Terms of Use
Welcome to Insider's Passport, an online service that provides useful information to popular vacation destinations, including local events commentary submitted by users like you, insider's tips, recommendations and valuable discount coupons.

Thank you for visiting and have a great time! It is important to us that you and our other visitors, have a positive user experience on our Site and that when you use this Site you are fully aware of our respective legal rights and obligations. For that reason, we have created these Terms of Use as the legally binding terms to govern your use of this Site. Please read these Terms of Use carefully, because they affect your legal rights and obligations.

Your Acceptance of Terms
If you do not agree with any of these Terms of Use please do not use this Site, because by using this Site you will be deemed to have irrevocably agreed to these terms.

Areas of this Site within the proprietary online service offered by InsidersPassport.com may be subject to additional terms and conditions, which you should read carefully before making any use of those areas. Any such terms will not vary or replace these Terms of Use regarding any use of this Site, unless otherwise expressly stated.

Please note that these Terms of Use may be revised and reissued without notice at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page regularly to review the current Terms of Use, since your continued use of the Site will be deemed as irrevocable acceptance of any revisions.

These Terms of Use were last updated on July 20, 2009.

How To Contact Us
This Site is controlled and operated by Insider's Passport, LLC, 1176 Jamestown Rd, Suite A, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185. Please forward any comments or complaints to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please forward any questions regarding copyrights or privacy to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Online Privacy Notice
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide a notice explaining our online information practices. Click here to read our Privacy notice, which forms part of these Terms of Use.

Trademarks and Copyrights
This Site and all materials incorporated by Insiders Passport on this Site ("Material") are protected by copyrights, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights ("Copyrights"). Some of the characters, logos or other images incorporated by Insider's Passport on this Site are also protected as registered or unregistered trademarks, trade names and/or service marks owned by Insider's Passport LLC or others ("Trademarks"). Insider's Passport respects the intellectual property rights of others and asks users of this Site to do the same.

Your Use of Material
Your right to make use of this Site and any Material or other content appearing on it is subject to your compliance with these Terms of Use. Modification or use of the Material or any other content on this Site for any purpose not permitted by these Terms of Use may be a violation of the Copyrights and/or Trademarks and is prohibited.

You may access and display Material and all other content displayed on this Site for non-commercial, personal, entertainment use. The Material and all other content on this Site may not otherwise be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed or used in any way unless specifically authorized by Insider's Passport, or as specifically listed below. Any authorization to copy Material granted by Insider's Passport in any part of this Site for any reason is restricted to making a single copy for non-commercial, personal, entertainment use on a single computer only, and is subject to your keeping intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.

You may add Insider’s Passport articles to your website, include Insider’s Passport articles in electronic newsletter communications and add to social networking mediums, provided that you cite Insider’s Passport as the originator of the content and provide a link back to the original article on Insider’s Passport. You may not change or reword the content, but use it as it was originally published by Insider's Passport.

Additionally, you must agree to keep hyperlinks "live" so that users can click on said link and be taken to its destination. You agree to never use any articles obtained from Insider’s Passport in any form of spam or unsolicited mail. You agree to not publish any articles on sites that contain hate, racist, porn, or any other illegal material. You agree to never sell any article obtained from our website without written consent from the author. This includes selling articles individually or in a compilation.

