Travel Sweepstakes in Fort Wayne, IN: Updated 2026 List for Local Winners

Fort Wayne residents currently have two verified national travel sweepstakes open to them, plus a recurring pattern of locally run getaway contests from the city's own tourism bureau. Neither national sweepstakes is exclusive to Fort Wayne, but both include every eligible Indiana resident, and one ties directly to a team and an airline the city already follows closely. This list focuses on sweepstakes you can confirm and enter right now, what each one actually requires, and where the local angle comes from.

It also explains the one gap worth knowing about before you search for a Fort Wayne-only contest that isn't currently documented as active.

Verification note: Program terms and availability can change. This page was checked against linked sources on October 15, 2026.

What's open to enter right now

Allegiant Travel Company is running the "2026 Colts Touchdown Town Flyaway Sweepstakes," a trip package tied to an Indianapolis Colts game, with entries accepted from 12:01 a.m. Pacific on September 14, 2026 through 11:59 p.m. Pacific on November 30, 2026, according to Allegiant Air's official rules.

Entry is free and handled through the promotion's landing page, not a mailed form, per Allegiant's promotion page. Separately, Viking Cruises, Inc. is running a Q3 2026 "2027 8-Day Journey" sweepstakes, awarding any 8-day 2027 river, ocean, or expedition voyage plus round-trip airfare for two.

It's open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states, D.C., and Canada, according to Viking's official rules, which covers Indiana and therefore Fort Wayne. Both are no-purchase-necessary promotions, meaning you don't need to book a flight or cruise to be eligible to win — you only need to submit an entry through the sponsor's own form.

Who in Fort Wayne actually qualifies

The Allegiant sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states and D.C. who are 21 or older, a group that includes Fort Wayne, but it specifically excludes residents of Florida and New York, and bars Allegiant and Indianapolis Colts employees and their households from entering, per Allegiant's official rules.

That exclusion doesn't appear on the shorter promotional landing page — only the full rules document states it — so an Indiana entrant should still read the complete terms rather than the summary page before assuming they qualify. The Viking sweepstakes carries a simpler eligibility line: any legal resident of the 50 states, D.C., or Canada can enter, with no age restriction stated beyond standard legal-resident requirements, according to Viking's official rules. Entry runs through vikingcruises.com/sweepstakes, or by mail using a Business Reply Card as an alternate method, administered by Marden-Kane, Inc., per Viking's rules page.

• Allegiant: 21+, all states and D.C. except Florida and New York
• Viking: all ages of legal residency, 50 states, D.C., and Canada
• Neither requires a purchase, a flight booking, or a cruise reservation to enter

Why the Allegiant sweepstakes has a real Fort Wayne connection

Allegiant Air is the largest carrier at Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), flying nonstop to eight destinations, including a Fort Lauderdale route that launched November 20, 2025, according to 21Alive News. That matters here because the sweepstakes sponsor is the same airline Fort Wayne travelers already book regularly, not an unfamiliar national brand with no local presence. The sweepstakes prize is also tied to an Indianapolis Colts game, which gives it a closer regional tie than most national travel promotions carry — the team plays about two hours south of Fort Wayne, and Allegiant's own route network already connects the two cities' travel patterns.

Visit Fort Wayne's own local getaway contests

Visit Fort Wayne, the city's official tourism bureau, has a documented pattern of running its own locally themed getaway sweepstakes, including a "Fourth of July" getaway and a "Summer Fun" getaway, each awarding winners local attraction tickets and an overnight hotel stay through an online entry form, according to Visit Fort Wayne's contest pages. A second seasonal version runs at visitfortwayne.com/plan/tools/contests/summer-fun-getaway. These contests are themed to the season they launch in, so the active one changes throughout the year.

The entry mechanism stays consistent — an online form on the bureau's own contests page — which makes that page the place to check for whatever getaway contest Visit Fort Wayne has running at a given time.

How to enter without wasting an entry

Before entering either national sweepstakes, confirm the details on the sponsor's full official rules page rather than a shorter promotional summary, since Allegiant's own landing page omits the Florida and New York exclusion that its full rules state, per Allegiant's official rules. The same practice applies to any sweepstakes: the landing page sells the prize, the rules page tells you if you're actually eligible. A chance to win is not the same as a guaranteed trip.

Entering both sweepstakes costs nothing but a few minutes, and reading the full rules first is what prevents a wasted entry on a state-excluded promotion.

• Check your state of residence against the sponsor's exclusion list before entering
• Confirm the entry window — the Allegiant sweepstakes closes November 30, 2026
• Use the sponsor's own entry form or mailing address, not a third-party page
• Note that "no purchase necessary" means entry is free, not that a prize is guaranteed to anyone who enters