Rules & Eligibility

WISCONSIN DEPT. OF TOURISM – 2024 Travel Wisconsin Feast or Fiction Sweepstakes OFFICIAL PROMOTION RULES & ELIGIBILITY DOCUMENT – Travel Wisconsin’s Feast or Fiction Sweepstakes

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM A PRIZE.

This Promotion is sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism (WDT), 3319 West Beltline Hwy., P.O. Box 8690, Madison, WI 53708-8690 (“Sponsor”). The Hiebing (“Administrator”) content integration computer is the official time-keeping device for the Promotion. You are providing your information to the Sponsor. Any questions, comments, or complaints regarding this Promotion shall be directed to Sponsor. Personal information collected is subject to the Sponsor’s privacy policy at www.travelwisconsin.com/terms-of-use

Promotion participants agree to be bound by the following rules: 

1.  PROMOTION PERIOD AND DEADLINE FOR ENTRY Travel Wisconsin’s Feast or Fiction Sweepstakes begins at 9:00:00 a.m. CDT on Monday, April 15, 2024 and all entries must be received no later than 4:59:00 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Sponsor reserves the right to begin the Promotion earlier than Monday, April 15, 2024 or end the Promotion earlier than Wednesday, May 15, 2024, or to extend the length of the Promotion in its sole discretion.

2.  ELIGIBILITY: The Promotion is open to all legal residents of the United States and who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry, excluding New York and Florida and where prohibited by law. Employees of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and Internet agencies (“Promotion Parties”) and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each such employee are not eligible. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. No purchase necessary to enter or win.

Purchases do not increase chances of winning. The odds of winning depend on the number of valid entries received.

3.  HOW TO ENTER: The Travel Wisconsin’s Feast or Fiction Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) will be hosted on a microsite on TravelWisconsin.com. During the Sweepstakes Period, the entrant must visit the TravelWisconsin.com microsite link. The user must fill out the online form, following all on-screen instructions to enter the Sweepstakes. The online form includes, but is not necessarily limited to, entrant’s email address, name, and phone number. Entrants will also have the option to check a box to opt-in to expressly agree to receive Travel Wisconsin e- mails. Entrants will also be required to check a box stating that they are a minimum of 18 years of age and have read and agree to this Official Rules and Eligibility Document. Entries for the sweepstakes will be accepted 9:00:00 a.m. CDT on Monday, April 15, 2024 and all entries must be received no later than 4:59:00 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (“Entry Period”). No other attempted method of entry will be accepted; entries may not be mailed.

Any Promotion entrant giving false or misleading information will be disqualified and any prizes won will be withdrawn. This includes, but is not limited to, name, address, telephone numbers, and details of previously won prizes.

Multiple entries are allowed but you are limited to one (1) entry per day, per email address. A valid email address is required to participate. Once entered you are eligible for all prizes during the sweepstakes period. If you become a winner, you are no longer eligible for additional prizes. No robotic, programmed, script, macro, or other automated entries are allowed.

The name of the person submitting an entry must be the name of the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter. Otherwise, entry may be deemed void. In the event of a dispute over the identity of a potential winner, the entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address used during the submission process. A potential winner may be required to provide identification sufficient to show that he/she is the authorized account holder of such account.

Sponsor assumes no responsibility for attempted entries due to network outages, hardware, or other technical failures. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, misdirected, stolen, or damaged entries. Neither Sponsor nor its Partner assume responsibility for error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delays in operation or transmission, theft, destruction, alterations of, or unauthorized access to entries.

Upon submission, all entries become the property of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Submission of entries grants the Sponsor and its agents the right to edit, adapt, modify, copyright, publish, produce, market, and use the entries in whole or in part for any purpose and in any media, whether now known or hereafter developed, without limitation or notice, without attribution, compensation, royalties, or other consideration (except where prohibited by law), and constitutes the irrevocable assignment and transfer to the Sponsor of any and all right, title, and interest in and to such entries, including, without limitation, all copyrights and any renewals and extensions thereof. Upon the Sponsor’s request, if necessary, entrants will execute any documents necessary to effectuate such ownership, assignment or transfer. Entries cannot be revised or altered by the entrant once submitted and shall not be returned to entrants upon completion of the Promotion or at any other time irrespective of any such request by an entrant.

4.  WINNER DRAWING: Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. Winner(s) will be selected on the following dates for a total of sixteen (16) winners.

May 17, 2024 (16 winners): entries for this sweepstakes will be accepted starting Monday, April 15, 2024 and all entries must be received no later than 4:59:00 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

5.  AWARDING OF PRIZES: You are not a winner until your eligibility has been verified, and it is determined that you have complied with all terms of this Official Promotion Rules and Eligibility Document. Potential winners will be first notified each week on or about the dates listed above in #4 by email at the email address provided at time of entry. Potential winners must respond to the initial email with their intention to accept the prize within 48 hours from when the initial email was sent. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of e-mail address or communication problems. If a potential winner does not reply to the initial email within 48 hours, he/she will be disqualified and an alternate potential winner will be randomly selected from among remaining eligible entries. Prize winners will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release of Liability and, if legally permissible, a publicity release within five (5) days of attempted delivery of same. If winner is at least 18 but still considered a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, the prize may be awarded in the name of winner’s parent or legal guardian, who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements imposed on winner set forth herein, and will be required to accompany such winner as his/her guest, as Sponsor determines at its sole discretion. If a guest is considered a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, guest must be a child or legal ward of the winner. Guests must execute and return a liability/publicity release prior to issuance of a prize. If a guest is child or legal ward of winner, winner must sign and return release on behalf of such child or legal ward. Failure to return the executed Affidavit within the specified time period may result in forfeiture of the prize, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, and random selection of alternate winner from all remaining eligible entries, time permitting. If prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, Sponsor is unable to contact potential winner, or the potential winner is not in compliance with this Official Rules and Eligibility Document, the prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate winner selected, time permitting.

Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Sponsor and its advertising and promotional agencies to use the winner's name, photo and/or likeness, and biographical information for advertising and promotional purposes without limitation and without additional compensation or permission unless prohibited by law. Upon request by Sponsor, winner will provide written consent for such use.

If by reason of error, more prizes are claimed than were intended to be awarded, all persons making valid claims will be included in a random drawing to award the prize.

There is no cash alternative to the advertised prizes. No substitution or transfer of any prize by any winner is permitted except by Sponsor at its discretion. Winner does not receive the right to select a prize.

6.  PRIZES:

Al Johnson’s (Door County) Gift Card, $100 Value

Leinenkugel's Brewery/Leinie Lodge (Chippewa Falls) Gift Card, $60 Value

Good Thyme (Bayfield) Gift Card, $100 Value

Bear Trap Inn (Land O’ Lakes) Gift Card, $100 Value

The Velveteen Plum (Wausau) Gift Card, $100 Value

La Clare Family Creamery (Malone) Gift Card, $50 Value

Driftless Café (Viroqua) Gift Card, $100 Value

Chef Shack (Bay City) Gift Card, $150 Value

Driftless Glen Distillery (Baraboo) Gift Card, $100 Value

La Crosse Distillery (La Crosse) Gift Card, $100 Value

Mint Mark (Madison) Gift Card, $150 Value

Cento Kitchen Table (Madison) Gift Card, $500 Value

Lake Geneva School of Cooking (Lake Geneva) Gift Card, $300 Value

The Elegant Farmer (Mukwonago) Gift Card, $50 Value

Kopp's Frozen Custard (Brookfield, Greenfield, Glendale) Gift Card, $50 Value

Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern (Milwaukee) Gift Card, $100 Value

7.  GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS: The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations. By entering the Promotion, each entrant, on behalf of himself/herself, and his/her executors and heirs, agrees (a) to be bound and abide by this Official Promotion Rules and Eligibility Document and by all decisions of the Sponsor, whose decision is final and binding and not open to appeal; (b) to release, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Sponsor and its agents, representatives, employees, suppliers, agencies, successors, assigns, licensors, licensees, advertising or promotional agencies, and any prize- sponsoring agency (collectively, "Released Parties"), from any and all liability whatsoever in connection with or related to this Promotion, including, without limitation, from any and all causes of action, liabilities, suits, claims (including but not limited to, any third party claims that may be made against entrant or Sponsor, and claims arising out of or relating to acceptance, receipt, possession, or use/misuse of any prize, or any publicity or other public exposure of entrant, including without limitation, claims concerning infringement of entrant’s or any third party’s intellectual property rights or invasion of entrant's privacy or publicity rights, or defamation, or acts undertaken in preparation for, or participation in, the Promotion), cross- claims or counterclaims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages or demands of any kind (including without limitation personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, portrayal in a false light, or attorneys’ fees or costs) (collectively, "Claims"), WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF A RELEASED PARTY; (c) that he/she has no right to bring, and covenants not to bring, any claim, action, or proceeding of any kind or nature whatsoever against the Released Parties; (d) to assume all risks, express or implied, associated with all Claims released above, including without limitation, all risks concerning entry into and participation in the Promotion; and (e) that NONE OF THE RELEASED PARTIES HAVE MADE OR MAKE OR ARE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RELATIVE TO THIS PROMOTION OR A PRIZE, AND ALL PRIZES ARE TENDERED TO ENTRANTS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF ANY SWEEPSTAKES MATERIALS OR ANY PRIZE.

In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any promotion materials and the terms and conditions of this Official Promotion Rules and Eligibility Document, this Official Promotion Rules and Eligibility Document shall prevail, govern, and control.

An entrant’s entry will be disqualified, at the sole discretion of Sponsor, if he/she attempts to (a) enter the Promotion through any means other than described in this Official Promotion Rules and Eligibility Document; or (b) disrupt the Promotion, circumvent the terms and conditions of this Official Promotion Rules and Eligibility Document, or in any way tamper with any component of the Promotion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Official Promotion Rules and Eligibility Document, Sponsor further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend, modify, or cancel the Promotion, or any portion thereof, if it cannot be run as originally planned, including by reason of tampering, unauthorized intervention, or fraud; infection by computer virus; malicious software attacks, bugs, fraud, non-authorized human intervention; strike, lockout, or other labor dispute; national emergency, war (whether or not declared), terrorist attack, floods, accidents, epidemics, earthquakes, weather-related issues (including hurricanes, snowstorms and/or thunderstorms); or other causes beyond the control of Sponsor.

Sponsor further reserves the right to take whatever action it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of the Promotion. Notice of cancellation, termination, modification, or suspension of the Promotion will be posted on the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, Travel Wisconsin Facebook page. Except where prohibited and subject to the releases and other provisions of this Official Promotion Rules and Eligibility Document, each entrant: (1) agrees that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state courts situated in the State of Wisconsin; (2) agrees that any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred and in no event shall include attorneys' fees associated with participation in the Promotion or any disputes arising from the same; (3) agrees that no indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages, including without limitation, lost profits, may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"); and (4) waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased.