HGTV Hall Pass Giveaway

The following promotion is intended for viewing in the 50 United States and D.C. only and will be construed and evaluated according to United States laws. Do not proceed in this site if you are not a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C., 14 years or older, and accessing this site in the United States.

HGTV HALL PASS GIVEAWAY

OFFICIAL RULES – NO PURCHASE NECESSARYTO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND D.C., 14 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1.      How to Enter: The HGTV Hall Pass Giveaway (the “Promotion”) begins at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time (“PT”) on July 22, 2015 and ends at 7:00 a.m. PT on July 24, 2015 (the “Promotion Period”). Official rules are available at the HGTV website (www.hgtv.com/hgtvhallpass) (the “Website”).

To enter this Promotion, individuals will need a mobile device (e.g., mobile phone or tablet) that can access the Internet and uses either the Apple or Android platform.  Additionally, individuals will need to download the Instagram application from their mobile device’s app store and sign-up for an Instagram account (“Instagram Account”).  Creating an Instagram Account is free.  By submitting your information and creating an Instagram Account, entrants will be required to agree to the Instagram terms of service and privacy policy.  After entrant has an Instagram Account, to enter the Promotion, during the Promotion Period: (a) take a VidCon-related photo; and (b) log into your Instagram Account and upload the photo with the following hashtags: #HGTVHallPass and #sweeps. If your Instagram Account is set to “protected mode”, your updates/responses may not be visible to Sponsor and, therefore, will not be received by Sponsor, resulting in your failure to enter the Promotion.  Sponsor may not receive entries that fail to strictly follow the posting instructions set forth in these Official Rules and Sponsor is not responsible for failure to see or receive an entry.  Sponsor, at its sole discretion, may accept a technically incorrect unique term.  Messages not received by Sponsor will not be entered into the Promotion.

Limit of ten (10) entries per eligible person, per day, during the Promotion Period. If multiple entries are received, only the first ten (10) entries will be accepted and additional entries will be disqualified. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by you to obtain more than ten (10) entries per day by using multiple/different Instagram Accounts, email addresses, identities, registrations or logins, or any other methods may void your entries and you may be disqualified from the Promotion. Any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar entry methods or agents (including, but not limited to, sweepstakes entry services) will void all entries by you. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holders.

2.                  Eligibility: This Promotion is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. who are fourteen (14) years of age or older as of the Promotion start date and who are ticket holders to VidCon 2015. Employees and members of their households and immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings, children and each of their respective spouses) of the Promotion Entities (as defined below) and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their advertising and promotion agencies and all local sponsors are not eligible.

3.         Privacy:  In connection with the Promotion entry process, Sponsor will be collecting personal data about entrants on the Website, in accordance with its privacy policy.  Please review Sponsor’s privacy policy located at: http://www.scrippsnetworksinteractive.com/privacy-policy/.  By participating in the Promotion, you hereby agree to Sponsor’s collection and usage of your personal information and acknowledge that you have read and accepted Sponsor’s privacy policy.  When you enter at the Website, you may be asked to consent to receive promotional e-mails and reminders for upcoming promotions and information about Sponsor. Consenting to receive such e-mails is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to be eligible to enter the Promotion and does not improve your chances of winning. Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes your consent to Sponsor's use of your name, likeness, entry, and state of residence for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.

4.      Limitations of Liability:  Scripps Networks, LLC dba Home & Garden Television (“Sponsor”) and other participating sponsors (collectively with Sponsor, the “Promotion Entities”) their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, parent, advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents, and any and all Internet servers and access provider(s) are not responsible for: any incorrect or inaccurate entry information; human error; technical malfunctions; failures, omission, interruption, deletion, or defect of any telephone network, computer online systems, computer equipment, server providers, or software, including any injury or damage to your or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Promotion; inability to access the Website or Instagram; theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries; transactions that are processed late or incorrectly or are incomplete or lost due to computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site; printing or human or other errors; and any entries which are late, lost, incomplete, misdirected, stolen, or any combination thereof. Online submission is not considered proof of delivery or receipt. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. By entering, you agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Promotion Entities and Instagram, Inc. and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, their respective representatives and agents, advertising and promotion agencies, promotion partners and prize suppliers, and all of their respective affiliated companies, employees, officers, directors and shareholders, from and against all claims and damages or liability arising in connection with your participation and/or entry in the Promotion and/or their receipt or use of any prize awarded in this Promotion or due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in any Promotion-related activity or participation in this Promotion. Any and all warranties and guarantees are subject to the respective manufacturer’s terms. Except where prohibited by law, the winner's entry and acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for the Promotion Entities to use said winner's names, photographs, likenesses, statements, biographical information, voices, and city and state addresses on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without further compensation.  If by reason of a printing or other error, more prizes are claimed than the number set forth in these rules, all persons making purportedly valid claims will be included in a random drawing to award the advertised number of prizes available in the prize category in question. No more than the advertised number of prizes will be awarded.  You further understand and agree that all rights under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of California (“Section 1542”) and any similar law of any state or territory of the United States that may be applicable with respect to the foregoing release are hereby expressly and forever waived.  You acknowledge that Section 1542 provides that: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”  The releases hereunder are intended to apply to all claims not known or suspected to exist with the intent of waiving the effect of laws requiring the intent to release future unknown claims.

5.      How Winner will be Determined: The sixty (60) potential Grand Prize Winners (each a “Grand Prize Winner”) will be selected in random drawings from among all eligible entries by an independent judging organization. Twenty (20) Grand Prize Winners will be drawn on each day during the Promotion Period and will be contacted by Instagram Direct Message on the same day as the drawing. Judge’s decisions with respect to the Grand Prize Winners and other matters pertaining to the Promotion shall be final. The Grand Prize Winners may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and release of liability and publicity (where permitted) prior to acceptance of the prize. Grand Prize Winner must be available to accept the prize at the times selected by Sponsor. If Grand Prize Winner is under the age of 18, Grand Prize Winner must be accompanied by his or her parent to accept the prize. If Sponsor is unable to contact or locate a Grand Prize Winner, if a Grand Prize Winner fails to complete all requested forms presented to the Grand Prize Winner, or if a Grand Prize Winner fails to comply with any of the requirements, his/her prize will be forfeited and an alternate prospective winner may be selected. The odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received.

6.      Conditions of Entry: Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If, in the judge’s or Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Promotion, or if computer virus, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, or technical difficulties or failures compromise or corrupt or affect the administration, integrity, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Promotion, the judges reserve the right at their sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and void any entries submitted fraudulently, to modify or suspend the Promotion, or to terminate the Promotion and conduct a random drawing to award the prizes using all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the termination date. Should the Promotion be terminated prior to the stated expiration date, notice will be posted on the Website. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of the winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM YOU TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

7.      Prize: Each Grand Prize Winner shall receive the following (the “Grand Prize”): one (1) wristband which gives the Grand Prize Winner access to a VidCon signing hall and Meet & Greet. The Grand Prize has no retail value.

The applicable Grand Prize Winner must be available to accept the Grand Prize at a VidCon location selected by Sponsor during the following times:

Drawing

Pick-Up Time

July 22, 2015, 4:00 p.m.

July 22, between 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

July 23, 2015, 7:00 a.m.

July 23, between 7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

July 24, 2015, 7:00 a.m.

July 24, between 7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

If Grand Prize Winner is under the age of 18, Grand Prize Winner must be accompanied his or her parent to accept the Grand Prize. A maximum of two (2) wristbands are available for each Meet & Greet, each day. Wristbands will be awarded to Grand Prize Winners on a first come, first served basis. Therefore, a Grand Prize Winner may not receive a wristband for their chosen session. Limit of one (1) Grand Prize per entrant.

The specifics of all aforementioned elements of the Grand Prize in the Promotion shall be solely determined by Sponsor. Grand Prize cannot be transferred, substituted, or redeemed for cash except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the Grand Prize, or portions thereof, with a prize of equal or greater value.

8.      Disputes/Governing Law: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these rules, or the rights and obligations of any entrant or the Promotion Entities in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions which would cause the application or the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Tennessee. Any action or litigation concerning this Agreement shall take place exclusively in the federal or state courts sitting in Knox County, Tennessee, and you expressly consent to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waive all defenses of lack of jurisdiction and inconvenient forum with respect to such courts. Any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. You agree to service of process by mail or other method acceptable under the laws of the State of Tennessee. ANY CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND/OR AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THIS PROMOTION. YOU (AND YOUR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS IF YOU ARE A MINOR) HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS OR CLAIMS TO ATTORNEY'S FEES, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ENTRANT, IDENTIFIABLE PERSONS, OR THIRD PARTY PARTICIPANTS, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT AND WHETHER BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE.

9.      Sponsor: Scripps Networks, LLC dba Home & Garden Television, 9721 Sherrill Boulevard, Knoxville, Tennessee 37932.

The Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram. You are providing information to Sponsor and not to Instagram.

Next Up

HGTV Greenlights 'Christina In the Country' Starring Longtime Host Christina Hall

The series will follow Christina as she embarks on a new chapter: expanding her design business and building roots in Tennessee.

Hall From HGTV Green Home 2010

Tiled floors and traditional pendant-lighting fixtures in the back entry hall balance out bright and cheerful decor in this eco-friendly home.

Entry Hall From HGTV Dream Home 2013

Stripped of ornamentation and Zen in aesthetic, the home's humble entry hall hints at a rustic-meets-chic, beachy design scheme.

Hall Bath From HGTV Green Home 2009

A small yet coastal-chic powder room – with close proximity to the kitchen, dining room and screened porch – echoes the tropical palette of the master suite.

Hall Bathroom From HGTV Green Home 2011

An infusion of art-deco style elevates the design of the hall bathroom, an eco-chic space shared by the home's two guest bedrooms.

Entry Hall From HGTV Dream Home 2010

A long and narrow, sun-filled space, HGTV Dream Home 2010 boasts pinewood ceilings and decorative beams that serve as a nod to traditional ceiling vigas.

Entry Hall From HGTV Dream Home 2011

Serving as the passageway from the front door to HGTV Dream Home's captivating gathering room, the front entry makes a quiet statement with minimal furnishings and a neutral color palette.

The Latest

Get inspired by our freshest tips and ideas.

On TV