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Kentucky Tourism 2025 Contest Official Rules

BY ENTERING THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU AGREE THAT YOUR ENTRY AND THE PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES WILL BE SHARED WITH THE CONTEST SPONSOR (HOPPER).  SPONSOR’S USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO THE SPONSOR’S PRIVACY POLICIES AT THE LINKS PROVIDED BELOW. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

  • ELIGIBILITY: The Kentucky Tourism 2025 Contest ("Contest") is open only to legal residents of fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia (void in Puerto Rico and all U.S. territories, possessions and overseas military installations) who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or older as of December 2, 2025. The following individuals are not eligible:  All employees and contractors of Hopper, Inc. (“Sponsor”) or their affiliates, sales representatives, licensees, judges, representatives, advertising and promotion agencies or agents (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Contest Entities”), and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling (or “step” of each) and their respective spouses) and those living in the same household of each (whether legally related or not), are ineligible to enter or win the Contest. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited by law. Entry in the Contest constitutes your full and unconditional acceptance of these “Official Rules.”

  • SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The Contest entry period begins at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on December 2, 2025, and ends at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on December 3, 2025 (the “Contest Period”). The prize, as described below, will be awarded on December 3, 2025 to one (1) user who completes an entry pursuant to the instructions below during the Contest Period (the “Winner”).

  • SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS: You may enter the Contest by (1) following the accounts for Hopper and Kentucky Tourism (@kytourism) on Instagram, and (2) tagging a “travel buddy” on the designated giveaway post during the Contest Period (an “Entry”). This means that in the comment section of the designated social media account you must tag one other user, ideally someone you would want to go on a trip with. If you do not already have an Instagram account, visit the App Store or Google Play to download the app. By submitting your information and creating an account, you will be required to agree to Instagram’s terms of service. Users are allowed one (1) entry on Instagram.  

  • SELECTION OF SWEEPSTAKES WINNER AND PRIZE DESCRIPTION: On December 3, 2025, one (1) Winner will be selected at random to receive the following Prize:

  • A travel voucher valued at up to $600 (USD), for use in the Hopper App, to be applied to airfare for travel to any available airport destination in the State of Kentucky, subject to availability.  

  • A hotel voucher valued at up to $1000 (USD), for use in the Hopper app, to be applied to the purchase of hotel accommodations in the State of Kentucky, subject to availability.  

Travel to Kentucky must be booked within one (1) year of the last day of the Contest Period and is subject to the following blackout dates with regard to travel pursuant to this Prize:  U.S. National Holidays, as designated by the Department of Commerce (link).

Vouchers received pursuant to this Contest are applicable to a single purchase for airfare and/or hotel accommodations, and any unused portion of the airfare and/or hotel voucher shall be forfeited following the initial purchase.  

The Winner will be selected from all eligible entries who took the required actions during the Contest Period. The odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. 

The Winner will be notified via Instagram Direct Message to the account used to enter the Contest. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting the entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the account is registered. The drawing will be conducted by Sponsor, whose decisions on all matters relating to the Contest shall be final and binding. At the sole discretion of the Sponsor, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following: (i) a potential Winner's failure to respond to the Instagram Direct Message notification within three days after its transmission; (ii) a potential Winner's failure to provide Sponsor with satisfactory proof of age, identity and residency within seven days following the close of the Contest Period; (iii) a potential Winner's failure to validly claim the prize by December 31, 2025, and (iv) any other non-compliance with these Official 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. In no event shall the Sponsor be obligated to award more prizes than the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules. No prize substitution, cash substitution, or assignment or transfer of prizes is permitted, except by the Sponsor because of unavailability, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded.

All taxes on the prize, if any, and other expenses related to accepting and/or using a prize not listed in these rules, including travel to/from the prize, are the sole responsibility of each Winner. All prizes will be awarded, provided that they are validly claimed by December 31, 2025, after which no alternate winner will be selected, nor unclaimed prizes awarded.

  • PUBLICITY: As a condition of entry into the Contest, except where prohibited by law, each entrant grants to the Sponsor a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license and right, to publicize, broadcast, display and/or otherwise use the Contest entrant's name, city, state and biographical material (collectively, "Licensed Rights") in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity for advertising and publicity purposes, without additional review, compensation, permission or approval of any Prize Winner.

  • GENERAL RULES: By entering or participating in the Contest, participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects, and to conform to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Contest Entities are not responsible for: (1) failed, returned or misdirected notifications based on inaccurate information provided by the winner upon entering the Contest; (2) entries and responses to winner notifications which are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, postage-due, misdirected, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient in whole or in part or for computer or technical error of any kind; (3) any electronic miscommunications or failures, technical hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit an entrant's ability to participate in the Contest; (4) any technical malfunctions of the telephone network, computer on-line system, computer equipment, software, program malfunctions or other failures, delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human, mechanical or technical in nature, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from downloading any part of this Contest; (5) any warranty of fitness or merchantability of any prize or the function or operation thereof, which shall be the sole responsibility of the manufacturer of the prize; or (6) any act or omission at any event included as part of any prize. Sponsor does not make any, and hereby disclaim any and all, representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding any prize, which is awarded “as is”. Participation in the Contest is at your own risk. Further, if, for any reason, the Contest does not proceed to completion  as planned for reasons outside the control of the Sponsor which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest (or portion thereof), Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest (or portion thereof). Sponsor also reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify the entry of any individual found to be (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or any website operated by the Contest Entities; (b) using any robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like entry methods, which will void all such entries; (c) violating these Official Rules or the terms of service, conditions of use, and/or general rules of any Sponsor property or service; or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Contest Entities are not responsible for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of the prize; participation in this Contest or in any activity or travel related thereto or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Contest information. Sponsor reserves the right to modify these Official Rules in any way or at any time. Any disputes that may arise hereunder shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Massachusetts without regard to the conflicts of laws principles of any jurisdiction. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules, their enforcement, arbitrability or interpretation, or the Contest, shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, before a single arbitrator in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Venue with respect to any such disputes not subject to arbitration and for entering judgment of any arbitration award shall be had in the state and federal courts of the State of Massachusetts.

  • PARTICIPANT OBLIGATIONS: By entering, each entrant agrees to defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless Contest Entities from and against any and all losses, demands, damages, rights, claims, actions and liabilities of any kind arising out of or related to (i) entrant's participation in the Contest or (ii) entrant's participation in any prize-related activities (including, without limitation, any property loss, damage, personal injury or death caused to any person(s)). The Winners assume all liability for any injury, death, or damage caused, or allegedly caused, by participating in this Contest or use or redemption of the prize. All taxes are the responsibility of the Winner, who may receive an IRS Form 1099 reflecting the final actual value of the prize, if applicable.

  • PERSONAL INFORMATION: The personal information collected through this Contest is subject to Hopper’s Privacy Policy, located at https://www.hopper.com/legal/privacy-policy. By entering this Contest, you agree to the use of your personal information as described in the above Privacy Policy.

  • OFFICIAL RULES/WINNERS' LIST REQUESTS: To obtain a copy of these Official Rules or for notification of the winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Hopper, Attn: Kentucky Tourism 2025 Contest, 265 Franklin St, Suite 1702, Boston, MA 02110. Requests for winners' lists must be received no later than January 31, 2026, after the end of the Contest Period.

  • SPONSOR: Hopper, Inc., 265 Franklin St, Suite 1702, Boston, MA 02110. This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with any travel services provider.