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2017 Photo Tour dates should be
online before August 2016. You are welcome to get in touch with us before that,
we may well be able to plan a tour while you are there to accommodate you.
Our tours are very popular, but we try to keep group sizes around 3 to 4 people and at a maximum of 5 participants. Book soon to secure your spot on your prefered tour, especially if you are more than one person wanting to join the same photo tour. |
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If you can't make it on the above tour
dates, we are always happy to offer individual tours for any number of
people. Any special requests, don't hold back, after all tailor-making is our
motto and all things set in stone - is absolutely not. |
Please only use this form to actually book the tour. If you have general
inquiries or questions about the tour, please send us a message and we will be
happy to answer all your questions. When using this form we take for granted
that you are booking the tour and will proceed to send deposit instructions.
1a. Payment: The photo tour costs
$999 EUR or USD per participant. This includes accommodation in a private room
with a private shower and A/C in a casa particular for five nights (in Sunday,
out Friday, but you can arrange with the casa to leave luggage until after last
days tour), breakfast every morning, all transportation during the tour, all
local fees, salaries and taxes. It does not include travelers drinks and meals
while on the tour. Tips at your own discretion.
1b. Form of payment: $399 EUR or
USD deposit upon booking to reserve spot and $600 EUR or USD cash on first day
of the tour if no extras (like more nights at the casa, airport transfers etc)
are reserved.
2a. Cancellation by the client
and refund conditions:
- 80% refund for cancellations
made at least 5 months prior to the start date of the booked tour.
- 60% refund for cancellations
made at least 3 months prior to the start date of the booked tour.
- 40% refund for cancellations
made at least 1 month prior to the start date of the booked tour.
- No refund will be made for
cancellations that are received within the last month prior to the start date
of the tour.
Fees for transfering/refunding
money will be paid by the recipient.
- We suggest buying a travel
cancelation insurance at home. Many have that included in the regular travel
insurance. U.S. citizens with no option to purchase insurance at home can buy
insurance in Cuba at the airport upon arrival.
Cancellations must be made in
writing to info(a)yourowncuba.com and include names of everybody cancelling.
2b. Cancellation by Yourowncuba
(henceforth YOC or 'the organizer') and refund conditions: The organizer can
cancel the tour without giving further reason, but it would usually be if less
than three persons have signed up for the tour. Clients who have already paid
deposit will be refunded in full no matter how far in advance the tour is
cancelled by the organizer. At the clients request the deposit can also be used
as deposit/partial payment for an alternative private tour offered by YOC to
compensate for a canceled tour. YOC will always offer an alternate private tour
if the group tour is canceled.
2c. The organizer can not be held
responsible for cancelation or disruption of tours due to force majeure, such
as natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, war, terrorism etc. If
cancelation due to force majeure takes place before a tour, the participant who
has paid a deposit for the tour will be offered a spot on the next available
tour using the already paid deposit as deposit for that tour instead. In the
case of a tour already comenced being disrupted/canceled due to force majeur
the organizer will not refund the tour fee, though missed/unused nights at an
accommodation can possibly be fully or partially refunded.
3. Insurance: The tour
participant is responsible for traveling and participating with a travel
insurance. The tour organizer provides no health or theft insurance included in
the tour price and while having no prior experience with theft of equipment
while on tour, we advice purchasing an insurance that covers damage or loss of
camera and equipment. Yourowncuba can not be held responsible for theft or loss
of camera, money or equipment.
Note: Travel insurance is
mandatory for all tourists traveling to Cuba and documentation may be asked
upon arrival. Travelers arriving without an insurance - including U.S. citizens
with insurance that does not cover Cuba - can buy an insurance from Asistur at
the airport. The insurance is around $3 daily.
4a. Accommodation: The casas
particulares included in the default tour package and price have been selected
by us and while they are not luxurious like a 5 star hotel (but more luxurious
than most 2-3 star hotels in Cuba) they are all clean, safe and comfortable.
They all offer double or twin beds, private bath and aircondition. If the
participant is not satisfied with the casa particular provided, he/she can
request to change to another, but potential costs involved will be covered by
the participant. We strive to book all participants in the areas of Old Havana
and Centro Habana, but during peak times we may accommodate participants in
Vedado (newer section of Havana) if rooms of the quality we demand are not
available in the two former areas.
4b. Havana experiences black-outs
from time to time. This can also mean that mornings/days with no hot water in
the shower can occur from time to time. The organizer can not be held
responsible for any such incidents.
5. Vehicle transportation is by
default with a mini-van. The organizer can choose to replace the mini-van with
a smaller vehicle if there are less than 4 participants on the tour. New,
quality cars sometimes being in very short supply in Cuba, YOC can choose to bring
in a less than perfect vehicle in an emergency if nothing else is available or
if the rented vehicle breaks down and the rental car company can not supply
another vehicle.
6a. Conduct: Apart from
respecting local laws, participants are also expected to respect local customs.
If in doubt what is and what is not a correct conduct, please ask the YOC tour
leader. Cuba is a very easy-going and relaxed society so chances of going
completely wrong are quite slim. However we do make a specific point of the following:
6b. Gifts and children: Some
internet forums recommend that tourists bring gifts to give out while in Cuba.
Participants are adviced to not bring any gifts along on the tour to hand out
to anyone and are prohibited from giving anything to children. This includes
candy, money and toys. While we expect all participants are adults who can make
their own informed decisions, this is part of the terms and conditions because
we have to keep doing the tour with other participants in the future and any gifting
of children can easily have the effect that when the tour leader is seen next
time, all the children in the neighborhood come running out to beg for candy or
treats. This is the selfish view on this. The big and unselfish perspective of
random gifting in poor/developing countries, especially to children, is another
discussion. No gifts, no charity, no hand-outs while on the tour. What you do
outside of the tour is of course completely up to you.
6c. The organizer can ask any
participant not respecting paragraphs 6a and 6b to leave the tour without
reimbursement.
7. Attendance: When meeting up
and when moving from one place to another during the day, participants are
expected to be at the agreed meeting place at the agreed time. Participants
arriving late may miss the group as we might move on at some point and will
hold no rights to claim refunds or reimbursement of any type. Likewise,
participants not showing up on the first day or for any of the following days,
at the advertised time, will hold no rights to claim any refund.
8. YourOwnCuba can make changes
to the tour both before the tour takes place and while on the tour, whether
that be a result of wanting to improve the tour or simply a result of
unexpected conditions on the day of a tour.
9. A certain degree of
flexibility is requiered from all participants. Decent food and acceptable
bathrooms are not always around every corner, especially when moving around
working class neighborhoods in Havana.
10. There is no tutoring in this
tour. No time is spend in classrooms or looking at overheads. The tour leader
can not be expected to give any technical help with cameras and gear. The tour
leader is just that, he/she is (quite intentionally) not a professional
photographer.
11. The tour program is always
tentative. The tour leader can change the program in case of unforeseen
circumstances. One neighborhood might replace another neighborhood for a
variety of reasons, including but not limited to: Road work, road blocks, road
conditions, weather conditions, festivals, carnivals, national holidays, public
gatherings etc.
11. As the tour can only be
booked from this same page, any person booking the tour will be expected to
have read and understood these terms and conditions.