Disclaimer of Warranties
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. INSIDER'S PASSPORT AND ALL THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION, ESTABLISHMENTS, FACILITIES, SERVICES AND OTHER CONTENT OF INSIDER'S PASSPORT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, INSIDER'S PASSPORT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. INSIDER'S PASSPORT DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTEDOR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT INSIDER'S PASSPORT'S WEB SITES, ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. INSIDER'S PASSPORT DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIAL, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICES OR OTHER CONTENT ON INSIDERSPASSPORT.COM OR ANY SITES LINKED TO INSIDERSPASSPORT.COM OR ON ANY OF INSIDER'S PASSPORT'S VARIOUS ELECTRONIC NEWSLETERS, INTERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. INSIDER'S PASSPORT MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICE OR OTHER CONTENT ON INSIDER'S PASSPORT WILL NOT INFINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND INSIDER'SPASSPORT ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMMISSIONS IN SUCH MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICE OR OTHER CONTENT OF INSIDER'S PASSPORT. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE IMPLIED WARRANTIES TO APPLY TO YOU, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS WILL APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation of Liability
INSIDER'S PASSPORT DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE (DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNATIVE, ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE) RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, INSIDERSPASSPORT.COM OR THE MATERIAL, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICES OR OTHER CONTENT ON INSIDERSPASSPORT.COM, REGARDLESS OF THE BASIS UPON WHICH LIABILITY IS CLAIMED AND EVEN IF INSIDER'S PASSPORT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOU (AND NOT INSIDER'S PASSPORT) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW ALL OR ANY PART OF THE ABOVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO APPLY TO YOU, THE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Forums
THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND OPINIONS INCLUDED AND/OR EXPRESSED IN OR ON COMMUNITY FORUM PAGES ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF INSIDER'S PASSPORT OR ITS AFFILIATED OR RELATED ENTITIES OR CONTENT PROVIDERS. INSIDER'S PASSPORT MAY MONITOR THE CONTENT OF FORUM COMMUNITY PAGES AND MAY REMOVE OR MODIFY ANY CONTENT WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. INSIDER'S PASSPORT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLISH CONTENT SUBMITTED TO ITS COMMUNITY FORUM PAGES.

Submissions and Postings
Insider's Passport wants to hear from you. We welcome and rely on submissions of concepts, stories, or other potential content specific to our various destination community pages. However, Insider's Passport is under no obligation to post or publish content submitted to its destination community pages.

Please act responsibly when using this Site. You may only use this Site and its contents for lawful purposes and in accordance with applicable law and you are prohibited from storing, distributing or transmitting any unlawful material through this Site. You may not collect or store personal information regarding other users. You recognize that storing, distributing or transmitting unlawful material could expose you to criminal and/or civil liability. You agree that if a third party claims that material you have contributed to the Site is unlawful, you will bear the burden of establishing that it is lawful. You understand and agree that all materials publicly posted (other than by Insider's Passport) or privately transmitted on or through this Site are the sole responsibility of the sender, not Insider's Passport, and that you are responsible for all material you upload, post or otherwise transmit to or through this Site.

We at Insider's Passport require that you do not submit content, or act in a way, which in our opinion: Libels, defames, invades privacy, stalks, is obscene, pornographic, racist, abusive, harassing, threatening or offensive; seeks to exploit or harm children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or otherwise; infringes any intellectual property or other right of any entity or person, including violating anyone's copyrights or trademarks or their rights of publicity; violates any law or may be considered to violate any law.

Investigations
Insider's Passport reserves the right to investigate suspected violations of these Terms of Use, including without limitation any violation arising from any submission or posting. Insider's Passport may seek to gather information from the user who is suspected of violating these Terms of Use, and from any other user. If Insider's Passport believes, in its sole discretion, that a violation of these Terms of Use has occurred, it may remove the material permanently, cancel postings, warn users, suspend users or take other corrective action it deems appropriate. Insider's Passport will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Insider's Passport to disclose the identity of anyone submitting content or otherwise violating these Terms of Use. BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS INSIDER'S PASSPORT FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY INSIDER'S PASSPORT DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND/OR FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUNCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER INSIDER'S PASSPORT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

Service
In order to use this Site, you must obtain access to the World Wide Web and pay any service fee associated with that access. You will need to provide all equipment necessary to connect to the Site on the World Wide Web (including a computer, modem and/or other access devices).

Insider's Passport reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, all or any part of this Site and/or any software, facilities and services on this Site, with or without notice, and/or to establish general guidelines and limitations on their use.

