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Skoovy.com Ultimate Travel Contest

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

About Skoovy.com:
Skoovy.com is a user driven travel website whereby our community of users add relevant travel content and videos. Users vote for the best content to keep on the site and vote off the worst content to be removed from the site. Our website, Skoovy.com is free to use and is updated regularly by users just like you.

SPONSOR: Skoovy.com, 28150 N. Alma School Road Suite 103-220, Scottsdale, Arizona 85262 ("Mail Address"), is solely responsible for all aspects of this contest ("Contest").

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CONTEST: This is a Contest to be conducted during the period commencing at 12:00 A.M, May 1, and ending at 11:59:59 P.M., November 30, 2008 ("Entry Period") as a competition to select two winning entries from among those Contestants submitting entries via http://www.skoovy.com ("Website"). Contest submissions should consist of one the following content ("Content") elements: [1] one (1) travel or destination video, [2] title for the video [3] description of the Content not to exceed two hundred [350] words, (collectively, "Submission"). For purposes of these Official Rules ("Rules"), "Day" shall mean each of the one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days during the Entry Period, the first Day will be the period commencing at 12:00 A.M., and ending at 11:59:59 P.M., May 1, 2008, and the last Day will be the period commencing at 12:00 A..M., and ending at 11:59:59 P.M., November 30, 2008, and all times and Days are Eastern Time. The awarding of the prize is subject to the eligibility and forfeiture provisions set forth below.

ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for this Contest, at the time of entering, the Contestant must be: [1] 18 years of age or older; [2] a registered user of the Website in compliance with the Website's terms of use agreement ("TOU"); [3] not an employee, consultant, independent contractor or intern who has, within the past six months, performed services for Sponsor or any organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Contest or supplying the prize, or their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated or successor companies (collectively, "Entities"), nor a member of their household or immediate family and [4] willing to have his/her Submission featured and published on the Website or otherwise distributed, in connection with, or to promote, the Contest and/or the Website. "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year. "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses.

ENTRY: During the Entry Period, you must enter the Contest by registering as a user on the Website, clicking the link to the Skoovy.com Ultimate Travel Contest, agreeing to the TOU, following the entry instructions to submit your Submission and clicking on the "submit" button ("Entry"). Only valid email addresses (individually, "Address") will be accepted for registration, as determined solely by the Sponsor. At Sponsor's sole discretion, a Contestant will be disqualified if he/she creates invalid Addresses with intent to affect the integrity of the voting process. You may enter as many times as you like, but only travel related entries are considered valid. Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by your online service will apply. It is your sole responsibility to notify the Sponsor in writing if you change your Address. To do so, go to the Website, log in, click on the "Modify" icon and follow the instructions on how to change your Address. The winner be decided based on the total number of legitimate votes received.

CONTEST MATERIALS: "Contest Materials" include: [1] all information and material submitted by you in connection with the Contest, including the Submission and all other forms, contracts or releases required to be submitted by you as a Contestant, whether required by Sponsor prior to or after Entry; [2] your name, voice, likeness, image and biographical data as contained in or reflected by the Submission and [3] all photographs, artwork, writings, statements, dramatic materials, ideas, quotations and any other intellectual properties created by you in connection with the Contest, whether submitted to the Sponsor or not, including the Submission. All material owned by the Sponsor or the Sponsor's affiliated companies, including but not limited to any picture, logo, title art, etc., shall remain their property and you shall acquire no rights therein by virtue of the Contest.

Except as specifically provided herein, by entering the Contest, you agree to grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, fully-paid, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licenseable and transferable worldwide license to use, re-use, reproduce, transmit, display, distribute, re-distribute, copy, store, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works based upon and publicly perform the contents of the Contest Materials, in whole or in part, in all media, formats and channels now known or hereafter devised, for the duration of the rights in each country, area and space, and throughout the universe, in perpetuity and in all languages, formats and versions. Upon Sponsor's request, you agree to assist the Sponsor in obtaining the consent for any other applications.

LIMITATIONS: By submitting the Contest Materials in the Contest, you represent and warrant to Sponsor that the Contest Materials and everything depicted therein: [1] do not originate from a television show, movie, or any motion picture medium or other commercial or proprietary source; [2] do not infringe upon or otherwise violate any right of any person, firm or entity; [3] comply with the TOU and the Rules; [4] do not contain any trademarks, logos, insignia, location signage, photographs, artwork or sculptures or other material (e.g., on props, costumes, background) that would infringe any third party's copyrights or trademarks; [5] have not previously been submitted in a contest of any kind and [6] does not contain material which is (or promotes activities which are) sexually explicit, obscene, pornographic, violent (e.g., relating to murder, the sales of weapons, cruelty, abuse, etc.), discriminatory (based on race, sex, religion, national origin, physical disability, sexual orientation or age), illegal (e.g. underage drinking, substance abuse, computer hacking, etc.), offensive, threatening, profane, harassing, defamatory, libelous, infringing or otherwise objectionable or unlawful as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. You further represent and warrant to Sponsor that: [1] you have all rights, licenses, permissions and consents necessary to submit the Contest Materials in the Contest in accordance with the Rules; [2] no person other than you, nor any entity, has any right, title or interest in and to any part of the Contest Materials and [3] you are not subject to any agreement or arrangement that would interfere with your entering this Contest and granting all the rights granted hereunder or that would conflict with any other documentation required hereunder. All Entries must be received during the Entry Period. Contestants may submit other Entries provided that each Entry embodies a different Submission. In event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an Entry, the Entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the Address is registered. Entries by any method other than set forth above in Section 4 are void. Any use of automated or programmed methods of effecting Entry is prohibited. Neither the Entities, nor any of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives (individually and collectively, "Releasees") are responsible for Entries from persons residing, or physically located, outside the Territory; Entries that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, irregular in any way, late, lost, misrouted, multiple, non-delivered, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized, unintelligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules; or any printing, production, technical, electronic or other errors; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections; miscommunications; failed phone, computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions; technical failures; unauthorized human intervention; traffic congestion; garbled or jumbled transmissions; undeliverable emails resulting from any form of active or passive email filtering; insufficient space in entrant's email account to receive email; or other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, mechanical or human error or other causes; even if caused by the negligence of any of the Releasees. Each of such potential Entries will be disqualified. The Sponsor is not obligated to communicate with any Contestant during the duration of the Contest. Void where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations. Please review these Rules and the TOU carefully; however, in the event of a conflict between the Rules and the TOU, the Rules will control.

PRIZES: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE for the "Highest Votes": Return-trip economy air transportation on a Sponsor-selected carrier between a Sponsor-selected major metropolitan airport near winner's residence ("airport of origin") and Airport of choice as long as the Sponsor-selected carrier of choice flies directly non stop to that airport of choice. All expenses not specifically mentioned herein are not included and are solely the winner's responsibility, including but not limited to: transportation to and from both airports, alcoholic beverages, taxes, food, gratuities and tips, insurance, merchandise, parking, service charges, souvenirs and telephone calls. Airline carrier regulations and conditions apply. Travel is subject to availability, certain restrictions, blackout dates and Sponsor's approval and must be booked at least forty-five (45) days prior to the date of departure. Trip must be completed by May 31, 2009. Approximate retail value ("ARV"): $2,500.00, which will vary depending upon point of departure and seasonal fluctuation of airfares. If the actual value of the prize is less than the stated ARV, the difference will not be awarded. Prize will be delivered to winner within sixty (60) days after selection of winner. Prize is not redeemable for cash or transferable, except to a surviving spouse residing in the same household. No substitution allowed except, at Sponsor's sole discretion, a prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. Prize will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible Entries are received and prize validly claimed by November 31, 2008, after which no alternate winners will be selected, nor unclaimed prizes awarded.

