Official Giveaway Rules
Golden Hour Travel 1-Year Anniversary Giveaway
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Effective Date: July 15, 2026
1. Sponsor
This giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is sponsored by Golden Hour Travel LLC, Braintree, Massachusetts, United States (“Sponsor”).
2. Eligibility
The Giveaway is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or the age of majority in their state of residence at the time of entry, whichever is older. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, its affiliates, and its immediate family members and members of the same household of any of the foregoing are not eligible. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
3. Giveaway Period
The Giveaway begins on July 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM Eastern Time and ends on September 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (the “Giveaway Period”). Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device. Entries received outside the Giveaway Period will not be eligible.
4. How to Enter
To enter, complete the giveaway entry form on this website with your first and last name, email address, and requested travel preferences (including travel interests and travel timeline). Limit one (1) base entry per person and per email address. Entries generated by scripts, macros, bots, or other automated means, and entries that Sponsor determines in its sole discretion to be fraudulent, duplicative, or otherwise noncompliant with these Rules, will be void and may result in disqualification.
Providing your information constitutes your agreement to these Official Rules and to Sponsor’s collection and use of your information as described in Section 8 and in Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
5. Bonus Entries (Referrals)
After entering, each participant will receive a unique referral link. You will earn one (1) bonus entry for each new, unique person who enters the Giveaway using your referral link during the Giveaway Period and who provides a valid, verifiable email address and satisfies all eligibility requirements. The maximum number of bonus entries is twenty-five (25) per entrant. Self-referrals, duplicate emails, entries from disposable/temporary email addresses, entries from the same household or device intended to inflate entries, and any referrals that Sponsor determines in its sole discretion to be fraudulent, automated, or otherwise noncompliant will not be counted and may result in disqualification of the referring entrant.
6. Prize
One (1) winner will receive a Golden Hour Travel Credit redeemable toward an eligible travel booking made through Golden Hour Travel LLC. The credit value is determined by the winner’s eligible travel spend on the qualifying booking:
- $250 USD credit for eligible travel spend of $2,000 or more.
- $150 USD credit for eligible travel spend between $1,000 and $1,999.99.
- $50 USD credit for eligible travel spend under $1,000.
Maximum Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of the Prize: $250 USD. Only one (1) prize will be awarded. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received.
Prize Redemption Terms. To redeem the credit, the winner must book qualifying travel through Golden Hour Travel LLC on or before December 31, 2026. The travel itself may occur after December 31, 2026. The credit has no cash value, is non-transferable, non-refundable, and cannot be redeemed for cash. The credit may be combined with eligible supplier promotions, discounts, and offers made available through Golden Hour Travel, but may not be combined with any other Golden Hour Travel-issued travel credit, gift card, giveaway prize, or promotional credit unless expressly authorized in writing by Sponsor. Any travel booked using the prize is subject to Sponsor’s standard booking terms and to supplier availability, terms, and conditions. All taxes, fees, gratuities, upgrades, insurance, and any other costs not expressly included in the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize (or any portion of it) with a prize of equal or greater value if the prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason.
7. Winner Selection, Notification, and Verification
One (1) winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received during the Giveaway Period, to occur within seven (7) business days after the end of the Giveaway Period. The potential winner will be notified by email at the address provided at entry. Sponsor will make up to three (3) reasonable attempts to contact the potential winner by email over a period of up to seven (7) days.
If the potential winner (a) does not respond within seven (7) days of the first notification attempt, (b) cannot be verified as eligible, (c) declines the prize, (d) fails to comply with these Official Rules, or (e) is otherwise unable to accept the prize for any reason, the prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected in Sponsor’s sole discretion from among the remaining eligible entries, subject to the same notification and verification procedure.
Sponsor may require the selected winner to confirm eligibility and, where reasonable, to provide additional information for verification and prize fulfillment.
8. Privacy
Information collected in connection with the Giveaway is handled in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. Information collected includes the first and last name, email address, travel interests, travel timeline, referral link and referral activity, and marketing consent selection provided by the entrant, together with device, browser, cookie, IP address, and related analytics and advertising data described in the Privacy Policy. Sponsor does not sell entrants’ personal information for money.
Marketing consent is optional. Checking the marketing consent box on the entry form is not required to enter the Giveaway, is not required to win, and declining marketing consent does not affect your eligibility. If you opt in to marketing, you may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in any marketing email or as described in the Privacy Policy.
9. Publicity Release
Except where prohibited by law, acceptance of the prize constitutes the winner’s consent for Sponsor and its designees to use the winner’s first name, last initial, city and state of residence, entry submission, statements about the Giveaway, and general likeness for advertising, marketing, promotional, and trade purposes, in any and all media now known or later developed, worldwide and in perpetuity, without further notice, review, approval, or compensation.
10. Release and Limitation of Liability
By entering, each entrant releases and holds harmless Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives (the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses of any kind arising out of or relating to (a) participation in the Giveaway, (b) acceptance, possession, use, misuse, or inability to use the prize, (c) any travel or other activity in connection with the prize, (d) technical malfunctions of any telephone network, computer system, server, software, or hardware, (e) lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, misdirected, or delayed entries or communications, and (f) any typographical, printing, human, or other error in the offering or administration of the Giveaway.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Released Parties are not responsible for any injury, damage, loss, or expense sustained by any entrant or winner in connection with the Giveaway or the prize, and their total aggregate liability, if any, shall not exceed the ARV of the prize.
11. Anti-Fraud and Disqualification
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant who Sponsor believes has (a) tampered with the entry process or the operation of the Giveaway, (b) submitted false information, (c) used automated means to enter, (d) engaged in fraudulent or abusive referral activity, (e) violated these Official Rules, or (f) acted in a manner intended to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Sponsor also reserves the right to void suspicious entries and referrals and to seek damages and other remedies to the fullest extent permitted by law.
12. Modification, Suspension, Termination, and Force Majeure
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, suspend, or terminate the Giveaway (in whole or in part) if it is not capable of being conducted as planned or if the integrity or proper administration of the Giveaway is compromised, including because of any event beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control such as acts of God, natural disasters, weather, epidemic, pandemic, public health emergency, war, terrorism, civil unrest, government action, fire, power failure, network or internet outage, computer virus, unauthorized intervention, technical failure, fraud, or similar cause (a “Force Majeure Event”).
If the Giveaway is terminated before the scheduled end date, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, conduct a random drawing from among all eligible entries received prior to the time of termination to award the prize. Eligible entries received before any modification, suspension, or termination will remain eligible unless Sponsor announces otherwise.
13. No Affiliation with Social Platforms; Platform Releases
The Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram, Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”), TikTok Inc. (“TikTok”), or any travel supplier. By entering, each entrant acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta or TikTok, (b) any information the entrant provides is provided to Sponsor and not to Meta or TikTok, and (c) the entrant completely releases Meta, TikTok, and their respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and representatives from any and all liability arising out of or relating to the Giveaway.
14. Governing Law and Venue
These Official Rules and any dispute arising out of or relating to the Giveaway are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The exclusive venue for any dispute shall be the state or federal courts located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and each entrant consents to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
15. Winner List
For the name of the winner, send a request by email to chris@travelwithgoldenhour.com with the subject line “Winner Request — Golden Hour Travel Anniversary Giveaway” no later than sixty (60) days after the end of the Giveaway Period.
16. Contact
Questions about the Giveaway may be directed to Sponsor at chris@travelwithgoldenhour.com or via the contact information provided at giveaway.cruisewithgoldenhour.com.