is just what the doctor ordered.
Leaving a comment on the blog 😉
This hotel looks beautiful. Thanks for hosting these giveaways!
Looks like a pretty rad hotel!
This does look wonderful. Thanks for the opportunity to win a stay in beautiful Victoria.
Gorgeous!
A couple days on the Island would be perfect!
Crossing fingers!
Sounds amazing!
Looks Beautiful!
I have a friend in Victoria and would love to go there for a few days to visit.
I’d love to go!
ANOTHER CHANCE AT VICTORIA….wooohoo
I’d love a break to “wind dowm”.
What a nice upscale place!
I would love to take my wife for a romantic getaway. Thanks!
I love Victoria and the Oswego is such a great hotel!
I would love to go for a visit to Victoria and stay with Oswego 🙂
Yes I definitely need a getaway after what happened in Vancouver!!! thanks for everyone who went downtown and helped clean up! I wish I could have gone myself to help!
I would love to go to Victoria!! Only been there once!
Looks beautiful!
It’s my birthday this month.
Some great hotels featured as prizes! I want to visit them all. 🙂
looks amazing!
Seems like a great place to stay
I haven’t been to Victoria in years. I would love to rediscover the city.
I love Oswego! Getting away for a weekend in Victoria is one of my favourite summer treats.
Going to Victoria has always been a dream of mine and it would be wonderful to go venture one of the world’s most beautiful cities.
I haven’t been to the island to visit my grandparents for years. They also come to the city as an outing. It would be a treat to visit them there.
Love how this hotel has a view!
YAY say we won, pls say we won :))
I have heard that this hotel is great. Would love a weekend in Victoria!
What a beautiful place to vacation in
looks like gorgeous place to stay
Looks amazing!
Victoria is beautiful and I love going for a weekend getaway! Haven’t had a chance to stay at the Oswego yet!
Yes please! Sounds like a great spot, and I love Victoria
I love James Bay!
Oh, that would be such a treat!
looks so lovely!
Victoria rocks!
This looks fabulous!
Great giveaway! Hope I win!
Summer is nearly here and this would be a great getaway.
What a great looking place to stay! And James Bay would be close to the Inner Harbour and other wonderful Victoria locations. Exciting!
This is a great hotel! Stayed there with the hubby and kids a couple of years ago, and it was fabulous!
Born and raised in Vancouver, and I’ve never been to Victoria! The Oswego Hotel looks like a great place to stay!
The hotel looks amazing! I love Victoria and could really use an excuse to go there soon 🙂
Entering!
Love to visit this place 🙂
Gorgeous hotel!
Looks beautiful!
was the hotel named for a British trading post that was founded in Oswego c. 1722
I haven’t been to Victoria for a long time. A trip is long overdue!
Very nice hotel, would love to stay there.
awesome thanks!
victoria is a beautiful city – would love the opportunity to explore its glamour!
Been TWELVE years since I’ve been to Victoria…would love to go!
I love Victoria…I’d love to go.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Had my farewell party at the Oswego hotel last may. Delicious food, excellent wine, gorgeous view and wonderful hospitality. Would love to come back 🙂
I take the ferry over to Victoria every year. It would be great to stay at this lovely hotel on my next trip.
Looks beautiful.
Cool!
A very urban, downtown getaway this week, huh? Beautiful. I’m game!
Delightful!
I would love to have an excuse to escape to the island
Really excited to have a chance to stay – heard many, many awesome things about the experience and the views!
Love these contests!
Please, can I win this one? 🙂
I’ve heard rave reviews about Oswego Hotel!
lovely! We love Victoria
I wanna win this sooooooo bad. I kinda miss victoria!!!
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would be a fun mini staycation! =)
here i am!!!!!! right here!!!!
Incredible prize!
I’m in. Maybe I’ll have better luck this time 🙂
This sounds great!
Crossing my fingers that I get to win this island vacay!
fingers crossed 🙂
I want to win!! Looks awesome
Yes please.
another great hotel. .I can’t wait go to back to Victoria.
Hope I’m not too late to enter this! <3
Wow. I haven’t been to Victoria in ages. This sounds like a good excuse to visit. 🙂
My bf and I are planning to go over there for a weekend getaway and it would be awesome to win this.
Another week and another one I would love to win. C’mon!
pick me pick me pick me! 🙂
Hope I win….Thanks
Would LOVE to win this!
I would like to go to Os we go! Send me back home! Thanks!
This looks amazing and I am oh-so in need of a holiday!!
If I win I will donate 20 goats to the pygmy village of your choosing.
A beautiful Victoria, my home town. Itd be great to visit family and enjoy this beautiful hotel
Wow, that sounds lovely!
haven’t been to victoria in 10 years! would love to visit.
I’m in Victoria every couple of months. Would be great to have a real getaway instead of staying with family!
What an awesome prize – who wouldn’t want this!
Would love to win this!
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That hotel looks gorgeous! Would love a romantic getaway to the island with the hubby.
what a great spot
It would be so wonderful to get away to the Island! Lovely prize indeed!
I live on the Island, but I’d love to get away from my house!
I would love to have a getaway with my husband to Victoria! Enter me in the draw please!
I need a vacation! I’m wrapping up a very long book project that contains several photos from the BC Archives (we obtained permission) and it would be great to stay in this gem of a hotel and visit the museum where the archival photo gems came from.
James Bay is beautiful! This would make a great little getaway!
a vacation is much needed – please!
Wow, this looks fantastic and would be a wonderful getaway. It has been quite a while since we’ve had a vacation with just the two of us.
would love to have a little getaway in Victoria!
Mmm! The view looks georgous over there!
I would love to win a stay at the Oswego Hotel. Thanks for the contest.
Oswego looks great!
@frugalwoman
Count me in!
I haven’t been to the island in a few years. It’s about time to visit again!
As always, this will be an amazing gift to celebrate my anniversary on July, hope we win it!! I love Victoria!
It’s Awesome. Is the way to spend your life luxurious!
Been to Vic but never stayed here. Would love a chance to check it out! Thx
Would love to play tourist in Victoria for the weekend and this would be a wonderful place to stay!
Looks beautiful, I would love to win this. Thank you.
Victoria is a lovely city. Haven’t visited since last summer – would love to go!
Victoria in Summer!
I ♥ Victoria
Great prize! Would love to win the chance to stay in such a great hotel.
Love this contest!
This would be amazing
These Backyard BC guys and gals are amazing. Thanks for pairing up with them. Would love to visit Victoria! Thank you.
Beautiful hotel… love spending time on the island!
Woud LOVE an excuse to visit Victoria. (It’s been years!) This hotel looks fab!
Looks awesome.
I’ve never heard of Oswego, but it sure looks beautiful.
Victoria is awesome!
I would love to win this!
I would like to take my fiance. He’s never been to Victoria!
We were just saying the other day how nice it would be to get to the island for a few days! And this hotel looks gorgeous….
Parents are coming to town…need to help them getaway – from me 😉
Would love to go back again this year and take a local vacation. It’s been far too many months since I’ve been to Victoria.
Looks fantastic there!
I’d love to win!!
I actually stayed here last weekend for the Victoria Dodgeball Championship, what a nice hotel!
i would love to stay at a nice hotel like this in victoria
I won two round trip flights on Harbour Air from Vancouver to Victoria, this would be the perfect prize round out the weekend!
Love traveling in my own backyard, and this looks beautiful!
Would be a wonderful place to stay when I come down for any of the wonderful Victoria summer events like #symphonysplash or #mosstreet #paint-in!
What an awesome hotel… I love Victoria – this looks like a fantastic place to stay!
I’d like a free fancy hotel trip to Victoria!
I love Victoria!
Yay Victoria!
This looks gorg!
This place looks awesome!
ditto Victoria!
its been years since ive been to victoria.
Here’s to potentially winning and not having to stay at the in-laws with their delightful baby screaming!
Love victoria!
Looks Divine!!! I would love to spend some time there and check out out!
Hope it’s not too late to enter 🙂
Haven’t been to Victoria in ages; would love to win this!
This would be so great!
sounds wonderful!
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Would be great!! supposed to be studying for a final tomorrow!! it would be a great BREAK!!
a hotel stay would be incredible.. definitely need a break
Nice hotel!
would love to win this beauty of a prize!
It does look nice. A modern touch to contrast with the older parliament buildings.
Wow — would love to win this wonderful prize!
oh I would love to get some time away.
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