The Airbnb Destination : Honeymoon Contest

Rules

SPONSOR
Contest is sponsored by Airbnb, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 99 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA USA ("Sponsor").

The 2011 Airbnb Destination: Honeymoon contest ("the “Contest”)submission time-frame begins June 20, 2011 at 8:00:00 a.m. US Pacific Standard Time and ends July 15, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. US Pacific Standard Time. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of these official rules (“Official Rules”). By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to the Official Rules and warrants that his or her entry complies with all requirements set out in the Official Rules. This is a story-based contest and chance plays no part in the determination of winners.

WHO MAY ENTER
Contest is open only to individuals who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry and who do NOT reside in Arizona, Cuba, Iran, New Jersey, North Korea, Puerto Rico, the Province of Quebec, Sudan, Syria or Vermont. Employees of Airbnb, Inc, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such employees, whether or not related are not eligible. CONTEST IS VOID IN ARIZONA, CUBA, IRAN, NEW JERSEY, NORTH KOREA, PUERTO RICO, THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, SUDAN, SYRIA, VERMONT AND WHERE PROHIBITED.

ELIGIBILITY: The Airbnb Ultimate: Honeymoon Contest ("Contest") is open to two-person couples, each member of which:
a) Is 21 years of age or older at the time of entry; and
b) Is lawfully married to the other member of the couple at the time of entry or will be lawfully married by September 15, 2011 (for purposes of these Official Rules the term "lawfully married" also includes couples who intend to unite in a commitment ceremony; "wedding" includes commitment ceremony; and
c) Is willing and able to go on a honeymoon for a period of 6 nights and 7 days during the dates of September 8, through September 15, 2011. This honeymoon will be potentially broadcast on the Internet and otherwise publicized;
d) and Is of good moral character, has never been convicted of a felony of any nature or any crime of violence, and has nothing in his/her background that would be an embarrassment to Sponsor should Entrant be selected as a winner in the Contest; and
e) Is willing to undergo a background check conducted by Sponsor or its agent and to sign all requested waiver, consent and authorization forms authorizing the release of personal and background information for the purpose of such background check; and
f) Is willing to comply in full with these Official Rules and all other terms and conditions of the Contest; and
Is not excluded from eligibility by these Official Rules and/or the other terms and conditions of the Contest; and
g) Must be able to make the time commitment to attend the honeymoon; and
i) has a valid and current passport to travel to both destinations.
h) Is willing to go to either Lamporecchio, Tuscany, Italy or Anguilla (British West Indies) to the selected and chosen Airbnb accommodations; and
i) Each couple, the members of which are in full compliance with the above criteria, shall be referenced herein as an "Entrant" or, collectively with other such couples, as "Entrants." Each member of an Entrant must be willing to sign an affidavit attesting to the truth of all facts stated in such Entrant's entry and accompanying materials (described below) and further attesting to the fact that each member of the Entrant meets all eligibility requirements stated above and herein.
j) Employees and consultants of Sponsor, or other advertising or promotion agencies or business partners involved with or are retained to provide services in connection with the Contest, and/or any of their respective affiliates, parent company or related entities, subsidiaries or successors of any such individuals or entities, and their respective immediate family members are not eligible to enter or win the Contest. For purposes of these Official Rules "immediate family members" is defined as parents, spouses, former spouses, children, grandchildren, dependents, siblings or others similarly related to and/or those living in the same household as the employee in question. All determinations of eligibility shall be made by Sponsor in its sole discretion. By submitting an entry, entering online and/or uploading photos, each member of each Entrant agrees that he/she has read and consents to be bound by and comply with these Official Rules at the time of submission and throughout the Contest.
k) Understands entry will be publicly available on the Internet and elsewhere both during and after the Contest Period, and is willing to have it be so available.

SPONSOR'S DISCRETION: Any reference in these Official Rules or as part of the Contest to Sponsor's "discretion" and/or any exercise of discretion by Sponsor shall mean in Sponsor's "sole and unfettered discretion."

HOW TO ENTER

Each Entry consists of an entry form and a single image of the couple. To enter, visit airbnb.destinationhoneymoon.com complete an entry form with the required information, including your name, address, telephone number, and email address; and submit in accordance with the instructions that follow.

