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Welcome to CiaoVillas.com! Start Dreaming, book your villa now
! By using or accessing CiaoVillas.com wesite, 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
CiaoVillas.com. ("CiaoVillas.com", "we", "us" or "our").
1. The Site is a Venue.
1.1. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT WE ARE NOT A PARTY TO ANY RENTAL
TRANSACTION. We do not own nor can we contract for any
vacation rental property listed on the Site. Instead, the Site
acts as a venue to allow a member of our Site (each, a
"member") to offer for rent, or rent, in a variety of pricing
formats, a specific vacation rental property to potential
renters (each, a "traveler" and, collectively with a member,
the "users"). We are not involved in the actual transaction
between travelers and members even though we may from time to
time provide tools, such as direct booking, that enable a
traveler to enter into a transaction to lease a specific
property directly from the member of that property. 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 vacation property or the ability of
travelers to pay for vacation rental properties are solely the
responsibility of the users.
2. Personal Use.
2.1. Although we do charge a fee to members to advertise their
vacation 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 vacation 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; provided, however, that 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.
3.1. The Site is protected by copyright as a collective work
and/or compilation, pursuant to E.U. copyright laws,
international conventions, and other copyright laws. The text,
files, images, photos, videos, 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 "©
2008 - 2009 CiaoVillas.com - 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:
Copy, reproduce, upload, post, display, republish, distribute,
or transmit any part of the content in any form whatsoever;
Reproduce any portion of the Site on your website or
otherwise, using any device including, but not limited to, use
of a frame or border environment around the Site, or other
framing technique to enclose any portion or aspect of the
Site, or mirror or replicate any portion of the Site;
Modify, translate into any language or computer language, or
create derivative works from, any content or any part of this
Site;
Reverse engineer any part of this Site;
Sell, offer for sale, transfer, or license any portion of the
Site in any form to any third parties;
Use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual
process to monitor, copy, or keep a database copy of the
content or any portion of the Site;
Use the Site other than to advertise and/or research vacation
rentals and to make legitimate inquiries to our members;
Use the Site to make any false, fraudulent or speculative
reservation, or any reservation in anticipation of demand;
Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, vulgar, indecent, inflammatory, sexually
explicit, pornographic or profane material or any material
that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be
considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability,
or otherwise violate any law or for any other purpose that is
unlawful or prohibited by these Terms;
Post or transmit any information that constitutes or contains
false or misleading indications of origin or statements of
fact;
Use or access the Site in any way that, in our sole
discretion, adversely affects the performance or function of
the Site, or any other computer systems or networks used by us
or the Site, or infringes on our copyright or any copyright of
our members;
Violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties
including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent,
rights of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary
rights;
Upload or transmit to the Site or use any device, software or
routine that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time
bombs, or other computer programming routines that may damage,
interfere or attempt to interfere with, or intercept, the
normal operation of the Site, or appropriate the Site or any
system, or take any action that imposes an unreasonable load
on our computer equipment, or that infringes upon the rights
of any third party;
or
Disguise the origin of the information transmitted through the
Site.
If you are aware of or experience any content, activity or
communication through or in connection with the Site that
appears to be in violation of the above, or in violation of
any other provision of these Terms, we ask that you please
inform us of any such violation by sending an email to info
[at] CiaoVillas.com
5. Changes to Site.
5.1. 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.
6.1. 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 by submitting a form at info [at]
CiaoVillas.com. Please review our Privacy Policy for more
information regarding our information collection practices and
safeguards. Your use of the Site signifies your
acknowledgement of and agreement with our Privacy Policy.
7. Data Transmittal.
7.1. 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 Italy.
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.
9. Limitations of Use of Other User's Information; No Spam.
9.1. You agree that, with respect to other 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. We do not permanently store email
messages or the email addresses sent from these tools. We do
not rent or sell these email addresses.
11. Accuracy.
11.1. We do not and cannot review all content posted to the
Site by members, or by other users or travelers who may have
posted on the Site a review of or guest book entry for any
particular rental property, and we are not responsible for any
such materials posted by such members, travelers or other
users. 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. If you are a member, by accepting these Terms and paying
to list on the Site, you agree to indemnify and hold the Site
and any member of CiaoVillas.com (as defined below) harmless
against all costs, expenses and losses arising out of a claim
relating to the content of your advertisement. 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 necessary to satisfy any law,
regulation or government request, or to edit, refuse to post
or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in
part, that in our sole discretion are objectionable or in
violation of these terms.
12. Limitation of Liability.
12.1. IN NO EVENT WILL THE SITE, CIAOVILLAS.COM, SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND/OR EMPLOYEES 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 AGAUNST
US IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. IN ALL EVENTS, OUR
LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF ANY MEMBER OF THE
CIAOVILLAS.COM 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) EURO 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.
14.1. 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), YOU HEREBY
AGREE TO RELEASE, REMISE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE THE SITE AND
ANY MEMBER OF CIAO VILLAS.COM 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.
15. Indemnity.
15.1. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD THE SITE
AND ANY MEMBER OF CIAOVILLAS.COM 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), ANY CONTENT POSTED
BY YOU 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.
16.1. ANY AND ALL SERVICES AND RIGHTS OF USE HEREUNDER ARE
PERFORMABLE AND/OR SOLD IN ITALY, AND All disputes arising
from use of Ciaovillas.com which include Ciaovillas.com or
its owners as parties to the dispute shall be resolved in a
court of law in Orvieto, Italy as selected by Ciaovillas.com.
Any party using Ciaovillas.com's services, web site or
products in any way agrees to Ciaovillas.com's selection of
any court of arbitration service in Orvieto, Italy, to resolve
any disputes.
17. Notification of Claims of Infringement.
17.1. 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 us
for claims of copyright or other intellectual property
infringement at the email address: info [at] ciaovillas.com
18. No Agency.
18.1. 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.
19.1. Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall
be given (in the case of you contacting us) by email to: info
[at]ciaovillas.com
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.
20.1. 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.
21.1. 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.
22.1. 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.
23.1. 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 affect 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 a
form at the customer support page regarding any updates to any
such contact information previously submitted by member to the
Site. As a condition of listing each member agrees to
provide, such proof of identity, proof of ownership, and proof
of right to list properties 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, videos, 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, videos, 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,
videos, and/or photographs or any change made to any content,
video, 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 video or 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 video or 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 video or photograph, or (ii) it has
secured from the copyright holder all rights necessary for the
video or photograph to be used in an online advertisement, (b)
that any people in the video or photograph have given
permission for their likeness to be displayed in an online
advertisement, (c) that the video or photograph accurately and
fairly represents the subject of the video or photograph and
has not been altered in any manner that would mislead a viewer
of that video or photograph, and (d) that it will indemnify
and hold harmless the Site and any member of the CiaoVillas.com
from any cause of action arising from any
misrepresentation with respect to any and all the videos or
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 videos, 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,
CiaoVillas.com 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 the CiaoVillas.com
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
content posted or provided to us by such member.
27.2. Each member agrees that we may reproduce in whole or in
part any videographic or 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 videographic or 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.
28.1. 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.
29.1. 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.
30.1. 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.
31.1. 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.
32.1. 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. Canceling and Disabling of Listings.
33.1. Annual Subscriptions. All listings are sold to run the
full term that is chosen by the member. Annual subscriptions
can be cancelled at any time.
Cancelling a listing will not disable the listing unless it is
cancelled during the first thirty (30) days of service. Upon
cancellation, a listing will continue to run through the end
of the term in which it was cancelled. When a listing is
disabled it is no longer visible on the site. No refunds or
extensions of time are available for disabled listings.
Refunds for one year listings are only available
for your first listing cancelled during the first thirty (30)
days of service. No refunds are available for one year
listings on your second or subsequent listings. Please take
this into account prior to adding additional yearly listings
or upon renewal of your yearly listing. Refunds do not apply
to timeshare units OR in cases where the property is offered
for rent less than 6 months of the year. If you are
dissatisfied with your initial annual subscription for ANY REASON during the first thirty
(30) days of service, we will cancel your listing and send you
a full refund.
To request a refund, please send your request to and include
your listing number, and your reason for dissatisfaction.
Upon renewal of your yearly listing, such listing will remain
online for one full year without refund. 33.2. Monthly Subscriptions. All listings are sold to run the
full term that is chosen by the member. Monthly subscriptions
(one month and three month) can be cancelled at any time.
Cancelling a listing will not disable the listing. Upon
cancellation, a listing will continue to run through the end
of the term in which it was cancelled. When a listing is
disabled it is no longer visible on the site. No refunds or
extensions of time are available for disabled or cancelled
monthly (one month and three month) listings. Our thirty (30)
day money back guarantee only applies to one year listings and
does not apply to monthly subscriptions.
33.3. 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.
33.4. 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.
33.5. 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.
33.6. 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.
35.1. General. . Payment for subscriptions must be made in
EURO paid either by major credit or debit card, or a check
drawn on a bank. We do not store your credit card
information on our servers, and we do not keep credit card
numbers on any server in any file or database.
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