'Tis the Season Giveaway
OFFICIAL RULES

No purchase required to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning.
The 'Tis the Season Giveaway (the “Sweepstakes”) is sponsored and administered by The Knot Worldwide Inc.,
2 Wisconsin Circle, 3rd Floor, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 (“Sponsor” or “Administrator”).

1. ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the contiguous United States plus the District of
Columbia who are 21 years of age or older as of the Entry Period (defined below) (“Participant”). Employees of
Sponsor, Administrator, their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and their
immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. This Sweepstakes is
void where prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.

2. AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES: Participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes the Participant’s full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and
Administrator, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth
herein.

3. ENTRY PERIOD: The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00am ET on October 16, 2023 and ends at 11:59pm ET on
November 15, 2023 (the “Entry Period”). Entries that are submitted before or after the Entry Period will be
disqualified. Administrator’s computer will be the official timekeeping device for this Sweepstakes. Administrator
reserves the right to end Sweepstakes at any time, including prior to the expiration of the Entry Period.

4. Participant must go to the URL https://info.thebash.com/tis-the-season-giveaway-2023 and
complete the instructions found there for the Sweepstakes. (“Entry”). Participant may earn up to five (5) additional
Entries by sharing the dedicated giveaway post that The Bash posts on their Instagram on October 16, 2023.

There will be no credit for bot, automated, or spam Entries, each as determined by Sponsor or Administrator in its
sole discretion. Sponsor and Administrator are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, illegible, or
misdirected Entries, which will be disqualified, or for any error, whether human, technical, or otherwise. Sponsor and
Administrator each reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any Participant found to be tampering with the
operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules. In the event of a dispute as to the
identity of a Participant, the authorized account holder of the email address used to submit the Entry will be deemed
to be the Participant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person who is assigned to 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 email address.

By entering the Sweepstakes, you represent and warrant that you are the owner or licensee of any and all materials
and information, including photos, videos, and personal information, submitted by you to the Sweepstakes and you
automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Sponsor and Administrator an
irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully-paid-up, royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to
sublicense at multiple levels) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or
in part), transfer, distribute any such materials for any purpose and in any format on or in connection with the digital
property where this Sweepstakes Entry form is published or its affiliated or partner sites, the Administrator’s or
Sponsor’s respective businesses, or the promotion thereof, prepare derivative works, incorporate into other works,
and/or grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. Submissions must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion
of the Sponsor and/or Administrator, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise
objectionable or inappropriate content, and Submissions must not infringe any intellectual property rights of third
parties. You furthermore represent and warrant that all persons and entities connected with the materials and
information submitted in connection with the Sweepstakes, and all other persons and entities whose names, voices,
photographs, likenesses, works, services and materials have been used in such materials/information or its/their
exploitation, have authorized the use of their names, voices, photographs, likenesses, performances, and
biographical data in connection with the advertising, promotion, trade and other exploitation of the materials and
information and the rights granted herein.

5. JUDGING: On or about November 17, 2023 (“Drawing Date”) one (1) Participant from all eligible Entries received
during the Entry Period shall be selected at random by Administrator (“Winner”).

6. PRIZE EXPLANATION: The Winner shall receive one (1) Amazon.com e-gift card worth $250.00, one (1) credit
towards a booking on The Bash worth $1,000.00, and one (1) Wine Access e-gift card worth $250.00 (“Prize”). The
total value of this Prize will not exceed $1,500.00. Prize does not include alcohol. No transfer, cash equivalent, or
Prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor's sole discretion. Any and all Prize-related expenses, including without
limitation any and all federal, state, and/or local taxes shall be the sole responsibility of the Winner. Certain terms and
restrictions apply to the gift cards. See gift cards for terms and conditions.

Amazon.com is not a sponsor of this promotion. Except as required by law, Amazon.com Gift Cards (“GCs") cannot
be transferred for value or redeemed for cash. GCs may be used only for purchases of eligible goods on
Amazon.com or certain of its affiliated websites. For complete terms and conditions, see www.amazon.com/gc-legal.
GCs are issued by ACI Gift Cards, Inc., a Washington corporation. All Amazon ®, ™ & © are IP of Amazon.com, Inc.
or its affiliates.