The Contest will begin on June 20, 2011 at 8:01 AM (PST) and will end on July 15, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. (PST) ("Submission Period"). During the Submission Period, Entrants may visit the Website to enter the contest. To enter, you must (a) upload a photo that show only Entrant as a couple (recommended format is .jpg) (all such information being referenced herein, individually and/or collectively, as an "Entry") (b) provide a valid name for each member of the Entrant and a valid mailing and/or email address for at least one member of the Entrant for contact and notice purposes hereinafter; (c) write a brief response to the following three (3) topics (each must be 150 words or less): (i) Tell us your love story; (ii) Get down to the nitty-gritty and share three important details of your Ultimate Wedding; and (iii) Describe how you'd design and decorate your dream home. Each Entry (whether complete or incomplete, singular or duplicate) is and shall at all times remain Sponsor's property as of the time submitted and will not be returned or acknowledged.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CLEARANCES: All of the below requirements and criteria are collectively referred to herein as the "Requirements & Clearances."
• Automatic Disqualification: In the event an Entry does not effectively meet the Requirements & Clearances, the Sponsor will disqualify and discard the Entry either immediately or at any time during the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to remove any Entry that does not meet these Official Rules and the Requirements & Clearances.
• Publicity Release: By entering the Contest, the Entrant (and each member of such Entrant) consents to the use of all information in the Entry, including, without limitation, each member's name, likeness, city of residence and other information, for any and all publicity or promotional purposes as Sponsor may select in its discretion.
• No Infringement: The content of the Entry must not infringe any person's or entity's rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights) in any way, including without limitation, any copyrights, trademarks, logos, company names, labels, symbols, store or building facades, music, photographs, works of art, or images that have been created, distributed, aired or published in any media.
• No Names and Likenesses Without Permission: Unless Entrant has received express prior written permission (and retains and is willing and able to produce to Sponsor upon request a copy of such permission) for use in connection with the Contest, an Entry must not include any individual's name (other than that of Entrant), in whole or in part, refer to public figures, or contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs or other identifying elements of any person, living or dead.
• Obtain Third-Party Releases: If the Entry contains any material or elements that are not owned by Entrant and/or are subject to any rights of any third parties, Entrant is responsible for obtaining any and all releases and consents in writing necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Entry by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules, including, without limitation, name and likeness releases for any person who appears in or is identifiable in the Entry, prior to submission of the Entry.
• No Illegal, Offensive or Inappropriate Content: The Entry must not include any content which, in the discretion of Sponsor, constitutes or contains (1) any words, images or statements that are or could be considered offensive to individuals on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other class or characteristic protected from discrimination by the laws of the United States or any individual state within the United States, or that promote bigotry, racism, hatred, harm or discrimination against any such individuals; (2) any threats (real or perceived) to any person, place, business, group or entity; (3) any materials that depict illegal acts or that are sexually explicit, libelous, obscene, violent, hateful, slanderous or defamatory; (4) any other inappropriate content that includes, but is not limited to, any display of smoking, alcohol, illegal drugs, firearms, harming of animals, nudity (including, without limitation, bare chests or naked babies), or provocative/suggestive outfits or poses; or (5) any content not in keeping with Sponsor's reputation and image.

The fifty (50) Entries with the highest number of votes at the end of the last day of the Submission Period (the "Finalists") will advance to the Final Round for judging to determine prize winners. Sponsor's decisions as to numbers of votes for each Entry (after excluding, in its discretion, any ineligible votes or other votes not compliant with these Official Rules) are final.

Those Entrants who are not selected as a Finalist (the "Non-Finalists") will be eliminated from further consideration except in the unlikely event that, through the judging process, the Judges are unable to name two (2) grand prize winners, one Runner-Up (most voted) and ten (10) finalists. In such instance, the Judges will return to the pool of Non-Finalists in order of votes received, highest to lowest, to name additional prize winner(s) until all prizes have been awarded, and judging in such instance will be based solely on number of votes received and not on the criteria set forth below.

The entries will be judged in accordance with the Judging Criteria, as defined below. All entries must be submitted and received by July 15, 2011 12:00 am PST/midnight. Proof of submission is not proof of receipt. Entries must be made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, internet domain owner, or other person or organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

