Terms & Conditions
Solstice Wellness Retreats provides yoga teaching via online and in person classes, workshops,retreats and courses.
By signing up to or participating in any offering from Solstice/Gina Marchetta you agree to accept all of the below terms and conditions and will adhere to them.
Waiver of Liability
I agree that I am voluntarily participating in an online or in person class, workshop or course offered by Solstice / Gina Marchetta.
I understand and recognise that classes with Solstice / Gina Marchetta may be physically strenuous and may cause physical injury. I voluntarily participate in them with full knowledge and awareness of the risks and hazards involved. We endeavour to make the retreat environment a safe place for you, however, we will not take responsibility for any injuries or accidents that occur on the retreat.
I represent and warrant that I am physically fit and I have no medical condition that would prevent my full participation and agree to assume full responsibility for any risks, injury or damages, known or unknown, which I might incur as a result of participating in the class or programme.
I agree that neither I, my heirs, assigns or legal representatives will sue or make any other claims of any kind whatsoever against Solstice / Gina Marchetta for any personal injury, property damage/loss, or wrongful death, whether caused by negligence or otherwise.
I understand that I may receive physical or verbal assists or adjustments to enhance or correct my body posture during class. I will take accountability for alerting the teacher of any injury or impairment in advance before class begins or if I do not want to receive any assists.
I understand that in very exceptional circumstances the class timetable may be altered at short notice, Solstice / Gina Marchetta reserves the right to make any such alterations. Sign up to the mailing list via the website so you can be kept informed of any schedule changes. You have the option to unsubscribe from this list at any time.
I understand that photos and videos may be taken of the class and used by Solstice / Gina Marchetta in their promotional material online and offline. By entering into this agreement I agree that it is my responsibility to make myself known should I not wish to be photographed or filmed.
If you are attending an in person class, you accept full responsibility for your belongings. Solstice / Gina Marchetta does not accept responsibility for any lost, stolen or damaged goods.
For classes and workshops held in yoga studios see individual yoga studios websites for their T&Cs and booking information.
Solstice/Gina Marchetta are entitled to ask you to leave the retreat if you display any anti-social behaviour.
Booking & Purchase Policy
I understand that all bookings must be made through the website solsticewellnessretreats.com and any booking systems implemented to facilitate with providing services
I agree that all bookings are final and non-refundable, in exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of Solstice / Gina Marchetta a transfer of a booking may be permitted to a different class of the same value but is not guaranteed.
In booking or purchasing a service from Solstice / Gina Marchetta and providing an email address, I agree to be communicated with by electronic mail (email). I accept any risk that email may not be a fully secure and confidential means of communication. Solstice / Gina Marchetta will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered as a result of communicating in this manner.
Ownership of Content
All content of classes, on demand yoga bundles and other offerings is owned solely by Solstice / Gina Marchetta and may not be redistributed, resold or passed on.
The above terms may change from time to time and all updates will be posted to this page.
If you have any questions regarding the above please contact Solsticewellnessretreats@gmail.com.
Privacy Policy
I take your privacy very seriously, I never sell lists or email addresses.
The following terms (“Terms of Service”) constitute an agreement between Solstice / Gina Marchetta, and the user (“You”) that governs Your use of this website and all of its associated services, content and functionality. This policy applies to the website administered by Solstice / Gina Marchetta, located at solsticewellnessretreats.com.
Your use of the Website constitutes Your acceptance of, and agreement to the following Terms of Use. Solstice / Gina Marchetta reserves the right to modify, alter, amend or update its Website, policies and these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use are subject to change without notice. If You do not agree with or do not accept any part of these Terms of Use, You must not use the Website or purchase from Solstice / Gina Marchetta.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta is committed to keeping any and all personal information collected of those individuals that visit our website and make use of our online facilities and services accurate, confidential, secure and private. Our privacy policy has been designed and created to ensure those affiliated with Solstice / Gina Marchetta of our commitment and realisation of our obligation not only to meet but to exceed most existing privacy standards.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta may receive and store information that You voluntarily submit through the Website for the purpose of subscribing to the Website to receivers, to leave comments on blog posts, or to purchase Products.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta may receive and store certain types of usage-related information when You interact with the Website, including but not limited to, Your computer’s IP address and browser information. The information we collect is used to customise the content and/or layout of our pages for each individual visitor.
With respect to cookies: we use cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customise Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta a will not sell, distribute, or reveal users’ email addresses or other personal information without their consent.
Third-Party Use of Personal Information
Solstice / Gina Marchetta may provide personal information to an applicable third party in order to provide services.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta uses the services of MailChimp for delivery of email updates. MailChimp’s use of Your personal information is subject to MailChimp’s Privacy Policy.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta may use the services of PayPal for payments for live classes. PayPal’s use of Your personal information is subject to Paypal’s Privacy Policy.
Modification or Deletion of Personal Information
You can decline to submit personal information at any time.
If You decline, Solstice / Gina Marchetta may not be able to continue to provide service to You.
You may request deletion of Your personal information by unsubscribing from our newsletter and/or sending an email to solsticewellnessretreats@gmail.com but in some cases, we may be required to keep Your information by law. In such a case, it would no longer be active and would be kept separately in an archive.
