Travel Advances

TRAVELADVANCES.COM TERMS OF SERVICE & PRIVACY POLICY

 

Introduction

Contract

When you use our Services, you agree to all these terms. Your use of our Services is also subject to our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy, which cover how we collect, use, share, and store your personal information. You agree that by clicking "Join Now," "Join TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk," "Sign Up," or similar, registering, accessing, or using our Services (described below), you are entering into a legally binding contract with TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk (even if you are using our Services on behalf of a company).

If you do not agree to this Contract ("Contract" or "User Agreement"), do not click "Join Now" (or similar) and do not access or otherwise use any of our Services. If you wish to terminate this Contract at any time, you may do so by closing your account and ceasing to access or use our Services.

 

Services

This Contract applies to:

• TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk
• Travel Advances branded apps
• Travel Advances Travel Guides & Insights
• Travel Now
• Travel 100
• Travel Mates
• Tommy Talk
• Other Travel Advances-related sites, apps, communications, and services offered under this Contract

This includes off-site data collection for these Services, such as our advertising tools and Travel Advances share features.

Registered users of our Services are "Members," and unregistered users are "Visitors."

 

TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk

You are entering into this Contract with TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk ("we," "us").

We use the term "Designated Countries" to refer to the countries of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland.

• If you reside in the Designated Countries, you are entering into this Contract with TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk USA Unlimited Company, which will be the controller of your personal data.
• If you reside outside the Designated Countries, you are entering into this Contract with TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk Corp., which will be the controller of your personal data.

This Contract applies to both Members and Visitors. As a Visitor or Member, the collection, use, and sharing of your personal data is subject to this Privacy Policy (including our Cookie Policy and any referenced documents) and any updates.

 

Members and Visitors

When you register and join Travel Advances Services, you become a Member.

If you choose not to register, you may access certain features as a Visitor.

 

Change

We may modify this Contract, our Privacy Policy, and our Cookie Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you through our Services or by other means, giving you the opportunity to review the changes before they take effect.

Changes cannot be retroactive.

If you object to any changes, you may close your account.

Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send notice of changes means that you consent to the updated terms as of their effective date.

 

Obligations

Service Eligibility

Here are some promises that you make to us in this Contract:

You're eligible to enter into this Contract, and you are at least our "Minimum Age." The Services are not intended for use by anyone under 18. To use the Services, you agree that:

1. You must be the Minimum Age or older.
2. You will only have one TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk account, which must be in your real name.
3. You are not already restricted by TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk from using the Services.

Creating an account with false information is a violation of our terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others or for people under 18.

 

Your Account

You will keep your password a secret. You will not share an account with anyone else and will follow our rules and the law. Members are account holders.

You agree to:

1. Use a strong password and keep it confidential.
2. Not transfer any part of your account (e.g., Travel Mates, profile information, or access).
3. Follow the law and our Travel Advances Community Standards (replacing "Professional Community Policies").

You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse.

As between you and others (including your employer), your account belongs to you. However, if the Services were purchased by another party for you to use (e.g., a company-funded Travel Advances subscription), the party paying for such Services has the right to control access to and receive reports on your use of those paid Services; however, they do not have rights to your personal account.

 

Payment

You'll honor your payment obligations, and you consent to us storing your payment information. You understand that fees and taxes may be added to our prices. Refunds are subject to our policy.

If you buy any of our paid Services ("Premium Services"), you agree to:

• Pay the applicable fees and taxes
• Accept additional terms specific to those Services
• Understand that failure to pay may result in termination of your paid Services

Also, you agree that:

• Your purchase may be subject to foreign exchange fees or price differences based on location.
• We may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g., credit card) even after it has expired, to avoid interruptions in your Services and to use it for other Services you may buy.
• If you purchase a subscription, your payment method will automatically be charged at the start of each subscription period for the fees and taxes applicable to that period.
• To avoid future charges, you must cancel before the renewal date.
• All purchases are subject to TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk's refund policy.
• We may calculate taxes based on the billing information you provide at the time of purchase.

 

Notices and Messages

You agree that we may provide notices and messages to you through:

1. The Services
2. The contact information you provide (e.g., email, mobile number, physical address)

If your contact information is out of date, you may miss important notices.

You agree to keep your contact information current.

Please review your settings to control and limit the messages you receive from us.

 

Sharing

When you share information on our Services, others can see, copy, and use that information.

Our Services allow messaging and information sharing in many ways, including:

• Your travel profile
• Travel posts (replacing "articles")
• Travel Groups (replacing "group posts")
• Links to travel-related content
• Travel opportunities (replacing "job postings")
• Messages
• Travel Advances Messaging (replacing "InMail")

Information and content that you share or post may be seen by other Members, Visitors, or others (including off the Services).

Where we have made settings available, we will honor the choices you make about who can see content or information (e.g., message content to your addressees, sharing content only with your Travel Mates, restricting your profile visibility from search engines, or opting not to notify others of your Travel Advances profile update).

 

3. Rights and Limits

3.1 Your License to TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk

You own all the content, feedback, and personal information you provide to us, but you also grant us a non-exclusive license to it.

We will honor the choices you make about who gets to see your information and content, including how it can be used for ads.

As between you and TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk, you own the content and information that you submit or post to the Services, and you grant us and our affiliates a worldwide, transferable, and sublicensable right to:

• Use
• Copy
• Modify (formatting only)
• Distribute
• Publish
• Process

...information and content that you provide through our Services and the services of others, without further consent, notice, or compensation to you or others.

These rights are limited in the following ways:

• You can end this license for specific content by deleting such content from the Services, or generally by closing your account, except:

(a) where you shared it with others and they copied, reshared, or stored it; and

(b) for a reasonable time to remove it from backup systems.

• We will not include your content in advertisements for third-party products or services without your separate consent.

However, we may serve ads near your content, and your social actions may be visible with ads, as noted in the Privacy Policy.

• If you use a Service feature, we may mention it with your name or photo to promote it within our Services, subject to your settings.
• If you choose to share your post as "public," we may enable features that allow other Members to embed that public post onto third-party services, and we may enable search engines to index that content.
• We may edit and make formatting changes to your content (e.g., translating, transcribing, modifying size or layout, removing metadata), but we will not modify the meaning of your expression.

Because you own your content and information, and we have only non-exclusive rights to it, you may choose to make it available to others, including under a Creative Commons license.

You and TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk agree that any content that includes personal data is subject to our Privacy Policy.

You and TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk agree that we may access, store, process, and use any information and personal data you provide in accordance with the Privacy Policy and your choices (including settings).

By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding our Services, you agree that TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk may use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.

You promise to only provide information and content that you have the right to share, and that your Travel Advances profile will be truthful.

You agree to only provide content or information that does not violate the law or anyone's rights (including intellectual property rights). You also agree that your profile information will be truthful. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk may be required by law to remove certain information or content in certain countries.

 

Service Availability

We may change or end any Service or modify our prices prospectively. We may change, suspend, or discontinue any of our Services. We may also modify our prices, prospectively and with reasonable notice, to the extent permitted by law.

We do not promise to store or continue to display any information or content you have posted. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk is not a storage service. You agree that we have no obligation to store, maintain, or provide you with a copy of any content or information that you or others provide, except to the extent required by applicable law and as noted in our Privacy Policy.

 

Other Content, Sites, and Apps

Your use of others' content and information posted on our Services is at your own risk. Others may offer their products, services, or travel-related activities through our platform, and we are not responsible for those third-party offerings.

By using the Services, you may encounter content or information that is inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive, or otherwise harmful. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk generally does not review content provided by Members or others. You agree that we are not responsible for others' (including other Members') content or information.

We cannot always prevent misuse of our Services, and you agree that we are not responsible for any such misuse.

You also acknowledge the risk that you or your organization may be mistakenly associated with content about others when our platform notifies Members or Travel Mates about activity related to your profile or travel content. Members have choices about these visibility features.

 

Member-to-Member Services

TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk may help connect Members offering travel-related services (such as itinerary planning, travel photography, translation, or local guiding) with Members seeking such services. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk does not perform or employ individuals to perform these services.

You must be at least 18 years of age to offer, perform, or procure these services.

You acknowledge that TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk does not supervise, direct, control, or monitor Members in the performance of these services and agree that:

1. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk is not responsible for the offering, performance, or procurement of these services.
2. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk does not endorse any particular Member's offered services.
3. Nothing shall create an employment, agency, or joint-venture relationship between TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk and any Member offering services.

If you are a Member offering services, you represent and warrant that you have all required licenses and will provide services in accordance with our Travel Advances Community Standards.

 

Events and Meetups

Similarly, TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk may help you register for and/or attend events organized by Members and connect with other Members attending such events.

You agree that:

1. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk is not responsible for the conduct of any Members or other attendees at such events.
2. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk does not endorse any particular event listed on our Services.
3. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk does not review or vet any of these events.
4. You will adhere to any terms and conditions that apply to such events.

 

Limits

We have the right to limit how you connect and interact with our Services. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk may limit your use of the Services, including the number of Travel Mates you may have and your ability to contact other Members.

TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if you breach this Contract, violate the law, or misuse the Services (e.g., violating any of the Dos and Don'ts or the Travel Advances Community Standards).

 

Intellectual Property Rights

We are providing you with notice about our intellectual property rights. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk reserves all intellectual property rights in the Services.

Trademarks and logos used in connection with the Services are the trademarks of their respective owners. TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used for our Services are trademarks or registered trademarks of TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk.

 

Automated Processing

We use data and information about you to make relevant suggestions to you and others. We use the information and data you provide, along with the data we have about Members, to make recommendations for:

• Travel Mates
• Travel Groups
• Travel content
• Destinations
• Travel Now suggestions
• Travel 100 insights
• Features that may be useful to you

Keeping your profile accurate and up to date helps us make these recommendations more accurate and relevant.

 

Disclaimer and Limit of Liability

No Warranty

This is our disclaimer of legal liability for the quality, safety, or reliability of our Services.

TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk and its affiliates make no representation or warranty about the Services, including any representation that the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free, and provide the Services (including content and information) on an "as is" and "as available" basis.

To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk and its affiliates disclaim any implied or statutory warranty, including any implied warranty of:

• Title
• Accuracy of data
• Non-infringement
• Merchantability
• Fitness for a particular purpose

 

Exclusion of Liability

These are the limits of our legal liability to you.

To the fullest extent permitted by law (and unless TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk has entered into a separate written agreement that overrides this Contract), TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk, including its affiliates, will not be liable in connection with this Contract for:

• Lost profits
• Lost business opportunities
• Reputation harm (e.g., offensive or defamatory statements)
• Loss of data (e.g., downtime, loss, use of, or changes to your information or content)
• Any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages

TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk and its affiliates will not be liable to you in connection with this Contract for any amount that exceeds:

(A) the total fees paid or payable by you to TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk for the Services during the term of this Contract, if any, or

(B) US $1.00, whichever is greater.

 

Basis of the Bargain; Exclusions

The limitations of liability in this Section are part of the basis of the bargain between you and TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk and apply to all claims of liability (e.g., warranty, tort, negligence, contract, and law), even if TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk or its affiliates has been told of the possibility of such damage, and even if these remedies fail their essential purpose.

These limitations do not apply to liability for:

• Death or personal injury
• Fraud
• Gross negligence
• Intentional misconduct
• Negligence involving breach of a material obligation

...but only to the extent that damages were directly caused by the breach, were foreseeable at the time of contracting, and are typical in the context of this Contract.

 

Termination

We can each end this Contract, but some rights and obligations survive. Both you and TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk may terminate this Contract at any time upon notice to the other party. Upon termination, you lose the right to access or use the Services.

The following shall survive termination:

• Our rights to use and disclose your feedback.
• Members' and/or Visitors' rights to further re-share content and information you shared through the Services.
• Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8.2 of this Contract.
• Any amounts owed by either party prior to termination remain owed after termination.

You can visit our Help Center to close your account.

 

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

In the unlikely event that we end up in a legal dispute, depending on where you live, you and TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk agree to resolve it in Texas courts using Texas law.

If you are a business user within the scope of Article 6(12) of the EU Digital Markets Act ("DMA") and have a dispute arising out of or in connection with Article 6(12) of the DMA, you may also utilize the alternative dispute resolution mechanism available in the Help Center.

For others outside of Designated Countries, including those who live outside of the United States:

You and TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk agree that the laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A., excluding its conflict-of-laws rules, shall exclusively govern any dispute relating to this Contract and/or the Services. You and TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk both agree that all claims and disputes may be litigated only in the federal or state courts in Tarrant County, Texas, and you and TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk each agree to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

 

General Terms

Here are some key details about the Contract:

• If a court with authority over this Contract finds any part of it unenforceable, you and we agree that the court should modify the terms to make that part enforceable while still achieving its intent.
• If the court cannot do that, you and we agree to ask the court to remove that unenforceable part and still enforce the rest of this Contract.
• This Contract (including additional terms that may be provided when you engage with a feature of the Services) is the only agreement between us regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements for the Services.
• If we do not act to enforce a breach of this Contract, that does not mean that TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk has waived its right to enforce it.
• You may not assign or transfer this Contract (or your membership or use of the Services) to anyone without our consent.
• However, you agree that TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk may assign this Contract to its affiliates or a party that buys the company without your consent.
• There are no third-party beneficiaries to this Contract.
• You agree that the only way to provide us with legal notice is at the addresses provided in Section 10.

 

TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk - "Dos and Don'ts"

TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk is a community of travelers. This list of Dos and Don'ts, along with our Travel Advances Community Standards, limits what you can and cannot do with our Services.

Do's

You agree that you will:

• Comply with all applicable laws, including privacy laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, export control laws, tax laws, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide us with accurate information and keep it up to date.
• Use your real name on your profile and use the Services responsibly and authentically.

Don't's

You agree that you will not:

• Create a false identity on TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk, misrepresent your identity, create a Member profile for anyone other than yourself (a real person), or use or attempt to use another person's account.
• Develop, support, or use software, devices, scripts, robots, or any other means or processes (including crawlers, browser plugins, add-ons, or other technology) to scrape the Services or otherwise copy profiles or other data from the Services.
• Override any security feature or bypass or circumvent any access controls or use limits of the Service.
• Copy, use, disclose, or distribute any information obtained from the Services, whether directly or through third parties, without the consent of TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk.
• Disclose information that you do not have consent to disclose (such as confidential information of others).

You also agree not to:

• Violate the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights.
• Copy or distribute the posts or other content of others without their permission (except through available sharing functionality).
• Violate the intellectual property or other rights of TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk, including:
• Copying or distributing our travel guides, videos, or materials
• Copying or distributing our technology unless released under open-source licenses
• Using the name "TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk" or our logos in any business name, email, or URL except as permitted in our Brand Guidelines
• Post anything that contains software viruses, worms, or harmful code.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Services or any related technology that is not open source.
• Imply or state that you are affiliated with or endorsed by TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk without our express consent.
• Rent, lease, loan, trade, sell/re-sell, or otherwise monetize the Services or related data or access without our consent.
• Deep-link to our Services for any purpose other than to promote your profile or a Travel Group on our Services.
• Use bots or automated methods to access the Services, add or download contacts, or send or redirect messages.
• Monitor the Services' availability, performance, or functionality for competitive purposes.
• Engage in "framing," "mirroring," or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of the Services.
• Overlay or modify the Services or their appearance (such as by inserting elements or removing, covering, or obscuring content or advertisements).
• Interfere with the operation of, or place an unreasonable load on, the Services (e.g., spam, denial-of-service attacks, viruses, gaming algorithms).
• Violate the Travel Advances Community Standards or any additional terms that apply to specific features.

 

Complaints Regarding Content

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. We require that information posted by Members be accurate and not violate the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties.

We provide a policy and process for submitting complaints about content posted by our Members, including:

• Copyright infringement
• Trademark misuse
• Privacy violations
• Defamation
• Safety concerns
• Fraudulent or harmful content

If you believe content violates your rights or the rights of others, you may submit a complaint through our Help Center, where we outline the steps required for review and potential removal.

 

How To Contact Us

Our Help Center provides information about our Services and how to use them.

For general inquiries, you may contact us online.

For legal notices or service of process, you may write to us at:

TRAVELADVANCES.COM LLC

4654 Pine Grove Lane

Fort Worth, TX 76123

United States

 

PRIVACY POLICY

Your Privacy Matters

This Privacy Policy applies when you use our Services (described below). We offer users choices about the data we collect, use, and share, as described in this Privacy Policy, our Cookie Policy, your Settings, and our Help Center.

We are a social network and online platform for travel-minded individuals. People use our Services to connect with others, discover destinations, share travel experiences, and access travel-related content.

This Privacy Policy applies to any Member or Visitor to our Services.

Our registered users ("Members") share their travel identities, engage with their Travel Mates, exchange travel insights, post and view travel content, participate in Travel Groups, and discover travel opportunities and experiences. Content and data on some of our Services are viewable to non-members ("Visitors").

We use the term "Designated Countries" to refer to countries in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland.

 

Services

This Privacy Policy, including our Cookie Policy, applies to your use of our Services.

This includes:

• TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk
• Travel Advances-branded apps
• Travel Advances Travel Guides & Insights (replacing "Learning")
• Travel Now
• Travel 100
• Travel Mates
• Tommy Talk
• Other Travel Advances-related sites, apps, communications, and services

This also includes off-site Services such as our advertising tools and Travel Advances share features.

It does not apply to services that state they are offered under a different privacy policy.

For California residents, additional disclosures required by California law are available in our California Privacy Disclosure.

 

Change

Changes to this Privacy Policy apply to your use of our Services after the "effective date."

TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba Tommy Talk ("we" or "us") may modify this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes, we will provide notice through our Services or by other means to give you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective.

If you object to any changes, you may close your account.

Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send notice of changes means that the collection, use, and sharing of your personal data is subject to the updated Privacy Policy as of its effective date.

 

Data We Collect

Data You Provide to Us

Registration

To create an account, you must provide:

• Name
• Email address and/or mobile number
• General location (e.g., city)
• Password

If you register for a premium Service, you will also need to provide payment and billing information.

You create your Travel Advances profile, and a complete profile helps you get the most from our Services.

Profile

You have choices about the information on your profile, such as:

• Travel interests
• Travel history
• Photos
• City or region
• Languages
• Travel preferences
• Groups you join
• Travel Mates you connect with

You do not have to provide additional profile information; however, profile information helps you get more from our Services, including helping others discover your travel style and interests.

It is your choice whether to include sensitive information on your profile and whether to make that information public.

Please do not post or add personal data to your profile that you would not want to be publicly available.

You may also give us other data, such as by synchronizing your address book or calendar.

Posting and Uploading

We collect personal data when you provide, post, or upload it to our Services, such as when you:

• Fill out forms
• Respond to surveys
• Upload travel photos or videos
• Share travel stories or recommendations
• Participate in Travel Groups
• Submit travel-related content

If you opt to import your address book, we receive your contacts. If you synchronize your contacts or calendars with our Services, we collect that information to help you discover Travel Mates, coordinate travel plans, and receive event-related information (e.g., times, locations, attendees).

You do not have to post or upload personal data; however, if you choose not to, it may limit your ability to fully engage with our Services.

 

Data from Others

Content and Travel Activity

You and others may post content that includes information about you (as part of travel posts, comments, photos, or videos) on our Services.

We may also collect publicly available information about you, such as travel-related content or public mentions, and make it available as part of our Services, including notifications to others (as permitted by your settings).

Others may sync their contacts or calendars with our Services.

Contact and Calendar Information

We receive personal data about you when others:

• Import or sync their contacts
• Sync their calendars
• Associate their contacts with Member profiles
• Send messages using our Services
• Invite you to join Travel Advances
• Add you as a Travel Mate

If you or others opt in to sync email accounts with our Services, we may collect "email header" information that can be associated with Member profiles.

Customers and partners may also provide data to us.

 

Service Use

We log your visits and use of our Services, including mobile apps.

We log usage data when you:

• Visit or use our sites or apps
• View or click on travel content
• Interact with Travel Now or Travel 100
• Perform searches
• Install or update our mobile apps
• Share travel posts
• Interact with Travel Mates
• Use Tommy Talk or other AI features

We use logins, cookies, device information, and IP addresses to identify you and log your use.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We collect data through cookies and similar technologies. As described in our Cookie Policy, we use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixels, tags, and device identifiers) to recognize you and your device(s) across our Services and across other sites where you interact with Travel Advances features.

We also allow certain third parties to use cookies as described in our Cookie Policy.

If you are outside the Designated Countries, we may also collect (or rely on others who collect) information about your device even when you have not engaged directly with our Services (e.g., ad ID, IP address, operating system, browser information). This helps us provide Members with relevant travel-related ads and understand their effectiveness.

You may opt out of our use of data from cookies and similar technologies that track your behavior on other sites for ad targeting and related purposes. Visitors also have controls available to manage cookie preferences.

Your Device and Location

When you visit or leave our Services (including when interacting with Travel Advances plugins or cookies on other sites), we receive:

• The URL of the site you came from
• The URL of the site you go to
• The time of your visit
• Information about your network and device, such as:
• IP address
• Proxy server
• Operating system
• Web browser and add-ons
• Device identifiers and features
• Cookie IDs
• ISP or mobile carrier

If you use our Services from a mobile device, that device may send us location data based on your phone settings. We will ask you to opt in before using GPS or similar tools to identify your precise location.

Messages

If you communicate through our Services, we collect information about that activity. This includes when you send, receive, or engage with messages through Travel Advances Messaging.

For example:

• If you receive a Travel Mates invitation, we track whether you accept or decline it.
• We may send reminders about pending invitations or unread messages.
• We use automated scanning technology to support and protect our platform.

This technology helps us:

• Suggest possible responses
• Detect and block harmful or policy-violating content
• Enforce our User Agreement and Travel Advances Community Standards

Workplace Information

When an organization purchases a premium Travel Advances Service for you to use, they may share data about you with us.

For example:

• Companies may provide contact information for administrators managing organizational Travel Advances accounts.
• Organizations may provide information confirming your eligibility to use premium features.

This may include data related to:

• Travel team management
• Corporate travel programs
• Group travel coordination
• Administrative access

Travel Advances does not collect or process recruiter, sales, or professional learning product data, as those services are not part of our platform.

Sites and Services of Others

We receive data when you visit sites that include Travel Advances ads, cookies, or plugins, or when you log in to third-party services using your Travel Advances account.

For example:

• When you log in to a partner travel site using your Travel Advances credentials
• When you interact with Travel Advances share buttons or embedded travel content
• When you visit sites that use Travel Advances cookies or ad technologies

We receive information about your visits and interactions with these third-party services.

Other

Our Services evolve, which means we may collect new types of data as we introduce new features.

If we collect materially different personal data or materially change how we collect, use, or share your data, we will notify you and may modify this Privacy Policy.

 

How We Use Your Data

We use your data to provide, support, personalize, and develop our Services.

How we use your personal data depends on:

• Which Travel Advances Services you use
• How you use those Services
• The choices you make in your settings

We use the data we have about you to personalize your Travel Advances experience, including through automated systems and inferences that help make our Services more relevant and useful to you and others.

Services

Our Services help you:

• Connect with other travelers
• Discover destinations
• Join Travel Groups
• Find travel opportunities
• Share travel experiences
• Stay informed about travel-related content
• Use AI-powered tools like Tommy Talk and Travel Now
• Access travel insights through Travel 100

We use your data to authorize access to our Services and honor your settings.

Stay Connected

Our Services allow you to stay in touch and up to date with Travel Mates, groups, and other travelers you choose to connect with.

Subject to your settings, when you connect with other Members:

• You may view each other's travel profiles
• You may exchange travel recommendations
• You may coordinate trips or events
• You may share travel content

We use data about you (such as your profile, travel interests, and Travel Mates) to:

• Help others find your profile
• Suggest Travel Mates for you and others
• Enable you to invite others to join Travel Advances

You may opt in to allow us to use your precise location or proximity to others for certain features, such as:

• Suggesting nearby travelers
• Recommending local travel groups
• Providing real-time travel insights
• Enhancing Travel Now recommendations

It is your choice whether to invite someone to Travel Advances or accept a Travel Mates request.

When you invite someone, your invitation may include:

• Your name
• Profile photo
• Travel interests
• Region

We may send reminders to the person you invited.

You may choose whether to share your list of Travel Mates with others.

Stay Informed

Our Services allow you to stay informed about:

• Travel news
• Destination updates
• Travel events
• Travel tips and insights
• Content from travelers you follow

We use the data we have about you (e.g., data you provide, data from your engagement with our Services, and inferences we make) to personalize your experience, such as:

• Recommending relevant travel content
• Ranking travel posts in your feed
• Suggesting Travel Groups
• Suggesting destinations or itineraries
• Recommending Travel Mates

We may notify others (subject to your settings) when you:

• Update your profile
• Post travel content
• Join a Travel Group
• Add a Travel Mate
• Use a new feature
• Are mentioned in travel-related content

Premium Services

Our premium Services help paying users enhance their travel experience by unlocking additional features within the Travel Advances ecosystem. These features may include:

• Enhanced search and discovery tools
• The ability to reach and contact more Members through Travel Mates
• Priority visibility for travel content, posts, or Travel Groups
• Access to advanced travel insights through Travel 100
• Expanded capabilities within Travel Now
• Additional AI-powered features in Tommy Talk

Premium Services are optional and subject to additional terms.

Communications

We contact you and enable communication between Members. You have settings to control which messages you receive and how often you receive certain types.

We may contact you through:

• Email
• Mobile phone
• Notices posted on our websites or apps
• Messages to your Travel Advances inbox
• Text messages
• Push notifications

We send messages about:

• Service availability
• Security alerts
• Feature updates
• Travel Mates invitations
• Travel Group activity
• Travel recommendations
• Reminders
• Promotional messages from Travel Advances and our partners

You may change your communication preferences at any time.

However, you cannot opt out of receiving essential service messages, including security and legal notices.

We also enable communication between you and others through our Services, including:

• Invitations
• Travel Advances Messaging (replacing InMail)
• Travel Groups
• Messages between Travel Mates

Advertising

We serve tailored ads both on and off our Services. You have choices regarding personalized ads, but you cannot opt out of seeing general advertising.

We target (and measure the performance of) ads to Members, Visitors, and others using the following data, separately or combined:

• Data from advertising technologies on and off our Services (pixels, tags, cookies, device identifiers)
• Member-provided information (e.g., travel profile, contact information, travel interests)
• Data from your use of our Services (e.g., searches, Travel Groups you join, content you view, Travel Mates, Travel Now interactions, Travel 100 activity)
• Information from advertising partners, vendors, and publishers
• Inferences drawn from the above data (e.g., travel preferences, destination interests, activity patterns)

We show ads called sponsored content, which look similar to non-sponsored content except they are labeled as "ad" or "sponsored."

If you take a social action (such as liking, commenting, or sharing) on these ads, your action may be associated with your name and visible to others, including the advertiser.

Subject to your settings, your social actions on Travel Advances may be mentioned with related ads.

Ad Choices

We adhere to self-regulatory principles for interest-based advertising and participate in industry opt-out programs for such ads.

Opting out does not remove all advertising; you will still see general ads.

You may also opt out of our use of certain categories of data to show you more relevant ads.

Info to Ad Providers

We do not share your personal data with third-party advertisers or ad networks except for:

1. Hashed IDs or device identifiers (where considered personal data)
2. With your separate permission (e.g., in a lead-generation form)
3. Data already visible to any user of the Services (e.g., your public travel profile)

If you view or click an ad on or off our Services, the ad provider may receive a signal that someone visited the page displaying the ad and may determine that it was you through cookies or similar technologies.

Advertising partners may associate personal data they collect directly from you with hashed IDs or device identifiers we provide.

In such cases, we require those partners to obtain your explicit opt-in consent before doing so.

Marketing

We promote our Services to you and others.

In addition to advertising our Services, we may use Member data and content for:

• Invitations
• Communications promoting Travel Mates growth
• Travel Group engagement
• Travel content discovery
• Feature adoption

For example, we may show your Travel Mates that you used a new feature or joined a new Travel Group, subject to your settings.

Developing Services and Research

We develop our Services and conduct research to improve the Travel Advances experience.

Service Development

We use data, including public feedback, to conduct research and development to:

• Improve the usability and personalization of our Services
• Enhance Travel Now and Travel 100 recommendations
• Strengthen Tommy Talk's AI capabilities
• Increase Member engagement
• Support travel-related discovery and connection
• Build new features that help travelers connect, explore, and share experiences

Our goal is to provide you and others with a better, more intuitive, and personalized travel platform.

Other Research

We work with trusted third parties to conduct research, under controls designed to protect your privacy. Any research we publish-or allow others to publish-is presented as aggregated insights, not personal data.

These insights may include:

• Travel trends
• Destination popularity
• Engagement patterns
• Platform usage statistics
• Demographic summaries

We do not publish personal information about individual Members.

Surveys

Polls and surveys may be conducted by us or by trusted partners through our Services.

You are not required to respond to any poll or survey, and you have full control over the information you choose to provide. You may opt out of receiving survey invitations at any time.

Customer Support

We use data to help you and resolve issues.

This may include using your data (including your communications) to:

• Investigate and resolve complaints
• Diagnose and fix bugs
• Provide troubleshooting assistance
• Improve customer support operations

Our goal is to ensure a smooth and reliable Travel Advances experience.

Insights That Do Not Identify You

We use data to generate insights that do not identify you.

For example, we may use your data to produce:

• Statistics about Travel Advances Members
• Travel category engagement metrics
• Destination interest trends
• Ad impression and click-through calculations
• Aggregated visitor demographics
• Platform usage summaries

These insights are anonymized and cannot be used to identify you personally.

Security and Investigations

We use data for security, fraud prevention, and investigations.

This includes using your data (including your communications) to:

• Detect and prevent fraud
• Investigate potential violations of our User Agreement
• Enforce the Travel Advances Community Standards
• Protect Members, Visitors, and others from harm
• Maintain the integrity and safety of our Services

Security is a core part of the Travel Advances platform.

 

How We Share Information

Our Services

Any data you include on your profile-and any content you post or social actions you take (e.g., likes, follows, comments, shares)-may be visible to others, consistent with your settings.

Your visibility depends on:

• Your privacy settings
• Your Travel Mates
• Your Travel Groups
• Your activity on the platform
• Whether your profile is public or restricted
• Whether content is shared publicly or within specific groups

We honor your visibility choices wherever settings are available.

 

AI Terms & Conditions for Tommy & Taylor

Purpose of the AI Companions

Tommy and Taylor are AI-powered digital companions designed to enhance your Travel Advances experience through:

• Travel guidance
• Destination suggestions
• Creative ideas
• Conversational support
• Personalized travel insights

Their responses are based on the inputs you provide.

No Professional Advice

Tommy and Taylor do not provide:

• Legal advice
• Medical advice
• Financial advice
• Safety-critical advice

Their information is general guidance only.

You are responsible for verifying important details independently.

User Responsibility

By interacting with Tommy or Taylor, you agree to:

• Use AI features responsibly and respectfully
• Avoid sharing sensitive personal information (e.g., passwords, financial data, medical records)
• Understand that your input influences the AI's responses and tone

Data Use & Privacy

Your interactions with Tommy and Taylor may be processed to improve:

• Quality
• Safety
• Performance
• Personalization

For full details on how data is handled, stored, or protected, refer to the Travel Advances Privacy Policy.

Content Accuracy & Limitations

While Tommy and Taylor aim to be helpful and accurate, their responses may occasionally be:

• Incomplete
• Outdated
• Incorrect

Travel Advances does not guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of AI-generated content.

User Conduct

You agree not to use Tommy or Taylor to:

• Generate harmful, abusive, or unlawful content
• Engage in harassment, discrimination, or unsafe behavior
• Manipulate, exploit, or misuse the AI systems

Intellectual Property

All AI-generated content is provided for personal use within the Travel Advances platform.

Content may not be:

• Reproduced
• Distributed
• Commercialized

...without permission from Travel Advances.

Service Changes & Availability

Travel Advances may update, modify, or discontinue AI features at any time.

Access to Tommy and Taylor:

• Is not guaranteed
• May vary based on account settings
• May depend on feature availability
• May change due to platform updates

Acceptance of Terms

By enabling or using Tommy and Taylor, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these AI Terms & Conditions.

 

Profile

Your profile is fully visible to all Members and customers of our Services.

Subject to your settings, it may also be visible to:

• Visitors
• Third-party search engines
• External services that index public profiles

As detailed in our Help Center, your visibility depends on:

• Your privacy settings
• Your relationship to the viewing Member (e.g., Travel Mate or not)
• The viewer's subscription level
• How they access the Services (web, app, API)
• The type of search performed (e.g., name, keyword, destination)

These factors determine which fields of your profile are visible to others.

Posts, Likes, Follows, Comments, Messages

Our Services allow viewing and sharing information, including through posts, likes, follows, and comments.

When you share a travel post (e.g., an update, image, video, itinerary, or travel story) publicly, it can be viewed by everyone and re-shared anywhere (subject to your settings). Members, Visitors, and others may find and view your publicly shared content, including your name and profile photo (if provided).

In Travel Groups, posts are visible to other group members.

Your Travel Group memberships are public and part of your profile, but you may adjust their visibility in your settings.

Any information you share through Travel Pages (e.g., company pages, destination pages, or organization pages) will be viewable by those page owners and others who visit those pages.

When you follow a person, destination, or organization, you are visible to others-and to that page owner-as a follower.

We notify senders when you act on their message, subject to your settings.

Subject to your settings, we also notify a Member when you view their profile.

When you like, re-share, or comment on another Member's content (including sponsored travel content), others may view these "social actions" and associate them with you (e.g., your name, profile, and photo).

Communication Archival

Certain regulated Members may need to store communications outside of our Service.

We enable the archiving of messages by and to those Members outside of our Services, consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

Others' Services

You may link your Travel Advances account with third-party services so they can:

• Look up your contacts' profiles
• Post your Travel Advances shares on their platforms
• Enable you to start conversations with your contacts on those platforms

Excerpts from your profile may also appear on third-party services.

Subject to your settings, other services may look up your profile.

When you link your account to other services, your personal data may be made available to them.

The sharing and use of that data will be described in, or linked to, a consent screen when you choose to link accounts.

For example:

• You may link your Twitter, Instagram, or WeChat account to share Travel Advances content externally.
• Your email provider may allow you to upload your Travel Advances contacts into its service.

Third-party services have their own privacy policies, and you may be granting them permission to use your data in ways we would not.

You may revoke these links at any time.

Subject to your settings, excerpts from your profile may appear in:

• Search engine results
• Mail and calendar applications
• Social media aggregators

"Old" profile information may remain visible on these services until they refresh their data caches.

Related Services

We share your data across our different Services and affiliated Travel Advances entities.

We may combine information internally across the Services covered by this Privacy Policy to make our platform more relevant and useful to you and others.

For example:

• We may personalize your feed based on your Travel Groups
• We may refine Travel Now recommendations based on your Travel Mates
• We may improve Travel 100 insights based on your engagement history

Service Providers

We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our Services, including:

• Maintenance
• Analysis
• Auditing
• Payments
• Fraud detection
• Marketing
• Development

These providers may access your information only as necessary to perform tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes.

Legal Disclosures

We may need to share your data when required by law or when necessary to protect your rights, our rights, or the rights and safety of others.

We may disclose information about you when:

1. Required by law, subpoena, or legal process
2. Necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities
3. Necessary to enforce our agreements with you
4. Needed to investigate and defend against third-party claims
5. Required to protect the security or integrity of our Services
6. Necessary to protect the rights and safety of Travel Advances, our Members, personnel, or others

We attempt to notify Members about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate, unless prohibited by law, court order, or emergency circumstances.

We may dispute legal demands that we believe are overbroad, vague, or lack proper authority, but we do not guarantee that we will challenge every demand.

Change in Control or Sale

We may share your data as part of a sale, merger, change in control, or preparation for such events.

Any entity that acquires part or all of Travel Advances will have the right to continue using your data, but only in accordance with this Privacy Policy unless you agree otherwise.

 

Your Choices & Obligations

Data Retention

We retain your personal data as long as your account is open or as needed to provide Services.

This includes:

• Data you provide
• Data others provide about you
• Data generated or inferred from your use of our Services

Even if you use our Services infrequently, we retain your information unless you close your account.

In some cases, we retain certain information (in de-personalized or aggregated form) after your account is closed.

Rights to Access and Control Your Personal Data

We provide choices regarding the personal data we collect, use, and share about you.

Delete Data

You can ask us to erase or delete some of your personal data (e.g., if it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which we collected it).

Change or Correct Data

You can edit some of your personal data through your account.

You can also ask us to change, update, or fix inaccurate data.

Object to, or Limit or Restrict, Use of Data

You can ask us to stop using some or all of your personal data (e.g., if we have no legal right to keep using it) or to limit our use of it.

Right to Access and/or Take Your Data

You can ask us for a copy of your personal data and can ask for a copy of personal data you provided in machine-readable form.

You may contact us using the contact information below. We will consider your request in accordance with applicable laws.

Residents in certain territories may have specific legal rights; please see the "Additional Disclosures" section below.

 

Account Closure

We retain your personal data even after you close your account if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our User Agreement, or fulfill your request to "unsubscribe" from further messages from us.

We will retain de-personalized information after your account is closed.

Information you have shared with others (e.g., through TravelMail, updates, or group posts) will remain visible after you close your account, and we do not control data that other Members have copied out of our Services.

Groups content and ratings or reviews may remain visible and associated with your name even after your account is closed.

Your profile may continue to be displayed in the services of others (e.g., search engine results) until they refresh their cache.

 

Security

We implement security safeguards designed to protect your data.

We regularly monitor our systems for vulnerabilities and attacks.

However, we cannot guarantee the security of information you send us.

No system is 100% secure.

In the event of a security breach, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on our website.

 

Cross-Border Data Transfers

We process data both inside and outside the United States and rely on legally-provided mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders.

Countries where we process data may have laws that differ, and potentially provide less protection, than the laws of your own country.

 

Lawful Bases for Processing

We have lawful bases to collect, use, and share data about you.

You have choices about our use of your data.

At any time, you can withdraw consent you have provided by going to settings.

We collect and process personal data about you only where we have lawful bases.

Lawful bases include consent (where you have given consent), contract (where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you), and "legitimate interests."

Where we rely on your consent to process personal data, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent at any time, and where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object.

If you have questions about the lawful bases upon which we collect and use your personal data, please contact us.

 

Direct Marketing and Do Not Track Signals

We do not currently share personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes without your permission.

 

Contact Information

If you have questions or complaints about this Policy, please contact us at:

TRAVELADVANCES.COM dba TravelAdvances dba Tommy Talk

Attn: Privacy Department

4654 Pine Grove Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76123

Online: https://traveladvances.com/contact

Email: info@traveladvances.com

 

Consent

If you do not consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information as outlined in this policy, please do not provide any personal information to Travel Advances.

If you have provided personal information to us and no longer consent to its use or disclosure as outlined in this policy, please contact us.

 

CCPA NOTICE

(California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018)

 

California residents have certain legal rights with respect to personal information we may collect.

This section describes those rights and how to exercise them.

 

How We Collect, Use, and Share Information

As a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect about you and how we use, share, and sell (if applicable) that information.

See the sections above for details on how we collect, use, and share information.

 

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We collect the following categories of personal information:

• Identifiers (e.g., name, email address, username, IP address)
• Personal information categories listed in Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e) (e.g., name, address, telephone number)
• Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law (e.g., age, gender)
• Commercial information (e.g., products/services purchased, purchasing history)
• Internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., browsing history, search history)
• Geolocation data (e.g., location of your device)
• Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information (e.g., photos, videos you upload)
• Professional or employment-related information (e.g., current and past job history)
• Education information (e.g., school attended)
• Inferences drawn from any of the above (e.g., preferences, characteristics, behaviors)

 

Business or Commercial Purpose for Collecting Information

We use your personal information for the following business or commercial purposes:

• Providing, maintaining, and improving our Services
• Processing transactions and sending related information
• Sending promotional communications
• Responding to your comments and questions
• Providing customer service
• Analyzing use of our Services
• Detecting, investigating, and preventing fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
• Personalizing and improving your experience
• Performing advertising and marketing

 

Categories of Third Parties We Share Information With

We may share your personal information with:

• Service providers
• Business partners
• Third parties for legal purposes
• Affiliates

 

Sale of Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information for monetary consideration.

However, the CCPA defines "sale" broadly to include sharing personal information for other valuable consideration.

Under this definition, some of our sharing practices may constitute a "sale."

You have the right to opt out of such sales.

 

Your Rights Under CCPA

California residents have the following rights:

 

Right to Know

You have the right to request information about:

• Categories of personal information we have collected about you
• Categories of sources from which personal information is collected
• Business or commercial purpose for collecting personal information
• Categories of third parties with whom we share personal information
• Specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you

 

Right to Delete

You have the right to request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.

 

Right to Opt-Out of Sale

You have the right to opt out of the "sale" of your personal information.

To opt out, please contact us using the information provided below or visit our website.

 

Right to Non-Discrimination

You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

 

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise your rights under the CCPA, you may contact us by:

• Email: info@traveladvances.com
• Mail: 4654 Pine Grove Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76123
• Online: https://traveladvances.com/contact

 

Verification

We will verify your identity before responding to your request.

You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf.

 

Response Timing

We will respond to verifiable consumer requests within 45 days.

If we need more time, we will notify you.

 

COOKIE POLICY

 

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit.

They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

 

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Authenticate users and prevent fraud
• Remember your settings and preferences
• Deliver relevant content and advertising
• Analyze how our Services are used
• Improve our Services

 

Types of Cookies We Use

 

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our Services to function.

They enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas.

Without these cookies, you would not be able to use our Services.

 

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Services.

They help us understand which pages are visited most often and how visitors move around our site.

This information is used to improve how our Services work.

 

Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our Services to remember choices you make.

They may be used to provide enhanced features, such as remembering your preferences.

 

Targeting/Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests.

They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

 

Third-Party Cookies

We may allow third parties to place cookies on your device through our Services.

These third parties include analytics providers and advertising networks.

They collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites.

 

Cookie Choices

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings.

You can set your browser to:

• Block all cookies
• Block third-party cookies
• Delete cookies when you close your browser
• Notify you when a cookie is being placed

Please note that blocking all cookies may affect your ability to use our Services.

 

Web Beacons

We may use web beacons (also called pixel tags or clear GIFs) in conjunction with cookies.

Web beacons are tiny graphics files that contain unique identifiers.

They are used to track online movements of users.

 

Local Storage

We may use local storage technologies, such as HTML5 local storage.

Local storage allows us to store information locally on your device.

This may be used for similar purposes as cookies.

 

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.

We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes.

 

TRAVEL ADVANCES COMMUNITY STANDARDS

 

Travel Advances is committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all Members.

Our Community Standards outline the behaviors and content that are not allowed on our platform.

Violating these standards may result in content removal, account suspension, or permanent ban.

 

Be Safe

We are committed to the safety of our community.

The following behaviors and content are strictly prohibited:

 

Zero Tolerance for Child Exploitation

Travel Advances has zero tolerance for content that sexualizes or exploits children.

We report all instances of apparent child exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).

Any account found to be involved in such activities will be immediately and permanently banned.

 

Do Not Promote Illegal or Dangerous Goods or Services

Content that promotes, sells, or facilitates the sale of:

• Illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia
• Weapons, ammunition, or explosives
• Human trafficking
• Counterfeit goods
• Other illegal goods or services

is strictly prohibited.

 

Do Not Promote Dangerous Organizations or Individuals

We do not allow content that supports or praises:

• Terrorist organizations
• Hate groups
• Criminal organizations
• Mass or serial murderers
• Other dangerous individuals or groups

 

Be Trustworthy

Our community is built on trust. Behaviors that undermine trust are prohibited.

 

Do Not Share False or Misleading Content

Do not share content that is:

• False or misleading
• Designed to deceive others
• Manipulated media that could confuse people
• Conspiracy theories that could cause harm

 

Do Not Create a Fake Profile

Your profile should represent you authentically.

Do not:

• Use someone else's identity
• Create fake or bot accounts
• Misrepresent your affiliation with organizations
• Use fake names or false credentials

 

Do Not Swindle, Defraud, or Deceive

Do not use our Services to:

• Scam other Members
• Engage in phishing attempts
• Commit financial fraud
• Deceive people for financial gain

 

Do Not Be Hateful

We do not tolerate hate speech or discrimination based on:

• Race or ethnicity
• National origin
• Religion
• Sexual orientation
• Gender or gender identity
• Disability
• Age
• Veteran status
• Any other protected characteristic

 

Do Not Engage in Sexual Innuendos or Unwanted Advances

Our platform is not intended for dating or sexual solicitation.

Do not:

• Send sexually explicit messages
• Make unwanted romantic or sexual advances
• Share sexually explicit content
• Engage in sexual harassment

 

Do Not Share Harmful or Shocking Material

Do not share content that:

• Contains gratuitous violence
• Depicts self-harm or suicide
• Is designed to shock or disturb
• Promotes dangerous activities

 

Do Not Spam Members or the Platform

Spam degrades the quality of the community experience.

Do not:

• Send unsolicited commercial messages
• Post repetitive or irrelevant content
• Use automated tools to interact with the platform
• Manipulate engagement metrics

 

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

 

Travel Advances respects the intellectual property rights of others.

We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

 

Notice of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied and is accessible on our Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide written notification containing:

1. An electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or authorized representative
2. A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed
3. Identification of the material that you claim is infringing and where it is located on our Services
4. Your contact information (address, telephone number, email)
5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner
6. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner

 

Please send your notice to:

TRAVELADVANCES.COM

Attn: DMCA Agent

4654 Pine Grove Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76123

Email: info@traveladvances.com

 

Counter-Notice

If you believe your content was removed by mistake, you may submit a counter-notice containing:

1. Your physical or electronic signature
2. Identification of the material that was removed and its location before removal
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed by mistake
4. Your name, address, and telephone number
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in your district
6. A statement that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the takedown notice

 

We may restore your content if we do not receive notice of court action from the complaining party within 10-14 business days after receiving your counter-notice.

 

AP CONTENT NOTICE

 

Some content on our Services may be provided by the Associated Press (AP).

All AP content is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

AP content may not be republished, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without prior written authorization from AP.

 

 

TRAVELADVANCES.COM — UPDATED FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026