Terms of Use

Terms of Use

By using or accessing Submar.com and any of its pages, sub pages, and associated websites you acknowledge that you agree to and are subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms”). If you do not fully agree to these Terms, you may not access or otherwise use the Site. You should read through all the Terms carefully. The Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Submar.com and its parent company Submar, Inc.

1. The Site is a Venue.

1.1. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT WE ARE NOT A PARTY TO ANY THIRD PARTY TRANSACTION. The Site acts as a venue to allow a member of our Site (each, a “member”) to offer products and services for sale or lease. We are not involved in the actual transaction between members, advertisers, partners or other users of the Site. As a result, the quality, safety or legality of the products and services, the truth or accuracy of the products and services (including the content thereof), are solely the responsibility of the users.

2. Personal Use.

2.1. Although we do not charge members to access the Site, we grant members a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to access the Site to, as applicable, list events, solicit sales, charitable contributions, and or to make legitimate inquiries to members regarding their event, product or service for their personal use, all in accordance with these Terms. Any other use of the Site is expressly prohibited. Importantly, this license does not include any right of collection, aggregation, copying, duplication, display or derivative use of the Site nor any right of use of data mining, robots, spiders or similar data gathering and extraction tools without our prior written permission; provided, however, that a limited exception from the foregoing exclusion is provided to general purpose internet search engines and non-commercial public archives that use tools to gather information for the sole purpose of displaying hyperlinks to the Site, provided they each do so from a stable IP address or range of IP addresses using an easily identifiable agent and comply with our robots.txt file. “General purpose internet search engine” does not include a website or search engine or other service that provide classified listings or advertisements, or any subset of the same, or which is in the business of providing products and/or services.

3. Proprietary Rights and Downloading of Information From the Site.

3.1. The Site is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. The text, files, images, photos, videos, maps and other materials on the Site (collectively, the “content”) are only for your personal use. All content on the Site, and the Site itself, is protected by copyright and database rights, and you will abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in or relating to any content on the Site. Copying or storing of any content for other than for your personal, noncommercial use is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission from us or the applicable copyright holder. As part of the rental inquiry process, for your own personal, noncommercial use and not for further distribution, you may download, display, and/or print one (1) copy of any portion of the Site. You may not modify the same, and you must reproduce our copyright notice in the form “© 2009 – 2018 Submar.com, Inc. – All Rights Reserved” as displayed on the relevant portion(s) of the Site that you desire to download, display or print.

4. Unauthorized Use.

Unless otherwise provided within these Terms, or unless otherwise applicable law requires us to allow you to do so, you may not do any of the following without our prior written consent:

  • Copy, reproduce, upload, post, display, republish, distribute, or transmit any part of the content in any form whatsoever;
  • Reproduce any portion of the Site on your website or otherwise, using any device including, but not limited to, use of a frame or border environment around the Site, or other framing technique to enclose any portion or aspect of the Site, or mirror or replicate any portion of the Site;
  • Modify, translate into any language or computer language, or create derivative works from, any content or any part of this Site;
  • Reverse engineer any part of this Site;
  • Sell, offer for sale, transfer, or license any portion of the Site in any form to any third parties;
  • Use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor, copy, or keep a database copy of the content or any portion of the Site;
  • Use the Site other than to advertise and/or promote charitable or not for profit events and to make legitimate inquiries to our members;
  • Use the Site to make any false, fraudulent or speculative reservation, or any reservation in anticipation of demand;
  • Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, indecent, inflammatory, sexually explicit, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law or for any other purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms;
  • Post or transmit any information that constitutes or contains false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact;
  • Use or access the Site in any way that, in our sole discretion, adversely affects the performance or function of the Site, or any other computer systems or networks used by us or the Site, or infringes on our copyright or any copyright of our members;
  • Violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, rights of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary rights;
  • Upload or transmit to the Site or use any device, software or routine that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or other computer programming routines that may damage, interfere or attempt to interfere with, or intercept, the normal operation of the Site, or appropriate the Site or any system, or take any action that imposes an unreasonable load on our computer equipment, or that infringes upon the rights of any third party;

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  • Disguise the origin of the information transmitted through the Site.

