Travel Tips

Devoted snowriders and smart travelers know that an economic downturn is no reason to cancel their winter vacation plans. In fact, now is the time to take advantage of exceptional deals at Utah ski and snowboard resorts. A little careful planning and a few clever travel tips can turn dreary doubts into dreams of bluebird skies and powder snow.

Ski Utah has created this Travel Tips page to assist skiers and snowboarders in their quests to ride The Greatest Snow on Earth® without breaking the bank.

Travelers are invited to contribute tips and tactics for creating affordable winter vacations and will earn the chance to win incredible prizes. Weekly prizes will be awarded to the most helpful suggestions. One clever traveler who submits the "ultimate" travel tip will be selected to receive a Grand Prize: A 2009-10 Ski Utah Vacation Package, complete with roundtrip airfare to Salt Lake City provided by Southwest Vacations.

So go ahead... Submit a travel tip today! Simply fill out the form on the right and enter a tip in this week's contest. Each week one travel tip will be selected as the "Tip of the Week," receive a Ski Utah prize and be placed in the running for the Grand Prize. Don't forget to give us your t-shirt size.

Ski Utah has submitted its favorite travel tip to get your thrifty and creative juices flowing.

And remember, travel to Utah because time is money. Utah has eleven world-class resorts within a short one-hour drive from Salt Lake City International Airport which was recently rated the most on-time airport in the nation by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Less cancellations and delays equals more time on the slopes, and a better vacation. Over half of the U.S. population lives just an average 2.5 hour flight away from Salt Lake City. With over 800 flights arriving and departing daily, getting in and out of Utah has never been easier.

Travel Tips Official Rules

1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning.

2. ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, born on or before 7/1/1988 and who possess a valid U.S. issued form of identification. Employees of Sponsors and their immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling, or grandparent) are NOT eligible to enter sweepstakes.

3. TIMING: Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time ("PT) on 12/05/08 and closes for entries at 11:59 p.m. PT on 4/03/09.

4. HOW TO ENTER: To enter, go to www.skiutah.com and fully complete the official entry form and transmit as directed. There is no limit to the number of entries per person. Sponsors may also ask optional questions on entry form; completion of these questions is not required to enter the sweepstakes.

5. GRAND PRIZE: One (1) grand prize package will be awarded. The prize consists of one (1) Utah Powder Getaway to Utah for two during the 2009-2010 season. Getaway includes: Roundtrip airfare to Salt Lake City on Southwest Airlines. Five nights lodging. Four days skiing or snowboarding. Five days ski or snowboard rental and $200 Hertz vouchers. WEEKLY PRIZE: One (1) weekly prize will be awarded starting 12/22/08 and running through 4/03/09. Weekly winners receive a Ski Utah t-shirt in the size specified on entry. All legitimate travel tips will be posted on skiutah.com. Winners will be solely responsible for providing proof of identity within seven days of sponsor's notification of transfer of said prize. Prize is nontransferable and must be accepted as awarded. No cash or other substitution may be made, except by Sponsors in the event that the prize cannot be awarded for any reason in which case, Sponsors will award a prize of equal or greater value. Subject to the conditions herein, prize will be awarded. All federal, state, and local taxes, fees, and surcharges for prize are the sole responsibility of winner. The return of any prize / prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.

6. NOTIFICATION: Weekly winners will be notified by email and prize sent to address given in entry within ten days. Potential Grand Prize winner will be contacted by email within thirty days of drawing, and must within ten (10) days confirm receipt of email and correctly complete, execute, and return (as directed) all given Affidavits, Waiver, Releases, and where lawful, a Publicity Release (additional documents may be required at discretion of Sponsors). Failure to comply with the above-mentioned Reply Deadline (or the return of a prize or prize notification as non-deliverable) may result in disqualification and in the forfeiture of any right to the prize, in which case the prize will be awarded to an alternate by random drawing.

7. IMPROPER CONDUCT: If for any reason this sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure, human error or any other cause beyond the control of Sponsors that corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the sweepstakes, Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to, disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, require the return of any prize or its value, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the sweepstakes, in which case, winners will be determined from the entries received prior to cancellation, termination, modification or suspension.

8. E-MAIL ADDRESS: Computer entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the natural person who is the authorized account holder of the submitted e-mail address at the time of entry (proof thereof may be required of winner).

9. RELEASE: By participating in this sweepstakes and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees that the Sponsors, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, dealers, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of the Sponsors' officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents, will have no liability whatsoever for, and will be held harmless by participant/winner for any liability for any injury, loss or damages of any kind to persons (including death) and property due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or from participation in this sweepstakes or participation in any sweepstakes or prize related activity. By participating in this sweepstakes and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsors the right to photograph a winner with the prize, and in perpetuity to use winner's/participant's name, address, prize won (where applicable), picture/portrait, likeness, voice, statements, submitted photographs, opinions or written statements, in whole or in part, as may be adapted, edited, or modified, as solely determined by Sponsors for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the World Wide Web, without review, notification or approval, all without additional consideration, unless prohibited by law. Sponsors shall have the right to use, assign, edit, modify or dispose of an entry however they see fit without the approval of participant/winner.

10. JUDGING: Contest entrants agree to abide by the terms of these rules and by the decisions of the judging organization, which are final on all matters pertaining to contests. Participants may enter more than one travel tip.

11. COMPUTER: Participants agree that by submitting their entries they release Sponsors and their respective agents from any liability in connection with any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, or technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/telephone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof.

12. ERRORS: Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, stolen or misdirected entries, typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of this sweepstakes, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the selection and announcement of the winner or the distribution of the prize. Sponsors reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the sweepstakes. In the event that the sweepstakes is challenged by any legal or regulatory authority, Sponsors reserve the right to discontinue or modify the sweepstakes, or to disqualify participants residing in the affected geographic areas. In such event, Sponsors shall have no liability to any participants who are disqualified due to such an action.

13. LAWS: Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted.

14. WINNER'S LIST: A winner's list will be available from 5/01/09 to 05/31/09 at www.skiutah.com or by sending an SASE by 5/31/09 to: Ski Utah, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.

15. SPONSORS: a) Ski Utah, Southwest Airlines and Southwest Vacations (collectively the "Sponsors").