TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Giving Getaway provides travel planning services and allows its customers access to its blog from its website www.givinggetaway.com.

OVERVIEW

These terms and conditions are issued on behalf of Giving Getaway , so any use of “we”, “us” and “our” refer to “Giving Getaway”. Giving Getaway offers this website with other information, tools, products and services to the user, conditioned upon the acceptance of these terms and conditions and other policies.

By using our site, purchasing any product or service or performing any transaction, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, including other policies mentioned on the website www.givinggetaway.com. These Terms and Conditions are applicable to all the users of this site including browsers, customers, merchants, or any other contributor of the content.

If you do not agree to the terms mentioned here, please leave this site immediately.

Any new feature or content added to the website shall be subjected to these terms and conditions. Any new update in these terms and conditions will be posted here. It is the responsibility of the user to check periodically, if there has been any change in these terms and conditions or any other policy on this site.

All rights or obligations contained in this Agreement shall be severable and distinct, and if one or more of them is declared invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable, the rest shall continue to operate to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 1: GENERAL CONDITIONS

We reserve the right to refuse any service, product or content available on this website to anyone for any reason. All the information provided by locals or travelers will be published on this website or in our customized information packages with prior agreement with the user.

SECTION 2: ACCURACY and completeness OF INFORMATION

We do not take any responsibility for the accuracy and correctness of the information provided on this website. The content provided on this website is for general information only and should not be relied upon while taking decisions solely based on this information, without referring to the primary source of information. It is in our sole discretion to update, modify content on this site anytime without anyone’s permission.  The information and recommendations provided on this website are based on the information provided to us by other travelers or users of this website. Before taking any action confirm the information with primary source.

SECTION 3: MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVICES AND PRICES

Prices for our services can be changed anytime without any notice. It is in our sole discretion to modify or discontinue any product or service without any notice.

SECTION 4: LAW GOVERNING AND JURISDICTION

These Terms are governed, construed, and interpreted in accordance with German law. You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of Germany courts for any dispute arising out of your use of this site. Use of this site is not authorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to these terms.

SECTION 5: Payments AND CANCELLATIONS

We accept credit or debit cards. We currently accept Paypal and Transfer Wise. Visitors should check the processing fee for their credit or debit card company or payment service provider before placing an order. Giving Getaway is not responsible for any additional costs incurred as a result of transactions concluded without consultation with the debit/credit card company or any payment provider.

You can cancel your order up to the point before payment has been processed by your system.

Prizes and commissions won on our competitions and earned with our ambassador programme will be paid within 48 hours through Paypal and Transfer Wise.

Section 6: ACCURACY OF BILLING AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION

It may refuse any order placed on our website. It is in our sole discretion. In the case where we modify any order or cancel it we may attempt  to contact you through the information provided during placing the order.  You agree to provide us with correct information while placing the order, including billing address, email, telephone number, credit or debit card number.

SECTION 7: SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY MEASURE

All transactions on our website are made through secure servers. Under no circumstances, will our staff be able to access your card information. All personal and credit card information is transmitted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted in the payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by authorities with special access rights to the system.

SECTION 8: UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THIS SITE

Use of this site and systems without authority, including, but not limited to, unauthorized entry in Giving Getaway’s systems, online accounts, passwords, or misuse of other information, is strictly prohibited. You may not use this site in any way that could damage, disable, overload or impair this site or service, or interfere with the use and use of this site or services by others. You agree not to engage in any activity related to this site which results in violation of applicable laws and regulations.

SECTION 09: Minors

You agree that you are at least of the age of 18. Our websites, products and services are intended for people who are 18 years old or older. You agree that you may not use your products for any illegal purpose, including violating any law such as copyright laws.

Any minor accessing this site will be assumed to have taken the permission or his/her parents or guardian.

SECTION 10: Links to third-party sites AND OPTIONAL TOOLS

The site may contain certain products, services and content by third parties. We are not responsible for the accuracy and correctness of the content or services provided by these third parties and will not be liable for any damage caused by such content, product or service.

This website may contain links to third party websites, including advertisers’ websites. The company is not responsible for the privacy policies of those websites or the cookies used by those websites. In addition, as the company does not control such websites and resources, we are not responsible for the availability of such websites or resources, and not responsible for any content, advertisements, products or other kind of materials provided by those websites or resources.

You may be provided with third party tools on our site which we neither control nor monitor. We shall not be liable for any damage arising out of use of such third party tools. Use of these tools is at your risk.

SECTION 11: User comments. Feedback and other submissions

If, at our request, you send us any content or without request from us you send us any comments, ideas, plans or proposals(collectively known as “comments”), by email, to physical address or otherwise, you agree that we have all rights regarding those comments, including editing, copying, publishing. We don’t have any obligation to maintain those comments in confidence or pay compensation. You agree that you will post only  those comments  that you are legally entitled to publish, and reviews that you believe to be true, and that you will not purposely provide false or misleading information through these comments.

You agree that your comments will not violate any law, including any copyright laws or rights of the third parties. You also agree that your comments will not consist of any libelous, unlawful and obscene material, or contain any viruses or any other malware.

You alone are responsible for the comments you make. Giving Getaway will not be liable for any comments and their accuracy. We do not assume any liability arising from your comments.

SECTION 12: Personal Information

Please refer the Privacy Policy for the information that we collect from our users.

SECTION 13: Errors, inaccuracies and omissions

There may be typographical errors, inaccuracies or omission  in the content or in the services on the website which may be related to service description, pricing, offers , and promotions. It is in the sole discretion of Giving Getaway to correct any error, omissions or inaccuracies, and to modify, update or change the information on the website. 

