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COMPETITION RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Enter Condé Nast Traveler's "Where Are You?" contest by sending a 3½-by-5-inch to 4¼-by-6-inch postcard with your name, address, and telephone number and correctly identifying the place shown in this month's installment of the "Where Are You?" contest to:
Condé Nast Traveler's "Where Are You?" Contest
P.O. Box 413050
Naples, FL 34101-3050
Enter online by filling out the online entry form at cntraveler.com and correctly identifying the place shown in this month's "Where Are You?" contest according to the instructions given on the contest page. By providing your e-mail address, you grant Sponsor the right to send you commercial messages and share your address with others, unless specified otherwise as indicated on the entry form.
2. Entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at Sponsors' 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. Use of bots or other automated process to enter is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or modify any promotion not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure, or technical failures of any sort. In the event of a dispute, entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
3. Only one correct answer will be registered per entrant per month for the Monthly drawings. For the Grand Prize drawing, contestants who have one registered correct answer at the end of the contest period (on or before January 9, 2009) will have one entry in the Grand Prize drawing; contestants with a total of two registered correct answers will have two; and so on. Condé Nast Traveler reserves the right to discontinue the contest at any time, in which event prizes will be awarded based on entries received to date.
4. For each issue, one potential Monthly winner of the contest will be chosen, on or after the eleventh day of the following month, in a random drawing of qualified entries that have correctly identified the location in that issue's "Where Are You?" contest. The potential winner will be notified by phone or 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. Each Monthly winner will receive an award of $1,000. There is no limit to the number of times a contestant may win the Monthly prize during the contest period. The Monthly winner's registered correct entry will be entered in the Grand Prize drawing.
6. One potential Grand Prize winner will be chosen, on or before February 25, 2009, in a random drawing of qualified entries that have correctly identified locations in the "Where Are You?" contests published in 2008. The potential winner will be notified by phone or 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.
7. The Grand Prize winner will receive a trip for two to one of the destinations featured in the 2008 "Where Are You?" contest. The choice of the destination is subject to approval by Condé Nast Traveler; disapproval may be based on potential danger, inordinate expense, or other factors. The Grand Prize will include accommodations for the winner and his/her guest for seven days and six nights, air transportation (coach) from the major commercial airport nearest the winner's home in the U.S. or Canada, and hotel transfers. Winner and travel companion must be available to travel on the same itinerary, as selected by Sponsor. Additional transportation, 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 is subject to availability and blackout dates, and accommodations are on a double-occupancy basis. Travel must be completed within 10 months of notification of the winner. No substitutions for the Grand Prize will be allowed except by Condé Nast Traveler, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. The retail value of the Grand Prize is approximately $10,000, depending on exact itinerary.
8. Income and other taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winners. Prizes are not transferable.
9. The contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, or Canada (except Quebec) who are 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry, except for employees of The Condé Nast Publications, participating promotional agencies, contributors to Condé Nast Traveler, and the families of any of the above.
10. The contest is subject to all federal, state, local, and provincial laws and regulations. Void outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Canada, in the Canadian province of Quebec, and where prohibited. In the event the winner is a resident of Canada, the winner may be required to correctly answer a time-limited arithmetical skill-testing question.
11. Odds of winning depend on the number of correct entries received.
12. All entries become the sole property of Condé Nast Traveler and will not be acknowledged or returned.
13. 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). The winners may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility, and the winners and the travel companion may be required to sign a liability and publicity release, which must be returned within 14 days of the attempted notification or an alternate winner may be chosen.
14. Contestants, by entering the "Where Are You?" contest, agree to be bound by the above rules and regulations. Sponsor is not responsible for errors in the administration or fulfillment of this sweepstakes, including without limitation mechanical, human, printing, distribution, or production errors, and may modify or cancel this promotion based upon such error at its sole discretion without liability.
15. For the names of the winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope, after the eleventh of each month but before August 25, 2009, to Condé Nast Traveler 2008 "Where Are You?" Contest Winners, 4 Times Square, New York, New York 10036. Sponsor: he Condé Nast Publications, 4 Times Square, New York, New York 10036.
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