Yes, yes, we do have to have rules.... They may look like a lot, but we assure you, they're quite straightforward!
Contest Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
1. Enter the Inspira Insiders contest by sending an email with your insider tip on exploring Buenos Aires to insiders@inspiratravel.com. Your email should also include your full name. By providing your e-mail address, you grant Inspira Travel (Sponsor) the right to send you commercial messages, unless specified otherwise as indicated on the entry form. By providing your tip, you also grant Inspira Travel the right to use your tip in its commercial and promotional activities without compensation. We respect your privacy and will not share your information with any third parties.
2. Entries that are lost, late, misdirected, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at Sponsor´s servers or elsewhere, will not be eligible. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Web site.
3. Up to three insider tips will be registered per entrant for the drawing. Contestants who have one registered insider tip at the end of the contest period (on or before September 15, 2009) will have one entry in the prize drawings; contestants providing a total of two insider tips will have two; and so on. The tips may be provided in one email or in separate emails. Tips must be provided in either Spanish or English.
In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, the authorized account holder, at time of entry, of the email address used to register for the Contest will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
4. Contest winners will be chosen, on or after the first day of the following month. The potential winner will be notified by phone or e-mail. If the potential winner cannot be contacted within 14 days of attempted notification, an alternate winner may be chosen. All decisions by the judges are final.
5. The Grand Prize winner will receive two nights at Casa Calma wellness hotel in Buenos Aires, for self and a companion. Breakfast and hotel taxes are included. Transportation, additional meals, in-room charges (e.g., minibar, movies), telephone calls, gratuities, incidentals, and all other expenses are not included. Prize elements subject to availability, certain restrictions, and blackout dates. Scheduling must be made through Inspira Travel, and is subject to availability and blackout dates. Accommodations are on a double-occupancy basis. Travel must be completed within 10 months of notification of the winner. No substitutions for the First Prize will be allowed except by Inspira Travel, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. The retail value of the First Prize is approximately US$600, depending on exact travel dates. Invitation to the Fernet tasting will be for a set date, to be determined and communicated in advance by the organizers, and will take place in Buenos Aires. The Boutique Shopping Tour will be booked via Inspira Travel on available dates as noted by the tour organizer. Prizes are non-transferable.
6. Income and other taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winners. Prizes are not transferable.
7. The contest is open to all participants who are 21 years of age or older as of the date of entry, except for employees of Inspira Travel, participating promotional agencies, providers, and the families of any of the above.
8. Odds of winning depend on the number of correct entries received.
9. All entries become the sole property of Inspira Travel and will not be acknowledged or returned.
10. Acceptance of a prize constitutes consent to use the winners' (and the Grand Prize traveling companion's) names and likenesses for editorial, advertising, and publicity purposes without further compensation (except where prohibited).
11. Contestants, by entering the Inspira Insiders contest, agree to be bound by the above rules and regulations.
