La Colina Studios
Stay & Play Giveaway Official Rules
These are the complete official rules for the La Colina Studios Stay & Play Giveaway (the “Promotion”). By entering, you agree to be bound by these rules and by the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding.
If anything on an Instagram post, Story, or at lacolinastudios.com/stay-and-play/#giveaway conflicts with these rules, these rules control.
No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Void where prohibited.
1.Sponsor and promotion period
Sponsor: 3-102-806926 S.R.L. (cédula jurídica 3-102-806926), Viva Jacó, local número cuatro, oficinas de Senda Legal, Jacó, Garabito, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, trading as La Colina Studios.
Promotion period: Begins November 11, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Costa Rica time (UTC−6) and ends December 14, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Costa Rica time. Entries received outside this window will not be counted.
Draw: A random drawing will take place on December 15, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Costa Rica time, broadcast live on the Sponsor’s Instagram account (@lacolinastudios).
Times shown are Costa Rica time. For reference: 11:59 p.m. CR on December 14 is 1:59 a.m. ET, 10:59 p.m. PT, 6:59 a.m. UK, and 7:59 a.m. in Madrid and Berlin on December 15.
2.Eligibility
Open to legal residents of: the 50 United States and the District of Columbia; Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec); the United Kingdom; Ireland; Germany; the Netherlands; Switzerland; Spain; and Costa Rica.
Age: You must be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. In jurisdictions where the age of majority is higher, you must meet that age.
Void where prohibited. The Promotion is void in all jurisdictions not listed above, including but not limited to the Province of Quebec, France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and any other country, territory, or U.S. state where this Promotion or any element of it is restricted by law. Residents of excluded jurisdictions are not eligible to enter and will be disqualified if they do.
Not eligible: Employees, contractors, officers, and directors of the Sponsor; members of their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings and their spouses, regardless of where they live); and persons living in the same household as any of the foregoing, whether related or not, are not eligible to enter or win.
By entering, you represent that you meet all eligibility requirements. The Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of identity, age, and residency and to disqualify any entry it believes does not comply.
3.How to enter
During the Promotion period, you can earn up to two (2) entries total: one (1) by completing the four required Instagram steps, and one (1) bonus entry by submitting the entry form at lacolinastudios.com/stay-and-play/#giveaway.
Method 1 — Instagram entry (1 entry). To earn one (1) entry, you must complete all four of the following steps on Instagram during the Promotion period, using the same Instagram account:
- Follow @lacolinastudios on Instagram.
- Like the official Promotion post pinned to the @lacolinastudios profile.
- Comment on the Promotion post and tag three (3) distinct Instagram accounts that belong to real people. Tags of brands, bots, duplicate accounts, or your own account do not count. Tagging more than three friends does not add additional entries.
- Share the official Promotion post to your Instagram Story and tag @lacolinastudios in the Story so the Sponsor receives a mention notification. Your Story must remain publicly visible on your profile for at least twenty-four (24) hours.
Method 2 — Entry form bonus (+1 entry). Complete and submit the official entry form at lacolinastudios.com/stay-and-play/#giveaway, providing your name, email address, Instagram handle, and country of residence. Signing up for the La Colina newsletter is offered on the form but is optional and does not affect your entry. One form submission per person adds one bonus entry.
One Promotion, one prize across both language versions. The Sponsor will post English and Spanish versions of the Promotion post on @lacolinastudios. This is one Promotion with one prize; entries made on either or both language versions count together toward the two-entry maximum, and engaging with both posts does not add additional entries.
Matching entries. Your Instagram handle must be the same on your Method 1 comment, your Method 1 Story mention, and (if claiming the bonus) your Method 2 form submission, so the Sponsor can match them together. If handles do not match, only the entries the Sponsor can verify will count.
Maximum: Two (2) entries per person across all methods during the Promotion period. Attempts to enter through multiple Instagram accounts, false identities, or automated means will result in disqualification of all entries from that person.