JUDGING TO SELECT PRIZE WINNERS: Representatives chosen by Sponsor (the "Judges") will select all prize winners from the fifty (50) Finalists. The decisions of the Judges are final and binding on all matters relating to the selection of winners. The final judging will take place between July 15 and 25, 2011. The Finalists will be judged on the following criteria in the Judges' sole and unfettered discretion:
• Originality of Entrant's love connection story (0-20 points);
• Originality and creativity of Entrant's answer to three things that make their home unique (0-20 points);
• How well Entrant's description of favorite listing reflects Airbnb.com (0-20 points);
• How well the uploaded photos reflect the Entrant's three responses (0-20 points);
• Entry's ranking in public voting (0-20 points) as follows: 1st-5th place in public voting will receive 20 points; 6th-9th place will receive 18 points; 10th-15th place will receive 16 points; 16th – 19th place place will receive 14 points; 20th – 23rd place will receive 12 points; 23rd – 25th place will receive 10 points.
• Each Entry will be given a score by the Judges based on the above. The two entries with the highest scores will be deemed the Grand Prize Winners; the Entry with the highest number of public votes will be deemed finalist and the Honorable Mention Prize winners, will be the ten entrants in order of highest to lowest scores. The remaining 12 Finalists will be ranked in total score order, highest to lowest, but will not receive a prize unless a prize winner is ineligible or declines a prize, and such Finalist has the next highest score.
In the event of a tie, the Entry with the highest score in first bullet point above (Originality of Entrant's love story) will be deemed the winner from among the tying Entries with the highest total score. If ties still remain, the Entry with the highest score in the second bullet point (Originality and creativity of Entrant’s answers) will be deemed the winner from among the tying Entries with the same score in the first bullet point above. If ties still remain, the tying Entries with the same total score and the same score in the first and second bullet points above will be rejudged using the same criteria. All Entries and scores will be retained until eligible winners are chosen for all prizes. Once an Entry or an Entrant is deemed ineligible, however, the Entry will be discarded and not further considered.

CONTEST PRIZES
There will be two grand prize winners. One grand prize winner who consists of a couple, will receive a trip to Via Montalbano, 263 House, Lamporecchio, Toscana 51035 Italy from Sept. 8 to Sept. 15, 2011. Trip includes round-trip coach class air transportation between a major airport near winner’s home and Tuscany; six nights accommodations at Via Montalbano; and a $500.00 Visa gift card.

The second grand prize winner who consists of a couple will receive a trip to The Grand Outlook Castle, 1 Olde Outlook Hill, Crocus Bay Beach, Anguilla. Trip includes round-trip coach class air transportation between a major airport near winner’s home and Anguilla; six nights accommodations at The Grand Outlook Castle; and a $500.00 Visa gift card. The Grand Prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternative is available.

The Runner-Up, will be the entrant/entry who has received the most votes and will win $500.00 of travel credit to use when booking on Airbnb.com. The ten (10) finalist’s will win $50.00 of travel credit to use when booking on Airbnb.com.

Airbnb online credit Is only redeemable for services and are subject to all terms and conditions applicable to such credit as established Airbnb from time to time, and will be awarded by mail, courier, email or other reliable method of delivery, in Sponsor's discretion.

Potential winners shall be required to sign and return within ten (10) days following an attempted notification, an Affidavit, Declaration or Certificate of Eligibility, Liability Release, and where legally permissible, a Publicity Release and Warranty of Ownership and License in which the entrant warrants that he/she are legally married and grants to Sponsor worldwide license to feature chosen couples in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest without additional compensation. Failure to execute and deliver any required documents to Sponsor by the specified deadline may result in disqualification from the Contest, and selection of an alternate potential winner.
No prize transfer, assignment, or substitution by winners permitted. If a prize (or part of a prize) is unavailable, the Sponsor, in its discretion, reserves the right to substitute the original prize (or that part of the prize) with an alternative prize to the equal monetary value and/or specification, unless to do so would be prohibited by law. NONCOMPLIANCE OR RETURN OF PRIZE NOTIFICATION AS UNDELIVERABLE, WHETHER BY REGULAR MAIL OR BY EMAIL, MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AND SELECTION OF AN ALTERNATE POTENTIAL WINNER.

Additional or different features or participants may be requested by the Grand Prize Winner, but are subject to approval by Sponsor and the Wedding Planner. Such additions may be the financial responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner. Each member of the Entrant must be willing to accept choices made by Sponsor.

JUDGING

PUBLIC VOTING TO SELECT FINALISTS: Entries will be posted at the Entry Site for public voting. Sponsor in its discretion reserves the right at any time not to post, or to remove, any Entry that fails to comply with these Official Rules. Visitors to the Entry Site will be given the opportunity to vote on eligible Entries through July 15, 2011. Anyone may vote, and an Entrant may vote for his/her own Entry; provided, however, that (a) voters must register (b) electronic or automatically generated voting is not allowed, and (c) only one vote per person (meaning one vote per email address), per entry allowed. Multiple votes cast for the same entry by the same person will be determined and disallowed in Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor encourages voters to judge entries based on the criteria for winning set forth in these Official Rules.
The fifty (50) Entries with the highest number of votes at the end of the last day of the Submission Period (the "Finalists") will advance to the Final Round for judging to determine prize winners. Sponsor's decisions as to numbers of votes for each Entry (after excluding, in its discretion, any ineligible votes or other votes not compliant with these Official Rules) are final.
Those Entrants who are not selected as a Finalist (the "Non-Finalists") will be eliminated from further consideration except in the unlikely event that, through the judging process, the Judges are unable to name eighteen (2) grand prize winners. In such instance, the Judges will return to the pool of Non-Finalists in order of votes received, highest to lowest, to name additional prize winner(s) until all prizes have been awarded, and judging in such instance will be based solely on number of votes received and not on the criteria set forth below. Winners will be chosen on July 25, 2011 and notified by email. Decisions of the judges are final and binding.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
By entering this Contest, all entrants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless Airbnb, Inc. and its partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded hereunder.
Airbnb, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to Contest entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms. Airbnb, Inc. is not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrants' or any other persons' computers related to or resulting from participation, uploading or downloading of any materials related to in this Contest.
In the case of entrants who are Australian or U.K. residents, the preceding two clauses do not operate in respect of any implied condition or warranty the exclusion of which from these Official Rules would contravene any Australian or U.K. statute or cause any part of these Official Rules to be void.

