- If you are ready to get started as an Enterprise Client, review the terms and conditions below
- Then click the SIGN UP button.
- Once you’ve completed the process one of our Account Management team will be in touch with you to invite you to your custom TripProximity portal and to configure your dynamic Smart Trip tool for your system.
If you would like to schedule a call to talk about your opportunity, click on the scheduling tool to the right.
If you implemented prior to January 1, 2020, your terms have been recorded in our CRM platform and any new terms, such as the implementation fee, will not be applicable to your account.
Not ready yet? Let’s have a call.
Upon use of the TripProximity Smart Trip Widget, which occurs when installing the TripProximity code snippet, the Parties agree to the following terms and conditions (“Terms & Conditions”):[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”1.Services:”]We will deliver to you the TripProximity Portal and Smart Trip Tools (“TripProximity”) for unlimited use in the integration into your enterprise platforms, websites, social media and applications (“Implementation”), which are subject to our Privacy and General Terms and Conditions.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”2.Royalty:”]Clients that are Level 1 must achieve 10 bookings before becoming eligible for earning royalties. Once that level is achieved, you will automatically be promoted to Level 2.
For those that have achieved Level 2, we will pay you a quarterly royalty for each consumed booking made through your Implementation. Payment will be made by the 10th of the month following the end of the quarter, including:
- Base Royalty of 10% of booking revenues;
- Volume Bonus of 5% of booking revenues for each month the number of bookings exceeds 250;
- Engagement Bonus of 5% of booking revenues for each month your search conversion rate exceeds 4.6%;
- Opt-Out Client Bonus (B2B2C enterprise systems only) of 10% of booking revenues if Implementation is required or an opt-out basis to all clients.
When implementation is done within 30 days of registering, enterprise clients are automatically promoted to Level 3, which includes Level 2 benefits, plus a dedicated account director and payments on a monthly basis.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”3.Philanthropic Donation:”]To complete your registration, your account director will request the name of the charity that you would like to benefit from the travel booked through the Smart Trip Tool(s). That organization must be registered in the US with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501c3 or other tax deductible charitable organization. The organization will be specified in your TripProximity Portal Account and also can be specified at the tool level.
Royalty plus Donation Model
We will make an annual donation in your name to the organization specified in your Account record in the portal, or to the individual charities specified in the Smart Trip Tools in your Account. The donation will be equal to 10% of total consumed booking revenues.
Donation Only Model
If you elect to waive the base royalty and contribute the benefit from bookings made on your site(s), we will donate 25% quarterly to your registered philanthropic organization of your choice.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”4.License and Implementation Fees:”]License Fees
Our enterprise product includes our dynamic tools, full support of your enterprise implementation and the use of our portal. There is no license fee if you use our Smart Stay (hotel version) of the smart trip tools.
There is an annual license fee of $3200 if you elect to use our Smart MAP version. This fee covers the API calls to our mapping provider. This fee is waived for each year that your Implementation exceeds 120 bookings.
Private Label Booking
If you would like to have a private label version of the booking engine, where you provide the logo and navigation and color scheme for that page, there is a one time $1200 fee.
Implementation Fees
It only takes minutes or hours, not days, weeks or months to implement our smart trip tools.
If you implement the TripProximity™ Smart Trip and/or TravelingToGive™ Smart Giving tool within 15 days of signing with Solutionz, there is no implementation fee. If you do not get the implementation completed in that time, there is a $1500 non-refundable fee. Upon signing the acknowledgement of these terms, we will invoice you for the fee.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”5.Low-Rate Guarantee:”]If an End User finds a lower rate on another website for the same hotel, room, and date within 24 hours of booking, we will match the lower rate and pay the End User 110% of the difference, as set out in the General Terms. We will refund the amount within 30 days of checkout.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”6.Support:”]We agree to
(1) Appoint a dedicated Account Director to coordinate all communication and support requests;
(2) Conduct an onboard Implementation Plan meeting;
(3) Provide final testing assistance of your Implementation; and
(4) Provide ongoing support and 99.95% availability of TripProximity.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”7.Your Obligations:”]You agree to
(1) Provide appropriate technical support to implement TripProximity within 15 days of the Implementation Plan meeting;
(2) Provide appropriate marketing support to promote use of TripProximity;
(3) Participate with your Account Director in quarterly reviews to expand the promotion and adoption of the Implementation;
(4) Use TripProximity as your exclusive online booking tool for hotel, air, car rentals, and related travel services; and
(5) If satisfied with TripProximity after 90 days of use, provide a testimonial and logo for display on our websites and internal marketing.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”8.Intellectual Property Rights:”]We either own or license all intellectual property rights in TripProximity and this Agreement does not give you any ownership interest.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”9.General Terms:”]You agree this agreement will also be governed by the General Terms required by our hotel inventory providers at http://tripproximity.com/legal. Words in this Agreement have meanings as set in the General Terms.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”10.Term:”]This Agreement has a renewable term of one year and includes termination provisions as set in the General Terms.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”11.Entire Agreement:”]This Agreement, together with the General Terms, represents the entire agreement between the parties regarding TripProximity. If there is any conflict between this Agreement and the General Terms, the former will prevail.[/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”Privacy” icon=”icon icon-lock3″][boc_accordion_section with_bgr=”yes” border=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”INTRODUCTION”]To provide you with a single source for purchasing hotel reservations, Solutionz Innovations, LLC (SI) has engaged Priceline Partner Network Limited (‘PPN’) to host our booking sites used by the TripProximity™ products. PPN is owned and operated by priceline.com LLC, and is part of The Priceline Group Inc.
