Welcome to the WoofAdvisor website (this shall be taken to include all WoofAdvisor top level domains, extensions and social media channels including, but not limited to, WoofAdvisor.com, WoofAdvisor.co.uk, WoofAdvisor.ie, WoofAdvisor.eu, WoofAdvisor.guru, WoofAdvisor.net, WoofAdvisor.fr, Facebook.com/WoofAdvisor, instagram.com/woofadvisor/, instagram.com/woofadvisor/ and pinterest.com/WoofAdvisor/, collectively and hereinafter "this Website", "the Website", "our Website", "WoofAdvisor". The terms "we", "us", "our", "this Website", "the Website", "our Website" and "WoofAdvisor" refer to WoofAdvisor. The term "you" refers to the visitor, user, customer, member, business owner visiting the Website and/or submitting / contributing content for inclusion on this Website.
Purpose of this website
This Website is provided solely to assist visitors in gathering travel-related information, posting their own personal opinions on pet and/or travel-related issues/topics, engaging in our Blog, interactive Community Forum, and for no other purposes.
Access to and/or use of this Website is offered to you conditional on your unequivocal acceptance, without modification, of any/all the terms and conditions set out below (collectively, the "Agreement"). By accessing or using this Website in any manner, you agree to be bound by this Agreement and confirm that you have read and fully understand all the terms detailed herein.
It is a condition of use of this website that you read the Agreement fully and carefully, as it contains important information regarding your legal rights and limitations on these rights, as well as a section detailing applicable law and jurisdiction of disputes. These Terms apply in full force and effect to your use of this Website and by using this Website, you expressly accept all terms and conditions contained herein in full. You must not use this Website, if you have any objection to any of these Website Standard Terms And Conditions.
We reserve the right to change or otherwise modify this Agreement in the future in accordance with the Terms and Conditions detailed herein. You understand and agree that your continued access to and/or use of this Website after all such change(s) signifies your acceptance of all aspects of the modified or updated Agreement. The date of revisions to this Agreement will be recorded / posted at the bottom of this page. Revisions take immediate effect upon such posting. We will notify members of material changes to these terms and conditions by either a) to the email address provided to us at registration or b) by placing a notice on our Website. Users should ensure they periodically review the most current version of this Agreement.
Use of this Website
As a condition of your use of this Website, you guarantee that a) all information supplied by you on this Website is true, accurate, honest, current and complete, b) if you have a WoofAdvisor account, you will safeguard your account information and you understand that you remain completely responsible for any use of your account by anyone other than you.
WoofAdvisor retains the right, at our sole discretion, to deny access to anyone to this Website and the services we offer, at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, violation of this Agreement.
Copying, transmission, reproduction, replication, posting or redistribution of the Website content or any portion thereof is strictly prohibited without the prior written permission of WoofAdvisor. To request permission, you may contact WoofAdvisor as follows:
Administrator, WoofAdvisor, admin@WoofAdvisor.ie Users of the Website will not incur any charges for using the Website in accordance with the Terms and Conditions set out herein. However, the Website contains links to third-party websites which are operated and owned by independent service providers or retailers. Such third-parties may charge a fee for use of certain content or services provided on their website. Therefore, you should undertake whatever research you deem necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any transaction with any third party to determine their Terms and Conditions including what charge, if any, applies to the transaction. Where WoofAdvisor provides details of charges on a third party Website, all such information is provided for general information purposes only. WoofAdvisor in no way guarantees that this information is correct, complete, or up to date, nor is it in anyway responsible for content or services provided on such third party websites.
Prohibited activities
All content and information on this Website (including, but not limited to, text, photos, messages, data, information, music, sound, graphics, video, maps, icons, software, code or other material), as well as the infrastructure used to provide all such content and information, is proprietary to us. You agree not to otherwise modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from or through this Website. Additionally, you agree not to:
a) Use this Website or its contents for any commercial purpose.
b) Access or copy any content or information of this Website using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose without our express written permission.
c) Violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on this Website or bypass or circumvent other measures employed to prevent or limit access to this Website.
d) Take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
e) Deep-link to any portion of this Website for any purpose without our express written permission.
f) "frame", "mirror" or otherwise incorporate any part of this Website into any other website without our prior written authorization.
g) Attempt to modify, translate, adapt, edit, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software programs used by WoofAdvisor in connection with the Website or any related services.
Privacy Policy and Disclosures
WoofAdvisor believes in protecting your privacy. Any personal information you post on the Website will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Click here to view our Privacy Policy.
Reviews. Comments and use of other “Interactive” areas of this Website
We always welcome visitors to, and appreciate hearing from, visitors to our Website. All visitors should be aware that by submitting content to this Website, whether by email or by posting on the Website - this to include reviews, questions, comments, feedback / suggestions etc. in submissions by you (collectively, "Submissions"), you grant WoofAdvisor and its affiliates and/or partners and/or associated (“Sister”) companies, a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable right to a) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and publicly display and perform such Submissions throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised, for any purpose; and b) use the name that you submit in connection with such Submission. You acknowledge that WoofAdvisor may elect to provide attribution of your comments or reviews at our sole discretion. You also grant WoofAdvisor the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or WoofAdvisor's rights in the Submissions by a breach of this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that Submissions are non-confidential and non-proprietary.
