COVID-19 AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
TRÁQUILO: PORTUGAL 2027
Worry-Free Wanderings LLC

These COVID-19 and Communicable or Infectious Disease Terms and Conditions apply to Tranquilo: Portugal 2027 booked through Worry-Free Wanderings LLC, an independent travel agency owned and operated by Stephanie Holmes.

By booking, making payment, or participating in this trip, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms.

1. Assumption of Risk

You understand and acknowledge that travel involves an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, and any strains, variants, or mutations thereof, as well as other communicable or infectious diseases.

A “communicable disease” means any disease or illness caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi that can be spread directly or indirectly from one person to another.

An “infectious disease” means any disease or illness caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi that enter the body, multiply, and may cause infection.

Exposure to COVID-19 or other communicable or infectious diseases may occur in any public or shared setting where people are present, including but not limited to airports, airplanes, hotels, restaurants, motor coaches, trains, tours, museums, attractions, shops, public spaces, group gatherings, and other domestic or international travel environments.

You acknowledge that no precautions can fully eliminate the risk of exposure to COVID-19 or any other communicable or infectious disease while traveling.

2. Voluntary Participation

Your participation in Tranquilo: Portugal 2027 is entirely voluntary.

By choosing to travel, you acknowledge that you have considered your own personal health, risk tolerance, vaccination status, medical history, age, underlying conditions, and any other factors that may affect your risk of illness, injury, complications, or death.

You are responsible for deciding whether to consult a physician or other qualified healthcare provider before traveling.

You acknowledge that exposure to COVID-19 or another communicable or infectious disease may result in illness, injury, quarantine, hospitalization, long-term medical complications, disability, or death, either for yourself or for others you may come into contact with during or after travel.

3. Responsibility to Follow Health and Safety Requirements

You agree to comply with all health and safety requirements, protocols, rules, regulations, advisories, mandates, or instructions issued by any applicable authority or travel supplier.

This may include, but is not limited to, requirements issued by:

1. Airlines
2. Airports
3. Hotels and accommodations
4. Transportation providers
5. Tour operators
6. Guides and activity providers
7. Restaurants and venues
8. Local, regional, national, or international governments
9. Public health authorities
10. Border control or immigration authorities

These requirements may include, but are not limited to:

1. COVID-19 or other disease testing
2. Vaccination documentation
3. Health screening
4. Temperature checks
5. Face coverings or masks
6. Physical distancing
7. Contact tracing
8. Quarantine or isolation
9. Medical evaluation
10. Denial of boarding, entry, transfer, lodging, activity participation, or continued travel
11. Removal from the group or trip if required for health or safety reasons

You acknowledge that requirements may change before or during travel, sometimes without advance notice.

4. Traveler Responsibility for Current Requirements

You are solely responsible for reviewing and complying with all current health, vaccination, testing, documentation, entry, transit, and return requirements for the destinations and transportation providers involved in your trip.

This includes requirements for:

1. Departure from the United States
2. Entry into Portugal
3. Any countries used for transit or layovers
4. Airline travel
5. Hotel stays
6. Tours, activities, or other services
7. Return to the United States or onward travel after the trip

Worry-Free Wanderings LLC may provide general reminders or links as a courtesy, but you agree that you will not rely solely on Worry-Free Wanderings LLC to identify, explain, monitor, or update you on all health and travel requirements.

5. Denial of Travel, Boarding, Entry, or Participation

You understand that airlines, governments, hotels, transportation providers, tour operators, guides, restaurants, venues, or other suppliers may deny you boarding, entry, service, lodging, participation, or continued travel if you fail to meet health, testing, vaccination, documentation, or safety requirements.

You also understand that you may be denied participation if you display symptoms of illness, test positive for COVID-19 or another communicable or infectious disease, are exposed to someone who is ill, fail a health screening, refuse to comply with health protocols, or are otherwise determined by a supplier or authority to present a health or safety concern.

Worry-Free Wanderings LLC is not responsible for any denial of boarding, entry, service, participation, lodging, transportation, or continued travel.

6. Quarantine, Isolation, Medical Care, and Additional Costs

You acknowledge that if you become ill, test positive, are exposed to illness, fail a health screening, or are required to quarantine or isolate, you may incur additional expenses.

These expenses may include, but are not limited to:

1. Medical care
2. Testing
3. Quarantine or isolation lodging
4. Additional meals
5. Transportation
6. Missed tours or activities
7. Rebooking fees
8. New flights
9. Extended hotel stays
10. Additional travel insurance costs
11. Costs for a travel companion or caregiver
12. Lost wages or other personal expenses

You are solely responsible for all such costs.

Worry-Free Wanderings LLC is not responsible for reimbursing or paying for any costs related to illness, quarantine, isolation, testing, medical treatment, denied boarding, denied entry, missed services, delayed return, or additional travel arrangements.

7. Changes, Cancellations, or Interruptions Related to Illness or Public Health

You acknowledge that COVID-19 or other communicable or infectious diseases may cause trip delays, changes, substitutions, cancellations, interruptions, closures, border restrictions, government actions, supplier limitations, staffing shortages, or other disruptions.

Worry-Free Wanderings LLC and its suppliers reserve the right to make changes to the itinerary or travel arrangements if necessary for health, safety, operational, legal, or supplier-related reasons.

Such changes may include, but are not limited to:

1. Changing hotels
2. Changing transportation
3. Modifying tours or activities
4. Adjusting group schedules
5. Canceling or substituting experiences
6. Requiring health screenings
7. Removing a traveler from group participation
8. Assisting with alternate arrangements when reasonably possible

Refunds are not guaranteed and will depend on supplier policies, recoverable amounts, travel insurance coverage, and the specific circumstances.

8. Travel Insurance

Worry-Free Wanderings LLC strongly recommends that all travelers purchase comprehensive travel insurance.

Travel insurance should be purchased shortly after paying the trip deposit, especially if the traveler wishes to explore time-sensitive benefits such as pre-existing condition waivers or cancel for any reason coverage, when available.

Travelers should carefully review whether their selected policy includes coverage for:

1. COVID-19 or other illness
2. Trip cancellation
3. Trip interruption
4. Emergency medical care
5. Emergency medical evacuation
6. Quarantine or isolation expenses
7. Travel delay
8. Missed connections
9. Additional lodging
10. Rebooking costs
11. Cancel for any reason coverage, if desired and available

Worry-Free Wanderings LLC is not an insurance company and cannot guarantee whether any claim will be approved or denied.

If you decline to purchase travel insurance or purchase a policy that does not cover your loss, you accept full financial responsibility for all related costs and losses.

9. Release of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you voluntarily assume all risks associated with exposure to COVID-19 and any other communicable or infectious disease before, during, or after travel.

You, on behalf of yourself, your heirs, assigns, personal representatives, and any minors or other travelers for whom you are responsible, release, waive, and agree to hold harmless Worry-Free Wanderings LLC, Stephanie Holmes, and their members, officers, agents, contractors, representatives, and affiliates from any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, illness, injury, disability, death, quarantine, isolation, denied boarding, denied entry, trip interruption, cancellation, delay, or other harm arising out of or related in any way to COVID-19 or any other communicable or infectious disease.

This release applies whether such claims arise before, during, or after travel, and whether caused by exposure, infection, spread, public health requirements, supplier actions, government restrictions, travel delays, closures, quarantine, isolation, or other related circumstances, except where prohibited by law.

10. Agreement

By booking, making payment, submitting a reservation form, or participating in Tranquilo: Portugal 2027, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these COVID-19 and Communicable or Infectious Disease Terms and Conditions.