The following describes the privacy policy (as amended or otherwise changed from time to time, the “Privacy Policy”) applicable to the services available through Solutionz, including this private label travel Web site, mobile sites, iPhone, Android and other mobile applications and any other online communications and interfaces (the “Site”) operated by PPN. By visiting the Site, you are consenting to the collection, use, disclosure, storage, transfer and processing of your personal data described in this Privacy Policy.
On occasion, we may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the law, our Personal Data collection and use practices, the features of our Site, or advances in technology. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a prominent notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY”]Solutionz Innovations, LLC (Solutionz), and its partner, PPN complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘EU GDPR’) as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of personal data from the European Union (‘EU’). In particular, we adheres to the EU Safe Harbor with respect to personally identifiable data obtained in the US about: (i) customers and visitors to this Site from the European Union (‘EU Customer Data’); (ii) suppliers, business partners, customers, and website visitors of our EU affiliates (‘EU Affiliate Data’); and (iii) employees of our EU affiliates (‘EU Employee Data’). EU Customer Data is handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and any questions about such data should be directed to us as specified in the ‘How to Contact Us’ section below.
Our Site is operated in the United States. If you are located outside the US, your Personal Data will be transferred to the US, a jurisdiction that may not provide an equivalent level of protection as your home jurisdiction. The cross-border transfer to the US is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a transaction that you are requesting, and/or for the establishment, exercise, and defense of legal claims. To the extent permitted by local law, your use of the Site or provision of any Personal Data constitutes your consent to the cross-border transfer of Personal Data and the other activities identified in this Privacy & Cookies Policy.
We value your trust in us and will work hard to earn your confidence so that you can enthusiastically use our services and recommend us to your friends and family.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”INFORMATION WE COLLECT”]We collect personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) about you that you provide to us or that we obtain while you are using the Site. Personal Data includes information that can identify you as a specific individual, such as your name, address, phone number, credit card number, e-mail address, age, date of birth, gender, username and password for our Site and any other information you may choose to provide or as may be required to fulfill the requested service. We also collect non-personally identifiable information, including your IP address, search preferences related to specific searches, location, and bids through your interactions with our Site. When we link non-personally identifiable information with Personal Data, we will treat it as Personal Data under this Privacy & Cookies Policy. Other key data collection points are as follows:
Sign-in Features: Our Site includes links to other web sites and online services whose privacy practices may differ from ours. For example, you can log in to our Site using single sign-in services such as Facebook Connect or an Open ID provider. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain Personal Data with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign up form. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on this Site to your profile page to share with others within your network. If you submit Personal Data to or through any of those web sites or services, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any web site you visit or online services you use.
Social Media: The Site also includes Social Media Features and Widgets, such as Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, and YouTube. These features may collect your IP address and/or which page you are visiting on our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy statement of the company providing it.
Other Travelers: If you purchase certain services, such as airline tickets, for other travelers, we will collect Personal Data of the other travelers that (i) is required to fulfill the requested service and (ii) you may otherwise provide to us. You must make sure that you have the right to provide such information. By providing any Personal Data of another traveler, you represent that you have all necessary authority and/or have obtained all necessary consents from such person to enable us to collect, use and disclose such Personal Data as set forth in this Privacy & Cookies Policy. Personal Data of other travelers is collected only for the purpose of providing such Personal Data to the appropriate travel supplier, such as the airline on which travel will occur, to fulfill the requested service, or as otherwise may be required or permitted by applicable law.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA”]We employ reasonable and current technical, administrative and physical safeguards that are designed to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and to ensure correct use of Personal Data.
