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Terms & Conditions

Cancellations

If you cancel at least 14 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.

If you cancel between 10 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50% cancellation fee. If you cancel with less than 6 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 % cancellation fee.

Once on tour, or tour is completed, no refunds are applicable for tour or part thereof.

General Conditions

Inclusions

• Morning and afternoon teas
• Bottled water
• Driver/guide Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions

• Food and drinks, unless specified
• Gratuities (optional)
• Featherdale Wildlife Park, approx. $35 per person
• Scenic World, varying cost dependant of choice of rides

Additional info

• Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
• A minimum of 2 passengers and maximum of 4 passengers per booking is required (no children under 7 years are allowed)
• Not recommended for passengers with back problems
• Not recommended for passengers with heart complaints or serious medical conditions
• A substantial amount of walking is involved
• We do not recommended this tour for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
• Not suitable for waking frames or wheelchair
• We operate in all weather conditions, please ensure that you dress appropriately and bring wet and cold weather clothing
• We operate our tours in a Lexus All Wheel Drive SUV best suitable for 4 passengers in total including the driver, however can accommodate 5 passengers in total including the driver.

Tour operator information

Complete Operator information, including local telephone numbers at your destination, are included in your Confirmation Voucher.

Tour Vehicle information

We currently operate a Luxury All Wheel Drive SUV, which is a luxury crossover that seats a maximum of 5 passengers including the driver, however we reserve the right to change vehicles without prior notification to our passengers.

The tour operator reserves the right to vary or cancel tours or part thereof due to extremes of weather or changes to operational conditions such as road closures, fire bans or other conditions beyond the control of the operator.

Every effort will be made to keep to the published departure times and connections, but no guarantee can be made and no compensation shall be made for failure to meet those times.

The tour operator reserves the right to substitute vehicles or drivers as circumstances dictate.

All prices quoted are in Australian Dollars and are valid as per the respective rate periods.

The tour operator does not accept any liability for the acts, omissions, default or negligence of Wildlife Park, scenic rides or any other service provided used in connection with these tours.

The tour operator shall not be responsible or liable for death, illness or injury to any person, or loss of or damage to any property or otherwise due to the operator’s negligence nor any inconvenience, delay, injury, accident, theft or negligence caused to, or expenses incurred by, any client/passenger however caused by or arising out of services or failure to provide services.

These tours operate in environmental and culturally sensitive areas. Any person found wilfully damaging the environment or indigenous art, or causing discomfort to others will be requested to leave the tour at the nearest public transport depot. Any costs incurred will be at that persons own expense.

The Government introduced a Goods and Services Tax on the 1st July 2000. Our prices quoted are inclusive of this Goods and Services Tax at the current levy of 10%. Should the Australian Government increase this levy, then you our client, should be aware that any price increases will be forwarded on accordingly.

Privacy and online safety are important to 5 Star Sydney Tours. We run an internet business. We collect data about our businesses and our customers (“Data”) when they use the platform, the services, and our websites (collectively, “Services”). This privacy policy describes how we collect, use and disclose Data.

In this privacy policy, we sometimes refer to “You”. “You” may be a visitor to one of our websites, a user of one or more of our Services (“User”), or a customer of a User (“Customer”). We’ll do our best to clarify who we are referring to at various points in the policy. This policy does not apply to third-party websites, products, or services even if they link to our Services, and You should consider the privacy practices of those third-parties carefully. If You disagree with the practices described in this policy, You should (a) take the necessary steps to remove cookies from Your computer after leaving our website, and (b) discontinue Your use of our Services.

1. Overview

The Data we collect depends on how our Services are used. Sometimes we receive Data directly, such as when a 5 Star Sydney Tours account is created, test transactions are submitted through our website, the 5 Star Checkout form is used, or we receive an email. Other times, we get Data by recording interactions with our Services by, for example, using technologies like cookies and web beacons. We also get Data from third parties, like our financial partners or identity verification services.

The collection and use of data from a variety of sources is essential to our ability to provide our Services – and to help keep the Services safe. Data is critical in helping us to increase the safety of Your online payments, and reduce the risk of fraud, money laundering and other harmful activity.

2. Data We Collect
3. Personal Data.We call Data that identifies, or that could reasonably be used to identify, You as an individual as “Personal Data”. We collect Personal Data in different ways. For example, we collect Personal Data when a business registers for a 5 Star Sydney Tours account, a Customer makes payments or conducts transactions through a User’s website or application, a person responds to 5 Star Sydney Tours emails or surveys, or when a Customer uses the “Remember Me” feature of 5 Star Sydney Tours Checkout. We also receive Personal Data from other sources, such as our partners, financial service providers, identity verification services, and publicly available sources. Personal Data does not include Data that has been aggregated or made anonymous such that it can no longer be reasonably associated with a specific person. The Personal Data that we may collect includes:

• Contact details, such as name, postal address, telephone number, email address;
• Financial and transaction Data, such as credit or debit card number, and bank account information; and
• Other Personal Data, such as date of birth, SSN or EIN.

1. Other Data.We call Data other than Personal Data “Other Data”. We collect Other Data through a variety of sources. One of our sources for Other Data is cookies and other technologies that record Data about the use of our websites, websites that implement our Services, and the use of our Services generally. Other Data that we may collect include:

• Browser and device data, such as IP address, device type, operating system and Internet browser type, screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer and model, language, plug-ins, add-ons and the version of the Services You are using;
• Transaction data, such as purchases, purchase amount, date of purchase, and payment method;
• Cookie and tracking technology data, such as time spent on the Services, pages visited, language preferences, and other anonymous traffic data; and

3. How We Use Data
4. Personal Data.We and our service providers use Personal Data to: (i) provide the Services; (ii) detect and prevent fraud; (iii) mitigate financial loss or other harm to Users, Customers, and 5 Star Sydney Tours; and (iv) promote, analyze and improve our products, systems, and tools. Examples of how we may use Personal Data include:

• To verify an identity for compliance purposes;
• To evaluate an application to use our Services;
• To conduct manual or systematic monitoring for fraud and other harmful activity;
• To respond to inquiries, send service notices and provide customer support;
• To process a payment with 5 Star Sydney Tours Checkout, communicate regarding a payment, and provide related customer service;
• For audits, regulatory purposes, and compliance with industry standards;
• To develop new products;
• To send marketing communications;
• To improve or modify our Services; and
• To conduct aggregate analysis and develop business intelligence that enable us to operate, protect, make informed decisions, and report on the performance of, our business.

1. Other Data.We may use Other Data for a range of different purposes, provided we comply with applicable law and our contractual commitments. In some countries (for example, European Economic Area countries), local legal regimes may require us to treat some or all of Other Data as “personal data” under applicable data protection laws. Where this is the case, we will process Other Data only for the same purposes as Personal Data under this privacy policy.
2. How We Disclose Data.

5 Star Sydney Tours does not sell or rent Personal Data to marketers or unaffiliated third parties. We share Your Personal Data with trusted third parties, including:

1. To 5 Star Sydney Tours Affiliates.We share Data with entities worldwide that we control, are controlled by us, or are under our common control, to provide our Services. 5 Star Sydney Tours, Inc. is the party responsible for overall management and use of the Data by these affiliated parties;
2. To 5 Star Sydney Tours Service Providers.We share Data with service providers who help us provide the Services. Service providers help us with things like payment processing (i.e., banks, credit bureaus, payment method providers), website hosting, data analysis, information technology and related infrastructure, customer service, email delivery, 5 Star Sydney Tours Atlas, and auditing;
3. To Our Users.We share Data with Users (such as merchants and application providers) as necessary to process payments or provide the Services. For example, we share Data with Users about purchases made by their Customers through the 5 Star Sydney Tours payment processing services;
4. To Authorized Third Parties.We share data with parties directly authorized by a User to receive Data, such as when a User authorizes a third party application provider to access the User’s 5 Star Sydney Tours account. The use of Data by an authorized third party is subject to the third party’s privacy policy;
5. To Third Parties.We will share Data with third parties in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings); and
6. Safety, Legal Purposes and Law Enforcement.We use and disclose Data as we believe necessary: (i) under applicable law, or payment method rules; (ii) to enforce our terms and conditions; (iii) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, You or others; and (iv) to respond to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, which may include authorities outside Your country of residence.
7. Security.

