Foreign Travel Participation Agreement
and Waiver of Liability
1. Acknowledgments
By booking, you agree that all payments are final and in the event that you can
no longer attend, you are responsible for reselling your spot to someone else
yourself. Travel insurance is RECOMMENDED on all Married for Life LLC/dba ALL
THINGS HAITI TRAVEL trips.
Foreign travel contains risks which are different from, greater than and less
predictable than those risks associated with domestic travel. Those risks can include,
but are not limited to, unfamiliar or difficult terrain, extreme climate,
unfamiliar and/or poorly processed food and drink, substandard or remote and
not immediately available medical care, uncommon disease and illnesses, poor
safety and sanitary practices, lack of adequate public infrastructure,
political unrest, terrorism, and unconventional customs, practices and sexual
mores.
2. Assumption
of Risk
You agree that you are responsible
for evaluating the risks that you may face while on the Trip and agree that any
activities that you may take part in, whether as a component of the Trip or
separate from it, will be considered to have been undertaken with your approval
and understanding of any and all risks involved. This includes, without
limitation, risks associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages, use
of illegal drugs in any form and injury or death from causes such as disease,
unavailable or inadequate medical care, dangerous environmental conditions,
traffic accidents, crime, assault and theft; and they have reviewed the Trip
Disclosure Form and fully understand and assume the risks associated with the
Trip, including those risks not identified in the Trip Disclosure statement.
3.
Wavier
of Liability, Release of All Claims and Covenant Not to Sue
By booking, on behalf of yourself, your minor charges, heirs, executors, successors and assigns, hereby REMISE, RELEASE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE the Released Parties
from:
• any and all claims arising out of or in any way relating to the Trip,
including those claims arising in whole or in part out of the NEGLIGENCE of one
or more of the Released Parties;
• any responsibility for any accident, illness, injury, death or any other
damage or injury caused in whole or in part by the intentional misconduct or
NEGLIGENT acts or omissions of any other participant on the Trip, or any other
third-party.
By booking , you further RELEASE and
agree that they will not sue the Released Parties for money damages, personal
injury or property damage sustained by the Participant while on the Trip, even
if due to the NEGLIGENCE of one or more of the Released Parties. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Agreement does not release the Released Parties from any
claims arising from their gross negligence and/or their intentional misconduct.
6.
Indemnification and Hold Harmless
By booking, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all claims, law suits or demands made
by anyone arising from or relating
to your involvement with the Trip, including, but not limited to, claims
alleging the NEGLIGENCE of one or more of the Released Parties.
7. Code
of Conduct and Adherence to Standards
You understand and agree that:
• By participating in the Trip, you are subject to both
the rules and regulations of the Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL, any host, company, or organization that may be involved regarding conduct of the Trip Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL and will be held accountable for violations thereof;
• You will be subject to the laws, rules and regulations of the country[ies] where you are traveling and that those laws may be substantially and materially different from those in the United States;
• Consumption of illegal drugs will not be tolerated. The laws of many foreign countries
state that possession or use of illegal drugs is punishable by fine, imprisonment and/or deportment; and
• You will obey all directives issued
by Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL, the Trip Leaders, any
associated organizations.
8.
Financial Obligations
You agree:
1) to pay any money owed to cover any costs and fees relating to the Trip
(for travel, accommodations, cultural visits and Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL fees) by the date specified; and
2) To abide by Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL refund
policies.
9.
Program Participation and Modification
You understand and agrees that:
• Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL reserves the right to
cancel or modify the Trip at any time for any reason including, but not limited
to, emergencies, low enrollment, change in conditions and unavailability of
facilities and/or personnel;
• Absent express permission from the Trip Leader, you will attend and
participate in all scheduled trip activities and will adhere to the Trip schedule as set by Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL; and
• Failure to do the foregoing may result in increased risk for all the
participants and Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL.
10.
Termination of Participation
• You understand and agree that, while participating on the trip, you will not
engage in inappropriate conduct, including but not limited to, the use of
physical or verbal threats or violence, abuse of the customs or mores of the
community, or unauthorized absences from scheduled Trip activities.
• You
understand that, in its sole discretion, the School may terminate your involvement
with the Trip at any time, including before departure or during the Trip.
Reasons for termination may include, but are not limited to, inappropriate
conduct or other behavior by you deemed detrimental to the best interests of
the trip, emergencies, or health or safety conditions or considerations.
• You agree that, if your conduct should cause your removal from the Trip, the you
will bear the costs of return transportation. Such termination shall not diminish
or otherwise alter your obligation to make any payment required for the trip,
and Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL shall not be required to issue any refund.
11.
Activities Outside the Trip’s Itinerary
Should you choose to remain at the Trip location or elsewhere after the
Trip ends, or should you leave the Trip voluntarily or involuntarily, you will cease to be involved in the Trip and will be fully responsible for yourself thereafter.
12. Construction and Scope of Agreement
The language of all parts of this Agreement shall in all cases be construed as
a whole, according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for or against any
party. This Agreement, with the attached Program Description and forms, is the
entire and complete
agreement of the parties relating in
any way to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement supersedes any earlier
written or oral understandings or agreements between the parties.
13.
Image Rights
Please be aware that by booking a Trip, using Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL
services or by participating in any event, trip or hiring us, you grant Married For Life LLC/ dba ALL THINGS HAITI TRAVEL,
its Event Sponsors, its Successors, Assigns and Licensees permission to utilize
your name, image, likeness, acts, poses, plays, appearance, movements, and
statements in any live or recorded audio, video, or photographic display or
other transmission, exhibition, publication or reproduction made of, or at, the
event (regardless of whether before, during or after event) for any purpose, in
any manner, in any medium or context now known or hereafter developed, without
further authorization from, or compensation to, you or anyone acting on your
behalf.