Win a $5,000 explore Travel Credit Contest 

1. Contest Period 

1.1 The contest entitled Win a $5000 explore Travel Credit (the “Contest”) is administered by Automobile et Touring Club du Québec (A.T.C.Q.) doing business under the name CAA-Québec (the “Contest Organizer”). The Contest begins on November 4, 2025, at 12:00p.m. and ends on December 5, 2025, at 11:59p.m. 

2. Eligibility 

To be eligible to enter this Contest, entrants must be legal residents of Quebec and have reached the age of majority in Quebec at the time of entry. 

Employees, representatives, and mandataries of the Contest Organizer, its affiliates and subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, sponsors and suppliers of materials, prizes and services related to the Contest, as well as any person domiciled with the aforementioned (whether related to the person or not) and any member of their immediate family (father, mother, brother[s], sister[s], children, partner or spouse by the bonds of marriage or de facto) are, however, not eligible to enter this Contest. 

For the purposes of these official Contest rules (the “Rules”), the entrant is the person whose name appears on the entry form or text, as the case may be. 

3. How to enter 

3.1 No purchase necessary to enter or win.  

3.2 To enter the Contest, entrants must, during the Contest Period, register to the Contest as follows: 

• Each new reservation made by a CAA member between November 4 and December 5, 2025, inclusive, entitles the member to one (1) entry into the draw, notwithstanding the value of the reservation. All departures on sale during this period and with availability are considered qualifying explore products. CAA members must reserve and pay the deposit for a new room or stateroom on any explore product, including grouped tours, extended stays, tours, river cruises, and ocean cruises. The reservation can be made for single or double occupancy. The deposit must be paid before the end of the contest for the entry to be valid. Each qualifying reservation entitles the member to one (1) entry. A name entered on a waiting list for an explore product does not constitute a qualifying reservation. 

OR

• Mail-in entry: (i) write a one hundred (100)-word original handwritten text explaining why they want to win one of the Contest prizes described in these Rules; (ii) indicate their name, complete address (including postal code), telephone number (including area code) and email address at the end of the text; and (iii) sign and mail the text to: Win a $5000 explore Travel Credit Contest, Marketing Department, CAA-Québec, 444 Bouvier Street, Québec, Québec, G2J 1E3, no later than December 5, 2025. The text must be entrants own unique work. Photocopies will not be accepted.  

3.3 The Contest Organizer cannot be held responsible for late, lost, misdirected, incomplete, or corrupt entries to the Contest, which may be rejected and will not entitle the entrant to participate in the Contest. 

3.4 Only CAA-Québec members in good standing are eligible for one (1) entry. Participants must adhere to the following limit, failing which they may be disqualified: only one (1) entry per person and per email address, for the entire duration of the Contest. 

4. Prizes

4.1 There is one (1) prize available to be won, with a total value of $5000, consisting of: an explore travel credit. 

4.2 The prize is non-negotiable and must be accepted “as is” and as awarded, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose). 

4.3 The prize may not be substituted for another prize, except by the Contest Organizer in its sole discretion. The Contest Organizer reserves the right to substitute any prize with a prize of equal or greater value if a prize cannot be awarded as described herein for any reason whatsoever. 

4.4 The prize may not, in whole or in part, be transferred to another person or exchanged for cash. 

4.5 The Contest Organizer, its affiliates and subsidiaries, their advertising and promotional agencies, the sponsors and suppliers of materials, prizes and services in connection with this Contest, as well as their respective directors, officers, owners, partners, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns shall in no event be required to award more prizes than indicated in these Rules or to award a prize other than in accordance with these Rules. 

4.6 The prize is subject to the following conditions: 

• The credit can only be applied to a new reservation made before November 30, 2026, for a trip taking place before November 30, 2027.  
• This credit can be used for any new reservation of a room or stateroom on an explore product, including grouped tours, extended stays, tours, river cruises, and ocean cruises. It is valid for single or double occupancy. 
• The credit awarded cannot be used for any other product or service that is not an explore product. For instance, it cannot be used to purchase airline tickets to add to a grouped tour, for an airline upgrade, or to purchase insurance. Furthermore, this credit cannot be applied to the same departure that won the prize or to any other departure that has already been booked. 
• The credit awarded is non-redeemable, non-transferable, non-divisible, and non-exchangeable once it has been used. If the selected departure is cancelled for any reason, the customer will be granted a period of six (6) months to choose a new product. Any unused portion of the credit will be forfeited and will not be eligible for any refund or compensation. 

5. Selection of potential winners 

5.1 The random draw to select the winner of the prize (1) will be held on December 12, 2025, at 10:00a.m. (EST) at the Contest Organizer head office, located at 444 Rue Bouvier, Québec, Québec, G2J 1E3.

5.2 The odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. 

6. Awarding of the prize

6.1 In order to be declared a winner and claim their prize, the entrant selected during the random draw must:

• Be contacted, by telephone or email, by the Contest Organizer or its representatives, within five (5) business days of the draw. When the Contest Organizer contacts the selected entrant, whether by telephone or email, the selected entrant must comply with the instructions given to them by the Contest Organizer or its representatives, as the case may be. If the Contest Organizer receives an email notification stating that its message could not be delivered, it may, at its sole discretion, attempt to reach the entrant by telephone or disqualify such entrant; 
• Correctly answer the mathematical skill-testing question indicated on the release form provided by the Contest Organizer; 
• Duly complete and sign the release form and return it, within five (5) business days following its receipt, to the Contest Organizer, either (i) by email, in scanned format, or (ii) by mail, to the mailing address indicated in the instructions set forth on the release form; 
• Meet all the Contest’s conditions set out in these Rules; and 
• Upon request and in a timely manner, provide photo identification. 

