Legal terms and conditions
By using our site and/or booking any experience from us, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions listed in this page (hereinafter referred to as “Legal Terms”, “Terms”), including those referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. These Legal Terms apply to all users of the site, including without limitation users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, and/or contributors of content.
Please read these Legal Terms carefully before accessing or using our website.
Website ownership
This website is owned by Atyla International Training Ship Foundation, a registered charity with registration nr. 1903, VAT number G87697314 and registration address in Muelle Ramón de la Sota 1, 48011 Bilbao, Spain (hereinafter referred to as “Atyla Ship Foundation”).
Unless the contrary is specified, throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Atyla Ship Foundation.
General conditions
The total or partial reproduction of the contents in this website is prohibited without requesting express authorization for it. The unauthorized use of the information contained in this website, as well as the damages caused to the intellectual and industrial property rights of Atyla Ship Foundation will give rise to the exercise of the corresponding legal actions.
By agreeing to these Legal Terms, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
Booking conditions for day trips, excursions and other experiences
Please be aware that, when you book one or more of day trips, excursions or experiences on our website, you are not paying a transport ticket of any kind, nor are you purchasing a trip as a passenger, nor are you purchasing any type of package travel. The money that you pay is a contribution dedicated to covering the costs of your stay on board.
The terms on our Cancellation policy for day trips and other experiences also apply to this type of booking. When you make your booking you are accepting these terms.
Our trips also include basic insurance for your time on board. This is the ship’s liability insurance (not a policy that we hire in anyone’s name) and covers only the persons on board (independently of who made the booking). Here you can see the details and conditions of this coverage. We still recommend you take personal travel insurance.
We reserve the right to cancel an excursion/experience/event for any reason beyond our control, including, but not limited to severe weather, which may endanger the safety of the vessel and the crew. We will issue a credit note but otherwise accept no liability whatsoever.
Booking conditions for adventure trips (Atyla.org/trips)
Please be aware that, when you book one or more of our adventures or trips, you are not paying a transport ticket of any kind, nor are you purchasing a trip as a passenger, nor are you purchasing any type of package travel. You will be considered a crew member on board, and the money that you pay is a contribution dedicated to covering the costs of staying on board.
Every person that sails with us needs to complete an online embarkation form. The link to that form is included in the booking confirmation email.
This embarkation form contains a list of conditions that everyone needs to accept if they want to embark the ship. Here you can see these Conditions of embarkation.
The terms on our Cancellation policy also apply to all bookings to embark on Atyla. When you make your booking you are accepting these terms.
Our trips also include basic insurance for your time on board. This is the ship’s liability insurance (not a policy that we hire in anyone’s name) and covers only the persons on board (independently of who made the booking). Here you can see the details and conditions of this coverage. We still recommend you take personal travel insurance.
We reserve the right to cancel a trip for any reason beyond our control, including, but not limited to severe weather, which may endanger the safety of the vessel and the crew. We will issue a credit note but otherwise accept no liability whatsoever.
State of the ship and quality of the experience:
We undertake to:
- Ensure that all fire-fighting, lifesaving and safety equipment on board Atyla conforms to statutory requirements.
- Ensure that all risk assessments and policies are up-to-date and reviewed regularly.
- Ensure that the vessel will be under the command of a suitably qualified individual, supported by the required crew.
- Ensure that all permanent crew are checked for criminal records related to child abuse and that safeguarding training is provided to crew members.
- Publish timely, and at latest 1 week before the beginning of the trip/excursion/experience, the date, time and place for embarking and disembarking Atyla on our Timeline.
Accuracy, completeness and timeliness of information
We are not responsible if any information made available on this site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the material on this site is at your own risk.
This site may contain certain historical information. Historical information, necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our site.
Modifications to the services and prices
Prices for our services are subject to change without notice.
We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue our offers (or any part thereof) without notice at any time.
We shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuation of our offers.
The images displayed next to the description of the services we offer on our website are merely representative examples of what the service could be or could include, not being necessarily part of the service.
We reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole judgment, appear to be placed by dealers, resellers or distributors.
Third-party links
Certain content available on our Service may include materials from third parties.
Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third parties.
We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites. Please review carefully the third-party’s policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products should be directed to the third party.
Errors, inaccuracies and omissions
Occasionally there may be information on our site or in our activities that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers, product shipping charges, transit times and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information in the Service or on any related website is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order).
We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information on the website, including without pricing information, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied to the website should be taken to indicate that all information in the Service or on any related website has been modified or updated.
Language of the site and translations
In case of any dispute or error of interpretation, the English version of this website prevails over any of the other translated versions and should be considered the correct one. Some of the versions of the site translated to other languages have not been thoroughly checked, and may contain errors and faulty translations.
Acceptable use
The texts and media on this website are STRICTLY FOR THE PERSONAL USE OF THE USER. Users who access this website are authorised to view all the information and contents offered without downloading or copying any content unless they obtain our express written consent.
You must not:
- use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the website.
- use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
- conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent
- access or otherwise interact with our website using any robot, spider or other automated means, except for the purpose of search engine indexing.
- violate the directives set out in the robots.txt file for our website
- use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing, database marketing and direct mailing).
- publish or otherwise make available data collected from our website elsewhere in any form without our prior consent (including without limitation website content publishing).
- You must ensure that all the information you supply to us through our website, or in relation to our website, is true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading.
Notwithstanding the other paragraphs in this section, you must not use data collected from our website to contact individuals, companies or other persons or entities unless links are expressly provided for this purpose.
Use on behalf of an organisation
If you use our website or expressly agree to these terms and conditions in the course of a business or other organisational project, then by so doing you bind both yourself and the person, company or other legal entity that operates that business or organisational project, to these terms and conditions, and in these circumstances references to “you” in these terms and conditions are to both the individual user and the relevant person, company or legal entity, unless the context requires otherwise.
Trademarks
Atyla Ship, Atyla Ship Foundation our logos and our other registered and unregistered trademarks are trademarks belonging to us; we give no permission for the use of these trademarks, such use may constitute an infringement of our rights and might be persecuted unless permission is obtained by us on writing.
The third-party registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks on our website are the property of their respective owners and, unless stated otherwise in these terms and conditions, we do not endorse and are not affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as such, we cannot grant any licence to exercise such rights.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless our affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of these Legal Terms or the documents they incorporate by reference or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
Third-party rights
A contract under these terms and conditions is for our benefit and your benefit and is not intended to benefit or be enforceable by any third party.
The exercise of the parties’ rights under a contract under these terms and conditions is not subject to the consent of any third party.
Severability
In the event that any provision of these Legal Terms is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Legal Terms, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.
Governing law and disputes
These Legal Terms and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Spanish law and Spanish civil code.
All disputes relating to this agreement are governed by Spanish law. Only the courts of the city of Bilbao (Spain) shall have jurisdiction to hear such disputes.
Changes these Legal Terms
You can review the most current version of the Legal Terms at any time on this page.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Legal Terms by posting updates and changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Legal Terms constitutes acceptance of those changes.
Contact information
Questions about the Legal Terms should be sent to us at atyla@atyla.org