Website
Terms of Use
This
Website at www.corporatetraveler.us (the “Website”) is licensed by FC USA Inc dba Corporate Traveler
("we", "us") and is provided for residents of the United
States of America only. By registering and/or using this Website, You agree to
the following terms, rules and regulations without limitation or qualification
(“Terms and Conditions”).
We
may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions. You are bound by such
revisions and should therefore periodically review these Terms and Conditions.
Your use of this Website shall indicate your acceptance of these Terms and
Conditions. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions, please do not use
this Website.
1. Travel Information
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Our Website displays
information about travel locations, airfares, travel agents locations, flight
times and dates, tours, packages, insurance, cruises, transportation, foreign
currency, schedules, travel companies and many other things.
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This information is
supplied to us by third party providers; such are airlines, hotels and
transportation suppliers ("Service Provider"). We have taken
reasonable care to ensure it is correct and up to date; however we cannot check
the accuracy of such information.
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Many of the services
which made up your travel booking are provided by Service Providers. The
Service Provider provides these services in accordance with their own terms and
conditions. Some of these terms and conditions may limit or exclude the
supplier's liability to you.
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We accept no
responsibility for information supplied to us by Service Providers. We
recommend you confirm all information contained on or linked from our Website
with the Service Provider.
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The details of the
prices, packages, tours, flights and other information displayed on the Website
are subject to change without notice. The travel products and services
described on the Website are subject to availability.
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It should be noted that
all documents issued to travelers are non – transferable. Such documents may
include but are not limited to, airline tickets, hotel vouchers, tour vouchers,
or any other document used to confirm an arrangement with a Service Provider.
Such documents may also be subject to conditions such as, but not limited to,
being non – refundable, non – date – changeable and subject to cancellation or
amendment fees. It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with these
conditions.
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If for any reason, any
Service Provider is unable to provide the services for which you have
contracted, your remedy lies against that Service Provider, and not against us.
In the event we received payment by Credit Card, you agree that you will not
seek to chargeback or recover your payment or any other losses from us.
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You are responsible for
obtaining all passports, visa and health information required.
2. Prices
Special
conditions may apply to the prices set out on the Website. To determine such
conditions, you must contact us or the relevant Service Provider. In addition
to the prices set out in the Website, you may be required to pay certain taxes,
government fees and other charges payable on the room, air, tour or car rental.
Please
be aware that all prices listed on this Website are for on-line offers only
and may not be matched by any other corporately owned retail and corporate
location FC USA Inc or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Similarly, this
Website will not match or beat any price of the same or similar booking from
any corporately owned retail and corporate location of FC USA Inc.
3. Insurance
Many
of the problems for which we cannot be held responsible for can be insured
against. We highly recommend that you take out insurance to provide adequate
cover for medical expenses, personal accident, loss of baggage and curtailment
or cancellation of trip. Please note that there are exclusions to coverage of
insurance. It is Your responsibility to be familiar with the insurance coverage
purchased and ensure that the coverage meets your travel needs. Insurance has
be purchased and paid for in full as soon as the booking is made to become
fully effective.
4. Specials
"Specials"
are available for a limited time. You must check with us whether a
"special" displayed on our Website is still available. There may be
particular terms and conditions that apply to "specials". You must
contact us or the Service Provider of the "special" to determine whether
any particular terms and conditions apply.
You
must pay for "specials" booked by you and confirmed by us within 72
hours of booking confirmation, unless otherwise agreed by us in writing.
Failure to pay for the "special" within this time may result in
cancellation of the booking. We accept no responsibility for loss incurred due
to cancellation in these circumstances.
5. Special Requests
Should
you have any special requests, you must advise us at the time of the booking
and clearly note it on booking. We will endeavor to pass any reasonable
requests to the Service Provider; however, we regret that we cannot guarantee
that your special request will be fulfilled. Failure to meet any special
request does not signify a breach of contract on our part.
6. Suitability of Travel Products and Services
We
do not represent that any travel products and services set out on our Website
will be suitable for you. You release us from any claims in relation to the
travel products and services described on our Website, including but not
limited to claims that the travel products and services are not suitable.
Service Providers are independent parties over which we have no control. The
information and description given about the Service Providers and their
products are based on our inquiries and are believed to be accurate, but we
cannot guarantee in respect thereof.
7. Tickets and Timings
All
reference to departure times on our Websites are for your guidance and are
subject by amendment by the wholesalers and/or suppliers prior to actual
booking. It isn't until full payment has been made and you are ticketed that
the departure times are set. You must check your itinerary on each stage of the
completion of the booking to ensure that you have the correct flight times. It
is possible that changes that flight times will change even after tickets have
been issued; in such cases you will be advised of prior to departure, provided
the personal information you provided us is correct and up to date.
