E: 01/09 win a 3 night 4* break in Rio or £200 Hotels.com vouchers (small effort)

Nano-break Competition Rules and Guidelines

Prizes
First prize: Two return economy class tickets to Rio de Janeiro with TAP Portugal and three nights at the 4* Caesar Park Ipanema for two people. The winner will also be free to extend the stay at their own expense and the flights can be booked to accommodate this.

You can offset your flight to Rio on https://www.expedia.co.uk, by entering "Rio" under the Activities tab.

Three runners-up prizes of one £200 Hotels.com voucher each (“Prize”)

Rules
1. The entry period for the competition is from 8th June 2009 to 1st September 2009.

2. Participants may enter a maximum of 5 times per person per channel (maximum 15 entries per person). No purchase is necessary to participate.

3. The competition is not open to employees of Hotels.com group companies or TAP Portugal employees.

4. The competition is only open to UK residents who are over 18 years of age. Entries made by individuals under 18 years old will be disqualified.

5. By entering, participants will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions.

6. Participants agree and acknowledge that the entries (the “Works”) submitted to the competition via tagging on Twitter, YouTube or Flickr may be streamed to Hotels.com for display on the Hotels.com website. Participants waive absolutely the right to have their Works attributed to them and their right to object to derogatory treatment of the Works.

7. Participants must enter Works which are original to them and must not copy the work of someone else or use works which are protected by third party intellectual property rights. Participants must not enter Works which, in the reasonable opinion of Hotels.com, could be construed as obscene, offensive or derogatory.

8. The winner will be notified by email on or after 15 September 2009 and instructions to claim prize will be included in this email. The winner will be chosen by the judges, comprising of one judge from Hotels.com and one independent judge. The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence or communication will be entered into. Prize winner details will be available for one month after the competition is completed. To access the winner’s details, send a stamped SAE to Hotels.com Nanobreaks Competition, care of Seventy Seven PR, 77 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6SR.

9. Prize will be awarded to entrants with a UK postal address only.

10. Prize winners are liable for any tax liability accruing as a result of this Prize promotion.

11. Prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and non-changeable. Cash or credit alternatives will not be offered including frequent flyer miles. Hotels.com will not substitute prizes of a similar value under any circumstances.

12. Hotels.com reserves the right to cancel or amend the terms of this prize draw promotion without notice in the unlikely event of major catastrophe, war, earthquake, airline action, or any actual, anticipated or alleged breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other similar event.

13. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Hotels.com excludes all liability howsoever arising connected with the prize and all warranties, conditions, undertakings, terms and obligations implied by law (whether by statue, common law or otherwise).

14. All travel including return travel must be completed by 16 July 2010. The hotel stay at the Caesar Park Ipanema is valid for one room (two people sharing) and must be taken by 15 July 2010. Blackouts apply and the Prize cannot be redeemed during Christmas, Easter, Festivals, Carnivals and school holiday periods.

16. This promotion shall be governed and construed by English law and is run by Hotels.com L.P 10440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas 75231

Yeah, I'm not sure. They say

The winner will be chosen by the judges, comprising of one judge from Hotels.com and one independent judge.

but surely that can only be for the photos and videos, and they must have a massive team or there's going to be a lot of skimming! I would assume there must be some randomised element, especially with the tweets.