We use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Data within our organization. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If You have reason to believe that Your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if You feel that the security of Your account has been compromised, contact us immediately.

6. Advertising.

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements regarding goods and services that may be of interest to You when You access our websites, based on Data relating to Your access to and use of our websites on any of Your devices, as well as Data received from third parties. To do so, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie, or similar tracking technology, on Your browser (including the use of pixel tags). They may also use these technologies, along with data they collect about Your online use, to recognize You across the devices You use, such as a mobile phone and a laptop, and to make decisions about the advertisements You see.

In order to understand and improve the effectiveness of our advertising, we may also use web beacons, cookies, and other technologies to identify the fact that You have visited our website or seen one of our advertisements, and we may provide that Data to one or more third party advertising networks. The Data we provide may include the time and date of Your visit to our website, pages viewed, links clicked and other information that does not disclose Your ‘real world’ identity. Those advertising networks may recognize the web beacon or cookie associated with Your visit to our website when You visit other websites on which they serve advertising, and they may make decisions about the advertisements You see based on it. We may choose to work with Google AdWords, Doubleclick, AdRoll or other advertising networks. Each of these companies has its own privacy policy, which we encourage You to review. This website allows consumers to “opt out” of the behavioural advertising delivered by member companies. At present, there is no industry standard for recognizing Do Not Track browser signals, so we do not respond to them.

7. Choice and Access.

You have choices regarding our use and disclosure of Your Personal Data:

1. Opting out of receiving electronic communications from us.If You no longer want to receive marketing-related emails from us on a going-forward basis, You may opt-out via the unsubscribe link included in such emails. We will try to comply with Your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that if You opt-out of receiving marketing-related emails from us, we may still send You important administrative messages that are required to provide You with our Services.
2. How You can access or change Your Personal Data.If You would like to review, correct, or update Personal Data that You have previously disclosed to us, You may do so by contacting 5 Star Sydney Tours.

If emailing us Your request, please make clear in the email what Personal Data You would like to have changed. For Your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the Personal Data associated with the particular email address that You use to send us Your request, and we may need to verify Your identity before implementing Your request. We will try to comply with Your request as soon as reasonably practicable.

8. Retention Period.

We will retain Personal Data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Please note that we have a variety of obligations to retain the Data that You provide to us, including to ensure that transactions can be appropriately processed, settled, refunded or charged-back, to help identify fraud and to comply with anti-money laundering and other laws and rules that apply to us and to our financial service providers. Accordingly, even if You close Your 5 Star Sydney Tours Account, we will retain certain Data to meet our obligations. There may also be residual Data that will remain within our databases and other records, which will not be removed.

9. Use of Services by Minors.

The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we request that they not provide Personal Data through the Services.

10. Jurisdiction and Cross-Border Transfer.

Our services are global and Data (including Personal Data) may be stored and processed in any country where we have operations or where we engage service providers, and we may transfer Data to countries outside of Your country of residence, including the United States, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of Your country. However, we will take measures to ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and that Your Data remains protected to the standards described in this privacy policy. In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies or security authorities in those other countries may be entitled to access Your Personal Data.

11. Updates to this Privacy Policy and Notifications.

We may change this Privacy Policy. The “Last updated” legend at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Any changes are effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services.

We may provide You with disclosures and alerts regarding the Privacy Policy or Personal Data collected by posting them on our website and, if You are a User, by contacting You through your 5 Star Sydney Tours Dashboard, email address and/or the physical address listed in Your 5 Star Sydney Tours account. You agree that electronic disclosures and notices have the same meaning and effect as if we had provided You with hard copy disclosures. Disclosures and notices in relation to this Privacy Policy or Personal Data shall be considered to be received by You within 24 hours of the time they are posted to our website or, in the case of Users, sent to through one of means listed in this paragraph.

12. Contact Us

If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@5starsydneytours.com.au
Attention: 5 Star Sydney Tours Legal