8. Intellectual Property
All
software, design, textual, graphical and other content created by or for us,
compromised and appearing on this Website and the selection and layout of this
Website, are owned or licensed by us and are protected by USA intellectual
property laws. We own the copyright in the Website as a collective work and/or
compilation, and in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of
such content. Republication or citation of any content generated by the Website
without our written consent is expressly prohibited. This Website may contain
other proprietary notices and copyright information, the terms of which must be
observed and followed.
You
may view and electronically copy the pages of this Website in the usual
operation of your web browser in visiting this Website, but for no other
purpose. Any other use of the material contained on this Website, such as
copying, distributing, selling, modifying, transmitting, reusing, re-posting or
publishing is strictly prohibited, without our specific written permission.
Unauthorized use of materials from our site will not only breach this
agreement, but may violate copyright and other laws.
Certain
trademarks, service marks, business names, company names, logos, trade names
and get up (trade dress) used on this Website are owned by us, the Service
Providers or our licensors. You do not have any right or license to use them.
9. Linking
We
may link our Website to other sites on the Web. These links are provided for
your convenience only and we make no warranties or representations whatsoever
regarding any other Website, which you may access through this Website. It does
not mean that we have looked at these sites or that we have checked them out.
We
are not responsible for the content of other websites, even if we link to them.
We are not recommending these websites or their products or services to you. If
you suffer any loss or damage from visiting another's website or using
another's product or service, we are not liable.
10. Measurement of Usage
Your
entry and usage of our site will provide us with demographic information that
may be combined with site usage reports to profile users and their preferences
in Website content and advertising. We use cookies to measure site usage and
related information. We also keep track of your transaction from one page to
the next by employing cookies.
Information
is also gathered to measure the number of visitors to this Website and to each
various page and section of the Website and details of searches performed. We
also measure the usage of advertising banners and other related links.
11. Confidentiality
You
can use this Website to communicate with us. This Website also includes a list
of other ways to communicate with us. It is our policy not to accept
information that is confidential or proprietary, other than travel arrangements
and bookings. If you do not want to lose confidentiality in your material, do
not submit it via this Website, email it or send it to us.
12. Your Use
You
agree not to copy, modify, adapt, reproduce, translate, distribute, transmit,
reverse engineer, frame, decompile or dissemble any aspect of our Website. You
must use this site in a responsible and co-operative manner. Any breach of
these Terms and Conditions by you may result in legal action taken by us
against you.
You must not:
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make any fraudulent,
speculative or false enquiries, bookings, reservations or requests using this
Website;
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use another's name, ID
or password without permission;
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use the Website while
impersonating another person;
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post or transmit to or
via the Website any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, libelous, obscene,
indecent, inflammatory or pornographic material or any material that could give
rise to civil or criminal proceedings;
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tamper with, hinder the
operation of or make unauthorized modifications to the Website;
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delete data from the
Website without our permission;
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knowingly transmit any
virus or other disabling feature to the Website;
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breach any third party's
rights (including intellectual property rights and obligations of
confidentiality owed to third parties) or infringe any laws in using this
Website;
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frame this Website as
part of another site or cache this Website for commercial benefit;
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attempt to do any of the
above acts;
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Knowingly permit another
person to do any of the above acts.
In addition, you will agree not to:
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access, copy, or monitor
any information or content of this Website using robot, scraper, spider, or
other methods of automation or manual processes for any purpose without our
express written consent;
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violate the restrictions
of any robot exclusionary header on this Website or bypass any other measures
in deterring or limiting access;
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deep – link to or with
any portion of the Website without our express written consent;
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Impose or attempt to
impose a disproportionately large load on the Website infrastructure.
13. Your Warranties
You warrant that:
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you are of sufficient
legal age to use this Website and create legal binding obligations for any
liability you may incur as a result of using this Website;
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you are responsible
(financially and otherwise) for all uses of this Website by you and those using
this Website using your ID and password;
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the information you
supply via the Website will be accurate and not misleading, deceptive or likely
to be mislead or deceive;
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you agree to supervise
all usage of this Website by minors under your name or account;
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you agree that the
travel service reservations facilities of this Website shall be used only to
make legitimate reservations or purchases for you or another person for whom
you are legally authorized to act;
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You understand that
overuse or abuse of the travel services reservation facilities of this Website
may result in you being denied access to such facilities.
14. Indemnity
You indemnify us and our
affiliates, officers, employees and agents against all losses, costs, damages,
claims and expenses arising from:
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any breach of these
Terms and Conditions by you;
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any act or omission by
you or an officer, employee or agent of you;
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Any claim, action,
demand or proceeding by a third party against us or our officers, employees or
agents caused or contributed to by you or an employee or agent of you.
15. Disclaimer
WE
DO NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE IS ACCURATE,
UP-TO-DATE OR COMPLETE, NOR THAT IT DOES NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. WE
ARE PROVIDING THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENTS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. WE
MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE,
ITS CONTENTS OR ANY OF THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SUPPLIED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES THAT THE
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED AND SUPPLIED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE WILL BE OF
MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, FIT FOR ANY PURPOSE OR WILL COMPLY WITH ANY DESCRIPTIONS
ON THIS WEBSITE OR SAMPLES.
We
do not represent or warrant that this Website, the server that makes it
available or any of our products or services supplied through this Website will
be free of errors, viruses or defects. Your access and use of this Website is
subject to factors beyond our control. We do not warrant that this Website or
the products and services offered via this Website will meet your requirements
or that the service will be uninterrupted or timely. We will use our best
endeavors to make this Website secure and have implemented technology for this
purpose. However, because of the nature of the internet, we do not warrant that
this Website will be secure.
TO
THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU RELEASE US FROM ALL LIABILITY, COST, DAMAGES,
CLAIMS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS
OR DAMAGE WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF THE SUPPLY OR
FAILURE TO SUPPLY OR USE OR NON-USE OF THE THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
To
the maximum extent permitted by law, neither we nor any of our officers,
employees, shareholders or other representatives will be liable in damages or
otherwise in connection with your use of or inability to access this Website or
the purchase and use of any products and services supplied via this Website or
any breach of any warranties that may be implied by law. This limitation of
liability applies to all damages of any kind, including compensatory, direct,
indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or
damage to property, personal injury and claims of third parties. In the event
that our Website fails to operate or causes you loss or damage, your sole
remedy is the refund any money that you paid to us to use this Website.
IF
APPLICABLE, HOTEL RATINGS STATED ON THIS WEBSITE (WITHOUT LIMITATION INCLUDES
PHOTOGRAPHS, LIST OF HOTEL AMENITIES, DESCRIPTIONS OF PROPERTY, ETC.) ARE
PROVIDED BY THE RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. THESE HOTEL RATINGS
ARE GENERAL GUIDELINES AND WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THEIR ACCURACY. THEY ARE TO BE
USED AS A GENERAL GUIDE AND THE RATINGS AND HOTEL INFORMATION MAY BE AMENDED
PERIODICALLY BY THE RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS TO KEEP CURRENT.
ALL
SERVICE PROVIDERS, HOTELS, AIRLINE CARRIERS, ETC. PROVIDING TRAVEL AND OTHER
SERVICES TO US, ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, NOT OUR AFFILIATED OR AGENTS. WE
ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THE ACTIONS, OMISSIONS, ERRORS, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,
NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT, PERSONALL INJURIES, DEATH, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR
ANY OTHER DAMAGES OR EXPENSES RESULTING FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS. WE HAVE NO
LIABILITY AND WILL NOT REFUND DUE TO AN EVENT DUE TO DELAY, CANCELLATION,
OVERBOOKING, STRIKE, FORCE MAJEURE, TERRORISM, AND ANY OTHER CAUSES THAT IS
BEYOND OUR DIRECT CONTROL. WE HAVE NO CONTROL AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL EXPENSES, DELAYS, OMISSIONS, RE-ROUTING, OR OF ACTS OF INTEREFERENCE
BY THE GOVERNMENT OR LEGAL AUTHORITIES.
16. Privacy
We will handle your personal information in accordance with the terms and
conditions set out in our Privacy & Security Policy on this Website. We may
disclose your personal information to Service Providers for the purpose of
booking your travel.
17. Governing Law
To
the maximum extent permitted by law, these Terms and Conditions and your use of
the Website are governed by the laws of State of New Jersey. You hereby consent
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction and venue courts in the State of New Jersey
in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Website and these
Terms and Conditions.
18. Amendments
Except
as otherwise specified, we may amend these Terms and Conditions at any time
without notice to you by posting amended Terms and Conditions on our Website. The
amended Terms and Conditions will take effect immediately when they are posted
on our Website.
19. Termination
We
may terminate Terms and Conditions, and any other agreement between us,
immediately if you breach any of these Terms and Conditions.
20. Our Relationship
No
agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee
relationship is intended to be created between you and us by these Terms and
Conditions.
21. General
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If any of these Terms
and Conditions is in invalid or unenforceable, it will be struck out, and the
remaining terms will remain in force.
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Headings are for
reference purposes only.
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If we do not act in
relation to a breach by you or others of these Terms and Conditions, this does
not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
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In these Terms and
Conditions, the term "Website" includes any email bulletins or other
content that we provide to you via or initiated from this Website.
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These Terms and
Conditions were last updated 1 February 2012.