Terms & Conditions

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT

A deposit of at least $750 is required at the time of booking. We accept payment via credit card, ACH, or wire transfer for your payment in full, but we do offer payment plans through our merchant partners YouLi & Stripe. The balance is due at least 90 days before departure or an established due date (if listed). If your reservation is made within 90 days of departure, the entire cost of the trip must be paid at the time of confirmation. The deposit is required in order to confirm your booking. Upon receipt of the deposit, a group leader will send you confirmation of your booking. Your final payment date will be listed on the confirmation. If the trip is already full, we will accept deposits on a standby basis.

Quoted group trip prices are per person, double occupancy except where indicated. Prices include programming, planning, handling, and operational charges and are based on current rates of exchange, tariffs and taxes in effect at the time of publication. We reserve the right to increase Tour prices to cover increased costs, tariffs, taxes, and V.A.T. received after prices are published and to reflect fluctuations in foreign exchange markets. We will not give a breakdown in the price of a Tour or its parts.

Exclusions: Quoted Tour prices exclude: trip insurance; airfares between points on the Tour; and other transportation to and from the group's planned activities (unless otherwise noted); costs associated with obtaining passports or entry visas; airport departure taxes (unless otherwise noted); excess baggage charges; gratuities to the Tour directors, drivers and guides; meals other than those specified in the Itinerary; sightseeing not included in the Itinerary; and personal expenses such as laundry, communication charges and optional activities (which are subject to availability).

CANCELLATION & INSURANCE

Your deposit is non-refundable. In the event you are unable to travel due to unforeseen circumstances, we highly recommend travel insurance to cover any cost associated with a canceled trip. Your decision not to participate in the group trip due to fear of travel, illness or any other reason will be deemed a cancellation. If a flight or other delay for any reason prevents you from joining the group on the departure date and time, you will be considered a no-show, and we cannot provide a full or partial refund or credit toward a future Tour, but you may join the Tour late if you wish. Adjustments will not be made for unused sightseeing trips or meals. Any questions about what travel insurance does or does not cover should be addressed directly to the travel insurance company. We do not sell insurance, but we recommend Allianz Travel Insurance: https://www.allianztravelinsurance.com/

Cancellation by You: We must receive your cancellation notice in writing by email, fax or overnight courier, and your cancellation date will be the date on which we receive your notice.

If we receive your cancellation notice before February 14, 2022, we will refund any installment payments made, less the initial deposit, to the extent that you have made that payment.
If we receive your cancellation notice on or after March 16, 2022, we will retain one hundred percent (100%) of the Tour price.
Any penalty imposed by an airline, including for airline service between points on the Tour (“Internal Air”) or travel to or from the Tour, is your responsibility.

PASSPORTS AND VISAS

Valid passports are required for travel to most destinations. Check with the appropriate consulate or embassy for the latest visa requirements.

BAGGAGE

Weight restrictions may apply to internal flights. Baggage and personal effects are at the owner's risk throughout the travel program. Check with the airline for other baggage restrictions applicable to internal and international flights.

CHANGES

The Global Intent reserves the right to withdraw a tour or any part of it to make such alterations in the itinerary or with the tour inclusions as it deems necessary or desirable and to pass on to tour members any expenditures or losses caused by delays or events beyond its control. Itineraries and arranged sightseeing are subject to change at any time due to unforeseen circumstances or circumstances beyond The Global Intent/Affinity Travel Group control. Every effort will be made to operate tours as planned, but alterations may occur after the final itinerary has been issued.

PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

The Global Intent reserves the right to take photographs during the operation of any program or part thereof and to use them for promotional purposes. By booking a reservation with The Global Intent, program members agree to allow their images to be used in such photographs. Program members who prefer that their images not be used are asked to identify themselves to their travel program escort at the beginning of their program.

AIR TRANSPORTATION

The Global Intent will not accept any responsibility for mistakes or errors in airfare bookings made by independent third parties. The traveler’s confirmed travel itinerary will have detailed tour information, and it is up to the traveler to ensure the correct arrival and departure flight information from the tour start and end cities. The independent agent will arrange the best-priced airfare available in the class category you request at the time of your booking. Please note that certain airfares are subject to a service fee. Should you cancel or change your air reservation before or after your departure, cancellation penalties may apply.

Airlines concerned are not to be held responsible for any act, omission or event during the time passengers are not on board their planes or conveyances. These programs may use the services of any IATA carrier. International air carriers are subject to international air conventions limiting their liability. The limitations of liability are contained on the reverse side of the airline ticket and form part of the terms and conditions of this package. The passage contract in use by these companies, when issued, shall constitute the sole contract between the companies and the purchaser of these travel programs and/or passage.

