Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Journey Smartly is a travel blog that publishes articles on a variety of topics, created by our team or submitted by various contributors. Journey Smartly is NOT a travel agency, tour operator, airline, resort, or hotel.

General

  1. By using Journey Smartly, you accept and agree to abide by these Terms effective from your first use of this site. If you disagree with any of these Terms, please leave this website and do not access, contribute to, or use any information posted here.
  2. All copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on Journey Smartly and its content belong to Journey Smartly or its licensors (including contributors), unless otherwise stated. None of these may be reproduced, duplicated, posted, stored electronically, or archived except for personal, non-public use without Journey Smartly’s and/or the contributor’s express written consent.
  3. Images The images used on this site are royalty-free and sourced from Unsplash, Pixabay or Pexels. These images can be used in accordance with their terms of use. 3. If you own one or more pictures, texts, or other materials posted on this site and want them taken down, please let us know, and we will gladly cooperate. 4. You agree that Journey Smartly may modify these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy at any time without notice. It is your responsibility to check or review these Terms for such revisions or changes. Your continued use of the blogs/sites after changes are made will constitute your acknowledgement of the modifications and your consent to abide by the updated Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
  4. If you own one or more pictures, texts, or other materials posted on this site and want them taken down, please let us know, and we will gladly cooperate.
  5. You agree that Journey Smartly may modify these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy at any time without notice. It is your responsibility to check or review these Terms for such revisions or changes. Your continued use of the blogs/sites after changes are made will constitute your acknowledgement of the modifications and your consent to abide by the updated Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy

This section explains our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of our site, including but not limited to Journey Smartly.

  1. By using Journey Smartly and partner blogs, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
  2. While using our Site, you may be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your name and email address (“Personal Information”).
  3. You allow us to use your Personal Information for improving, analyzing, and marketing the site.
  4. Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our blogs (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, device type, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, visit duration, and other statistics. We may use third-party services, including but not limited to Google Analytics and the Sumo plugin.
  5. We may use your Personal Information to send you newsletters, analyze traffic, or support our marketing or promotional efforts like polls.
  6. When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address, user agent, referrer, site URL, and browser user agent string to help spam detection and prevention. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
  7. If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the website.
  8. We use cookies to collect information. Cookies are files with data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our site fully.
  9. If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. If you have an account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
  10. Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
  11. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
  12. Comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
  13. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
  14. We use third-party vendors, including Google, who use cookies to serve ads based on users’ previous visits to our website. Google’s use of the advertising cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
  15. Users may opt out of the use of the advertising cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ad Settings.
  16. We obtain active consent from users for the use of cookies. This means you will be prompted to click to accept cookies when you visit our site. You can also revoke your consent at any time by changing your browser settings or following the instructions provided on our website.

Ads and Affiliate Products

  1. Journey Smartly contains advertisements (“Ads”) by various third-party brands, agencies, corporations, or entities (“Advertiser”).
  2. When you view or book with the Advertiser, we may earn a payment commission. This income allows us to keep this blog FREE for the public.
  3. It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the rules, restrictions, terms, and conditions of the Advertiser before making a reservation, booking, or purchase. It is essential to read and understand their terms.
  4. Journey Smartly is only a publishing channel and is NOT the Advertiser and not the owner of the Ads. We only serve as the channel between you and the Advertiser. You waive, release, indemnify, hold harmless, and discharge Journey Smartly and its staff from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions, rights of actions, or legal proceedings whatsoever, whether personal to you or to a third party, should you encounter any untoward incident due to purchase of the product or participation in the offer of the Advertiser. Complaints and other concerns are between you and the Advertiser only.
  5. You declare that you are of legal age and are legally authorized to enter into contractual obligations and have the authority or consent to act on behalf of the persons included in your purchase, reservation, or booking. Minors must be guided by an adult.
  6. You agree that you are responsible for the information you provide during the purchase, reservation, or booking process. You guarantee that the information you provide is truthful and accurate.
  7. Journey Smartly and the Advertiser reserve the right to refuse service to minors traveling alone and customers with a record of disregarding safety, becoming abusive, or inflicting damage to the environment in previous trips.

Visiting and Consuming Content

  1. Although we do our best to keep the content of our blogs updated, it is your responsibility to double-check the accuracy, feasibility, or timeliness of the information directly with the concerned establishment, authority, or organization (e.g., government, immigration department, tourism board, airline, hotel, application, brand, website). For example, some prices, schedules, and other data may have changed since the time of writing. Cross-check with official sources before making any action.
  2. Journey Smartly cannot always verify if the information posted on this website, including affiliate products, travel and tour packages, and other products and services, is legitimate, legal, accurate, or even existent. Please practice caution when dealing with ad-owners, especially when sending money and planning trips.
  3. Journey Smartly is not responsible for your safety.
  4. Journey Smartly is monetized and earns through ads, sponsored content, affiliate links, and other means, including visits, leads, and conversions, among others.
  5. You waive, release, indemnify, hold harmless, and discharge Journey Smartly and its staff from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions, rights of actions, or legal proceedings whatsoever, whether personal to you or to a third party, should you encounter any untoward incident due to participation in this site.
  6. The information, images, and other materials posted on ad entries were sent in by ad agencies, brands, and other companies. We cannot verify that such materials are legally owned by those who submit them to us.
  7. You are solely responsible for any content or information you publish.
  8. Journey Smartly and its partner sites, pages, and accounts reserve the right to remove your post at any time without notice.

Contact us

You can reach the admins by sending an email to journeysmartlyentreprise@gmail.com