Travel Story Contest: Terms & Conditions

The RutMe Travel Story Contest ("the Contest") is run by Livista360 AI Private Limited, which operates RutMe ("RutMe", "we", "us"). By entering you agree to these terms. Please read them before you post.

1. Who can enter

• You must be 18 or older and able to install and use the RutMe mobile app.
• The Contest is open worldwide, except where the law forbids it. It is void where prohibited.
• RutMe employees, contractors and their immediate family cannot win.
• One person, one account. Entries from more than one account by the same person are not counted.

2. How to enter

1. Download the free RutMe app from Google Play. The iPhone version is coming soon; iPhone users can enter once it is released.
2. Create an account and verify your email.
3. In the app, post a Story in Community about a real trip you took. Add the hashtag #RutMeStory and keep the post public so we can see it.

Entries made only on the website, by email or on social media do not count. A good story is at least 80 words and uses your own photos where you can. Up to 3 stories per person count in each round.

3. Rounds and winners

• Each calendar month is one round. The Contest keeps running until we end it (see section 11).
• Our team reads the stories posted in the round and picks up to 10 winners.
• We look at how original the story is, how well it is written, how useful it is to other travellers, and the photos. Likes, views and followers do not decide the winners.
• We announce winners on rutme.com and in the app within 15 days after the round ends. Our decision is final.

4. The goodies

• Winners receive RutMe goodies (RutMe-branded items). Items, colours and designs may vary.
• There is no cash or other alternative, and goodies cannot be exchanged or transferred.
• Entering does not cost anything and you do not need to buy anything.

5. Claiming and delivery

• We contact winners through the email on their RutMe account. Winners must reply with a delivery address within 14 days, or the goodies go to another winner.
• We aim to ship within 45 days of getting your address, anywhere we can ship to.
• Customs duties, import taxes and any local taxes or fees are the winner's responsibility.
• If we cannot ship to your country, we may choose another winner or offer a different goodie of similar kind.

6. Your story and what you let us do with it

• You keep the ownership of your story and photos.
• By posting with #RutMeStory, you give RutMe a free, worldwide, non-exclusive right to show, share and promote your story and photos in the app, on rutme.com and on RutMe's social media, with your RutMe username as credit. We may shorten or crop it to fit.
• You can delete your post at any time. We will stop new uses, but cannot recall things already published or shared.
• You promise that the story is yours, describes a real trip, and that you have the right to use every photo in it. Do not show other people's faces in a way that identifies them without their consent.

7. What we will not accept

Copied or plagiarised text, hateful, abusive, sexual or illegal content, spam, advertising or links to sell something, fake or misleading stories, and anything that puts other people's safety or privacy at risk. We may remove a post and disqualify the entry, and we may disqualify anyone who cheats, such as using fake accounts or buying likes.

8. Your data

We use your account details and your delivery address only to run the Contest and send goodies. We may show your RutMe username and story when we announce winners. See our Privacy Policy for how RutMe handles personal data.

9. Google and Apple

The Contest is not sponsored, endorsed or run by Google or Apple, and they have no part in it. You are giving your information to RutMe, not to Google or Apple.

10. Liability

RutMe is not responsible for entries lost, late or not received because of technical problems, for delivery delays outside our control, or for any loss that you suffer from taking part, to the extent the law allows. This does not limit any rights you have that cannot be limited by law.

11. Changes and ending the Contest

We may change these terms, the goodies or the rounds, or pause or end the Contest at any time. We will post the change on this page. Entries already posted keep the rules that were in force when they were posted, unless the law requires otherwise.

12. Law

These terms are governed by the laws of India. Courts in India with proper jurisdiction will decide any dispute.

13. Contact

Questions about the Contest: please use our Contact page and mention "Travel Story Contest".