Joanne Weir Culinary Tour Terms

To Reserve a Place

Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis but are not completed until we receive your initial deposit in the amount specified on the registration page. The deposit is required to reserve a place. The balance of your tour payment is due no later than one hundred and twenty (120) days before the first day the tour begins. This is the “final balance payment date.” You will be notified by email that the final payment date is approaching two weeks prior. The balance shall be paid by personal check or bank wire transfer only.

If the final payment is not received by the final payment date, Joanne Weir LLC reserves the right to cancel your reservation and your deposit will be forfeited.

Price is inclusive of accommodations, cooking classes, excursions, tuition, food, and wine during most meals. The price is also inclusive of transfers to and from the airport. Joanne Weir LLC is not responsible for any other expenses incurred by you in preparing to attend the tour. If you are coming in early or staying later, you are responsible for arranging any other hotel stays and other ground transportation. Prices do not include possible optional trips or special transfers that you may take before. after and/or during the  tour.

Price is quoted on a single occupancy basis. 


Cancellation and Refunds

No refunds will be given for cancellations within one hundred and twenty (120) days of the tour commencement date unless you or Joanne Weir LLC can fill your space with another paying participant by no later than two weeks of the commencement of the tour.  

We strongly getting trip insurance.** 

If the tour needs to be rescheduled to a later date due to Covid-19 related flight restrictions, flight cancellations or otherwise, you will have priority on the rescheduled tour, and may apply your deposit and/or final payment, to the rescheduled tour.  Sixteen is the number of participants for this private tour.  In the event the tour does not receive the minimum number of participants, the total cost for the tour for 16 participants will be divided by the number of participants. 

The quoted price is based on current costs and foreign exchange rates and is therefore subject to change. If there is a price change, you will be notified well in advance.


Responsibility

Services provided by Joanne Weir LLC in connection with the tour, such as lodging and all forms of transportation, are rendered by independent contractors who are not agents or employees of Joanne Weir LLC. Participants expressly agree that Joanne Weir LLC shall not be liable for any delay, mishap, inconvenience, expense, bodily injury or death or damage to property occasioned through the acts, negligence or defaults of any company or individual engaged in providing the services arranged by Joanne Weir LLC. Joanne Weir LLC shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any injury, death or damage for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited Force Majeure, such as to acts of God, detention, war, government regulations or advisory, natural disasters, fire, accidents or other casualty, strikes or threat of strikes, pandemic, epidemic, quarantine, weather, terrorism, civil disturbance, changes in government regulations, etc. Joanne Weir LLC will not be responsible for any belongings/property damaged, lost, or left behind by the participant. Joanne Weir LLC reserves the right to substitute itinerary items of equal value without notice to participants.

By checking the box on the registration form, each participant signifies acceptance of and agreement to be bound by all the terms and conditions.

**It is strongly recommended that participants obtain travel insurance. Please note that travel insurance policies and their provisions vary greatly.