Introduction

This document presents important disclosures regarding the information, content, AI features, commercial links, and various services in the app. The purpose of this disclosure is to enable users to understand exactly what they are seeing, how reliable the information is, and the implications of relying on it.

1. Nature of the App

TripEase is a tool for trip planning, management, and sharing only. The app:

• Does not constitute an official information source.
• Does not provide official legal, medical, security, insurance, financial, transportation, or tourism advice.
• Does not make actual bookings.
• Does not guarantee a successful trip, accurate information, or recommendations that suit the user.

2. Disclosure Regarding Information in the App

Information in the app comes from various sources:

• Information the user entered themselves.
• Information generated by AI based on the user's request.
• Information published publicly by other users (TripInspo).
• Content added by the app administrator (TripTap).
• Data retrieved from third-party services, such as maps, weather, and images.

Information may be incorrect, incomplete, misleading, outdated, or unsuitable for the user's needs.

You must independently verify every important detail before relying on it, traveling, booking, or paying, including:

• Opening hours, addresses, and availability.
• Prices, tickets, and payment terms.
• Flight, hotel, and attraction details.
• Dietary requirements (kosher/halal), accessibility, Shabbat suitability, and entry conditions.
• Visa requirements, permits, insurance, local laws, and safety conditions.
• Cancellation, refund, and change policies.

3. Disclosure Regarding AI

The app includes AI features for creating trips, extracting logistics details, building itineraries, and creating places.

Important to understand:

• AI outputs are recommendations only and may contain errors, inaccuracies, or outdated information.
• AI helps build itineraries, ideas, and places, but it can make mistakes.
• You must independently verify all details generated by AI before traveling, booking, or relying on them.
• When using AI, trip details and user preferences are sent for processing by an external AI provider.
• How the AI provider uses, stores, and deletes information is subject to the provider's policy and our project settings.
• Do not input unnecessary sensitive personal information into AI features.
• AI feature usage is limited by usage quotas.

AI Providers

• OpenAI – used for creating trips and editing daily itineraries. Depending on the account or project settings, inputs and outputs sent to OpenAI may be shared with OpenAI for service improvement, quality evaluation, development, or model training.
• Gemini / Firebase AI / Google – used for extracting logistics details from texts and images and for creating full itineraries. Processing is subject to Google's policy and project settings.

4. Disclosure Regarding TripInspo (User Content)

TripInspo is a public area in the app where users publish places, recommendations, and images.

• Information on TripInspo is added by users and is not pre-verified by the app.
• Information may be incorrect, outdated, misleading, incomplete, or unsuitable for actual use.
• There may be errors in address, opening hours, dietary certifications, ratings, websites, images, or descriptions.
• A place may have closed, changed, or become no longer relevant.

Before using information from TripInspo, you must independently verify all details directly with the place or from an official source.

Found incorrect information, spam, or inappropriate content? You can report it via the report button on the place card, and the report will be reviewed by the app team.

5. Disclosure Regarding TripTap (Editorial Content)

TripTap is an area of the app that presents ready-made trip templates, routes, hotels, and attractions selected and edited by the app administrator or an authorized party.

Content in TripTap has been selected and edited by the app administrator. We make every effort to ensure the content is accurate at the time of addition, but:

• Prices, availability, opening hours, booking terms, and dietary info may change.
• Attractions may close and hotels may update conditions or ratings.
• Links may stop working or lead to updated information.

Before booking or traveling, verify all details with the official website or service provider.

A hotel or attraction appearing in TripTap is a recommendation or idea only and does not constitute an actual booking. If the user saves a hotel from a template, it is saved as an idea only and not as a booking confirmation, availability guarantee, or price commitment.

6. Disclosure Regarding Affiliate Links

Some links in the app, including links to hotels, attractions, tours, or other tourism services, especially in the TripTap area, may be affiliate links.

• If the user makes a booking through an affiliate link, the app or its owners may receive a commission or reward from the external provider.
• This should generally not increase the price for the user.
• The final price, availability, cancellation terms, payment terms, service fees, and customer service are determined solely by the external provider.
• The app is not a party to any transaction between the user and GetYourGuide, Booking, or any other external provider.
• The app is not responsible for changes, cancellations, refunds, errors, or issues with third-party services.

7. Disclosure Regarding External Links

The app may include links to external websites. Visiting an external site, making a booking, payment, cancellation, change, or receiving a service is done solely with the external provider.

• The app is not responsible for the content, prices, terms of service, privacy policy, security, availability, or customer service of external websites.
• Use of external websites is subject to their own policies.

8. Disclosure Regarding Weather Data

• Weather data is provided by a third-party service (Meteo-Open).
• Data is retrieved based on the trip destination's coordinates, not the user's real-time location.
• Forecast data is an estimate only and may change, be inaccurate, or be outdated.
• Do not rely on the app's weather data for safety-critical decisions. In such cases, consult official meteorological service sources.

9. Disclosure Regarding Maps & Navigation

• Map and route data is provided by third-party services such as Google Maps and Apple Maps.
• Travel times and distances are estimates only and may vary depending on traffic, weather, public transport, strikes, road closures, or malfunctions.
• The map is a tool only and does not guarantee full location accuracy.
• When the user taps the navigation button, they are transferred to an external navigation service app.

10. Disclosure Regarding Images

• Images in the app may come from users, the app administrator, or external image services such as Pixabay or Unsplash.
• Photographer credit is displayed where available.
• An image of a particular place is not necessarily the most up-to-date or representative image of that place.
• The user is responsible for ensuring they have the rights to any image they upload or publish in the app.

11. Disclosure Regarding Booking Confirmations

The booking confirmations page is a tool for saving and managing information only.

• The app does not replace the official confirmation from the booking provider.
• The app is not responsible for a cancelled booking, a ticket not received, a non-working link, a price change, a date or time error, a lost file, or any mismatch between information in the app and the booking provider.
• The user is responsible for verifying booking details directly with the original booking provider.

12. Disclosure Regarding Sharing

• Sharing a trip uploads trip details to the cloud and grants access to anyone you share the link with.
• Basic Share removes some sensitive information, but regular trip information will still be shared.
• Secure Share encrypts certain sensitive information, but the link includes an access key and should only be shared with people you trust.
• The user is responsible for sharing and for choosing who to send the link to.
• The app is not responsible for exposure resulting from sharing a link with the wrong person, forwarding a link, taking a screenshot, or unauthorized access.

13. Disclosure Regarding Private Account

When an account is set to private:

• Your personal area is not displayed to the general public.
• Depending on the current implementation, users who follow you may still see some of your content.
• You will not be able to publish new places to TripInspo.
• Places you have already published to TripInspo may be removed or hidden from the public feed.
• Content already saved or attached by other users to their trips will not necessarily be automatically deleted.

14. Disclosure Regarding Advertising & Sponsored Content

The app may display advertisements, sponsored content, commercial recommendations, marketing links, or affiliate links. The app or its owners may receive payment, commission, reward, or other benefit for displaying, viewing, clicking, registering, or purchasing through certain links.

The app is not responsible for the content of advertisements, products, services, prices, availability, quality, terms of use, or privacy policy of advertisers and external providers. Clicking on an advertisement or sponsored link may redirect the user to a third-party service, and use of that service is entirely at the user's own risk.

Some advertisements may be personalized based on technical information, app usage, language, device type, general region, or other information permitted by law and in accordance with advertising providers' privacy policies.

15. Disclosure Regarding Notifications & