Terms and Conditions

General Terms

By attending a Jade Stephens Photography and Mathilde Rietsch Photography workshop you are accepting certain risks. Your application shall serve as a release of our liability and a complete assumption of all risks by you and your heirs, administrator, executor, successors, and assign for all family members. By accepting our terms of service, you are acknowledging that you are aware that travel, wherever it may be, and by whatever means, involves some inherent risk of injury, illness, death, loss, or damage to personal property, which may be caused by acts of nature, negligence or actions of others.

In consideration of, and as part of the payment for your participation in a program, workshop, excursion, expeditions, other activities, or any program that Jade Stephens Photography and Mathilde Rietsch Photography assigns, may be conducting, you are voluntarily releasing Jade Stephens Photography and Mathilde Rietsch Photography or their employees, assigns, independent contractors or anyone involved thereof, from any damages, liabilities, costs, injuries whether mental or physical, known or unknown, and by participation, you agree to assume all risks whether known or unknown. You acknowledge voluntarily that by travelling to areas that may be remote, foreign, mountainous, wilderness, or wild rivers and may not be maintained to the standards you are accustomed and therefore may involve certain additional risks, dangers, and inconveniences including, but not limited to, terrorism, forces of nature, wild animals, hotel accommodations, aeroplane, vehicles, trains, boats, roads, paths, trails, and other means of conveyance or other unknown risks. You acknowledge that medical services and facilities may not be readily available during all or part of the trip, including medical care, the presence of physicians, and medication. Jade Stephens Photography and Mathilde Rietsch Photography assumes no liability for medical care.

You also acknowledge that you understand that travel with a group invariably involves compromise to accommodate the diverse desires, travel goals, personalities, and physical abilities of group members. You also understand that while itineraries are carefully planned, they are not a guaranteed schedule of activities, events, or participation, but only a guideline and example. Group participants must allow for flexibility and changes deemed necessary by the program leader or professional guides. There may be situations beyond our control due to geographic, climatic, physical, or governmental restrictions that will cause further changes in timing, locations, and activities. Understanding this, you further agree that there will be no discounts or refunds for activities curtailed or otherwise affected by such circumstances.

You have assumed the responsibility to select an activity appropriate to your physical abilities and interests. You are personally responsible for being sufficiently in good health to undertake the activity. By accepting our terms of service, and by your deposit, you certify that you do not knowingly have any physical or other considerations of disability that would create a risk for you or other participants.

You will be responsible for studying all pre-trip information; for bringing all equipment, personal items, and appropriate clothing; for conforming to standards of dress and hygiene; and for acting in a manner considerate of fellow participants, locations and environments, models, and locations. We reserve the right to cancel any activity and to accept or reject any person as a member of any activity. The program, workshop, expedition, excursion, or trip leader’s judgment shall provide the ultimate determination of an individual’s ability to participate in, or continue to participate in, any activity or program.

Cancellation or Change of a Workshop

Jade Stephens Photography and Mathilde Rietsch Photography will make every attempt to operate a trip once confirmed, we do reserve the right to cancel or change a trip, at any time due to insufficient bookings and/or reasons beyond our control that might create unsafe or undesirable travel conditions for the participants. In such a case, a full and immediate refund will be issued. However, this does not cover travel costs incurred (e.g. non-refundable air tickets, visa fees if applicable, clothing, equipment, miscellaneous transportation costs, medical expenses, travel insurance premiums, etc.). We reserve the right to refuse acceptance of any participant, for any reason, at any time. We are not responsible for any additional expenses incurred by such participants.

Cancellation and refund policy

We strongly recommend you get a Trip Cancellation & Travel Insurance after booking your trip. If you cancel your spot and the Workshop is otherwise filled, we will refund you the full amount you have paid towards the tuition, minus a €300 service charge. If you cancel and the Workshop does not fill, then you will be refunded according to the following schedule, based on the full fee of the Workshop:

Greater than 90 days from the start date of the Workshop: full refund minus €300 service fee.
60 days or more: 50% refund of the full amount minus €300 service fee.
30 days or more: 25% refund of the full amount minus €300 service fee.
Less than 30 days: no refund of the full amount

Refunds will be paid by the same method that the original payment was made.

Minimum Spots Required
Once we book 4 spots on the trip, your booking will be officially confirmed and the following policies above will apply. If we happen to not fill 6 spots, the trip will be cancelled and you will receive a full refund.

Not Included

Flight tickets to and from the starting location, passport and visa expenses; baggage/accident/cancellation insurance; personal expenses, such as laundry, telephone calls, meals, alcoholic beverages; and any other items not specifically noted as included.

Travel Documentation

You are responsible to ensure that you have all the correct documents to enter the specific country where the workshop is taking place.

Insurance

We would recommend that you purchase travel insurance for any trip, please be sure to check the terms and conditions carefully. Such insurance often provides coverage for losses suffered in the event of trip cancellation and interruption, travel delay, loss of baggage and travel documents, baggage delay, medical emergencies and accidental death.