7. PRIZE NOTIFICATION AND FULFILLMENT: Each potential Winner may be contacted by Sponsor or
Administrator on or about the Drawing Date and may be asked for further explanation based on their initial answers
submitted online. Each potential Winner will be required to respond to such message and execute and return an
Affirmation of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release (where required and/or permitted) within seventy-two (72)
hours of notification attempt. Winner must provide an email address via social media to claim the giveaway prize if
additional entries are used. In the event a potential Winner is determined to be ineligible in accordance with these
Official Rules (including by failure to respond to any notification attempt within the specified time), such Prize may be
forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate Winner in a drawing from among all remaining Entries received. Each
Winner may be required to supply Sponsor or Administrator with his/her social security number for tax purposes.
Subject to the foregoing requirements, the Prize will be sent to Winner and Sponsor may contact Winner if more
information is needed.

8. CONSENT AGREEMENT: By entering this Sweepstakes, Participant: (1) agrees to be bound by these Official
Rules; (2) consents to the use of his/her name, voice, picture, and likeness for advertising and promotional purposes
in any medium throughout the world in perpetuity without additional compensation unless prohibited by law and
otherwise pursuant to Administrator and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy [https://www.theknotww.com/privacy-policy/], and
(3) agrees that Sponsor and Administrator may send Participant information, promotions, or special offers that
Sponsor and/or Administrator determines may be of interest to Participant but from which Participant may opt out of
receiving.

9. INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By entering, each Participant agrees to defend, indemnify
and otherwise hold Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies,
[promotion and distribution partners (including Facebook and Instagram)], the agents, officers, directors, and/or
employees (collectively, the “Released Parties”) harmless from and against any and all liability of any nature
whatsoever arising out of or relating to (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Sweepstakes by or directed by
Participant; (b) breaches of or inaccuracies in any representations or warranties of, or license grants by, Participant or
any other terms and conditions contained herein; and/or (c) injury, death, or damage to persons or property which
may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Participant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt
or use of any prize, including any such claim by the Released Parties’ employees or agents or any third parties.
By entering this Sweepstakes, each Participant (1) agrees to release Sponsor, Administrator, and each of the
Released Parties from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, costs, and/or expenses, including without
limitation property damages, personal injury and/or death, arising out of participating in this Sweepstakes or the
acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize, (2) waives any and all claims against Sponsor, Administrator,
and each of the Released Parties based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, or any other intellectual
property or privacy right, and (3) acknowledges that neither the Sponsor nor Administrator have made or are
responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to
any prize, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition, or fitness for a particular purpose.

Neither Sponsor nor Administrator shall be liable for any damages whatsoever related to or arising from (a) any
technical errors that may prevent any Participant from participating in any way; (b) unauthorized human intervention
in the Sweepstakes; and/or (c) errors in the administration of the Sweepstakes.
Participant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential,
direct, or indirect damages. Participant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties’ aggregate
liability for all claims will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Sweepstakes, and in no event shall
the Released Parties be liable for attorneys fees.

10. DISPUTES: Except where prohibited by law, each Participant agrees that any and all disputes, claims, and
causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved
individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the State of
Maryland. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these
Official Rules, Participant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor and Administrator in
connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Maryland without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of Maryland or any other
jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Maryland.

11. GENERAL CONDITIONS: In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Sweepstakes is
impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, or other technical problem, the Sponsor
or Administrator may, in its sole discretion and at any time, (a) suspend the Sweepstakes to address the impairment
and then, at Sponsor’s or Administrator’s sole discretion, resume the Sweepstakes in a manner that best conforms to
the spirit of these Official Rules (b) award the prize from among the eligible Entries received up to the time of the
impairment and/or c) terminate the Sweepstakes. Any attempt by any person to undermine the legitimate operation
of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, each of the
Sponsor and Administrator reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted
by law. Failure or delay by the Sponsor or Administrator to enforce any provision of these Official Rules shall not
constitute a waiver of that provision.

Questions or comments regarding the Sweepstakes can be submitted by email to marketing@thebash.com.