Terms and Conditions

(1) Introduction – This disclaimer governs your use of our website; by using our website, you accept this disclaimer in full. If you disagree with any part of this disclaimer, do not use our website.

(2) Intellectual Property Rights – Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensors own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on this website. Subject to the licence below, all our intellectual property rights are reserved.

(3) License to Use Website – You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website, provided that:

(a) You must not republish material from this website (including republication on another website), or reproduce or store material from this website in any public or private electronic retrieval system. (Though we encourage fair use for academic / non commercial purposes)

(b) You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit, or otherwise exploit our website or material on our website for a commercial purpose, without our express written consent;

(4) Limitations of Liability – The information on this website is provided free-of-charge, and you acknowledge that it would be unreasonable to hold us liable in respect of this website and the information on this website.

Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we not commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on this website is kept up-to-date.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill).

Our liability is limited and excluded to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. We will not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage arising under this disclaimer or in connection with our website, whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise – including, without limitation, any loss of profit, contracts, business, goodwill, data, income, revenue or anticipated savings.

However, nothing in this disclaimer shall exclude or limit our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

(5) Blog Posting / Comments – You must not use our website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website.

You must not use our website in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.

You must not use our website for any purposes related to marketing without our express written consent.

You must not use our website to copy, publish or send mass mailings or spam.

You must not use our website to copy, publish or send material which is illegal or unlawful, or material which could give rise to legal action under Scottish and other applicable law. All material you copy, publish or send via our website must not be defamatory, obscene, indecent, hateful, discriminatory or inflammatory; such material must not infringe any person’s intellectual property rights or rights of confidence, impinge upon any person’s privacy, or constitute incitement to commit a crime.  Further, material must not be misleading, deceptive, pornographic, threatening, abusive, harassing or menacing.

We reserve the right to edit or remove any material posted upon our website.

We may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the posting of unsuitable material, including suspending or canceling your account, restricting your access to our website, or commencing legal proceedings against you.

In respect of all material that you post on our website, you grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material in any media, together with the right to sub-licence such rights.

(6) Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the content of third party websites.

(7) Variation – We may revise this disclaimer from time-to-time. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.

(8) Entire agreement – This disclaimer constitutes the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website, and supersedes all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.

(9) Law and Jurisdiction – This notice will be governed by and construed in accordance with Scottish law, and any disputes relating to this notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland, United Kingdom.

Privacy Policy Statement

This web site is owned by Hayes Media Group.

For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes only the consumer’s domain name, but not the e-mail address (where possible).

We collect aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

The information we collect is used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for each individual visitor, used to notify consumers about updates to our Web site.

With respect to cookies: We use cookies to record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by visiting us at http://www.sharingtravelexperiences.com/contact. We do not share user email addresses.

If you supply us with your postal address on-line you will only receive the information you requested.  Anyone supplying their telephone number on-line will only be contacted by phone with information regarding their orders.

With respect to Ad Servers: To bring offers of interest to you, we have relationships with other companies that we allow to place ads on our Web pages. As a result of your visit to our site, ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream information. For further information, consult the privacy policies of:
http://www.google.com/privacy.html
https://www.cj.com/privacy.html
http://www.linkshare.com/home/privacy.shtml
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=468496

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will contact you before we use your data for these new purposes.  We will notify you of any policy change and provide the ability to opt out of these new uses.

Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by visiting us at http://www.sharingtravelexperiences.com/contact.

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to no information that we have collected and that we maintain about them.

Upon request we offer visitors the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in contact information.

Consumers can have this information corrected by visiting us at http://www.sharingtravelexperiences.com/contact.

With respect to security: We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact The DMA’s Committee on Ethical Business Practices at mgoldberger@the-dma.org.

Terms and Conditions for Travel Concierge Services

The “Dream It, Do It Travel Concierge” service is provided by DreamMaker Destinations.  To submit a booking request you must accept these terms and conditions as well as accept the above terms and conditions of use for Sharing Travel Experiences website by virtue of accessing the site.

