To enter the Invite the World contest, simply visit the Tourism Vancouver website located at tourismvancouver.com and send a postcard by completing the mandatory fields on the data capture form.

One entry per individual per postcard sent is entered to win the monthly prize; there is no limit to the number of postcards an individual can send. Each month the Invite the World promotional page on tourismvancouver.com will feature the prize of the month that is available to be won.

Promotional campaign starts on November 6, 2007 and closes on December 31, 2008 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. Monthly contests begin on the first of each month at 12:01pm PT and close on the last day calendar day of each month at 11:59am PT (the "Monthly Contest Closing Date". A random draw will select a monthly prizewinner at 12:00pm PT on each Friday following the end of each calendar month during the campaign. To be eligible, entries must be received before the Monthly Closing Date. Incomplete or late entries will not be accepted. No purchase necessary.

The contest sponsors are Tourism Vancouver and the City of Vancouver.

To enter and to be eligible to win, a person must be a resident of British Columbia and be of the age of majority in the province of British Columbia. Employees of, or members of the immediate family of, or persons domiciled with an employee of the Contest Sponsors, their agents and their parent, affiliated or related companies, subsidiaries, divisions, and all sponsors, and promotional agencies, are ineligible. By entering this contest the entrants automatically agree to accept and abide by these contest rules and regulations and all decisions of the Contest Sponsors, which are final.

MONTHLY PRIZES: There will be fourteen (14) Monthly Prizes of varying values each month. The Monthly Prizes must be accepted as awarded. The Monthly Prizes may not be transferred.

On every Friday following the end of each calendar month during the campaign at 12:00pm PT, a random draw will take place from all eligible entries received for the previous month at the offices of Tourism Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia. The first entry drawn each month will be eligible to win the Monthly Prize. The odds of winning the Monthly Prize will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received on or before the Monthly Contest Closing Date. The Contest Sponsors will attempt to contact the selected entrant after the draw by telephone. To be declared a winner, the selected entrant must correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill testing question. In the event that the selected entrant is disqualified from eligibility, does not correctly answer the mathematical skill testing question within the time limit or cannot be contacted by the Contest Sponsors within five (5) business days, Contest Sponsors shall have the right to draw another eligible entrant as a Monthly Prize winner and the Contest Sponsors shall be fully and completely released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard.

All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsors and will not be returned. Contest Sponsors assume no responsibility for lost, late, delayed, destroyed or misdirected entries. No correspondence will be entered into except with the selected entrant. The Contest Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction or tampering to or unauthorized alteration of the entries. Contest Sponsors are not responsible for (i) any problems or technical malfunctions or any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software; (ii) the failure of any entry to be received by Contest Sponsors on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site; or (iii) any combination thereof, including any injury or related damage to entrants or any other persons, whether computer-related or resulting from participation or downloading of any materials in this contest.

The Contest Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to cancel or suspend the contest should viruses, bugs or other errors or causes beyond the control of the Contest Sponsors that, in their sole opinion, corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest.

In order to receive the Monthly Prize, the winner must sign and return within forty-eight (48) hours a standard declaration and release to: (a) confirm compliance with these contest rules and regulations; (b) accept the prize as awarded; (c) release the Contest Sponsors from all liability; and (d) authorize the Contest Sponsors to broadcast, publish and disseminate their name, address, photograph, likeness, voice and/or image, in connection with any promotion or publicity, and/or for general news and information purposes with no further compensation to the winner.

The contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and is void where prohibited.

By completing the entry form, all entrants consent to the collection, use and distribution of their personal information by Tourism Vancouver and its designated agents for the purposes of running this contest. Personal information (information that identifies you as an individual, for example, home telephone number, age and home address) may be collected, used and stored by Tourism Vancouver or its designated agents for the purposes of running this contest. Tourism Vancouver will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering the contest. Only the personal information submitted through the contest web site by entrants who consent online to have the personal information disclosed to Contest Sponsors will be provided by Tourism Vancouver to Contest Sponsors.

Tourism Vancouver respects the privacy of its customers and online users. Please visit our privacy statement at http://www.tourismvancouver.com/visitors/privacy.