If you are aware of or experience any content, activity or communication through or in connection with the Site that appears to be in violation of the above, or in violation of any other provision of these Terms, we ask that you please inform us of any such violation by sending an email to Submar@Submar.com.

5. Changes to Site.

5.1. We may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any Site features, database, or content. We may also impose limits on certain features or services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Site without notice or liability.

6. Your E-mail Address and Our Privacy Policy.

6.1. When you use the site to send an inquiry to a member, you agree to allow the Site and its affiliated websites to add your e-mail address to our database of users. You may receive one or more promotional e-mails from either the Site or its affiliated websites. You are welcome to opt not to receive such promotional e-mails from the Site or its affiliates websites at any time. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information regarding our information collection practices and safeguards. Your use of the Site signifies your acknowledgment of and agreement with our Privacy Policy.

7. Data Transmittal.

7.1. Each user acknowledges and agrees that, regardless of such user’s physical location, we may store and process any data transmitted to the Site from such user at locations both within and outside of the United States.

8. Identity Verification.

8.1. User verification on the Internet is difficult and we cannot and do not confirm each user’s purported identity. We encourage you to communicate directly with a prospective renter, homeowner or user through the tools available on the Site.

8.2. You agree to (i) keep your password and online ID secure and strictly confidential, providing it only to authorized users of your account, (ii) instruct each person to whom you give your online ID and password that he or she is not to disclose it to any unauthorized person, (iii) notify us immediately and select a new online ID and password if you believe your password may have become known to an unauthorized person, and (iv) notify us immediately if you are contacted by anyone requesting your online ID and password. When you give someone your online ID and online password, you are authorizing that person to access and use your account, and you are responsible for any and all transactions that person performs while using your account, even those transactions that are fraudulent or that you did not intend or want performed.

8.3. EACH USER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT: (X) NEITHER THE SITE NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WILL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY USER FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTION MADE USING ANY USER’S PASSWORD THAT OCCURS BEFORE SUCH USER HAS NOTIFIED US OF POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF SUCH PASSWORD AND WE HAVE HAD A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO ACT ON THAT NOTICE; AND (Y) THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR ONLINE ID AND PASSWORD COULD CAUSE YOU TO INCUR LIABILITY TO BOTH THE SITE AND OTHER USERS. Further, we may suspend or cancel your listing at any time even without receiving notice from you if we suspect that your password is being used in an unauthorized or fraudulent manner.

9. Limitations of Use of Other User’s Information; No Spam.

9.1. You agree that, with respect to other personal information that you obtain through the Site or through any Site-related communication or any Site-facilitated transaction, we have granted to you a license to use such information only for: (a) any Site-related communications that are not unsolicited commercial messages, (b) using services offered through the Site, (c) facilitating a financial transaction between you and the other user (such as an on-line booking or charging a personal credit card) and (d) any other purpose that a user expressly agrees to after you tell them the purpose you would like to use it for. In all cases, you must give users an opportunity to remove themselves from your address book or database and a chance to review what information you have collected about them. In addition, under no circumstances, except as defined in this provision, can you disclose personal information about another user to any third party without both our consent and the consent of the other user. You agree that other users may use your personal information to communicate with you in accordance with this provision. Further, you agree that you will protect other users’ personal information with the same degree of care that you protect your own confidential information, and you assume all liability for the misuse, loss, or unauthorized transfer of such information.

9.2. We do not tolerate spam. Therefore, without limiting the foregoing, you are not licensed to add a Site user, even a user who has rented a vacation property from you or to you, to your mailing list (email or physical mail) without the user’s express consent.

10. Use of Email Tools.

10.1. You may not use the “Email This Item to a Friend” service or other email services that we may offer to send spam or otherwise send content that would violate these Terms. We do not permanently store email messages or the email addresses sent from these tools. If you send email using the “Email This Item to a Friend” service to an email address that is not registered in our community, we do not use that email address for any purpose other than to send your email. We do not rent or sell these email addresses.

