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Terms of Use

Please read these terms of use carefully; this is a binding contract.

The Wilderness Travel website (our “Website”) is a service offered by Wilderness Travel. These Terms of Use describe the terms and conditions applicable to your access and use of our Website. Wilderness Travel may amend these Terms of Use at any time by posting the amended Terms of Use on our Website, and users are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any changes to the Terms of Use. Wilderness Travel may make changes in the services described in our Website at any time. You understand that Wilderness Travel may discontinue or restrict your use of the Website for any reason without notice.

Use of Materials On This Site

All information, text, logos, photographic images, graphics, software, and other content that make up our Website are the property of Wilderness Travel, Inc. or its licensors and are protected by U.S. and foreign copyright laws. Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Travel. All rights reserved.

Wilderness Travel, Inc. invites you to view, use and download a single copy of any of the pages of our Website for your informational, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the Materials or use of the Materials for any other purpose is a violation of Wilderness Travel’s copyright and other proprietary rights. Journalists and search engines may cite or refer to the URLs of our Website without limitation. All others can only do so after our having granted specific permission in writing.

Trademarks

Unauthorized use of any Wilderness Travel trademark, service mark or logo may be a violation of federal and state trademark laws.

Links to this Site and Use of Marks

Our Website contains links to outside websites operated by other parties, including websites that give users the ability to purchase services, including to “book” travel arrangements, a service not offered by Wilderness Travel. Wilderness Travel provides these links to other websites as a convenience, and use of these other sites is at your own risk. The linked sites are not under the control of Wilderness Travel, and Wilderness Travel is not responsible for the content available on the other sites. Such links do not imply Wilderness Travel’s endorsement of information or material on any other site and Wilderness Travel, Inc. disclaims all liability with regard to your access to and use of such linked websites. Unless otherwise set forth in a written agreement between you and Wilderness Travel, you must adhere to Wilderness Travel’s linking policy as follows: (i) any link to Wilderness Travel’s Website must be a text only link clearly marked “Wilderness Travel Website,” (ii) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Wilderness Travel’s names and trademarks,(iii) the appearance, position and other attributes of the link may not create the false appearance that your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, or associated with Wilderness Travel, (iv) when selected by a user, the link must display the Wilderness Travel Website on full-screen and not within a “frame” on the linking Website, and (v) Wilderness Travel, Inc. reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time and in its sole discretion.

Jurisdiction

The Wilderness Travel Website is operated by Wilderness Travel, Inc. from its offices in Berkeley, California. Wilderness Travel makes no representation that the information in our Website is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Access to our Website from territories where the content of the Wilderness Travel Website may be illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access the Wilderness Travel Website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Disclaimer

All content on our website is provided to you on an “AS IS” “AS AVAILABLE” basis without warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Wilderness Travel, Inc. does not make any warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, currency, or reliability of any content available through our Website. You are responsible for verifying any information before relying on it. Use of the website and the content available on the website is at your sole risk. Wilderness Travel, Inc. does not make any representations or warranties that use of our Website will be uninterrupted or error-free. You are responsible for taking all necessary precautions to ensure that any content you may obtain from the website is free of viruses.

Limitation of Liability

The trips described herein will refer to transportation, hotel accommodations, restaurants and other services that are purchased from various independent suppliers who are not affiliated with Wilderness Travel, Inc. in any way. Although we endeavor to choose the best suppliers available, Wilderness Travel, Inc. has no right to control their operations and therefore makes all travel arrangements described on our Website upon the express condition that Wilderness Travel, Inc. and its own agents and employees, shall not be liable for any delay, mishap, inconvenience, expense, irregularity, bodily injury or death to person, or damage to property occasioned through the conduct or default of any company or individual engaged in providing these services. Each of these passenger conveyance companies, tour companies, hotels, restaurants, etc., is subject to the laws of the sate or country where the service is provided.

Although most travel, including travel to international destinations, is completed without incident, travel to certain destinations may involve greater risk than others. Wilderness Travel urges passengers to review travel prohibitions, warnings, announcements and advisories issued by the United States Government prior to booking travel to international destinations. Information on conditions in various countries and the level of risk associated with travel to particular international destinations can be found at www.state.gov, www.tsa.gov, www.dot.gov, www.faa.gov, www.cdc.gov, www.treas.gov/ofac and www.customs.gov. By offering travel to particular international destinations, Wilderness Travel, Inc. does not represent or warrant that travel to such points is advisable or without risk, and Wilderness Travel, Inc. is not liable for damages or losses that may result from travel to such destinations.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Wilderness Travel, Inc. disclaims any liability, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of or in any way connected with access to or use of our Website, even if Wilderness Travel, Inc. has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Employment Opportunities

Wilderness Travel is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability (so long as such disability can be reasonably accommodated) or any other status protected by applicable law.

Binding Arbitration

Any dispute concerning, relating, or referring to our Website shall be resolved exclusively by binding arbitration in Berkeley, California according the then existing commercial rules of the American Arbitration Association. Such proceedings will be governed by substantive (but not procedural) California law excluding any application or consideration of the California Arbitration Act.

Violations and Additional Policies

Wilderness Travel, Inc. reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of the rules and regulations set forth on our Website, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to our Website.