Terms and Conditions:
Non-Dispute Clause
By signing below, I authorize A Higher Purpose, LLC d/b/a Traveling Mercies Vacations (“Traveling Mercies Vacations”) to charge the credit card or bank account provided herein for the noted amount. This payment is for the services described on the invoice. I understand that all payments made to Traveling Mercies Vacations are non-refundable. I certify that I am an authorized user of this credit card and that I will not dispute the payment with my credit card company, so long as the transaction corresponds to the terms indicated on this invoice.
Reservation, Deposit and Final Payment
A first deposit along with a completed registration form is required for all new reservations. After you make your first deposit, you are required to meet all scheduled payment deadlines or your booking may be canceled for abandonment of reservation. All previous payments will be forfeited. If you find yourself in a difficult financial situation and cannot make a scheduled payment, please contact us so we will know not to cancel your reservation. Please know it is your responsibility to be sure that whoever you choose as a roommate for your selected travel event is also making their monthly payments. We can provide roommate account summaries upon request.
All payments to A Higher Purpose, LLC d/b/a Traveling Mercies Vacations are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE.
Please be sure you will attend this travel event before submitting payment. This is because Traveling Mercies Vacations has contractual agreements with hotels, airlines, and other vendors that will not allow us to obtain any refunds. This is the way that we can ensure low package prices that allow you to make installment payments. All final payment dates are clearly noted on the website of the event. There is no grace period for final payments. Any payment not received by the final date is subject to cancellation. It is your responsibility to ensure payments are made on or before that date. If you fail to make your final payment by the final payment date, your reservation will automatically cancel and all previous deposits will forfeit. You can join an event at any time by making the total required payment amounts due, provided that space is still available.
Refusal of Tour Participants
Traveling Mercies Vacations reserves the right to refuse to accept or retain any person as tour participant and to make changes and substitutes in any itinerary of its group travel as it deems necessary for the comfort, safety, or the convenience of the group travel participants and the proper carrying out of the event, and to withdraw any or all tours announced in this program should conditions warrant. If a tour is canceled, a refund for that portion of the vacation to the participant will constitute full settlement.
Please report any disability requiring special attention to Traveling Mercies Vacations at the time the reservation is made. Traveling Mercies Vacations will make reasonable attempts to accommodate any special accessibility needs of travelers, but is not responsible in the event it is unable to do so, nor is it responsible for any denial of services by carriers, hotels, restaurants, or other independent suppliers.
The American With Disabilities Act is only applicable within the United States and facilities for disabled individuals may be limited in other countries. We regret that we cannot provide individual assistance to a vacation participant for walking, dining, getting on and offer motor coaches and other vehicles, or other personal needs. A qualified and physically able companion must accompany travelers who need such assistance and must assume full responsibility for their well-being. The passenger assumes the full risk of use and of any prohibitions imposed by vendors.
Passports
A passport is required to travel outside the United States. The passport needs to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the conclusion of your trip. You should apply and obtain a passport far in advance for any group travel outside the United States. Failure to receive a passport by the travel date is not grounds for refund of any payments made. Information for obtaining a United States Passport can be found at: http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html.
Accommodations
The accommodations listed with our group travel packages are intended to be used with each tour. If changes become necessary for any reason, the accommodations substituted will be equivalent in standard to those shown. Unless otherwise requested, we will book non-smoking rooms. Please note that hotels cannot always guarantee smoking rooms. Hotel room location is at the sole discretion of the hotel. Requests can be made but are not guaranteed.
Suppliers
The carriers, accommodations, and other suppliers providing services are independent contractors and are not agents or employees of Traveling Mercies Vacations Travel Legacy Inc. assume no responsibility and will not be held liable for any personal injury, property damage, or other loss, accident, delay, inconvenience, or irregularity by reason of (1) any wrongful or negligent acts or omissions on the part of its suppliers, (2) any wrongful, negligent, or unauthorized acts or omissions on the part of an employee of these suppliers, (3) any defect in or failure of any vehicle, equipment or instrument owned, operated, or used by any of these suppliers, or (4) any wrongful or negligent acts or omissions on the part of any other party not under the control, direct or otherwise, of A Higher Purpose, LLC d/b/a Traveling Mercies Vacations or (5) act of God.
Release of Liability, Hold Harmless
In consideration of the opportunity to participate in the above named event on dates indicated above, I voluntarily acknowledge and agree to the following: I agree for myself, my heirs and assigns, executors and administrators to hold harmless and release A Higher Purpose, LLC d/b/a Traveling Mercies Vacations, or any other sponsoring organization(s) and/or subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, representatives or successors (released parties”) from any and all losses, causes of action, liabilities, indirectly from participation in connection with the Event and/or the condition of the property, facilities or equipment used for Event, regardless of when, where or how such claim may arise and regardless of whether caused by the disappearance of negligence of the Released Parties or otherwise, including, without limitation. Claims relating to (1) any theft, loss or disappearance of property, (2) bodily injury (fatal or non-fatal) and (3) property damage.
Image Release
I grant permission for A Higher Purpose, LLC d/b/a Traveling Mercies Vacations to use my likeness and any other indication of my identity in connection with the Event, and publicity, advertising and promotion for the event and other events in all forms of media throughout the world in perpetuity without remuneration I further agree that all photos, negatives, imagery and video recordings and all copyrights therein shall be the sole property of A Higher Purpose, LLC d/b/a Traveling Mercies Vacations and I waive any right I may have to inspect or approve any materials that may use such rights.
Agreement Enforceability
The agreements will be constructed broadly to prevent claims and lawsuits to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law. Any provisions found to be void or unenforceable shall be modified or deleted to the minimum extent necessary to make them enforceable, and shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions.