Terms of Use

Welcome to Next Stop Adventures, https://nextstopadventures.com.

The https://nextstopadventures.com website (the “Site”) is comprised of various web pages operated by Next Stop Adventures LLC (“Next Stop Adventures”).

https://nextstopadventures.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms”).

Your use of https://nextstopadventures.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference. 

https://nextstopadventures.com is a Blog Site as described below:

An outdoor travel and lifestyle blog with tips and travel guides for hiking, scuba diving, sightseeing, historic sites, road trips, and trip planning. 

Privacy 

Your use of https://nextstopadventures.com is subject to Next Stop Adventures’s Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices. 

Electronic Communications 

You consent to receive electronic communications from https://nextstopadventures.com and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. 

Children Under Thirteen 

Next Stop Adventures does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use https://nextstopadventures.com only with the permission of a parent or guardian. 

Hyperlinking to Our Content

The following organizations may link to our travel blog without prior written approval:

  • Government tourism agencies
  • Search engines
  • Travel news organizations
  • Travel blogs/media sites
  • Commonly-known travel information sources such as Tourism Boards, Travel Associations, and Traveler Communities
  • Travel-related community sites
  • Online travel directories when they list us in the directory may link to our blog in the same manner as they hyperlink to the websites of other listed travel businesses
  • Systemwide Accredited Travel Businesses 
  • Travel portals
  • Travel agencies and tour operators
  • Travel associations.

These organizations may link to our home page, to articles, or to other blog information so long as the link:

  • Is not in any way misleading;
  • Does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and
  • Fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve in our sole discretion link requests from other types of organizations and may approve link requests if we determine that:

  • The link would not reflect unfavorably on us or our accredited travel partners (for example, associations or other organizations representing inherently suspect types of travel, such as fraudulent vacation schemes, shall not be allowed to link)
  • The organization does not have an unsatisfactory record with us
  • The benefit to us from the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of
  • Where the link is in the context of general travel resource information or is otherwise consistent with editorial content in a newsletter or similar product furthering the mission of the organization.

If the link request is approved, the organizations may link to our home page, to articles, or to other blog information so long as the link:

  • Is not in any way misleading;
  • Does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and
  • Fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are among an organization that is not listed in paragraph 1 of this section and are interested in linking to our travel blog, you must notify us by sending an e-mail to travel@nextstopadventures.com.

Please include your name, your organization name, contact information (such as a phone number and/or e-mail address) as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our blog, and a list of the URL(s) on our blog to which you would like to link. Allow 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our travel blog as follows:

  • By use of our corporate name; or
  • By use of the uniform resource locator (Web address) being linked to; or
  • By use of any other description of our travel blog or material being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site

Links to Third-Party Sites / Third-Party Services 

https://nextstopadventures.com may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Next Stop Adventures and Next Stop Adventures is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Next Stop Adventures is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Next Stop Adventures of the site or any association with its operators. 

Certain services made available via https://nextstopadventures.com are delivered by third-party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the https://nextstopadventures.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Next Stop Adventures may share such information and data with any third party with whom Next Stop Adventures has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of https://nextstopadventures.com users and customers. 

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use / Intellectual Property

You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use https://nextstopadventures.com strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to Next Stop Adventures that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. 

You may not use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.

All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Next Stop Adventures or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto. 

You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. Next Stop Adventures content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular, you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content.

You will use protected content solely for your personal use and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Next Stop Adventures and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Next Stop Adventures or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms. 

Use of Communication Services 

The Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, “Communication Services”). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. 

By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not: defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information; upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents; upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer; advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages; conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters; download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; violate any applicable laws or regulations. 

User Comments

Certain parts of this website offer the opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions, information, material, and data (‘Comments’) in areas of the website. Next Stop Adventures LLC does not screen, edit, publish, or review Comments prior to their appearance on the website, and Comments do not reflect the views or opinions of Next Stop Adventures LLC, its agents, or affiliates. 

Comments reflect the view and opinion of the person who posts such view or opinion. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, Next Stop Adventures LLC shall not be responsible or liable for the Comments or for any loss cost, 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.

Next Stop Adventures LLC reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which it considers in its absolute discretion to be inappropriate, offensive, or otherwise in breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

  1. You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so.
  2. The Comments do not infringe any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent, or trademark, or other proprietary right of any third party.
  3. The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material or material that is an invasion of privacy.
  4. The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant Next Stop Adventures LLC a non-exclusive royalty-free 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.

Next Stop Adventures has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Next Stop Adventures reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion.

Next Stop Adventures reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever. Next Stop Adventures reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Next Stop Adventures’s sole discretion. 

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. Next Stop Adventures does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, Next Stop Adventures specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service.

Managers and hosts are not authorized Next Stop Adventures spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Next Stop Adventures. Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you upload the materials. 

