Vacation Rentals Made Simple User & Payment Processing Agreement

Terms and Conditions of Use

Welcome to Vacation Rentals Made Simple (VRSimple.com)! By using or accessing VRSimple.com (the Site), 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 VRSimple.com.

Last Updated: June 5 , 2017

The Site is a Venue
1. Vacation Rentals Made Simple is A WEBSITE VENUE. The Site acts as an online marketplace for you and other users of the Site to find and transact rental transactions with other users of the Site, including Members, Homeowners, Landlords, Property Managers, Marketing Agents, Affiliates, Travel Agents, and Buyers (the Users) showing products or services on the Service or otherwise associated with the Service. VRSimple is not a broker, lender or seller. VRSimple is not a party to any agreement you may make with regard to any product.
2. Although we may charge a fee to members to advertise their vacation rental properties on the Site, we do not charge travelers to access the Site and research listings. Accordingly, we grant users a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to access the Site to, as applicable, advertise vacation rental properties and/or research, view or make legitimate inquiries to members regarding their interest in particular vacation rental properties 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 noncommercial 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 property rental advertisements, or any subset of the same, or which is in the business of providing vacation property rental services.
Proprietary Rights and Downloading of Information from the Site.
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, 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.
Unauthorized Use.
1. 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 research vacation rentals 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; or
  - 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 [email protected].
Bookings and Financial Terms for Hosts
1. If you are a Host and a Booking is requested for your Accommodation via the Site, Application or Services, you will be required to either pre-approve, confirm or reject the Booking request within the Booking Request Period, otherwise the Booking request will automatically expire. When a Booking is requested via the Site, Application or Services, we will share with you (i) the first and last name of the Renter who has requested the Booking, (ii) a link to the Renter’s VRSimple Account profile page, (iii) if the Renter and Host have both connected their VRSimple accounts to SNS and have not turned off sharing of social connections, the names of any shared connections on such SNS, and (iv) an indication of whether or not the Renter has provided other information to VRSimple, such as a verified email address, connection to SNSs, or a government ID. If you are unable to confirm or decide to reject a Booking request within the Booking Request Period, any amounts collected by VRSimple for the requested Booking will be refunded to the applicable Renter. When you confirm a Booking requested by a Renter, VRSimple will send you a Communication confirming such Booking, depending on the selections you make via the Site, Application and Services.
2. VRSimple will collect the Total Fees from Renters at the time of the Booking request or upon the Host’s confirmation and will initiate payment of the Accommodation Fees (less applicable fees and taxes) to the Host at the time.
3. Each Host agrees that VRSimple may, in accordance with the cancellation policy selected by the Host and reflected in the relevant Listing, (i) permit the Renter to cancel the Booking and (ii) refund to the Renter that portion of the Accommodation Fees specified in the applicable cancellation policy.
Bookings and Financial Terms for VRSimples
1. The Hosts, not VRSimple, are solely responsible for honoring any confirmed Bookings and making available any Accommodations reserved through the Site, Application and Services. If you, as a Renter, choose to enter into a transaction with a Host for the Booking of an Accommodation, you agree and understand that you will be required to enter into an agreement with the Host and you agree to accept any terms, conditions, rules and restrictions associated with such Accommodation imposed by the Host.
2. You acknowledge and agree that you, and not VRSimple, will be responsible for performing the obligations of any such agreements, that VRSimple is not a party to such agreements, and that, with the exception of VRSimple payment obligations, (inclusive of all subsidiaries) disclaims all liability arising from or related to any such agreements.
3. The Total Fees payable will be displayed to a Renter before the Renter sends a Booking request to a Host. As noted above, the Host is required to either pre-approve, confirm or reject the Booking request within the Booking Request Period; otherwise, the requested Booking will be automatically cancelled. Upon receipt of your Booking request, VRSimple may initiate a pre-authorization and/or charge a nominal amount to your Payment Method pursuant to ensure that the credit card is valid. If the requested Booking is cancelled (i.e. not confirmed by the applicable Host), any amounts collected by VRSimple will be refunded to such Renter, depending on the selections the Renter makes via the Site and Application, and any pre-authorization of such Renter’s Payment Method will be released, if applicable.
4. You, as a Renter, agree to pay the Total Fees for any Booking requested, and subsequently confirmed, in connection with your VRSimple Account.
5. Once your confirmed Booking transaction is complete you will receive a confirmation Communication summarizing your confirmed Booking.
Service Fees and Other Fees
1. In consideration for the use of VRSimple’s online marketplace and platform, VRSimple charges Service Fees. VRSimple collects these Service Fees, and, where applicable, may also collect Taxes in respect of the Host Fees and Renter Fees. VRSimple deducts the Host Fees from the Accommodation Fees before remitting the balance to the Host. Renter Fees are, as noted above, included in the Total Fees.
2. Applicable Renter Fees, as well as Taxes collected by VRSimple, will be shown to Renters via the Site and Application at checkout, prior to their submission of a Booking request. And, VRSimple will disclose applicable Host Fees to Hosts via the Site and Application.
General Booking and Financial Terms - Cancellations and Refunds
1. If, as a Renter, you wish to cancel a confirmed Booking made via the Site, Application and Services, either prior to or after arriving at the Accommodation, the cancellation policy of the Host contained in the applicable Listing will apply to such cancellation. Our ability to refund the Accommodation Fees, Renter Fees and other amounts charged to you will depend upon the terms of the applicable cancellation policy. Details regarding refunds and cancellation policies are available via the Site and Application. The Renter Fee is non-refundable unless otherwise indicated in the cancellation policy selected by the Host.
2. If a Host cancels a confirmed Booking made via the Site, Services, and Application, (i) VRSimple will refund the Total Fees for such Booking to the applicable Renter and (ii) the Renter will receive a Communication from VRSimple containing alternative Listings and other related information. If the Renter requests a Booking from one of the alternative Listings and the Host associated with such alternative Listing confirms the Renter’s requested Booking, then the Renter agrees to pay VRSimple the Total Fees relating to the confirmed Booking for the Accommodation in the alternative Listing, in accordance with these Terms. If a Host cancelled a confirmed Booking and you, as a Renter, have not received a Communication from VRSimple, please contact VRSimple.
3. If, as a Host, you cancel a confirmed Booking, you agree that VRSimple may apply penalties or consequences to you or your Listing, including (i) publishing an automated review on your Listing indicating that a Booking was cancelled, (ii) keeping the calendar for your Listing unavailable or blocked for the dates of the cancelled Booking, or (iii) imposing a cancellation fee.
4. In certain circumstances, VRSimple may decide, in its sole discretion, that it is necessary or desirable to cancel a confirmed Booking made via the Site, Application and Services. VRSimple may also determine, in its sole discretion, to refund to the Renter part or all of the amounts charged to the Renter. You agree that VRSimple and the relevant Renter or Host will not have any liability for such cancellations or refunds.
Help Desk
1. Members may use the Help Desk to send or request money for refunds, services or damages related to their Bookings. You agree to pay all amounts sent through the VRSimple Help Desk in connection with your VRSimple Account, and VRSimple will handle all such payment issues. When a Member agrees to provide services or amenities to another Member via the Help Desk or any other communications, both parties acknowledge and agree that they, and not VRSimple, will be responsible for performing their respective obligations of any such agreements, that VRSimple is not a party to such agreements, and that, with the exception of VRSimple payment obligations (inclusive of all subsidiaries and payment processing agents and affiliated entities) disclaims all liability arising from or related to any such agreements and the services or amenities provided.
Changes to Site
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 the Site, or parts of the Site, without notice or liability.
Your E-mail Address and Our Privacy Policy.
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 email 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 affiliate websites at any time by filling sending a request and sending that request to [email protected]. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information regarding our information collection practices and safeguards. Your use of the Site signifies your acknowledgement of, and agreement with, our Privacy Policy.
Data Transmittal
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.
Identity Verification.
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 traveler or member through the tools available on the Site.
Limitations of Use of Other Users Information; No Spam.
1. You agree that, with respect to other users 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.
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.
Use of Email Tools.
1. You may not use the "Email 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.
Accuracy.
1. We do not and cannot review all content posted to the Site by members, or by other users or travelers who may have posted on the Site a review of or Renter book entry for any particular rental property. We are also 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, Renter book entries, 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 Vacation Rentals Made Simple 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, 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, Renter book entries, property location, suitability, pricing or availability information published on the Site is accurate or up-to-date even in the case where prospective travelers 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 as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or request by government, 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.
Limitation of Liability.
1. IN NO EVENT WILL THE SITE, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND/OR EMPLOYEES 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 POSSIBILITY 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, VRSIMPLE, THE SITE, 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.
Disclaimer.
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.
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.
Release.
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, 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, LIABILITIES, 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.
Indemnity.
1. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD THE SITE 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.
Choice of Law and Forum.
1. ANY AND ALL SERVICES AND RIGHTS OF USE HEREUNDER ARE PERFORMABLE AND/OR SOLD IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, 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 MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA 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 ARIZONA.
Notification of Claims of Infringement.
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: [email protected] 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).
No Agency.
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.
Notices.
1. Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given (in the case of you contacting us) by email to [email protected] or by postal mail to:
  
