I'm just thinking the last minute change in the tax part of the T&C might have been too late for today and will apply to future days. That is, no sales/hotel tax for the "sweepstakes" today, but later it's possible.
No, I disagree. As I pointed out in an earlier post, the T&Cs were changed prior to today's promotional booking period.
Response that I got from LastMinuteTravel.com's Consumer Support:
The value of hotel rooms purchased during the World For A Dollar campaign may be taxable as income. Individuals are solely responsible for the payment of all federal, state and local income or excise taxes on prize. Depending on the value of the rooms, you may be required to provide a social security number for 1099/income tax filing purposes. In addition, you are responsible for all travel/transportation to and from hotel, meals, beverages, phone charges, incidentals, or other expenses or costs relating to the prize not expressly set forth above. You are not responsible for hotel taxes.
Response that I got from LastMinuteTravel.com's Consumer Support:
The value of hotel rooms purchased during the World For A Dollar campaign may be taxable as income. Individuals are solely responsible for the payment of all federal, state and local income or excise taxes on prize. Depending on the value of the rooms, you may be required to provide a social security number for 1099/income tax filing purposes. In addition, you are responsible for all travel/transportation to and from hotel, meals, beverages, phone charges, incidentals, or other expenses or costs relating to the prize not expressly set forth above. You are not responsible for hotel taxes.
HI all. I don't know what prize you are talking about.
I challenged LMT.com with legal action about changes to their original T&C and my not being able to avail to their offer being I'm from Fl, and they answered me that they have reverted bact to their original T&C and I can now participate. AFAIK there is no prize in this promo, only rooms at $1 a night.
maybe they split their 15 minutes today into 2 different times you could book. it doesn't seem like anyone has been on the site with 10 or 12 or any other time remaining...seems like the longest time anyone has had is 6 and change.
Okay, weirdest thing, but I just randomly logged onto the site and the timer was going! This was at about 1:34pm PST. I had exactly 3 minutes to make my booking and juuuust made it. I had been dinking around LMT all morning torturing myself with the horrible videos but it wasn't until I logged in that the timer showed up.
Really hope the future timers are 15 mins as promised. Without any meaningful clues, it's crazy to expect folks to load at the beginning of a 7 minute period with enough time (5+min) to watch the vids and book. I'm doing all I can to prepare.
HI all. I don't know what prize you are talking about....
...AFAIK there is no prize in this promo, only rooms at $1 a night.
I agree. I'm only saying what I was told in the response. I've requested additional info. In all the email marketing material, they have previously referred to this as a "sale" -- not a contest or sweepstakes.
Examples:
"To launche this new discount-model, all 15,000 hotels on LastMinuteTravel.com will soon sell for $1 per night for 15 minutes each day...."
"Starting in January, you will have 15 minutes, Monday - Friday for 2 weeks to buy any hotel for $1 per night."
And the current T&Cs clearly state that "The Campaign does not constitute a prize, lottery, or sweepstakes."
Everyone, please remember, too, that LMT.com may likely have staff that read this thread. (LMT staff, if you're lurking, please feel free to introduce yourself!)
Another point in the T&Cs that I think is confusing is the limit on bookings per person. The T&Cs led me to believe that the restriction is one per person per week. But the promotion's introductory overview page says, "1 reservation for 1 room per person during entire campaign." Upon re-reading the T&Cs, a "Campaign" is one 15-minute period -- not the entire 2-week period. So it seems to me that I can still book another room next week.
I had been dinking around LMT all morning torturing myself with the horrible videos but it wasn't until I logged in that the timer showed up.
I have suspected that you must be logged in in order to see the timer. I'm not absolutely certain that this is the case, though.
And signing up for the email does not constitute creating an account. If you didn't create an account with an email address AND PASSWORD, then you can't sign in.
I spotted just the last 2 seconds of the timer during the last round.
I also thought of the possibility that they split the 15-minutes into two parts of the day, but the T&Cs do refer to a Campaign as being "an individual fifteen (15) minute period...."
The sound has not been active on my PC today. Is there really any sound made when the timer comes on? Or is that only in the promo videos from the past couple weeks?
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