CONDITIONS
THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Entrants agree that this Contest shall be subject to and governed by the laws of the District of Columbia and the forum for any dispute shall be in the District of Columbia, United States of America. To the extent permitted by law, the right to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or on connection with this Contest are hereby excluded and any entrant expressly waives any and all such rights. Certain restrictions may apply. By entering, entrants also agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) that the decisions of the Judges are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to the Contest; and (c) if the entrant wins that Sponsor may use the winner’s photo, entry, story and/or voice in any publicity or advertising relating to the Contest or future promotions without compensation or approval (except where prohibited by law). All federal, state/provincial/territorial, and local taxes, fees and surcharges and taxes (whether foreign or domestic, and including income, sales, and import taxes) on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winners. In the event that the selected winner(s) of any prize is/are ineligible, cannot be traced or does/do not respond within ten (10) days to a winner notification as required by the "Contest Prizes" Rules above, or refuses the prize, the prize will be forfeited and Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may choose whether to award the prize to another entrant.
The Sponsor reserves the right to verify the validity and originality of any entry and/or entrant (including an entrant's identity and address) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Official Rules or who tampers with the entry process. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.

GRANT OF RIGHTS
By submitting his/her Entry, Entrant represents and warrants that submission of the entry is for both members of the couple and that the submitting member of the couple has all rights necessary to commit the other member of the couple to all of the obligations, warranties, representations and other terms and conditions stated in the Official Rules. Entrant irrevocably assigns and transfers to Sponsor all rights, title and interest in the Entry and all information and materials contained therein or attached thereto, including, without limitation, all copyrights, and all rights incidental, subsidiary, ancillary or allied thereto (including, without limitation, all moral rights and all derivative rights), for exploitation throughout the universe, in perpetuity, by means of any and all media and devices whether now known or hereafter devised. For all personal rights, such as publicity rights, or any other rights that Entrant cannot irrevocably assign to Sponsor ("Personal Rights"), Entrant hereby grants to Sponsor a nonexclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferrable license, but not obligation, to use any such Personal Rights for the purpose of this Contest without any further compensation other than the opportunity to win one of the Prizes listed above. Entrant agrees to execute any documents that Sponsor may require to affect such transfer of right without any compensation or consideration other than entry to the Contest as specified in these Official Rules.

RIGHT TO CANCEL OR SUSPEND CONTEST
If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, trojan horses, denial of service attacks, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Airbnb, Inc that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Airbnb, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s) who tamper with the entry process, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. If Sponsor elects to cancel or terminate the Contest, Sponsor will not retain any rights in the submitted photographs, and will return the fees submitted with each entry.
WINNERS LIST
Entrants are responsible for complying with these Official Rules. Winners' names will be available online at airbnb.destinationhoneymoon after July 25, 2011.
DATA PRIVACY
Entrants agree that personal data, especially name and address, may be processed, shared, and otherwise used for the purposes and within the context of the Contest and any other purposes outlined in these Official Rules. The data may also be used by the Sponsor in order to verify the participant's identity, postal address, and telephone number or to otherwise verify the participant's eligibility to participate in the Contest. Participants have the right to access, review, rectify, or cancel any personal data held by Sponsor by writing to Airbnb, Inc. Honeymoon Department. 99 Rhode Island Street. 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA 94103. Personal data will be used by Sponsor and its affiliates exclusively for the purposes stated herein.
NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS: REMOVAL FROM MAILING LIST: Any individual (or other duly authorized person) may elect to exclude the name and address of that individual from all lists used by Airbnb, Inc to mail skill contests or sweepstakes. To elect to have an individual's name excluded from all such lists, submit a removal request in writing to: Airbnb, Inc. 99 Rhode Island Street. 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA 94103. This notification system may be used to prohibit mailing of all skill contests or sweepstakes by Airbnb, Inc. to such individual.

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The Airbnb Destination : Honeymoon Contest

Rules