11. Accuracy.

11.1. We do not and cannot review all content posted to the Site by members, or by other users who may have posted on the Site a review of or guest book entry for any particular rental property, and we are not responsible for any such materials posted by such members, travelers or other users. All property listings on the Site are submitted by the member and are the responsibility of the member, and we specifically disclaim any and all liability arising from the alleged accuracy of the listings, property reviews, guest book entries, the value, accuracy or fulfillment of any “freebies” that may be offered by any member, or any alleged breaches of contract on a member’s part. If you are a member, by accepting these Terms and paying to list on the Site, you agree to indemnify and hold the Site and any member of Submar.com, Submar, Inc. and all of its principals, agents, groups and subsidiaries (as defined below) harmless against all costs, expenses and losses arising out of a claim relating to the content of your advertisement. Members are solely responsible for keeping their property information up to date on the Site, including, but not limited to any and all representations about any property, its amenities, location, applicable “freebies”, and its availability for a specific date or range of dates. We do not represent or warrant that any of the copy, content, property reviews, guest book entries, property location, suitability, applicable “freebies”, pricing or availability information published on the Site is accurate or up-to-date even in the case where prospective renters have searched for specific special offers, dates, or types of properties. Members are solely responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any property descriptions. However, we reserve the right at all times to disclose any information known to us as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or government request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in our sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these terms. Further if you are a prospective renter, please be aware that any advertised “freebies” are only available if you actually rent from an owner the property listed with the applicable “freebie” offer.

12. Limitation of Liability.

12.1. IN NO EVENT WILL THE SITE, SUBMAR.COM, OUR PARENT (Submar, Inc.), SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND/OR EMPLOYEES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “Submar, Inc. GROUP”) BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM OUR SITE, THESE TERMS, YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN USERS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THESE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM (1) BREACH OF CONTRACT, (2) BREACH OF WARRANTY, (3) STRICT LIABILITY, (4) TORT, (5) NEGLIGENCE, OR (6) ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT SUCH EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR HAVE ANY OTHER DISPUTE OR CLAIM WITH OR AGAINST US, ANOTHER USER OR THE SITE WITH RESPECT TO THESE TERMS OR THE SITE, THEN YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AGAINST US IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. IN ALL EVENTS, OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF ANY MEMBER OF THE Submar, Inc. GROUP, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO US IN THE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, AND (B) $100.00 IN THE AGGREGATE.

13. Disclaimer.

13.1. THE SITE, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, FUNCTIONS, MATERIALS AND INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER FOR THE CONTENT ON THE SITE OR THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND FUNCTIONS MADE ACCESSIBLE BY THE SOFTWARE USED ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, FOR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR HYPERTEXT LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES OR FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE. FURTHER, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ACCURACY. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE OR ANY MATERIALS OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

13.2. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY TRANSMISSION TO AND FROM THIS SITE IS NOT CONFIDENTIAL AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE READ OR INTERCEPTED BY OTHERS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BY SUBMITTING COMMUNICATIONS TO US AND BY POSTING INFORMATION ON THE SITE, NO CONFIDENTIAL, FIDUCIARY, CONTRACTUALLY IMPLIED OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP IS CREATED BETWEEN YOU AND US OTHER THAN PURSUANT TO THESE TERMS.

14. Release.

14.1. IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE A DISPUTE WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER USERS OF THE SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN USERS REGARDING ANY TRANSACTION), YOU HEREBY AGREE TO RELEASE, REMISE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE THE SITE AND ANY MEMBER OF THE Submar, Inc. GROUP, EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND ALL OTHER RELATED PERSONS OR ENTITIES FROM ANY AND ALL MANNER OF RIGHTS, CLAIMS, COMPLAINTS, DEMANDS, CAUSES OF ACTION, PROCEEDINGS, LIABLITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LEGAL FEES, COSTS, AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER ARISE FROM, RELATE TO, OR ARE CONNECTED WITH SUCH DISPUTE AND/OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH SAYS: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”