4.Prize description
One (1) grand prize will be awarded. Approximate retail value (ARV): US $4,770.
The prize consists of a six-day, five-night Stay & Play trip at La Colina Studios in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, for the winner and up to three (3) guests (four people total):
- Five (5) nights of accommodation at Villa Sonido and Villa Ritmo (two private two-bedroom villas, each with two bathrooms)
- Twenty (20) hours of recording studio time with one La Colina engineer
- Chef-prepared breakfast each morning of the stay
- One (1) guided local tour, selected by the Sponsor from available options at the time of redemption
- Round-trip ground transfer between Cóbano Airport and La Colina Studios on the arrival and departure dates
Not included: international and domestic flights; lunches, dinners, and beverages beyond the chef breakfast; alcohol; spa, massage, or personal services; equipment rental or specialty gear; extra studio hours; additional guests beyond four; gratuities; travel insurance; passport and visa fees; and all other costs not expressly listed as included.
Redemption: The trip must be redeemed as a single continuous stay between January 1, 2027 and December 31, 2028, on dates mutually agreed between the winner and the Sponsor based on studio and villa availability. Blackout dates apply around the December and Easter holidays, and on dates on which the studio or villas are already booked.
Non-transferable, non-exchangeable, no cash equivalent. The prize may not be sold, transferred, or exchanged, in whole or in part, and no cash or other substitution will be offered, except that the Sponsor may substitute a prize element of equal or greater value if the original element becomes unavailable for reasons outside its control.
5.Winner selection and notification
After the Promotion period ends, the Sponsor will compile all valid entries. On December 15, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Costa Rica time, the Sponsor will conduct a random drawing from all valid entries and broadcast the drawing live on @lacolinastudios. Odds of winning depend on the total number of valid entries received.
Verification before announcement. The entry drawn will be checked against the Promotion post and (if applicable) the entry form to confirm the entrant followed @lacolinastudios, liked the Promotion post, left a comment tagging three (3) real Instagram accounts, used a matching Instagram handle across methods, resides in an eligible country, and is 18 or older. If the drawn entry fails verification, another entry will be drawn, up to five times, until a valid entry is selected.
Notification. The winner will be notified by Instagram direct message from @lacolinastudios and by email at the address they provided on the entry form, within three (3) business days of the drawing.
Response deadline. The winner must respond to the notification within seven (7) calendar days of the first notification. If the winner does not respond within that window, cannot be contacted, declines the prize, fails verification under Section 6, or is otherwise ineligible, the prize will be forfeited and the Sponsor may draw an alternate winner from the remaining valid entries. This process may repeat up to two additional times, after which the Sponsor is not obligated to award the prize.
6.Winner verification
Before the prize is awarded, the winner must confirm by email that they are 18 or older and a legal resident of an eligible country, and sign a short Publicity Release (see Section 8) allowing the Sponsor to use their name, country, and Instagram handle in connection with announcing the winner. U.S. winners must also complete IRS Form W-9 so the Sponsor can issue a Form 1099 as required by law when the prize value exceeds the IRS reporting threshold for the tax year. If the winner is a resident of Canada, they must correctly answer, without assistance, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question administered by the Sponsor before being declared the winner, as required by Canadian law. Failure to return these documents within fourteen (14) calendar days of being sent will result in forfeiture of the prize and selection of an alternate winner under Section 5.
7.Prize conditions and redemption
Booking. After verification, the winner and the Sponsor will agree on travel dates by email. The Sponsor will confirm availability of the studio, villas, engineer, and chef for the selected dates. If first-choice dates are unavailable, the winner will propose alternatives.
Group composition. The winner may bring up to three (3) guests, for four (4) people total. All guests must be 18 or older at the time of travel and must sign a liability waiver on arrival. A minor may be brought in addition only with the prior written consent of the Sponsor and a signed guardian waiver; any additional accommodation, meal, or transport cost for a minor is the winner’s responsibility.