To provide protection for credit card transactions while in transit, our partner Priceline currently uses Secure Socket Layer encryption.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT”]We use Personal Data to provide you with the products and services from our Site, to build features that will make the services available on the Site easier to use, and to contact you about these services. This includes faster purchase requests, better customer support and timely notice of new services and special offers and more relevant content.
Certain jurisdictions require an explanation of the legal basis for the collection and processing of Personal Data. We have several different legal grounds on which we collect and process Personal Data, including: (a) as necessary to perform a transaction (such as when we perform a transaction with you or respond to your requests); (b) as necessary to comply with a legal obligation (such as when we use Personal Data for record keeping to substantiate our compliance with other laws; (c) consent (where you have provided consent as appropriate under applicable law); and (d) necessary for legitimate interests (such as when we offer you relevant marketing if you have not previously objected). The provision of Personal Data as described in this Privacy & Cookies Policy is partly a contractual requirement (to provide information at your request and to engage in transactions with you) and partly a statutory requirement (e.g., for us to substantiate our compliance with other lawsand defend claims). In general, you do need to provide the Personal Data to engage in transactions with us, except in limited instances when we indicate that certain information is voluntary (e.g., in connection with surveys). Not providing Personal Data may prevent us from providing you with requested information and carrying out transactions. However, you can always exercise control over our use of data for marketing (click here for details) and you can control the use of cookies on our Site.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA”]SI does not share your Personal Data, except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise authorized by you. PPN may share your Personal Data with its subsidiaries and with third parties as described in the categories below:[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS”]When you use the SI services to purchase an airline ticket, reserve a hotel room or a rental car or to take advantage of any of our other products and services (including travel insurance and destination attractions), we may provide Personal Data to the airline, hotel, car rental agency or other involved third-party, including other Priceline Group companies, such as priceline.com LLC, its parent company or its sister companies including Booking.com BV (‘Booking.com’), Agoda Company Pte. Ltd. (‘Agoda’), Traveljigsaw Limited (‘rentalcars.com’), KAYAK Software Corporation and OpenTable, Inc. Please refer to the websites of third party suppliers for their Privacy Policies and other information on the suppliers.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”THIRD PARTY PARTNERS”]In order to provide you with certain services, we may share your Personal Data with third party partners, or require that you transact directly with a third party partner. Third party partners consist of companies with which we have contracted in order to provide you with services or products featured on our Site. Please refer to the websites of third party suppliers for their Privacy Policies and other information on the suppliers.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”SI AGENTS”]Many of the operations we perform require us to hire other companies to help us with these tasks. For example, we hire companies to help us handle mail and e-mail (including sending and delivering packages, postal mail and e-mail), analyze the data we collect, market our products and services, handle credit card transactions and provide customer service. The companies we employ to help us with these tasks have access to Personal Data to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes. SI requires all agents to whom Personal Data is disclosed to enter into confidentiality agreements and to agree to act in a manner consistent with the relevant principles articulated in this Policy.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”ADVERTISEMENTS, MARKETING MATERIAL AND OTHER OFFERS”]Unless you tell us that you do not want to receive these offers and subject to applicable law, Solutionz, PPN, priceline.com LLC and/or those companies that we have a commercial relationship with, may occasionally send advertisements, marketing material or other offers that we think might be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive these advertisements, marketing material or other offers, you may simply opt-out by using the hyperlink provided in these notices. Where required by law, we will seek your consent prior to sending you any marketing materials.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”FUTURE BUSINESS TRANSFERS”]Our business is constantly changing. As part of that process, Solutionz, PPN and/or priceline.com LLC may sell or buy other companies, and Personal Data may be transferred as part of these transactions. It is also possible that Solutionz, PPN, priceline.com LLC, or substantially all of their assets, may be acquired by another company, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, and Personal Data may be transferred as part of such a transaction. In such cases, the acquiring company would be required to honor the privacy promises in this Privacy Policy or obtain your consent to any material changes to how your Personal Data will be handled.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND OTHER DISCLOSURES”]We reserve the right to release Personal Data in order to comply with applicable law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us. We may also release Personal Data to enforce or apply the terms and conditions applicable to our products and services, protect us or others against fraudulent or inappropriate activities, or otherwise protect the rights, property or safety of Solutionz, PPN, our affiliated companies, our customers, or others.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”OUR POLICY CONCERNING COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES”]Cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as beacons, scripts, and tags, are small bits of code, usually stored on a user’s computer hard drive or device, which enable a website to “personalize” itself for each user by remembering information about the user’s visit to the website.