Registration & Restricted Access
Access to certain areas of the Website may be restricted. Solstice / Gina Marchetta reserves the right to restrict areas of the Website at its sole discretion.
Some restricted areas of the Website may be made available to You as a registered user or after making a purchase. When You are registered, You are required to create a user profile, which may include a username and password. You agree to keep Your username and password confidential. If You suspect your password has been compromised, You must notify Solstice / Gina Marchetta immediately at solsticewellnessretreats@gmail.com
Solstice / Gina Marchetta will not be liable for any loss caused by the unauthorised use of Your account; however, You may be liable to Solstice / Gina Marchetta or other third parties for any losses incurred due to such unauthorised use.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta may disable Your username and password at its sole discretion.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta reserves the right to modify methods for registration and access levels of registered users from time to time.
Use of the Website
Unless otherwise stated, Solstice / Gina Marchetta owns the intellectual property and rights to all content and material on the Website.
All intellectual property rights are reserved.
From time to time, the Website will utilise various plugins or widgets to allow sharing of content via social media channels, email or other methods. Use of these plugins or widgets does not constitute any waiver of Solstice / Gina Marchetta’s intellectual property rights.
You must not use the Website in a way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impair the availability of access to the Website. You must not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Website, except to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law. You must not use the Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material that consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit and/or other harmful code or malicious software.
You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities, including, but not limited to scraping, data mining, data extraction or data harvesting on or in relation to the Website without Solstice / Gina Marchetta’s express written permission.
You must not use the Website to transmit or send any unsolicited commercial communications.
You must not use the Website for any third-party marketing without Solstice / Gina Marchetta express written permission.
Communication – Electronic Notice
If You send Solstice / Gina Marchetta an email, register to use the Website or provide your email in any other way, You consent to receive communications from Solstice / Gina Marchetta electronically.
Third Parties
The Website contains links to third-party websites that are not governed or controlled by Solstice / Gina Marchetta .You represent and warrant that You have read and agree to be bound by all applicable Terms of Use and policies for any third-party website that relates to Your use of the Website.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta assumes no control or liability over the content of any third-party sites. You expressly hold Solstice / Gina Marchetta from any and all liability related to Your use of a third-party website.
Prior to engaging in any commercial transactions with any third parties discovered through or linked on the Website, You must complete any necessary investigation or due diligence. If there is a dispute for any commercial transactions with a third party discovered through or linked on the Website, You expressly hold Solstice / Gina Marchetta harmless from any and all liability in any dispute.
Collection of Information
This website collects various types of information, such as:
Voluntarily provided information which may include your name, address, email address, billing and/or credit card information etc., which may be used when you purchase products and/or services and to deliver the services you have requested.
Information automatically collected when visiting our website, which may include cookies, third party tracking technologies and server logs.
Please rest assured that this site shall only collect personal information that you knowingly and willingly provide by way of surveys, completed membership forms, and emails. It is the intent of this site to use personal information only for the purpose for which it was requested and any additional uses specifically provided on this site.
Solstice / Gina Marchetta may have the occasion to collect anonymous demographic information. We may also gather information about the type of browser you are using, IP address or type of operating system to assist us in providing and maintaining superior quality service.
Links to Other Web Sites
Our website does contain links to affiliate and other websites. Solstice / Gina Marchetta does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
The aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website.
Security
Solstice / Gina Marchetta shall endeavour and shall take every precaution to maintain adequate physical, procedural and technical security with respect to our information storage facilities so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure or modification of the user's personal information under our control
Changes to Privacy Policy Agreement
Solstice / Gina Marchetta reserves the right to update and/or change the terms of our privacy policy, and as such we will post those changes to this page, so that our users and/ or visitors are always aware of the type of information we collect, how it will be used, and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose such information.
Acceptance of Terms
Through the use of this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our sites In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you are in agreement and acceptance of such changes.
RETREAT BOOKINGS & PAYMENTS
Bookings are only reserved once payment of the non-refundable deposit is received
All deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable
All bookings must be paid via bank transfer to G Marchetta, you will receive receipt of your payments via your email
The final retreat balance must be paid 30 days before the retreat commences unless stated otherwise in your agreement
You are entitled to cancel your place at anytime, however, Solstice Wellness Retreats are entitled to keep 100% of the retreat cost. It is at Solstice Wellness Retreats discretion to refund 50% if another person can fill the place. No exchanges are permitted.
Solstice is entitled to cancel the retreat at anytime and will provide a full refund no more than 14 days after the decision has been made.
We do not accept any liability for cancellations due to the event of natural disasters, terrorist actions, threats of war, travel disruptions, civil unrest and any other issues that are out of our control or changes in your personal circumstances that mean you can no longer attend.
RETREAT TRAVEL
All travel arrangements to and from the retreat are your responsibility and cost
You must book your own travel and holiday insurance as soon as you have booked your place and flights
Travel insurance must cover all activities and wellness classes on the retreat
Solstice/Gina Marchetta does not take responsibility for any travel disruptions, cancellations or delays to your travel arriving or departing from the retreat
Transfers are only covered by Solstice at the retreat destination and where they have included this in the booking details.