Eligibility
To be listed, your business must offer legitimate travel-related services — guided excursions, museum tours, cultural experiences, or local travel assistance — and operate lawfully in your country and city of operation. We reserve the right to decline or remove any listing that does not align with the purpose of this directory.
Your listing content
You are solely responsible for the accuracy and completeness of everything you submit. By submitting a listing, you confirm that:
- All information is truthful and not misleading
- You hold all rights to any content, images, or descriptions you provide
- Your content does not infringe the rights of any third party
- You will notify us if any information becomes outdated or inaccurate
We reserve the right to remove or edit listings that contain incorrect, misleading, or inappropriate content.
Prohibited content
The following will result in immediate removal from the directory:
- False, misleading, fraudulent, or deceptive content
- Discriminatory, offensive, or harassing content
- Content that violates any applicable law
- Spam or unsolicited promotional material
- Content that promotes or facilitates illegal activity
Ethics & communication standards
No unsolicited contact
When a traveler contacts you through this directory, that contact is voluntary and made for a specific purpose. You agree that any contact information received — email addresses, phone numbers, or messages — may only be used to respond to that specific inquiry. You may not:
- Add users to mailing lists or marketing lists without their explicit consent
- Send unsolicited promotional messages of any kind
- Share, sell, or transfer contact information to any third party
- Use contact details for any purpose beyond responding to the original message
The community this directory serves places great importance on trust and integrity. Unsolicited contact undermines the purpose and spirit of this directory. We take this expectation seriously and ask all listed businesses to do the same.
Professional conduct
You agree to respond to inquiries honestly, professionally, and in a timely manner. You agree not to misrepresent your services, pricing, availability, or qualifications to anyone who contacts you through this directory.
Reporting concerns
If you become aware of a listed business engaging in unsolicited contact or other unethical conduct, please report it to us. Travelers can also be reported — if a business receives contact that is dishonest, disrespectful, or clearly not made in good faith, we want to know. We will investigate all reports and take appropriate action, including removal of a listing or, where possible, blocking a traveler from future use of the directory if possible.
Donations
Donations made in support of this directory are entirely voluntary and non-refundable. A donation does not constitute payment for a service and creates no contractual obligation on our part. No donation of any amount confers preferential treatment or enhanced placement.
Our liability
friends-around-the-world.com is a listing directory only. We do not verify, endorse, or vouch for any business listed here. We are not responsible or liable for:
- The quality, safety, legality, or accuracy of any services offered by listed businesses
- Any loss, damage, or dissatisfaction arising from contact with a listed business
- Any transaction, agreement, or dispute between a traveler and a listed business
- The conduct or communications of any listed business
- Inaccuracies or omissions in content submitted by businesses
Travelers interact with listed businesses entirely at their own risk. friends-around-the-world.com has no role in, and accepts no responsibility for, any interaction that results from a traveler finding a business through this directory.
We make no guarantee that this directory will be available at all times and reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue it at any time without notice.
Removal of listings
We may remove, suspend, or modify any listing at any time, including for violation of these terms, complaints received from travelers, inaccurate or outdated information, or any content or conduct inconsistent with the purpose of this directory. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you if your listing is removed for a terms violation.
Intellectual property
By submitting content, you grant friends-around-the-world.com a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to display and distribute that content as part of the directory. You retain ownership of your content and confirm that you have the right to grant this license.
Privacy
Personal data submitted in connection with a listing will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We will not sell or share your personal information with third parties except as required by law or as described in our Privacy Policy.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page. Your continued listing in the directory following any update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.
Contact
For questions about these terms, to report a concern, or to update or remove your listing, please contact us.