SHARE THE WINNINGS Sweepstakes

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Sweepstakes Rules:

Enter for a Chance to Win  "Share the Winnings" Sweepstakes

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  This promotion is sponsored by Marriott Vacation Club International.  Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) August 1, 2000 and ends at 11:59 PM EDT on October 15, 2000.  Sweepstakes is offered only in the United States. United States to residents that are at least 18 years of age. 

2. WHO CAN ENTER: Sweepstakes is open only to Marriott Vacation Club International owners.   Employees of Marriott International, Inc and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotional agencies and the immediate families and members of the households of such employees are ineligible. Void where prohibited by law. 

3. HOW TO ENTER: Marriott Vacation Club International owners may register for the sweepstakes by submitting names and addresses of qualified referrals via the mail in entry form obtained from the July 2000 issue of Shared Times to the address listed below.  Owners may also register on-line at www.vacationclub.com by submitting up to ten (10) names of friends they are referring to us to contact.  In the case of a dispute in the identity of the individual submitting an entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the individual in whose name and/or e-mail account is  registered.  All pre-existing referrals are  excluded.  An owner will be entered into the sweepstakes for each referral name.  Maximum of  ten entries per person.  All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will  not be acknowledged or returned.

4. RANDOM DRAWING: Winner will be selected in a random drawing conducted by Sponsor on or about October 30, 2000 from among all eligible entries received. Winner will be notified by certified mail on or about November 15, 2000.  Odds of winning a prize depends on the number of eligible entries received.   Winner must provide referral name of the recipient of the second vacation package in writing upon notice of winning.  Once winning referral name is provided, no substitutions or transfers allowed.

5. WHAT CAN YOU WIN: Two (2) identical Grand Prize vacation packages to be awarded to one (1) winning owner.  One Grand Prize vacation package is non-transferable and must be used by the Grand Prize winning owner, the second grand prize package will be transferable by the Grand Prize winning owner to one of their referrals.    Each Grand Prize winner will be awarded a Marriott Rewards® certificate for a 8 day/7 night stay at any Marriott Vacation Club International resort.  Accommodations are for a two-bedroom villa based on availability and blackout dates. Advance reservations are required and travel must be completed within one year of issuance of certificates.  Winner will also receive a certificate from HERTZ® for a mid-size rental car for 8 days.   The rental award includes the cost of a rental car only; operating costs, taxes, gas, insurance and upgrades are the sole responsibility of the winner.  Minimum rental age is 25 years of age and Hertz standard rental qualifications apply.  Grand Prize winners will also receive a Marriott Rewards® certificate which may be redeemed for two round trip coach airline tickets to their vacation destination.  (Carrier to be determined by each winners origin and selected destination).  The rules and regulations for the redemption of Marriott Rewards Points are outlined in the Guide to Marriott Rewards.  Approximate retail value of the two Grand Prize packages including airfare, accommodations and rental car is $6,400.

6. PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: Winners are responsible for all taxes on prizes and all expenses related to the acceptance and use of a prize and not specified. Prizes are non-transferable.  Prizes may not be redeemed for cash. No prize substitution except by Sponsor due to prize unavailability. 

7. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:   Potential Grand Prize winner may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability and, except where prohibited, a Publicity Release within 15 days of notification.  Non-compliance with this time period or return of prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected.  If winner is not of age of majority in state of residence, prize may be awarded in name of parent or legal guardian.  Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission to the Sponsor and its agencies to use winner’s name and likeness for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation unless prohibited by law; and winner agrees to sign and return any document requested by sponsor for such purpose.  By participating, entrants (a) agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and its agents which shall be final; (b) agree to release and to hold Sponsor and its directors, employees and assigns, harmless against any and all claims, liability and damages arising out of their participation and the acceptance and use of prize; and (c) acknowledge that the Sponsor has neither made, nor is, in any manner, responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied in fact or law, relative to the prizes. 

8. DISCLAIMER:  Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for 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, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of, or failure of Sponsor to receive entry information on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or any combination thereof.  Sponsor is also not responsible for any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any materials in the sweepstakes, or for mail that is late, lost, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, illegible or postage-due.  If this promotion becomes technically corrupted or compromised due to any of the foregoing factors or non-authorized human intervention, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate sweepstakes in its entirety or to select winner from all eligible entries received prior to the termination.

9. WINNER’S LIST: Names of winners will be available by mailing a self-addressed stamped envelope to Marriott Vacation Club International's “Share the Winnings" Sweepstakes Winners, P.O. Box 690548, Orlando, FL  32869-0548, for receipt by October 15, 2000.   Vermont and Washington residents may omit return postage.

Sponsor:
Marriott Vacation Club International
P.O. Box 690548
Orlando, FL 32869-0548

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