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Terms of Use

Welcome to Worth Visiting (Vale a Pena Visitar — valeapenavisitar.com). By accessing, browsing, or utilizing the information, tools, and content provided on this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be legally bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please discontinue your use of the website immediately.

1. Editorial Nature and Independent Travel Publishing

Worth Visiting is an independent digital travel publication dedicated to authentic couple travel itineraries, practical destination guides, cultural recommendations, gastronomy reviews, and traveler utility tools (such as international currency converters and global electrical plug guides).

Fundamental Clarifications:

  • Not a Travel Agency or Tour Operator: We do not issue airline tickets, sell bundled vacation packages, handle accommodation bookings, or process payments on behalf of travelers.
  • Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Philosophy: Our articles are published for informational, educational, and inspirational purposes to help independent travelers design their own journeys safely and thoughtfully.

2. Travel Information Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

All travel guides, road trips, and tips reflect the firsthand experiences of the authors at the specific time of their visits:

  1. Fluctuations in Pricing, Hours, and Regulations: Travel information changes constantly. Admission fees, national park passes, toll rates, operating schedules, visa rules, and border entry requirements (e.g., passports, visas, eTA) are subject to frequent government and operational updates.
  2. Reader’s Verification Duty: Readers are solely responsible for verifying up-to-date entry regulations, documentation rules, and venue opening schedules directly with official embassies, consulates, airlines, and local municipal authorities prior to departure.
  3. Outdoor Adventures and Physical Activities: Hiking trails, winter excursions (sub-zero environments), whitewater rafting, scenic drives, and water activities inherently involve variable conditions. Readers undertake any suggested physical activity at their own risk, and must carefully evaluate their health condition, fitness level, required gear, and local weather alerts before embarking on any trail.

To assist readers with their travel arrangements, our guides feature links to established third-party travel platforms (including Booking.com, DiscoverCars, Civitatis, Wise, and others):

  • No Third-Party Liability: Worth Visiting does not enter into any contract of service with the reader. Any accommodation booking, car rental, tour reservation, or currency exchange occurs directly and exclusively between you and the respective third-party provider.
  • Exclusion of Damages: We assume no responsibility or liability for cancellations, service changes, pricing discrepancies, property conditions, or disputes arising between you and third-party vendors.
  • Affiliate Compensation: Certain links are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a referral commission on completed bookings at no extra cost to you.

4. Intellectual Property and Authorized Use

All content on this website — including original written articles, route maps, custom tools, videos, logos, and high-resolution original photography — is the exclusive intellectual property of Marco Vasconcelos and protected by Canadian copyright statutes and international intellectual property conventions.

4.1 Permitted Personal Use:

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access, view, and print single copies of pages from this website solely for personal, non-commercial travel planning.

4.2 Prohibited Actions:

  • Republishing, copying, mirroring, or redistributing full articles, photography, or graphics on other websites, printed media, or applications without prior written permission;
  • Scraping, automated crawling, or data extraction for commercial databases;
  • Using any content, photographs, or guides from this portal to train Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Large Language Models (LLMs) without an explicit commercial license;
  • Removing copyright notices, watermarks, or author credits.

Short quotes and editorial excerpts are permitted provided that clear attribution is given to Worth Visiting (Vale a Pena Visitar) alongside a direct clickable link (dofollow) to the source page.

5. User Conduct and Infrastructure Security

When using our website, you agree not to:

  • Take any action that could disrupt, overload, or compromise the servers, networks, or Cloudflare edge infrastructure supporting our website;
  • Attempt unauthorized access to restricted backend systems or software code;
  • Introduce or spread malware, viruses, harmful scripts, or destructive software.

Violations will be prosecuted to the fullest extent permitted by applicable civil and criminal law.

6. General Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permissible by applicable law, Worth Visiting, its publisher Marco Vasconcelos, and its collaborators shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages resulting from:

  • Reliance placed upon information that may have changed since the date of publication;
  • Temporary website outages or technical interruptions;
  • Travel disruptions, lost luggage, missed flights, medical emergencies, or unexpected expenses incurred during personal travel.

7. Modifications to the Terms

We reserve the right to revise these Terms of Use at any time without prior individual notice. Revisions become effective immediately upon being posted on this website.

Your continued access to or use of the website following the publication of any updates constitutes your agreement to the updated Terms of Use.

8. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. The judicial district of Montreal, Quebec, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or related to these terms.

For questions regarding these terms, licensing requests for photography, or syndication inquiries:

  • Publisher: Marco Vasconcelos
  • Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Official Channel: Contact Page

Last updated: October 16, 2026.