| Thank you for accessing the ptatours.com website. www.ptatours.com as well as its sister website of www.plateautour.com are the Websites of Plateau Tours Adventures (PTA Travel). Below are the terms and conditions (the "Terms") that Plateau Tours Adventures applies to the content available at http://www.ptatours.com (the "Website"), and their usage. In these Conditions, "you" and "your" means any and all persons using the two websites. Please read these terms before using the Websites. |
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| Your use of the services, information text, graphics and materials provided via or on the ptatours.com Website (materials on this Website is governed by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Statement). By using these websites you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. |
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| In addition to the Terms of Use contained in this document, other terms or conditions may apply to your use of the ptatours.com Website, parts of the ptatours.com Website, or to products and services offered or acquired via the ptatours.com Website. You will be bound by these additional terms or conditions, as applicable. |
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| PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY; THIS IS A BINDING CONTRACT. If you do not accept our terms and conditions in full, you must stop using our web site immediately. |
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| Information |
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| The Websites presents information, data, content, news, reports, programs, video, audio and other materials and services including an e-mail alert service, communications, transmissions and other items, tangible or intangible (collectively, the "Information"). |
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| Change of Terms |
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| ptatours.com ("us", "we", "our") may change these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion without
notice or liability to you. By continuing to use the Websites following such modifications to the Terms of Use, you
agree to be bound by such modifications. |
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| Changes to Websites |
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| We may, at our absolute discretion and at any time, without prior notice to you, add to, amend or remove material
from the Website, or alter the presentation, substance, or functionality of the Website. |
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| Links to Other Websites |
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| The ptatours.com Website may contain links to third party websites. ptatours.com does not sponsor or endorse
the operators or content of any linked websites. Subject to any applicable law which cannot be excluded, ptatours.com makes no warranties or representations regarding the quality, accuracy, merchantability or fitness
for purpose of any linked websites, material or products or services. |
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| Privacy |
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| Your privacy is very important to ptatours.com. Please read our Privacy Statement for details on how we collect and handle your personal information. |
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| Third Party Information |
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The Information may contain information provided by third parties or sourced by us from news agencies,
business information sources, press releases or other references or sources. |
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ptatours.com is not responsible if any such Information is not up-to-date. ptatours.com does not separately verify
the Information provided by such third party or agency and you are cautioned thus as to the reliability and
accuracy of the Information. ptatours.com does not accept any responsibility whatsoever in respect of any
such
Information. Any use of and reliance on such Information is at your own risk. |
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| Prohibition of Access |
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| ptatours.com reserves the right at all times to prohibit or deny your access to the Website or any part thereof immediately and without notice, where ptatours.com is of the opinion that you have breached any of the terms contained in these Terms of Use or that such prohibition or denial is appropriate, desirable or necessary in our
sole opinion. |
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| Intellectual Property Rights |
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All trade marks, products and programs, product names, tour programs names, tour cases lists, brand names,
company names, titles, copyrights, pictures or logos cited herein are the trade-marks, trade names or copyrights
of
heir respective owners. No permission is given by ptatours.com (Plateau Tours Adventures) in respect of
the
use of any such trade-marks, product names, tour program names, tour cases lists, , products and
programs,
brand names, company names, titles, copyrights or logos, unless otherwise stipulated; |
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Unless otherwise specified by us in this Website ptatours.com or pursuant to separate license granted by us,
you are not allowed to upload, download, post, publish, reproduce, transmit or distribute in any way any
component of this Website itself or create derivative works with respect thereto as the two Websites are
copyrighted under applicable laws. |
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All the HTML copyrights subsisting in respect of the Website ptatours.com belongs to us or has been lawfully
licensed to us for
use on the Websites. Unless otherwise specified by us in the Websites ptatours.com, you
are
not allowed to copy reproduce,
store in an electronic or other retrieval system, adapt, upload to a third
party
location,frame, perform in public or transmitted in
any form of HTML has made as web pages by us
ptatours.com.Additionally all icons, illustrations, chart, sketches, colors,
functional expressions in writing and
its
combinations, web pages design and data cited herein are the copyrights of their
respective owners, unless
permissions
granted
by us ptatours.com (Plateau Tours Adventures), you are not allowed to copy,
reproduce,
store in an electronic or
other retrieval system, adapte, uploade to a third party location, frame, performe in
transmitted in any form
in full or part by any process whatsoever without the specific written consent of
tatours.com. |
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All materials including articles and pictures cited herein are the articles and pictures or copyrights of their
respective owners, some of which in the website are come from materials of China attractions brochures,
picture albums, travel books or magazines which would be used for providing more detailed information for
those
who have been interested in China travel and desire to know more about China. We provide the
information
without any charges. We indicate the authors or sources of the articles or pictures cited in the
website. Since
we can not contact all authors of them, you can contact us via email info@ptatours.com if you
are
the owners of
articles or pictures in the website, we will add the copyrights information on the specified
