VACATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The following terms and conditions (hereafter “Terms and Conditions”) apply to all journeys provided by PICKLEBALL WITH ROB LLC and its agents, employees, associates, affiliated companies, independent contractors, or subcontractors (hereinafter called “PICKLEBALL WITH ROB”, “we” or “us” in the rest of this terms and conditions agreement). Read them carefully, and ask questions about any area of concern or uncertainty. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB recommends that you have your attorney review this entire agreement prior to your signing it. Your signature at the end of this document is required in order to reserve and travel with PICKLEBALL WITH ROB, and that signature means that you agree to abide by, and be bound by, all of these terms. The services provided by PICKLEBALL WITH ROB are not an essential need, and if you do not find these terms and conditions to be acceptable your recourse is to not travel with PICKLEBALL WITH ROB. Without your agreement to these terms and conditions, the cost of your trip would be much higher. So do let PICKLEBALL WITH ROB know all of your questions so PICKLEBALL WITH ROB has an opportunity to give you a complete answer before you sign anything.

What’s included

Accommodations, meals, tours, instruction and what’s included in the event or tour package vary according to the event or individual tour package. Refer to your itinerary and purchase agreement for specific details. We attempt to monitor accommodations as hotel and resort managers and owners frequently change, however we cannot guarantee conditions or staffing competence.

Booking and Cancellation Policies

Payment is due upon booking. No event or tour reservations are complete until an initial deposit is made. Refer to your purchase agreement for payment details. For tours, initial deposit is typically one half of the tour cost and due upon booking, and final payment is due no later than 120 days prior to your tour date.

Please be advised that tour guides and accommodations are limited; travelers are encouraged to reserve space early.

THE ACT OF SENDING A DEPOSIT FOR YOUR TRIP ACKNOWLEDGES THAT YOU HAVE READ AND THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT OUR CANCELLATION POLICY, TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Trip Cancellation Insurance

You MUST purchase travel insurance for your trip in the event that you are unable to attend and be reimbursed for your deposit. Many travelers have been very happy with Allianz Travel Insurance or select the Trip Cancellation Insurance company of your choice. There are many policies of coverage to choose from. Make sure you understand the policies so you select the best one that best would apply for you to receive your reimbursement in the event you need to file a claim.

Cancellation policy

If you must cancel your trip, you must do so in writing to : [email protected]

AND

Contact your Trip Cancellation Insurance company to file a claim for your reimbursement.

Your reimbursement, if any, will come from your Trip Cancellation Insurance company, not from Pickleball With Rob.

Vacation Cancellations

If a vacation does not reach the required minimum of 16 players for the trip, the vacation may be cancelled. Notice of cancellation will be given 7 days prior to the event via email.

Travel Arrangements

Participants will arrange and are responsible for their own travel to and from the point of departure of tour. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB is not responsible if an airline cancels or delays a flight. If that occurs, you should work with the airline to ensure you arrive at your destination on or ahead of time. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB will not provide any refund for trips missed, in part or full, due to missed, cancelled or delayed flights or other flight irregularities including without limitation denied boarding, whether or not you are responsible for such denial. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB is not responsible for a participant’s late arrival. These tours are very time limited and, while PICKLEBALL WITH ROB will make efforts to accommodate late arrivals, participants are advised that the activities may proceed without them. Participants are advised to plan for this and to be prepared to arrive in time.

Health and Fitness

PICKLEBALL WITH ROB itineraries are physically active and interactive, so you must be in good health to participate. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB recommends that you discuss these with your physician. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB reserves the right to decline any trip participant whose condition, in PICKLEBALL WITH ROB opinion, may affect the health, safety or enjoyment of the participant, other participants, our staff, or third parties.

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH, AND COSTS OF, ANY AND ALL MEDICAL TREATMENTS YOU MAY REQUIRE OR RECEIVE DURING THE JOURNEY. No medical personnel travel with, or as part of, PICKLEBALL WITH ROB staff. The quality of medical personnel and facilities vary from region to region and cannot be controlled by PICKLEBALL WITH ROB. In some parts of the world, substandard medical care is common and unavoidable. Due to the vast mileage covered in PICKLEBALL WITH ROB itineraries, it is not possible to prearrange or screen medical providers along the route. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB is not responsible for the costs of any medical treatment you may require during the trip. Under no circumstances is PICKLEBALL WITH ROB responsible for the quality of medical care, or lack thereof, you may receive while on the trip.

