READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS SWEEPSTAKES 2026
SWEEPSTAKE DETAILS, RULES, REGULATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
NO PURCHASE necessary to enter.
To enter online, complete the official online registration form found at
porthole.com/vote. Only one entry per person is allowed. An additional entry may be
made by filling out the Porthole Cruise and Travel Magazine Readers Survey form found
at porthole.com/survey. Entries generated by a script, macro, or other automated
means, and entries in excess of one per person, per form will be disqualified. One entry
per person will be considered based on address, email, and home telephone number.
Entries will not be acknowledged or returned. The Sweepstakes will end August 31,
2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Online entries must be received before 11:59
p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
Rules and Regulations:
The promotion is offered only in the United States and is open only to legal residents of
the Continental U.S. and Canada, 18 years of age or older, with a valid identification.
The promotion begins on July 1, 2026, and ends August 31, 2026. The promotion is
subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, and is void
wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
All entries become the sole property of Porthole Magazine, Inc. Sponsors are not
responsible for lost, stolen, illegible, incomplete, misdirected, late, damaged, destroyed,
or delayed entries. A winner’s list can be obtained by sending a stamped self-addressed
envelope to the following address after November 15, 2026:
Porthole Cruise Magazine
1500 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 403
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Attn: Request Readers’ Choice Award Winners
General Terms and Conditions:
No prize substitution except at the sole discretion of the sponsors due to prize
unavailability for any reason, and only then for a prize of equal or greater value. No cash
equivalent of prizes. No transfer of prizes. By entering, entrants accept and agree to the
official rules and the decisions of the sponsor and sweepstakes committee, which are
final and binding in all respects. The promotion is offered in the United States only and
shall only be construed and evaluated according to United States law.
Prize: A 5 carat diamond tennis bracelet, sponsored by Monarch Jewels in Ketchikan,
Alaska. The bracelet is sterling silver and has 5 CTW lab-grown diamonds.
The approximate retail value of the grand prize is $3,750. USD.
Winner must present the original prize certificate (voucher) to win. Voucher has no cash
value. Winner is responsible for his/her/their own (taxes/fees).
Eligibility: Sweepstakes open to all legal residents of the United States & Canada. Must
be 18 years or older as of (July 1, 2026). Sweepstakes subject to all applicable federal,
state, and local laws and regulations. By participating, entrants agree to these official
rules and accept decisions of the Sponsor as final.
Employees, their immediate family members (parents, children, siblings, spouse, and
others living in their same household, whether related or not) of Porthole Cruise and
Travel Magazine and their respective parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries, advertising
and promotions agents, and the directors, officers, agents, and employees and family
members residing in the same household, (collectively, the “Sponsors”) are not eligible
to enter. Employees and agents of Monarch Jewels companies, its subsidiaries,
affiliates, and their immediate families (spouse and parents, children and siblings, and
their respective spouses), and individuals living in the same households of such
employees are not eligible to enter.
Selection of Winner:
Grand Prize Winner will be notified in writing, via email, and/or by
telephone on or around October 1, 2026, and will be announced in the December 2026
issue of Porthole Cruise and Travel Magazine. By accepting the prize, except where
prohibited by law, winners and guests agree to the use of his or her name and/or
photograph for advertising/publicity purposes without further compensation or notice.
The Sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual they
find, in their sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of
the Drawing, to be in violation of the terms of service of any prize, to be acting in
violation of the Official Rules, or to be acting in a disruptive manner, or with the intent to
annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Any activities intended to disrupt or
interfere with the proper play of the Drawing, or defraud the Sponsors in any way will be
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The Sponsors shall not have any
responsibility or liability whatsoever for any property loss, damage, personal injury, or
death, in connection with the prizes provided pursuant to the Drawing.
Release from Liability:
By participating, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless
the Sponsors from any and all liability arising from participating in the Drawing and/or
acceptance, or use/misuse of prize, regardless of whether such claims are founded in
whole or part upon alleged negligence, gross negligence, or willful misconduct of any of
the Sponsors. By participating in this sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by the
official rules and the decisions of the judges. Sponsors are not responsible for technical
or human errors in transmission or receipt of telephone calls or for miscommunication or
for lost entries, for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer,
administration of the sweepstakes, or in the announcement of the prizes.
In the event of noncompliance, or in the event winner cannot be reached within 24 hours
by information provided on the winner’s entry, the prize will be returned as unclaimed or
undeliverable and the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner by random drawing.
Prize is not transferable. No cash or prize substitutions. Sponsors reserve the right to
substitute a prize of comparable value. The decisions of the Sponsors are final in all
matters relating to this sweepstakes. Sponsors reserve the right to modify or cancel the
sweepstakes. All prizes will be awarded. Odds of winning depend on the number of
eligible entries received. By accepting prize(s), winner(s) consent to the use by
Sponsors of his or her name, voice, likeness, biographical information, demographic
information, and address for advertising and promotional purposes without additional
compensation, except where prohibited by law. The prize winners are solely responsible
for any local, state, and federal taxes, and any other fees and costs connected with their
prize.
Limitations of Liability:
The Sponsors are not responsible for any incorrect or
inaccurate information, including, without limitation, that which is caused by Web site
users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with
or utilized in the Drawing or by any technical or human error that may occur in the
processing of entries in the Drawing. The Sponsors assume no responsibilities for any
error, omission, interruption, deletion, or defection, delay in operation or transmission,
communications line failure, theft, or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration
of Web site or entries in processing the Drawing entries. The Sponsors are not
responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines,
computer on-line-systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure
of email or entrants on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet
or at any Web site associated with the Drawing. The Sponsors are not responsible for
cheating or fraud by any entrant. If, for any reason, the Drawing is not capable of running
as planned, including without limitation of unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical
failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsors which, in their sole
discretion could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper
conduct of the Drawing, the Sponsors reserve the right at their sole discretion to cancel,
terminate, modify, or suspend the Drawing. In such an event, the Sponsors will select
the winner in a random drawing comprised of all eligible entries received prior to (and/or
after, if appropriate) the action taken by the Sponsors.