Sleepout Summer Contest

Sleepout Summer Contest

SLEEPOUT SUMMER CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

  1. CONTEST PERIOD: The Sleepout Summer Contest (the “Contest”) starts at 12:00:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on May 17, 2022 and ends on August 31, 2022 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (the “Contest Period”). 
  1. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to all residents of the U.S. and Canada (except for Quebec) who: (i) have reached the legal age of majority in their province/state of residence. Despite the foregoing, employees of Sleepout Inc., their parent, affiliated and related companies, (collectively, the “Contest Parties”), are not eligible to enter or participate nor win the Prize (defined below) in the Contest. This Contest is not open and void where prohibited by law. 
  1. AGREEMENT TO BE LEGALLY BOUND: By participating in this Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by these rules. 
  1. HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
    During the Contest Period, each eligible person can post a picture on Instagram of a Sleepout Curtain outside in nature or in a suitcase or back of a car while tagging @sleepout and putting the hashtag #sleepoutsummer on their post, this will earn the eligible person one (1) entry into the contest. Each eligible person is limited to a maximum of one (1) entry in the contest regardless of method used to enter

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To obtain an entry without completing the above, an eligible person may send a FREE request in writing, including: (a) the entrant’s first name, last name and email address; and (b) a statement of at least 25 words indicating what the entrant loves about nature, on a plain white piece of paper by mailing the fully completed request (in an envelope with sufficient Canadian postage) to: Sleepout Summer Contest, 90 Edwin Avenue Toronto ON, M6P 3Z7 (collectively, a “Request”). Upon receipt of a Request in accordance with these Rules (as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion), the applicable entrant that submitted such Request will be provided with one entry into the Contest. To be eligible, Requests must be postmarked during the Contest Period and received by August 12, 2022. Limit of one (1) Request per eligible person with sufficient postage. The Released Parties (defined below) are not responsible for late, lost, stolen, misdirected, delayed, incomplete, damaged, destroyed, late or illegible Requests. Each eligible person is limited to a maximum of one (1) entry in the contest whether the no purchase necessary method is used in addition to the above or not. 

  1. PRIZE 

Prize Name

Number

Prize Details

ARV (USD)

National Park Prize



1

Consists of one (1) Airbnb gift card for US$500, one (1) AVIS gift card for US$500 and one (1) US National Park Annual Pass for US$80

US$1080

 

The ARV of the Prize set out in the table above is an estimate made before the Contest begins. The following terms and conditions apply to the National Park Prize: (i) the costs of everything not specifically and expressly stated above as included in the National Park Prize are the sole and absolute responsibility of the confirmed winner and their guest, including, without limitation: the cost of meals or other expenses that exceed the value of the prepaid gift cards (both Airbnb and Avis components of the prize, transportation for the confirmed winner and their guest to and from any applicable departure airports, other ground transportation, incidentals, passenger tariffs or duties, surcharges, fees, service charges or facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes, gratuity or other expenses and items of a personal nature (NOTE: the confirmed winner must comply with any applicable check-in requirements, and may be required to make a deposit or payment in advance or present a valid major credit card in their name at the time of lodging check-in to cover any incidental expenses); (ii) taxes and other lodging fees are not included and if applicable may be payable at the time of checkout by the winner/guest; (iii) the Released Parties (defined below) will not be in any way responsible (and for greater certainty, the National Park Prize may be forfeited and the Sponsor is not obligated to offer any substitute prizing in its place) in the event that the confirmed winner and/or any guests are unable to travel before the travel expiry date specified by the Sponsor, travel to any applicable destination city, travel or stay on the dates selected or stay at the eligible lodging, for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, due to illness or health risks, or any governmental or health authority orders, measures, directives or guidance in response to such illness or risks, such as, without limitation, those that may be implemented to mitigate COVID-19 transmission, or due to any other cause or reason of any kind or nature whatsoever); (iv) the Sponsor reserves the right to change any of the dates and/or the National Park Prize description at its sole and absolute discretion; (v) neither Sponsor nor any of its prize suppliers will replace any lost or stolen gift cards or tickets; (vi) gift cards are subject to all of the terms and conditions as stated by the applicable issuer; (vii) no interest will be awarded on cash prizes; (xiv) the prize restrictions/conditions stated herein are not all inclusive and the National Park Prize may be subject to additional restrictions/conditions, which may be stated in the Prize Claim Form (as defined below) and/or other travel documents; (viii) if any prize-related events are cancelled or postponed for any reason, no substitution for the tickets will be provided and winner will receive the other portion(s) of the prize as full satisfaction of the prize without additional compensation and Sponsor will have no further obligation to winner; (ix) Sponsor is not responsible for any weather or other issues that prevent winner and guest from traveling, in which event any missed portion of the prize is forfeited in its entirety and no substitution will be provided.

Without limiting the foregoing, the following general terms and conditions apply to the Prize: (i) all values set above are based on approximate prize values (in USD) at the time of preparing these Rules (ii) all characteristics and features of the Prize, except as otherwise explicitly stated above, will be determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion; (iii) each Prize must be accepted as awarded and is not transferable, assignable or (as applicable) convertible to cash (except as may be specifically permitted by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion); (iv) no substitutions are permitted, except at Sponsor’s option and as may be specifically permitted by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion; (v) Sponsor reserves the right at any time to: (a) place reasonable restrictions on the availability or use of a Prize or any component thereof; and (b) substitute a Prize or a component thereof in case of unavailability, to accommodate for a disability, or for any reason, with a prize or prize component(s) of equal or greater retail value, including, without limitation, but solely at the Sponsor’s sole discretion, a cash award; (vi) Prize winners are solely responsible for all costs not expressly described herein (including, without limitation, if a Prize includes any travel, dining, entertainment or other experience/events, any costs and expenses associated with acceptance and use of the Prize not specifically mentioned herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of the winner, including but not limited to, incidental charges, luggage fees, meals, gratuities and spending money); (vii) redemption of each Prize must occur within and/or on or before the date or dates specified by the Sponsor (otherwise the Prize may, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor, be forfeited in its entirety and, if forfeited, nothing will be substituted in its place); (viii) if the confirmed winner does not utilize any part(s) of the Prize, then any such part(s) not utilized may, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor, be forfeited in their entirety and, if forfeited, nothing will be substituted in their place; (ix) all taxes and mandatory fees are the sole responsibility of the confirmed winner, as applicable - without limiting the foregoing, all approximate retail values do not include applicable goods and services tax, provincial, territorial or sales and use taxes, or mandatory levies, duties or other fees (for example, applicable environmental fees), confirmed winners may be required to pay such taxes or fees upon receipt of the applicable Prize; (x) the Released Parties will not be in any way responsible (and for greater certainty, the Prize may be forfeited and the Sponsor is not obligated to offer any substitute prizing in its place) in the event that any part of a Prize (including without limitation, delivery) is delayed, postponed, rescheduled or cancelled for any reason whatsoever beyond the commercially reasonable control of the Released Parties (including, without limitation, due to illness or health risks, or any governmental or health authority orders, measures, directives or guidance in response to such illness or risks, such as, without limitation, those that may be implemented to mitigate COVID-19 transmission); (xi) by accepting a Prize, each confirmed winner agrees to waive all recourse against the Released Parties if the applicable Prize or a component thereof does not prove satisfactory, either in whole or in part; and, (xii) any difference between the actual value of a Prize and its stated ARV will not be awarded (including, as applicable and without limitation, any difference between the actual value of a Prize in USD at the time of fulfillment and its stated ARV in USD above calculated based on the current exchange rate at the time of preparing these Rules); (xiii) expiry dates provided herein are subject to change within Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion; (xiv) Prizes are awarded “as is”; (xv) Prize details and availability are subject to change; (xvi) Prize is subject to terms, conditions, expiration dates, and restrictions imposed by the applicable supplier of the prize or components thereof or issuer in the case of event tickets, gift cards, or other instruments. Prizes may not be exactly as shown in promotional materials; and (xvii) by participating in a Prize (as applicable) the winner (and as applicable, their guest): (a) signifies that they understand, acknowledge and accept that participation in the Prize may involve danger and/or exposure to risks and hazards (including without limitation as may be due to the inherent risks of travel and as may be due to possible COVID-19 exposure or infection), whether arising from foreseeable or unforeseeable human error and negligence, and that, as a result, they may suffer damage to personal property, serious personal injury, illness or even death; (b) signifies that they acknowledge and agrees that the Released Parties have not made any warranties, guarantees or representations about their safety while participating in the Prize.

WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: The National Park Prize winner will be selected on a randomly selected number assigned to each entry. 

WINNER CONFIRMATION AND CLAIMING A PRIZE: If you are eligible to win the National Park Prize for which this section applies, you will be notified via email or via Instagram direct message with instructions to claim your Prize. Such instructions will require that, no later than September 29, 2022: (a) you submit the unique Prize PIN Code (each, a “PIN Code”) included in the email notification message and (b) you complete and return the Contest prize claim form (the “Prize Claim Form”) in accordance with all instructions included in the Prize Claim Form and as may be received from the Administrator. Upon receipt of your completed Prize Claim Form, the Administrator and/or the contest organizations will verify your prize claim and contact you with instructions to coordinate prize fulfillment. It is each entrant’s sole responsibility to follow all such instructions as required to claim the Prize, failing which the Prize will be forfeited. 

  1. VERIFICATION: If it is discovered by the Sponsor (using any evidence or other information made available to or otherwise discovered by the Sponsor) that any person has attempted to: (i) exceed any of the limits or restrictions provided in these Rules; (ii) use multiple names, identities, e-mail addresses, Accounts, and/or any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) to enter, register, send or use a Request, submit PIN Codes or otherwise participate in or to disrupt this Contest; (iii) disrupt or participate in the Contest in any fraudulent or misleading way; and/or (iv) participate in the Contest in any other manner that is disruptive, abusive, fraudulent, misleading, deceptive, unfair or inconsistent with the letter and spirit of these Rules (all as determined by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion); then they may be disqualified from the Contest in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor (and, for greater certainty, if disqualified such person forfeits any and all rights to the Prize, and such person must return any Prize previously awarded to them immediately upon the Sponsor’s request, without limiting the Sponsor’s other rights and remedies both in law and in equity). All entrants and Contest-related Information are subject to verification at any time and for any reason. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of compliance with these Rules (including, without limitation, proof of identity and/or eligibility) in a form acceptable to the Sponsor (including, without limitation, government issued photo identification): (i) for the purposes of verifying an individual’s eligibility to participate in this Contest; (ii) for the purposes of verifying the eligibility and/or legitimacy of any Contest-related Information submitted or received (or purportedly submitted or received) for the purposes of this Contest; and/or (iii) for any other reason the Sponsor deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering this Contest in accordance with these Rules. Failure to provide such proof to the complete satisfaction of the Sponsor within the timeline specified by the Sponsor may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor. The sole determinant of the time for the purposes of this Contest will be the Contest server machine(s). All information requested by and/or supplied to Sponsor for the purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify any entrant should the Sponsor deem (at its sole and absolute discretion) that such an entrant at any stage supplied untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate, or misleading information (as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion).
  1. GENERAL RULES: Unclaimed Prizes will be forfeited and will not be awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of e-mail address, mailing address and/or telephone number by entrants. All Contest-related Information becomes the property of Sponsor and, as applicable, no Contest-related Information will be returned. 

FOR RESIDENTS OF QUÉBEC ONLY: Please note that no resident of Quebec is eligible to participate in this competition.

SPONSOR: Sleepout Inc. 

RELEASED PARTIES: Sleepout Inc. and its employees, agents, officers and directors. 

*No purchase necessary. Only open to age of majority (or age 13+, with parent/guardian consent) residents of the US and Canada except for Quebec. For clarity, Quebec residents are not eligible to enter. Void where prohibited. Starts at 6:00:00 p.m. ET on May 17, 2022, and ends on August 15, 2022, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. All entries must be made on or before August 12, 2022, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. Prize must be claimed by September 30, 2022. No purchase entry method available (must be postmarked by July 20, 2022, and received by August 10, 2022). Prize at contest start is one (1) Airbnb gift card for US$500, one (1) AVIS gift card for US$500 and one (1) US National Park Annual Pass for US$80, ARV is US$1080; prize is subject to applicable COVID-19 restrictions at the time of fulfilment); Odds of winning depend on the number and timing of entrants (however, each entry will result in the entrant being deemed a potential winner). Prizes may not be exactly as shown. Complete Contest Rules (including additional terms and conditions applicable to the prizes) available at www.sleepoutcurtains.com and www.sleepoutcurtains.ca ©Sleepout Inc, 2022.

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