TERMS OF USE

(Updated August 29, 2023)

 

  1. INTRODUCTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Welcome to the Hill Country Premier Lodging website (“Application”), an interactive online service operated by Andervant Operations, LLC (dba Hill Country Premier Lodging),, Texas Registered LLC (“us,” “we,” or “our”).

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE APPLICATION.BY ACCESSING AND/OR USING THE APPLICATION (OTHER THAN TO READ THESE TERMS OF USE FOR THE FIRST TIME) YOU ARE AGREEING TO COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, WHICH MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME AS SET FORTH IN SECTION TITLED “AMENDMENT; ADDITIONAL TERMS.” IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE APPLICATION. 

In addition to these Terms of Use, we have established a Privacy Policy to explain how we collect and use information about you.  A copy of this Privacy Policy is posted on the Application and is incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.  By accessing or using the Application, you are also signifying your acknowledgement and agreement to our Privacy Policy.

  1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

(A)            The Application and included content (and any derivative works or enhancements of the same) including, but not limited to, all text, illustrations, files, images, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, information, content, materials, products, services, URLs, technology, documentation, and interactive features (collectively, the “Application Content”) and all intellectual property rights to the same are owned by us, our licensors, or both. Additionally, all trademarks, service marks, trade names and trade dress that may appear on the Application are owned by us, our licensors, or both. Except for the limited use rights granted to you in these Terms of Use, you shall not acquire any right, title or interest in the Application or any Application Content. Any rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Use are expressly reserved.

(B)               You have been granted access to the Application for purposes of fulfilling your employment obligations to your employer, with whom we have a contractual relationship.  The Application Content is hereby designated as Confidential Information under our agreement with your employer.  By accessing the Application, you agree to use the Application Content only in furtherance of your employment obligations, to keep the Application Content confidential, and to not share the Application Content with anyone not employed by your employer.

  1. APPLICTION ACCESS AND USE

(A)              Access to the Application including, without limitation, the Application Content is provided for your information and personal, non-commercial use only. When using the Application, you agree to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws including, without limitation, copyright law.  Except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use, you may not use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works based upon, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, transmit, or otherwise exploit Application Content for any purpose whatsoever without obtaining prior written consent from us or, in the case third-party content, its respective owner.  In certain instances, we may permit you to download or print Application Content or both. In such a case, you may download or print (as applicable) one copy of Application Content for your personal, non-commercial use only. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading or printing Application Content.

(B)               Furthermore, except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use, you may not: (i) remove, alter, cover, or distort any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notice on the Application or Application Content; (ii) use an automatic device (such as a robot or spider) or manual process to copy or “scrape” the Application or Application Content for any purpose without our express written permission. 

  1. APPLICATION CONTENT & THIRD PARTY LINKS

We provide the Application including, without limitation, Application Content for informational and analytical purposes only. In many instances, Application Content will include content posted by a third-party or links to third-party Applications, which we do not control.  Regardless, you may not rely on any information and opinions expressed on our Application for any purpose and we make no representations or warranties regarding the reliability or accuracy of the same.  In all instances, it is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, or usefulness of Application Content.  Under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on any Application Content.

  1. USER CONTENT

(A)              We may now or in the future permit users to post, upload, transmit through, or otherwise make available on the Application (collectively, “submit”) messages, text, illustrations, files, images, graphics, photos, comments, sounds, music, videos, information, content, and/or other materials (“User Content”). Subject to the rights and license you grant herein, you retain all right, title and interest in your User Content. You shall not submit any User Content protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, or other intellectual property or proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the respective right. You are solely liable for any damage resulting from your failure to obtain such permission or from any other harm resulting from User Content that you submit.

(B)               By submitting User Content to us, simultaneously with such posting you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner has expressly granted, to us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully sublicensable, and transferable right and license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works based upon (including, without limitation, translations), publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, and publish the User Content (in whole or in part) as we, in our sole discretion, deem appropriate including, without limitation, (1) in connection with our business; and (2) in connection with the businesses of our successors, parents, subsidiaries, and their related companies. We may exercise this grant in any format, media or technology now known or later developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such User Content.

  1. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Hill Country Premier Lodging (Andervant Operations, LLC) and its officers, directors, employees, parents, partners, successors, agents, distribution partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, and their related companies from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, obligations, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of, related to, or that may arise in connection with:(i) your access to or use of the Application; (ii) your User Content; (iii) any actual or alleged violation or breach by you of these Terms of Use; (iv) any actual or alleged breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant that you have made to us; or (v) your acts or omissions. You agree to cooperate fully with us in the defense of any claim that is the subject of your obligations hereunder. 

  1. DISCLAIMERS

(A)       YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE APPLICATION IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE APPLICATION AND APPLICATION CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.  WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HILL COUNTRY PREMIER LODGING, LLC AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, PARTNERS, SUCCESSORS, AGENTS, DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND THEIR RELATED COMPANIES DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY:  (1) WARRANTIES THAT THE APPLICATION WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (2) WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, SECURITY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS, OR INFORMATIONAL CONTENT OF THE APPLICATION OR APPLICATION CONTENT; (3) WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (4) WARRANTIES FOR SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON OUR APPLICATION OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE APPLICATION; (5) WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE APPLICATION; (6) WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE SECURE OR UNINTERRUPTED; AND (7) WARRANTIES THAT ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.

  1. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY

(A)              UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL HILL COUNTRY PREMIER LODGING OR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, PARTNERS, SUCCESSORS, AGENTS, DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OR THEIR RELATED COMPANIES BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF HILL COUNTRY PREMIER LODGING, HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE APPLICATION OR THESE TERMS OF USE.YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE APPLICATION INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE APPLICATION CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE APPLICATION.  SUCH LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF SERVICES OR PRODUCTS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE APPLICATION OR ANY LINKS ON THE APPLICATION, AS WELL AS BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE APPLICATION OR ANY LINKS ON THE APPLICATION.SUCH LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF ANY CONTENT POSTED BY A THIRD-PARTY OR CONDUCT OF A THIRD-PARTY ON THE APPLICATION.

(B)               In some jurisdictions limitations of liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing limitations may not apply to you. These limitations shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.

  1. CHOICE OF LAW ; JURISDICTION AND VENUE

These Terms of Use shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any legal proceedings against Hill Country Premier Lodging that may arise out of, relate to, or be in any way connected with our Application or these Terms of Use shall be brought exclusively in the state and federal courts of Austin, TX and you waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.

  1. DISPUTE RESOLUTION & MANDATORY ARBITRATION

(A)              You and Hill Country Premier Lodging, each agree to first contact each other with any disputes and provide a written description of the problem, all relevant documents/information and the proposed resolution. You agree to contact us with disputes by contacting us at Hill Country Premier Lodging, 3 Palos Verdes Drive, Wimberley, TX 78676.  We will contact you based on the contact information you have provided us.

(B)               If after 30 days the parties are unable to resolve any dispute raised under the previous provision, the dispute may be submitted to arbitration consistent with this Section.  The parties understand that they would have had a right or opportunity to litigate disputes through a court and to have a judge or jury decide their case, but they choose to have any disputes resolved through arbitration.

(C)               You and Hill Country Premier Lodging each agree that any claim or dispute between us, and any claim by either of us against any agent, employee, successor, or assign of the other, including, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, third parties who are not signatories to this agreement, whether related to this agreement or otherwise, including past, present, and future claims and disputes, and including any dispute as to the validity or applicability of this arbitration clause, shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial International Rules of Arbitration in effect when the claim is filed. The arbitration shall take place in or about Austin, TX. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrators shall apply Texas  law, without regard to its rules of conflict of law. Either party may at their option apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the award or judgment of the arbitrators.

(D)              You and Hill Country Premier Lodging acknowledge that each is entering into this arbitration agreement in connection with a transaction involving interstate commerce. Accordingly, this arbitration agreement and any proceedings thereunder shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16. Any award by the arbitrator(s) may be entered as a judgment in any court having jurisdiction.

  1. AMENDMENT; ADDITIONAL TERMS

(A)              We reserve the right in our sole discretion and at any time and for any reason, to modify or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Application or to modify these Terms of Use.  In addition, we reserve the right to provide you with operating rules or additional terms that may govern your use of the Application generally, unique parts of the Application, or both (“Additional Terms”).  Any Additional Terms that we may provide to you will be incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.  To the extent any Additional Terms conflict with these Terms of Use, the Additional Terms will control. 

(B)               Modifications to these Terms of Use or Additional Terms will be effective immediately upon notice, either by posting on the Application or by notification by email or conventional mail.  It is your responsibility to review the Terms of Use and the Application from time to time for any changes or Additional Terms.  Your access and use of any the Application following any modification of these Terms of Use or the provision of Additional Terms will signify your assent to and acceptance of the same.  If you object to any subsequent revision to the Terms of Use or to any Additional Terms, immediately discontinue use of the Application and, if applicable, terminate your Membership.

  1. MISCELLANEOUS

(A)              No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.

(B)               Except where specifically stated otherwise, if any part of these Terms of Use is unlawful or unenforceable for any reason, we both agree that only that part of the Terms of Use shall be stricken and that the remaining terms in the Terms of Use shall not be affected.  So, for example, if a provision in these terms is found to be unenforceable, we agree an arbitrator (or, if permitted, a court) shall only strike that provision and that the remaining terms of these Terms of Use shall remain in force.

(C)               These Terms of Use (including the Privacy Policy and any Additional Terms incorporated by reference) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between us with respect to the Application.

(D)  You may not assign these Terms of Use or assign any rights or delegate any obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent. Any such purported assignment or delegation by you without the appropriate prior written consent will be null and void and of no force and effect.  We may assign these Terms of Use or any rights hereunder without your consent and without notice.

  1. SMS Terms

(A)  By providing your phone number, you agree to receive text messages from our

company. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.

 

 

Data Privacy

Our website address is: https://hcplvacations.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Additional information

How we protect your data

What data breach procedures we have in place

What third parties we receive data from

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements