Terms and Conditions
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OVERLAND MISSIONS, your outfitters, operators of the mission, tours and/or suppliers of services and other cooperating agencies act only in the capacity of agent for all matters relating to transportation and/or all other related travel services and assume no responsibility howsoever caused for injury, loss or damage to person or property in connection with any service, including, but not limited to that resulting directly or indirectly from: acts of God, detention, annoyance, delays and expenses arising from quarantine, strikes, thefts, pilferage, force majeure, act of war, insurrection, revolt or other civil uprising, other military action, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled, civil disturbance, government restrictions or regulation, discrepancies or change in transit over which it has no control. Reasonable changes in itinerary may be made at the discretion of the trip operator. Upon donation of deposit the depositor agrees to be bound by the above recited terms and conditions. Prices are subject to change without notice due to currency fluctuations and/or other causes.
PAYMENT POLICY
As a non-profit 501(c)3 mission organization all donations made to Overland Missions towards an individual's participation in mission work with us will be considered tax-deductible donations. These donations will be used for the missions work that Overland Missions is engaging in and will be nonrefundable. A non-refundable deposit of published fee is required to confirm a booking by the published date. Your final donation is due 30 days before your departure date and is payable by money order, check, credit card or PayPal transfer. If full payment is not made prior to departure Overland Missions reserves the right to cancel all arrangements.
TRIP CANCELLATION
OVERLAND MISSIONS reserves the right to cancel any AMT course, expedition or volunteer opportunity due to insufficient sign-ups. In the event of cancellation by Overland Missions, all donations will be deferred towards the participation of alternate course, expedition or opportunity within one year of the cancellation. If an individual chooses not to participate within that time frame all donated monies will be used at the discretion of Overland Missions. In the case of a 'would be participants' cancellation, Overland Missions reserves the right to extend this courtesy (deferring donated monies toward an alternate course, expedition or opportunity within a year of the original dates) or to deny it on a case-by-case basis. OVERLAND MISSIONS and participating outfitters are not responsible for any expenses incurred by any members such as equipment, medical insurance, air tickets, etc. OVERLAND MISSIONS and its local operators of their missions and/or suppliers of services and other cooperating agencies reserve the right to expel anyone from an expedition trip who act outside of our moral code of discipline which is determined by the discretion of the expedition leader, or in a manner which is unsafe for themselves, inconsiderate or unsafe to fellow travelers, and/or who ignores the requests of their guide(s) to act in a safe and considerate manner. All expenses incurred as a result of expulsion will be billed to the expelled party.
TRAVEL INSURANCE
A short-term traveler's medical insurance policy is mandatory. Baggage is carried entirely at the owner's risk; Overland Missions assumes no liability whatsoever for damage, loss or delay of property. Trip cancellation insurance may cover your losses on non-refundable air and land costs for trips cancelled due to serious illness.
MEDIA POLICY
By joining an Overland Missions team, I agree that capturing photos and recordings is at the sole discretion of Overland Missions staff and that Overland Missions has the rights to all recordings, photographs and images captured during the trip. I grant permission to Overland Missions to use images or recordings captured of/by me during the trip without recompense or further notification. I understand that my photos and recordings are intended for personal use only and I agree that any photos or recordings I make will not be commercially distributed or used for financial gain.
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