It is common to experience “jet lag” after transoceanic flights. Jet lag may affect alertness, reflexes and balance. You are encouraged to drink water frequently during air travel and on the days following. Avoid liquor and caffeine while in the air, if not longer. If you find you are experiencing any effects of jet lag or other ailment, you should consider —–not—- undertaking strenuous activity at that time.

Sport Equipment Rental

Participants are hereby advised that you and other participants may be renting sports equipment from a third party including but not limited to snorkel and scuba equipment. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB will not be performing safety inspections on this equipment. This is your responsibility expressly and exclusively. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB is not liable for damages, loss or theft of the sports equipment, or damages or injuries caused thereby, whether by or upon you or 3rd parties.

Immunizations and Travel Risks

Immunization requirements vary from country to country and even region to region. Up-to date information should be obtained from your local health department and consulate. You assume complete and full responsibility for, and hereby release PICKLEBALL WITH ROB from, any duty of checking and verifying vaccination or other entry requirements of each destination, as well as all safety and security conditions of such destinations during the length of the proposed travel or extensions expected or unexpected. For information concerning possible dangers at international destinations, contact the Travel Advisory Section provided by the government of your country. In the United States of America, contact the State Department, by phone (202) 647-5335 or access online at http://travel.state.gov/travel/ warnings.html. For medical information, refer to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), (404) 332-4559; use their fax information service at (404) 332-4565, or access online at www.cdc.gov/travel. You may also wish to consult your family physician.

Be advised a trip without proper immunizations and immunization records may impact your ability to enter certain countries in the future.

Assumption of Risk

These are risks naturally inherent in sports and activities you will be engaging in. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB has no means of gauging the skills of each member of the tour. Travel to, and within, foreign countries, involves inherent risks which are also potentially dangerous. You expressly assume the risk of property damage, property loss, injury and/or death occurring, without limitation, while playing tennis or pickleball, boating, diving, snorkeling, kayaking, bicycling, swimming, surfing, dining, flying, rock climbing, walking, or participating in any activities offered by PICKLEBALL WITH ROB.

Force Majeure (“Acts of God”)

PICKLEBALL WITH ROB shall have no responsibility or liability and shall not be required to make any refund, partial or full, in the event, without limitation, of any delay, cancellation, overbooking, strike or other labor activity, acts of war, terrorism, disease/pandemics, bad weather, lack of medical care, or other force majeure event or cause beyond PICKLEBALL WITH ROB’s direct control. Further, PICKLEBALL WITH ROB shall have no responsibility for any additional, incidental, or consequential expense due, without limitation, to omissions, delays, re-routing, or acts or omissions of any governmental authority. PICKLEBALL WITH ROB reserves the right to cancel a trip for force majeure or any other circumstances beyond our control as determined in our sole discretion. In which case PICKLEBALL WITH ROB shall have no responsibility or liability and shall not be required to make any refund.

Passports

All international tours require a passport valid until at least six (6) months beyond the scheduled end of your itinerary. Non-U.S. citizens should contact the appropriate consular office for any requirements pertaining to their trip; PICKLEBALL WITH ROB is not responsible in any way for your failure to do so.

If you try to enter a country where a visa is required, and you do not have the visa, it is possible that you will be imprisoned until there is an available flight to return you to your point of origin. In some instances, you can receive the same treatment if you attempt to enter a country on a one-way ticket.

Responsibility

Without limitation, PICKLEBALL WITH ROB shall not be responsible or liable for any acts, errors, omissions, representations, misrepresentations, misfeasance, nonfeasance, warranties, negligence or other conduct of any supplier or independent contractor, nor for any personal injuries, death, property damage or loss, or other damages or expenses.

The responsibility of PICKLEBALL WITH ROB and its affiliated companies is strictly limited. As a tour operator, PICKLEBALL WITH ROB organizes, promotes and sells tour programs consisting of island tours that PICKLEBALL WITH ROB arranges with various suppliers (collectively, ‘Suppliers’). PICKLEBALL WITH ROB does not own or operate any of these Suppliers. The Suppliers providing travel services for PICKLEBALL WITH ROB tour programs are independent contractors, and are not agents or employees of PICKLEBALL WITH. As such, PICKLEBALL WITH ROB is not responsible for any negligent or willful act or failure to act of any supplier or of any third party. By utilizing the equipment of the Suppliers, you agree that you will look to such Suppliers for any accident, injury, property damage, or personal loss to you or to those traveling with you, and that neither PICKLEBALL WITH ROB nor any representative of PICKLEBALL WITH ROB shall be liable.

PICKLEBALL WITH ROB reserves the right to correct promotional or pricing errors at any time, or to adjust the program price in the event of cost increases due to changes in currency fluctuations, rental fee increases, taxes, or fuel surcharges.

Release

In consideration of, and as a part of the payment for, the right to participate in such tours, itineraries, or other activities and as a part of the payment for, the services arranged for me by PICKLEBALL WITH ROB, I DO HEREBY EXPRESSLY ASSUME ALL OF THE ABOVE RISKS, including, to the extent permitted by law, the risk of negligent or reckless acts or omissions of PICKLEBALL WITH ROB, its agents, employees, officers, directors, associates, affiliated companies, or subcontractors, and I DO HEREBY EXPRESSLY AGREE TO FOREVER INDEMNIFY, RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS PICKLEBALL WITH ROB, its agents, employees, officers, directors, associates, affiliated companies, and subcontractors against any and all liability, actions, causes of action, debts, suits, claims, and demands of any and every kind and nature whatsoever which I or third parties now have or which may hereafter arise out of or in connection with my trip or participation in any activities arranged for me by PICKLEBALL WITH ROB, its agents, employees, officers, directors, associates, affiliated companies, independent contractors or subcontractors. THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT (TERMS AND CONDITIONS) SHALL SERVE AS A COMPLETE RELEASE AND EXPRESS ASSUMPTION OF RISK for myself, my heirs, assignees, administrators, executors, trustees, and all members of my family, including any minors accompanying me. I HAVE READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROVISIONS AND THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE RELEASE AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK, AND I HEREBY AGREE TO ALL OF ITS CONDITIONS. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PICKLEBALL WITH ROB HAS RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE MY ATTORNEY REVIEW THIS RELEASE PRIOR TO ACCEPTING THESE TERMS WHICH I UNDERSTAND I WILL DEMONSTRATE MY ACCEPTANCE OF BY MAKING A DEPOSIT ON A TRIP WITH PICKLEBALL WITH ROB.

Applicable Law and Choice of Forum

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed according to the laws of the state of Michigan. Any claims against PICKLEBALL WITH ROB arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions must be brought in the courts of Wayne County, Michigan, to the exclusion of the Courts of any other state and country.

By making a deposit on a trip with PICKLEBALL WITH ROB, I acknowledge that I accept the charges, terms and conditions described as PICKLEBALL WITH ROB, as well as any additional charges (if such charges arise during travel) and that I have read and thoroughly understand and agreed to the Important Travel Notices and Terms and Conditions shown here above (Mediation and Arbitration shown below).

PICKLEBALL WITH ROB desires to maintain friendly relationships with its clients (agents, sellers, buyers, etc.). In order to provide for a mutually beneficial relationship, PICKLEBALL WITH ROB has established an alternative mediation program in the event of a misunderstanding or dispute between PICKLEBALL WITH ROB and its clients.”

Mediation and Arbitration

If a dispute arises out of or relates to this contract, or breach thereof, and if the dispute cannot be settled through negotiation, the parties agree first to try in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation administered by the World Travel Dispute Center under the applicable guidelines as established by International Forum for Travel and Tourism (IFTTA) before resorting to arbitration, litigation, or some other dispute resolution procedure. If mediation is not successful, the parties will settle by binding arbitration administered by the World Travel Dispute Center under the applicable guidelines as established by IFTTA. Judgement on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s), or written agreements of the parties, may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof or written agreements of the parties. If litigation is necessary to enforce this agreement, the prevailing party(s) shall receive costs and attorney’s fees.

Pickleball with Rob FAQs

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

What types of support can I expect?

You will join a private online group to stay connected and be able to ask your questions. Existing members and mentors will be able to provide support directly.

Is this a one-time event?

You can attend an unlimited number of onsite workshops and vacations. Of course, you will always be connected to the private online community group to always stay connected.

What makes PLAY WITH PROS different?

The PRO Experience, Members and THE PICKLEBALL.OS BLUEPRINT. You will have the right tools in your hand, learn LIVE from Pros and stay connected to the private online community.

What happens on my first pickleball workshop or vacation?

You learn the core 3E system to accelerate your training and transform your play the same day.

What results can I expect?

It depends on how much of a student of the game that you want to become. The more you put in, the more you get out.

Does my age or level of play matter?

Age and level of play doesn’t matter as much as how passionate you are about the game and your teachability index. The more you are willing to learn and apply is a better measure to gauge your success.