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• Rules, Regulations and Disclaimers
• Privacy Policy
• Consumer Disclosure Notice
RULES, REGULATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS
The Travel Connection requires that all the visitors to our site on the World Wide Web (the "Site") adhere to
the following rules and regulations. By accessing the Site you indicate your acknowledgement and acceptance of these terms and conditions.
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
User access to and use of the Site is subject to all applicable international, federal, state and local laws and
regulations.
COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARKS
The entire contents of this site; including all written material, software programs, source codes, trademarks,
logos, service marks, and images ("Content/Marks") displayed on the Site are either the property of The Travel Connection and/or our Travel Suppliers, Advertisers, or our Webmaster and their respective owners. Users to this site are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any Content/Marks available on or through the Site for either private, commercial or public purposes, including, but not limited to use as metatags on other pages or sites on the World Wide Web without the written permission of The Travel Connection or such third party owners which may own the Marks information.
HYPER-LINKING
THIS SITE MAY PROVIDE A LINK TO OTHER SITES BY ALLOWING THE USER TO LEAVE THIS SITE TO
ACCESS THIRD-PARTY MATERIAL OR BY BRINGING THE THIRD-PARTY MATERIAL INTO THIS SITE VIA "INVERSE" HYPER-LINKS AND FRAMING TECHNOLOGY (A "LINKED SITE"). THE TRAVEL CONNECTION HAS NO DISCRETION TO ALTER, UPDATE, OR CONTROL THE CONTENT ON A LINKED SITE. THE FACT THAT THE TRAVEL CONNECTION HAS PROVIDED A LINK TO A SITE IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT, AUTHORIZATION, SPONSORSHIP, OR AFFILIATION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SITE, ITS OWNERS, OR ITS PROVIDERS. THERE ARE INHERENT RISKS IN RELYING UPON USING, OR RETRIEVING ANY INFORMATION FOUND ON THE INTERNET, AND THE TRAVEL CONNECTION URGES YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THESE RISKS BEFORE RELYING UPON, USING, OR RETRIEVING ANY SUCH INFORMATION ON A LINKED SITE.
NO WARRANTIES
ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ON THE SITE, OR OBTAINED FROM A WEB SITE TO
WHICH THE SITE IS LINKED (A "LINKED SITE") ARE PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON- INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY OR ACCURACY.
THE TRAVEL CONNECTION DOES NOT ENDORSE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR (A) THE
ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT MADE THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN THE TRAVEL CONNECTION, (B) ANY CONTENT PROVIDED ON LINKED SITES OR (C) THE CAPABILITIES OR RELIABILITY OF ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OBTAINED FROM A LINKED SITE.
OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED UNDER APPLICABLE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW, UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCE WILL THE TRAVEL CONNECTION BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A USER'S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR A LINKED SITE, OR USER'S RELIANCE ON ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OBTAINED FROM A LINKED SITE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, OR OBTAINED FROM A LINKED SITE. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC OPINION, ADVICE, PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR OTHER CONTENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR USE OF THE SITE AND LINKED SITES
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND DESCRIPTIONS (INCLUDING PRICING) OF
SERVICES PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE OR A LINKED SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, AND THE TRAVEL CONNECTION SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR SUCH INACCURACIES OR ERRORS. THE TRAVEL CONNECTION DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT THE CONTENT ON THE SITE IS COMPLETE OR UP-TO-DATE. THE TRAVEL CONNECTION IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE ANY CONTENT ON THE SITE. THE TRAVEL CONNECTION MAY CHANGE THE CONTENT ON THE SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. THE TRAVEL CONNECTION MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE SITE AT ANY TIME.
YOU AGREE THAT THE TRAVEL CONNECTION, ITS AFFILIATES AND ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS, COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE SERVICE OR LOST OPPORTUNITY) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SITE OR A LINKED SITE, OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR A LINKED SITE, EVEN IF THE TRAVEL CONNECTION IS MADE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY VIRUSES WHICH MAY INFECT A USER'S EQUIPMENT, FAILURE OF MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT OR COMMUNICATION LINES, TELEPHONE OR OTHER INTERCONNECT PROBLEMS (e.g., YOU CANNOT ACCESS YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER), UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, THEFT, OPERATOR ERRORS, STRIKES OR OTHER LABOR PROBLEMS OR ANY FORCE MAJEURE. THE TRAVEL CONNECTION CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO THE WEB SITE.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR SERVICES ARRANGED THROUGH THE SITE
YOU AGREE THAT THE TRAVEL CONNECTION IS A MERE AGENT FOR THE PROVIDERS OF
SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TRAVEL SERVICES. ANY AND ALL CLAIMS REGARDING ANY FAILURE OR BREACH WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THE SITE ARE LIMITED TO CLAIMS AGAINST ANY AND ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS. THE TRAVEL CONNECTION HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OUR INDIRECT DAMAGES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE GOODS OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY ANY CARRIER OR OTHER SUPPLIER THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LIABILITY FOR ANY ACT, ERROR, OMISSION, INJURY, LOSS, ACCIDENT, DELAY OR IRREGULARITY WHICH MAY BE INCURRED THROUGH THE FAULT, NEGLIGENT OR OTHERWISE, OF SUCH CARRIER OR SUPPLIER AND YOU HEREBY EXONERATE THE TRAVEL CONNECTION FROM ANY LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE SAME.
LINKED INTERNET SITES
The Travel Connection prohibits caching, unauthorized hypertext links to the Site and the framing of any
Content available through the Site. The Travel Connection reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames and specifically disclaims any responsibility for the Content available on any other Internet sites linked to the Site. Access to any other Internet sites linked to the Site is at the user's own risk.
User should be aware that Linked Sites may contain rules and regulations, privacy provisions, confidentiality
provisions, transmission of personal data provisions, and other provisions that differ from the provisions provided on the Site. The Travel Connection is not responsible for such provisions, and expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such provisions.
PRESS RELEASES / eNEWSLETTERS / eMAIL
All press releases, eNewsletters, eMail and other materials presented or released that are contained on the
Site were, to the best of The Travel Connection' knowledge, timely and accurate when issued. However, the passage of time can render information stale, and you should not rely on the continued accuracy of any such material beyond the date of issuance. The Travel Connection has no responsibility to update any information contained in any such material. All viewers should carefully check the dates of issuance of the material contained in the Site.
POSTINGS
[For use in connection with message boards, forums or chat rooms on the Site.] The Travel Connection is
under no obligation to review any messages, information or content "Postings") posted on the Site by users and assumes no responsibility or liability relating to any such Postings. Notwithstanding the above, The Travel Connection may from time to time monitor the Postings on the Site and may decline to accept and/or remove any Postings that contain: Any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.
CHANGES TO RULES AND REGULATIONS
The Travel Connection reserves the right to revise these Rules and Regulations at any time and users are
deemed to be apprised of and bound by any changes to these Rules and Regulations.
VIOLATIONS OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
The Travel Connection reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of
these Rules and Regulations, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to the Site.
ACCESS TO PASSWORD PROTECTED/SECURE AREAS
Access to and use of any password protected and/or secure areas of the Site is restricted to authorized
users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access these areas of the Site may be subject to prosecution.
DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT
NOTIFICATION TO THE TRAVEL CONNECTION REGARDING ALLEGED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
The Travel Connection has not knowingly published material on this site that is in violation of a third party's
copyright. We reserves the right to remove any Image/Content on the Site which allegedly infringes another person's copyright. Notices to The Travel Connection regarding any alleged copyright infringement on the Site should be directed to our web design company at donn@donnwolfe.com.
PRIVACY POLICY
The Travel Connection will never sell, rent, or give away your personal information to any unrelated company,
organization, or individual without your permission. When you purchase travel services through The Travel Connection, we provide information about you to the travel supplier and/or other involved third party to ensure the successful fulfillment of your travel arrangements. However, your personal information will never be revealed to any other party without your permission.
However, The Travel Connection may disclose personal information if it is required to do so by law, court
order, or government or law enforcement authority, or if it in good faith believes that disclosure is necessary or advisable (for example, without limitation, to protect the rights or properties of The Travel Connection or it's suppliers, or to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities).
The Travel Connection may from time to time solicit information from you for marketing purposes. We may
occasionally request information from you in connection with prize contests or on-line market research surveys. Your participation is always optional, and any personal information collected will not be shared in any way with any third party without your permission.
You may Opt Out of eMail / eNewsletters.
We may send you eMail or eNewsletter messages about special promotions, new The Travel Connection
features, and other pertinent information. However, if you do not want to receive these messages from us regarding products and services available at The Travel Connection, please contact us, and we will remove you from our lists.
User should be aware that Linked Sites may contain transmission of personal data and standard business
practice provisions that differ from the provisions provided herein. The Travel Connection is not responsible for such provisions, and expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such provisions.
USE OF "COOKIE" FILE FEATURES
The Travel Connection does NOT at the present time, but reserves the future right to, store information on a
user's computer in the form of a "cookie" or similar file for purposes of modifying the Site to reflect users' preferences.
CONSUMER DISCLOSURE NOTICE
The Travel Connection is acting as a mere Agent for suppliers (identified on this site or your travel documents)
in selling their travel-related services, or in accepting reservations or bookings for services that are not directly supplied by this travel agency (such as air and ground transportation, hotel accommodations, meals, tours, cruises, etc.)
This agency, therefore shall not be responsible for breach of contract or any intentional or careless actions or
omissions on the part of such suppliers, upon which the agency has no control over, which may result in any loss, damage, delay or injury to you or your traveling companions or group members.
Unless the term "guaranteed" is specifically stated in writing on your tickets, invoice, or reservation itinerary,
we do not guarantee any of such suppliers' rates, bookings, reservations, connections, scheduling, or handling of personal effects. Travel Agent shall not be responsible for any injuries, damages, or losses caused to traveler in connection with terrorist activities, social or labor unrest, mechanical or construction failures or difficulties, diseases, local laws, climatic conditions or developments, or any other actions, omissions, or conditions outside the Travel Agent's direct control.
Travelers assume complete and full responsibility for, and hereby releases the Agent from, any duty of
checking and verifying any and all passport, visa, vaccination, or other entry requirements of each destination and all safety and security conditions of such destinations, during the length of the proposed travel.
Special Note: Your Travel Agent offers, and strongly recommends, Travel Insurance for trip cancellation, trip
interruption, baggage, and medical coverage.
Please understand that most (if not all) of the travel arrangements made on your behalf have explicit and/or
limited cancellation, refund and change policies. Please check your tickets and/or travel suppliers' reservation form for your specific rights to cancellation, changes and refunds.
International Travelers: For information concerning possible dangers at international destinations, contact the
Travel Advisory Section of the United States State Department at (202) 647-5225. For medical information, call the Public Health Service at (301) 443-2403.
By embarking upon his/her travel, the traveler(s) voluntarily assumes all risks involved in such travel, whether
expected or unexpected. Traveler is hereby warned of such risks and is advised to obtain appropriate insurance coverage against them. Traveler's retention of tickets, reservations, or bookings after issuance shall constitute a consent to the above and an agreement on his/her part to convey the contents hereto to his/her travel companions or group members.
JURISDICTION/GOVERNING LAW
Users of this Site agree to submit to the laws of the State of Ohio, USA and applicable federal law without
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