COSTS
Costs are based on double occupancy. If you are traveling alone and wish to share
accommodations, we will match you with a roommate, if one is available. If none
is available, a single supplement fee will be applicable. Cost includes: all meals
indicated on your itinerary; other meals are “on your own;” all transportation
indicated on the itinerary; guides; cooks; porters; permits; all cooking and camping
equipment including dining, sleeping, and toilet tents, and sleeping pads as indicated
on the itinerary. Does not include: international airfare, sleeping bags (unless
otherwise indicated), liquor, visa fees, insurance of any kind, medical costs, costs
of hospitalization or evacuation from remote areas, laundry or other items of a
personal nature, airport departure taxes, hotels en route to or from foreign destination
(except where indicated on the itinerary), additional expenses resulting from the
delay or extension of a trip due to weather, political disputes, sickness, failure
of transportation or other causes beyond our reasonable control, any additional
hotel nights that may be necessitated by airline schedule changes or other factors.
Tipping is normal, but entirely at your discretion. The cost of your trip is subject
to increase: Tour costs and/or land costs are subject to increase without prior
notice, even after you have signed up on the trip. We publish our prices well in
advance of trip departures. Between that time and the time of the trip’s actual
departure, we are occasionally faced with significant cost increases which we cannot
absorb - i.e. international currency fluctuations or increases in the cost of services
overseas. We regret this situation, and we do everything we can to avoid raising
prices, but sometimes it is unavoidable. Trip costs may fluctuate depending on sign-ups.
PKTTOURS can operate trips with less than the stated participation minimums, but
additional costs will be absorbed by the participants.
RESERVATIONS
To reserve space on a trip: submit an application form and signed liability form
with a non-refundable CHANGE FEE If you request a change to your itinerary less
than 30 days prior to your departure, and that change affects hotels or transportation,
a $150 fee for each day of itinerary affected by change, will be applied.
CANCELLATIONSJREFUCANCELLATIONSJREFUNDS
• Air Tickets: Refund subject to airline cancellation rules and procedures.
• Land Portion: Refunds on the land cost will be given according to the following
schedule:
Number of days prior to departure written notice of cancellation received in office
Cost More than 60 days
$300.00
cost 3l-60 days
50% of land
Cost 15-30 days
75% of land
Cost 2-l5 days
100% of land
Participants are held responsible for being in sufficiently good health to undertake
the trip. Once a trip has started, refunds will not be made for missed arrangements
for any reason whatsoever. We highly recommend that you obtain trip cancellation
insurance.
• Canceled Trips: PKTTOURS USA, INC. reserves the right to cancel any trip due
to inadequate sign up, which makes the trip economically infeasible to operate.
A full refund of land cost will be given, PKTTOURS is not responsible for
additional expenses incurred by members in preparing for the trip, such as
non-refundable Advance Purchase air tickets, visa fees, etc. However, will offer
custom trip services for those who still wish to travel.
INSURANCE
Travel insurance policy information will be provided to all trip members prior
to departure. We ask that each member take out Trip Cancellation coverage, at
least a standard package, which will reimburse him/her in the event emergency
evacuation by helicopter were necessary. We also recommend travel accident and
baggage insurance. Should you opt not to buy Trip Cancellation Insurance.
through PKT TOURS USA, Inc., you are required to sign an insurance waiver before
your departure.
MEDICAL AND HEALTH It is vital that persons with medical problems make them
known to us well before departure. We ask that every participant carefully
complete the medical form. The trip leader has the right to disqualify anyone at
any time during the trip if he/she feels the trip member is incapable and/or if
a trip member’s continued participation will jeopardize the safety of the group.
Refunds are not given under such circumstances. Although will endeavor to secure
the services of a doctor on every trip where the need is obvious, we assume no
liability regarding the provision of medical care. PKT TOURS USA Inc. may offer
physicians a discount on the land cost of a trip, if there is sufficient
sign-up. Write for further information, describing medical specialization and
wilderness experience.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PKT TOURS USA, Inc., its owners, agents, employees, and
affiliated companies, hereby give notice that they act only as agents for
hotels, transportation companies, land operators, and suppliers of travel
services, and assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever in connection
with the operation or service of any aircraft, motor vehicle, boat, other
conveyance, inn, lodge, or hotel which may be used wholly or in part, for
services to PKT TOURS USA, Inc.’s trip members. PKT TOURS USA, Inc.its
operators,airlines and agents will not be responsible for any act, error, or
omission, nor for any injury, loss, accident, delay, inconvenience,
irregularity, or damage which may be occasioned by any cause whatsoever,
including acts of nature, civil disturbance, government restrictions, or failure
of any means of conveyance to adhere to published schedule. PKT TOURS USA, Inc.