15. Indemnity.

15.1. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD THE SITE AND ANY MEMBER OF THE Submar, Inc. GROUP (COLLECTIVELY, THE “INDEMNIFIED PARTIES”) HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY AND COSTS INCURRED BY THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN USERS REGARDING ANY TRANSACTION), ANY CONTENT POSTED BY YOU TO THE SITE OR ANY BREACH BY YOU OF THESE TERMS OR THE REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS MADE BY YOU HEREIN, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS. YOU SHALL COOPERATE AS FULLY AS REASONABLY REQUIRED IN THE DEFENSE OF ANY CLAIM. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, TO ASSUME THE EXCLUSIVE DEFENSE AND CONTROL OF ANY MATTER OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION BY YOU AND YOU SHALL NOT IN ANY EVENT SETTLE ANY MATTER WITHOUT OUR WRITTEN CONSENT.

16. Choice of Law and Forum.

16.1. ANY AND ALL SERVICES AND RIGHTS OF USE HEREUNDER ARE PERFORMABLE AND/OR SOLD IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND YOU IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION YOU MAY SUBMIT IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR PURSUANT TO THESE TERMS WILL BE FILED IN VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA WHICH WILL BE THE VENUE OF ANY LEGAL DISPUTE. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN YOU AND US WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

17. Notification of Claims of Infringement.

17.1. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please notify our agent for claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement at:

ATTN.: General Manager
Submar, Inc.
1711 Dunn Street
Houma, LA 70360

Please include the following in your notice: (a) identify with specific detail the material on the Site that you claim is infringing; (b) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; (c) a statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that (i) the above information in your notice is accurate, and (ii) you are the owner of the copyright interest involved or that you are authorized to act on behalf of that owner; (d) your physical address, telephone number and email address; and (e) your physical or electronic signature. We will thereafter remove the allegedly infringing content, subject to the procedures outlined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

18. No Agency.

18.1. Our relationship is that of independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relations is intended or created by these Terms or your use of the Site.

19. Notices.

19.1. Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given (in the case of you contacting us) by email to or by postal mail to:

Submar, Inc.
Attn: General Manager
Submar, Inc. 1014 South Westlake Boulevard
Suite 14-216
Westlake Village, CA
91361

or, when we need to send you notice, to the email address you provide to the Site during the registration process (in your case, and as applicable). Notice shall be deemed given upon receipt or 24 hours after email is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, we may give you notice by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to any address provided to us during the registration process (as applicable). In such case, notice shall be deemed given three days after the date of mailing.

20. Amendments.

20.1. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these Terms, in whole or in part, at any time. Notification of changes to these Terms will be posted on the Site and will be effective immediately thereafter. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any such change, modification or amendment will constitute your acceptance thereof.

21. Links to Third-Party Sites.

21.1. This Site may contain links and pointers to other Internet sites, resources, and sponsors of the Site. Links to and from the Site to other third-party sites, maintained by third parties, do not constitute an endorsement by us of any third-party sites or the contents thereof.

22. Your Record of These Terms.

22.1. We do not separately file the Terms entered into by each user of the Site. Please make a copy of these Terms for your records by printing and/or saving a downloaded copy of the Terms on your personal computer.

23. Miscellaneous.

23.1. These terms constitute the entire agreement between us and you with respect to your use of the Site. We may immediately terminate any user’s access to or use of the Site due to such user’s breach of these Terms or other unauthorized use of the Site. Any cause of action you may have hereunder or with respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any such right or provision. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect the intent of these Terms, and the remainder of these Terms shall continue in full force and effect.

Additional Terms and Conditions Applicable to Our Members

24. Member Eligibility; Accuracy of Information.

24.1. Our services may only be used by members who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. If you are registering as a business entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind the entity to this Agreement.

24.2. Each member further represents and covenants that any information submitted to the Site during such member’s registration with the Site shall be true and correct. User and Member further agrees to provide notice to the Site by submitting a form regarding any updates to any such contact information previously submitted by member to the Site. As a condition of listing each member agrees to provide, such proof of identity, proof of ownership, and proof of right to list properties as we may request.

