Official Rules
DAILY NEWS BRIDAL SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES - NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER
TO ENTER: Complete entry form or provide your name, address, age, daytime and evening phone on a piece of paper or index card and send your completed entry via 1st class mail in a #10 envelope to DAILY NEWS BRIDAL SWEEPSTAKES, P.O. Box 3309, GPO, New York, NY 10116 or enter online at http://www.nydailynews.com/contests/index.html. Entries must be received no later than 5pm EST on March 16, 2008. No mechanically reproduced or illegible entries accepted. Daily News, L.P. (“Sponsor”) is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, postage-due, incomplete, mutilated entries and unsuccessful attempts to enter. Express, Priority, Registered, Certified or oversized mail is ineligible. If there is a dispute as to the identity of the online entrant, the prize will be awarded to the authorized account holder of the e-mail address. The “authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person to whom the e-mail address is assigned by an internet service provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Sweepstakes begins on February 24, 2008 and ends at 5 PM EST on March 16, 2008.
LIMIT: ONLY ONE (1) ENTRY PER PERSON AND PER MAILING ADDRESS AND PER EMAIL ADDRESS. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple or different identities or by any other method will void that participant’s entries, and that participant may be disqualified at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
PRIZE AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE:
Grand Prize (1): ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED.. A Sandals Resorts prize certificate valid for two (2) adults to spend five (5) days and four (4) nights in a deluxe hotel room (one king size bed) at any one (1) of seven (7) Sandals Resorts located in Jamaica. This trip includes meals at the Sandals Resort, unlimited premium brand beverages, nightly entertainment, land and water sports, including scuba diving (for certified divers), snorkeling, gratuities, and on-island ground transportation to and from the destination airport. Sandals Resorts include:
- Sandals Inn - Montego Bay, Jamaica
- Sandals Montego Bay - Montego Bay, Jamaica
- Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Private Island - Montego Bay, Jamaica
- Sandals Negril Beach Resort & Spa - Negril, Jamaica
- Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Beach & Villa Resort - Ocho Rios, Jamaica
- Sandals Dunn’s River Villaggio Golf Resort & Spa - Ocho Rios, Jamaica
- Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa - Westmoreland, Jamaica
Grand Prize also includes roundtrip airfare for winner and guest departing from a New York metro area airport chosen by Sponsor to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Guest must be at least 18 years of age. Winner must pay a processing fee of $25.00 for the deluxe hotel room per night. Prize must be redeemed within one year from the sweepstakes end date. No extension will be given after the prize has expired. Prize is subject to availability and selected blackout dates, including but not limited to seven (7) days prior to or after any major U.S. holiday. Other restrictions will apply. Hotel reservations will not be confirmed until thirty (30) days prior to winner’s selected departure date.
Approximate Retail Value of Grand Prize: $3,000.
DRAWING: Winner will be determined in a random drawing to be conducted on or about March 11, 2008 from all eligible entries. An independent judge whose decisions are final shall conduct random drawing. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Grand Prize winner and his/her guest will be required to execute affidavits of eligibility and releases. If such documents are not returned, properly signed, notarized and completed within seven (7) days of issuance of notification, or if any prize notification is returned as undeliverable, winner may be disqualified, at Sponsors’ sole discretion and an alternate winner may be selected in a similar random drawing. Upon prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given.
ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes is free to enter and open to legal U.S. residents (except FL and RI residents) 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Employees and the immediate family or those living in the same household as employees of the Daily News, L.P., Unique Vacations, Inc., Sandals Resorts, Air Jamaica and their respective parent companies, distributors, divisions, promotional licensees, promotional partners, promotional agencies, prize providers, agencies, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, owners and agents, are ineligible to enter. Sweepstakes void where prohibited by law and is subject to federal, state and local laws. New York law governs this sweepstakes.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winner is responsible for federal, state and local taxes. No substitution of prize permitted by winner. Prize is not for resale, cannot be redeemed for cash, is not transferable or exchangeable, and cannot be used in conjunction with any discount, premium or rebate offer. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize with a prize of equal or greater value if prize is unavailable. Entry constitutes entrant’s certification that he/she meets the eligibility requirements set forth in these official rules. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use name, photographs and likeness of winner and his/her guest for purposes of advertising and promotion without additional notice, approval, consent or compensation, unless prohibited by law. Winner and his/her guest are responsible for any activities not included in the Grand Prize, including, without limitation, all local, long distance, or international telephone calls, Red Lane® Spa treatments and services, specialty dining, tours & excursions, inter-island transportation, SCUBA certification courses, island departure taxes, purchases made at the Sandals Specialty Shops, merchandise, souvenirs, incidental expenses, travel insurance, ground transportation (other than to/from destination airport) or any other costs and expenses not mentioned herein. Each Air Jamaica passenger will be responsible for a $75.00 administrative fee per person plus applicable travel taxes. The tickets are valid until February 28, 2009 and are subject to availability and the following blackout periods, when travel is prohibited: December 15 to January 7, July1 through September 15, four days before/after any major U.S. holiday, and seven days before/after Easter. Ground transportation to and from origination airport in NY metro area not provided. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned due to, without limitation, errors in these Official Rules or advertising for this sweepstakes, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, human error or any other cause beyond the control of Sponsor that, in the sole judgment of Sponsor, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes.. By entering, entrants agree at all times to defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless Daily News, L.P., Unique Vacations, Inc., Sandals Resorts, Air Jamaica and their respective parent companies, distributors, divisions, promotional licensees, promotional partners, promotional agencies, prize providers, agencies, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, owners and agents from and against any and all claims, actions, liabilities, injuries, death, accidents, losses or damages of any kind resulting directly or indirectly from any and all activity related to entering and/or participating in this Sweepstakes or from the acceptance or use of prize. If due to a printing, production or other error, more prizes are claimed than are intended to be awarded, the prize will be awarded in a random drawing from among all verified and validated entry forms. In no event will more than one (1) Grand Prize be awarded. Entries that are obtained through unauthorized sources are void. By participating in this sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules. For the name of prize winner, send a stamped, self addressed envelope after Match 10, 2008 to: Winners’ List, Daily News Bridal Sweepstakes, at the address below. Requests received without a self-addressed, stamped envelope will not be filled. Requests for winners’ lists will be honored up to six (6) months after final drawing date. Sweepstakes sponsor: Daily News, L.P., 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001.