As described in more detail below, our Site uses cookies to store your preferences, display content based upon what you view on our Site to personalize your visit, analyze trends, administer the Site, track users’ movements around the Site, serve targeted advertising and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. On mobile websites and mobile apps, we may use Anonymous Device IDs and/or Advertiser Identifiers in a manner similar to our use of cookies on our websites. To opt-out of advertising and certain other cookies, please see the opt-out links below.
PPN COOKIES (FIRST PARTY COOKIES)
SI does not use Cookies. However, PPN does use cookies to improve your web-browsing experience. For example, we use a cookie to reduce the time it takes for you to submit purchase requests by storing a registered user’s e-mail address so that the user does not need to enter their e-mail address each time that they log-in. We will also use a cookie to keep track of your search criteria while you are engaging ST’s services. Our cookies are associated with a user’s Personal Data. However, no third party may use the information we collect through our cookies for their own purposes.
THIRD PARTY COOKIES
We work with third-parties that place cookies on our Site to provide their services, including:
- Ad Targeting:We work with third-party advertising companies to serve ads while you are visiting our Site and permit these companies to place and access their own cookies on your computer in the course of serving advertisements on this Site. These companies may use information obtained through their cookie (which does not include your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number) about your visits to our and other websites, in combination with non-personally identifiable information about your purchases and interests from other online sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. Other companies’ use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies and not ours.
- Data Providers:We also allow data providers to collect web log data from you (including IP address and information about your browser or operating system), when you visit our Site, or place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser to enable you to receive customized ads or content. These cookies contain no personally identifiable information. The cookies may reflect de-identified demographic or other data linked to data you voluntarily have submitted to us, e.g., your email address, that we may share with data providers solely in hashed, non-human readable form.
- Analytics/Measurement:We also use third-party analytics cookies to gain insight into how our visitors use the Site, to find out what works and what doesn’t, to optimize and improve our websites and to ensure we continue to be interesting and relevant. The data we gather includes which web pages you have viewed, which referring/exit pages you have entered and left from, which platform type you have used, date and time stamp information and details such as the number of clicks you make on a given page, your mouse movements and scrolling activity, the search words you use and the text you type while using our Site. We also make use of analytics cookies as part of our online advertising campaigns to learn how users interact with our website after they have been shown an online advertisement, which may include advertisements on third-party websites.
- Remarketing Pixel Tags:In addition, we may share web site usage information about visitors to our Sites with third-party advertising companies for the purpose of managing and targeting advertisements and for market research analysis on our Site and other sites. For these purposes, we and our third-party advertising companies may place pixel tags (also called clear gifs) on some of the pages you visit on our Site. We will then use the non-personally identifiable information that is collected using these pixel tags to serve you relevant advertisements when you are visiting other sites on the Internet. These advertisements may be targeted to specific searches you conducted during earlier browsing sessions.
- Flash Cookies:Our partners, who provide certain features on our site or display advertising based on your browsing activity, also use Local Shared Objects such as Flash cookies, and Local Storage such as HTML5, to collect and store content information and preferences. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5 local storage. To manage Flash cookies, please click here.
OPTING OUT OF COOKIES
We provide you with choice over the use of cookies as described in this Privacy Policy. However, our Site is not currently configured to respond to Do Not Track signals. If you’d rather we didn’t use PPN or priceline.com LLC cookies when you visit us, click here for how to configure your browser settings to reject cookies.
If you would like to opt-out of third-party cookies, here are some options:
- If you would like to opt-out of ad targeting cookies set by Google and Doubleclick on our Site, please click here: https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads?hl=en.
- If you would like to disable the display of advertisements served by Criteo, please click here: criteo.com/us/privacy-policy.
- If you would like to generally (i.e. not just for this Site) opt-out of receiving personalized ads from third party advertisers and ad networks who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or who follow the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising by visiting the opt-out pages on the NAI website and DAA website or click here. If you are located in the European Union, please click hereto opt out.
- In order to control the collection of data for analytical purposes by Google Analytics, you may want to visit the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- If you wish to block other cookies, including those being served by companies that are not part of the NAI or DAA, click herefor how to configure your browser settings to reject cookies. You can also delete all cookies that are already on your computer’s hard drive by searching for and deleting files with “cookie” in it.
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- Anonymous Device Identifiers and Hashed IDs:We and/or data providers that we have engaged may collect and store a unique identifier matched to your mobile device, in order to deliver customized ads or content while you use applications or surf the internet, or to identify you in a unique manner across other devices or browsers. In order to customize these ads or content, we or a data partner may collect de-identified demographic or other data about you (received from third parties) either to data you voluntarily have submitted to us, e.g., your email address, or to data passively collected from you, such as your device identifier or IP address. However, we will share your email address solely in hashed, non-human readable form.