PROCEDURES: On or about December 1, 2008, all eligible Entries received will be judged by the Sponsor, who will select one (1) Grand Prize winner on the basis of the following judging criteria ("Criteria"): highest number of votes received by the community. During the Entry Period, the Website's registered visitors will be invited to vote on all eligible Entries received to determine the Prize winner. Entries will not be eligible for voting if multiple votes come from within the same household. Limit one vote per valid Address per Day for each Entry. If the Sponsor suspects invalid voting, including but not limited to, the use of script, macro or other automated or programmed methods of voting, or the setting up of an invalid Address or Addresses in order to create dummy usernames, with the intent to affect the integrity of the voting process, the perpetrators and beneficiaries will each be eliminated from the Contest, at Sponsor's sole discretion. The Entry accumulating the most valid votes during the Entry Period, as determined solely by the Sponsor, will be the winner.

WINNERS: The potential winners will be notified by email and regular Mail on or about December 14, 2008, and will be posted on the Website on or about December 21, 2008. At the sole discretion of the Sponsor, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following: [1] potential winner's failure to respond to notification within seven (7) days after its mailing/transmission; [2] the return of an email notification as undeliverable after three (3) attempts; [3] the return of any other notice or the Prize as undeliverable; [4] potential winner's failure to provide Sponsor with satisfactory proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the Address associated with the winning Entry; [5] potential winner's failure to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability/Publicity Release within fourteen (14) days after it is requested; [6] potential winner's failure to be available to complete the Trip by May 31, 2009; [7] potential winner's failure to validly claim the prize by December 31, 2008 and [8] any other non-compliance with Rules. In the event of a prize forfeiture, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award or not award the forfeited prize to an alternate winner. Both ticket holders (Group) must travel together on same itinerary; and a minor may not participate in the Trip unless accompanied by his/her parent/legal guardian as a member of the Group. All members of the Group will be required to execute and return a Release of Liability prior to ticketing. Members of the Group are solely responsible for obtaining any and all necessary travel documents (valid photo I.D., etc.) before departure. All taxes are solely the responsibility of each winner.

PRIVACY POLICY/DATA COLLECTION: Information provided by you for this Contest is subject to Sponsor's privacy policy located at http://www.skoovy.com/privacy.php

CONDITIONS: By entering this Contest, you agree, represent and warrant that: [1] you will be bound by the Rules and the Sponsor's decisions, which shall be final in all respects; [2] the Entry will not be acknowledged or returned; [3] you release and hold harmless the Releasees from any claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including without limitation, death and bodily injury, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the Entry, selection or use of a Submission, or from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of any prize; participation in any Contest-related activity or travel or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Contest information; [4] the Releasees do not make any representation, warranty or guarantee, express or implied, relating to the Contest; [5] in the event viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism or other matters beyond the Sponsor's reasonable control, corrupt, prevent or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest, so that it cannot be conducted as originally planned, the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, has the right to amend the Rules or cancel, modify, suspend or terminate the Contest; and in such event, to select winners by such method as Sponsor in its sole discretion shall consider equitable; and in the event the Trip has already commenced, to terminate the Trip and return the Group to any airport of origin as soon as reasonably possible; [6] the Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to: errors in the advertising, Rules, selection and announcement of the winners and distribution of the prizes; [7] any portion of any prize not accepted or used by any winner will be forfeited; [8] the Releasees are not responsible for any inability of any winner to accept or use any prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason; [9] the Sponsor has the right, at any time and at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it suspects to be doing any of the following: (a) to be tampering or attempting to tamper with the Entry process or the operation of the Contest or the Website; (b) violating the Rules; (c) violating the terms of service, privacy policy or other terms, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any Contest property or service or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person; or for any other good cause as determined solely by the Sponsor; [10] since any attempt by any individual to deliberately damage any Internet site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of these Rules as well as criminal and civil laws; and should Sponsor believe or become aware that such an attempt has been, is being, or will be made, it has the right to seek remedies and damages from any responsible individuals to the fullest extent permitted by law, including without limitation criminal prosecution and [11] Sponsor has the right to modify prize award procedures at its sole discretion.

RULES & WINNER'S LIST: For names of winners (after January 14, and before February 28, 2009) and/or Rules (before February 28, 2009), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Skoovy.com Ultimate Travel Contest, to the Mail Address, designating either winners or Rules. The winners' names will also be posted on the Website on or about January 14, 2009.