By using or accessing TDYLodging.com (individually, the "Site"), you acknowledge that you agree to and are subject to the following terms and conditions (the "Terms"). If you do not fully agree to these Terms, you may not access or otherwise use the Site. You should read through all the Terms carefully. The Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and TDYLodging.com. ("TDY Lodging", "we", "us" or "our").
1. About the Site
This Site is a venue. The Site acts as a venue to allow a member of our Site ("member") to offer for rent, or rent, in a variety of pricing formats, a specific rental property to potential renters ("traveler") and, collectively with a member, the "users").
We are only involved in the actual transaction between travelers if an
member has contracted TDY Lodging LLC for placement services, whereby
TDY Lodging LLC may be involved in consultation and thereby being paid
a consulting fee by the member. As a result, the quality, safety or
legality of the properties advertised the truth or accuracy of the
listings (including the content thereof or any property or guest book
review), the ability of members to rent a property or the ability of
travelers to pay for rental properties are solely the responsibility of
each user.
2. Personal Use
Although we do charge a fee to members to advertise their rental
properties on the Site, we do not charge travelers to access the Site
and research listings. Accordingly, we grant users a limited,
revocable, non-exclusive license to access the Site to, as applicable,
advertise rental properties and/or research, view or make legitimate
inquiries to members regarding their interest in particular vacation
rental properties for their personal use, all in accordance with these
Terms. Any other use of the Site is expressly prohibited. Importantly,
this license does not include any right of collection, aggregation,
copying, duplication, display or derivative use of the Site nor any
right of use of data mining, robots, spiders or similar data gathering
and extraction tools without our prior written permission; providedthat a limited exception from the foregoing exclusion is provided to
general purpose internet search engines and non-commercial public
archives that use tools to gather information for the sole purpose of
displaying hyperlinks to the Site, provided they each do so from a
stable IP address or range of IP addresses using an easily identifiable
agent and comply with our robots.txt file. "General purpose internet
search engine" does not include a website or search engine or other
service that provide classified listings or property rental
advertisements, or any subset of the same, or which is in the business
of providing vacation property rental services.
3. Proprietary Rights and Downloading of Information From the Site
The Site is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or
compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international
conventions, and other copyright laws. The text, files, images, photos,
maps and other materials on the Site (collectively, the "content")
are only for your personal use. All content on the Site, and the Site
itself, is protected by copyright and database rights, and you will
abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or
restrictions contained in or relating to any content on the Site.
Copying or storing of any content for other than for your personal,
noncommercial use is expressly prohibited without the prior written
permission from us or the applicable copyright holder. As part of the
rental inquiry process, for your own personal, noncommercial use and
not for further distribution, you may download, display, and/or print
one (1) copy of any portion of the Site. You may not modify the same,
and you must reproduce our copyright notice in the form "© 2010 -
Present TDY Lodging, LLC. - All Rights Reserved", as displayed on the
relevant portion(s) of the Site that you desire to download, display or
print.
4. Unauthorized Use
Unless otherwise provided within these Terms, or unless otherwise
applicable law requires us to allow you to do so, you may not do any of
the following without our prior written consent:
5. Changes to Site
We may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site at any
time, including the availability of any Site features, database, or
content. We may also impose limits on certain features or services or
restrict your access to parts or all of the Site without notice or
liability.
6. Your E-mail Address and Our Privacy Policy
When you use the site to send an inquiry to a member, you agree to
allow the Site and its affiliated websites to add your e-mail address
to our database of users. You may receive one or more promotional
e-mails from either the Site or its affiliated websites. You are
welcome to opt not to receive such promotional e-mails from the Site or
its affiliates websites at any time. Please review our Privacy Policy
for more information regarding our information collection practices and
safeguards, and how to opt not to receive such emails. Your use of the
Site signifies your acknowledgement of and agreement with our Privacy
Policy.
7. Data Transmittal
Each user acknowledges and agrees that, regardless of such user's
physical location, we may store and process any data transmitted to the
Site from such user at locations both within and outside of the United
States.