- If you no longer wish to receive interest-based advertising on your mobile device browser or applications, please refer to your device’s operating system settings, or follow instructions below.
- Android Users (version 2.3 and above): To use the ‘opt-out of interest-based advertising’ option, follow the instructions provided by Google here: Google Play Help.
- iOS users (version 6 and above): To use the ‘Limit Ad-Tracking’ option, follow the instructions provided by Apple here: Apple Support Center.
- Please keep in mind that, without cookies, you may not have access to certain features on our Site, including access to your profile/account and certain personalized content. Removing all cookies from your computer could also affect your subsequent visits to certain web sites by requiring that, for example, you enter your login name when you return to that web site.
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT CHILDREN”]Persons under the age of 18 are not eligible to use any services on our Site.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”HOW TO CONTACT US”]Should you have any questions, concerns or comments, please click on the chat button in the lower right of the screen or send us an email at info@solutionz.com.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”PRINT Privacy Policy”][/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”General Terms & Conditions” icon=”icon icon-file-text-o”][boc_accordion_section with_bgr=”yes” border=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”TERMS & CONDITIONS”]Upon use of the TripProximity Smart Trip Widget, which occurs when installing the TripProximity code snippet, the Parties agree to the following terms and conditions (“Terms & Conditions”).[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”LICENSE TO USE”]
- Upon creation and installation of the first Smart Trip Widget on the TripProximity system, the Client agrees to these Terms. Solutionz then grants to Client a worldwide, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use and publicly display:
- The Smart Trip Widget.
- Links to all versions of the Services, including the TripProximity™ hotel, driving directions/car rental, air and mapping, including use of a graphical image in the tool and social sharing.
- Retrieved data and reservations for travelers to view, make, or cancel reservations through Client’s website(s), blogs, or HTML emails, which will be linked to the TripProximity™ Smart Trip Widget or may be included as a linked URL
- Solutionz will make new tools available to Client upon public release to other clients at their level, subject to then-current license fees.
- Level 1 clients are those that have created widgets using our self-service capabilities on TripProximity.com. They are able to build event, venue and anywhere widgets and either host them on their own website or blog or access them via thehotelsnearby.com, using their custom login. They are not eligible for a royalty on bookings.
- Level 2 clients are those that reach a 10-booking threshold. Once that level is passed, they will be asked to complete their Account profile if they wish to receive a royalty share on their activity. Level 2 clients will be able to use the TripProximity Portal to customize their smart trip widgets and tools. The Curated Content Widget is a new product that will be released in early 2018 that will be provided to Level 2 clients. It will include the Closest, Coolest and Cheapest hotels nearby their destination.
- Level 3 clients are those that achieve a 50-booking per month minimum and sustain it for at least 3 months. Level 3 clients will be provided access to all new products and will have the ability to customize all tools, including the Curated Content Widget.
- Enterprise clients are those clients that have a system where TripProximity has been integrated. They are eligible for the same product set as Level 3 clients, plus an additional bonus royalty if they make the product available to 100% of their customers on an opt-out basis.
- Solutionz may, at its option, elect to provide clients with a way to move to the next level through payment of a one time or monthly recurring fee.
- The Customer hereby grants Solutionz the right to use its name, logos, trademarks and service marks in its marketing materials or other oral, electronic, or written promotions, which shall include naming the Customer as a client of Solutionz.
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All Levels:
•Air Tab:Optional air booking tab, also known as I’m Flying Tab, which can be added to the Hotel Booking Widget.There is no charge for this capability.
•Anywhere Tool:Solutionz has a tool that can be used by individuals, events, groups, organizations and non-profits that do not have a website or blog, and wish to use the smart trip planning capability. The tool automatically gets installed on our TheHotelsNearby.com site as a private page, with its own login. Any of our Level 2, 3 or Enterprise clients may also use the Anywhere capability on their website or blog, or hosted on our site.
•Booking System:The system that provides real-time availability and pricing for hotels and optionally for car rental and air tickets, and that supports booking, modification and cancellation of booking either online or via phone. Also, known as Reservation Services.
•Driving Tab: Optional driving directions and car rental tab, also known as the I’m Driving Tab, which can be added to the Hotel Booking Smart Trip Widget.
•End-User: The traveler using the integrated Smart Trip Widget on our Client or their Customers’ system, website or blog page(s).
