1. HOW TO ENTER: Harper’s Bazaar Magazine Me Before You London Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”).
Go to harpersbazaar.com/mebeforeyou
starting May 17, 2016, at 12:01 AM. ET, ending June 5, 2016, at 11:59 PM ET, on
a computer or wireless device and complete and submit the entry form pursuant
to the onscreen instructions. 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) Grand Prize Winner (“Grand Prize
Winner”) will win a trip for two (2) people to London (the “Prize(s)”). The
trip for two includes: (i) round-trip coach air transportation for two (2)
people from major airport nearest winner’s residence to a London-area airport
(ARV: $3,200, which may vary depending on the location of the Winner’s
residence, blackout dates may apply); (ii) three (3)-nights boutique hotel
accommodations (one room, standard accommodations, double occupancy)(ARV: $1,520);
and (iii) one (1) full-day tour to Oxford, Cotswolds, Stratford-Upon-Avon and
Warwick Castle for two (2) people (ARV:$275). Total approximate retail value: $4,995.
Hotel accommodations are at Sponsor’s
discretion, subject to availability, and blackout dates may apply. Travel arrangements
must be made at least 60 days prior to departure. Trip must be completed within one (1) year
from the end-date of the Sweepstakes or Prize will be forfeited. Once
scheduled, the itinerary cannot be altered and failure of Winner to follow such
a schedule shall not obligate Sponsor in any way to provide the Winner with
alternate arrangements. Winner will be solely responsible for all meals, incidental
expenses, tips and gratuities, income and other taxes, ground transportation,
and all other costs and expenses not otherwise specified herein. All travelers
must possess valid travel documents. The travel companion(s) of Winner must
execute a Publicity/Liability Release prior to departure. If a Winner doesn’t
respond to winner notification within five (5) business days, the Prize will be
forfeited and alternative winner will be selected.
WINNER SELECTION: Grand
Prize Winner (the
“Winner”) will be selected on or about June 13, 2016, 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 Harper’s
Bazaar Magazine, whose decisions are final.
Odds of winning will depend upon the total number of eligible entries
received. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Grand Prize
Winner will be notified via phone or e-mail at Sponsor’s discretion on or
about June 13, 2016. In the event the
Winner doesn’t respond to Sponsor’s notification or does not accept the prize
within five (5) business days 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 name of the Winner, send a separate
self-addressed, stamped envelope to Harper’s
Bazaar Magazine, Floor 10, Harper’s
Bazaar Magazine Me Before You London
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 United 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., Warner
Bros Entertainment
Inc. (“Warner Bros.”)., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. (“MGM”), 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 Winner. No transfer, assignment or substitution of a
prize permitted. The Winner is required
to comply with any and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and
regulations. If the actual retail value of any Winner’s prize is $600 or more,
the Winner must complete a W9 form and supply Sponsor with his/her social
security number for tax purposes. An IRS
Form 1099 will be issued in the name of the Winner for the actual value of the
prizes received. 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 may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a
Liability Release and where legally permissible a Publicity Release within two
(2) business days 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, each Winner agrees to release, indemnify,
discharge, and hold Sponsor, Warner Bros., MGM, 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 of the 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.
Warner
Bros., MGM and each of their respective parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries
are not responsible for the promotion, administration, or execution of this
Sweepstakes.
Me Before You © 2016 Warner Bros.
Entertainment Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.