This is not a contest; this is a casting call. No acting experience required. We are looking for real people who love to travel and are skilled social media storytellers.

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BREAKDOWN: New Media

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TITLE: The Search for Canada’s Ultimate Road Trippers

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CASTING: Home Hardware Stores Ltd

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UNION STATUS: Non-Union

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AUDITION: Initial consideration from self-tape submission at UltimateRoadTrippers.ca. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for further rounds of auditions and interview, to take place online, on the phone, and/or in-person.

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VIRTUAL RECALL: October 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025

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PREPARATION MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS: January 1, 2026 – April 30, 2026

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SHOOT:  Home Hardware is sending two social media-savvy travellers on an epic cross-country road trip to discover Canada’s hidden gems, hometown heroes, and the locally owned Home Hardware stores that helped build it all. The winning duo will document each stop on social.

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LOCATIONS: Across Canada, at Home Hardware store locations and notable tourist areas.

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 30, 2025

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TALENT RATE: $200/shoot day per person + $100/rest day per person. Pre-approved expenses related to fuel, lodging, and accommodations will be covered by Home Hardware Stores Ltd.

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DATES: One continuous 30–40-day period from May – August 2026. 5-6 shoot days per week, and remainder travel days.

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USAGE: Perpetual usage in organic online video, social and digital channels only, with paid digital advertising, all by Home Hardware Stores Ltd. and its sponsors and agencies.

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SUBMISSIONS: Submit electronically via UltimateRoadTrippers.ca

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1. Record a short video (60 seconds or less!) telling us who you are and why you’d be the perfect pair for this adventure.

2. Submit using the form at UltimateRoadTrippers.ca, completing all fields to share more details about you and your social media experience.

3. Wait politely. It’s the Canadian way! We’ll review and reach out to shortlisted applicants.

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If you have any questions, please email social@homehardware.ca

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NOTES: We will cast two highly engaging and talented hosts or “Road Trippers” for this campaign. Our hosts will be charming, energetic, and compelling on camera.

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WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: 2x Nonunion Road Trippers of any gender, open-ethnicity with a desire for diversity, at or above the age of majority in their home province or territory. Must be residents of Canada, with availability to shoot and travel for the Dates outlined above. Must have a valid driver’s license in the jurisdiction where you currently reside. We are essentially seeking two social media content “stars” as the hosts for Home Hardware Stores Ltd.’s Ultimate Road Trippers content series.  Experience as a social media influencer or professional content creator is not required but would be a welcome bonus. The ideal hosts are charming, energetic, and compelling on camera, with a proud Canadian spirit. As such, we are seeking experienced hosts comfortable with both scripted dialogue as well as improvisation during the shoot. They are aspirational while remaining relatable, trustworthy and engaging. We look forward to being inspired by your submissions!

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1. By submitting an application through UltimateRoadTrippers.ca to Home Hardware Stores Limited (“HHSL”), you (on behalf of yourself and the other individual named in your application form/featured in your application) (each an “Applicant” and together, the “Applicants”) agree to these Terms. For the purposes of these Terms, the “Casting Parties" are defined as HHSL, HHSL’s affiliates, subsidiaries, parent, or related companies, its advertising or promotional agencies, and dealer stores including those operating under a Home Hardware, Home Hardware Building Centre, Home Building Centre, or Home Furniture banner, and any of their employees, representatives, shareholders, and agents.

2. Applicants warrant and represent that the Applicants are and will continue to be for the duration of this agreement: (1) residents of Canada, (2) over the age of majority in their province/territory of residence, (3) are not members of ACTRA, UDA, or any other talent union, (4) holders of valid drivers licenses in the their province/territory of residence, and (5) individuals who meet all other requirements stipulated in these Terms.

3. Applicants must apply by visiting UltimateRoadTrippers.ca, following all on-screen instructions, and providing all requested information and creative material (“Application” or “Submission”).

   • AN APPLICATION MAY BE REJECTED IF (IN THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF HHSL): (I) THE APPLICATION IS NOT SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE TERMS DURING THE CASTING PERIOD; AND/OR THE APPLICATION IS NOT OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE TERMS (AS DETERMINED BY HHSL IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION).

   • BY SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION, THE APPLICANTS AGREE THAT THE APPLICATION COMPLIES WITH ALL CONDITIONS STATED IN THESE TERMS. HHSL WILL BEAR NO LEGAL LIABILITY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE USE OF THE APPLICATION BY HHSL AND HHSL SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY THE APPLICANT IN THE EVENT IT IS SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS DEPARTED FROM OR NOT FULLY COMPLIED WITH ANY OF THE TERMS.

4. Applicants understand and agree their Application must be made between 9:00AM ET 23/06/2025 – 11:59PM ET 30/09/2025 (“Application Period” or “Casting Period”). Applications received after the Application Period will not be accepted.

5. Applicants can only submit one (1) Application throughout the Application Period.

Applicants warrant and represent that their Application:

a.   contains video footage that is original to him/her and that the Applicant has all necessary rights in and to the Application to enter the Casting;

b.   does not violate any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation; does not contain any reference to or likeness of any identifiable third parties, unless consent has been obtained from all such individuals and their parent/legal guardian if they are under the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence;

c.   will not give rise to any claims of infringement, invasion of privacy or publicity, or infringe on any rights and/or interests of any third party, or give rise to any claims for payment whatsoever; and

d.    is not defamatory, trade libelous, pornographic, or obscene, and further that it will not contain, depict, include, discuss, or involve, without limitation, any of the following:

• Nudity

• Explicit, graphic, or excessive sexual activity;

• Crude, vulgar, or offensive language and/or symbols;

• Derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, sexual, or religious groups;

• Content that endorses, condones, or discusses any illegal, inappropriate or risky activity, behaviour, or conduct;

• Personal information of individuals, including without limitation, names, and addresses (physical or e-mail);

• Conduct or other activities in violation of these Rules;

• Commercial messages, comparisons, or solicitations for products or services other than those of HHSL;

• Any identifiable third-party products and/or trademarks, brands, or logos, unless the necessary permissions/licenses have been obtained; and

• Any other content that is or could be considered inappropriate, unsuitable, or offensive, all as determined by the HHSL and/or the Challenge Parties in their sole discretion..  

 

6. Applicants (i) grant to HHSL, HHSL’s sponsors, and HHSL’s advertising and marketing agencies in perpetuity a worldwide non-exclusive license to publish, display, reproduce, modify, edit, exploit, or otherwise use his/her Application, in whole or in part, for advertising or promoting the Casting, for advertising/promoting the goods/services of HHSL, or for any other reason; (ii) waives all moral rights in and to his/her Application in favour of HHSL; and (iii) agrees to release and hold harmless the Released Parties (as defined below) against any and all claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement or any other intellectual property related cause of action.For greater certainty, HHSL reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove any Application from eligibility for the Casting if a complaint is received with respect to the Application, or for any other reason.

7. All Applications and Applicants are subject to verification at any time and for any reason.HHSL reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to HHSL – including, without limitation, government-issued photo identification): (i) for the purposes of verifying an individual’s eligibility to participate in the Casting; (ii) for the purposes of verifying the eligibility and/or legitimacy of any Applications and/or other information submitted (or purportedly submitted) for the purposes of the Casting; and/or (iii) for any other reason HHSL deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering the Casting in accordance with its interpretation of the letter and spirit of these Terms.Failure to provide such proof to the complete satisfaction of HHSL within the timeline specified by HHSL may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of HHSL.

8. If it is discovered by HHSL (using any evidence or other information made available to or otherwise discovered by HHSL) that any person or Applicant has attempted to: (i) exceed any of the limits stated in these Terms; and/or (ii)use multiple names, multiple identities, multiple email addresses, any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) and/or any other means not in keeping with HHSL’s interpretation of the letter and/or spirit of these Terms to apply or otherwise participate in or to disrupt this Casting; then they may be disqualified from the Casting in the sole and absolute discretion of HHSL. A Submission may be rejected if (in the sole and absolute discretion of HHSL): (i) the Submission is not submitted and received in accordance with these Terms during the Casting Period; and/or (ii) the Submission is not otherwise in compliance with these Terms (all as determined by HHSL in its sole and absolute discretion). The Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for (and have no liability in relation to) late, lost, misdirected, delayed, incomplete or incompatible Submissions and/or other Casting-related information (all of which are/is void).

9. By entering the Casting / submitting an Application and providing their personal information as described in these Casting Terms, Applicants expressly consent to the collection, use, storing, and disclosure by HHSL and its employees, authorized agents, advertising agencies, and sponsors (on a need-to-know basis) of such personal information, for the purpose of administering the Casting, including—but not limited to—contacting the eligible successful Applicants with respect to the Casting,in accordance with HHSL’s Privacy Commitment available at www.homehardware.ca/en/privacy  / www.homehardware.ca/fr/privacy. This section does not limit any other consent(s) that an individual may provide HHSL or others in relation to the collection, use and/or disclosure of their personal information.

10. By entering the Casting / submitting an Application, Applicants agree that HHSL or its representatives and agents may use your name(s), city and province/territory of residence, voice(s), statements about the Casting and/or photograph or other likeness information submitted as part of the Application, in any advertising, promotion or publicity carried out now or in the future, in any media including internal HHSL communication channels, without compensation or notice, and you grant to HHSLany and all rights to such use.You agree to cooperate with HHSL in arranging photographs or other forms of publicity and to be available for photographs or other forms of publicity on reasonable notice.

11. HHSL and the other Released Parties (as defined below) will not be liable for: (i) any failure of any website or any platform during the Casting; (ii) any technical malfunction or other problems of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, those relating to the telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment or software; (iii) the failure of any Application, and/or other information to be received, captured or recorded (or to otherwise work properly) for any reason whatsoever, including, but not limited to, technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website; (iv) any injury or damage to a participant’s or any other person’s computer or other device related to or resulting from participating in the Casting; (v) anyone being incorrectly and/or mistakenly identified as a successful Applicant; and/or (vi) any combination of the above.

12. Applicants understand and agree that, if HHSL selects the Applicants as the winners, the Applicants must complete and return the following documentation to be provided by HHSL (1) a declaration and release form (that, among other things, (i) confirms compliance with these Terms; (ii) releases HHSL and all of the other Released Parties (as defined below) from any and all liability in connection with this Casting, their participation therein and/or the Ultimate Road Trip or any portion thereof; (iii) agrees to the publication, reproduction and/or other use of their name, city and province/territory of residence, voice, statements about the Casting and/or photograph or other likeness without further notice or compensation, in any publicity or advertisement carried out by or on behalf of HHSL in any manner or medium whatsoever, including print, broadcast or the internet, and (iv) irrevocably sells, assigns, and transfer to HHSL all of their right, title, and interest in and to the Submission, together with the entire goodwill attaching thereto) and (2) a content production agreement the stipulates the terms under which the winning Applicants will produce content for HHSL.

13. Without limiting any of the above, by participating in the Casting / submitting an Application, the Applicants and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, release and forever discharge and hold the Casting Parties harmless, and its direct and indirect parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, agents, advisors, shareholders, partners, representatives, their advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies and each of their respective employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from and against any and all losses, damages (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages), rights, claims, actions, causes of action, personal injury, property damage or death, including without limitation all costs and liabilities of any kind including legal fees on a substantial indemnity scale, hereinafter called “Claims” and including without limitation any claims arising from any act of negligence of the Released Parties, that you now have, or may hereafter have against the Released Parties directly or indirectly resulting or arising from: (i) participation in the Casting or your Application, and where applicable, traveling to, preparing for, or participating in, any Casting-related or Ultimate Road Trip-related event or activity; or (ii) the publicity rights granted to HHSL. You specifically acknowledge that you understand that there may be serious risks of bodily injury, death, or property damage associated with the acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of the Ultimate Road Trip and attendance at any event or participation in certain Ultimate Road Trip-related activities, and you voluntarily assume these risks. You also agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all Claims in respect of the foregoing.

14. HHSL retains the right, in its absolute discretion, to suspend, modify or terminate any aspect of the Casting (including, but not limited to these Casting Terms) at any time, in the event of any cause beyond the reasonable control of HHSL that interferes with the proper conduct of this Casting as contemplated by these Terms, including, without limitation, any error, technical problem, computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or technical failure. HHSL may terminate or withdraw this Casting at any time by posting a notice on its website at ultimateroadtrippers.ca. If the Casting is terminated on any day prior to the normal Casting end date, HHSL reserves the right to cancel the Casting in its entirety without selecting a successful Applicant.

15. HHSL reserves the right to cancel, amend or suspend this Casting, or to amend these Terms, in any way without prior notice or obligation, in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error of any kind, or for any other reason whatsoever.Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, HHSL reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to administer an alternate test of skill as it deems appropriate based on the circumstances and/or to comply with applicable law.

16. HHSL reserves the right to adjust any of the dates, timeframes and/or other Casting mechanics stipulated in these Terms, to the extent necessary, for purposes of verifying compliance by any Applicant or Application with these Terms, or as a result of any technical or other problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of HHSL, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Casting as contemplated in these Terms, or for any other reason.

17. In the event of a discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these English Terms and the disclosures or other statements contained in any Casting-related materials, including, but not limited to: the Application, UltimateRoadTrippers.ca, French version of these Terms, and/or any print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the English Terms shall prevail, govern, and control to the fullest extent permitted by law.

18. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

19. The Casting and these Terms are governed by the laws of Canada applicable therein, and is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and municipal laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law. Participation constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to these Casting Terms and the decisions of HHSL, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Casting. By entering the Casting / submitting an Application, the Applicants agree that the Canadian provincial courts, in which the Applicants resides in, shall have jurisdiction to entertain any action or other legal proceedings based on any provision of this Casting’s Terms or the running of this Casting.

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