articles
and pictures. If
you oppose us to use them, we will cancel all the copyrighted contents immediately. |
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All the articles, programs or pictures have authorized to the websites ptatours.com solely which could be
transmitted under the permissions by the websites ptatours.com and the copyrights owners. |
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Third party trade marks are trade marks of the respective third parties. |
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You agree that we are free to use, disclose, adopt and modify all and any ideas, concepts, knowhow,
proposals,
suggestions, comments and other communications and information provided by you to us ("Contact Us") in
connection with the Website without any payment to you. You hereby waive and agree to waive all and
any
rights
and claims for any consideration, fees, royalties, charges and/or other payments in relation to our use,
disclosure,
adoption and/or modification of any or all of your comments and emails to us. |
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| Standard supplier terms and conditions apply |
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All products and services acquired by you via the ptatours.com Website is subject to these Terms of Use and the
terms and conditions of supply issued by the relevant product or service provider or supplier. All tickets and
reservations are issued or made subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant product or service provider
or supplier. |
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All applications for travel or for other products or services made via the ptatours.com Website is subject to and must comply with ptatours.com normal approval criteria or tour confirmation, and any further conditions notified
by ptatours.com to you from time to time or on the ptatours.com Website. |
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| ptatours.com products' information and acquisition of products and services |
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The ptatours.com Website contains both information of a general nature about ptatours.com its products and
services, and also enables you to purchase and pay for certain travel or other related products and services
online. Such online services is providing for those who consult travel information or purchase travel products or
services directly through ptatours.com website which containing both tourists clients and tour operators and
travel agents. |
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Where the ptatours.com Website enables you to purchase travel products or services online: |
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We may enter into a binding contract for the provision of travel or other related products or services through a
process in which ptatours.com makes an electronic offer via the ptatours.com Website and you electronically communicate your acceptance of that offer via the ptatours.com Website; |
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ptatours.com may act on and process all completed electronic instructions, messages, requests or
communications issued or transmitted to ptatours.com via the ptatours.com Website (each an Electronic
Instruction without further confirmation from or reference to you unless there is any particularly reason that
ptatours.com could consider to make confirmation via facsimile or other methods over discussion; and |
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ptatours.com may treat an Electronic Instruction as authentic and is under no obligation to investigate the
authenticity or authority of persons issuing or transmitting such Electronic Instruction, or to verify the accuracy
and completeness of such Electronic Instruction. |
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Creating a binding contract with ptatours.com via the ptatours.com Website is a two step process: |
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The first step is to create or compile an itinerary or schedule containing the products or services you wish to acquire. Upon completion or selection by you of all required products and\or services, the ptatours.com
Website will provide you with a quote and availability guide for the products and services selected. |
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If you wish to acquire the travel products or services selected then, upon completion by you of all required
details, you must accept the quote and a binding agreement will be created, with a corresponding ptatours.com
client number assigned. |
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When entering into a contract via the ptatours.com Website, you will be taken to have communicated your acceptance to an offer from ptatours.com. |
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The parties will not be bound by the terms of a contract created via the ptatours.com Website until the Electronic Instruction containing the acceptance from you to ptatours.com offer has been received by ptatours.com in the manner specified in this clause. |
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You acknowledge that the transmission of your acceptance through an Electronic Instruction may not be received
by ptatours.com in accordance with this clause for reasons beyond parties' reasonable control including, but
not
limited to, mechanical, software, computer, telecommunications or electronic failure. You further acknowledge
that, to the extent permitted by law, ptatours.com is not liable to you in any way for any loss or damage at all and
however caused, arising directly or indirectly in connection with the transmission of an Electronic Instruction
through the ptatours.com Website or any failure to receive an Electronic Instruction for whatever reason. |
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Where a transaction is entered into between ptatours.com and you via the ptatours.com Website, a client number
will be issued by ptatours.com via the ptatours.com Website. However, a binding agreement between us is not conditional on the issuance or receipt by you of a client number. Therefore, the failure by you to receive a
booking number via the ptatours.com Website does not invalidate or otherwise prejudice the existence of a
contract or transaction entered into using the ptatours.com Website. |
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ptatours.com may issue a paper confirmation of the products or services acquired by you. The existence of a binding contract is not conditional on ptatours.com issuing, or you receiving, a paper confirmation of the
transaction. |
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You are responsible for ensuring that you receive a client number and should contact ptatours.com if one is not received. |
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| Features, packages, programs and information |
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The ptatours.com Website may contain or make available various, packages, tour programs, travel stories or
other features. The ptatours.com Website may also contain helpful hints, travel tips, travel advices, China travel
overview or other information or material. |
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Whilst ptatours.com has made every effort to ensure that any such features or information as described in (a)