DreamMaker Destinations, in good faith, is acting as an intermediary only between internet or off-line suppliers/providers and traveler(s) for purchases of travel-related services and products that are not directly supplied by DreamMaker Destinations such as (but not limited to) air and ground transportation, hotel/ resort accommodations with or without meals or other inclusions, tours, cruises, vacation packages, travel insurance, travel-related products, etc.

DreamMaker Destinations researches a variety of suppliers and their products for each trip request and website inclusion, selecting for recommendation those off-line and internet suppliers who offer the best price and/or value. We attempt to recommend well-known and reputable suppliers, but we have no control over any supplier and do not participate in running their businesses, their policies and procedures, or their terms and conditions. Travelers shall hold DreamMaker Destinations harmless and not hold DreamMaker Destinations responsible for any omissions, errors, or acts known or unknown) committed by any travel supplier, their sub-suppliers, or employees.  This includes (but is not limited to) any internet supplier, hotel/resort, car rental agency, airline, rail pass supplier, motorcoach company, tour operator, or vacation packager. DreamMaker Destinations does not warrant or guarantee the services, quality, or products of any travel supplier, their sub-suppliers or employees or their quality of service, products, rates, bookings, reservations, connections, scheduling or safe handling of traveler(s) personal belongings, or their safety/ security procedures for traveler(s). Traveler(s) shall hold DreamMaker Destinations harmless and not responsible for supplier failure to comply with any/all domestic and/or international laws, breach of contract, failure to provide paid-for reservations, intentional or unintentional acts or omissions that result in (but are not limited to)loss/ damage/ delay/ inconvenience / injury to traveler(s). Dreammaker Destinations shall be held harmless and not responsible for the insolvency, receivership, bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar condition (known or unknown) of any travel supplier.

Travelers are responsible for obtaining and holding safe all supplier documents/travel documents/ money/travelers checks/credit cards before/during travel, contacting health professionals and obtaining the necessary inoculations and vaccines. Traveler(s) willingly and voluntarily release DreamMaker Destinations from the responsibility of checking and verifying existing flight schedules, all passport / visa / vaccination and/or other entry requirements for each destination or stop-over destination en route.  DreamMaker Destinations will assist with such travel documentation and applications as necessary, but is not responsible for denied entry.

Traveler(s) shall hold DreamMaker Destinations harmless and not responsible for anything out of our control before/ during/ after travel that causes traveler inconveniences, pain or suffering such as (but not limited to) trip interruption, delays, lost documentation, safely and security issues, compliance with domestic and international laws, any and all incurred injuries, damages to personal property, inconveniences caused by (but not limited to) suppliers, civil / social/ labor unrest and/or disputes, climatic weather conditions, acts of god, terrorist activities, condition of supplier equipment, construction failures or difficulties, hotel/ resort/ ship/ vehicle/ plane conditions, judgment errors by a supplier/ sub-supplier/ or any supplier employees, any and all conditions/ circumstances that do not allow travel to take place, abnormal conditions or developments, any risks or conditions (known or unknown) taking place before/ during/ after travel or any other actions, omissions, or conditions.  In the event of such unforeseen problems, DreamMaker Destinations will attempt to assist the traveler(s) with whatever means are available.

Traveler(s) shall hold DreamMaker Destinations harmless and not responsible for any liabilities incurred by credit card holders from any credit card unauthorized use, fraudulent, unscrupulous acts committed by any persons resulting from the release of credit card information to internet companies, or off-line suppliers by DreamMaker Destinations or by website visitors to hold obtain or book reservations or purchase travel-related products. All money and/or credit card information given to DreamMaker Destinations to make off-line reservations is directly passed on to suppliers, except for agent commissions and fees, if applicable.  DreamMaker Destinations is not responsible for refunds of any money due traveler(s) by any travel supplier(s) or for increased charges by any supplier(s). Any refunds due traveler(s) are due from suppliers and any refunds issued to traveler(s) from suppliers and received by DreamMaker Destinations shall be forwarded to the client, less any fees or money owed to DreamMaker destinations.  Whenever possible, DreamMaker Destinations will assist the traveler(s) in obtaining any refunds due from suppliers.

