AS A CONDITION OF WINNING THE GRAND PRIZE, THE GRAND PRIZE
WINNER MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR TRAVEL ON OCTOBER 23, 2015.
1. HOW TO ENTER: The Cosmopolitan Magazine Lipton Be More Tea
Festival Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”). Go to http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lipton starting September 8,
2015 at 12:01 AM. ET, ending October 1, 2015 at 11:59 PM ET, on a computer or
wireless device and complete and submit the entry form. Important Notice: You
may be charged for visiting the mobile website in accordance with the terms of
your service agreement with your carrier. Please consult your wireless service provider
regarding your pricing plan. You must use a Smartphone device to participate
via your mobile phone. Not all mobile phone providers carry the necessary
service to participate. Check your phone capabilities for specific Internet
instructions. If your data usage exceeds what is allotted by your data plan,
you could be subject to additional fees by your carrier. Please contact your
mobile service provider with any questions regarding your bill. Winners/Prizes
and Approximate Retail Value: One
(1) Winner will win a trip for two (2) people to the Lipton® Be More
Tea Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, scheduled for October 24, 2015 (the
“Prize(s)”). The trip for two to the Lipton® Be More Tea Festival includes:
(i) round-trip coach air transportation for two (2) people from major airport
nearest winner’s residence within the contiguous United States or DC to a Charleston,
SC area airport (ARV: up to $1,400). Airport, carrier and itinerary selected by
Sponsor. Travel will commence on October 23, 2015, returning to winner’s home
on October 25, 2015; (ii) two (2)-night hotel accommodations (one room, standard
accommodations, double occupancy)(ARV: $650); (iii) a $200 check for spending
money (may be used at Winner’s discretion); (iv) ground transportation to and
from the airport in Charleston, SC and ground transportation to and from hotel
and festival in Charleston (ARV: $350); (v) two (2) passes to the Lipton®
Be More Tea Festival, scheduled for October 24, 2015 in Charleston (ARV: $0);
and (vii) two (2) passes for meet and greets with a least two (2) festival
artists. Total approximate retail value: $2,600. (Winner will be taxed on all
actual costs of trip, this is just an estimate as flights may vary depending on
winner’s departure city.)
The
Winner is strictly prohibited from selling, auctioning, trading or otherwise
transferring the festival passes unless Sponsor consents in writing. If, for
whatever reason, the festival is cancelled or rescheduled after the tickets are
ticketed, no compensation will be paid in lieu of any cancelled or rescheduled event. No responsibility is assumed by Sponsor if
the festival is cancelled, rescheduled, delayed or postponed, in whole or in
part. Unused tickets cannot be refunded
or exchanged. Trip must be taken on dates
as indicated by Sponsor, to correspond with date of the festival. In the event
the Winner is unable to attend the festival, then the Winner will forfeit the
prize and an alternative Winner will be selected. In the event the Festival
and/or the meet and greet(s) are cancelled or postponed for any reason, Sponsor
reserves the right to award the remainder of the prize with no further
obligation to the Winner. In the event
the winner lives within 200 miles from destination, alternative
transportation to air travel will be provided and no additional
compensation will be provided. All travelers must possess valid travel
documents. The travel companion of Winner must execute a Publicity/Liability
Release prior to departure and must be 18 years or older at time of departure. Once the travel schedule has been arranged, it
cannot be altered and failure of Winner to follow such schedule shall not
obligate Sponsor in any way to provide the winner with alternate arrangements. Winner
will be solely responsible for all other costs and expenses not specified
herein. If a Winner doesn’t respond to winner notification within one (1)
business day or is unable to travel on the dates specified above, the Prize
will be forfeited and alternative winner will be selected. In the event a prize
winner (and/or his or her companion(s) (if applicable)) engage in behavior that
(as determined by Sponsor or any prize provider in its or their sole and
absolute discretion) is obnoxious, inappropriate, or threatening, illegal or
that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, Sponsor
reserves the right to terminate the trip or other applicable experience early.
WINNER SELECTION: Winner be selected on
or about October 2, 2015 in a random drawing from among all eligible entries
received. In the event the Sponsor does
not receive any eligible entries, the Sponsor has the right to cancel the
Sweepstakes. Drawing will be conducted
by Cosmopolitan Magazine, whose decisions are final. Odds of winning will depend upon the total
number of eligible entries received. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Winner will be
notified via phone or e-mail at Sponsor’s discretion on or about October 2,
2015. In the event the Winner doesn’t
respond to Sponsor’s notification or does not accept the prize within one (1)
business day of notification, the prize will be deemed forfeited and an
alternate Winner will be selected. In the event that any one or more potential
Winner(s) fails to respond as stated above, declines the prize, such Winner(s)
will be deemed to forfeit the prize and Sponsor will select an alternate
Winner(s) from the remaining eligible entrants. If any alternate(s) similarly
fails to respond or declines the prize, Sponsor will use a reasonable number of
attempts, in its discretion, to award the prize(s) to another alternate(s) but
if it is unable to do so, the prize(s) will be finally forfeited and Sponsor
shall have no further liability in connection with this Sweepstakes. LIST OF WINNERS: For the names of the Winners, send a separate
self-addressed, stamped envelope to Cosmopolitan Magazine, Floor 38, Cosmopolitan Magazine The Lipton Be More Tea
Festival Sweepstakes Winners’ List, Hearst Communications, Inc., 300 West 57th Street NY, NY 10019
within two (2) months from the end of the Sweepstakes.
2. ELIGIBILITY:
Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous
states and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years or older at the time of
entry. Void in Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii and where prohibited by law. Employees
of Hearst Communications, Inc., Employees of Pepsi/Lipton Tea Partnership,
Pepsi-Cola Company, its bottlers, Track Marketing Group, LLC, Golin &
Harris, each of their respective parents, affiliates and subsidiaries,
participating advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers (and
members of their immediate family and/or those living in the same of household
of each such employees whether legally related or not) are not eligible.
3. ENTRIES:
Limit one (1) entry per person and per e-mail address per day. Multiple entries from the same person on the
same day will be disqualified. Entries
become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Proof of submission does not constitute proof
of receipt. Inaccurate, lost, late,
misdirected or incomplete or entry forms that have been tampered with will be
disqualified. Entrants must have valid
email address and it is entrant’s responsibility to update Sponsor of any
change in email address. If there is a
dispute as to the identity of an online entrant, the prize will be awarded to
the authorized account holder of the email address. The “authorized account holder” is defined as
the natural person to whom the email address is assigned by an internet service
provider, online service provider, carrier, or other organization (e.g.,
business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning the
email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email
address.
Pepsi/Lipton
Tea Partnership, Pepsi-Cola Company, its bottlers, Track Marketing Group, LLC,
Golin & Harris and its parent, affiliates, and subsidiaries are not
responsible for the promotion, administration, or execution of this
Sweepstakes.