The details of your (“Customer”, “you” or “your”) travel booking (“Package Tour”) with TravelConnect.sg Pte Ltd (“Company”, “us”, “we” or “our”) will be set out in the Pax Statement to be issued to you upon making a reservation with us. The Pax Statement should be read together with these terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”), which apply to all tours, unless otherwise specifically stated. Additional terms (“Addenda”) may also apply to cruise holidays and specialty tours. Please carefully review these Terms and Conditions, as well as the terms of any applicable Addenda, before making your reservation. By making a reservation with us, you are deemed to have read, understood and accepted these Terms and Conditions, and the terms of any applicable Addenda.

1 Reservation, Deposit and Full Payment

To make a reservation, you need to place a deposit with us for yourself and each person accompanying you on the Package Tour. This deposit will form part of your final payment. The minimum deposit is specified in the table below. You will be notified should a higher deposit be required for your specific booking.

Type of Package Tour	Minimum deposit per traveller (“Minimum Deposit”)
All Trips	$200 (Non-Refundable)
	$100 (Non-Refundable & Non-Transferable)

Payment of the deposit and confirmation of the reservation does not constitute confirmation of the Package Tour. All Package Tours are subject to a minimum group size (to be determined by us, in our absolute discretion) before the Package Tour is confirmed. If the minimum group size is not achieved at least 14 days before the scheduled departure date for a Package Tour, we shall be entitled to cancel all reservations for the Package Tour in accordance with clause 3 below.

We will notify you as soon as possible once your Package Tour has been confirmed. Unless otherwise agreed or notified by us, following confirmation of your Package Tour, you must make full payment for your Package Tour at least 45 days before the designated departure date. If you fail to make full payment by the stipulated deadline, we shall be entitled to treat your reservation as cancelled and to impose a cancellation fee, in accordance with clause 2 below, and to apply the deposit toward settlement of the cancellation fee, with any balance owing to be payable within 7 days, without any recourse by you against us.

2 Cancellation by Customer

Unless otherwise stated in the invoice, you may cancel your reservation, in writing to info@travelconnect.sg, at any time before the designated departure date, subject to payment of a cancellation fee to us, to be computed based on the table below. In such event, you shall additionally be responsible for any non-refundable airport taxes and miscellaneous surcharges imposed by the relevant airline(s). Should there be a refund of airport taxes or miscellaneous surcharges by the airline(s), we shall be entitled to charge an administrative fee of S$50, to be deducted from the refunded amount, for processing the refund. 

Please note that any of the following changes made, less than 3 months from the departure date, is considered a cancellation and a cancellation fee will apply:

1. Change in Departure Date
2. Change in Traveller’s name (other than correction of typographical errors)
3. Change in Tour Package

No. of days between departure and receipt of cancellation notice	Cancellation fee per person
45 days and above	100% of Minimum Deposit ($200)
31 – 44 days	50% of full Package price
22 – 30 days	75% of full Package price
21 days or less	100% of full Package price

The above cancellation fees apply if the air-tickets are not issued. If the air-tickets are issued, the value of the air-tickets will be added onto the cancellation fees. The Company reserves the right to issue air-tickets without prior notice. If the deposit amount is insufficient to cover the cancellation fee, the Customer must pay for the difference. Any waiver or reduction of cancellation charges on goodwill, (such as death, serious illnesses, etc) is at the discretion of Company and subject to the conditions imposed by the major suppliers (such as hotels, airlines, etc). Supporting documents for the reason of cancellation is required. Any refunds to be made will only be processed minimum 2 months upon request for cancellation.

3 Cancellation by Company

Please note that the Company is merely acting as an intermediary to engage the services of third party service providers in respect of your Package Tour. Even after full payment for a Package Tour has been made, all Package Tour arrangements are still subject to final confirmation by the relevant third-party service provider(s). We shall endeavour to notify you, at least 14 days before the scheduled departure date, if, due to any unforeseen circumstance(s), any Package Tour arrangement cannot be finalised, needs to be changed by us or your reservation has to be cancelled. In such case, we may, but shall not be obliged to, recommend alternative Package Tours to either the same or another destination. Please note that additional charges may apply for such alternative Package Tours and you will be advised accordingly of all such charges before having to make any election. If no alternatives are offered or should you decide not to accept any alternative offered, we will fully refund you in the form of travel credit for the Package Tour.

4 Enforced Amendment to OR Cancellation of Package Tour
due to Pandemics

You shall be fully liable and responsible for all losses, costs, damages, expenses (including due to any delay), inconvenience, personal injury, or additional payments you and/or any member of your travel group sustains as a result of any and all of the following:

• The prevailing travel restrictions imposed by the Singapore government or the governments of countries you are visiting under the Package Tour from time to time; and/or
• You and/or any member of your travel group’s contracting of a communicable disease which, as a result of or in connection with the travel restrictions referred to in Clause 4.1, would prevent you and/or such member of your travel group from partaking in any component of the Package Tour in any way, including but not limited to flights between countries (including Singapore).

This clause shall not apply  if the losses, costs, damages, expenses (including due to any delay), inconvenience, personal injury, inconvenience, or additional payments referred to in the said Clause are deemed, in our sole and absolute discretion, to have been caused by our gross negligence.

5 Refund Policy on Unused Portion of Package Tour

No refund, either in full or in part, will be made with respect to all arrangements for accommodation, meals, sightseeing tours or other services which are included in the Package Tour fare but not utilised by the traveller, or where the traveller amends, cancels or otherwise varies such arrangement after commencement of the Package Tour. If, after a Package Tour has departed, any service(s) in the itinerary cannot be fulfilled or any change(s) to the itinerary are necessitated for any reason(s) beyond our control, especially during peak seasons or upon the occurrence of a force majeure event, such as an act of God, earthquake, fire, tsunami or other natural disasters, weather conditions, war, civil unrest or terrorist attacks, government or legislative actions, strikes and labour unrest, diseases or pandemics, compulsory quarantines, or other similar event(s) (“Force Majeure Event”), we reserve the right to make reasonable changes to the itinerary, but shall endeavour where possible to arrange for the provision of a comparable alternative service. Any additional expense resulting from such changes shall be payable by you and any resulting saving will be refunded by us to you. Should you reject our offer of an alternative service, we shall not be obliged to refund any fee paid by you in respect of the unfulfilled service(s), but may do so, on a case-by-case basis.

6 Refund Payment Mode

For payments made in cash or via NETS, cheque or bank transfer, refunds will be made by way of cheque or bank transfer and will generally be processed within 2 to 4 weeks from the date of cancellation. For credit card payments, refunds will be made via the respective credit card company and will generally be processed within 4 to 6 weeks from the date of cancellation. The refund process may take longer during peak seasons, due to the increase in transaction volume.

7 Travel Documents and Travel Insurance

Passport and Other Travel Documents

Subject to this clause, each traveller is solely responsible for ensuring that his or her passport or other travel document is valid for at least 6 months from the expected date of departure from the last point of departure in the itinerary and that he or she has all necessary visas, permits, passes, licenses, vaccinations, health certificates and/or other documents or approvals as may be required by the applicable governmental authorities of the destination country(ies) in the Package Tour. If a reservation has to be cancelled because the traveller is unable to obtain a visa or other travel document required, the relevant cancellation fee under clause 2 above will apply. Each traveller is also solely responsible for ensuring that his or her name as provided to the Company and reflected in the Pax Statement tallies with the name in his or her passport or travel document. If any amendment to such name is required, all applicable fees and charges shall be borne by the traveller.

Visa Applications

We may, from time to time, assist a traveller to submit a visa application for a fee, but do not guarantee the outcome or approval of any such application. Different embassies or consulates require varying lengths of time to process visa applications and, accordingly, any traveller seeking our assistance to apply for a visa must check with us as soon as possible on the applicable visa requirements.

