Time and time again, our customers tell us just how much they appreciate the ease with which they booked their cruise vacation through CruisesOnly. And now, we'd like our customers to show us – by submitting a video that helps convey that hassle-free experience to fellow cruise shoppers!
We'll be posting the most original, creative, and entertaining videos – those submissions that do the best job of convincing viewers that CruisesOnly is simply the easiest and best option when it comes to booking a cruise – on our new YouTube page. And then the viewing public takes over. The videos we post will be automatically entered into our "Director's Cut" contest and voted on by registered YouTube users (registration is free!). Up to 25 top vote-getters will compete for our grand prize ... a voucher, worth up to $3,000, that you can apply towards the purchase of any cruise you book through CruisesOnly!
Every entrant enjoys the freedom to submit a video that they think will score the highest number of votes. As long as your submission is focused on the theme of "the ease of booking with CruisesOnly," you're free to be as creative as you'd like. Here's how to get started ...
- Come up with an idea that you think has the highest "wow" factor: be funny, be clever, be effective
- Make a video: it's easy ... you can use a digital camcorder, a webcam, even your cell phone
- Keep it short: all submissions should be a maximum of 90 seconds (1:30) in length
- Keep it clean: videos containing obscene acts and language, or references to copyrighted materials are ineligible
- Keep it original: videos may not have been published, broadcast, or otherwise publicly distributed prior to entry
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
CruisesOnly reserves the right to reject submissions that fail to meet our criteria, as specified below. It is
at our sole discretion to publish or reject each video submitted, remove a previously published video, or alter
our criteria for publishing at any time without prior notice. CruisesOnly will not engage in any form of
communication or discussion regarding any submission it deems, in its sole and subjective determination, to
be inappropriate. All determinations are final and cannot be appealed.
ELIGIBILITY: Contest is only open to legal residents residing in the 50 United States and D.C.
who are 21 years of age or older. Void in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. Employees, officers, directors,
agents, representatives and their immediate families (spouses, parents, children, siblings, and each of their
spouses regardless of where they live), members of households of World Travel Holdings/National Leisure Group,
Inc. ("sponsor"), cruise line operators, tour wholesalers, travel agents, The Marketing Agency, LLC,
their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, advertising, design, web design, web hosting, publicity
agencies, and anyone connected with the production or distribution of this contest are not eligible to enter
or be awarded the grand prize. An entrant must not be affiliated with any commercial talent union including,
without limitation, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
METHOD OF ENTRY: The contest period runs from 12:01 PM (Eastern Standard Time) on 1/14/09 to
11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time) on 4/30/09 (YouTube.com's computer clock governs time stamp). Maximum one entry
per person or email address. All entries must be received via the Internet during the contest period and all entries
must also comply with the complete terms & conditions of YouTube.com. Video entries must not exceed 90 seconds
(1:30) in length and all entries must be submitted by email to
mycruisevideo@wth.com. The theme of all entries
must be "the ease of booking with CruisesOnly." Entries must be (a) original in content, (b) created solely
by the entrant, (c) must not have been previously published, submitted in another contest, or have previously
won awards, and (d) must not infringe on the rights of any third party. Videos may not contain references to
any commercial or copyrighted products, services, creations, or trademarks. Videos may not contain any
pornography, lewd or inappropriate activities, sexual/racial slurs or connotations, obscene language, or
any material that may be considered offensive to a group or individual. Email entries must include a video
in the form of an attachment as well as the entrant's full name, the entrant's home address, the entrant's
daytime phone number, the name of the person who filmed/took/shot the video, the full name(s) of any person
appearing in the video, and an email address for which the entrant is the authorized user. An "authorized user"
is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online
service provider, or organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated
with the email address. In the case of a dispute regarding who submitted a particular online entry, the entry
will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the email account. It is the entrant's responsibility
to keep his/her email address current. No purchase is necessary. A purchase will not increase your chances of
winning the grand prize. Sponsor will review all submissions and reserves the right not to publish any video that
it deems, in its sole and subjective judgment, to be in poor taste or in violation of the stated policy for
publishing videos. Videos that are not posted will not receive an entry into this contest. All entries
collected become the property of the sponsor and none will be acknowledged or returned. The sponsor collects
personal information from you when you purchase a cruise or enter a contest. The information collected is
subject to the sponsor's Privacy Policy.
