Terms of Use — Let’s Keep This Simple

Nobody enjoys reading Terms of Service. We know this because we’ve also never enjoyed reading Terms of Service. So we wrote ours the same way we write our travel guides: clearly, in plain language, without unnecessary drama.

That said — this is a real legal document. The plain language doesn’t make it less binding. It just makes it less of a headache.

By using bohol-philippines.com, you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the site. That’s the whole “I accept” moment, laid out honestly.

1. What This Site Is

We’re Bohol Cebu Travel — the people behind bohol-philippines.com, an independent travel guide that’s been running since 2010. We publish:

Travel guides, attraction write-ups, hotel roundups, and tour reviews for Bohol and Cebu
Practical logistics guides (ferries, transport, packing, budgeting)
Affiliate booking links to third-party platforms like GetYourGuide, Klook, Viator, Booking.com, and Agoda

We’re a content and affiliate publishing site. We are not a tour agency, a hotel, a booking platform, or a travel agent. That distinction matters in a few sections below, so keep it in mind.

2. The Affiliate Thing — What It Means for You

We earn commissions when you book through our links. You already knew this because we say it everywhere, but here it is in the Terms too so there’s no ambiguity.

What this means:

When you click a booking link and complete a purchase, the platform (say, Booking.com) pays us a referral commission
That commission comes from the platform, not from you — the price you pay is the same either way
We receive no payment to feature specific hotels or tours above others

What this doesn’t mean:

We are not your travel agent
We are not a party to any booking you make
If something goes wrong with your reservation, you need to take it up with the booking platform or the service provider directly — not us

We’ll help if we can, but we can’t refund a hotel booking we didn’t take payment for.

3. Our Content — What You Can and Can’t Do With It

Everything on this site — the articles, photos, guides, comparisons, layouts — belongs to us or to our contributors. It’s protected under Philippine copyright law and international copyright treaties.

You can:

Read it, obviously
Share links to our pages on social media or in messages
Quote short passages for educational or review purposes, with credit and a link back

You cannot:

Copy full articles and republish them on your own site (yes, even with credit — we need a link and permission)
Use our photos without written permission
Scrape or bulk-download our content using automated tools
Claim our content as your own

If you’re a travel blogger or journalist who wants to reference our work, just get in touch — we’re generally fine with proper attribution and would rather agree on it than find out later.

4. Using the Site — Basic Rules

We shouldn’t have to say this, but the internet is what it is:

Don’t use the site to do anything illegal
Don’t post comments that are abusive, threatening, or defamatory
Don’t try to hack, scrape, or otherwise mess with our systems
Don’t impersonate us, our partners, or other users

If you leave a comment on the site, you’re giving us permission to display it. You keep ownership of what you wrote, but we can moderate, edit for length, or remove content that violates these terms or is just genuinely unhelpful to other travelers.

5. Third-Party Bookings — The Fine Print You Actually Need to Read

This section is important. Read it slowly.

When you click through to Booking.com, Klook, GetYourGuide, or any other platform we link to:

You are entering into a contract with them, not with us.

We are not responsible for:

Pricing errors on partner sites
Hotel quality, tour quality, or transport reliability
Cancellations, no-shows, or overbookings by service providers
Changes in availability between the time we published a guide and the time you’re reading it

We do our best to keep information current. But Bohol has 47 municipalities and Cebu has 44 cities and municipalities, and things change. Always verify critical details — especially prices, schedules, and availability — directly with the provider before you finalize plans.

We strongly recommend travel insurance, especially for multi-island trips. If you need a starting point, our travel essentials guide has recommendations.

6. Accuracy of Our Content

We work hard to get things right. But we’re human, we’re not omnipresent, and Bohol ferry schedules have been known to change without anyone telling us.

Our content is provided in good faith but without guarantees. If you notice something outdated or incorrect, please tell us via the Contact page — we update guides when we’re made aware of changes.

Don’t make irreversible travel decisions based solely on what you read here. Call ahead. Check the official source. Ask your hotel. We’re a starting point, not a substitute for on-the-ground confirmation.

7. Limitation of Liability — Plain Language Version

Here’s the legal bit, translated:

The long version in legalese: To the maximum extent permitted by Philippine law, bohol-philippines.com shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of this site or any third-party services you book through our links, even if we’ve been advised of the possibility of such damages. Our total liability to you shall not exceed the amount you actually paid us directly — which, for most readers, is zero, because the site is free.

The short version: We write the best guides we can. If a tour you booked through our link turned out to be disappointing, or if the hotel we recommended had a bad renovation, that’s genuinely unfortunate — but it’s between you and the provider. We’re not in a position to compensate for third-party service failures.

8. Disputes and Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines. If a dispute arises that can’t be resolved through direct conversation with us, it falls under the jurisdiction of the courts of Cebu City, Philippines.

Before anyone files anything anywhere, we’d much rather talk it through. Use the Contact page first.

9. Changes to These Terms

We can update these terms when needed. When we do, we’ll change the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Continuing to use the site after an update means you accept the updated terms.

We won’t change the terms in ways that retroactively harm you without notice. That’s not something we’d do, and it’s also not something courts look kindly on.

10. Termination

We can suspend or end your access to the site if you violate these terms — particularly if you’re scraping content, posting harmful material, or doing something illegal. You can stop using the site any time you like; no cancellation process required, since there’s no account or subscription involved for most readers.

Miscellaneous (The Stuff Lawyers Put at the End)

Entire agreement: These Terms and our Privacy Policy are the full agreement between us.

Severability: If a court finds one part of these terms unenforceable, the rest still stands.

No waiver: If we don’t immediately enforce a term, that doesn’t mean we’ve waived the right to enforce it later.

Language: These terms are in English. If someone ever translates them into Bisaya or Tagalog, the English version controls in case of conflict. (But we’d be charmed if someone tried.)

Questions?

Salamat for using bohol-philippines.com. We hope your Bohol or Cebu trip turns out to be everything your planning deserves.