8. Identity Verification.
8.1. User verification on the Internet is difficult and we cannot
and do not confirm each user's purported identity. We encourage you to
communicate directly with a traveler or member through the tools
available on the Site.
8.2. You agree to (i) keep your password and online ID secure and
strictly confidential, providing it only to authorized users of your
account, (ii) instruct each person to whom you give your online ID and
password that he or she is not to disclose it to any unauthorized
person, (iii) notify us immediately and select a new online ID and
password if you believe your password may have become known to an
unauthorized person, and (iv) notify us immediately if you are
contacted by anyone requesting your online ID and password. When you
give someone your online ID and online password, you are authorizing
that person to access and use your account, and you are responsible for
any and all transactions that person performs while using your account,
even those transactions that are fraudulent or that you did not intend
or want performed.
8.3. EACH USER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT: (X) NEITHER THE SITE
NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WILL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY USER FOR ANY
UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTION MADE USING ANY USER'S PASSWORD THAT OCCURS
BEFORE SUCH USER HAS NOTIFIED US OF POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF SUCH
PASSWORD AND WE HAVE HAD A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO ACT ON THAT
NOTICE; AND (Y) THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR ONLINE ID AND PASSWORD
COULD CAUSE YOU TO INCUR LIABILITY TO BOTH THE SITE AND OTHER USERS.
Further, we may suspend or cancel your listing at any time even without
receiving notice from you if we suspect that your password is being
used in an unauthorized or fraudulent manner.
9. Limitations of Use of Other User's Information; No Spam.
9.1. You agree that, with respect to other users' personal
information that you obtain through the Site or through any
Site-related communication or any Site-facilitated transaction, we have
granted to you a license to use such information only for: (a) any
Site-related communications that are not unsolicited commercial
messages, (b) using services offered through the Site, (c) facilitating
a financial transaction between you and the other user (such as an
on-line booking or charging a personal credit card) and (d) any other
purpose that a user expressly agrees to after you tell them the purpose
you would like to use it for. In all cases, you must give users an
opportunity to remove themselves from your address book or database and
a chance to review what information you have collected about them. In
addition, under no circumstances, except as defined in this provision,
can you disclose personal information about another user to any third
party without both our consent and the consent of the other user. You
agree that other users may use your personal information to communicate
with you in accordance with this provision. Further, you agree that you
will protect other users' personal information with the same degree of
care that you protect your own confidential information, and you assume
all liability for the misuse, loss, or unauthorized transfer of such
information.
9.2. We do not tolerate spam. Therefore, without limiting the
foregoing, you are not licensed to add a Site user, even a user who has
rented a vacation property from you or to you, to your mailing list
(email or physical mail) without the user's express consent.
10. Use of Email Tools.
You may not use the "Email This Item to a Friend" service or other
email services that we may offer to send spam or otherwise send content
that would violate these Terms.
11. Responsibility for user-contributed content.
11.1. We have no duty to pre-screen content posted on the Site by
members, travelers or other users (including, without limitation,
reviews of or guest book entries for any particular rental property),
(collectively, "user-contributed content"), and we are not responsible
for user-contributed content. We do, however, reserve the right to
decline to permit the posting on the Site of, or to remove from, any
user-contributed content that fails to meet our content requirements.
We may also remove user-contributed content if it is brought to our
attention, such as by notice given to us by a user under Clause 4 or 17
of these Terms or by a third party, that Clause 4 of these Terms, or
any other requirements governing the posting of such content, has/have
been apparently breached in respect of that user-contributed content.
11.2. All property listings on the Site are submitted by the member
and are the responsibility of the member, and we specifically disclaim
any and all liability arising from the alleged accuracy of the
listings, property reviews, guest book entries, or any alleged breaches
of contract on a member's part. Members are solely responsible for
keeping their property information up to date on the Site, including,
but not limited to any and all representations about any property, its
amenities, location, and its availability for a specific date or range
of dates. We do not represent or warrant that any of the copy, content,
property reviews, guest book entries, property location, suitability,
pricing or availability information published on the Site is accurate
or up-to-date even in the case where prospective travelers have
searched for specific special offers, dates, or types of properties.
Members are solely responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any
property descriptions. However, we reserve the right at all times to
disclose any information as permitted by prevailing law to satisfy any
law, regulation or government request.
12. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL THE SITE, TDYLODGING.COM, OUR PARENT (TDY Lodging
LLC.), SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND/OR EMPLOYEES
(COLLECTIVELY, THE "VRBO GROUP") BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR ANY
INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF, BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM OUR SITE, THESE TERMS, YOUR
USE OF THE SITE AND/OR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN USERS, EVEN IF WE HAVE
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THESE LIMITATIONS AND
EXCLUSIONS APPLY WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM (1)
BREACH OF CONTRACT, (2) BREACH OF WARRANTY, (3) STRICT LIABILITY, (4)
TORT, (5) NEGLIGENCE, OR (6) ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION, TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT SUCH EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE
LAW. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY
PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR HAVE ANY OTHER DISPUTE OR CLAIM WITH OR
AGAINST US, ANOTHER USER OR THE SITE WITH RESPECT TO THESE TERMS OR THE
SITE, THEN YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AGAINST US IS TO DISCONTINUE
USING THE SITE. IN ALL EVENTS, OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF ANY
MEMBER OF THE VRBO GROUP, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER
OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO US IN THE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE
ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, AND (B) $100.00 IN THE AGGREGATE.
13. Disclaimer
13.1. THE SITE, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, FUNCTIONS,
MATERIALS AND INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE
SITE, IS PROVIDED "AS IS." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, WE
MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER FOR THE
CONTENT ON THE SITE OR THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND FUNCTIONS MADE
ACCESSIBLE BY THE SOFTWARE USED ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, FOR
ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR HYPERTEXT LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES OR FOR ANY
BREACH OF SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE
INFORMATION THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE. FURTHER, WE EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIM ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR ACCURACY. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN
THE SITE OR ANY MATERIALS OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT
THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR
OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
13.2. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY TRANSMISSION TO AND FROM THIS SITE IS
NOT CONFIDENTIAL AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE READ OR INTERCEPTED BY
OTHERS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BY SUBMITTING COMMUNICATIONS TO US AND BY
POSTING INFORMATION ON THE SITE, NO CONFIDENTIAL, FIDUCIARY,
CONTRACTUALLY IMPLIED OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP IS CREATED BETWEEN YOU AND
US OTHER THAN PURSUANT TO THESE TERMS.
14. Release
IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE A DISPUTE WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER USERS OF
THE SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN USERS
REGARDING ANY TRANSACTION OR USER-CONTRIBUTED CONTENT), YOU HEREBY
AGREE TO RELEASE, REMISE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE THE SITE AND ANY MEMBER
OF THE VRBO GROUP, EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS, DIRECTORS,
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND ALL OTHER RELATED PERSONS OR ENTITIES FROM ANY
AND ALL MANNER OF RIGHTS, CLAIMS, COMPLAINTS, DEMANDS, CAUSES OF
ACTION, PROCEEDINGS, LIABLITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LEGAL FEES, COSTS, AND
DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, WHICH
NOW OR HEREAFTER ARISE FROM, RELATE TO, OR ARE CONNECTED WITH SUCH
DISPUTE AND/OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT,
YOU WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH SAYS: "A GENERAL
RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR
SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE,
WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT
WITH THE DEBTOR."
