Ghirardelli Chocolate Company & Amtrak TRIP FOR 2

Official Rules

No Purchase Necessary

Open Only To Legal U.S. Residents

How to Enter:  No purchase necessary.  This sweepstakes begins on March 24^th, 2008 at 9 a.m. E.T. and ends on June 1^st, 2008 at 12 a.m. E.T. (the “Entry Period”).  You can enter this sweepstakes by one of the following three means:  Online entry: Enter by visiting Ghirardelli Chocolate Company's Online shop site at http://shop.ghirardelli.com during the Entry Period and filling out an entry form linked from that homepage. In-Store entry: Enter by visiting one of the participating Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop locations and complete an entry form. View store locations at http://www.ghirardelli.com/shops/shop_locator.aspx.  Mail in entry: Hand print your name, address, home telephone number, email address and age on a 3”X 5” card and mail it to: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, 1111 139^th Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94578, ATTN: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company & Amtrak TRIP FOR 2.  Only one entry per outer envelope.  Mail in entries must be postmarked by June 1^st, 2008 and received by June 11^th, 2008. Only one entry per person.

Eligibility:  This sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the United States, 21 years of age or older at the time of entry.  Residents of New York, Florida, Rhode Island and Louisiana are not eligible to enter. Online entrants must have email access as of March 24^th, 2008.  Employees and their immediate families, including household members, of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) (“Sponsors”), its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible.

Conditions of Entry:  If you are entering online, you must be the registered subscriber of the e-mail account by which the entry is made prior to March 24^th, 2008. Incomplete entries will not be accepted.  All entries become the property Sponsors.  By participating, entrants agree to these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements.  Neither Sponsors, nor their respective advertising and promotion agencies, nor any telephone network or service providers are responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, or for any human error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmissions, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any website or online service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost, misdirected, illegible or postage due entries.

Prize:  Grand Prize: Five (5) round-trips trips for two in Roomettes on selected Amtrak long distance trains awarded. There will be a total of five (5) winners.  Each winner will receive round-trip tickets for two in a Roomette sleeping car to any destination of their choice on any one (1) of the following routes:  Southwest Chief ($3,872), California Zephyr ($3,564), Sunset Limited ($3,196), Texas Eagle ($2,256), Silver Service ($2,820), Empire Builder ($3,632), Crescent ($2,916), Cardinal ($2,236), Coast Starlight ($2,436), and City of New Orleans ($1,632).  Values approximate depending on date and time of travel.  Fares, routes and schedules are subject to change.  Transportation is not provided to or from train travel origination or debarkation points. Tickets are not good for stopovers, are non-transferable, and based on availability.  No substitutions are allowed with these prizes.  Travel must take place between Sept. 2, 2008 and May 21, 2009 observing the following blackout dates:  Nov. 25-26, 2008; Nov. 29-30, 2008; Dec. 1, 2008; Dec. 19-21, 2008; Dec. 26-28, 2008; Jan. 3-4, 2009; Feb. 13, 2009; Feb. 16, 2009; April 10, 2009; April 13, 2009.

Odds of winning are based on the number of entries received from online entries, in-store entries and mailed in entries.  By accepting this prize, you consent to Sponsors’ use of your name and image for promotional purposes, including online announcements, without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.  All taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.  No prize substitution, cash substitution, or assignment or transfer of prizes is permitted, except by Amtrak for reason of unavailability in which a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded.  All prizes will be awarded.

Drawing:  The prizewinner will be determined on or about June 13^th, 2008 by a random drawing from all eligible entries received by the end of the Entry Period.  The random drawing shall be conducted by an independent judge whose decisions are final with respect to all aspects of the sweepstakes.  The winner will be notified by mail and email, if provided, within 7 days of the drawing.  The winner and a companion are required to sign an affidavit of eligibility/publicity and liability release, and return it properly executed within ten (10) days of attempted notification as a condition of awarding the prize.  If prize notification is returned as undeliverable or the winner fails to return the affidavits and release as specified, the winner will be disqualified and the award will be forfeited.  Amtrak is not responsible for technical, telephone, hardware or software malfunction, lost, interrupted, incomplete, garbled or delayed electronic communications, including the inaccurate or incorrect capture of online entry information, or any other errors of any kind, however caused, that may occur in the processing of the entries in this sweepstakes.  If, in Sponsors’ opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with or alteration of any portion of the sweepstakes, or if any technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the sweepstakes, Sponsors reserve the right to terminate the sweepstakes or void any or all electronic entries.  Persons entering via the web (Internet) must provide a valid email address.  It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify the sweepstakes judges in writing if the entrant changes his/her email address after entering the sweepstakes.  (To do so write to: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, 1111 139^th Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94578, ATTN: AMTRAK TRIP FOR 2).  In case of dispute as to the identity of a winner who entered online, such entry will be declared made by the registered user of the email account, and if a prize is won, and such registered user is a valid entrant, the prize will be awarded to such registered user. Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this sweepstakes is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsors or its agents.

General:  The sponsors of this sweepstakes are Ghirardelli Chocolate Company and Amtrak.  This sweepstakes is subject to all federal, state, and local laws.  Void where prohibited by law.  The winner(s) agree(s) that Ghirardelli Chocolate Company and Amtrak, its affiliates and their agencies and employees shall not be liable for injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participating in this sweepstakes or from the acceptance or use of any prize awarded.  Amtrak reserves the right to verify eligibility qualifications of any winner.  U.S. law governs this sweepstakes.