Terms and Conditions of Use

VacationAbode.com assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of information contained in the ads herein. It is suggested that potential renters visit properties in advance to confirm all terms of their intended rental. While we know that it is often difficult to do this, it is the only method we know of for you to guarantee that your vacation rental will meet your needs.

In lieu of visiting the property in advance, we advise renters to ask owners in advance all their particular questions and concerns, prior to entering into a rental agreement. We do not feel that it is out of the question for potential renters to request a list of references or to ask for past renter feedback from the homeowners. At a minimum, be sure to receive in advance written confirmation of the homeowner's policies on matters including advance deposits, security deposits and cancellations, preferably in the form of a rental agreement or lease.

We  welcome  you to  VacationAbode.com!     By  using  or  accessing  VacationAbode.com,   you acknowledge  that  you  agree  to  and  are  subject  to  the following terms and conditions.    If you do  not  fully  agree to these  Terms,  you  may  not access or otherwise use the Site.   You should read through all the Terms carefully.   The Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and VacationAbode.com,  ("VacationAbode.com", "we", "us" or "our").

1. The Site is a Venue.

1.1. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT WE ARE NOT A PARTY TO ANY RENTAL TRANSACTION. We do not own nor can we contract for any vacation rental property listed on the Site. Instead, the Site acts as a venue to allow a member of our Site (each, a "member") to offer for rent, or rent, in a variety of pricing formats, a specific vacation rental property to potential renters (each, a "traveler" and, collectively with a member, the "users"). We are not involved in the actual transaction between travelers and members even though we may from time to time provide tools, such as direct booking, that enable a traveler to enter into a transaction to lease a specific property directly from the member of that property. As a result, the quality, safety or legality of the properties advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings (including the content thereof or any property or guest book review), the ability of members to rent vacation property or the ability of travelers to pay for vacation rental properties are solely the responsibility of the users.

2. Personal Use.

2.1. Although we do charge a fee to members to advertise their vacation rental properties on the Site, we do not charge travelers to access the Site and research listings. Accordingly, we grant users a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to access the Site to, as applicable, advertise vacation rental properties and/or research, view or make legitimate inquiries to members regarding their interest in particular vacation rental properties for their personal use, all in accordance with these Terms. Any other use of the Site is expressly prohibited. Importantly, this license does not include any right of collection, aggregation, copying, duplication, display or derivative use of the Site nor any right of use of data mining, robots, spiders or similar data gathering and extraction tools without our prior written permission; provided, however, that a limited exception from the foregoing exclusion is provided to general purpose internet search engines and non-commercial public archives that use tools to gather information for the sole purpose of displaying hyperlinks to the Site, provided they each do so from a stable IP address or range of IP addresses using an easily identifiable agent and comply with our robots.txt file. "General purpose internet search engine" does not include a website or search engine or other service that provide classified listings or property rental advertisements, or any subset of the same, or which is in the business of providing vacation property rental services.

3. Proprietary Rights and Downloading of Information From the Site.

3.1. The Site is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. The text, files, images, photos, maps and other materials on the Site (collectively, the "content") are only for your personal use. All content on the Site, and the Site itself, is protected by copyright and database rights, and you will abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in or relating to any content on the Site. Copying or storing of any content for other than for your personal, noncommercial use is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission from us or the applicable copyright holder. As part of the rental inquiry process, for you