Travel Insurance

All travellers are strongly encouraged to obtain a comprehensive travel insurance policy to protect against unforeseen circumstances, such as baggage loss, flight delays, travel agent insolvency and medical emergencies. We shall not be responsible, under any circumstances, for any such matters. Uninsured travelers are required to sign an indemnity form provided by us.

Travel Insurance purchased through TravelConnect.sg will only be issued and processed 3 weeks prior to the departure date.

 

8 Pricing Policies

Validity

All information and prices shown are accurate at the time of print.

Package Tour Fare Inclusions

The Package Tour fare includes airfare, accommodation, airport transfers (if any), meals (if any), sightseeing (if any), airport taxes, airport security taxes, airline insurance surcharges, fuel taxes, customs user fees and service fees as specified by the airlines and airport authorities visa fees (if any) as specified in the Package Tour brochure/itinerary/booking form.

Package Tour Fare Exclusions:

The Package Tour fare does not include travel insurance, laundry services, excess baggage charges, beverages, room service, gratuities to drivers and tour leaders or local guides and tips to hotel porters, and/or any personal expenses as specified in the Package Tour brochure/itinerary/booking form. Please check with us, or your travel advisor, for general information regarding visa fees, gratuities to drivers and tour leaders or local guides, as well as local tipping practices.

Child Fare

Children below the age of 12 (as of the date of return to Singapore) may be eligible for child fare rates in accordance with the applicable third party service provider’s standard terms. Should an extra bed for a child be required, please arrange with us and we will advise on the applicable surcharge, if any.

Promotional Pricing

We may, from time to time, accord discounts and other forms of promotion for our Package Tours. Our policy is to display and confirm all applicable discounts or promotions in our marketing communications and invoices.

Mode of Payment

Payments to us may be made in cash, by NETS or cheques. Cheques will only be accepted if presented to us at least 6 weeks before date of departure. All payments must be made in Singapore Dollars.

Pricing Accuracy

To ensure accuracy in billing, our policy is to clearly list all relevant prices in our invoices and communications materials. We will also clearly indicate any additional charges for extra services that may be incurred by the Customer.

Receipts

We will issue a detailed receipt for every payment made.

9 Feedback Mechanisms

We welcome feedback from our customers. Should you have a complaint on the Package Tour, you should inform our representative during the course of the Package Tour and if matter cannot be resolved after our representative’s best endeavours to do so during the Package Tour, your complaint should be made in writing to the Company at info@travelconnect.sg

10 Marketing Communications

We endeavour to ensure that all our brochures and marketing communications contain sufficient and accurate information regarding our Package Tours, services, prices and promotions. Our terms of sale are readily available on our website.

11 Confidentiality and Privacy

Our privacy policy may be found at https://travelconnect.sg/privacy-policy/, and by your making of a reservation for a Package Tour, you, for yourself and for and on behalf of all persons within your travel group, are deemed to agree to all the terms contained within the same.
We will comply with our privacy policy referred above, and will at all times  comply with all relevant obligations on us governing the collection, use, disclosure and care of your personal data under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012.

We may take photographs and videos of travelers participating in our Package Tours for our advertising and publicity materials (e.g. brochures) or related media programmes (e.g. particularly those involving celebrity Package Tours) and by joining our Package Tours, all travellers shall be deemed to have consented to such collection and/or use on our part. Notwithstanding, any traveller who wishes to withdraw his or her consent to our collection or use of any photographs or videos that may feature such traveller, may notify us at info@travelconnect.sg whereupon we will endeavour, as soon as reasonably practicable, to remove any reference to such traveller from our advertising and publicity materials and/or related media programmes; provided always that we shall not be liable to recall or change any such materials or media programmes which have been produced, publicly distributed or disseminated by us prior to receiving such notice. We shall, correspondingly, be entitled to disallow any traveller from joining a Package Tour expressed to be organised as part of a media programme if such traveller does not expressly consent to the taking and use of his or her photograph or to the filming/recording of the Package Tour.

12 Third Party Providers

We incorporate and rely on the services of airlines, transport companies and third-party service providers for our Package Tours. These Terms and Conditions and all arrangements or bookings relating to the Package Tour are additionally subject, in every respect, to any terms and conditions that may be imposed by these third-party service providers. Whilst we will endeavour to render reasonable assistance to our Customers wherever possible, we have no control over these third-party service providers and shall not be liable, in any way, for any changes made by or acts or omissions on the part of such third party service providers in connection with any Package Tour.

13 Rights, Disclaimers and Indemnity Relating to Tours

Without limiting any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, to the fullest extent permitted by law, we shall not be responsible or assume any liability to any Customer or traveller for any losses, costs, damages, expenses (including due to any delay), inconvenience, additional payments, or personal injury or death of any person (collectively, the “Losses”) arising from any of the following, whether direct or indirect, and whether reasonably foreseeable by us or not:

 

• Any injury, damage, loss or delay affecting any person or property not arising from our own negligence or breach;
• Any losses arising from a breach of these Terms & Conditions
• Any losses arising from or in connection with a breach of these Terms & Conditions by you or any member of your travel group, including but not limited to the failure to perform any of your or their obligations hereunder;
• Without prejudice to the generality of sub-clauses of clause 13, Losses arising from or in connection with actions or omissions of third parties (including but not limited to Third Party Service Providers);
• Without limiting the effect of the clauses in any way, Losses arising as a result of you or any member of your travel group being placed on compulsory quarantine by any government or regulatory authority, or you or any member of your travel group being deported or refused entry by the government or immigration authorities of any country for any reason;
• Any losses sustained by you or any member of your travel group as a result of the prevailing travel restrictions imposed by the Singapore government or the governments of countries you are visiting under the Package Tour from time to time; or you and/or any member of your travel group’s contracting of a communicable disease which, as a result of or in connection with the said travel restrictions, would prevent you and/or such member of your travel group from partaking in any component of the Package Tour in any way, including but not limited to flights between countries (including Singapore);
• Any losses, damage, cost, expense or delay suffered or incurred due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to:

1. 1. Mechanical breakdowns;
   2. A Force Majeure Event;
   3. An Act of God, earthquake, fire, tsunami or other natural disasters
   4. A failure by the Customer or traveller to posess, obtain or maintain any travel documentation required for the Package Tour (e.g. health certificates, visas, valid passports, etc.);
   5. A failure by the Customer or traveller to follow reasonable instructions, including but not limited to noting and complying with specified check-in and check-out and/or meeting places and times.
   6. Government or legislative policies or regulations
   7. Diseases or pandemics, compulsory quarantines
   8. Travel restrictions by the Singapore government or the governments of countries you are visiting under the Package Tour or any event which would render the provision of the Package Tour by us to you impossible or radically different from as contemplated by us at the point of issuance of the Itinerary to you;

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our maximum liability to any Customer or traveller for any loss, damage, cost and/or expense shall in no event exceed the amount of the Package Tour fare paid to and received by us in respect of such Customer or traveller. In no event shall we be liable for any punitive, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage, including loss of production, profit, revenue or contract or loss of or damage to goodwill or reputation.

We reserve the right to withdraw any itinerary or any reservation made and/or to decline or refuse any individual as a member of the Package Tour, if it appears to us, in our absolute discretion, that such individual is likely to endanger the health or safety or impair the comfort and enjoyment of the other members of the Package Tour. You agree to indemnify us, our affiliates and our respective officers, directors and employees, immediately on demand, against all claims, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses, including legal fees (on a full indemnity basis), arising out of any breach of these Terms and Conditions by you.

13 Miscellaneous

We reserve the right to change, amend, insert or delete any of these Terms and Conditions, or policies contained therein, from time to time.