America By Rail Sweepstakes
America By Rail is offering up a once in a life time experience for one grand prize winner: A 6-day rail vacation to San Antonio and New Orleans for two! This prize is valued at $1495 per person. Dates of the rail tour are Oct. 8 – 13, 2011. 12 Meals are included. Completely fill out the form below for your chance to win.
Tour Highlights
· San Antonio’s old Spanish flavor, multi-cultural heritage and numerous parks and plazas make it one of America’s most picturesque cities. Enjoy extensive sightseeing (Alamo, River Walk, Mexican and Farmers Market . . . so much more) and optional free time.
· In colorful and fun-filled New Orleans you’ll be staying in a first-class French Quarter hotel, tour its major attractions and have time to wander the famous French Quarter on your own. Discover great shops and galleries, exquisite dining and Dixieland jazz spots. We’ll embark on an extensive sightseeing tour of the city. A highlight of our tour is the dinner/ cruise on the Natchez Steamboat. The famed Dukes of Dixieland will perform. Enjoy New Orleans’ great attractions, fabulous dining and all that jazz.
· 2800 miles of comfortable, scenic rail travel on Amtrak double-decker Superliners.
Eligibility
· Entrants must be a legal U.S. Resident
· Entrants must be 18+ at time of entry
· Entrants must follow the Submission Process
· Entrants must be able to legally travel in the United States
How to Enter
· Entrants must enter a valid e-mail address, their legal name, and actual date of birth to be considered for entry.
· Entrants may fill out the form found on the Facebook tab or blog, however, doing so on both platforms will not yield two entries.
· Duplicate entries will be deleted.
· Entry form can be found here:
Contest Timeline
Submission Deadline: September 16th, 2011
Winner Announced: September 18th, 2011
Winner Selection Process
The winner will be selected at random and contacted via the e-mail address that was supplied at time of entry. Winner will have three days to respond and accept or a second winner will be chosen. Second winner will have three days to respond and accept or a third winner will be chosen. Third winner will have three days to respond and accept.
Prize Description: All paid rail vacation to San Antonio and New Orleans valued at $1495per person from Oct. 8 – 13, 2011.
Details:
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Day 1: Depart Chicago
Our All Aboard for San Antonio and New Orleans tour members will meet the Tour Director in Chicago’s Union Station at 1:00 p.m. We’ll board the Texas Eagle prior to its 1:45 p.m. departure for San Antonio. The Eagle features the double-decker Superliner equipment.
Relax in your comfortable reclining coach seat with leg rest. Roomettes or Bedrooms are available at an additional cost. All dining car meals are included beginning with dinner this evening. After dinner you may want to go to the Sightseer Lounge car for some refreshments and good conversation with your fellow tour members.
Day 2: En Route / San Antonio
This morning our train rolls through eastern Texas in a straight line, due west, past small farms and pine forests. We arrive in Dallas at 11:30 a.m. and Fort Worth at 1:26 p.m. You’ll have time for a brief trainside walk in Fort Worth. We’re scheduled to arrive in San Antonio at 9:55 p.m. Upon arrival, we’ll transfer to our hotel, the Drury Plaza Hotel Riverwalk.
Day 3: San Antonio
Enjoy a Drury Quik-Start breakfast.You’ll want to spend time this morning exploring the quaint shops and galleries along the world-famous River Walk. A river cruise is an option. Our sightseeing guide will greet us at noon. She will share with us her knowledge of historic San Antonio. We’ll embark on a San Antonio city tour by motorcoach.
A high point of the afternoon will be a visit to the Alamo, perhaps the most sacred of the America’s historic shrines. Our afternoon also includes a lobby tour of the historic Menger Hotel and the Mexican Market. Our tour will conclude at a Luby’s restaurant for an included dinner.
Following dinner we’ll visit the 750-foot-tall Tower of the Americas. The tower was built in honor of the 1968 World’s Fair celebrating San Antonio’s 250th anniversary. The Skies Over Texas is a sophisticated ride that
takes visitors on a high-flying trip across the Lone Star State in the 4-D theater. The tower has offered residents and tourists of San Antono the most breathtaking view of the Alamo.
At 10:00 p.m. we’ll transfer to the Amtrak station where at 11:55 p.m. we’ll board the second of our three famous trains, the Sunset
Relax in your comfortable reclining coach seat with leg rest. Roomettes or Bedrooms are available at an additional cost. All dining car meals are included beginning with breakfast tomorrow morning.
Day 4: En Route / New Orleans
Enjoy a delicious full-course dining car breakfast this morning. Then, head for the Sightseer Lounge to enjoy the scenery of eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Rice and sugarcane fields and the swampy bayou country of Louisiana are the primary attractions.
Our arrival into New Orleans is scheduled for 2:55 p.m. Upon arrival, we’ll transfer to our French Quarter hotel, the Bienville House Hotel. The rest of the day you’re free to rest or pursue those activities that are of particular interest to you. At night, dine at Antoine’s, Arnaud’s or one of the other world-famous French Quarter restaurants. You’re in one of the most attractive cities in the world. Take full advantage of all there is to see, to do and taste.
A dinner cruise on the Natchez steamboat is included with full-course dinner and a performance of the Dukes of Dixieland. How about a stop at legendary Preservation Hall for a set or two by great musicians?
Day 5: New Orleans
Following a Continental breakfast in our hotel, we’ll embark on a two-and-a-half-hour sightseeing tour of the Greater New Orleans area.
The tour will include the St. Louis Cemetery III where the above ground burial system will be explained; beautiful City Park; the Lakefront area; the uptown section with its antebellum and new homes; Tulane University; Audubon Park; the French Market and the Old Mint.
Early this afternoon we’ll transfer to Union Station prior to the 1:45 p.m. departure of the northbound City of New Orleans. Relax in your comfortable reclining coach seat or optional private sleeping room. Meals are included. You’ll want to spend some time reminiscing with your fellow tour members about the great experiences you shared the past few days.
Day 6: En Route to Chicago
After an enjoyable dining car breakfast, we’ll arrive in Chicago’s Union Station at 9:05 a.m. Tour members will depart for home destinations throughout the day. Those returning to Eastern home cities will have time to take a Gray Line sightseeing tour, to shop or visit some of Chicago’s major attractions.
Details on trip can be found in
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Rules
· Prizes are non-transferable; no prize substitution or cash redemption allowed as provided herein.
· Prize winner is responsible for any State and /or Federal tax obligations associated with winning the prize or it’s substituted value.
· Prize winner’s names will be made available at the conclusion of the promotion. Sponsors reserve the right to use the name and/or image of the winner in advertising or similar uses in connection with the promotion.
· Grand prize winner must show valid ID to claim their prize, and must be 18 years of age at time of entry.
· America By Rail is not responsible for accidents/damage to the property or person incurred while using the grand prize.
· Prizes are non-refundable and cannot be combined with any other offer.