Travel documents and insurance. The winner and each guest are responsible for obtaining any required passport, visa, vaccinations, and travel insurance. Travel insurance is strongly recommended. The Sponsor is not responsible for any cost or loss arising from inability to travel.
Conduct on property. While at La Colina Studios, the winner and guests must comply with the Sponsor’s house rules and reasonable instructions. The Sponsor reserves the right to end the stay without refund or substitute prize if conduct puts the property, staff, equipment, or other guests at risk.
No cash substitute. If the winner does not redeem the prize within the window stated in Section 4, the prize is forfeited and no compensation will be paid.
8.Publicity release and use of likeness
By accepting the prize, the winner (and any guests who travel) grant the Sponsor and its designees the irrevocable right to use their name, Instagram handle, voice, photograph, video, and likeness for advertising, promotional, and trade purposes, in any media now known or later developed, worldwide, in perpetuity, without further notice, review, or compensation, except where prohibited by law.
The winner may be asked to participate in reasonable publicity activity in connection with the stay, including short interviews and social-media content with the Sponsor.
Residents of jurisdictions whose law restricts the scope of the above release grant the broadest release permitted in their jurisdiction.
9.Privacy and data protection
Data controller. The Sponsor named in Section 1 is the controller of personal data collected in connection with this Promotion.
What is collected. For Method 1: your public Instagram handle, the content of your comment on the Promotion post, and the Story mention notification the Sponsor receives when you tag @lacolinastudios in your Instagram Story share. For Method 2: name, email address, Instagram handle, country of residence, and (if provided) newsletter opt-in. From the winner: confirmation of eligibility and the signed Release described in Section 6.
Why it is collected (legal basis). Entry verification and prize administration, on the basis of your request to enter and the Sponsor’s legitimate interests in running the Promotion lawfully. Marketing emails: on the basis of your explicit consent given on the entry form.
International transfer. Entries, including from residents of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Canada, are processed in Costa Rica, which is not subject to an adequacy decision from the European Commission or the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. By entering, you understand and consent to this transfer. The Sponsor applies reasonable security measures to protect personal data in transit and at rest.
Retention. Entry data is retained for twelve (12) months after the drawing, after which it is deleted, except that the winner’s name, country, signed Release, and tax forms are retained for seven (7) years to comply with record-keeping obligations. Marketing email subscribers are retained until they unsubscribe or the Sponsor’s marketing list is closed.
Your rights. You may request access, correction, deletion, portability, or restriction of your personal data, and you may withdraw marketing consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any marketing email or by writing to contact@lacolinastudios.com. Withdrawing marketing consent after the draw does not affect the validity of your entries. EEA, UK, and Swiss residents have the right to lodge a complaint with their local data protection authority.
Privacy policy. The Sponsor’s full privacy policy is available at lacolinastudios.com/privacy-policy/.
No children. This Promotion is not directed to persons under 18 and the Sponsor does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18.
10.General conditions
The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any person it believes has tampered with the entry process, violated these rules, acted in bad faith, or acted in a manner intended to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.
If for any reason the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure, or any other cause beyond the Sponsor’s reasonable control that corrupts or affects administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Promotion, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify affected entries and to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Promotion, in whole or in part, and to award the prize from the valid entries received prior to the action taken, or in another manner it reasonably believes is fair.
The Sponsor is not responsible for entries that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, misdirected, delayed, damaged, garbled, or stolen, or that fail to be received due to any reason.
Force majeure. The Sponsor is not liable for any failure or delay in performing its obligations caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, acts of God, acts of government, pandemics, strikes, civil disturbances, or failures of third-party services (including Instagram or Meta Platforms, Inc.).
11.Release and limitation of liability
By entering, each entrant releases and discharges the Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, and each of their officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives (the “Released Parties”) from any and all liability for any loss, damage, injury, illness, or expense that may be sustained in connection with the Promotion or with the acceptance, use, or enjoyment of the prize, including without limitation travel to or from Costa Rica and activities at La Colina Studios.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Released Parties’ total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the Promotion is limited to the approximate retail value of the prize stated in Section 4.
The Released Parties make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding the prize, except where required by law.
Nothing in these rules excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence of the Sponsor, fraud, or statutory rights of consumers that cannot be waived.
12.Disputes and governing law
Please read carefully. If you are a resident of the United States, this Section 12 requires you to resolve disputes with the Sponsor through binding individual arbitration and waives your right to bring or participate in a class action.
12.1 Governing law. Except where the mandatory law of the entrant’s country of residence provides otherwise, these rules and any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Promotion are governed by the laws of the Republic of Costa Rica, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.
12.2 U.S. residents — binding individual arbitration. If you are a resident of the United States, you and the Sponsor agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Promotion, these rules, or your entry (a “Dispute”) will be resolved exclusively through final and binding individual arbitration, and not in court. The Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq.) governs the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration agreement.
Arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, available at adr.org. If AAA is unavailable, the parties will select another neutral arbitration provider. The arbitration will be conducted by telephone, video conference, or written submissions, unless the arbitrator requires an in-person hearing, in which case it will take place in the U.S. county where you reside, or at another location you and the Sponsor agree. The Sponsor will pay all AAA filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees for any arbitration commenced by a U.S. resident with a claim of US $10,000 or less, except where the arbitrator finds the claim was filed for an improper purpose.
12.3 Class action waiver (U.S. residents). You and the Sponsor agree that each may bring claims against the other only on an individual basis, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, representative, or private attorney-general action or proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, may not preside over any form of class or representative proceeding, and may award relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s individual claim.
12.4 Small claims carve-out. Nothing in Sections 12.2 or 12.3 prevents either party from bringing an individual action in a U.S. small claims court in the county where you reside, provided the action remains in small claims court.
12.5 30-day opt-out. If you are a U.S. resident and do not want to be bound by Sections 12.2 and 12.3, you may opt out by sending a written notice to the Sponsor at the address in Section 1, or by email to contact@lacolinastudios.com with the subject line “Arbitration Opt-Out — Stay & Play Giveaway”, within 30 calendar days of your first entry. The notice must include your full name, mailing address, email, Instagram handle, and a statement that you do not wish to resolve disputes through arbitration. Opting out will not affect any other part of these rules or your eligibility to win.
12.6 Non-U.S. residents — courts. If you are not a U.S. resident, any Dispute will be resolved in the competent courts of San José, Costa Rica, and each entrant consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts, except where mandatory law in the entrant’s country of residence requires otherwise.
12.7 Consumer rights preserved. Nothing in this Section 12 removes any statutory right that a consumer has under the mandatory law of their country of residence. For residents of the United Kingdom, the European Union, Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Canada, Sections 12.2, 12.3, and 12.4 do not apply, and any Dispute may be brought in the courts of your country of residence where mandatory law gives you that right.
12.8 Severability. If any part of this Section 12 is found to be unenforceable, the rest of this Section 12 will remain in full force.
13.Platform disclaimer
This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram or Meta Platforms, Inc. By entering, each entrant releases Instagram and Meta Platforms, Inc. from any and all liability arising out of the Promotion and acknowledges that any information provided is provided to the Sponsor, not to Instagram or Meta.
Instagram is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc.
14.Winner list and contact
Winner list. For the winner’s first name and country, send a written request by March 15, 2027 to the Sponsor’s address in Section 1, with “Winner List — Stay & Play Giveaway” on the envelope, or by email to contact@lacolinastudios.com with the same subject line. The winner’s first name and country will also be announced on @lacolinastudios after acceptance of the prize.
Questions. Any question about these rules or the Promotion may be sent to contact@lacolinastudios.com or to the address in Section 1.
Sweepstakes abstract. A short summary of the Promotion rules (sponsor, start and end dates, prize value, entry methods, draw date, eligibility, link to these full rules, and the platform disclaimer) is posted with the Instagram Promotion post and at lacolinastudios.com/stay-and-play/#giveaway.