The Sandals and Beaches "Vacation Giveaway"

NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 

1.  Eligibility: The Sandals and Beaches “Vacation Giveaway” (the “Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia), the United Kingdom, and Canada (excluding Quebec Province, where it is void) who are at least twenty-one (21) years old at the time of entry. Employees, officers and representatives of Unique Vacations, Inc., (the “Sponsor”), The US Sweepstakes & Fulfillment Co (“USSC”) and their respective affiliated companies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee (collectively, the “Promotion Entities”), are not eligible. Subject to all federal, state, municipal, provincial and local laws and regulations. Odds of winning the prize offered will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received.

2. Timing: The Promotion begins at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") April 1, 2009 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET, July 31, 2009 (the "Promotion Period").

3.  How to Enter: There are four (4) ways to enter the Promotion.

• Register: Go to www.sandals.com or www.beaches.com and follow the links and instructions for entry.  After you have fully completed the entry form and submitted the required information, you will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Promotion. 

• Book a Reservation: Goto www.sandals.com or www.beaches.com and book a reservation after entering the Promotion and you will receive five (5) Promotion entries.  Limit: You may receive up to five (5) entries during the Promotion Period through this method. 
  
  
• Friend Referral Program: After you enter the Promotion, you will have the option to enter the name and email address of up to five (5) friends, each of whom will be sent an email on your behalf. You may only refer persons with whom you have an existing personal relationship and who would not consider email from you to be spam. For each friend or family member who returns to the Web site and enters the Promotion, you will receive one (1) additional entry, up to five (5) entries during the Promotion Period.
  
  
• Free Method of Entry: To enter by mail, without completing the survey, during the Promotion Period send a 3”x5” piece of paper including your name, address (P.O. Boxes not permitted), day/evening phone number, email address and date of birth, and mail it, with proper postage, to: The Sandals and Beaches “Vacation Giveaway” (Q2-09), C/o USSC, 625 Panorama Trail (Bldg. 2, Suite 100), Rochester, NY 14625 U.S.A. All mailed entries must be postmarked by July 31, 2009 and received by August 7, 2009. Limit: One (1) entry per envelope. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or postage-due mailed entries, which will be disqualified.


• For all Entries: Limit: You may enter the Promotion up to eleven (11) times during the Promotion Period, regardless of your method of entry. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. 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. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

4.  Drawing: The Grand Prize Drawing will be conducted in accordance with these Official Rules, on or about Agust 14, 2009. The random drawing will be conducted from amongst all eligible entries received on Sponsor's behalf by the US Sweepstakes & Fulfillment Company, an Independent Promotion Administrator (the “IPA”), acting as agent for the Sponsor, and whose decisions as to the fair administration of the Promotion and the selection of the potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Any entrant selected as the potential Grand Prize winner must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by mail, phone, or email, and must sign and return to the IPA, within ten (10) days of the date of notice or attempted notice is sent, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release (if U.S. resident) or a Declaration of Compliance (if Canadian resident) or a Confirmation of Eligibility Form, and Liability/Publicity Release (if United Kingdom resident) (collectively, the “Releases”) in order to claim his/her prize. If the potential Grand Prize winner cannot be contacted, the prize is returned as undeliverable, or he/she fails to sign and return the Releases within the required time period, that potential winner forfeits the prize and the IPA will award said prize to an alternate. Only two (2) alternate winners will be selected, after which the prize will remain un-awarded. Potential winners from Canada will be required to correctly answer a time-limited skill testing question without any assistance in order to be eligible to receive the Grand Prize or the Grand Prize will be forfeited.

5.  Grand Prize: There is one (1) Grand Prize being offered of a package to a Sandals or Beaches Resort of winner's choice, consisting of six (6) nights accommodations for two (2) in winner’s choice of suite (single room, double occupancy) at a Sandals or Beaches resort of winner's choice and meals/beverages at that resort. AIRFARE/TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN WINNER'S HOME AND THE SANDALS OR BEACHES RESORT WINNER SELECTS IS NOT INCLUDED. Winner must redeem the package within one (1) year from date prize is awarded. If winner is unable to redeem the package within the time period required, the prize will be forfeited. The package is subject to availability and blackout dates. The choice of the suite and resort is based on availability. Request must be placed no less than sixty (60) days prior to requested departure date. Winner must obey local laws in regard to lodging restrictions. All expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package description above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, airfare, passports and other documents related to foreign travel, personal charges at lodging, telecommunication charges, security fees, taxes or other expenses or incidentals are the responsibility solely of winner. Winner's companion must be twenty-one (21) years old as of the date of departure and must travel on the same itinerary and at the same time as the winner. Winner's companion must also execute liability/publicity releases prior to travel. Winner and companion are solely responsible for obtaining documents necessary for international travel, i.e. passports (if applicable). Restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. Approximate Retail Value: $4,995 USD. No substitution, assignment or transfer of the prize is permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute the prize or prize component with another of comparable or greater value. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.

6.  Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes winner's consent to Sponsor’s use of winner's name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.

7. Agreement to Official Rules: By participating in the Promotion, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and the IPA, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion.

8.  General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Promotion if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Promotion, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

9.  Release: By receipt of any prize, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless the Promotion Entities, each of their related companies, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, and agents from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Promotion or receipt or use of any prize. For United Kingdom residents, this Release does not apply to claims for personal injury or death caused by the negligence of Sponsor or Administrator.

10.  Limitations of Liability: The Promotion Entities are not responsible for: (i) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technology outage, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries, whether caused by the sender or any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (ii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (iv) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (v) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant's computer, hardware or software, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Promotion. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in a similar, future Promotion, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Promotion, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, in its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.

11.  Disputes: Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Promotion, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court of the Sponsor’s choosing, in the state of Florida, U.S.A.; (ii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Promotion but in no event attorneys' fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida, U.S.A., without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida, U.S.A.

12.  Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to the Privacy Policy for Sponsor that can be linked from http://www.sandals.com or http://www.beaches.com.

13.  Winner Confirmation: For a written confirmation of the Grand Prize Winner’s name and city of residence, send a SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope), after August 14, 2009, but no later than September 11, 2009, to; The Sandals and Beaches “Vacation Giveaway” (Q2-09), Winner Confirmation Request, C/o USSC, PO Box 25497, Rochester, NY 14625 U.S.A.

14.  Sponsor: Unique Vacations, Inc., Worldwide Representative for Sandals and Beaches Resorts, 4950 S.W. 72nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33155, U.S.A.

15.  Independent Promotion Administrator: The US Sweepstakes & Fulfillment Company, 625 Panorama Trail (Bldg. 2, Suite 100), Rochester, NY 14625, USA.

Void in Puerto Rico, Quebec and wherever else prohibited or restricted.

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