VERewards Terms and Conditions (“Agreement”)
Acceptance of Terms of Use
Vacation Express USA Corp. (referred to herein as "Vacation Express") makes all information, documents, communications, files, text, graphics, and logos available for use, subject to the terms and conditions set in this document, including any changes that Vacation Express may from time to time publish, and subject to your obtaining the prior express written consent of Vacation Express authorizing such use. By using this information in any way, including and without limitation to, downloading of any copyrighted materials, or merely browsing the information, you agree to and are bound by these Terms of Use and any other conditions imposed by Vacation Express at the time of granting its written consent. For greater certainty, any party wishing to use any images, artwork, text, graphics, logos, logotypes and flash animations or other intellectual property (“Intellectual Property”) of Vacation Express must first seek and obtain the written consent of Vacation Express.
Terms of Use
All information is provided by Vacation Express as a service to our partners to facilitate the distribution of copyrighted graphics, imagery and logos. In accordance with this agreement, all distributed content must be properly used and credited. All distributed material must be used for the sole purpose of marketing Vacation Express and its products.
The use of any image, photo, or logo outside the scope of marketing Vacation Express and its products is strictly prohibited. Use of any image from the media site to market or represent any product besides that which is represented by Vacation Express constitutes a violation of this Agreement and applicable copyright and trademark law. Unless otherwise specified and/or credited, all Intellectual Property herein provided are the copyright and/or trademark of Vacation Express. All rights reserved. Altering any Vacation Express Intellectual Property is strictly prohibited. Logos may only be resized to fit your specific purpose provided the proportions of the graphic are unchanged.
The use of any Intellectual Property of Vacation Express in a manner which suggests that a party other than Vacation Express owns them is strictly prohibited.
In addition: All Vacation Express logos used on third-party websites must be hyperlinked to https://www.vacationexpress.com (the “Website”)
Policy Changes
Vacation Express reserves the right to change the Terms of Use and other guidelines or rules at its sole discretion. You must visit the Website before each use of any Intellectual Property to ensure that you are aware of the policy in place at the time. Your use of the Intellectual Property constitutes your acceptance of any changes.
Restricting Access
Although it is not our intention to do so, at any time if we have cause (including and without limitation to, our good faith belief that you have violated the Terms of Use), Vacation Express reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or part of this information, without prior notice or liability.
(a) Waiver. No delay on the part of Vacation Express in the exercise of any right, power or remedy hereunder will operate as a waiver. No single or partial exercise by Vacation Express of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude other or further exercise hereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Except as expressly stated to the contrary, the rights and remedies herein expressly provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided at law, in equity or otherwise.
(b) Severability. Every provision of these Terms of Use is intended to be severable; if any term or provision is determined to be illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or invalidity will not affect the validity of the remainder of these Terms of Use. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, if any remedy set forth in these Terms of Use is determined to have failed its essential purpose, then all other provisions of these Terms of Use, including without limitation the limitations of liability and the exclusion of damages, will remain in full force and effect.
(c) Jurisdiction. This Agreement will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia. Any action or proceeding arising out of or related in any way to these Terms of Use shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in Fulton County, Georgia. Neither party will raise object to such jurisdiction or venue because of the residence or domicile of any party thereto.
(d) Injunctive Rights. You acknowledge and agree that, in the event of any breach of this Agreement, Vacation Express would be irreparably and immediately harmed and could not be made whole by monetary damages. Accordingly, it is agreed that, in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled in law or equity, Vacation Express shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions (without the posting of any bond and without proof of actual damages) to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of these Terms of Use and/or to compel specific performance of this Agreement, and that neither you nor your agents will oppose the granting of such relief. You also agree to reimburse Vacation Express for all costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by Vacation Express in attempting to enforce your obligations or those of your agents hereunder.
Registration
Please visit https://myverewards.com and click on ‘Join now’ in the lower part of the Sign-in portion. You must then complete a short registration form.
Eligibility
All travel agents residing and conducting business with Vacation Express, with a valid IATA, ARC, TRUE or CLIA number, are eligible to participate in VERewards. Participation includes, claiming bookings, earning points, and redeeming points. All agents must be registered with www.myverewards.com and by so doing they shall have been considered participants in the program. Bookings must be made with Vacation Express to qualify for VERewards points. Only US based travel agents will receive VERewards credit cards. Agents based in Canada or any other country with be issued checks for their redemptions.
Rewards
VERewards is a points-based system in which you will earn points for each qualified booking or promotional booking. Point values range from 1,500 points to 6,000 points depending on whether it is a promotion or a qualified booking. The threshold to redeem is batched at every attainment of 75,000 points. Bookings will be automatically entered to an associated profile, but only qualified to earn points 10 days post check-out date; earned points are valid up to January 31st of the next calendar year. On January 31st, unredeemed points will automatically expire. We are unable to reissue any expired points, so please be sure to use them while you can. Points are non-transferable and may be redeemed only by the agent who earned the points. Please note, your clients must travel in order to earn points on their reservation. No-show and cancelled reservations are not eligible for VERewards Points. VERewards card will be activated with your first redemption. Only US based travel agents will receive VERewards credit cards. Agents based in Canada or any other country with be issued checks for their redemptions. Your VERewards card must remain activated and your current points balance must meet the minimum redemption points threshold. For redemption values, please click Redeem Now or FAQs found on the left-hand menu on this website.
Tax Requirements
For agents located in US, we do require that you have completed an Individual W9 tax form in the update profile portion of the Website before any redemption requests will be allowed. A year end 1099 tax form will be sent to all agents redeeming an excess of $600.00 in rewards per year and will be mailed to the address listed in your profile by January 31st of the following year. Note that all redeemed rewards are taxable.
Point Issuance
VEReward points are awarded on all qualifying bookings including Express Groups bookings which meet the following criteria:
PACKAGE and HOTEL ONLY BOOKINGS (minimum 2 travelers) – 6,000 points/booking
ADD-ONS:
- Pre-purchased seat(s) on Vacation Express charter flight - 1,500 points/booking
- Pre purchased checked bag(s) on Vacation Express charter flight - 1,500 points/booking
- Money saving seat & bag bundle - 3,000 points/booking
- Trip Protection Plans (PPP & PPP+) - 3,000 points/booking
- Vacation Protection Insurance (VPI) not valid for points.
For Traditional Group and Custom Link bookings, agents will receive 6,000 points/room.
Exceptions
VERewards points are not awarded on direct consumer web bookings.
VERewards points are not awarded for any portion booked for children.
VERewards points are not awarded for any bookings with an agent benefit component included e.g. freebies, FAMs, agent rates, Book 5 Fly Free, etc.
Fraud
Vacation Express does not tolerate and takes aggressive action against unethical conduct or fraudulent activity. Accordingly, if solely in our own discretion, we believe that anyone has entered someone else’s booking into their Vacation Express account, we will immediately freeze the account and block said person from the Vacation Express program and any other such programs Vacation Express may sponsor in the future.