E: 19/10 (23.59) Win a trip to the USA (FB - small effort, game)

stefalfie11

WIN A TRIP TO THE USA!! Take an Outdoors Adventure in our brand new competition with Discover America and you could see some of America's greatest landmarks for yourself LIKE, SHARE and enter

Competition post on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thomascook/photos/a.446703027670.243189.188819677670/10152312501472671/?type=1

Leads to - https://apps.facebook.com/usa-outdoors/

Good luck to everyone :beer:

stefalfie11

Thomas Cook & Brand USA - Great American Outdoor Adventure - Prize Draw Terms & Conditions
How to Enter
Entrants must ‘Like’ the Thomas Cook UK Facebook page www.facebook.com/thomascook/ and go to ‘the Great American Outdoor Adventure’ tab.
Entrants must then fill their backpack by finding all of the 4 hidden items within the Google map, complete the entry form. Once this is completed, users must choose their favourite of the 4 destinations and explain why they want to win a holiday to this destination.
Entrants may only fill their backpack once for one entry, but will be awarded another entry for every 3 Facebook friends they invite to take part in the Great American Outdoors Adventure’.
Participation
No purchase is necessary to enter the prize draw, but you must be a UK resident aged 18 or over.
Employees of any company within the Thomas Cook Group and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter.
Entrants accept that they may be required to take part in PR should they win a prize.
A valid email address must be submitted when entering to ensure entrants can be contacted should their entry win one of the prizes on offer. Email addresses will be used by Thomas Cook companies and Brand USA for future marketing purposes, if the opt-in tick box is checked.
Entered Wish
By entering your Wish into the Great American Outdoor Adventure competition, you agree for this content to be used across Thomas Cook’s and Brand USA’s other digital and social channels including, but not limited to Thomas Cook’s websites and publications, Discover America Facebook, G+, Twitter, Instagram profiles and https://www.discoveramerica.com. In addition, Thomas Cook and Brand USA reserve the right to use any content submitted by entrants beyond Thomas Cook or Brand USA owned media, including but not limited to other media partnerships, press releases and travel trade media.

Winner selection and announcement

Weekly Wish Prizes of £100 holiday voucher:

There will be a total of 8 prize draws, each to win a £100 Thomas Cook holiday voucher. Each week for 8 weeks one winner will be drawn completely at random from all users who have found at least one hidden item and packed it in their backpack. The draw will take place in front of at least 2 witnesses, using independent software.
Each winner will be notified by email within 1 day of the draw taking place. The winner’s name will subsequently be announced on the Thomas Cook UK Facebook page, Twitter and Google+.
The winner must claim the prize within 21 days of being notified by email. Failure to do so will result in the prize being redrawn. In the event the winner of the second draw does not claim the prize it will be forfeited.

Monthly holiday prizes:

In addition to the 8 voucher prizes, there are two holiday prizes to be won. Over the 8 week period of the promotion, one prize draw will take place in each 4 week period to win a holiday. The entries that are eligible for each monthly draw will be those who have found all hidden items each month (4 items per month) and have entered a Wish. Each monthly draw will select one winner at random in front of at least 2 witnesses, using independent software. The winner of each holiday prize will be notified by email within 1 day of the draw taking place. The winner’s name will then be announced on the Thomas Cook UK Facebook page, Twitter and Google+.
The winner must claim the prize within 21 days of being notified. Failure to do so will result in the prize being redrawn. In the event the winner of the second draw does not claim the prize it will be forfeited.
Prize Draw Promotion timings.
First submission period starts: Monday 11th August at 2pm
First submission period finishes: Sunday 7th September at 23:59pm

Winners announced on the following dates:

Weekly £100 voucher winners
1. Monday 18th August 2014
2. Monday 25th August 2014
3. Monday 1st September 2014
4. Monday 8th September 2014
Monthly holiday winners
1. Monday 8th September 2014
Second submission period starts: Monday 8th September at 00:01am
Second Submission period finishes: Sunday 5th October at 23:59pm

Winners announced on the following dates:

Weekly £100 voucher winners
5. Monday 15th September 2014
6. Monday 22nd September 2014
7. Monday 29nd September 2014
8. Monday 6th October 2014
Monthly holiday winners
2. Monday 6th October 2014
Prize details
Weekly £100 holiday voucher prize
The prize is a £100 Thomas Cook holiday voucher which can be redeemed against the cost of a Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd package holiday to the USA, booked in a Thomas Cook high street store.
America holiday prize
Each of the two holiday prizes is a Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd package holiday to America up to the value of £5,000, departing between May – October 2015 to one of the following destinations: Florida, Miami Beach, Florida, Orlando ( including one of the following Theme Park Tickets: Universal Orlando Resort 2-Park Bonus Ticket, 3-Park SeaWorld, Aquatica and Busch Gardens Ticket or Disney’s 7-Day Ultimate Ticket), Las Vegas (including a visit to the Grand Canyon), or New York (including a New York CityPASS to visit key attractions including the Statue of Liberty). The destination and board basis of the prize is of the winner’s choosing. Holiday duration will be up to a maximum stay of 7 nights. Duration will depend on the location chosen by the winner. In the event that the holiday chosen by the winner costs more than £5000, the difference in cost will need to be paid in full by the winner at the time of booking. The prize is for a party size of up to two adults and two children. The prize must be booked within 1 month of winner being notified. All holidays are subject to availability at time of booking. Instructions on how to book will be provided.
There is no cash or other alternative to the prize.
Prize cannot be transferred/sold on, and the prize winner must travel.
The winner is responsible for ensuring they and each person on the holiday booking holds a valid passport, any necessary visa , suitable travel insurance cover, and, where asked for, has submitted advanced passenger information (API) in advance of travel.
The prize does not include the cost of travel insurance, spending money or any other costs that do not form part of the holiday package as set out on the booking confirmation. All such costs/expenditure will be payable by the winner and their travelling companion.
In addition to these terms and conditions, the prize holiday is subject to Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd booking conditions, a copy of which can be provided on request. Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd holds ATOL 1179 and is an ABTA member (ABTA V6896).
Once the booking is confirmed changes to the names, date or nature of the booking are not permitted.
Prize cannot be combined with any other offer, promotion or discount.
Additional Terms & Conditions
Entry implies acceptance of these rules.
The promoter of this contest is Thomas Cook Retail Ltd. (“Thomas Cook”) which shall be solely responsible for the execution and administration of the Promotion.
The promoter shall not have any responsibility if for any reason this promotion is not capable of running as planned or entries cannot be made resulting from any technical failures or any other reasons beyond the control of the promoter.
The promoter is not responsible for any problem or technical malfunction of any communications network or any late, lost, incorrectly submitted, delayed, ineligible, incomplete, corrupted or misdirected entry whether due to error, transmission interruption or otherwise.
The promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process.
The promoter reserves the right to provide a prize of equal or greater value in the event that it is prevented, for reasons beyond its control, from providing any of the prizes as described above.
The promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

amsquared

app page will not open in Safari but is fine in Chrome on my Mac

lizd31

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at united-agency-server.co.uk.

stefalfie11

lizd31 wrote: »

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at united-agency-server.co.uk.

I'm not sure what's wrong with it then because i'm using firefox too and it loaded fine last night and I've just checked again and it is still loading without a problem for me

lizd31

stefalfie11 wrote: »

I'm not sure what's wrong with it then because i'm using firefox too and it loaded fine last night and I've just checked again and it is still loading without a problem for me

still wouldn't work first time but I clicked on 'resend the information' & the app appeared

cornishpasty1

I haven't entered myself but have added a link to Weekly Sticky :beer:

claire21

Explore America in our ‪#‎OutdoorsUSA‬ competition, and you could WIN a trip to the States! Like, share and enter here > https://apps.facebook.com/usa-outdoors
This week's winner of a £100 voucher was Mark Frost. Congratulations Mark!

Yinster

cornishpasty1 wrote: »

I haven't entered myself but have added a link to Weekly Sticky :beer:

Sorry for being confused but I thought we could only fill one backpack once for the duration or can we do it weekly?

Moneybot

Yinster wrote: »

Sorry for being confused but I thought we could only fill one backpack once for the duration or can we do it weekly?

Looks like one entry but weekly prizes.

Although for the main prizes it might be monthly - will check this in October.

djc58

Sorry to bump as this went to GO as I cannot able to find new post for ""Second submission period starts: Monday 8th September at 00:01am"" in op.

Also ThomasCook show new comp in their FB yesterday as well.

Please let me know if there is new post or will add new to this thread? Many Thanks:A