•I’m Staying Widget: The hotel-oriented trip planning tool, also known as the hotel or the Smart Stay Widget. This is the standard TripProximity product.
•Portal: The TripProximity Portal provides a dashboard showing Smart Trip Widget usage and which allows modification, cloning and archiving of tools.
•Reservation Services: Real-time availability and pricing for hotels and optionally for car rental and air tickets, with booking and cancellation of booking either online or via phone. Also, known as Booking System.
•Services: The TripProximity™ Smart Trip Widget and the booking system and related services provided by Solutionz, which Clients will make available to End-Users via Client websites, blogs, social media links, email links, and other media platforms.
•Smart Map Tool: The basic widget with the map as the primary tool. The other tabs (I’m Staying, I’m Driving and I’m Flying) are also available.
•Smart Stay Tool: The basic widget with the hotel booking capability (I’m Staying) as the primary tool. The map is embedded in that tab and can be expanded to fill the screen. Optionally the I’m Driving and I’m Flying tabs are available.
•Static Widget: A Smart Trip Widget contains stored information for a single venue, company, location or event.
•TripProximity™:The technology platform, including the Smart Trip Widget (“widget”), and related backend functionalities developed and supported by Solutionz, including the Self-Service Widget. This platform and the related intellectual property is the sole property of Solutionz Innovations, LLC and all rights are reserved per US Copyright law.
•Widget Code: The snippet of code provided by Solutionz to Client for customization for its organizations, venues and/or events. Also, known as the widget snippet. The Smart Trip Widget can be customized using our self-service tool online on TripProximity.com.
•Widget: The Smart Trip Widget produced by installing the snippet of code provided by Solutionz to Client for customization for its organizations, venues and/or events.
Level 2, 3 and Enterprise Clients Only:
•Bonus Royalty:A bonus payment from Solutionz to the Enterprise Client that is granted when the Client agrees to turn on the widget for all of its Customers on an opt-out basis. Bonus royalties are paid on a pre-agreed schedule that represents a percentage of the Company’s revenues from bookings made by the Client’s Customers.Revenues are received for Consumed Bookings after the service is rendered.A report of paid bookings by Tracking Code is provided to Client on a quarterly basis, if the Client has provided a code that includes a unique number for each Customer.
•Booking Brand:The brand that consumers see when they make a booking on the Client’s system using the TripProximity™ Smart Trip Widget or one of our Widgets. This is selected when configuring the Smart Trip Widget using our self-service tool. The Client may also pay a one-time fee to have their own custom booking brand. The default brand is The Hotels Nearby™.
•Charitable Contribution:Annually Solutionz contributes 10% of its gross revenues from net bookings to the charity of choice of our Level 2 and Enterprise Clients. For Clients that are a 501c3, the contribution is 25%, paid quarterly. This same option is available for those Level 2 and Enterprise Clients that wish to donate, versus earning royalties.
•Consumed Bookings:Once a service is rendered, that booking is considered consumed and payment for gross bookings less cancellations will be received generally within 30-60 days by Solutionz. At that time, we will pay the royalty earned to our Level 2, 3 and Enterprise Clients.
•Curated Content Widget:A Premium Widget available to our Level 2 and Enterprise Clients that allows a Client to select up to 3 preferred hotels nearby and 10 additional recommended hotels nearby their venue or event. This tool is anticipated to be released by the end of the 1Q18.
•Dynamic Widget:A Smart Trip Widget that has dynamic information passed from an enterprise platform at the time it is rendered. This allows a single instance of the widget to multiple venues, companies, locations or events. A short script must be written by the Client to pass those variables, and as such requires some technical skill.
•Enterprise Client:A Client who integrates the Services into its software system or publishing platform to deliver to the End-User and the potential travelers using their system. They have the same access as our Level 3 Clients.
•Implementation Plan:The custom implementation plan, provided to Enterprise Clients.
•Level 2:A Client that achieves a booking level of 10 bookings. Level 2s are eligible for revenue sharing and can customize our basic products and are eligible for any new pro products that are introduced, including our curated content widget.
•Level 3:A Client that achieves a booking level of 50 bookings per month, sustained for 3 months. Level 3s are eligible for revenue sharing and for use of our premium products, including fully customizing our pro products.
•Map Transaction:The Smart Map tool is powered by Google’s mapping API. Our Enterprise clients are free to use our mapping and geolocation capabilities at no charge as long as they a) do not exceed 10,000 widget renders in a day and b) if they do exceed the lookup threshold, they maintain a minimum of 50 bookings a month. If those conditions are not met, there will be a $200 per month fee for the use of our tool in an Enterprise environment.
•Net Revenues:The commission revenues for Consumed Hotel or Car Bookings for a given period, less cancellations. Note that there are no commissions on air bookings, only a small service fee which is shared on the same percentage basis as hotel and car bookings for our Level 2 and 3 Clients and our Enterprise Clients.
•Private Label Portal:The TripProximity Portal provides a dashboard showing Smart Trip Widget usage and which allows modification, cloning and archiving of tools. A Private Label version of the Portal will be available to our Enterprise Clients for a fee.
•Premium Products:Products released by Solutionz that are only available to our Level 3 and Enterprise Clients. This will include our Curated Content Widget (recommendations tool with full customization ability for selecting up to 3 preferred properties and 10 other properties) and our TripProximity Private Label Portal that allows management of a Client’s Smart Trip Widgets for its Customers.
•Pro Products:Products released by Solutionz that are only available to our Level 2 Clients. This will include our Curated Content Widget that shows the Closest, Coolest and Cheapest properties nearby your location.
•Royalty:A payment from Solutionz to the Level 2 and Enterprise Clients on a pre-agreed schedule that represents a percentage of the Company’s revenues from bookings made by the Client and their Customers. Revenues are received for Consumed Bookings after the service is rendered.
•SPOC:Single point of contact.
•Tracking Code:The coding system used by Level 2 and 3 and Enterprise Clients to distinguish its Customers using its software system, which is provided by the Client in the REFCLICKID field in the code snippet.
•Volume Bonus:For Level 3 and Enterprise clients that exceed 500 bookings per month for a minimum of 3 months, a 5% bonus will be paid.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”TRIPPROXIMITY™ SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS”]
What does the TripProximity Widget do? | Gathers information from the traveler to facilitate hotel booking and optional driving directions, car rental and air booking. Specific capabilities are selected in the Implementation Plan for Enterprise Clients. |
How does it work? | The Smart Trip Widget may be hard coded with event and/or venue information or it may be set up dynamically to be integrated into an Enterprise Client’s platform and delivered to their Customers, with the variables filled in at transaction time from the client’s event or venue information. |
Where does it work? | It can be inserted into an HTML or WordPress website or blog or any platform that supports HTML and JavaScript, such as an advanced email platform.Optionally, a user can place the Anywhere tool on the TheHotelsNearby.com site and have their own private login to their personal smart trip planning page. |
Who uses it? | VENUE or EVENT widget – Anyone who needs or wants a hotel room close to an organization, a venue or an event, or someone that needs to view the venue on a map, with driving directions, a rental car or an airline booking.ANYWHERE widget – Any individual or organization that does not have a travel agent relationship may create their own personal trip planning page on TripProximity.com. It will reside on TheHotelsNearby.com on their own private page. |
When do they use it? | The highest engagement will be with the Smart Trip Widget integrated into a buying path (ticketing, registration or reservations). The need for the hotel room is never higher than at that transaction time. However, depending on the event or catalyst for the trip, the individual may need to check with others before booking a hotel room, so it is essential to provide access from the venue/event page, as well as in a confirmation email if it exists. |
Why is it better than other options | Other booking solutions are city- and airport-centric and do not place the traveler near the venue or event where they need to be. They also do not generally pass the event data to the booking request, requiring the consumer to do all the work. |
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All Levels:
•From time to time, at the discretion of Solutionz, the Services may be enhanced. Solutionz reserves the right to restrict certain features from our free offering.
•Solutionz will provide a dashboard for all searches and bookings made via Client’s site(s) via the TripProximity Portal.
•To ensure competitiveness of Services, Solutionz will source competitively priced travel products, including hotel rooms, airline tickets, car rentals, maps and navigation tools, and local venue information.
•All inventory may be sourced from a variety of providers and may yield different revenue streams based on whether it is prepaid by the Client or paid at the time the traveler arrives at the hotel.
•Unless otherwise indicated on the site, all air tickets and hotel bookings are pre-paid at the time of booking with a credit card. Some hotels offer “pay when you check out” and car rental bookings are always paid upon return of the car.
•Car rental bookings are reserved with a credit card but will be paid at the time that the car is picked up.
•All reservations shall remain confidential and will not be shared with or be visible to any other Solutionz Clients.
•The traveler may view their reservation online by entering the traveler name and the confirmation number or credit card number used to make the reservation. This link is embedded in the widget, as well as being available in the booking back end site.
Level 2 and 3 and Enterprise Only:
•Enhancements shall be made available to new Level 2 and Level 3 and Enterprise Clients on the same terms as are applicable to our other existing Clients.
