Your use of www.roughguides.com (the “Site”) constitutes acceptance by you of the following Terms and Conditions of Use:
1. Copyright and Trademarks
This Site is owned and operated by The Rough Guides Limited (“Rough Guides”) and the information and materials appearing
on the Site (“the Content”) are displayed for personal, non-commercial use only. All software used on this Site and all Content
included on this Site including, without limitation, site design, text, graphics, audio and video and the selection and arrangement
thereof but excluding any User Generated Content (see below) is the property of Rough Guides or its suppliers and is protected
by international copyright laws.
None of the Content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed
without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading of one copy of extracts from the Site
on any single computer for personal, non-commercial home use only, provided that all copyright and proprietary notices are kept
intact. Modification of any of the Content or use of any of the Content for any purpose other than as set out herein (including
without limitation on any other website or computer network) is prohibited. Requests to republish any of the Content and to use
quotations or extracts from any books published by Rough Guides should be addressed to [email protected].
The names “Rough Guide”, “Rough Guides” “The Rough Guide” “The Rough Guides” and the running man logo are registered
trademarks of The Rough Guides Limited.
2. Access and Use
By using this Site, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will
maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are fourteen (14) years of age or older; and (d) your use of the Site does not
violate any applicable law. We reserve the right to terminate the accounts and remove the profiles of any users that we believe
have breached these Terms and Conditions.
3. Links to third party web sites
The Site may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. These links are included solely
for the convenience of users and do not constitute any endorsement by Rough Guides of the sites linked or referred to, nor does
Rough Guides have any control over the content of any such sites.
4. Disclaimer
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information on the Site is as up-to-date as possible. Some details, however,
such as telephone numbers, opening hours, travel information and website addresses are liable to change. Rough Guides
does not accept any responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this information, nor for any material on third
party websites and cannot guarantee that any third party websites listed will be a suitable source of travel information. In
addition, we have made every effort to ensure that any content sent to and displayed on the website from users, members
and other third parties is appropriate to this website, however we cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, or that it is a suitable
source of travel information. However, we value your comments, views and suggestions very highly so feel free to contact us at [email protected].
The Site is provided by Rough Guides in good faith but Rough Guides does not make any representations or warranties of any
kind, express or implied, in relation to all or any part of the Site or the Content or any websites to which the Site is linked, and all
warranties and representations are hereby excluded to the extent permitted by law.
There is no guarantee that the Site will be free of infection by viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.
To the extent permitted by law, Rough Guides hereby disclaims all liability (howsoever arising) in connection with any loss and/
or damage, arising out of or in connection with any use of, or inability to use, all or any part of the Content, the Site and/or any
website to which the Site is linked, or any action taken (or refrained from being taken) as a result of using any of these.
5. Product Sales and Availability
Sales of Rough Guides products on this Site are facilitated by www.penguin.co.uk or us.dk.com and such sales are
subject to the Terms and Conditions of Sale applicable to those sites. Rough Guides will endeavour to keep this Site up to date
but cannot guarantee that any products displayed for sale on this Site will be in stock and available for purchase at the above-
mentioned sites at all times.
6. Changes to these conditions of use
Rough Guides reserves the right to add to or change these conditions of use and agrees to ensure that a note of the date and
clause number of any such amendments will be included as part of the conditions. Any changes will be posted to this page and
it is your responsibility as a user to ensure that you are aware of any such changes from time to time. Changes will become
effective 24 hours after first posting and you will be deemed to have accepted any change if you continue to access the Site
after that time.
7. User information
We will store and use any of your information that you supply to us in accordance with our Privacy Policy which can be found
here.
8. Submitting Content
This website contains sections where users can submit their own content or materials, for example comments on articles
or blog posts, reviews of books or any other material created and submitted by users (together “User Generated Content”).
Rough Guides does not vet and is not responsible for any User Generated Content posted in any part of the site. Any content,
recommendation or other information comprised in any User Generated Content is viewed and used by you at your own risk and
Rough Guides does not warrant, in any respect, the accuracy or reliability of any such information. The views expressed in User
Generated Content are those of the individuals and are not necessarily those of Rough Guides.
Rough Guides does not moderate content before it is posted but retains the right to delete, move, edit, update or otherwise alter
content in any way, at our discretion and without notice.
By posting your comments, reviews or materials on this site, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, world-wide
licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, distribute and display such content in any format now known or later
developed including, without limitation, on book jackets and in marketing material. If you do not want to grant us these rights,
please do not submit your comments or materials to us.
You may only post content that is proper and appropriate to such areas and you must follow the Rough Guides Community
Guidelines found here. In particular, you may not do any of the following:
- post unlawful, defamatory, obscene, threatening, offensive, harmful or otherwise objectionable content (this includes
text, graphics, video, programs or audio); - delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any content that is posted;
- falsify the origin or source of content that is posted;
- post content in a language other than English;
- post content that violates the legal rights of others, in particular, material that contains the intellectual property rights of
third parties unless you have obtained all necessary licences and consents to use such content; - advertise, promote or offer to sell any goods or services;
- contribute content with the intention of committing or promoting an illegal act;
- use vulgar or offensive user names;
- post content that contains viruses or that may damage Rough Guides’ systems or another user’s computer;
- reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example, email address, telephone number or
postal address).
Rough Guides shall be entitled at any time to delete, remove, or suspend the whole or any part of any User Generated Content
posted on this site without notice and without incurring any liability. If you find objectionable or offensive User Generated
Content on this site please let us know as soon as possible by emailing [email protected].