Welcome to Elite Business Cruises!
These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Elite Business Cruises events and website, located at https://www.elitebusinesscruises.com.
By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use Elite Business Cruises if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.
OUR COMMITMENT: to create a win-win relationship with all parties involved. Participants receive premium services from elite cruise lines while having access to great teachers and speakers. Each cruise has its own unique focus and experience. Choose the one that is great for you or your team.
OUR INTENT: To provide an experience that enhances our clients' success. Many clients use Elite Business Cruises as an employee retention, motivation, or attraction strategy. The unique opportunity to reward employee success with an Elite Business Cruise leads to desired employee results. The experience on-board, including the training, propels the production surge into the future following the return to port. Many clients benefit before, during, and after experiencing an Elite Business Cruise.
OUR RELATIONSHIP STARTS HERE: It is our goal to provide the means to fully benefit from an Elite Business Cruise. Each cruise is unique, going to different destinations, with different speakers, different topics of training, and even on different cruise liners. Within each cruise description, you will be able to see the specifics of that cruise. We also offer the option to have personalized discussions with a member of Elite Business Cruises. You may initiate that conversation on the "CONTACT US" page. (https://elitebusinesscruises.com/contact-us)
FEE STRUCTURE: Each cruise has its unique benefits. Those benefits and features are included on each cruise's "Cruise Details" page. The price listed is strictly for those benefits and does not include any applicable taxes or items outside of the stated benefits. The prices are only reserved until the website's stated date. Following that, they are subject to change.
CANCELLATION FEE: The complete cancelation policy can be found at the "CANCELLATION POLICY" page. (https://elitebusinesscruises.com/cancellation-policy)
SPEAKERS TRAINING: Elite Business Cruises does not promise or guarantee that any idea, suggestion, strategy, etc., will result in your intended outcome. It is recommended that you use your discretion when making an appropriate choice.
SPEAKERS SERVICES: Speakers on an Elite Business Cruise may offer additional services. Elite Business Cruises grants no endorsement or promise for the outcome of said services. Any arrangements made with a speaker are entirely and wholly between the two parties. Elite Business Cruise is not liable for any of these arrangements.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR BOOKING: You must not accept any booking unless you understand and agree to the following terms and conditions.These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") become effective between Elite Business Cruises ("Agency") and you (including all travelers on the same booking) ("you" or "Traveler") upon your signature (electronic or written) or payment authorization, and continue until terminated in writing by you or the Agency.These Terms are subject to change at any time, without prior written notice.
IMPORTANT CONDITIONS: Prices are subject to change prior to the time you make full payment. Prices are not subject to change after you make full payment, except for charges resulting from increases in government-imposed taxes or fees. As noted above, by making the booking, you expressly acknowledge your acceptance of these conditions (i.e., changes before full payment and increases attributable to government-imposed taxes, fees or carrier-imposed surcharges after full payment will be your responsibility) applicable to your purchase.
PROVIDERS WE WORK WITH: Through our network and affiliated travel partners, we have access to many reliable providers and speakers. The speakers are vetted and paid to present on an Elite Business Cruise. Speakers are also part of the Elite Business Cruise Partnership Program, which allows them the opportunity to be compensated for the tickets they have sold for an Elite Business Cruise. Don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or when in doubt.
TRAVEL INSURANCE: For your protection, we strongly recommend purchasing trip cancellation and travel accident insurance. However, no representation or description of the insurance made by Elite Business Cruise to you constitutes a binding assurance or promise about the insurance. Please complete your travel insurance form, sign it, and return it to us. If you decline travel insurance, you do so at your discretion. Elite Business Cruises is not an insurance company and has no responsibility for the submission, payment, or adjustment of any insurance claims. Any claims that may fall under the relevant travel insurance policy must be submitted to the insurance company as identified in the policy.
PAYMENTS: In most cases, payments are made directly with a credit card. All fees will be charged to the credit card you used to authorize payment for an Elite Business Cruise room(s).
PASSPORTS/VISAS: All individuals departing from the United States of America must be in possession of a valid passport. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have valid travel documentation, including but not limited to passports and visas, which meet the requirements of immigration and other government authorities at every destination. You are responsible for verifying with the United States Department of State or representative government agency of the country to which you are traveling to confirm the requirements for visas and/or other requirements for admission to your destination. Any fines, penalties, payments, or expenditures incurred as a result of such documents not meeting the requirements of those authorities will be your sole responsibility. A government-issued photo ID is required for travel within the USA. Please see the Travel State Gov website for more information.
HEALTH AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: It is the responsibility of the traveler to ensure you are aware of any health requirements for your travel destinations and to ensure that you carry all necessary vaccination documentation. Please advise your consultant of any special requirements you may have, for example, special meals, medical requirements and so on.
Cookies: The website uses cookies to help personalize your online experience. By accessing Elite Business Cruises, you agreed to use the required cookies.A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.We may use cookies to collect, store, and track information for statistical or marketing purposes to operate our website. You have the ability to accept or decline optional Cookies. There are some required Cookies that are necessary for the operation of our website. These cookies do not require your consent as they always work. Please keep in mind that by accepting required Cookies, you also accept third-party Cookies, which might be used via third-party provided services if you use such services on our website, for example, a video display window provided by third parties and integrated into our website.
License: Unless otherwise stated, Elite Business Cruises and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Elite Business Cruises. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from Elite Business Cruises for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions. You must not:
-Copy or republish material from Elite Business Cruises
-Sell, rent, or sub-license material from Elite Business Cruises
-Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from Elite Business Cruises
-Redistribute content from Elite Business Cruises
This Agreement shall begin on the date here of. Parts of this website allow users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. Elite Business Cruises does not filter, edit, publish, or review comments before they are placed on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of Elite Business Cruises, its agents, and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, Elite Business Cruises shall not be liable for the Comments or any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website. Elite Business Cruises reserves the right to monitor all Comments and remove any Comments that can be considered inappropriate, offensive, or cause a breach of these Terms and Conditions.
You warrant and represent that:
You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent, or trademark of any third party;
The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material, which is an invasion of privacy.
The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.
You hereby grant Elite Business Cruises a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats, or media.
Hyperlinking to our Content: The following organizations may link to our website without prior written approval: Government agencies;
Search engines;
News organizations;
Online directory distributors may link to our website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses;
System-wide Accredited Businesses and Non-Profits/Associations except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.
These organizations may link to our home page, to publications, or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site. We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:
Commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources; Dot.com community sites; Online directory distributors; Internet portals; Accounting, law, and consulting firms; and Educational institutions and trade associations.
We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of Elite Business Cruises; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information. These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site .If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to Elite Business Cruises. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response. Approved organizations may hyperlink to our website as follows:
By use of our business name; or By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or Using any other description of our website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.
No use of Elite Business Cruises' logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.
Content Liability: We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that are raised on your website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.
Reservation of Rights: We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.
Removal of links from our website: If you find any link on our website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us at any moment. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly. We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct. We do not warrant its completeness or accuracy, nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.
Disclaimer: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:
Limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;
Limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
Limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
Exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort, and for breach of statutory duty. As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.
DEFINITIONS: Trip: Travel reservation for one household with one or more travel components booked Household: One family living at the same address Office hours: Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm EST – Non-Holiday Insurance: Claim filing assistance is only offered when policy booked with Elite Business Cruises Group travel: A group of people traveling at the same date to the same destination. (Family reunions, multi-generational travel, incentive groups, reward trips and more)