Did you endure a 22-hour flight seated in front of a manic seat-kicker? Did your luggage loaded with wedding gifts for your daughter go to Sidney, Nova Scotia instead of Sydney, Australia? Did Montezeuma’s revenge kick in at 36,000 feet on an airplane with one working bathroom?
Travel insurance provider Travel Guard has heard almost every conceivable travel nightmare. But they want more.
This fall, Travel Guard is hosting a contest and sweepstakes to identify the all-time worst. Not just bad travel experiences, but epic, off-the-charts, historically awful, unbelievably bad travel nightmares.
“The World's Unluckiest Traveler” promotion is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada* and will be open for contest entries from now until 15OCT. Entrants can submit either a video or photo, along with the accompanying story describing their epic travel calamity. A three-week voting period will then commence on 16OCT, allowing the public to vote (once per day) for their favourite entry. Entrants can share their submissions across social media to encourage votes.
Winners will be chosen based on vote volume, with the grand prize of $10,000 USD going to the submission with the highest number of votes. The entrants that receive the second, third and fourth highest number of votes will also be awarded prizes. There's even something in it for the voters, as a randomly selected voter will be chosen to receive a sweepstakes prize of a GoPro action camera and kit.
"We encourage travelers to protect their trips – and themselves – but we know that things don't always go according to plan," said Jeff Rutledge, CEO, AIG Travel. "We launched the World's Unluckiest Traveler to recognize those who have endured the worst in pursuit of their love of travel and to highlight those sorts of mishaps that might make a travel insurance plan worth considering."
For contest rules, visit www.worldsunluckiesttraveler.com. Entries can be submitted on the same site.
*The Promotion is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older at the time of entry, and residents of Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 19 years of age or older at the time of entry. The promotion is not available where prohibited by applicable law.
