Qualifying Entrants
Entry open to UK residents only. The address you provide with your competition entry ("Entry") may be used to send any prizes so please make sure this is correct.
Employees of The UK Holiday or any associated company of Palmer Holidays and their immediate families, persons connected with the competition/prize draw and their immediate families i.e. prize sponsors, newsagents, wholesalers & their agents are not eligible to enter the Competition.
By entering the Competition, you hereby warrant that all information submitted by you is true, current and complete. We reserve the right to verify the eligibility of all entrants.
We assume that by reading our brochures or by using the website and entering the Competition (and you warrant that) you are aged 18 or over. Palmer Holidays is a tour company exclusively for the over 55s and therefore all passengers who book to travel must fit these criteria.
In the event that any entrant is disqualified from the Competition, in our sole discretion we may decide whether a replacement should be selected. In this event, any further entrant will be selected on the same criteria as the original entrant and will be subject to these Rules.
We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant (at our sole discretion) if we have grounds to believe the entrant has breached any of the Rules.
Competition Entries
Only one entry per person per Competition is allowed, (except where Specific competition terms and conditions states that more than one entry can be submitted) and any entrant who enters more than the permitted maximum will be disqualified.
Competition entries must be made in the manner and by the closing date specified on the specific competition terms and conditions. Failure to do so will disqualify the entry.
There is no purchase requirement to enter an online Competition. There is no charge to register as a user on Palmer Holidays website if registration is required as part of the entry process.
Prizes
Prize winners will be chosen at random, unless specified otherwise, from all qualifying entries within 28 days of the closing date specified in the specific competition terms and conditions. In all matters, the decision of the judge(s) shall be final, and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into. There shall be no right of appeal.
Claims for prizes must be made in the manner and within the time specified on the specific competition terms and conditions. Failure to claim a prize within this time or in the manner specified may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.
Prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternative to the offer will be available. We reserve the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value at any time.
All taxes, insurances, transfers, spending money and other expenses (including meals or personal expenses upgrades etc.) as the case may be, unless specifically stated, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner.
Data Protection and Publicity
Winners may be requested to take part in promotional activity, and we reserve the right to use the names of winners in any publicity both in paper and online (by entering the Competition you consent to such use of your personal data).
Any personal data relating to entrants will not be disclosed to a third party without the individual’s consent. Please see our privacy notice for further details.
Data relating to entrants will be retained by us for a reasonable period after the Competition closes to assist us to operate competitions in a consistent manner and to deal with any queries on the Competition.
General
Any words following the terms including, include, in particular, for example or any similar expression, shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words, description, definition, phrase or term preceding those terms.
Our failure to assert our rights in relation to any breach of the Rules shall not constitute a waiver of such rights, nor will any such waiver be implied.
If any provision of the Rules (or portion thereof) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of the Rules will not be affected or impaired.
The Competition and Rules will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England. Where the site and/or the Interactive Services are accessed from Scotland or Northern Ireland, this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Scotland or Northern Ireland respectively and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts or the courts of Northern Ireland respectively.
Rules specific to each Competition are displayed below on the section for such Competition. We reserve the right to cancel or amend the Competition or the Rules without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside our reasonable control.