Terms and Conditions

Mongoliantours.com LLC, based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (“MongolianTours LLC”), operates a website under www.mongoliantours.com (including its social media channels and mobile applications, jointly the “Platform”) where travel operators (“Operators”) can offer, promote, market and sell package tours within the meaning of travel company  special licensed by “Mongolian Tourism Association” and registered users of the Platform (the “Traveler” or “you”). Travelers can also use the Platform to evaluate and compare Operators and their tours, participate in competitions, write reviews and enjoy other related offers (together “Mongoliantours.com”).

These terms and conditions apply to all Mongoliatours.com Services and govern the rights and obligations arising out of the Traveler’s use of the Platform.

By accessing, browsing or using the Platform, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. Please read these terms and conditions and our (need link)privacy policy carefully.

A) Terms of Use of the Platform

Mongoliatours.com operates the Platform on which Operators can offer and market travel services such as multi day tours, adventure trips, luxury travels and other travel activities (individually or jointly “Travel Adventures”)

The Mongoliatours.com Services are solely for persons who are aged 18 years or older. Any access to or use of the Platform by anyone under 18 years is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Services and the Platform you guarantee that you are 18 years or older.

If you are acting on behalf of a company or another legal entity you guarantee that you are legally entitled to accept these terms and conditions in their name.

Prohibited Conduct

Mongoliatours.com Services are only available for private, non-commercial use. It is not allowed to sell, re-sell, re-use or commercially use content, information, software, products or services available on our Platform.

Further, it is prohibited to:

Use bots, crawlers, scrapers or other automated means (besides authorized use of our API) to access or interact with the Platform or generally collect data or content not in connection with your booking.

Circumvent established security or technological barriers in place to protect the Platform and it’s content.

Decrypt, decompile, reverse engineer or copy the website and Platform.

Otherwise compromise or damage the Platform and its proper functioning.

Content and Intellectual Property

TourRadar may, in its sole discretion, permit you to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit text, graphics, images, video or other materials (“Content”) on the Platform and through the Mongoliantours Services. By making available any Content, you agree that Mongoliatours.com may use the Content on the Platform, in particular for promotional materials and publications. You hereby grant to TourRadar a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to publicly display or otherwise use the Content for the aforementioned purpose. Mongoliatours.com does not claim any ownership rights in any such Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit the Content.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all Content that you make available on the Platform or through the Mongoliantours Services. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (a) you either are the sole and exclusive owner of all Content or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to Mongoliantours the rights in such Content, as contemplated under these terms and conditions; and (b) neither the Content nor your posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the Content or Mongoliantours use of the Content (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Services will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other proprietary or intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.

It is not allowed to upload or submit Content that (i) is illegal, pornographic, incites hate, obscene or defamatory; (ii) contains commercial content, especially advertisement or marketing for other good or services (iii) infringes intellectual property rights of others (iv) contains viruses, malware, trojan horses or other infested files.TourRadar is not obliged to check any Content ex-ante. Content that violates this clause can be blocked or removed immediately without notice.

Termination

Mongoliatours and registered users can terminate the usage contract anytime with immediate effect. Please send an email to info@mongoliantours.com and we will delete your account.

In case of a termination TourRadar is not obliged to delete or revert any content posted by the Traveler on the Platform.

Rights and obligations of existing Travel Adventures are not affected by such a termination.

B) Terms for Travel Adventures – The Role of Mongoliantours.com

The combination of travel services offered to you are packages within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2015/2302.

Additionally, as required by law, the Operator has to have protection in place to refund your payments and, where transport is included in the package, to ensure your repatriation in the event that it becomes insolvent.

The Travel Adventures are independently created, offered and carried out by the Operators at their own discretion and responsibility. Mongoliantours is solely acting as a commercial agent for the Operators. Mongoliantours LLC is not an Operator, nor a provider of Travel Adventures, nor a representative or proxy of an Operator nor an insurer. Mongoliantours.com does not own, sell, resell, furnish, provide, manage or control any transportation, tour or travel services and does not act as an agent to the Travelers.

Mongoliantours LLC has no control over the behavior of Operators, Travelers and other users of the platform.

It is the responsibility of the traveler to be in possession of a valid travel identification along with any necessary visa at the time of the travel. The Traveler is also responsible for compliance with applicable health requirements and recommended or obligatory vaccinations.

Conclusion of a Contract, Documents & Information

Travel Adventures are booked directly with the respective Operator. The current Operators terms and conditions apply.

By clicking on “Book now” you are submitting a binding offer for the selected Travel Adventure to the respective Operator. The Travel Adventure contract is concluded by the Operator accepting your offer (“Booking”). In this case the contract is concluded directly between the Traveler and the Operator.  The contract text and your booking data are saved by Mongoliantours.com to process the contractual relationship.

The Operators will confirm or reject a booking request within 24 to 72 hours during which time your offer is binding. As soon as the booking transaction is completed (including successful (down) payment), the Traveler receives a booking confirmation via email with a summary of the contract.

