Terms of Service

Definitions:

Parties

“You” and “your” refer to you, as a user of the Site. A “user” is someone who accesses, browses, crawls, scrapes, or in any way uses the Site. “We,” “us,” and “our” refer to Travel Dolce.

CONTENT

“Content” means text, images, photos, audio, video, location data, and all other forms of data or communication. “Your Content” means Content that you submit or transmit to, through, or in connection with the Site, such as ratings, reviews, compliments, questions/answers, messages, and information that you publicly display or displayed in your account profile. “User Content” means Content that users submit or transmit to, through, or in connection with the Site. “Travel Dolce Content” means Content that we create and make available in connection with the Site. “Third Party Content” means Content that originates from parties other Travel Dolce or its users, which is made available in connection with the Site. “Site Content” means all of the Content that is made available in connection with the Site, including Your Content, User Content, Third Party Content, and Travel Dolce Content.

1. TERMS

By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.

You also represent and warrant that you will not, and will not assist, encourage, or enable others to use the Site to promote a business or other commercial venture or event, or otherwise use the Site for commercial purposes. 

2. USE LICENSE

  1. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Travel Dolce’s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:

  2. modify or copy the materials;

  3. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);

  4. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Travel Dolce’s web site;

  5. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or

  6. transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.

  7. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Travel Dolce at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

3. DISCLAIMER

The materials on Travel Dolce’s web site are provided “as is”. Travel Dolce makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, Travel Dolce does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

4. LIMITATIONS

In no event shall Travel Dolce or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Travel Dolce’s Internet site, even if Travel Dolce or a Travel Dolce authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

5. REVISIONS AND ERRATA

The materials appearing on Travel Dolce’s web site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Travel Dolce does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. Travel Dolce may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. Travel Dolce does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

6. LINKS

Travel Dolce has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Travel Dolce of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user’s own risk.

7. SITE TERMS OF USE MODIFICATIONS

Travel Dolce may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this web site you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

8. GENERAL WEBSITE EXPECTATIONS

Travel Dolce is designed to help travelers explore destinations and make informed decisions on their prospective upcoming trips. The information on this website is provided by outside contributors, many of whom may do so anonymously. They may occasionally post reviews/make statements that are untrue, misleading, or downright wrong. Travel Dolce does not endorse and is not responsible for any opinion, advice, information, or statement made or displayed on the website by third parties. You acknowledge that by accessing the website, you may come into contact with content that you find harmful, offensive, threatening, indecent or objectionable and you acknowledge that Travel Dolce shall have no liability to you for the content including, but not limited to explicit language and other potentially offensive material.

9. UNACCEPTABLE CONTENT

Users of Travel Dolce must not post content or information that is unlawful, fraudulent (including but not limited to reviews with identical IP addresses and/or email addresses), threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable or that contains sexual, ethnic or racial or other discriminating slurs, or material which contains no relevant or constructive content, which goes beyond profanity into obscenity or abhorrence, or which is otherwise in violation of the law. Users are also prohibited from posting any proprietary information, trade secrets or confidential information. Users may not post any advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities, or other unsolicited commercial communication (except as otherwise expressly permitted by us), or engage in spamming or flooding.  

Although we are not obligated to do so, Travel Dolce may monitor reviews posted on our site and reserves the right to delete portions of or entire posts which violate the above rules, messages, topics that are unrelated to the specific page on which they are posted, advertisements, recruiting or other commercial messages, and any other post that Travel Dolce deems in its sole discretion is inappropriate. If you believe a message violates our policies, please contact us immediately so that we can consider its editing or removal. Travel Dolce reserves the right to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to any third party in order to operate its site properly; to protect itself, its partners and its visitors; and to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests.

If you feel a review has been wrongfully deemed as unacceptable content, please contact Travel Dolce immediately. 

10. OWNERSHIP AND RIGHTS TO USE MATERIALS

If you post content or submit material, you grant Travel Dolce a nonexclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple layers of sublicensees) right and license to make, use, sell, sublicense, reproduce, distribute, perform, display, prepare derivative works from and otherwise exploit all such content and materials for any purpose without restriction. Furthermore, you grant Travel Dolce, its affiliates, and sublicensees the right to use your name and/or user name in connection with the content. You represent and warrant that all content and materials you provide shall be your original work product and will not be based on, or derived from, the proprietary information or items of a third party. You agree not to impersonate any person or communicate under a false name or a name you are not entitled or authorized to use. You will defend and indemnify Travel Dolce and its affiliates from any claims resulting from any content or materials you provide hereunder.

At your discretion, you may provide feedback to Travel Dolce concerning the functionality and performance of the website from time to time, including, without limitation, identifying potential errors, improvements, modifications, bug fixes, or enhancements (“Feedback”). If you, through your evaluation or otherwise, suggests any Feedback, you hereby grant Travel Dolce a nonexclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple layers of sublicensees) right and license to make, use, sell, sublicense, reproduce, distribute, perform, display, prepare derivative works from and otherwise exploit all such Feedback and materials for any purpose without restriction. You agree that Travel Dolce may disclose that Feedback to any third party in any manner and you agree that Travel Dolce has the ability to sublicense all Feedback in any form to any third party without restriction.

11.YOUR CONTENT RESPONSIBILITIES

You alone are responsible for Your Content, and once published, it cannot always be withdrawn. You assume all risks associated with Your Content, including anyone’s reliance on its quality, accuracy, or reliability, or any disclosure by you of information in Your Content that makes you personally identifiable. You represent that you own, or have the necessary permissions to use and authorize the use of Your Content as described herein. You may not imply that Your Content is in any way sponsored or endorsed by Travel Dolce.

You may expose yourself to liability if, for example, Your Content contains material that is false, intentionally misleading, or defamatory; violates any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; contains material that is unlawful, including illegal hate speech or pornography; exploits or otherwise harms minors; or violates or advocates the violation of any law or regulation.

12. SITE CONTENT

Information pulled from the public domain (including but not limited to public websites, government documents, print and online publications) or information submitted to Travel Dolce may be published at the discretion of Travel Dolce. If you feel content is incorrect or has been removed erroneously, please contact us to appeal.

13. USER ACCESS

To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years or older and have the requisite power and authority to enter into these Terms. You may not access or use the Site if you are a competitor of ours or if we have previously banned you from the Site.

14. PRIVACY

You represent that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy. Note that we may disclose information about you to third parties if we have a good faith belief that such a disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) take action regarding suspected illegal activities; (ii) enforce or apply our Terms and Privacy Policy; (iii) comply with legal process or other government inquiry, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on us; or (iv) protect our rights, reputation, and property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public. If you use the Site outside of the United States, you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.

15. COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK DISPUTES

We do not allow copyright and trademark infringement on Travel Dolce. If you believe someone has violated your copyright and/or trademark. Please contact us, including the URL of the page(s) where you believe the infringement has occurred. 

16. SUGGESTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS

We love to hear from our readers! When you send us ideas, suggestions, documents or proposals (“Feedback”), you agree that (i) your Feedback does not contain the confidential or proprietary information of third parties, (ii) we are under no obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Feedback, (iii) we may have something similar to the Feedback already under consideration or in development, and (iv) you grant us an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to use, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, distribute and sublicense the Feedback, and you irrevocably waive, and cause to be waived, against Travel Dolce and its users any claims and assertions of any moral rights contained in such Feedback.

17. SAYING GOODBYE

You may terminate the Terms at any time by discontinuing your use of the Site, and providing Travel Dolce with a notice of termination.

We may suspend your ability to use certain portions of the Site, and/or ban you altogether from the Site for any or no reason, and without notice or liability of any kind. Any such action could prevent you from accessing the Site, Your Content, Site Content, or any other related information.

In the event of any termination of these Terms, whether by you or us, Sections 1, 5, 6, 9 – 13 will continue in full force and effect, including our right to use Your Content as detailed in Section 5.