Terms And Conditions Of Use For Roaming With The kolbes Website
Welcome to Roaming with the Kolbes, a travel lifestyle blog owned and operated by Anton and Nadia Kolbe (hereinafter referred to as “The Kolbes”).
Before you explore our website, please carefully read and understand the following Terms and Conditions of Use. By accessing and using this website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these terms.
If you do not agree with any of these terms, please refrain from using our website.
1. Intellectual Property
1.1. Ownership of Content
This website and all of its original content, features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of The Kolbes.
All content, including but not limited to text, images, videos, graphics, and other media on this website (hereinafter referred to as “Content”), belongs solely to The Kolbes, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
We retain all rights to the Content on our website. This includes articles/blog posts, photographs, videos, and other creative works.
1.2. Unauthorised Use of Content from this website
Viewers are strictly prohibited from reproducing, distributing, modifying, displaying, screen-scraping or using our Content without obtaining prior written consent from us. Unauthorized use of our Content may result in legal action being taken against any person or juristic entity.
Where any of the Content has been licensed to us or belongs to any third party, your rights of use will also be subject to any terms and conditions which that licensor or third party imposes from time to time, and you agree to comply with such third-party terms and conditions.
2. User Obligations
2.1. Acceptance of Terms
By engaging with this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and Conditions of Use of this website. If you do not agree to these terms, please refrain from using our website.
2.2. Registration
While browsing our website is open to all without registration, certain features such as commenting or downloading special features may require users to sign in with their name and email address.
3. Privacy
We respect your privacy and handle your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which can be accessed here.
4. User-Generated Content
We welcome feedback and suggestions from our audience and users. By providing feedback or suggestions, you grant The Kolbes the right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display your feedback or suggestions without any obligation of compensation or credit.
5. Limitation of Liability
5.1. External Links
Our site may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by The Kolbes.
On the premise of the above, The Kolbes have no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.
You further acknowledge and agree that The Kolbes, shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such websites or services.
We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that you visit from our site.
5.2. Travel Risks
Travel inherently involves risks, The Kolbes and this blog are not liable for any injuries, accidents, losses, or damages that may occur during your travels, because of following our travel recommendations.
6. Changes to Terms
The Kolbes reserve the right to modify or update these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time without notice. It is your responsibility to review these terms periodically to stay informed of any changes.
7. Availability of the Website
7.1. While we endeavour to ensure that the Website is normally available 24 hours a day, we shall not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
7.2. Access to the Website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our control.
Paragraphs 7.1 and 7.2 have important legal consequences for you. In this paragraph: the legal responsibilities and liabilities of The Kolbes are excluded or limited; and any rights you have against us are limited or excluded. We make no promises that the Website or the Content will always be available or that the Website or Content will be available without interruption. As such, should you suffer losses as a result of the Website or Content being unavailable you will not be able to hold us liable. You will not be able to take action against us if you suffer losses or damages as a result of the Website or Content being unavailable.
8. Competitions
We may run competitions and promotions on our website or on social media from time, subject to terms and conditions. The terms and conditions relating to such competitions and promotions will be disclosed on the Website or in other communications made available to you
9. Affiliate Links
You might notice some links in our posts that direct you to external sites. These are affiliate links. When you use them to make purchases or bookings, we earn a commission.
Read more about this here.
10. Electronic communications
By using the Website or communicating with us by electronic means, you consent and acknowledge that any and all agreements, notices, disclosures, or any other communication satisfies any legal requirement, including but not limited to the requirement that such communications should be “in writing”.
11. Disclaimer
While we endeavour to ensure that the information on the Website is correct, we do not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the material on the Website. We may make changes to the material on the Website at any time without notice. The material on the Website may be out of date, and in this regard, we make no commitment to update such material.
12. Indemnity
As far as the law allows, you indemnify us and agree to hold us, our affiliates and our suppliers harmless against any loss, liability, costs, and damages which we or they may suffer from a claim, where the claim results from:
- Your use and access to the Website, Content and/or the Services;
- You infringing or misusing any rights of any persons, including intellectual property rights in relation to the Website or Content;
- Your violation of these Terms; or any comments or postings you may make on any of our social media platforms
13. Severability
These Terms together with the Privacy Policy constitutes the entire agreement between you and us in respect of your access to and use of the Website. Any failure by us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall in no way constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
In the event that any term or condition of the use of the Website is not fully enforceable or valid for any reason, such term(s) or condition(s) shall be severable from the remaining terms and conditions. The remaining terms and conditions shall not be affected by such unenforceability or invalidity and shall remain enforceable and applicable.
14. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of South Africa.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect.
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have between us regarding the Service.
15. Contact
If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms and Conditions of Use, please feel free to contact us at hello@roamingwiththekolbes.com.
Thank you for visiting Roaming with the Kolbes. We hope you enjoy our travel lifestyle blog and find it informative and inspiring!
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