  Vacation Rentals Made Simple
  4022 E Greenway Parkway
  Phoenix, AZ 85032
  United States
  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.
Amendments.
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.
Links to Third-Party Sites.
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.
Your Record of These Terms.
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.
Miscellaneous.
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 users 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 effect 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
Member Eligibility; Accuracy of Information.
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.
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.
Content, Layout and Copy.
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.
2. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to review and edit copy or amend the content, layouts 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.
3. Notwithstanding our right to edit and amend the content, copy 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 and/or photographs or any change made to any content, photograph or copy submitted by any member or edited or amended by us.
Photographs.
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.
2. We will use reasonable efforts to reproduce faithfully any photograph submitted, but we are not responsible for any loss or damage or harm otherwise resulting from any defect in this regard.
3. By submitting a 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 photograph, or (ii) it has secured from the copyright holder all rights necessary for the photograph to be used in an online advertisement, (b) that any people in the photograph have given permission for their likeness to be displayed in an online advertisement, (c) that the photograph accurately and fairly represents the subject of the photograph and has not been altered in any manner that would mislead a viewer of that photograph, and (d) that it will indemnify and hold harmless Vacation Rentals Made Simple from any cause of action arising from any misrepresentation with respect to any and all the photographs so submitted.
Copyright Grant.
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, nonexclusive, 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 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, 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 VRSimple at our expense 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 Vacation Rentals Made Simple 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.
2. Each member agrees that we may reproduce in whole or in part any photographic material supplied by such member in the promotion of either such member’s property or the promotion of the Site.
3. It is the member’s responsibility to obtain reproduction permission for all 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.
Hypertext Links.
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.
Substitution of Properties.
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.
Advertising More than One Property on One Advertisement.
1. Each advertisement on the Site displays an individual and uniquely identified property available for short-term vacation rental. The listing specifically cannot be a mere example of properties in a given area. Only one property can appear on each advertisement, unless it is a property with multiple rental units on the same site and additional advertising units are purchased. We reserve the right to amend the copy or remove any advertisement when more than one property is described in such advertisement, and may choose, in our sole discretion to retain any fees associated with the initial term of such non-conforming listing as compensation for the violation of this condition.
Termination of Listing
1. All listings are authorized and approved to run the full term that is chosen by the member. Refunds are only available for your first listing during the first month of service. No refunds are available on your second or subsequent listings. Please take this into account prior to adding additional listings or renewing your listing. Refunds do not apply to timeshare units OR in cases where the property is offered for rent less than 6 months of the year. To request a refund, please submit your request by sending an email request to [email protected] and include your reason for dissatisfaction.
2. If you renew your listing, you do so with the understanding that it will remain online for one full year without refund. For information about selling your property or taking it off the market, please contact [email protected].
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.
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 member’s property from the Site without refund.
5. If we become aware of or receive a complaint from any person or entity regarding a member’s listing or rental practices that, in our sole discretion, warrants the immediate removal of such members allegedly offensive listing from the Site (for example, and without limitation, if a member double-books a property for multiple travelers on the same date, or engages in any practice that, in our sole discretion, would be considered unfair within the vacation rental industry, or if we receive a complaint that any listing’s content infringes on the rights of a third party), then we may immediately remove the allegedly offensive listing from the Site without notice to the member 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 listing from the site without notice to the member and without refund.
6. If any member is in breach of these Terms or its obligations to us then we may immediately remove such member’s listing from the Site without notice to the member and without refund.
Transfer of Listing.
1. No listing may be transferred to another party, except that if a member sells the property that is listed, the member may transfer its listing to the new owner of the property that is listed. We may, at our discretion, charge a reasonable transfer fee.

Last Updated: June 5 , 2017