24.3. Each member further represents and covenants that: (i) it owns and/or has all necessary rights and authority to offer for rent and to rent the property listed by such member; (ii) it will not wrongfully withhold a rental deposit in breach of the underlying rental agreement; (iii) that it will accurately describe the subject rental property and will not fail to disclose a material defect in a rental property; (iv) that it will not wrongfully deny access to the listed property; and (v) that it will not fail to provide a refund when due in accordance with the underlying rental agreement. Upon our request, each member agrees to promptly provide to us such proof of personal identification, proof that the condition, location, or amenities associated with the property are accurately described in the listing, proof of ownership of the property listed on the Site, and/or proof of authority to list the property as we may request.

25. Content, Layout and Copy.

25.1. We reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion the final design, layout and functionality of our Site, which is subject to change from time to time without notice.

25.2. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to review and edit copy or amend the content, layouts, videos, or photographs supplied by any member. All content and copy edits submitted by members are subject to review and approval by us in our sole discretion.

25.3. Notwithstanding our right to edit and amend the content, copy, videos, and photographs, we do not accept and we shall not have any liability for any loss or damage resulting from the design or positioning of the copy, properties, content, videos, and/or photographs or any change made to any content, video, photograph or copy submitted by any member or edited or amended by us.

25.4. If you offer any “freebies” in connection with your property listing, you agree you will not charge one rate for renting your property with “freebies” and a separate, lower rate for renting your property without “freebies”.

26. Photographs.

26.1. All printed (paper based) photographs submitted by a member will be discarded after we have scanned the same into our electronic database. Regretfully, we are unable to return such photographs to you or retain paper copies in our files.

26.2. We will use reasonable efforts to reproduce faithfully any video or photograph submitted, but we are not responsible for any loss or damage or harm otherwise resulting from any defect in this regard.

26.3. By submitting a video or photograph either electronically through the Site or by mailing a paper photograph to our offices, the member represents and warrants that (a) (i) it holds all intellectual property rights with respect to each submitted video or photograph, or (ii) it has secured from the copyright holder all rights necessary for the video or photograph to be used in an online advertisement, (b) that any people in the video or photograph have given permission for their likeness to be displayed in an online advertisement, (c) that the video or photograph accurately and fairly represents the subject of the video or photograph and has not been altered in any manner that would mislead a viewer of that video or photograph, and (d) that it will indemnify and hold harmless the Site and any member of the Vacation Rentals Group from any cause of action arising from any misrepresentation with respect to any and all the videos or photographs so submitted.

27. Copyright Grant.

27.1. If you are a member, by accepting these Terms and by paying for and posting a listing on the Site, you grant to us and our affiliates a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, unrestricted, non-exclusive, royalty-free and fully paid-up license to use, copy, license, sublicense (through multiple tiers), adapt, distribute, display, publicly perform, reproduce, transmit, modify, edit and otherwise exploit the copy, the videos, the photographs and the likenesses (if any) of any content you post on the Site or the websites of our affiliates, and you grant the Site and its parent company, Submar, Inc. the ability to copyright and protect the images, copy, and content available via your listing from the unauthorized use by unaffiliated third parties who may, from time to time, attempt to pirate such information via electronic or other means. We need these rights to host and display your listing. You further agree to assist us-at our expense and control-to protect such copyrighted material from unauthorized redistribution. We are not responsible for any infringement or violation of laws resulting from content supplied by any member and each member will indemnify and hold harmless the Site and any member of the Submar, Inc. Group against any action brought for breach of copyright or other rights from the use of such content supplied by such member. Each member hereby waives and releases all rights to any claim against us for any alleged or actual infringement of any proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, moral rights and rights of attribution in connection with any content posted or provided to us by such member.

27.2. Each member agrees that we may reproduce in whole or in part any videographic or photographic material supplied by such member in the promotion of either such member’s property or the promotion of the Site.

27.3. It is the member’s responsibility to obtain reproduction permission for all videographic or photographic and other material used in their advertisements. The member warrants that he is the owner of the copyright in such material or is authorized by the owner thereof to grant to us the rights therein contained.

28. Hypertext Links.

28.1. We reserve the right to refuse hypertext links to, or addresses of, other web sites from members’ pages, and to remove links or web addresses without notice at our sole discretion. Further, we reserve the right to charge for hypertext links at any time.