6.2 Failure to comply with any of the above-mentioned conditions, or any other condition set out in these Rules, will result in the selected entrant’s entry being declared null and void and a new draw will be held in accordance with these Rules in order to award the prize concerned.

6.3 Information provided by any selected entrant when contacted by the Contest Organizer must be complete and truthful. The Contest Organizer cannot be held responsible for any late, misdirected, or incomplete prize claims. 

6.4 In the event that (i) the Contest Organizer or its representatives are unable to contact a selected entrant within five (5) business days of the draw, after taking reasonable measures to do so; or (ii) the selected entrant fails to return the release form within the allotted time; or (iii) the selected entrant mentions refusing the prize or not being interested in receiving the prize, or is being rude or aggressive towards the Contest Organizer or its representatives when contacted by the Contest Organizer or its representatives; or (iv) the selected entrant does not abide by these Rules; then the said selected entrant will be disqualified and the Contest Organizer may, at its sole discretion, cancel the prize concerned or proceed with another random draw in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in these Rules, until a winner is identified for the prize concerned.

7. General provisions

7.1 By entering this Contest, entrants automatically agree to abide by these Rules. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions set forth in these Rules, as well as rudeness or aggressiveness on the part of an entrant towards the Contest Organizer or one of its representatives, as the case may be, may result in disqualification of such entrant.

7.2 Entry forms and any other documents submitted to enter this Contest, as well as release forms, may be subject to verification by the Contest Organizer. Any document that is incomplete, illegible, incomprehensible, fraudulent, mutilated, registered or sent late, bearing an invalid email address or phone number, not indicating the correct answer to the mathematical skill-testing question, if applicable, or that otherwise does not comply with these Rules will be automatically rejected and will not entitle the entrant to enter the Contest or to win a prize, as applicable. 

7.3 Entry forms and any other documents submitted to enter the Contest, as well as release forms, are the property of the Contest Organizer and will not be returned to entrants under any circumstances. 

7.4 By entering this Contest, entrants consent to the disclosure, publication and/or use of their name, photographs, videos, likeness, place of residence, voice, comments and/or statements for advertising, publicity, marketing and informational purposes in any and all media (including the Internet), throughout the world, in perpetuity, and in any format, in connection with the Contest or similar contests in the future, without notification and without any form of compensation or remuneration.  

7.5 The Contest Organizer assumes no liability for any damage or loss that may arise directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the use of caaquebec.com or the transmission of information in connection with this Contest. 

7.6 Any person who enters or attempts to enter this Contest releases and hold harmless the Contest Organizer, sponsors, participating partners, advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of materials, prizes, and services in connection with this Contest, as well as their respective affiliates and subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, owners, partners, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns, from and against any and all liability and damages of any kind whatsoever that such person may incur or that may arise from such person’s entering or attempt to enter this Contest, and/or the awarding, acceptance and/or use or misuse of a prize. 

7.7 The Contest Organizer reserves the right to disqualify an entrant from this Contest or to cancel any and all entries of an entrant if such entrant enters or attempts to enter this Contest by using any means that is contrary to these Rules or that is unfair to the other entrants (for example: use of automated equipment to enter the Contest, hacking, entering beyond the permitted limits, etc.). Such entrant may be reported to the appropriate legal authorities.  

7.8 ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE CONTEST ORGANIZER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT THE ENTRANT’S ENTRIES AND TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. 

7.9 In the event that the system is unable, during the Contest Period, to register all the entries to the Contest, for any reason whatsoever, or if the Contest is terminated, in whole or in part, prior to the end date provided for in these Rules, the draws may be made, at the Contest Organizer’s discretion, from among the entries duly registered during the Contest Period or, as the case may be, up to the date of the event that terminated participation in the Contest. 

7.10 No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants to this Contest other than in accordance with these Rules or at the Contest Organizer’s initiative. 

7.11 Personal information collected from entrants in connection with this Contest will be used solely for the purpose of administering the Contest. No communication, commercial or otherwise, unrelated to this Contest will be sent to entrants unless they have otherwise consented to such communication. By entering this Contest, entrants agree the terms and conditions set forth in the Contest Organizer’s Privacy Policy. The Contest Organizer’s Privacy Policy can be consulted at the following page: Privacy Policy | CAA-Quebec.  

7.12 If a section of these Rules is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable, or invalid, then such section shall be deemed not to be a part of these Rules, it being understood that all unaffected sections shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. 

7.13 In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the French-language version and the English-language version of these Rules, if any, the French-language version shall prevail, govern and control. 

7.14 The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. 

7.15 Any decision by the Contest Organizer and its representatives regarding the Contest is final and without appeal. 

7.16 The Contest Organizer reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest, in whole or in part, should a human intervention or an event take place that could alter or affect the administration, security, impartiality, or conduct of the Contest.