G Adventures small group tours connect travellers to the world’s greatest destinations in a way they simply couldn’t achieve on their own. Each one has been designed to deliver must-do highlights, spontaneous situations, personal freedom, and under-the-radar encounters with local people. We believe that if you’re not seeing the world as it truly is, you’re not truly seeing it.
Looking for that sweet spot between independent backpacking and organized group tours? Congratulations; you found it. Classic tours combine the support and security of group travel, unbeatable variety, and the flexibility to go off-script when fate says, “Hey, let’s do this.”
Active adventures get you closer to the destination by letting you hike, bike, and multisport your way through it. We provide the equipment, the experts, and the opportunity, you provide the energy. On your mark. Get set. Go Active.
Travel connects us — to our planet, to its people, and to ourselves. Created to recharge the body and nourish the mind, our new Wellness tours offer the perfect balance of awe-inspiring destinations, rejuvenating activities, and healthy food experiences, helping you return home feeling even better than when you left.
Because you want to live it, taste it, try it, learn from it, and bring what you offer to it. Small group adventure travel brings you closer to our world, its people, their culture, and their way of life. We don’t just offer the world. We offer you to the world.
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G Adventures is a pioneering small group adventure travel company committed to making the world a better place. G Adventures offers curious travellers the chance to connect with a side of their world they’d never encounter on their own through genuine, in-depth experiences in some of our planet’s most incredible destinations. As a social enterprise, G Adventures helps the underserved communities touched by its tours connect to the global travel economy and establish community development projects in the places it operates.
CONTEST ENTRY PERIOD: The “Life Time Fitness G Adventures Giveaway” (the “Contest”) begins at 00:01 EST on November 1, 2018 and ends at 23:59 EST on January 31, 2019.
ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to legal residents of the United States, age 18 or older at the time of entry, who are members of Life Time Fitness. Employees of G Adventures Inc. (“G Adventures” and the "Sponsor") and its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies and marketing/prize providers (collectively, “The Contest Entities”), and the immediate family members of, and/or those living in the same household of each, are not eligible to enter. The Contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.
ENTRY: To enter, fill out the form on the G Adventures page: gadventures.com/lifetime. Entries must be received between November 1, 2018 at 00:01 EST and January 31, 2019 at 23:59 EST (the "Contest Entry Period").
Limit one (1) entry per person. Any entries received in excess of this limit will be invalid. In the event of a dispute, entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the Authorized Account Holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized Account Holder" means the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Any entrant may be required to show proof of being the Authorized Account Holder to Sponsor’s satisfaction.
PRIZE/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”)/ODDS: one (1) grand prize will be awarded as follows:
Total ARV of Grand Prize: USD $2,500
Odds of winning will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received.
NOTIFICATION: Grand Prize Winner will be confirmed via email, and both the Grand Prize Winner and Guest must sign and return, within seven (7) days of notification, an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Release and Declaration, a Publicity Release (collectively, "the Releases"). Noncompliance may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected. If a prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, it will result in disqualification, and the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner in a separate random drawing.
PRIZE CONDITIONS:
G Adventures reserves the right to cancel any booking due to unauthorized, altered, ineligible, or fraudulent use of voucher. G Adventures is not responsible for technical or system errors that may interfere with or otherwise prohibit the use of the Voucher. All G Adventures’ tours are subject to G Adventures' full booking conditions, found here: gadventures.com/terms-conditions-policies/
Grand Prize can be applied toward the regular listed price of any G Adventures trip, including the listed itinerary only and excluding optional or additional services not expressly included in the applicable itinerary or prize, including transfers, pre/post-tour accommodation, ‘My Own Room’, insurance, amendments, vaccinations, and all incidentals, meals, gratuities, taxes, fees, levies and transportation. All travel related expenses including but not limited to transportation to and from home, airfare costs exceeding the aggregate total specified herein, taxes, gratuities, incidentals, upgrades, insurance, service charges, airport surcharges, departure taxes, hotel, resort or property fees, food & beverage and excursions not specifically included in the applicable trip itinerary and personal expenses including but not limited to telephone/Internet charges and gift shop purchases are the sole responsibility of prize Winner.
Grand Prize can be applied toward new bookings only and Winner must indicate use of Grand Prize at time of booking. Any amount payable towards the booking to which Grand Prize is being applied that is over and above the value of the Grand Prize shall be paid by the Winner in a payment form generally accepted by G Adventures. Grand Prize is valid for G Adventures’ tour product only, has no cash value, and no amount of the Grand Prize will be refunded to the Winner if the entire Grand Prize amount is not used in the booking to which the Grand Prize is being applied.
