This Privacy Policy discloses the general privacy practices for JOHNSTRAVEL.net, a John's Travel web site.

John's Travel is committed to respecting the privacy rights of visitors to any of the John's Travel web sites. While visiting John's Travel web sites (collectively, the "Site"), we may ask you to register and/or provide information that personally identifies you ("Personal Information") for purposes of interacting with the Site. To further the protection of your Personal Information, John's Travel has adopted a set of information management guidelines (outlined below) which serve as the basis for our customer and advertiser relationships. These guidelines have been developed with the recognition that Internet technologies are rapidly evolving, and that underlying business models are still not established. Accordingly, guidelines are subject to change. Any such changes will be posted on this page. Please see the Effective Date stated at the conclusion of this Policy.

Information Collected:

What are Cookies? There is a technology called "cookies" which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a web site. A cookie is an element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your system. This element of data is a piece of text, not a program. The Site can only access the information from a cookie sent by the Site. We cannot access other cookies sent by other web sites or the information contained therein. Additionally, we cannot learn your email address or any other information about you through the use of a cookie. The only way we would learn such information is if you specifically submit that information to us, for example, through our registration system, by entering a sweepstakes or promotion, etc.

Why do the John's Travel Sites use cookies? John's Travel may use cookies to track usage of the Site and further customize your experience when you are visiting the Site. By tracking usage, we can best determine what features of the Site best serve the users. We never give out information to others about individual usage. However, we do provide our advertisers with aggregate information about our users, such as "9,000 people viewed your ad today."

May I decline to accept a cookie? On those pages of the Site that do not require registration, you may decline to accept cookies sent by the Site by selecting an option on your browser to reject cookies. However, some portions of the Site may require registration in order to access those areas. In such case, we ask that you register and provide us with basic information on our registration page. Cookies enable our server to know that you are a registered user; therefore, our registration system requires that you accept the cookies from the Sites. Other sites linked to the Site may also send cookies; however we do not control such activities.

What benefits do I receive from cookies? Overall, the use of cookies helps to give you a customized experience at the Site. Through the use of cookies, we will know what is working and what is not. That information is then used to keep our Site fresh and relevant to you the user. Cookies also allow you to avoid retyping your user id each time you access the Site, as well as personalize any online services we provide to you.

What happens with the information collected in a cookie? We use an advertising server developed by a third party to display ads on the Site. Some of these ads may contain cookies that are set by third parties (i.e. advertising agencies or advertising clients). We do not have access to these cookies or any information that they may contain; please contact the advertiser for more information on these cookies.

Use of Personal Information

John's Travel may match aggregated user information with third party data. Also, John's Travel discloses aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to potential advertisers, partners and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. Additionally, John's Travel will use reasonable efforts to ensure that only our employees with a "need to know" will have access to your information. We do not release personal information about you as an individual to third parties.

It should be noted, however, that this Privacy Policy only addresses the use and dissemination of information that we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose any information to other parties, whether through, for example, on-line auctions, chat rooms, personal ads, or the like, or through other web sites throughout the Internet, different policies may apply. Since John's Travel does not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy customs and policies, if any, of that third party, and John's Travel shall not be responsible for the use or dissemination of your private information by that third party. Therefore, we encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

Links to Other Materials

If any link is offered connecting you to a third party web site, it is as an accommodation to the respective third party site owner and without charge. Third party sites linked to and from the Site are not necessarily under the control of John's Travel. John's Travel shall have no responsibilities or liabilities whatsoever for the content or privacy practices of any such linked site or any link or linking program at any time. John's Travel does not necessarily endorse companies (or related products or services) to or from which the Site is linked. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to the Site, you do so entirely at your own risk. John's Travel hereby disclaims any rights to trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, copyrights, patents, domain names or other intellectual property interests of third parties.

Children’s Privacy
John's Travel cares about the safety of children and their use of the Internet. Therefore, in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we will never knowingly request or solicit personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. In the event that we receive actual knowledge that we have collected such personal information without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information from our database as quickly as is practical.

Airline Responsibility and Liability
The sole and exclusive responsibility and liability of any ARC and IATA carrier used , shall be in accordance with and as limited by the contract of  carriage in the  passenger's ticket when issued, the applicable tariffs, and the provisions of the Warsaw Convention, if applicable. Any carrier used shall not be responsible or liable
for any act, omission, or occurrence during the time passengers are not on board its airplanes. All tours, services, and transportation (other than air) are furnished by contractors that are independent and that do not act for or on behalf of the carrier, nor are servants of the same, and neither do they have any business relationship, as joint ventures or otherwise.

Further, the carrier shall not be responsible or liable in any way for the accuracy of any representations of the tour operator and its agents on tours or tour services other than those contained in the tour brochures or tour itineraries. Carrier liability for passenger's baggage is clearly stated on the passenger contract included on all tickets or can be found on file for inspection at the offices of the carrier. Liability for checked and unchecked
baggage shall in no event exceed the actual loss incurred by the passenger, subject to proof of the amount of the loss.

Overbooking of Flights
Airline flights may be overbooked, and there is a slight chance that a seat will not be available on a flight for which a person has a  confirmed reservation. If the flight is overbooked, no one will be denied a seat until airline personnel first ask for volunteers willing to give up their reservation in exchange for a payment of the airline's choosing. If there are not enough volunteers the airline will deny boarding to other persons in accordance with its particular boarding priority. With few exceptions persons denied boarding involuntarily are entitled to compensation.

Carrier Rules
The complete rules for the payment of compensation, each airline's boarding priorities, and CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT are available at all airport ticket counters and boarding locations.

Some airlines do not apply these consumer protections to travel from some foreign countries, although other consumer protections may be available. Check with the airline.

Reconfirmation Notice
Some carriers require reconfirmation of your reservations. Contact the transporting air carrier for the applicable requirements.

Disclaimer
RESPONSIBILITY: Action Business Services Group, Inc., John's Travel & Tours, and/or agents and officers and/or suppliers of services pursuant to, or in connection with these itineraries, shall act only as agents for the passenger in making arrangements for hotels, transportation, restaurants or any other service and does not assume any liability  whatsoever for any injury , damage, death, loss, accidents, incidents or delay to any person or property due to an act of negligence of or default of any hotel, carrier, restaurant, company or person rendering any of the services included in the tour or by an act of God. Further, no responsibilities are accepted for any damage or delay due to sickness, pilferage, labor disputes, machinery breakdown, quarantine, government restraints, weather or other causes beyond their personal control., No responsibility is accepted for any additional expense, omissions, delays, re-routing or acts of any government or authority. The airlines concerned are not to be held responsible for any act, omission or event during  the time passengers are not on board their planes or conveyances. The passage contract in use by the airlines concerned, when issued, shall constitute the sole contract between the airlines and purchaser of these tours and/or passenger . The right is reserved to withdraw any program in this folder and/or make such changes in the program(s) as may be found desirable for the convenience of the parties and the proper carrying out of tour(s).
THE PRICES OF THESE VACATION PACKAGES, AND/OR AIRLINE TICKETS AND/OR CRUISE PACKAGES ARE BASED ON RATES IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF PUBLISHING AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

Neither Action Business Services Group, Inc. nor John's Travel & Tours assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this web site.

Itinerary Changes
Due to the nature of expeditions, tour packages, excursions and/or other services provided; weather, acts of God, government, and/or airline regulations may require changes to be made to the itineraries and/or the cancellation of certain excursions or add-ons. Every attempt will be made to adhere to the itineraries described within the limits of safety and time. 
In the event of changes, passengers have no right to any refund or other compensation, for these tours, excursions, accommodations and/or transportations, except were provided by the particular providers of said services. Expedition, excursions, and/or tour fees are based on group participation. 
Should you choose not to take part in any activity or make use of services provided, no refund will be made.

Passport and Visas
U.S. citizens traveling outside the U.S. must be in possession of a valid passport. Non-U.S. citizens must check with the appropriate consulate/ immigration office for necessary documents and must obtain them accordingly. A visa may also be required. 
Requirements may change so we recommend that you verify any immigration and/or vaccination requirements with the tourists office or consulate before you travel.
It is the passenger(s) responsibility to obtain any and all documents required for travel, including, but not limited to valid passports, exit and/or entry/re-entry visas, and any other documents required by the respective immigration officials of the country/ies you are to visit and/or return to, as well as any required and/or needed vaccinations prior or after your travel.

Cancellations and Refunds
These charges are in addition to any airline, cruise line, hotel, car rental and/or tour operator imposed charges.
All refunds are subject to the following cancellation charges from John's Travel & Tours:
US$200 per person on all airline tickets.*
* Certain airlines, cruise companies, and /or tour operators have additional cancellation and/or refund limitations, such as NON REFUNDABLE, STANDBY FEE, PRE FLIGHTS-CHANGE FEE, AFTER FLIGHTS-NO EXCHANGE VALUE. Other cancellation, refund, non-refundable information will be noted on the invoice
and/or travel documents.

Service Fees and/or Delivery Charges:  Are non-refundable.

Effective Date and Changes
This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2004. John's Travel reserves the right to modify the terms of this policy at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice to this page. Your continued use of the Site following our posting of a change notice will constitute binding acceptance of those changes.