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AUSTRALIA FAM TOUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Reservations
and Cancellations: A deposit
of $200.00 per person must accompany each reservation.
Payment of the balance of the tour price should be made no later than 76
days prior to departure. Payments by credit cards are not accepted. If
cancellation is made up to 76 days prior to departure, all monies deposited will
be refunded except for a $150.00 handling fee per person. Cancellation fees for
passengers who cancel 75 days or less prior to departure for any reason are as
follows: | 75-46 prior - 50% of gross fare | 45-16 days prior - 85% of gross
fare | 15 days or less prior - 100% of gross fare. These are heavy penalties
and no exceptions can be made. We therefore URGE all passengers to purchase cancellation
insurance when booking this tour. Not
included in the tour price: Taxes
and fees (airline ticket taxes, departure taxes, airport fees, security fees,
customs & immigration fees, hotel taxes and servise charges, handling fees,
and all other taxes and fees, currently $158.00, to be paid with your final
payment), the cost of passport, the cost of visa to Australia ($25.00 to be paid
with your final payment), the cost of all drinks including wine, liquor, hot
drinks, soft drinks, bottled water, meals not listed in the itinerary, items of
a personal nature, extra hotel charges such as telephone calls, faxes, e-mail,
pay-per-view movies, mini-bar, room service, laundry, and gratuities for the
tour director, local guides and drivers. Responsibility:
The
responsibility of Signature Tours, Inc. (ST) is strictly limited. As a tour
operator, ST organizes, promotes, and sells tour programs and vacations
consisting of certain travel services, including, but not limited to, surface
transportation, sightseeing excursion, cruise/hotel accommodations, and meals
and entertainment that ST purchases or reserves from various suppliers. The
suppliers providing travel services for ST’s tour programs and vacations are
independent contractors and are not agents or employees of ST. To the extent
that ST is involved in the sale of air and/or cruise transportation to you, ST
acts as agent of the air carrier and/or
the cruise line. For all other purposes, ST does not act as agent for any party
whatsoever. ST is not responsible for the willful or negligent acts and/or
omissions of such suppliers or of any air carrier and/or cruise line or their
respective employees, agents, servants, or representatives, including, without
limitation, their failure to deliver or their partial or inadequate delivery of
services. All coupons, receipts, invoices, and tickets are issued subject to the
terms and conditions specified by the suppliers, air carriers, and/or cruise
lines. By
utilizing the travel services of the suppliers, you agree that neither ST nor
any representative shall be liable for any accident, injury, property damage, or
personal loss to you or to those traveling with you
in connection with any accommodations, transportation, or other travel
services, or resulting directly or indirectly from any occurrences or conditions
beyond ST’s control, including but not limited to, acts of terrorism, war,
defects in vehicles, breakdown in equipment, strikes, theft, or delay or
cancellation of or changes in itinerary or schedules. All pricing is subject to
change. ST reserves the right to correct promotional or pricing errors at any
time, or increase the program price in the event of cost increases due to
changes in airfare, cruise fares, currency fluctuations, park fee increases,
taxes or fuel surcharges. ST reserves the right to decline to accept or retain
any person as a member of any tour or vacation at its discretion. ST and/or its
tour directors retain the right to terminate the participation (without refund)
of any group member at their discretion, if such person's health, actions or
general deportment impede the operation of the tour and/or causes any hardship
to the tour director and/or other tour members. In such case there will be no
refund to the tour member for the unused portion of the tour, and all additional
expenses incurred, such as airline ticket change penalties, transfers to the
airport etc., will be the sole responsibility of the tour member whose
membership was terminated. ST reserves the right to cancel or alter at its
discretion and without notice, any tour or vacation including, but not limited
to, change of dates, routing, change of hotels, meals, shows and/or sightseeing
services of any itinerary and/or tour and/or vacation outlined in this flyer
and/or brochure. If for any reason, ST changes a hotel(s) to a lower category,
you may either accept the alteration or elect to cancel, in which case you will
be entitled to a full refund. Sellers of travel in California are required by law to disclose the following: CST # 2030748-40. Registration as a seller of travel does not constitute approval by the state of California. California law requires certain sellers of travel to have a trust account or bond. Signature Tours Inc. has a trust account. Signature Tours Inc. is a participant in the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation (TCRC). Transactions made by passengers from outside of California are not covered by the TCRC. All payments for travel services not provided to the passengers shall be promptly refunded, in accordance with the agreed-to terms and conditions. Signature Tours Inc. is a member of the National Tour Association Consumer Protection Plan which assures that all deposits and payments made by tour members are fully protected.
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