15. Indemnity
YOU HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD THE SITE AND ANY MEMBER
OF THE VRBO GROUP (COLLECTIVELY, THE "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") HARMLESS
FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY AND COSTS INCURRED BY THE
INDEMNIFIED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF YOUR
USE OF THE SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN
USERS REGARDING ANY TRANSACTION OR ANY OF YOUR USER-CONTRIBUTED
CONTENT), ANY CONTENT POSTED BY YOU OR OTHER USERS OF YOUR ACCOUNT TO
THE SITE OR ANY BREACH BY YOU OF THESE TERMS OR THE REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS MADE BY YOU HEREIN, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS. YOU SHALL COOPERATE AS FULLY AS
REASONABLY REQUIRED IN THE DEFENSE OF ANY CLAIM. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT,
AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, TO ASSUME THE EXCLUSIVE DEFENSE AND CONTROL OF ANY
MATTER OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION BY YOU AND YOU SHALL NOT IN
ANY EVENT SETTLE ANY MATTER WITHOUT OUR WRITTEN CONSENT.
16. Choice of Law and Forum.
ANY AND ALL SERVICES AND RIGHTS OF USE HEREUNDER ARE PERFORMABLE AND/OR
SOLD IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND YOU
IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION YOU MAY SUBMIT IN CONNECTION
WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR PURSUANT TO THESE TERMS WILL BE FILED IN
TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS WHICH WILL BE THE VENUE OF ANY LEGAL DISPUTE. YOU
ALSO AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN YOU AND US WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
17. Notification of Claims of Infringement
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes
copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been
otherwise violated, please notify our agent for claims of copyright or
other intellectual property infringement at: info@tdylodging.com or TDY Lodging, LLC. PO Box 14009, Ventura, CA 93007.Please include the following in your notice: (a) identify with specific
detail the material on the Site that you claim is infringing; (b) a
statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed
use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; (c)
a statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that (i) the
above information in your notice is accurate, and (ii) you are the
owner of the copyright interest involved or that you are authorized to
act on behalf of that owner; (d) your physical address, telephone
number and email address; and (e) your physical or electronic
signature. We will thereafter remove the allegedly infringing content,
subject to the procedures outlined in the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA). If you see or experience any user-contributed or other
content, activity or communication through or in connection with the
Site, that appears to infringe any requirement of these Terms, we would
like you to inform us at info@tdylodging.com. We rely upon users to
notify us of infringing content, activity and communications.
18. No Agency
Our relationship is that of independent contractors, and no agency,
partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee
relations is intended or created by these Terms or your use of the
Site.
19. Notices
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given (in
the case of you contacting us) by email to info@tdylodging.com or by
postal mail to:
TDY Lodging, LLC
Attn: General Manager
PO Box 14009, Ventura, CA 93007
or, when we need to send you notice, to the email address you provide
to the Site during the registration process (in your case, and as
applicable). Notice shall be deemed given upon receipt or 24 hours
after email is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the
email address is invalid. Alternatively, we may give you notice by
certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to any
address provided to us during the registration process (as applicable).
In such case, notice shall be deemed given three days after the date of
mailing.
20. Amendments
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or
remove any portion of these Terms, in whole or in part, at any time.
Notification of changes to these Terms will be posted on the Site and
will be effective immediately thereafter. Your continued use of the
Site following the posting of any such change, modification or
amendment will constitute your acceptance thereof.
21. Links to Third-Party Sites
This Site may contain links and pointers to other Internet sites,
resources, and sponsors of the Site. Links to and from the Site to
other third-party sites, maintained by third parties, do not constitute
an endorsement by us of any third-party sites or the contents thereof.
22. Your Record of These Terms
We do not separately file the Terms entered into by each user of the
Site. Please make a copy of these Terms for your records by printing
and/or saving a downloaded copy of the Terms on your personal computer.
23. Miscellaneous
These terms constitute the entire agreement between us and you with
respect to your use of the Site. We may immediately terminate any
user's access to or use of the Site due to such user's breach of these
Terms or other unauthorized use of the Site. Any cause of action you
may have hereunder or with respect to your use of the Site must be
commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action
arises. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of
these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any such right or
provision. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds
any provision of these Terms, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable,
that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so
as to effect the intent of these Terms, and the remainder of these
Terms shall continue in full force and effect.
