OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

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.  

4. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:  Expenses not specifically included in prize description and all taxes are the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner.  No transfer, assignment or substitution of a prize permitted.   The Grand Prize Winner is required to comply with any and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations.  Sponsor shall have no responsibility or obligation to a Winner who is unable or unavailable to accept or utilize the Prize. Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decision of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes. By entering, Entrant grants permission for Sponsor, and any of its affiliates and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers to use the entrant’s submission (including an altered form of the entry), if any, for editorial, advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. Additionally, acceptance of the Prize by Winner constitutes permission for Sponsor and any affiliates and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers to use Winner’s name and/or likeness and biographical material for editorial, advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. Sponsor is not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the announcement of the Prize. Grand Prize Winner and traveling companion may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and where legally permissible a Publicity Release within one (1) business day following the date of first attempted notification.  Failure to comply with this deadline may result in forfeiture of the prize and selection of an alternate Winner.  Return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate Winner. By entering the Sweepstakes, Winner agrees to release, indemnify, discharge, and hold Sponsor, Employees of Pepsi/Lipton Tea Partnership, Pepsi-Cola Company, its bottlers, Track Marketing Group, LLC, Golin & Harris, its advertising and promotion agencies, prize suppliers and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representative agents, successors, assigns, officers, directors, and employees harmless for any and all claims, liability, costs, losses, damages, or injuries of any kind (including death) or damage caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the Sweepstakes or acceptance or use of the Prize.

5. INTERNET:  Sponsor is not responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor or presenter on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof.  If for any reason the Internet portion is not capable of running the Sweepstakes as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right in Sponsor's sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes.  Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the Sweepstakes process in any way.  Sponsor may prohibit an individual from participating in this Sweepstakes if Sponsor determines that said individual is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception or other unfair playing practices or intending to abuse, threaten or harass other individuals who participate in the Sweepstakes.  Caution: Any attempt by an individual to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such individual to the fullest extent of the law.

6. DISPUTES/CHOICE OF LAW: Except where prohibited, you agree that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state or federal courts situated in New York, NY, (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys' and/or experts' fees and costs; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4) you hereby waive all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased.  New York State law, without reference to New York’s choice of law rules, governs the Sweepstakes and all aspects related thereto. 

7. SPONSOR:  The Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is Hearst Communications, Inc., 300 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019. 

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.