reserves the right prior to departure, and after departure, to re-price, cancel,
or withdraw any tour, trip, or expedition for any reason whatsoever, and to
alter or omit any part of the itinerary, to substitute hotels or leaders, or to
change any means of conveyance without notice and without allowance of refund,
with the liability for increased costs - if any borne by the trip members. If
tours, treks, or expeditions are canceled due to acts of insurrection, strikes,
acts of God, or any other cause beyond the control of PKT TOURS USA, Inc.,
refunds will be based on the difference between the original trip price and the
cost of services already provided. PKT TOURS USA, Inc. reserves the right to
accept or reject any person as a trip member at any time. PARTICIPANT
RESPONSIBILITY. Trip members assume the responsibility to select design a trip
most appropriate to their physical abilities and interests. Members are
responsible for being in sufficiently good health to undertake their trip and
may be required to obtain a physician’s release to participate in the trip.
Members are also responsible for studying all pre-departure information; for
bringing all detailed equipment and clothing; for conforming to standards of
personal hygiene to minimize the risk of traveler’s disease .as set by the trip
leader; for acting in a manner considerate of fellow group members and the
countries visited. Smoking is not permitted in buses, cars, below decks on
boats, tented camps, and other designated non-smoking areas. AIRLINE
RESPONSIBILITY. The airlines concerned are not to be held responsible for any
act, omission, or event during the time passenger is not on board their planes
or conveyances. The passenger contract in use by the airline concerned, when
issued, shall constitute the sole contract between the airline and the purchaser
of their programs and/or passenger. Similar responsibility as noted above
applies to all types of carriers.
TRIP MEMBER’S AGREEMENT REGARDING COMPLETE ASSUMPTION OF RISTRIP MEMBER’S
AGREEMENT REGARDING COMPLETE ASSUMPTION OF RISK OF TRAVEL AND RELE PKT TOURS
USA, INC. LIABILITY (cont.)
I acknowledge that the cost of all PKT TOURS USA, Inc. trips has been based upon
Trip Participants executing this Complete Assumption of Risk of Travel and
Release of Liability. I have voluntarily agreed to participate in a PKT TOURS
USA, Inc. trip and willingly execute this document. I absolutely understand its
contents and legal ramifications, especially those pertaining to my full
assumption of the risk of travel and my release of PKT TOURS USA, Inc. from any
and all liability to the maximum extent permitted by law. I confirm that I have
read, fully understand, and agree to all of the terms and conditions contained
in General Information, Terms, and Conditions; and Limitation of Liability,
especially noting the policies on cancellations and refunds, limitations of
liability, participant responsibility, and airline responsibility. I also
confirm that I will have fully read and understood my responsibilities as
outlined in the Pre-departure information prior to trip departure and consulted
a physician about appropriate medical preparation. Additionally, he has
certified that I am physically able to do this trip. I understand that all Trip
applications are subject to acceptance by PKT TOURS USA, Inc., Los Angeles,
California, USA. I agree that in the unlikely event that a dispute of any kind
arises between myself and PKT TOURS USA ,Inc The following conditions will
apply: (a) The dispute will be submitted to a neutral third party mediator in
Los Angeles, California with both parties splitting equally the cost of such
mediator. If the dispute cannot mediation then (b) the dispute will for binding
arbitration to the American Arbitration Association in Los Angeles, California;
(c) the dispute will be governed by and (d) the maximum amount of recovery to
which I will be entitled under any and all circumstances will be the sum of the
land and air cost of my trip with PKT TOURS USA, Inc. I agree that this is a
fair and reasonable limitation on the damages, of any sort whatsoever, that I
may suffer. ________(Initial) I agree that in the event any part or portion of
this Trip Member’s Agreement Regarding Complete Assumption of Risk of Travel and
Release of PKT TOURS USA, Inc. Liability is found to be void or unenforceable,
then such part or portion will be stricken but the rest of the Agreement will be
given full force and effect.