Please read these Terms of Service ("Terms") carefully before using the Cyprus Cultural Odyssey website or participating in our cultural courses and services. By accessing or using our website or services, you agree to be bound by these Terms.
These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Cyprus Cultural Odyssey ("we," "our," or "us") governing your access to and use of our website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through our website (collectively, the "Services").
By using our Services, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and are legally capable of entering into a binding agreement. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not access or use our Services.
Table of Contents
1. Use of Services
Our Services are designed to provide information about our cultural courses and to facilitate course registrations. You agree to use our Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to access our Services. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend our Services, and any material we provide on our website, in our sole discretion without notice.
We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of our website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our website, or the entire website, to users.
2. Account Registration
To access certain features of our Services, you may be required to register for an account. When you register, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information about yourself.
You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access our Services and for any activities or actions under your password. We encourage you to use "strong" passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols) with your account.
You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you log out from your account at the end of each session.
We reserve the right to disable any user account at any time in our sole discretion, including if we believe that you have violated any provision of these Terms.
3. Course Bookings and Payments
When booking a course through our website, you agree to provide accurate and complete information, including payment details. You authorize us to charge your payment method for the course fees as indicated on the course booking page.
All prices displayed on our website are in Euros and are inclusive of applicable taxes unless otherwise stated. We reserve the right to modify our prices at any time, but changes will not affect bookings that have already been confirmed.
Course availability is subject to change without notice. We reserve the right to limit the quantities of courses booked by an individual or per account.
Upon successful completion of your booking, we will send you a confirmation email containing details of your booking. This email serves as your receipt and confirmation of your course enrollment.
4. Cancellation and Refund Policy
Cancellations by You
If you need to cancel your course booking, our refund policy is as follows:
- Cancellations made 30 days or more before the course start date will receive a full refund minus a €50 administrative fee.
- Cancellations made between 15-29 days before the course start date will receive a 50% refund.
- Cancellations made less than 15 days before the course start date are non-refundable.
Course Transfers
If you are unable to attend your booked course, you may transfer your booking to another person or to a future course date (subject to availability), provided you notify us at least 15 days before the original course start date. A transfer fee of €25 may apply.
Cancellations by Us
We reserve the right to cancel or reschedule courses due to insufficient enrollment, instructor illness, or other unforeseen circumstances. In the event of cancellation by us, you will be offered the option to transfer to another course date or receive a full refund.
5. Intellectual Property
Our website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, text, images, videos, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by Cyprus Cultural Odyssey, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
You may access, download, or print material from the website for your personal, non-commercial use. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our website, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes.
- You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
- If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.
You must not:
- Modify copies of any materials from this website.
- Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
- Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this website.
6. User-Generated Content
Our Services may allow you to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit content such as reviews, comments, and testimonials ("User Content"). All User Content must comply with the content standards set out in these Terms.
Any User Content you post will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Content, you grant us and our affiliates and service providers a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.
You represent and warrant that:
- You own or control all rights in and to the User Content and have the right to grant the license granted above.
- All of your User Content complies with these Terms.
We have the right to remove any User Content that, in our sole judgment, violates these Terms, is unlawful or harmful, or for any other reason.
7. Prohibited Activities
You agree not to use our Services:
- In any way that violates any applicable law or regulation.
- To transmit or cause to be transmitted any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any "junk mail," "chain letter," or "spam."
- To impersonate or attempt to impersonate us, our employees, another user, or any other person or entity.
- To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of our Services, or which, as determined by us, may harm us or users of our Services or expose them to liability.
Additionally, you agree not to:
- Use our Services in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair it or interfere with any other party's use of our Services.
- Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access our Services for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on our website.
- Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on our website or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent.
- Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of our Services.
- Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of our Services, the server on which our website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to our Services.
- Attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
- Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of our Services.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will we, our affiliates, or our licensors, service providers, employees, agents, officers, or directors be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, our Services, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages.
This includes but is not limited to personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
This does not affect any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
9. Termination
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your access to all or part of our Services, with or without notice and for any reason, including, without limitation, breach of these Terms.
Upon termination, your right to use our Services will immediately cease. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using our Services or contact us to request account deletion.
10. Changes to Terms
We may revise and update these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them.
Your continued use of our Services following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
We will provide notice of material changes to the Terms by posting a notice on our website or sending you an email.
11. Governing Law
These Terms and any disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Cyprus.
Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or our Services shall be instituted exclusively in the courts of the Republic of Cyprus, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country.
12. Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us through our website contact form.
By using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms and agree to be bound by them.
Thank you for choosing Cyprus Cultural Odyssey. We look forward to providing you with an enriching cultural experience.