Did you stay for a week in a hotel room right next to the boiler room? Did your lucky hat get eaten at a local petting zoo? Did a translation error with your rideshare driver result in getting dropped off at a funeral parlour instead of the ice-cream parlour? Travel Insurance provider Travel Guard says it’s heard them all.
But now the company is looking to identify the all-time worst travel nightmare and will give $10,000 to the lucky unlucky traveller.
The World’s Unluckiest Traveller promotion is open to residents of Canada (excluding Quebec) and the U.S. through Nov. 12. 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 Nov. 13, 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 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.
“Travel Guard encourages travellers to protect their trips – and themselves – but we know that things don’t always go according to plan,” said Jeff Rutledge, CEO, Zurich Cover-More, owner of Travel Guard. “The World’s Unluckiest Traveller was launched to recognize those who have endured the worst in pursuit of their love of travel and to highlight the sort of mishaps that might make a travel insurance plan worth considering.”
For contest rules and entries, visit www.worldsunluckiesttraveler.com.
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