WoofAdvisor does not edit or control user messages posted to / distributed on this Website, and will not be in any way responsible or liable for such user messages. WoofAdvisor nevertheless reserves the right, for any reason, and at its sole discretion to remove without notice any user messages and/or other content.
This Website contains user reviews and community forums ("Interactive Areas") in which you or third parties may post reviews of travel experiences or other content on this Website. You remain solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas and use of them is solely at your own risk. By using any Interactive Areas, you expressly agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through this Website any of the following:
Any message, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, code or any other material ("Content") that is false, unlawful, misleading, libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, or advocates harassment of another person, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable;
Content that is clearly offensive to our online community, including s content that promotes, endorses or advocates, racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
Content that could or would constitute, encourage, promote or provide instructions for a conduct of an illegal activity, criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or violate the rights of any party in any country of the world;
Content that provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party. In particular, content that promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work;
Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity, including WoofAdvisor;
Unsolicited promotions, mass mailings or "spamming", transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters", political campaigning, advertising, deals, discounts, competitions, contests, raffles;
Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, surname (family name / last name), email addresses;
Contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files;
Content that is unrelated to the topic of the Interactive Area(s) in which such Content is posted; or
Content (or links to content) that, in the sole view of WoofAdvisor, a) violates any of the terms and conditions herein, b) is deemed objectionable, offensive or unacceptable for any reason c) which is deemed to restrict or inhibit any other visitor from engaging with or enjoying the Interactive Areas or this Website, or d) which may expose WoofAdvisor, or its affiliates, or any of its Sister companies or its users to any harm or hurt, or to liability of any type.
WoofAdvisor takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor is WoofAdvisor liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. As a provider of interactive services, WoofAdvisor is not liable for any statements, representations or Content provided by users in any part of this Website. Although WoofAdvisor has no obligation to filter / screen, edit or monitor any of the Content posted by any user, WoofAdvisor reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, filter / screen, translate or edit, without notice or notification, any Content posted or stored on this Website at any time and for any reason, or to have such actions performed by third parties on its behalf, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any Content you post or store on this Website at your sole cost and expense.
If it is determined that you retain moral rights (including rights of attribution or integrity) in the Content, you hereby declare that a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the Content, or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion and exploitation of the Content by WoofAdvisor or its licensees, successors and assigns; c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of the Content; and d) you forever release WoofAdvisor, and its licensees, successors and assigns, from any claims that you could otherwise assert against WoofAdvisor by virtue of any such moral rights.
Any use of this Website in violation of the foregoing violates the terms of this Agreement and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use this Website.
This Website may provide links to supplier sites or other websites that WoofAdvisor does not operate, monitor or control. For further information, please refer to the "Links to Third-Party Sites" section below.
Although most travel, including travel to international destinations, is completed without incident, travel to certain destinations may involve greater inherent risk than others. WoofAdvisor urges all intending travellers to fully and completely investigate and review travel prohibitions, warnings, announcements and advisories issued by the relevant government including the UK Government, the Irish Government, the European Union (EU) and the government of any destination country prior to booking travel to international destinations. By listing information relevant to travel to particular international destinations, WoofAdvisor does not represent or warrant that travel to such destinations is advisable or without risk, and is not liable for damages or losses that may result from travel to such destinations.
Liability disclaimer
It is important that you read this section very carefully as it limits WoofAdvisor's liability to you for issues that may arise in connection with your use of this website. If you do not understand the terms in this section or elsewhere in the agreement, please take professional advice before accessing or using this website.
The information, software, products, and services published on this website may include inaccuracies or errors. WoofAdvisor, its affiliates and Sister Companies (collectively, "WoofAdvisor") do not guarantee the accuracy of, and disclaim all liability for, any errors or other inaccuracies relating to any information, without limitation, displayed on this website. In addition, WoofAdvisor expressly reserves the right to correct any errors on our website.
WoofAdvisor makes no representations of any kind about the suitability of the information, business or services contained on this website (site content) or any portion thereof for any purpose. The inclusion of any business or service on this website does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of such business or service by WoofAdvisor.
The third-party businesses providing information on this website are independent of and are not agents or employees of WoofAdvisor. WoofAdvisor is therefore not liable for the acts, errors, omissions, representations, warranties, breaches or negligence of such third-party businesses, or for any personal injuries, death, property damage, or other damages or expenses resulting therefrom.