The Grand Prize Winner may choose any departure departing before July 31, 2019, provided that a minimum of 4 paying passengers book or are booked on the same departure. Winner and travel companions must travel on same departure, trip and itinerary. Once the Grand Prize trip has been booked, no substitutions or changes will be permitted to the identity of the Guest. Winner and Guest must have valid photo ID, passport, and any other required documentation prior to departure.
Trip elements and travel dates are subject to availability, are valid on new bookings only, may not be combined with any other offer or discount, and are not eligible for “Lifetime Deposit” nor “Guaranteed Departure”. Once any ticket has been issued, the origin and destination cannot be changed. Frequent flyer mileage accumulation, use of e-upgrade certificates, and stopovers are not permitted. Promotional pass recipients may be held liable to the airline for failure to adhere to the restrictions and conditions of travel applicable to their tickets or for the fraudulent use of those tickets. The airfare component of the Grand Prize is for one-time use only, and only for the Winner’s and Guest’s personal use in connection with the Grand Prize. It may not be distributed or sold, or otherwise used for commercial or personal gain, other than for the purpose for which it is intended. Any violation of these conditions may result in cancellation of the airfare component of the prize, of any booking made using the airfare component of the prize, and/or to any legal or other recourse available for the recovery of damages suffered or costs, expenses or loss incurred as a result of such prohibited use. Grand Prize is subject to the Winner and Guest agreeing to G Adventures’ booking terms and conditions, available at gadventures.com/terms-conditions-policies/ . Winner and Guest are solely responsible for ensuring they have medical insurance in an amount no less than USD$200,000 covering medical, evacuation, and repatriation while travelling which is a mandatory requirement for participation on all G Adventures trips as set out in G Adventures booking terms & conditions.
Actual retail value of Grand Prize may vary depending on point of departure, destination selected, travel dates and fare/rate fluctuations; any difference in the value of the prize as stated herein and value at time of prize notification or awarding, if any, will not be awarded. All reservations will be made by an agent of the Sponsor. Accommodations are subject to availability at time of reservation. Blackout dates, advance booking requirements and travel restrictions may apply. Availability is subject to factors such as weather, seasonality and space availability. Reservations are subject to availability. If weather affects the ability for Winner and Guest to redeem any portion of the Grand Prize during the scheduled date and time, then the Sponsor shall have no further obligation to the Winner and/or Guest other than to supply the remaining elements of the Grand Prize minus the unused portion of the Grand Prize. If for any reason whatsoever, Winner and/or Guest are unable to travel after all travel arrangements have been made and paid, the Sponsor shall have no further obligation to the Winner. If Grand Prize is forfeited prior to Sponsor finalizing and paying for travel, and there is sufficient time to notify an alternate winner, the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner in a separate random drawing from among all non-winning eligible entries. Winner and Guest are responsible for obtaining the proper travel documentation (e.g., valid photo ID, passport and any visas or permits) and vaccinations prior to travel, at Winner and Guest’s own expense. Guest must be a legal resident of the United States, 18 years or older and must complete and return the Releases prior to travel.
Grand Prize Winner and Guest acknowledge and agree that they are responsible to ensure their eligibility to travel internationally and, if applicable, their proper and lawful eligibility to enter any country or region included in the prize trip itinerary, and to re-enter their country of residence, and represent and warrant to Sponsor that they possess or are able to procure a valid passport for the duration of the trip, if necessary, according to current international travel law. Passport and visa procurements will be the sole responsibility and for the sole account of the Grand Prize Winner and Guest. If the Grand Prize Winner and/or Guest are unable to attend their prize Tour due to passport, entry or other legal or regulatory restrictions, they shall be deemed to have forfeited the Grand Prize and Sponsor shall not be liable for any damages resulting from such inability to attend.
Grand Prize is not redeemable for cash. Grand Prize is non-assignable or transferable. No substitution is permitted except if the Grand Prize is unavailable, or the trip selected does not meet other criteria outlined herein, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. No cash in lieu of prizes and no exchange or substitution of prizes, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Any other incidental expenses on Grand Prize not specified herein are the Winner’s and Guest’s sole responsibility.
Except where prohibited by law, entry into the Contest and acceptance of the Grand Prize constitute permission to use Winner's name, prize won, hometown, likeness, video tape, photographs, and statements for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity related to the Contest and the Grand Prize, without additional compensation, notification or permission.
Winner acknowledges that the Sponsor and all other businesses involved with this Contest and their agents do not make, nor are in any manner responsible for any warranty, representations, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative the quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability of any aspect of the prize being offered.
ALTERNATE METHOD OF ENTRY: In lieu of entering the Contest by G Adventures’ contest landing page, a person who meets the eligibility criteria may enter the Contest by hand-printing their first name, last name, telephone number, complete mailing address, email address, age and signature on a plain white piece of paper and mail it (in an envelope with sufficient pre-paid postage) along with a 50 word or more unique and original handwritten essay on “How do you use fitness to prepare for travel?” and the name of the Contest the registrant wishes to enter to Mail-In Entries, 19 Charlotte St., Toronto, ON, Canada, M5V 2H5 (“Mail-in Entry”). Mail-in Entries must include a Canadian stamp on an outer envelope for the appropriate required postage. Mail-in Entries must be postmarked on or before the last day to enter the Contest, and must be received by G Adventures on or before the last day to enter the Contest. Limit one (1) entry per outer-postmarked envelope. All Mail-in Entries become the exclusive property of G Adventures and will not be acknowledged nor returned. No mechanical reproductions will be accepted, and all such entries will be void. Any attempt at e-mail or any other method of entry is void. Proof of entry submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt of entry by G Adventures. Sponsor is not responsible for misdirected, inaccurate, incomplete, lost, late, delayed, undelivered, postage-due, damaged or illegible entries, and all such entries will be void. The approximate cost of entry is the cost of postage required to submit a Mail-in Entry.
Entrants retain all rights to Entries submitted to the Contest; however, by entering the Contest, entrants grant G Adventures (and those authorized by G Adventures) a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of your Entry, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any G Adventures purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion of G Adventures and its website, and commercial products, including but not limited to G Adventures publications. Any Entry reproduced will include a photographer or videographer credit as feasible. G Adventures will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses. G Adventures may select Entries for highlight on its website or display in a publicly accessible Contest archive; such selections will be made in G Adventures sole discretion.
All entrants hold G Adventures and its directors, officers, employees, agents (the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against all claims of any nature arising in connection with entrant’s participation in the Contest and acceptance or use of a prize. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Indemnified Parties will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the Winner or Guest or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Indemnified Parties.
GENERAL: Participating entrants agree to these Official Rules and acknowledge that the decisions of the Sponsor will be final and binding upon them. Participating entrants release the Contest Entities, and their affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this Contest, as well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from all claims and liability relating to their participation in the Contest, and the acceptance and use/misuse of the Grand Prize. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Sponsor, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the Winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Sponsor, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Winner’s statutory rights are not affected. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or in the announcement of the Grand Prize.
If for any reason this Contest is not capable of running as planned due to an infection by a computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, at which time, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing from among all eligible entries received at the time of the Contest termination.
In the event of a dispute over the identity of an online entrant, entry will be deemed submitted by the "Authorized Account Holder" of the email address submitted at time of entry. Authorized Account Holder means the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Sponsor may ask any entrant or potential Winner to provide Sponsor with proof that such party is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the entry. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered, or mass entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices are void.
The Contest Entities are not responsible for: (i) error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination thereof; or (ii) any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in the Contest. By participating in the Contest, you (i) agree to be bound by these official rules, including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. Failure to comply with these official rules may result in disqualification from the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to: (i) permanently disqualify from any Contest it sponsors any person it believes has intentionally violated these official rules; and (ii) withdraw the online method of entry if it becomes technically corrupted (including if a computer virus or system malfunction inalterably impairs its ability to conduct the Contest), and to select Winner from among all eligible entries received prior to withdrawal.
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST, MAY AMOUNT TO A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
PRIVACY: Personal information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at https://www.gadventures.com/terms-conditions/privacy/.
OFFICIAL RULES REQUEST: To request a copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by, to: Official Rules Request,G Adventures Inc., 19 Charlotte Street Toronto, ON Canada M5V 2H5.
WINNER CONFIRMATION: For a written confirmation of the Winner (available after), send a stamped, self-addressed envelope (no later than 30 days after the end of the Contest Period), to: Winner Confirmation Request, G Adventures Inc., 19 Charlotte Street Toronto, ON Canada M5V 2H5.
SPONSOR: G Adventures Inc., 19 Charlotte Street Toronto, ON Canada M5V 2H5.
