Competition Title: Travel Well Spent (AU, NZ, US, CA)
Inspiring Vacations "Travel Well Spent" Competition Terms and Conditions
General
Information on how to enter this Promotion, mechanics of entry, and prizes form part of these Conditions of Entry. Entry to this Promotion is deemed acceptance of these Conditions of Entry by each Entrant.
Entry is open to residents of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States who are aged 18 or older at the time of entry (Entrants).
Employees or contractors working for or with Inspiring Vacations and their direct family members are not eligible for the Promotion.
Only Entrants who apply within the competition period are eligible for the Promotion.
Inspiring Vacations Pty Ltd (ABN 22 623 610 711) of Level 2, 420 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, is the Promoter and reserves the right to modify these Conditions at any time without notice, subject to state regulatory approval.
The Promotion begins at 12:01am AEDT on 13 January 2025, and ends at 11:59pm AEDT on 7 December 2025 (Promotional Period). The Promotional Period consists of:
Monthly Prize Submission Periods:
February 1 – February 28, 2025
March 1 – March 31, 2025
April 1 – April 30, 2025
May 1 – May 31, 2025
June 1 – June 30, 2025
July 1 – July 31, 2025
August 1 – August 31, 2025
September 1 – September 30, 2025
October 1 – October 31, 2025
November 1 – November 17, 2025
Grand Prize Voting Period: From 9:01am AEDT on 2 December 2025 to 11:59pm AEDT on 7 December 2025.
Entry
To enter the competition, Entrants must, during the Promotional Period, visit the Inspiring Vacations promotional page and complete the online entry form, including their first name, last name, and email address. By submitting the form, Entrants consent to receive promotional emails from Inspiring Vacations and agree to the Privacy Policy.
Eligible Entrants must upload a photograph or video from their Inspiring Vacations tour, taken between 01 January 2023 and 17 November 2025. Entries that do not meet this criterion will be deemed invalid.
Entrants may submit a maximum of one (1) photo and one (1) video per month during the competition period.
Each entry must be unique—duplicate entries will not be accepted. Entries can not be repeat entries from previous Inspiring Vacations competitions.
Entries must meet the following technical and content requirements
Photos: Minimum resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels in JPG, PNG, or HEIC formats.
Videos: Length between 10 and 30 seconds, in MP4 or MOV formats.
Content: Must feature travel that occurred on an Inspiring Vacations tour and include a description or quote of 100 words or less relevant to the submission.
Entries must be the participant’s original work and contain no identifying marks, borders, watermarks, or signatures.
By entering this competition, the Entrant confirms that they have obtained consent from all identifiable individuals featured in the submitted image or video for its use in this competition and any promotional materials associated with it.
No purchase is necessary to enter. Void where prohibited.
Entries will be deemed accepted at the time of receipt by the Promoter, not at the time of transmission. Entrants will receive a confirmation email upon successful submission. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for late, corrupted, lost, incomplete, or misdirected entries due to technical errors, omissions, deletion or otherwise.
By entering the competition, Entrants grant the Promoter a perpetual and non-exclusive license to use submitted commentary, video footage, and photography in marketing materials and media worldwide, including online social networking sites. Entrants will not be entitled to any fee for such use.
Grand Prize winners agree to be filmed and photographed during the "Winners Tour" and to participate in chronicling the tour experience. By accepting the prize, winners grant the promoter a perpetual and non-exclusive license to use this content in marketing materials and media worldwide, including online social networking sites. The winners (and their companions) will not be entitled to any fee for such use.
If you enter the Promotion but no longer wish to participate, please email marketing@inspiringgroup.com.au, and you will be removed from the Promotion.
Costs associated with entering the Promotion remain an Entrant’s responsibility and may vary.
Each person may vote only once during the community voting period. Multiple votes will result in disqualification.
General Prize Details
This is a game of skill. Prizes are awarded to Entrants based on originality and creativity.
Monthly winners of the $500 travel vouchers will be selected on the 7th of each promotional month in February through October and on November 21st at 1:00 pm AEDT at the Promoter’s premises, Level 2, 420 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004.
Winners will be notified directly via email within two (2) business days of the winning entry selection and published on the Inspiring Vacations promotional page.
All communication regarding the redemption of prizes will be sent via email. Winners must ensure their contact details are kept up to date.
Monthly prize winners are not automatically eligible for the Grand Prize. Entries for the Grand Prize will be judged independently of the monthly prize results.
Monthly Prize Details
One (1) winner will be chosen each month during the Promotional Period.
Each monthly winner will receive a $500 AUD Inspiring Vacations voucher, redeemable toward published tour packages on inspiringvacations.com. The voucher must be used in accordance with its terms and conditions.
Winners will be notified via email by the 11th of each month from March through October and by the 23rd of November, 2025, and must accept their prize within two business days of being notified. Failure to do so may result in the prize being forfeited and a replacement winner selected.
By entering the competition, Entrants grant the Promoter a perpetual and non-exclusive license to use submitted commentary, video footage, and photography in marketing materials and media worldwide, including online social networking sites. Entrants will not be entitled to any fee for such use.
Vouchers will be supplied as a coupon code, valid for six months from the date of issue and can only be used against new bookings. Winners must redeem their $500 voucher by making a booking within six months of prize acceptance and apply it toward a single transaction for tour packages.
Vouchers cannot be redeemed for cash, transferred, or refunded after use. Expired vouchers are non-refundable in part or in full and, once expired, are invalid and will not be honoured.
Vouchers can not be applied to Travelzoo products but can be used alongside other promotions.
Voucher terms and conditions form part of the full terms and conditions of this competition.
Personal information collected in relation to your voucher will be handled in accordance with Inspiring Vacations’ Privacy Policy.
Grand Prize Details
The 20 shortlisted entries for the Grand Prize voting will be announced on 25 November 2025 on the Inspiring Vacations website.
The Grand Prize consists of a spot on the 12-Day Sri Lanka Uncovered Tour departing in August 2026. Each Grand Prize winner will receive:
Two (2) tickets for the tour (winner + companion).
Return flights from select departure cities: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York. (Winners from Canada will be required to make their own way to one of the departure cities above, or directly to Sri Lanka at their own cost).
Eleven (11) Grand Prize winners will be chosen as follows:
Five (5) winners will be determined by community voting held between 9:01am AEDT on 1 December 2025 and 11:59pm AEST on 7 December 2025.
Six (6) winners will be selected by Inspiring Vacations judges.
The Grand Prize winners will be announced on 15 December 2025.
Grand Prize inclusions do not cover additional costs such as visas, transfers, meals not included in the itinerary, personal expenses, or optional upgrades. Such expenses will be the responsibility of the winner.
If the Grand Prize tour does not meet the minimum requirements for departure, Inspiring Vacations reserves the right to offer alternative dates or prizes of equivalent value.
Winners are responsible for notifying Inspiring Vacations of any changes to their contact details. All communication regarding bookings made for your awarded tour will be sent via email.
Should the Winner cancel their booking for any reason, standard Inspiring Vacations Terms and Conditions will apply, and no credit or refund of the tour value or date change will be applicable.
Other Terms and Conditions
By entering the competition, Entrants agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
All taxes, insurances, transfers, spending money, visas, and other expenses (including meals or personal expenses) are the sole responsibility of the prize winner unless otherwise specified.
Inspiring Vacations reserves the right to cancel the prize in the instance of a force majeure event as described in the Inspiring Vacations Terms & Conditions. In such instances, no deferral, rebooking or compensation will be available.
Force majeure means the occurrence of an event that is beyond Inspiring Vacation’s reasonable control and which could not have been reasonably prevented by Inspiring Vacations, which includes, but is not limited to:
war, armed conflict, criminal damage, riot, civil strife, industrial dispute, terrorist activity or the threat of any such acts;
natural disasters (including but not limited to flooding, fire, earthquake, landslide, adverse weather conditions, high or low water levels);
nuclear or other industrial accident causing environmental pollution or contamination;
epidemics, pandemics, quarantines or any other public health crisis, including COVID-19 and its variants; or
change in law, meaning enactment, amendment (including repeal) in the law or administration of any law in Australia or any jurisdiction or territory relevant to the booking contract, which includes changes in statute, regulation determination, by-law, declaration, licence and the common law as applicable from time to time, including but not limited to travel or movement restrictions imposed by state, federal or foreign governments.
Personal information collected in connection with this Promotion will be handled in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy.
The Promoter reserves the right to redraw if a winner cannot satisfy these Terms and Conditions or has breached them.
