Section 1. Reservation.
To reserve your place on the retreat please complete the reservation booking form and submit it and the non-refundable deposit for the retreat. Your reservation is not effective until both are submitted. Transportation to and from the retreat is not included in the price of this retreat and you must make your own travel arrangements.
Section 2. Payment.
Payments must be made by credit card. Final balances are due at least 60 days before the beginning date of the retreat. For reservations made within 60 days of the departure date, full payment is required when the reservation is accepted. If payment of the balance of the retreat price is not received by Company by the required time we will assume that you will not be participating on the retreat and cancellation charges in accordance with Section 3 will apply.
Section 3. Cancellations.
If you wish to cancel your retreat you must notify Company in writing. Once we've received your notice, cancellation will take effect subject to the following: If cancellation takes place more than 60 days prior to your departure date, any payments made will be refunded minus your deposit. If cancellation takes place less than 50 days prior to your retreat's start date, 50 % of the retreat price will be forfeited. If cancellation takes place less than 40 days prior to your retreat's start 100% of the retreat price will be forfeited.
Section 4. Health and Fitness Requirements.
You must be in good physical and mental health to participate in the retreat. You are advised to consult with a physician to ensure that you are in adequate health to safely participate in the retreat. Our retreats may take place in remote areas or third world countries where there is little or no access to normal medical services or hospital facilities for serious problems.
Medical and evacuation expenses will be your responsibility, so Company requires that you purchase travel insurance and provide documentation of your travel insurance. Additionally, Company and the retreat leader reserve the right in their absolute discretion to refuse a participant the right to participate in a retreat on medical or fitness grounds.
Section 5. Cancellation Due to Retreat Booking Numbers.
Company reserves the right to cancel any retreat prior to departure in the event that there are too few people booked in which case you will be given a full refund of any and all payments made to Company. You will not be entitled to claim any additional amounts or seek any compensation for any injury, loss, expenses or damage (either direct or consequential) or for any loss of time or inconvenience which may result from such cancellation (including but not limited to visa and passport fees and expenses, flights, flight cancellation and reservation fees, and vaccination costs). Company requires that you purchase travel insurance.
Section 6. Changes, Postponement, Cancellation or Delay,
Company reserves the right to make changes to any aspect of the retreat if, in the absolute discretion of Company, it is necessary to do so due to conditions that may be hazardous or dangerous or due to any other adverse or threatening conditions such as weather, political, military, terrorist or otherwise or for any other reason considered necessary by Company.
If the designated trip leader is unable to lead the trip for any reason, Company, in its discretion, will enlist another teacher of substantially similar qualifications to lead the retreat.
In the event of any change, postponement, cancellation, or delay, you acknowledge that you will have only right of refund of the retreat price in whole or in part and no right to claim compensation for any injury, loss or damage or other additional expenses incurred by virtue of the change, modification, cancellation, postponement or
delay.
Company also reserves, in its absolute discretion, the right to cancel any retreat due to any material change in any government travel warning or advisory. In this event, we will do all we can to transfer any payments you may have made to a future retreat with Company.
Section 7. Insurance.
We require the purchase of travel insurance and it is your responsibility to make sure that you are adequately insured for the full duration of the retreat in respect to illness, injury, death, loss of personal items, cancellation, and curtailment. You must provide a copy of your travel insurance documentation.
Section 8. Travel Documents and Vaccinations.
It is your responsibility to learn about and obtain all required travel documents for travel to the retreat destination. Company is not responsible for any delays or cancellations due to your lack of proper travel documents, including valid passports, visas, health certificates and other documents that may be required by the country where the retreat is located.
Section 9. Photography.
Company reserves the right to use photographs or videos from the retreat for promotional purposes. By making a reservation with Company, you agree to allow your image to be used in such photography. If you prefer that your image not be used, please notify Company in writing before the retreat commences and we will not use your image.
Section 10. Force Majeure.
If Company and the trip leader are prevented from performing any of their obligations under this Agreement by acts of God, strikes, trade disputes, fire, weather, breakdowns, interruption of transport, government or political action, acts of war or terrorism, acts or omissions of a third party or for any other cause whatsoever outside Company and the trip leader's reasonable control, Company and the trip leader will be under no liability whatsoever to you and may either cancel or postpone the retreat.
Section 11. Assumption of Risk.
You acknowledge that international travel is more challenging and has a higher level of risk compared with domestic travel, and it involves potential exposure to injury. In the countries in which many of our retreats are held, standards of accommodation, transport, health care, hygiene, safety and service are often not as high as those standards in the United States or Canada and may require flexibility and patience on your part. You further acknowledge that operational control of the retreat will be in the hands of a third party and that your cause of action in regard to any shortcomings of that third party's performance is against the third party and not against Company.
Section 12. Release and Waiver of Liability.
You release, waive, discharge, hold harmless and agree to indemnify Company, its officers, its employees, its agents, its licensees, teachers, independent contractors, other representatives, and retreat leaders (the "Released Parties") from all claims, actions or losses for personal injury, illness, emotional trauma, property damage, wrongful death, loss of services, loss of profits, as well as consequential, exemplary, indirect or punitive damages or
otherwise that you may occur in connection with your participation in the retreat and any extra activities you may engage in during the retreat whether or not sponsored by the Company ("Claims"). You waive any Claims you have, or may at any time have, against the
Released Parties and you agree not to make any Claim against any Released Party.