Additional Terms and Conditions Applicable to Our Members
24. Member Eligibility; Accuracy of Information
24.1. Our services may only be used by members who can form legally
binding contracts under applicable law. If you are registering as a
business entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind the
entity to this Agreement.
24.2. Each member further represents and covenants that any
information submitted to the Site during such member's registration
with the Site shall be true and correct. Member further agrees to
provide notice to the Site by submitting their request through our
Contact Us form regarding any updates to any such contact information
previously submitted by member to the Site.
24.3. Each member further represents and covenants that: (i) it owns
and/or has all necessary rights and authority to offer for rent and to
rent the property listed by such member; (ii) it will not wrongfully
withhold a rental deposit in breach of the underlying rental agreement;
(iii) that it will accurately describe the subject rental property and
will not fail to disclose a material defect in a rental property; (iv)
that it will not wrongfully deny access to the listed property; and (v)
that it will not fail to provide a refund when due in accordance with
the underlying rental agreement. Upon our request, each member agrees
to promptly provide to us such proof of personal identification, proof
that the condition, location, or amenities associated with the property
are accurately described in the listing, proof of ownership of the
property listed on the Site, and/or proof of authority to list the
property as we may request.
25. Content, Layout and Copy
25.1. We reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion the
final design, layout and functionality of our Site, which is subject to
change from time to time without notice.
25.2. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to review and
edit copy or amend the content, layouts or photographs supplied by any
member. All content and copy edits submitted by members are subject to
review and approval by us in our sole discretion.
25.3. Notwithstanding our right to edit and amend the content, copy
and photographs, we do not accept and we shall not have any liability
for any loss or damage resulting from the design or positioning of the
copy, properties, content and/or photographs or any change made to any
content, photograph or copy submitted by any member or edited or
amended by us.
26. Photographs
26.1 All printed (paper based) photographs submitted by a member
will be discarded after we have scanned the same into our electronic
database. Regretfully, we are unable to return such photographs to you
or retain paper copies in our files.
26.2. We will use reasonable efforts to reproduce faithfully any
photograph submitted, but we are not responsible for any loss or damage
or harm otherwise resulting from any defect in this regard.
26.3. By submitting a photograph either electronically through the
Site or by mailing a paper photograph to our offices, the member
represents and warrants that (a) (i) it holds all intellectual property
rights with respect to each submitted photograph, or (ii) it has
secured from the copyright holder all rights necessary for the
photograph to be used in an online advertisement, (b) that any people
in the photograph have given permission for their likeness to be
displayed in an online advertisement, (c) that the photograph
accurately and fairly represents the subject of the photograph and has
not been altered in any manner that would mislead a viewer of that
photograph, and (d) that it will indemnify and hold harmless the Site
and any member of the VRBO Group from any cause of action arising from
any misrepresentation with respect to any and all the photographs so
submitted.
27. Copyright Grant
27.1. If you are a member, by accepting these Terms and by paying
for and posting a listing on the Site, you grant to us and our
affiliates a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, unrestricted,
non-exclusive, royalty-free and fully paid-up license to use, copy,
license, sublicense (through multiple tiers), adapt, distribute,
display, publicly perform, reproduce, transmit, modify, edit and
otherwise exploit the copy, the photographs and the likenesses (if any)
of any content you post on the Site or the websites of our affiliates,
and you grant the Site and its holding company, TDY Lodging, LLC. the
ability to copyright and protect the images, copy, and content
available via your listing from the unauthorized use by unaffiliated
third parties who may, from time to time, attempt to pirate such
information via electronic or other means. We need these rights to host
and display your listing. You further agree to assist us - at our expense
and control - to protect such copyrighted material from unauthorized
redistribution. We are not responsible for any infringement or
violation of laws resulting from content supplied by any member and
each member will indemnify and hold harmless the Site and any member of
TDY Lodging, LLC against any action brought for breach of copyright or
other rights from the use of such content supplied by such member. Each
member hereby waives and releases all rights to any claim against us
for any alleged or actual infringement of any proprietary rights,
rights of privacy and publicity, moral rights and rights of attribution
in connection with any user-contributed content posted or provided to
us by such member.