VOTING & WINNER SELECTION: A grand prize will only be awarded if there are at least 15 entries
submitted; if less than 15 entries are submitted, no winner will be declared and a grand prize will not be awarded.
All eligible entries submitted will be posted at
http://www.youtube.com/cruisesonly.
During the contest period, any
member of the general public with Internet access is invited to vote for those submissions that he/she finds
appealing. All voters must be registered with YouTube.com; registration is free. A person may vote for as many
entries as he/she wishes, but no more than once for any single video submission. At the end of the contest
period, the submissions with the highest average score will be declared "semi-finalists" (up to a maximum of
25 entrants) provided all votes received are eligible votes according to these official contest rules. In the
event that more than 25 entrants have the highest average score(s), semi-finalists will be determined by the
highest number of actual votes received. All ineligible votes will be discarded. The 25 semi-finalists will
then be judged against the criteria specified above by The Marketing Agency, LLC, an independent judging
organization whose decisions will be final. The grand prize winner will be selected from all semi-final
entries approximately 45 days after the conclusion of the contest period. The grand prize winner will be
sent an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release via email and will be required to
complete the affidavit, have it notarized, and return it within three business days. Failure to do so
may result in forfeiture of the grand prize and another winner may be chosen by the sponsor. Any prize
notification that is returned as undeliverable will disqualify the winner and the next highest-voted entry
may be awarded the grand prize. In the event of a tie, a grand prize winner will be selected via a random
drawing. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission to use the winner's name, voice, likeness, and any
and all identifying characteristics (excluding home address, phone number, and email address) for
promotional, advertising, and publicity purposes including posting to the sponsor's websites in perpetuity.
PRIZE VALUE: Grand prize will be awarded in the form of a voucher good as payment towards the
purchase of any cruise vacation for two from CruisesOnly. The approximate retail value of the prize voucher is
$3,000, depending on the value of the cruise chosen by the winner. Prize voucher value will only include the
actual cost of a cruise for two and will not include air transportation, government fees, taxes, port charges,
or any other costs and charges that a passenger may incur. Prize voucher cannot be used as payment for a cruise
that was booked prior to winning. New cruise purchase must be made within one year of the date of award. Prize
vouchers are non-assignable and non-transferable. No prize substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent will be
allowed. All taxes are the winner's responsibility. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued to the grand prize winner
in the amount of the value of the prize, up to a maximum of $3,000, for tax year 2009.
GENERAL: Contest administration and winner selection/verification will be supervised and
conducted by CruisesOnly and The Marketing Agency, LLC, an independent judging organization whose decisions
are final and legally binding. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, pictorial, typographical, or
editorial errors or omissions in any marketing materials or these official rules. Sponsor is not responsible
for lost, late, misdirected, illegible, damaged, or incomplete entries. To request information on the
winning entry, please send a self-addressed, stamped, #10 business envelope to Winner – CruisesOnly
"The Director's Cut" Video Contest, c/o The Marketing Agency, LLC, 2881 East Oakland Park Blvd., Suite
425, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33306. Information will be available on or about 6/1/09. Requests must be
received by 6/1/09. No mechanically reproduced or photocopied requests allowed; only one request
per outer mailing envelope. You cannot enter the contest using this address. Entries mailed to this
address will be discarded. This contest is sponsored by World Travel Holdings/National Leisure Group,
Inc., 100 Sylvan Road, Suite 600, Woburn, MA 01801 (who is also the Digital Millennium Copyright Act agent)
and administered by The Marketing Agency, LLC, 2881 East Oakland Park Blvd., Suite 425, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
33306. By participating in this contest, you agree to be bound by these official rules.