DreamMaker Destinations’s responsibility and obligations to a client booking off-line are limited to making every effort to find reasonable pricing per the client’s travel request, making approved reservations for clients — including forwarding timely payments to suppliers via check or client credit card information provided by client to suppliers, informing clients of any pre-or-post departure reservation changes made known to DreamMaker Destinations by suppliers, checking travel documents before they are issued to clients, and forwarding travel documents received by suppliers to clients in a timely manner, assistance with any traveler(s) requests for additional information not outlined in these terms and conditions concerning (but not limited to) destination information, country entry requirements, supplier terms and conditions , documents needed for travel. DreamMaker Destinations shall be held harmless and not responsible for any and all internet bookings made by DreamMaker Destinations or by visitors to the http://www.sharingtravelexperiences.com website. All purchases made through online companies/providers on the DreamMaker Destinations website are deemed to be transactions between the purchaser and supplier/provider.  DreamMaker Destinations will assist with any disputes, but is not responsible for settlements between supplier and traveler(s).

Terms and conditions

Travel insurance: travel insurance is strongly recommended for all travelers, payable with their first deposit/payment to obtain coverage for pre-existing conditions for themselves/travel companions/family members (travel insurance is mandatory for all group travelers) to cover unforeseen travel issues such as cancellations, interruptions, delays, lost/stolen/damaged travel documents, medical expenses, emergency medical transportation. Certain conditions/restrictions may apply to coverage; DreamMaker destinations is not responsible for underwriting decisions on claims made by traveler(s) to the insurance company.  DreamMaker Destinations will recommend a travel company policy based on the most current information and the traveler(s) needs.

It is the policy of DreamMaker Destinations to only make offline reservations for clients who agree to and sign these terms and conditions and who, if applicable, have completed and signed either a credit catd authorization form or a limited power of attorney form for a specified amount, and provided proof of identification.  Persons making online purchases may consider themselves duly informed.

Transaction fees: the following fees for on and off-line reservations may be applied in addition to the purchase of air/sea/land transportation services and vacation packages. The initial consultation to define the traveler(s) goals is provided free of charge.  If both parties agree to pursue the traveler(s) goals, DreamMaker Destinations will conduct research and prepare proposals upon payment of a $150 non-refundable fee.  This fee may be applied to payment of travel reservations.  Once travel is booked, a cancellation fee of $75 or 15%, which ever is greater, will apply.  Additional fees that may be incurred include airline reservations, $25 for domestic, $50 for international, passport and visa processing fees, postage fees.  costs for international phone/fax. Fees may be reduced by the sole discretion of DreamMaker Destinations without setting precedence. Charges from DreamMaker Destinations will appear on your credit card in the amounts designated above, but will not be charged without notification to you and without approval by you.

This contract shall be governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, United States. Any disputes will be heard by the appropriate federal and/or state courts located in Summit County, OH.  If the court’s decision falls in favor of DreamMaker Destinations, all legal costs will be paid by disputer.

By using sharing travel experiences website, the user acknowledges that he/she understands, accepts and has received all the terms and conditions, disclaimer of liability, fees and policies of DreamMaker destinations and the suppliers and verifies that he/she is acting as a representative for him/her self and for all travel companions and has the legal right and authority to sign for him/her self and for all travel companions. Dreammaker Destinations shall be held harmless and not responsible for any resulting disputes or actions taken by fellow travelers arising due to the signor agreeing to and signing this contract. Any disputes or resulting actions are between the user and traveling companion(s). User acknowledges and agrees that it is his/her responsibility to inform companion traveler(s) of these terms and conditions and to give them a signed copy showing the terms and conditions to which they shall be bound. Dreammaker Destinations is not responsible for issuing separate terms and conditions to each traveler booked/listed under one itinerary or group even when invoices are issued separately.