Thanks for your interest in the Lonely Planet Travel Tips promotion. We love to see your tips on Facebook, but to be eligible for the promotion responses must be submitted via email to responsibletravel@lonelyplanet.com – please see below for full terms and conditions.
Terms & Conditions
Here are the terms and conditions which apply to Lonely Planet’s Travel Tips promotion. Please read them carefully, as they contain important stuff you should know.
Who’s running the show?
The promoter is Lonely Planet Publications Inc of 150 Linden Street, Oakland, California, 94607, United States of America.
This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You understand that you are providing your information to Lonely Planet, and not to Facebook and you completely release Facebook from any claims in relation to this promotion.
Information about the prizes, how to enter and compliance with Facebook’s Terms of Use, form part of these conditions of entry. By entering the promotion, these conditions of entry apply to your entry. Any changes to these conditions of entry will be, subject to regulatory approval, published on Lonely Planet’s website at http://www.lonelyplanet.com/blog/travel-tips-promotion-terms-and-conditions/ so you should check these conditions of entry regularly.
These conditions of entry are governed by the laws of the United States.
The laws in some places don’t allow Lonely Planet to run this promotion, in which case the promotion and these conditions of entry are void in those places. Also, you can’t enter this promotion if you (or your immediate families or housemates) are employed by Lonely Planet or its subsidiaries and affiliated companies.
How do I play?
To enter, you must have access to an active email account and be 18 years or older at the time of entry. You don’t have to buy anything to enter. The promotion will run between 12:01am PDT on 15 July 2013 and 11:59pm PDT on 27 July 2013. During this period, on two occasions, at times to be determined by the Promoter, a statement will be posted to the Promoter’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/lonelyplanet. The first statement will request entrants to submit their best eco travel tip and the second statement will request entrants to submit their best volunteer travel tip. All responses must be submitted via email to responsibletravel@lonelyplanet.com. Entrants will have 48 hours to submit their response via email from the time the statement posted. Your entry is received at the time Lonely Planet receives it. Incomplete and invalid entries will not be accepted. If your entry gets lost in cyberspace or doesn’t arrive for any other reason, that’s not Lonely Planet’s fault.
Lonely Planet might have to extend the dates of the promotion but only if it’s totally unavoidable (for example, if the competition entry page is unavailable for 24 hours or more) and we’ll let you know if we do.
How do you pick the winner?
Rather than consulting tea leaves, the winner will be selected by a panel of 3 judges, who will review all the eligible entries and then choose the best response. This unenviable task will happen in a small, dark room at 150 Linden Street Oakland, CA 94607 48 hours after each request is posted when entries for that travel tip request have closed (or at an undisclosed location otherwise determined as required by Lonely Planet). The judges’ decision is final (so there!) and no correspondence will be entered into, even if you think that sucks. Lady luck has nothing to do with this promotion.
Lonely Planet reserves the right to disqualify any entrant who has engaged in unlawful or improper conduct that is designed to jeopardise the fair conduct of the promotion or is generally damaging to the reputation of Lonely Planet, or has otherwise breached these conditions of entry (as determined in Lonely Planet’s sole discretion).
Lonely Planet can cancel or modify the promotion if there are compelling technical or administrative reasons which we cannot control. If that happens, Lonely Planet will choose the winner(s) from all eligible entries received at that time.
What can I win?
First prize consists of: A pair of limited edition TOMS shoes in the size of your choice, subject to availability (provided by Lonely Planet) approximate retail value US$58. There will be 10 prizes awarded for the best response to each statement, with 20 prizes in total awarded for this promotion. Total prize pool is US$1,160
Prize value is accurate at the start of the promotion.
How do I find out if I won?
We’ll give the winner the good news by email and their name(s) will be published on Lonely Planet’s Facebook page within 2 days after selection. If you’re riddled with curiosity, send an email to CS_Comps@lonelyplanet.com.au (including the name of the promotion) within 3 months of the closing date of the promotion, and we’ll respond and tell you who won.
Lonely Planet will do its best to find the winner. But if we can’t, or if the winner hasn’t accepted the prize by 30 November 2013, the next best entry will be declared winner.
If you do win …
We may ask you to provide proof of identify, residency and age, so that we are sure you are who you say you are, and are eligible to receive the prize. We’ll decide whether the proof you provide is adequate (but generally speaking, a certified copy of your passport or drivers’ licence will be sufficient). If you can’t provide, or refuse to provide, suitable proof, then unfortunately you will be disqualified, and we will choose another winner (subject to the direction of regulatory authorities).
You can’t exchange the prize for cash, or ask us to give it to someone else (not that you’d want to!). We will use reasonable efforts to award the prize as described but if, due to unforeseen circumstances, we are unable to do that, we’ll substitute it either for cash or another prize of comparable value, but we’ll decide which.
You are responsible for your use of the prize, including complying with any applicable terms and conditions of use. Of course, if you win a prize, you’ll be good and comply with all relevant laws, rules and regulations.
Lonely Planet is not responsible for use of the prize which results in:
(a) loss that was not reasonably foreseeable;
(b) loss that was not caused by our breach of this deed or by our negligence;
(c) business losses (such as lost data, lost profits or business interruptions) or loss suffered by non-consumers;
(d) losses caused by factors which could reasonably be considered to be outside our control (such as faults in third party equipment, or delayed or cancelled flights); and
(e) any loss caused, or contributed to, by your breach of conditions of entry or your negligence.
What happens to my entry?
You agree that all of your entry is your own work. On submission, your entry becomes the property of Lonely Planet. You give Lonely Planet a worldwide, irrevocable licence to reproduce, publish, adapt, communicate and broadcast all or part of it in any form and media, in relation to the Travel Tips promotion. You also consent to us editing, re-using, storing, reproducing and communicating your entry in any medium. Generally, we will attribute you as the author where possible, but in some circumstances, we may decide not to.
Lonely Planet and its promotional partners will only use the personal information contained in your entry to conduct the promotion and award the prize (but if you’ve told Lonely Planet that you want to receive stuff from us and/or our promotional partners, we’ll use your personal information for that too). If you win a prize, Lonely Planet can use your name and photograph for future marketing purposes unless you tell us not to. We will keep your personal information in accordance with Lonely Planet’s privacy policy at http://www.lonelyplanet.com/legal/privacy-policy .