Giving Getaway does not have any obligation to update, modify or change the information in services, including pricing of the products, or any other content.

SECTION 14: Code of Ethics and Conduct

Copyright Ownership

The copyright to this website and to the materials on this site (including but not limited to text, images, photos, artwork, music, audio, video, and audiovisual materials on this site) is owned by Giving Getaway.

Copyright license

Giving Getaway permits a non-exclusive royalty-free revocable license for the following:

• Browse this site and content on website on your computer or mobile device using a web browser.
• Copy and save this site and its content in your browser’s cache.
• Print pages of this site for personal and non-commercial use.

Giving Getaway does not grant you any other rights with respect to this website or any material on this site i.e. all other rights are reserved.

To avoid any doubt, you must not modify, edit, adapt, convert, post, distribute, transmit or display or reproduce this website or any material on this site (in any form ) without the prior written consent of Giving Getaway. You can request permission in writing at chris@givinggetaway.com .

Data Mining

Automatic and/or systematic collection of data on this site is strictly prohibited.

Enforcement of copyright

Giving Getaway takes copyright protection of its content very seriously.

If Giving Getaway finds that you have used our copyrighted material in violation of the above license, Giving Getaway may take legal action against the use of such material for an injunction to stop the use of the material and monetary damages. You may have to pay our legal costs.

If you become aware of any use of Giving Getaway’s copyrighted material that violates or may violate the above licenses, please let us know by sending an email to chris@givinggetaway.com .

SECTION 15: Disclaimer AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE AND PRODUCT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. GIVING GETAWAY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH, THE SERVICES, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ACCURACY. WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS AND YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT SUE GIVING GETAWAY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATED TO ANY PRODUCTS PURCHASED THROUGH THE SERVICES. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS GIVING GETAWAY, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, DISTRIBUTORS, VENDORS AND AFFILIATES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL THIRD PARTY CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LIABILITIES, COSTS OR EXPENSES, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES, RESULTING OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR BREACH OF ANY OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY MATERIAL IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SERVICES AND/OR OUR CONTENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

www.givinggetaway.com  does not give any warranty or representation of any kind with respect to the sites accessible through this site. This website is independent of these websites, and www.givinggetaway.com  has no control or responsibility for the information provided or the activities taken by such sites. Link between www.givinggetaway.com  and other websites do not imply that www.givinggetaway.com  endorses these sites. You must make independent decisions about your interactions or communication with other websites.

Giving Gateway shall not be responsible for any accidents that occur on the places whose information has been provided on this website.

SECTION 16: DONATIONS AND REFUND

You may become a donor (“Donor”) by pledging a donation to by using the donation tool on our website www.givinggetaway.com. You acknowledge and agree that you are under no obligation to become a Donor or to pledge a donation and that you will be solely responsible for any decision to become a Donor. You understand that your contribution is being made to Giving Getaway and that Giving Getaway has exclusive legal control over all donations. In the event that you make a donation pledge, you will be required to provide truthful, accurate, valid, and current credit card or other payment information at the time of the pledge. You agree that all donations are final.

While availing any of the virtual payment modes available on the website, Giving Getaway  will not be responsible or assume any liability, whatsoever in respect of any loss, damage, extra charges, costs (including legal cost) or expenses arising directly or indirectly due to:

• lack of authorization for any transactions;
• any payment issues arising out of the transaction;
• decline of payment by your payment provider or
• decline of such transaction for any other reason.

It is our absolute discretion to distribute donations, made to Giving Getaway via www.givinggetaway.com, according to our choice in charity works. We will provide proofs in form of receipts on demand.

Once the payment has been confirmed for donation, it is not possible for donations to be refunded.

We do not provide accounting, tax or financial advice and you should not rely on any information given on our website to determine the accounting, tax or financial consequences of making a donation using our services.

However, in the event a client is not satisfied with the service provided by Giving Getaway, he/she may send an e-mail to chris@givinggetaway.com . The decision of Giving Getaway, on any such matter shall be final and binding.

SECTION 17: MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

In our travel planning services we do not provide reservations of flights, accommodation etc. We only provide suggestion based on our customer’s requirements.

In our Map Jumper game we provide a virtual trip around the world, we do not expect or sponsor anyone to actually travel around the world in real.  The stories in the game are fictional and the product of fantasy. Also, no one is obliged to complete challenges in the game.

Featured posts, shoutouts and follow events information provided on social media is no guarantee to gain followers and grow your business.

SECTION 18: Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless us and our employees, officers, directors and agents from all kinds of liabilities, expenses and claims, including attorney’s fees that arise from the misuse of the website by you or made by a third party.

SECTION 19: Waiver and severability

No waiver by Giving Getaway of any of terms and conditions set forth in these terms and conditions shall be a continuing waiver of any other term or conditions, and failure of Giving Getaway to assert its rights or provisions under these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or provisions. If any of these clauses of are held by a court to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any such reason, such clauses shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent possible such that the remaining clauses of these Terms will continue in full effect and force.

SECTION 20: Termination

These Terms and Conditions are effective unless terminated by you or us. By notifying us that you do not want to use our products or services or by ceasing the use of our site, you can may terminate these Terms and Conditions.

If we suspect that you have failed to follow with these provisions of Terms and Conditions, we in on our own judgement may terminate this agreement anytime without any prior notice.

Any fraudulent, illegal or abusive activity may be grounds for the termination of your use of this website and maybe referred to proper law enforcement authorities. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or any other third party for the termination of your access to this site.

However, all the liabilities and obligations prior to the termination shall survive the termination of these Terms and Conditions.

SECTION 21: Accounts

SECTION 23: Contact Us

If you have any problems or questions, please email us at chris@givinggetaway.com .