•In January of each year, Solutionz will conduct an annual review with each Enterprise Client to discuss our Product Roadmap for the coming year.
•To enable tracking of bookings, Client will provide its Client numbering in the prescribed Tracking field on the portal or in the variables provided.
•For those bookings that can be paid at the time of checkout, the royalty stream for our Level 2 and 3 and Enterprise Clients is significantly lower than for prepaid inventory.
•The Account Director will review each Enterprise Client’s activity and in the first week of each month provide written observations and recommendations to increase End-User engagement, bookings, conversion.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”SUPPORT”]
- Solutionz will provide all travelers with reservations phone support, which will be provided to End-Users from booking through completion of travel on a 7×24 basis, 365 days per year.
- Support services will be delivered by Solutionz’s back-end reservations service, Priceline Partner Network or such other provider selected by Solutionz, at our discretion. Support will include cancellation and re-accommodation in the case of overbooking.
- In North America, support services will be via U.S. toll-free phone service. Outside North America, support services will be via a toll call.
- To receive support services, travelers will need to provide their trip number, phone number, and the email they used to make bookings.
- Solutionz will provide our Clients with service to resolve any escalated matters and complaints. Solutionz Client service policy is to “say yes” under all reasonable circumstances—and requires manager approval for any Account Director or Client care team to decline Client or End-User requests.
- Solutionz will provide to Client and End-Users contact information for email inquiries or complaints.
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- Solutionz may add additional inventory providers from time to time without notice, if there is no material negative front-end impact to Client or its End Users, which will mean causing a decline of more than 10% in Client’s normal booking volume, adjusted for seasonality.
- If Solutionz anticipates inventory provider changes will impact the End-User experience, Solutionz will provide Client: (a) 30 days of prior written notice; and (b) recommended FAQ pages and training materials regarding such occurrence.
- All reservations made on the site are subject to acceptance by Solutionz in accordance with its policies then in effect, including the stated policies of the travel vendors, particularly as it relates to cancellation policies.
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- There are no fees for the use of the TripProximity Smart Trip Widget.
- If the Client elects to use the MAP Tab as the default tab, there is a 10 booking minimum per month before royalties will begin to accrue.
- All airline bookings made via the Services will incur a minimum $10.00 service fee.
- All Fees will be paid net of any sales tax, value added tax, or other similar taxes.
- All amounts stated in this Agreement are in U.S. dollars
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- Clients are eligible for revenue sharing once they reach a 10-booking threshold and will be promoted to Level 2 automatically. They will be paid royalties beginning with the 11th booking.
- Level 2 clients will be upgraded to Level 3 once they achieve an average of 50 bookings per month (sustained for 3-month period).
- Level 3 clients and Enterprise clients are eligible for volume bonuses.
- Solutionz will make all payments of royalties to eligible clients on a quarterly basis by the 5th day of each month following the end of each quarter
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- This Agreement becomes effective upon the use of the first Smart Trip Widget, as of the Effective Date, for an initial term of one (1) year. Thereafter, this Agreement will automatically renew for successive terms, each of one (1) year, unless terminated as set out below.
- Client may terminate this Agreement for any reason within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date.
- Solutionz may suspend access to Services or terminate this Agreement immediately and without notice if: (a) Client produces less than ten (10) bookings per month for three (3) consecutive months after the initial three (3) months following the Effective Date; or (b) if Client does not complete implementation of the TripProximity™ widget on at least one of its websites within three (3) months following the Effective Date.
- Either Party may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Party with immediate effect if the other Party commits a material breach of this Agreement, and does not remedy such breach (if it is capable of remedy) within thirty (30) days of written notice of such breach; or an order is made or a resolution is passed for the dissolution of the other Party, except for purposes of consolidation, merger, or restructuring; or the other Party is the subject of a voluntary or involuntary filing under the insolvency or bankruptcy laws of any jurisdiction.
- Upon termination of this Agreement, each Party will immediately return to the other Party all property of any kind and nature provided under this Agreement and belonging to the other Party.
- Each Party’s rights and obligations will cease immediately upon termination of this Agreement, except that termination will not affect: (a) a Party’s rights and obligations accrued but unsatisfied at termination; and (b) any provision of this Agreement expressed to survive its termination.
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- NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES HOWSOEVER ARISING, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES FOR LOST TIME, REVENUE, PROFIT, OR CLIENT GOODWILL; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION; OR SIMILAR MATTERS OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE.
- THE PARTIES’ SOLE OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES ARE AS STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT. ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE—WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INNOCENT OR NEGLIGENT, BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE—ARE EXCLUDED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
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