Booking on request: In certain circumstances you are informed that a booking is “on request” (which is usually the case with Travel Adventures booked shortly before the start of the trip). In this case the Operator needs up to 5 Business days to ensure that all components of the Travel Adventure can be confirmed. In case of such a Booking on request the Traveler is bound to his offer until the Operator either accepts or rejects the booking. The Operators’ cancellation and payment terms apply from the moment of your request. If the request is accepted, you will be billed for the full amount. If the Operator cannot confirm your request, you will receive a full refund of any amounts already paid.

Special requests by the Traveler are non-binding, as long as they have not been confirmed by the Operator. Mongoliantours.com will forward special requests and inquiries of the Traveler to the Operator. A binding performance commitment however is only available upon confirmation by the respective Operator.

Your Responsibilities

When using the Mongoliantours.com Services, you undertake to provide all required personal information in a timely, complete and truthful manner. In particular, you will provide upfront information on all circumstances and restrictions affecting the performance of the services by Mongoliantours.com and the Operator (e.g. special needs such as food intolerance, restricted mobility or state of health).

The Traveler undertakes to check all contractual documents transmitted by means of the Mongoliantours.com Services (e.g. travel contract, booking confirmation, vouchers) for factual correctness and completeness (spelling mistakes, e.g. name, date of birth, special travel requirements) and to report any recognizable errors or defects in the activity of Mongoliantours.com immediately.

Travelers with restricted mobility, pregnant Travelers and Travelers who require special medical care must inform Mongoliantours of their special needs at least 48 hours before the start of the journey.

Travelers must immediately report any perceived breach of contract, so that the respective Operator can be put in a position to quickly remedy any non-conformity which can be addressed with reasonable effort. The Traveler is advised to file any complaints in writing using the Mongoliantours.com Services and in particular the Booking Management Page. If the Traveler fails to report a lack of conformity, it can be prejudicial to the Traveler. The mere report of a lack of conformity alone does not trigger any legal obligations on the side of Mongoliantours or the Operator.

The Traveler is obliged to pay the contractually agreed fees in due time and will indemnify and hold Mongoliantours harmless for any damage caused by delay.

The Traveler must inform Mongoliantours without delay in the event that he receives payments arising from claims for damages or price reduction due to breach of contract.

Payments

If applicable and available, certain Operators offer the opportunity for Bookings to be paid (wholly or partly and as required under the payment policy of the Operator) to the Operator during the Booking process by means of secure online payment (all to the extent offered and supported by your bank). For certain products and services, Mongoliantours facilitates (through third party payment processors) the payment of the relevant product or service (i.e. the payment facilitation service) for and on behalf of the Operator (Mongoliantours never acts nor operates as the merchant of record). Payment is safely processed from your credit/debit card or bank account to the bank account of the Operator through a third party payment processor. Any payment facilitated by us for and on behalf of, and transferred to the Operator will in each case constitute a payment of (part of) the booking price by you of the relevant product or service in final settlement of such (partial) due and payable price and you cannot reclaim such paid monies.

Mongoliantours.com reserves the right to offer to the Traveler particularly advantageous payment options (e.g. installment payment models) itself or through a payment service provider. If you accept, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions specified and communicated by Mongoliantours or the payment service provider.

Trip cancellations and refunds

If the Operator does not confirm the requested Booking or if an Operator cancels an existing Booking, all authorizations made on the Traveler’s (credit) card will be automatically released and/or all amounts collected through another payment method will be refunded to the Traveler within 14 days.

As soon as the Operator confirms a Booking, the Operator’s cancellation and payment conditions apply. Please read the important information on the Booking Detail Page, Booking Management Page and in your booking confirmation regarding the Operator’s terms and conditions carefully. Any cancellation must be made through the Mongoliantours Services (booking management page).

Complaints and claims from the Traveler in relationship to Travel Adventures will be handled by the Operators via the Mongoliantours.com Services.

Important information on insurance for package travel

When booking Travel Adventures well in advance, unforeseeable things can happen. Mongoliantours.com recommends that all Travelers conclude the following insurance policies which are not part of any Travel Adventure:

Travel cancellation insurance in order to minimize financial risk in case of cancellation by the Traveler before departure.

Travel interruption insurance in order to minimize financial risk in case of a travel interruption by the Traveler after departure

Adequate health insurance

Mongoliantours.com as an intermediary is particularly not liable for:

the Operator’s performance under the Travel Adventure contract;

for the provision of a service that is outside of the scope of the booked Travel Adventure;

for additional services booked by the Traveler on his own risk and account after departure.

Mongoliantours.com is not liable for booking errors (e.g. typographical errors) that are caused by the Traveler or that are caused by unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances.

Electronic correspondence

The delivery address for notifications and all official correspondence from Mongoliantours.com to you is the contact information (E-mail address) you have last entered into your Mongoliantours.com account details. You are obliged to update any changes without delay.

Contact and Complaints

The Traveler can also send messages, requests and complaints in regards to the performance of a Travel Adventure to Mongoliantours.com as the retailer. Mongoliantours.com will forward those messages, requests and complaints without delay to the Operator. For the purpose of deadlines any message delivered to Mongoliantours.com shall be deemed as duly delivered to the Operator.

Mongoliantours.com advises you to first notify Mongoliantours.com of any complaints by contacting Mongoliantours Customer Support team by using your Mongoliantours.com Booking Conversation page.