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This Disclaimer (Disclosure Statement) is valid from 17 December 2022. (Last Updated: 17 December 2022)

Overview - Who We Are

For the purposes of this Disclaimer:

  • Suitcase Escapes operated as Suitcase Escapes ABN 77 303 398 792 and found at https://www.suitcaseescapes.com is a personal collaborative blog created, written and edited by John and Raeleen Ronan (also referred to within as “we”, “us”, “our”, “Suitcase Escapes”, or the “owner(s)”).
  • Website refers to Suitcase Escapes, accessible from https://www.suitcaseescapes.com
  • “You” means the individual user accessing the Website, Suitcase Escapes, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website, as applicable.

The content available on or through this Website is distributed by Suitcase Escapes for general information purposes only. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Suitcase Escapes makes no statement, representation, or warranty about the quality, accuracy, context, completeness, availability or suitability for any purpose of, and you should not rely on, any content available on or through this Website. Despite our best efforts, Suitcase Escapes makes no warranties that the content available on or through this Website is free of infection by computer viruses or other contamination, to the maximum extent permitted by law. Suitcase Escapes disclaims, to the maximum extent permitted by law, all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages and costs you or any other person might incur for any reason including as a result of the content available on or through this Website is in any way inaccurate, out of context, incomplete, unavailable, not up to date or unsuitable for any purpose. Suitcase Escapes reserves the right to make additions, deletions, or modifications to the content on the Website at any time without prior notice.

Social Media

This disclaimer also covers the below social media channels owned, managed and administered by John and Raeleen Ronan, under the business operated as Suitcase Escapes ABN 77 303 398 792.

These social media channels strive to abide by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Guidelines and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Guidelines for online influencers. For questions about this Website and its related social media channels, please contact us.

Errors and Omissions

The information given by Suitcase Escapes is for general guidance on matters of interest only. Even if Suitcase Escapes takes every precaution to ensure that the content of the Website is both current and accurate, errors can occur. Plus, given the changing nature of laws, rules and regulations, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in the information contained on the Website.

Suitcase Escapes is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information.

External Links

The Website may contain links to external websites that are not provided or maintained by or in any way affiliated with Suitcase Escapes. While we strive to provide only quality links to useful and ethical websites, we have no control over the content and nature of these sites, nor does Suitcase Escapes guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any information on these external websites.

These links to other websites do not imply a recommendation for all the content found on these sites. Site owners and content may change without notice and may occur before we could remove a link that may have gone ‘bad’.

Please be also aware that when you leave the Website, other sites may have different privacy policies and terms that are beyond our control. Please be sure to check the Privacy Policies of these sites as well as their “Terms of Service” before engaging in any business or uploading any information.

Views Expressed

The Website (and its social media channels) may contain views expressed by Suitcase Escapes.

The Website (and its social media channels) may also contain views and opinions which are those of you, as the user or author, and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other author, agency, affiliates, organisation, employer or company, including Suitcase Escapes.

Comments that are published by you are your sole responsibility and you will take full responsibility, liability and blame for any libel or litigation that results from something written in or as a direct result of something written in a comment. Suitcase Escapes is not liable for any comment published by you and reserve the right to delete any comment for any reason whatsoever.

Compensation

This Website does accept forms of paid advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. It may also accept free products, services, travel, event tickets and other forms of compensation from third parties. This Website and our social media channels abide by word-of-mouth marketing standards. We believe in transparency of opinion, association, and source. Any compensation received may influence the content, advertising space, sponsorships, topics or posts presented on this Website and made to our social media channels. Such content, topics or posts will be clearly identified as non-paid, paid or sponsored content. For example:

DISCLOSURE: This is a sponsored post brought to you by XYZ. The opinions are completely our own honest and unbiased reviews based on our personal experience.

The owner(s) of this Website and these social media channels may be compensated (cash or in-kind payment) to provide opinions on or review products, services, websites and various other topics. However, irrespective of receiving compensation or not, we always give our honest and unbiased opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those products, services, websites and various other topics. Such content, topics or posts will be clearly identified as non-paid, paid or sponsored content. For example:

DISCLOSURE: We were paying guests for this activity. All views, opinions and photos unless otherwise stated are our own and remain copyrighted to Suitcase Escapes. Learn more.

The views and opinions expressed on this Website and through these social media channels are those of the owner(s). Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

Affiliate Links

In some instances, Suitcase Escapes may include links to affiliate websites in posts where we recommend specific products or services we deem to be travel-related, such as flights, accommodation, travel-related gear, tours, activities or experiences. If you purchase something through one of our affiliate links, we receive a small affiliate commission at no extra cost to you.

These affiliate links are always disclosed as follows:

DISCLOSURE: Some links below are affiliate links—at no extra cost to you, we earn a small commission when you book through them. Thanks for supporting our site! Learn more.

However, all reviews, recommendations and opinions are our own honest and unbiased opinions and we only endorse or link to products and services that we genuinely recommend.

Conflicts of Interest

This Website does contain content that may represent a conflict of interest. However such content will always be clearly identified.

Refer also to our Privacy Policy regarding this Website and its privacy and spam policy guidelines.

Consent

By using the Website, you hereby consent to our disclaimer and agree to its terms.

Updates

Should we update, amend or make any changes to this Disclaimer, those changes will be prominently posted here.

Contact Us

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