Contest Rules: Muna Hot Couple 2021

Muna Hot Couple Contest – Win a 4 day / 3-night Luxury Included® stay for two (2) adults in a Rondoval Suite at Sandals South Coast, Jamaica, plus two (2) economy class round trip airfare

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. 

1. Sponsor:

Muna Hot Couple Contest 2021 (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Munaluchi LLC, located at 74 High Street, 2nd Floor, Mt. Holly, NJ (the “Sponsor”). The Sponsor is responsible for all aspects of the Contest. Participation in the Contest constitutes the participant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules, and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest.

2. Prizes 

Prize will be provided by Unique Travel Corp, the worldwide representative for Sandals Resorts (the “Prize Provider’).  Prize includes (1) 4-day/3-night Luxury Included® stay for two (2) adults in a Rondoval Suite at Sandals South Coast, Jamaica, plus two (2) economy class round trip airfare from any of the 48 contiguous US for the prize winner and adult guest for travel between June 1, 2021 – June 1, 2022 (“Sandals Prize Package”).  (ARV $5,600).  Actual/appraised value may differ at time of prize award. The specifics of the prize shall be solely determined by the Prize Provider. No cash or other prize substitution permitted except at Sponsor’s discretion. The Sandals Prize Package is non-transferable. Any and all prize-related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and local taxes shall be the sole responsibility of the winner. No substitution of prize or transfer/assignment of prize to others or request for the cash equivalent by winners is permitted. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for Munaluchi and Prize Provider to use winner’s name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.

Any federal, state and/or local taxes applicable to the Sandals Prize Package will be the winners’ responsibility to pay. Winner will receive an IRS Form 1099 (or similar) from the Sponsor in the amount of the Sandals Prize Package. Unique Travel Corp and Unique Vacations, Inc. will not provide any Tax forms.

The following are the terms and conditions of the Sandals Prize Package from the Prize Provider:

1. Sandals Resorts is a Luxury Included® romantic, adults-only destination exclusively for couples. 
2. Sandals Prize Package will be issued in the form of a prize certificate outlining the terms and redemption procedures. 
3. Luxurious accommodations in a South Seas Swim-Up Rondoval Butler Suite with Private Pool Sanctuary. 
4. All meals, unlimited premium brand beverages, daily & nightly entertainment, all land and water sports activities, including scuba diving (for certified divers), snorkeling, Wi-Fi in all rooms and public areas, resort gratuities, resort taxes, and transfers to and from the resort’s designated airport. 
5. “Exclusions” – car rental, personal charges, incidental, telephone calls, Premium Wi-Fi, Red Lane® Spa treatments and services, specialty dining, tours & excursions, inter-island transportation, SCUBA certification courses, room services, meals outside of the selected and/or designated resort, island departure taxes, purchases made at the Sandals Specialty Shops, baggage fees, customs duties, and travel insurance are not included. 
6. All expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the Sandals Prize package description above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, baggage fees, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses or incidentals are the sole responsibility of the prizewinner. 
7. Sandals Prize Package must be redeemed for travel between June 1, 2021 – June 1, 2022 with exact dates to be mutually agreed with the Prize Provider and is not transferable or redeemable for cash. No extension will be given after the Sandals Prize Package has expired. If the Sandals Prize Package is not redeemed, the Sandals Prize Package will be forfeited. 

(viii) By accepting the Grand Prize, the Couple consents to their Sandals Resorts vacation to be photographed and filmed and to be used for promotional and advertising purposes in all media (printed publications, promotional campaigns, social media, internal communications, broadcast news/features and websites) now known or hereafter devised throughout the world without further payment or additional consideration, and without review, approval or notification unless prohibited by law. 

(ix) The Couple must accept the entire Grand Prize package; the Couple cannot accept select portions of the Grand Prize package listed above. 

(x) Substitution of Resort: The Prize Provider reserves the right to substitute the designated resort for another resort in the resort’s chain in a similar category, to substitute air carriers (where applicable) and to change dates without prior notice should circumstances so require or for any circumstances beyond the designated resort’s control. The Terms and Conditions agreed to shall apply with equal applicability to any resort which is the subject of substitution or deviation. The Prize Provider nor Sandals Resorts shall be liable for any claim made whatsoever, including but not limited to loss, compensation, or refund by reason of such substitution or deviation. 

