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SECTION 2. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC CHARTER FLIGHTS/DEDICATED VACATION FLIGHTS: Please read and accept the following Terms and Conditions which govern your purchase of a Public Charter Flight. Payment for your travel constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Travel Impressions, Ltd. has made arrangements to sell Public Charter Flights operated by Apple Vacations, LLC ("Operator"), located at 7 Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, PA 19073. Operator has made arrangements for international air transportation to your vacation destination via certified charter carriers filed under Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) regulations. CHARTER DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS: To reserve your vacation, provide the required booking information and pay the applicable deposit per person, including payment of the Cancel for Any Reason Waiver and Travel Protection plan (if selected). For charter vacations booked outside of 45 days of departure, the required deposit is $150 per person. For charter bookings within 45 days of departure, full payment is required at the time of booking. AMENDMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS: If you cancel your vacation or change your departure date, flight, duration, class of service, name, departure city, or destination on a public charter flight, the charges shown below become payable by you. CHARTER CANCELLATION AND CHANGE PENALTIES: Charter per person ($) including taxes and fuel surcharges. Notice received Public Public in advance Charter Charter of departure Cancel Penalties* Booking Changes* 45 days or more $45 $45 44 - 31 days $125 $75 30 - 8 days 100% $250 7 - 0 days 100% $500 *Exclusive of any applicable third party supplier fees that may be up to 100% penalty. Booking change fees apply to departure date, flight, duration, class of service, departure city and destination changes. Charter name change fees/corrections–$25 processing fee plus applicable hotel penalties. Note: Some hotels do not allow name changes. Your travel agent must notify Travel Impressions immediately of any changes or cancellations. All communications pre-departure must be via your travel agent. If you provide a substitute participant on a vacation, cancellation charges will be waived, but change fees apply; restrictions may apply. If the number of individuals occupying a room changes due to an amendment or cancellation, the remaining travelers will be responsible for any additional costs incurred as a result of a change in the per person occupancy rate. If all passengers change it is considered a new booking and cancellation penalties will apply. Suppliers' cancellation provisions on optional tours only allow a refund if cancelled with the notice required by the supplier - see the excursion company for the applicable notice provisions or to arrange a refund. To cover your cancellation and change fees, you may purchase the Cancel for Any Reason Waiver and Travel Protection Plan which must be included in the deposit or at time of booking online. AIR CARRIERS: These special terms and conditions apply to those travel packages where Operator arranges for charter air transportation provided by one or more air carriers. All public charter flights on AeroMexico (B737- 800-159 seats) PC15-111/PC15-112; Alaska Airlines (B737-800-162 seats/B737-900-180 seats) PC14-095/PC15-088; Allegiant Airlines (A319-156 seats) PC15-118; Frontier Airlines (A320-177 seats) PC14- 063/PC14-064; Icelandair (B757-200-183/186 seats) PC15-103; Sunwing Airlines (B737-800-189 seats) PC15-129/PC15-148; Swift Air (B737-400-150 seats) PC15-138; Viva Aerobus (A320-180 seats) PC15-168; Volaris (A319-144 seats) PC15-141; Xtra Airways (B737- 400-150 seats/B737-800-168 seats) PC14-120/PC15-094/PC15-095 are operated by Apple Vacations, LLC. Operator reserves the right to substitute alternate air carriers if necessary. All air travel is subject to the terms and conditions of the operating air carrier. This information is current as of August 2015. For a current listing of our public charter filings, see http://www.travimp.com/about/fair_trade_contract.html or ask your travel agent. Apple Vacations, as the Charter Operator, is the principal, and is not responsible, unless negligent, for the personal injury or property damage caused by any direct air carrier, hotel or other supplier of services in connection with the charter. CANCELLATION OR MAJOR CHANGE: If Operator makes a "major change" or cancels the tour or travel package 10 days or more before the departure date, we will notify you or your travel agent in writing within 7 days of becoming aware of the change or need to cancel. Operator may not cancel a charter less than 10 days before the scheduled departure date, except for circumstances that make it physically impossible to preform the charter trip. Under these circumstances, we will notify you as soon as possible. Our only liability will be to return all monies paid or provide a refund in the form of an Travel Impressions credit. For International Flights only: Additional restrictions may be imposed on the flights by the foreign governments involved, and if landing rights are denied by a foreign government, the flight will be cancelled and you with receive a full refund. In accordance with federal regulations, a "major change" constitutes any of the following: a change in the departure or return date which Operator knows of more than 2 days before the scheduled flight date, unless the change results from a flight delay; any charter flight delay of more than 48 hours; a change in the origin or destination city for any flight leg, unless the change only affects the order in which cities in a tour package are visited; a substitution of any hotel; or a price increase occurring 10 or more days prior to departure and resulting in an aggregate price increase of more than 10%. YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR CHANGE: If Operator makes a "major change" before the departure date, you have the option to cancel and receive a full refund by providing Travel Impressions with written notice of cancellation within 7 days of receiving our notice of the "major change". If Operator makes a "major change" after the departure date, you have the option to reject the substituted hotel, changed date, origin, or destination of a flight leg and receive a refund of that portion of the tour package not provided; in this case you will receive a refund within 14 days of the return date for the tour package. SECURITY AND DEPOSITS: Apple Vacations (Operator) has surety trust agreements with Penn Liberty Bank, 724 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne, PA 19087 for payment of any charter air package refunds as defined by the agreements. Under these agreements, unless you file a claim with Travel Impressions, Ltd., who in turn files with Apple Vacations, LLC (or with the bank) within 60 days after termination of your vacation, both parties shall be deemed released from all liability to you. Termination means the date of arrival (or in case of a cancelled charter, the intended date or arrival) of the return flight. These public charter flights are operated by: APPLE VACATIONS, LLC 7 Campus Blvd., Newtown Square, PA 19073 as principal and tour operators. © Copyright, 2015 Apple Vacations CST#2091950-40 If you booked a Charter Flight, you have the right to receive a full refund if you paid by credit card until these terms and conditions are agreed. You may also have other rights and remedies under applicable law. THE INFORMATION IN THIS BROCHURE IS CURRENT AS OF THE DATE OF PRINTING (AUG. 2015) AND MAY BE DIFFERENT ON YOUR BOOKING OR TRAVEL DATES. PLEASE VISIT WWW.TRAVELIMPRESSIONS.COM FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. 2016 BRO_KL_12.2.15 In accordance with Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) regulations, this booking form must be signed and sent with payment at time of booking for passengers traveling on charter air (Dedicated Vacation Flights). TRAVEL AGENT: YOU MUST SUBMIT THIS ENTIRE PAGE and give copy to client. Please mail to: Travel Impressions, ATTN: Customer Care, 465 Smith Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735. I (we) have read and I agree to the above terms and conditions forming this charter operator-participant contract above. o Agreed ____________________________________ _______________________________ __________________________________________ Booking Number First Name Last Name _________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________ Street, City, State, Zip Telephone Number Departure Date: _______________________________ Return Date: ___________________________ Duration (# of nights): __________________________________ Departure Airport: _____________________________ Destination: ____________________________ Hotel/Tour Name: _____________________________________ Cost of trip: $_________________________________ Payment covers: o Deposit $___________ o Full Payment $____________________________________ Signature: ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________________________________ CHARTER OPERATOR - PARTICIPANT CONTRACT Terms & Conditions | 51