29. Guest Comments/Reviews.

29.1. Any entries in the comments or review sections of the Site must be genuine comments from members who have constructive comments. The e-mail address(es) of the member(s) whose comments are given must be supplied by the member to comment or post.

30. Substitution of Properties.

30.1. Each advertisement may only relate to a specific property. The property in an advertisement may not be substituted by another property. If a member submits changes to an existing listing that, if approved, would substantially alter the listing to make it that of another property, then we have the right to terminate the listing and may choose, in our sole discretion, to retain any fees associated with the term of the previously existing listing as compensation for the violation of this condition.

31. Advertising.

31.1. Each advertisement on the Site is displayed based on the visitors previous website search queries and served by Google Ads or other internet advertising affiliate platform or as a result of paid placement by the advertiser. We reserve the right to amend the copy or remove any advertisement at anytime for any reason.

31.2. All advertisements are sold to run the full term that is chosen by the advertiser. Advertisements may be canceled at any time. When an advertisement is disabled it is no longer visible on the site. No refunds or extensions are available for cancelled advertisements.

31.3. We reserve the right to refuse in our sole discretion any advertisement submitted to us either through our online submission process or sent to our offices for us to load or post onto the Site. We may refuse to publish the advertisement for any reason, and each current or prospective member expressly agrees to release and hold us harmless from any loss or liability that may arise from such a decision.

31.4. If, in our sole discretion, any member submits unsuitable material to our Site or into our database, persistently misuses the Site or our online systems, or is in material breach of these Terms, we reserve the right to remove immediately such advertiser from the Site without refund.

31.5. If we become aware of or receive a complaint from any person or entity regarding an advertisement that, in our sole discretion, warrants the immediate removal of such ad from the Site (for example, and without limitation, if an advertiser posts false, misleading, or inaccurate information or engages in any practice that, in our sole discretion, would be considered unfair, or if we receive a complaint that any advertisement’s content infringes on the rights of a third party), then we may immediately remove the allegedly offensive advertisement from the Site without notice to the advertiser and without refund while we investigate the basis for the complaint. If we conclude, in our sole discretion, that any such complaint is meritorious, then we may permanently remove the offensive advertisement, posting, or content from the site without notice to the advertiser and without refund.

31.6. If any advertiser is in breach of these Terms or its obligations to us then we may immediately remove such advertiser’s message, post, content, or advertisement from the Site without notice to the member and without refund.

32. Payment.

32.1. General. Payment for monthly postings, advertisements, and or content management must be made in U.S. Dollars paid monthly and automatically by major credit card or bank transfer. Payment for annual programs (one year) must be made in U.S. Dollars paid either by major credit or debit card, or a check drawn on a U.S. bank paid in advance. We do not store your credit card information on our servers, and we do not keep credit card numbers on any server in any file or database, rather, we will recall your credit card information from our payment provider when and if needed for any auto-renewal of your monthly or annual plan.

32.2. Automatic Renewal. As of September 2009, for any program paid for via credit card, such program shall automatically renew at the expiration of the then-current term for an additional term of the same duration as the initial term and at the then-current non-promotional rate. This automatic renewal feature allows your service to remain uninterrupted at the expiration of your then-current term. If you do not wish for your subscription to be automatically renewed, you must manually cancel your subscription with thirty days notice in writing prior to expiration of the then- current term. Upon any such manual cancellation, your program will remain active through the expiration of your then-current term; however your program will not be automatically renewed upon the expiration of your then-current term. If your program is canceled at the end of your then-current term for any reason and you thereafter desire to renew your program, you will be required to pay the then-current non-promotional rate to activate a new program. If you do not cancel your program or if you continue to use our service, you re-affirm and authorize us to charge your credit card or bank transfer withdrawal at the end of each term for an additional term of the same duration as the initial term and at the then-current non-promotional subscription rate. You agree to be responsible for any such charges, and we reserve the right to obtain payment directly from you if necessary. You must cancel your program before it renews in order to avoid billing of subscription fees for the renewal term to your credit card.