(xi) COVID-19: A respiratory virus, called Covid19, has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness that began in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Additional cases have been identified in other countries. The Prizewinner can find updated information on the Centers for Disease Control’s website. The health and safety of resort guests is a priority. Prior to entering the designated and/or substituted resort, all guests will be administered a no-touch thermal scan to screen for fever. Anyone with any fever (≥38 C°/100.4 F°) will not be allowed to enter the resort. There is a risk in entry regardless of temperature checks, and all guests enter at their own risk and shall be advised as follows: If you experience any symptoms of any illness while at the Resort, please stay in your room and contact the Medical Center. Consultation charges will be waived. If you develop symptoms after leaving the Resort, see a doctor right away and advise the Resort.  Sandals Resorts reserves the right to implement other health and safety measures at their own discretion.  All guests shall further acknowledge and agree that they are fully aware of the contagious nature and effects of COVID-19 and voluntarily assume that risk and responsibility and further agree that they will release, indemnify and hold harmless the Prize Provider and Sandals Resorts International Limited, and their respective parent corporations, affiliates, subsidiaries insurers, directors, officers, employees, successors, assigns, agents and representatives, against any claims and/or damages whatsoever, including legal fees relating to any infection, transmission, health condition influenced or otherwise impacted or complication by COVID-19. 

(xii) Compliance With Government Entities: The Prize Provider its affiliates, and parent as well as Sandals Resorts International Limited and/or resort related entities shall have the right to comply with any and all orders, recommendations, or directions whatsoever given by any government entity or by persons purporting to act with such authority, and such compliance shall not be deemed a breach of the Agreement or any agreement entitling the Influencer to assert any claim for liability, compensation or refund.

(xiii) Travel Safety Warning: Due to the fact that travel and tourism are constantly in a state of flux, the prizewinner shall consult the U.S. State Department’s website at travel.gov and enter the name of the country(ies) that they plan to visit for the latest information concerning traveler safety, security, and health advisories.

(xiv) All guests are responsible for checking the travel and entry protocols for the destination that they are travelling to before they depart and ensuring that they fully understand and comply with any such protocols. For example, for some destinations, may require obtaining a negative PCR Covid-19 test a certain number of days pre and post travel. Please visit the travel.gov website before travel and check the official Government website for the country you are visiting. The Prize Provider and/or Sandals Resorts International Ltd. shall not be responsible for any additional cost incurred for any required test or any other pre-or post-travel requirements.

3. Eligibility:

Contest (the “Contest”) is only open to participants who are legal residents of 48 contiguous United States, and who are 18+ at the time of entry (the “Entrant”). Employees of Munaluchi (the “Sponsor”) and the Prize Provider, and each of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate in the Contest. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law, rule, or regulation.

4.  Eligibility Requirements

• Entrant must be ready and willing to travel to Jamaica within the dates of June 1, 2021 – June 1, 2022 (no exceptions outside of that window) with exact dates to be mutually agreed upon.  
• Entrant must be an engaged to be married, or married couple.
• Entrant must submit a recent photo as part of entry.  By submitting a photo, entrant is authorizing they have rights to the photo submitted. Photos cannot have any watermark or logos.  Photos submitted will become the property of the Sponsor and can be used in promotions and marketing associated with the “Contest.”
• Entrant must be willing to be photographed and video recorded at Sandals South Coast Jamaica.  Images and video recording at Sandals South Coast Jamaica of prize winner and travel companion will be property of Prize Provider.
• Entrant must be willing to sign an affidavit if selected as winner.

5. Contest Period:

Contest will be active from May 07, 2021 at 12:00 AM and ending May 26, 2021 at 11:59 PM (the “Contest Period”). 

Entries are accepted online starting Friday, May 7, 2021 at 12:00am until Tuesday, May 18, 11:59pm (the “Entry Period”) All online entries must be received by May 18, 2021 11:59 PM to be eligible for the voting period. 

Eligible entries will be made available for public voting beginning Friday, May 21, 2021 at 12:00am until Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:59pm.  All times are (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). Entries submitted before or after the Entry Period will not be eligible. Sponsor’s computer is the official timekeeping device for the Contest.  

7 finalists will be selected based on total number of votes.  The 7 finalists will then enter the final phase which is the “Judging Period”. The Judging Period will begin on May 28, 2021 and will conclude on June 1, 2021.  Prize winner will be announced on or near June 7, 2021. 

6. How to Enter:

Limit one (1) entry per person, per email address, and per household for the duration of the Contest Period, regardless of method of entry.  The Contest must be entered by submitting an entry using the online form provided on www.munaluchibridal.com/muna-hot-couple-contest-2021. The entry must fulfill all Contest requirements, as specified, to be eligible to win the prize. Entries that are not complete or do not adhere to the rules or specifications may be disqualified at the sole discretion of Sponsor. You may enter only once and you must fill in the information requested. You may not enter more times than indicated by using multiple e-mail addresses, identities, or devices in an attempt to circumvent the rules. If you use fraudulent methods or otherwise attempt to circumvent the rules your submission may be removed from eligibility at the sole discretion of Munaluchi.  Requirements include full names of couple, email address, address, phone number, engagement date or wedding date, and the answer to the questions:

1. Tell us your proposal and love story.
2. What makes you a hot couple and why do you want to win this trip?

Technical requirements for answers to questions:

1. Must be no more than 500 characters
2. Keep the answers engaging and lighthearted, providing as much detail you deem necessary in order to help us get to know your personality as a couple.
3. Answers must be in English.

Submission requirements:

1. Submissions must be truthful and can not infringe on another person’s rights.
2. All written material must be original, and have not been submitted in any previous contest of any kind.
3. Submissions can not contain artwork or photos that you do not have authorization to share.
4. Submissions can not violate any copyrights or include mentions of any copyrighted productions including music, films, books, television programming, etc.
5. Submissions can not include any third party trademarks, logos, signage or artwork.
6. Submissions must not contain any defamatory, illegal, profane, or discriminatory material.
7. Entries must be submitted by the entrant.

7. Qualifying Submissions:

All eligible submissions will be reviewed for compliance before being approved for the Voting Period.  Submission requires completion of the entry form and a recent photo of the couple that is entering the contest. By submitting your photo, you are acknowledging that you have copyright and authorization to use the said photo. Once your photo is submitted for the Muna Hot Couple contest, Munaluchi LLC assumes the authorized right to use photo in promotions and advertisements.

8. Judging:

The first phase of the contest is the entry period. After the entry period, is the Voting period. You will be allowed to share your entry with family and friends to vote for you. Voting can be done once a day/entry. The top 7 entrants based on votes will move into the Judging Period. A panel of judges selected by the Sponsor will do the judging. These judges will include experts in the wedding industry and experts from the travel/honeymoon industry.

Judging will be conducted as follows:

1. Quality and creativity of photo – 35%
2. Fulfillment of criteria – 10%
3. Written portion (answers to questions 1 and 2) Judges will look for how compelling your answers are.  – 55%

In the event of a tie, an additional judge will be added to judge the finalists that are tied, and will use the same criteria above.  No information regarding judging of entries will be disclosed. Selection of winning entries shall be solely at the discretion of the judges. Chances of winning depend on the number of eligible Submissions received.

9. Winner Notification:

Winners of the Contest will be notified via e-mail or phone to the e-mail address or phone number they entered into the Contest within five (5) days following the winner selection. Munaluchi shall have no liability for a winner’s failure to receive notices due to winner’s spam, junk e-mail or other security settings or for winners’ provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information. If the selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within 5 days from the time award notification was sent, or fails to timely return a completed and executed declaration and releases as required, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner selected.  Potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The receipt by winner of the prize offered in this Contest is conditioned upon compliance with any and all federal and state laws and regulations. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY ANY WINNER (AT SPONSOR’S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS WINNER OF THE CONTEST AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner based on next highest score obtained by the judges during the Judging Period. 

10. Rights Granted by you:

By entering this Contest you understand that Munaluchi, and the Prize Provider or anyone acting on behalf of Munaluchi, or the Prize Provider or each of their respective licensees, successors and assigns will have the right, where permitted by law, without any further notice, review, or consent to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter in perpetuity and throughout the World, your entry, including, without limitation, the entry and winner’s name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image or statements about the Contest, and biographical information as news, publicity or information and for trade, advertising, public relations and promotional purposes without any further compensation or payment and without review, approval or notification.

11. Terms:

Munaluchi reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest should (in its sole discretion) a virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, fraud, or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest. In such case, Munaluchi may judge submissions from all eligible entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Munaluchi. Munaluchi reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or website or violates these Terms & Conditions.

Munaluchi has the right, in its sole discretion, to maintain the integrity of the Contest, to void entries for any reason, including, but not limited to; multiple entries from the same user from different IP addresses; multiple entries from the same computer in excess of that allowed by Contest rules; or the use of bots, macros or scripts or other technical means for entering. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Munaluchi reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. By entering the Contest you agree to receive email newsletters periodically from Munaluchi and/or Unique Vacations Inc. You can opt out of receiving this communication at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the newsletter.

12. Limitation of Liability:

By entering you agree to release and hold harmless Munaluchi and the Prize Provider and each of their subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers, directors and insurers (the “Released Parties”) from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from (i) such entrant’s participation in the contest and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof, (ii) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (v) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries.  AS WELL AS CLAIMS/ACTIONS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION, AND/OR INVASION OF PRIVACY that may arise from participating in this Contest or its related activities or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of, or any harm resulting from the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the Sandals Prize Package. The prizewinner also acknowledges that Released Parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prize.

13. Disputes:

THIS CONTEST IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND NJ, WITHOUT RESPECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in this Contest and receiving and/or utilizing the prize package, the Entrants agree that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in NJ having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Contest), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

14. Privacy Policy:

Information submitted with an entry is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on the Munaluchi Web Site. Read the Privacy Policy here: https://www.munaluchibridal.com/privacy-policy. Information submitted to the Prize Provider is subject to the privacy policy/statement of the Prize Provider here http://www.sandals.com/privacy-policy

15. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Pinterest, LinkedIn or Google. You understand that you are providing your information to the owner of this Contest and not to Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Pinterest, LinkedIn or Google.

16. Winners List:

For the names of the winners, please contact us at [email protected] and in the body of the email type ‘Please e-mail me the winners’ list for the Muna Hot Couple Contest.