Local Regulations
Insider's Passport makes no representation that Materials or other content in the Site are appropriate or available for use outside the United States, its territories, possessions and protectorates. If you choose to access the Site from other locations you do so on your own initiative and at your own risk. You are responsible for complying with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. You specifically agree to comply with all applicable laws concerning the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country you reside in.

Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Insider's Passport and its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, costs or expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, resulting from your breach of any of the foregoing provisions, representations or warranties, and/or from your placement or submission of any content onto Insider's Passport's servers or any websites that you come into contact with via InsiderPassport.com.

Our Use of Content
By posting or uploading any content to this Site and/or providing any communication or material to Insider's Passport ("User Content"), you automatically and irrevocably: (a) grant and assign to Insider's Passport any and all rights in the User Content throughout the world including without limitation all copyright, together with all consents (if any) necessary to enable its reproduction, distribution, modification, publishing and/or other exploitation by Insider's Passport and/or by any person authorized by Insider's Passport, by any means and in all media now known or hereafter devised without payment or other reference to you or any other person, and to advertise and promote such exploitation, for the full period of all such rights (together with any extensions and renewals) and insofar as possible in perpetuity; (b) waive all moral rights in the User Content which may be available to you in any part of the world and confirm that no such rights have been asserted; (c) appoint Insider's Passport as your agent with full power to enter into any document and/or do any act Insider's Passport may consider appropriate to confirm the grant and assignment, consent and waiver set out above; (d) warrant that you are the owner of the User Content and entitled to enter into these Terms of Use; (e) confirm that no such User Content will be subject to any obligation, of confidence or otherwise, to you or any other person and that Insider's Passport shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of such User Content.

Third-Party Sites
This Site may link you to other sites on the Internet. These sites may contain information or material that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. These other sites are not under the control of Insider's Passport, and you acknowledge that (whether or not such sites are affiliated in any way with Insider's Passport) Insider's Passport is not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of the content of such sites. The inclusion of such a link does not imply endorsement of any site by Insider's Passport or any association with its operators.

Insider's Passport cannot ensure that you will be satisfied with any products or services that you purchase from any third-party site that links to or from Insider's Passport since other shop channels are owned and operated by independent retailers. Insider's Passport does not endorse any of the merchandise, nor has Insider's Passport taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of any of the information contained in such third-party sites. Insider's Passport does not make any representations or warranties as to the security of any information (including, without limitation, credit card and other personal information) you might be requested to give any third party, and you irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to such sites. We strongly encourage you to make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online transaction with any of these third parties.

Jurisdictional Issues
The Materials and all other content in this Site are presented solely for the purpose of providing entertainment and information and promoting restaurants, programs, films, music, activities, attractions, and other products available in the United States, its territories, possessions, and protectorates. The Site is controlled and operated by Insider's Passport from its offices within the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as they are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within Virginia. Any action you, any third party or Insider's Passport may bring to enforce these Terms of Use or, in connection with any matters related to the Site shall be brought only in either the State or Federal Courts located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and you expressly consent to the jurisdiction of said courts. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable for this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the matters contained herein.

Claims of Infringement
If you believe that any content appearing on this Site infringes your copyright rights, we at Insider's Passport want to hear from you. Please forward the following information in writing to the Digital Marketing Copyright Agent (DMCA Agent) at the address listed below.

* Name
* Address
* Telephone number
* Email address
* Description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed
* Exact URL or a description of each place where alleged infringing material is located
* Statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use has not been authorized by you, your agent, or the law
* Your electronic or physical signature or the electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on your behalf
* Statement by you made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Digital Marketing Copyright Agent

c/o Insider's Passport
1176 Jamestown Road
Suite A
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Tel: 757-561-2121
Fax: 866-561-8997
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Insider's Passport seeks to preserve any and all exemptions from liability that may be available under the copyright law, but does not necessarily stipulate that it is a service provider as defined in USC section 512© or elsewhere.

 


 

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