LIMITS ON RESPONSIBILITY

The Global Intent, its employees, officers, directors, successors, agents and assigns, does not own or operate any entity which is to or does provide goods or services for your trip. It purchases transportation (by aircraft, coach, train, vessel or otherwise), hotel and other lodging accommodations, restaurant, ground handling, and other services from various independent suppliers (including from time to time other affiliated The Global Intent companies). All such persons and entities are independent contractors. As a result, The Global Intent is not liable for any negligent or willful act of any such person or entity or of any third person.

The Global Intent acts solely as agents for the client with respect to all transportation, hotel, and other tour arrangements. In that capacity, The Global Intent exercises all reasonable care possible to ensure the traveler's safety and satisfaction, but, The Global Intent neither assumes nor bears any responsibility or liability for any injury, death, damage, loss, accident, delay, or irregularity arising in connection with the services of an airplane, train, ship, automobile, motor coach, carriage, or other conveyance, or the actions of any third-party involved in carrying the traveler or in affecting these tours. The Global Intent is not responsible for damages, additional expenses, or any other losses due to cancellation, delay or other changes in air or other services, sickness, weather, strike, war, civil disturbances, acts or threats of terrorism, travel warnings or bans, termination or suspension of war risks or other carrier insurance, quarantine, acts of God or other causes beyond its control. All such losses must be borne by the traveler, and tour rates provide for arrangements only for the time stated. The Global Intent is not responsible for delays, changes or cancellation costs due to incorrect, incomplete or expired traveler documents. In the event of cancellation, delay or rescheduling mandated by any of the aforesaid causes beyond The Global Intent' control, the passenger shall have the option of accepting in lieu of the original tour such rescheduled tour or other substituted tour(s) as may be offered, or else, receiving a refund of as much of such advance tour expenditures as The Global Intent can recover on the traveler's behalf from carriers, third-party tour vendors, etc., but, The Global Intent shall not have any obligation or liability to the traveler beyond the foregoing. The Global Intent reserves the right to make alterations to the tour's itinerary and to substitute hotels, vehicles, ships, or activities if this is required. The Global Intent reserves the right to cancel, delay, or reschedule any tour prior to departure, and, so long as this is not due to any of the aforesaid causes beyond our control, the passenger shall be entitled to a full refund of all monies paid to that point if he/she so desires, less any non-refundable deposits or uncollectible expenses incurred.

In addition and without limitation, The Global Intent is not responsible for any injury, loss, death, inconvenience, delay or damage to personal property in connection with the provision of any goods or services whether resulting from but not limited to acts of God or force majeure, illness, disease, acts of war, civil unrest, insurrection or revolt, animals, strikes or other labor activities, criminal or terrorist activities of any kind, overbooking or downgrading of services, food poisoning, mechanical or other failure of aircraft or other means of transportation or for failure of any transportation mechanism to arrive or depart on time.

Risks: There are certain inherent risks in adventure travel of the type involved here. These include, but are not limited to, hiking, walking safaris, climbing injuries, and altitude sickness, and in all trips dangers of animals, inaccessibility to medical attention and difficulty in evacuation from remote locations in the case of a medical emergency. Passenger assumes all such risks with regard to these possibilities.

Travel Advisories/Warnings: It is the responsibility of The Traveler to become informed about the most current travel advisories and warnings by referring to the U. S. State Department's travel website at www.travel.state.gov/ or by phone at 1-888-407- 4747. In the event of an active State Department Travel Warning against travel to the specific destination location(s) of the trip, should The Traveler still choose to travel, notwithstanding any travel advisory or warning, The Traveler assumes all risk of personal injury, death or property damage that may arise out of the events like those advised or warned against.

Arbitration Agreement: Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating in any way to these Terms and Conditions, to the Responsibility Clause, to the brochure, or any information relating in any way to the trip, or to the trip itself, shall be settled solely and exclusively by binding arbitration in Delaware, US, in accordance with the rules of the Arbitration Association then existent.

Travelers Representations: The Traveler represents that neither he nor she nor anyone traveling with him or her has any physical or other condition or disability that could create a hazard to himself or herself or other members of the tour. The Global Intent reserves the right to decline to accept anyone on a trip. The Global Intent reserves the right to remove from the trip, at his or her sole expense, anyone whose condition is such that he or she could create a hazard to himself or others, or otherwise impact the enjoyment of other passengers on the trip.

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