Materials Provided to https://nextstopadventures.com or Posted on Any Next Stop Adventures Web Page 

Next Stop Adventures does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to https://nextstopadventures.com (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Next Stop Adventures Site or our associated services (collectively “Submissions”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Next Stop Adventures, our affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Next Stop Adventures is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in Next Stop Adventures’s sole discretion. By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions. 

License

Unless otherwise stated, Next Stop Adventures LLC and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Next Stop Adventures LLC. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may view and/or print pages from https://nextstopadventures.com for your own personal use subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

  1. Republish material from https://nextstopadventures.com
  2. Sell, rent or sub-license material from https://nextstopadventures.com
  3. Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from https://nextstopadventures.com
  4. Redistribute content from Next Stop Adventures LLC (unless content is specifically made for redistribution).
  5. Use, alter, copy or ditstribute Next Stop Adventure’s logo or other copyright artwork found within https://nextstopadventures.com.

IFRAMES

Without prior approval and express written permission, you may not create frames around our Web pages or use other techniques that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of the Site.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to the Site. You agree to immediately remove all links to our Web site upon such request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our Web site, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of Links

If you find any link on the Site or any linked website objectionable for any reason, you may contact us about this. We will consider requests to remove links but will have no obligation to do so or to respond directly to you. Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Content Liability

We shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on https://nextstopadventures.com. You agree to indemnify and defend us against all claims arising out of or based upon your Website. No link(s) may appear on any page on your Web site or within any context containing content or materials 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.

International Users 

The Service is controlled, operated and administered by Next Stop Adventures from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Next Stop Adventures Content accessed through https://nextstopadventures.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations. 

Indemnification 

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Next Stop Adventures, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. Next Stop Adventures reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Next Stop Adventures in asserting any available defenses. 

Arbitration 

In the event the parties are not able to resolve any dispute between them arising out of or concerning these Terms and Conditions, or any provisions hereof, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise at law or in equity for damages or any other relief, then such dispute shall be resolved only by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, conducted by a single neutral arbitrator and administered by the American Arbitration Association, or a similar arbitration service selected by the parties, in a location mutually agreed upon by the parties. The arbitrator’s award shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. In the event that any legal or equitable action, proceeding or arbitration arises out of or concerns these Terms and Conditions, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. The parties agree to arbitrate all disputes and claims in regards to these Terms and Conditions or any disputes arising as a result of these Terms and Conditions, whether directly or indirectly, including Tort claims that are a result of these Terms and Conditions. The parties agree that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. The entire dispute, including the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision shall be determined by the Arbitrator. This arbitration provision shall survive the termination of these Terms and Conditions. 

Class Action Waiver 

Any arbitration under these Terms and Conditions will take place on an individual basis; class arbitrations and class/representative/collective actions are not permitted. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT A PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN EACH’S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PUTATIVE CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND/ OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, SUCH AS IN THE FORM OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER. Further, unless both you and Next Stop Adventures agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. 

Liability Disclaimer 

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. NEXT STOP ADVENTURES LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME. 

NEXT STOP ADVENTURES LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. NEXT STOP ADVENTURES LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. 

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL NEXT STOP ADVENTURES LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF NEXT STOP ADVENTURES LLC OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. 

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 (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY LAW IN RESPECT OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE AND/OR THE USE OF REASONABLE CARE AND SKILL). NOTHING IN THIS DISCLAIMER WILL:

  1. LIMIT OR EXCLUDE OUR OR YOUR LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY RESULTING FROM NEGLIGENCE;
  2. LIMIT OR EXCLUDE OUR OR YOUR LIABILITY FOR FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION;
  3. LIMIT ANY OF OUR OR YOUR LIABILITIES IN ANY WAY THAT IS NOT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW; OR
  4. EXCLUDE ANY OF OUR OR YOUR LIABILITIES THAT MAY NOT BE EXCLUDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY SET OUT IN THIS SECTION AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS DISCLAIMER: (A) ARE SUBJECT TO THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH; AND (B) GOVERN ALL LIABILITIES ARISING UNDER THE DISCLAIMER OR IN RELATION TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS DISCLAIMER, INCLUDING LIABILITIES ARISING IN CONTRACT, IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) AND FOR BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY.

TO THE EXTENT THAT 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.

Termination/Access Restriction 

Next Stop Adventures reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Florida and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Florida in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section. 

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Next Stop Adventures as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. Next Stop Adventures’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Next Stop Adventures’s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by Next Stop Adventures with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. 

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Next Stop Adventures with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Next Stop Adventures with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English. 

Changes to Terms 

Next Stop Adventures reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which https://nextstopadventures.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Next Stop Adventures encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates. 

Contact Us 

Next Stop Adventures welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms. You can email us at webmaster@nextstopadventures.com for any questions or concerns.

Effective as of March 01, 2024