There is always an excuse for a hotel break, so we have teamed up with Hotelgift to give one lucky reader the chance to win a gift card to the value of £500.

The card can be redeemed at any one of over 110,000 hotels in 170 countries across the globe.

By gifting the experience of a hotel stay, Hotelgift creates memories that will last forever and with no catch and no limitations, the gift card’s monetary value provides those who love to travel complete freedom to book wherever and whenever they want.

The winner can choose from 140 of the world’s best-known hotel brands, or a range of independent and boutique hotels - all easily bookable via the Hotelgift website. With so many properties to choose from, lucky recipients of a Hotelgift card will find hotels to suit all tastes and budgets.

Hotelgift is an ideal solution for anyone struggling with a Christmas, birthday, wedding, anniversary, thank you, retirement or office leaving gift idea. Taking the onus off the gifter yet conferring ‘paramount present giver’ status, it gives the giftee the power to choose the dates, location and a hotel to suit them.

Hotelgift offers various options to deliver the delight: a customisable digital gift card that can be emailed or printed for hand delivery; a luxury printed gift card with a handwritten message; or a video greeting that can be sent alongside your ecard.

For more information or to purchase a Hotelgift card, visit the Hotel Gift website.