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2008 International Tapir Symposium General Information and Terms
CONFERENCE PAYMENTS
Full payment is due with your reservation
form in order to confirm your registration for the conference.
The registration deadline is March 27, 2008. Registrations
after this date are subject to availability.
Acknowledgment will be sent to the E-mail address you give us
when you register online. Registration will be confirmed via E-mail
on receipt of payment and completion of registration.
International registrants: Please register in
full online, including payment.
Local registrants: Please
register in full online; if you need to pay at the conference, please
register using our "register only" button and bring your
payment on the day of the conference. We will accept cash and credit
cards at the start of the conference.
CANCELLATION POLICY
- All requests for refunds must be made in writing to info@tapirspecialistgroup.org.
- Cancellations made prior to March 27, 2008: Full refund of
the payment less a $40 handling charge.
- Cancellation after March 27, 2008. Refund of the payment
will be made up only of any recoverable balance less a $40 handling
charge.
TRIP CANCELLATION INSURANCE
Trip Cancellation Insurance may be purchased separately, is available
from vendors such as Travel Guard.
RESPONSIBILITY
Tapir Specialist Group and its fellow Symposium Sponsors act only
as agents in obtaining transportation, including any and all
forms utilized in the conduct of the conference, and other conference
services or related travel activities. Symposium Sponsors accept
no responsibility or assume liability for any loss, damage,
accident, delay, or other irregularity caused by any reason
including defect in any vehicle, or through the acts, defaults
or bankruptcies of any company or person engaged in conveying
the participant or providing transportation to the passenger
or in the carrying out of the arrangements of, or related to
the conference or related tours, or for any losses or additional
expenses due to delay or changes in air schedules or other services,
overbooking or sickness, weather, strikes, war, quarantine,
civil disturbance or other causes. All such losses or expenses
will have to be borne by the participant . Baggage, cameras,
and other personal belongings are at the owner's risk throughout.
Participants recognize and accept the fact that the conference
activities may be conducted in natural areas where dangerous
and venomous wild animals might be encountered over which the
agent or its operators have no control or responsibility. Symposium
Sponsors reserve the right to alter itinerary, eliminate arrangements,
or provide similar categories of substitution at no penalty;
to cancel the conference and its related activities prior to
departure, with a full refund constituting full settlement to
the participant. No refund will be made for any unused portion
of the conference or its related activities or for "no
shows." Registration and payment,
the signing of the reservation form and/or the acceptance of conference
registration, membership and/or of such coupons, exchange orders,
receipts, contracts and tickets by the conference participant
shall be deemed to be consent to all conditions and provisos
in this document. All conference and tour prices are based on
tariffs in effect at the time of their printing and are subject
to change. Symposium Sponsors are: IUCN Species Survival Commission
- Tapir Specialist Group; Copenhagen Zoo; Houston Zoo, Inc;
Parque XCARET; Association of Zoos & Aquariums - Tapir
Taxon Advisory Group; European Zoo and Aquarium Association Tapir
Tapir Taxon Advisory Group.
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