Subject to the foregoing, you use this website at your own risk and in no event shall WoofAdvisor (or their officers, directors and affiliates) be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, or consequential losses or damages or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption of any type arising out of, or in any way connected with, your access to, display of or use of this website or with the delay or inability to access, display or use this website (including, but not limited to, your reliance upon reviews and opinions appearing on this website; any computer viruses, information, software, linked sites, products, and services obtained through this website; or otherwise arising out of the access to, display of or use of this website) whether based on a theory of negligence, contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, and even if WoofAdvisor has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
These terms and conditions and foregoing liability disclaimer do not affect mandatory legal rights that cannot be excluded under applicable law.
If WoofAdvisor is found liable for any loss or damage that arises out of or is in any way connected with your use of our site or services, then WoofAdvisor's liabilities will in no event exceed One-Hundred Euro (€100.00).
The limitation of liability reflects the allocation of risk between the parties. The limitations specified in this section will survive and apply even if any limited remedy specified in these terms is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
Indemnification
You agree to defend and indemnify WoofAdvisor and its affiliates and any of their officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, causes of action, demands, recoveries, losses, damages, fines, penalties or other costs or expenses of any kind or nature including but not limited to reasonable legal and accounting fees, brought by third parties as a result of:
a) your breach of the Agreement detailed herein;
b) your violation of any law or of the rights of any third party; or
c) your use of this Website.
Links to third-party sites
This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than WoofAdvisor. It is important to note that all such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. We do not control or monitor such website. We have no responsibility for their contents or the privacy policy or any other practices of such websites. Further, it is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you select or software you download (whether from this Website or other websites) is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects and other items of a destructive nature. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators. In some cases you may be asked by a third party site to link your profile on WoofAdvisor to a profile on another third party site. Choosing to do so is purely optional, and the decision to allow this information to be linked can be disabled (with the third party site) at any time.
Software available on this website
Unless otherwise specified, the materials on the websites are presented solely to provide information regarding and to promote WoofAdvisor's services, websites and partners.
Copyright and Trademark notices
All contents of this Website are: ©2015 WoofAdvisor. All rights reserved. WoofAdvisor is not responsible for content on websites operated by parties other than WoofAdvisor. WoofAdvisor is the registered and/or common law trademark of WoofAdvisor, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of WoofAdvisor or the applicable trademark holder. In addition, the look and feel of this Website, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, is the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of WoofAdvisor and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of WoofAdvisor.
Notice and Take-Down Policy for illegal content
WoofAdvisor operates on a "notice and takedown" basis. If you have any complaints or objections to material or content including User Messages posted on this Website, or if you believe that material or content posted on this Website infringes a copyright that you hold, please contact us immediately by following our notice and takedown procedure. Once this procedure has been followed WoofAdvisor will make all reasonable endeavours to remove illegal content within a reasonable time.
Modifications
WoofAdvisor may change, add or delete these Terms and Conditions or any portion thereof from time to time in its sole discretion where it deems it necessary for legal, general regulatory and technical purposes, or due to changes in the services provided or nature or layout of the Website. Thereafter, you expressly agree to be bound by any such amended Terms and Conditions.
WoofAdvisor may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the WoofAdvisor service at any time, including availability of any feature, database or content. WoofAdvisor may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to all or parts of the Website or any other WoofAdvisor web site without notice or liability for technical or security reasons, to prevent against
unauthorised access, loss of, or destruction of data or where we consider in our sole discretion that you are in breach of any provision of these Terms and Conditions or of any law or regulation and where it decides to discontinue providing a service.
Your continued use of WoofAdvisor now, or following the posting of any such notice of any changes, will indicate acceptance by you of such modifications.
Jurisdiction and governing law
This Website is operated by an Irish entity and this Agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of Ireland. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in the Republic of Ireland. You agree that all claims you may have against WoofAdvisor arising from or relating to this Website must be heard and resolved in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction located in the Republic of Ireland. Use of this Website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including, without limitation, this paragraph. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent that applicable law in your country of residence requires application of another law and/or jurisdiction and this cannot be excluded by contract.
General provisions
You agree that no joint venture, agency, partnership, or employment relationship exists between you and the WoofAdvisor and/or affiliates as a result of this Agreement or use of this Website.
Our performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this Agreement limits our right to comply with law enforcement or other governmental or legal requests or requirements relating to your use of this Website or information provided to or gathered by us with respect to such use. To the extent allowed by applicable law, you agree that you will bring any claim or cause of action arising from or relating to your access or use of this Website within two (2) years from the date on which such claim or action arose or accrued or such claim or cause of action will be irrevocably waived.
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 remaining provisions in the Agreement shall continue in effect.
This Agreement (and any other terms and conditions referenced herein) constitutes the entire agreement between you and WoofAdvisor with respect to this Website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the customer and WoofAdvisor with respect to this Website. 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.
These Terms and Conditions are available in the language of the Website. The specific Terms and Conditions under to which you signify your agreement will not be individually stored by WoofAdvisor.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
