Free Wedding Giveaway Official Rules

1. No purchase necessary to participate. Participants may enter either by completing the web entry form located at harbormagic.com/freewedding or by completing an entry form in person at Pier 5 Hotel, 711 Eastern Ave, Baltimore MD, 21202. Entry forms require the completion of the statement: “In 200 words or less tell us about your most memorable romantic moment.”

Limit: One entry per household. Clarify if a prospective bride and groom are one household or two for the purposes of the Free Wedding Giveaway.

Copies of the official rules are also available at all participating hotels.

The 2011 Free Wedding Giveaway (“Program”) begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time on 10/1/2011 and ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 2/24/2012.

2. Winner Selection Process:

a. All entries must have a legible, valid response to the question: “In 200 words or less tell us about your most memorable romantic moment.”

b. All entries must be received by each applicable participating hotel by no later than 5:00 PM on Feb. 22, 2011. All entries will be submitted to a person designated by Harbor Magic Hotels, who will select the best ten (10) most romantic entries, to be known as finalists for each participating hotel.

c. The 10 finalists will be entered into a random drawing for the grand-prize giveaway on or about February 24, 2011 between the hours of 6pm and 8pm local time at Pier 5 Hotel and must be present to win.

3. Employees of Harbor Magic Hotels, its parent company and affiliated companies and their immediate families (dependents under IRS definitions) are not eligible to participate. Entrants must be 18 years of age or over on or before the date their entry is submitted to Hotel Name.

4. By claiming a prize, winner consents to Harbor Magic Hotel’s use of their and spouse’s name and photograph in future Hotel name advertising without compensation or further approval. Further, by accepting a prize, winner agrees to not assert any claims and agrees to release Harbor Magic Hotels, its members, and affiliated companies and third party prize contributors/suppliers from any and all liabilities, injuries or damages sustained in connection with the award or use of the prize.

5. Winners are solely responsible for reporting winnings and paying all applicable taxes.

6. PRIZE:  Harbor Magic Hotels intends to award one (1) prize at each of the participating properties to the winner of the 2012 Free Wedding Giveaway.

Prize:
- One grand prize winner at Harbor Magic Hotels will win a wedding reception event at that hotel for a maximum of one-hundred (100) guests. The wedding reception details will be determined by Harbor Magic Hotels.

7. ODDS OF WINNING The Prize
Prize Number Available Odds of Winning: will be one out of the total number of eligible responses submitted the each participating hotel with consideration given to the quality of the response submitted by contestants. The selection of finalists will involve a subjective decision about the responses submitted.

8. PRIZE Winner Notification
Participants must be present at the event at the Pier 5 Hotel on the night of February 25, 2012 between the hours of 12pm and 4pm local time to be eligible to win. Finalists to be announced at 2:00 PM, Grand-Prize drawing at 3:30 PM local time.
Any unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.

9. GENERAL CONDITIONS: The 2012 Free Wedding Giveaway is open to all US residents, who are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants. Participants must be at least 18 years of age, by the date their entry is submitted to Harbor Magic Hotels to qualify for the prize. Void where prohibited / restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws apply. Paying and reporting taxes (if any) are the winner's sole responsibility. Prizes may not be substituted, transferred, redeemed or cash or exchanged, except at the sole discretion of Harbor Magic Hotels. Harbor Magic Hotels is not responsible for illegible, damaged, lost, late or misdirected mail entries. All submissions become property of Harbor Magic Hotels.

Harbor Magic Hotels, its members and affiliated companies reserve the right to refuse Free Wedding Giveaway entry to any customers who in their sole determination abuse their right to participate or violate the rules and to accelerate or modify method of distribution if necessary.

10. All responses send by contestants will become the sole property of Harbor Magic Hotels and will not be returned. The grand prize does not include transportation to or from Pier 5 Hotel, nor does it include clothing, rental, band, DJ, photographer, videographer, flowers, tips or anything else not specifically referred to in the Program. Each participating hotel has the sole and absolute right to make all decisions with respect to the menu and nature of the exact location of the event within the hotel and all related matters.