Terms & Condition
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. PKT
TOURS 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 deposit check.
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.
CANCELLATIONS/REFUNDS
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
RISK OF TRAVEL AND RELEASE OF 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. ________(Initials)
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.