above are accurate and free from defect, ptatours.com does not warrant the accuracy, adequacy, correctness
or ompleteness of these features, which are provided on an "as is" basis. The use by you of any of these
features or any information provided by ptatours.com is entirely at your own risk. |
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| Payments |
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| All payments for any travel or related products or services acquired via ptatours.com website or Plateau Tours Adventures must obey to the principle of making in full by clear funds before the tour date, one group one funds settling. Otherwise, ptatours.com websites or Plateau Tours Adventures reserves the right to refuse to arrange
your tours. Please read our Payment statement for details. |
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| Prices and invoice errors |
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ptatours.com endeavors to ensure that all prices listed on the ptatours.com Website is accurate and up-to-date. However, due to exchange rate fluctuations or increases in supplier rates, ptatours.com reserves the right, upto and including the date of departure, to adjust any fees, charges or prices as necessary, even if the products or services acquired have been paid for in full, to reflect such cost increases passed onto ptatours.com. |
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ptatours.com reserves the right to correct any errors in fees, charges, rates or prices quoted or billed, even if
the products or services acquired have been paid for in full. |
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| Refunds for unused services |
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ptatours.com will not issue you with a refund for any tours, car hire, meals, sightseeing admission tickets,
coupons,
transfers, pre-paid accommodation, theatre tickets or other tour services which are not used or utilized
for any reason, including for reasons beyond your control such as illness, strikes or acts of God. |
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| Lost or destroyed documents |
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Unless agreed otherwise, any lost or destroyed tickets, vouchers, coupons or travel documents can not be
replaced or refunded. |
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| Warranties |
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| Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that information is free from error, ptatours.com does not warrant
the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of Material on this Website. All information is subject to change without
notice. ptatours.com does not guarantee that the ptatours.com Website or any third party websites will be free
from viruses, or that access to the ptatours.com Website will be uninterrupted. All terms implied by law, except
those which can not be lawfully excluded, are excluded. |
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| Limitation of Liability |
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| Subject to any responsibilities implied by law and which cannot be excluded, ptatours.com, and its directors,employees, agents and contractors, are not liable to you for any losses, damages, liabilities, claims and
expenses (including but not limited to legal costs and defense or settlement costs) whatsoever, whether direct,
indirect or consequential, arising out of or referable to the services provided by ptatours.com through the
ptatours.com Website, any Material on this Website, any third party material, or from access to the ptatours.com
Website by you, howsoever caused, whether in contract, tort including negligence, statute or otherwise.
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| The liability of ptatours.com for breach of a condition or warranty implied by law, and which cannot be excluded,
is limited, to the extent possible and at ptatours.com option, to the supply of the goods or services again, the
repair of the goods, or the payment of the cost of having the goods or services supplied again or repaired. |
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| Indemnity |
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| You indemnify and hold harmless ptatours.com in respect of all liability incurred by ptatours.com for any loss,damage, cost or expense, howsoever caused, suffered or incurred by ptatours.com as a result of your breach
of these Website Terms of Use, or your use of the ptatours.com Website or any Material on this Website. |
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| Use of the ptatours.com Website |
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| You must not: |
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use any robot, spider, other automatic device or manual process to monitor, copy or extract any web pages on
the ptatours.com Website, or any of the content contained within, without ptatours.com prior written ermission; |
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use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the
ptatours.com Website or any transaction or process being conducted on or through it; |
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take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the ptatours.com Website; or |
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reverse engineers, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover source code or other arithmetical
formula in respect of the software underlying the infrastructure and processes associated with the
ptatours.com Website. |
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| Termination |
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| These Terms of Use and your access to the ptatours.com Website may be terminated at any time by
ptatours.com without notice to you. All restrictions, indemnities and licenses granted by you, and all disclaimers
and limitations of liability by ptatours.com, will survive termination. However, upon termination, you will no longer
be authorized to access the ptatours.com Website. |
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| Acceptance and changes to Terms of Use |
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You acknowledge and accept that your use of the ptatours.com Website indicates your acceptance of these
Terms of Use and the Privacy Statement. |
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These are the current Terms of Use. They replace any prior terms of use for the ptatours.com Website
published on the ptatours.com Website to date. |
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ptatours.com may at any time vary the Terms of Use by publishing the varied Terms of Use on the ptatours.com Website. ptatours.com is under no obligation to specifically notify you of any variation to these Terms of Use.
You accept that by publishing the varied Terms of Use on the ptatours.com Website, that ptatours.com has
provided you with sufficient notice of the variation. By your use of the ptatours.com Website after any
variation, you are taken to have accepted and assented to the new Terms of Use. |
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| Linking to ptatours.com |
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Please contact us if you would like to link to any part of the ptatours.com Website.
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