27.2. Each member agrees that we may reproduce in whole or in part
any photographic material supplied by such member in the promotion of
either such member's property or the promotion of the Site.
27.3. It is the member's responsibility to obtain reproduction
permission for all photographic and other material used in their
advertisements. The member warrants that he is the owner of the
copyright in such material or is authorized by the owner thereof to
grant to us the rights therein contained.
28. Hypertext Links
We reserve the right to refuse hypertext links to, or addresses of,
other web sites from members' pages, and to remove links or web
addresses without notice at our sole discretion. Further, we reserve
the right to charge for hypertext links at any time.
29. Guest Books/Property Reviews
Any entries in the guest book or property review section of any
member's listing must be genuine comments from guests who have stayed
at the property advertised. The e-mail address(es) of the guest(s)
whose comments are given must be supplied by a member to us upon our
request.
30. Substitution of Properties
Each advertisement may only relate to a specific property. The property
in an advertisement may not be substituted by another property. If a
member submits changes to an existing listing that, if approved, would
substantially alter the listing to make it that of another property,
then we have the right to terminate the listing and may choose, in our
sole discretion, to retain any fees associated with the term of the
previously existing listing as compensation for the violation of this
condition.
31. Advertising More than One Property on One Advertisement
Each advertisement on the Site displays an individual and uniquely
identified property available for short-term vacation rental. The
listing specifically cannot be a mere example of properties in a given
area. Only one property can appear on each advertisement, unless it is
a property with multiple rental units on the same site and additional
advertising units are purchased. We reserve the right to amend the copy
or remove any advertisement when more than one property is described in
such advertisement, and may choose, in our sole discretion to retain
any fees associated with the initial term of such non-conforming
listing as compensation for the violation of this condition.
32. Unauthorized Payment Methods
No member may request any traveler to mail cash, or utilize any
instant-cash wire transfer service such as Western Union or MoneyGram
in payment for all or part of a property rental transaction. Any
violation of this term or any other unacceptable payment methods that
may be posted on the Site from time to time may result in the immediate
removal of the non-conforming listing from the Site without notice to
member and without refund.
33. Termination of Listing
33.1. All listings are sold to run the full term that is chosen by the member. No refunds are available.
33.2. We reserve the right to refuse in our sole discretion any
advertisement submitted to us either through our online submission
process or sent to our offices for us to load or post onto the Site. We
may refuse to publish the advertisement for any reason, and each
current or prospective member expressly agrees to release and hold us
harmless from any loss or liability that may arise from such a
decision.
33.3. If, in our sole discretion, any member submits unsuitable
material to our Site or into our database, persistently misuses the
Site or our online systems, or is in material breach of these Terms, we
reserve the right to remove immediately such member's property from the
Site without refund.
33.4. If we become aware of or receive a complaint from any person
or entity regarding a member's listing or rental practices that, in our
sole discretion, warrants the immediate removal of such member's
allegedly offensive listing from the Site (for example, and without
limitation, if a member double-books a property for multiple travelers
on the same date, or engages in any practice that, in our sole
discretion, would be considered unfair within the vacation rental
industry, or if we receive a complaint that any listing's content
infringes on the rights of a third party), then we may immediately
remove the allegedly offensive listing from the Site without notice to
the member and without refund while we investigate the basis for the
complaint. If we conclude, in our sole discretion, that any such
complaint is meritorious, then we may permanently remove the offensive
listing from the site without notice to the member and without refund.
33.5. If any member is in breach of these Terms or its obligations
to us then we may immediately remove such member's listing from the
Site without notice to the member and without refund.
34. Transfer of Listing
No listing may be transferred to another party, except that if a member
sells the property that is listed, the member may transfer its listing
to the new owner of the property that is listed. We may, at our
discretion, charge a reasonable transfer fee.
35. Payment
Payment for listings must be made in U.S. Dollars paid either by major
credit or debit card, or a check drawn on a U.S. bank.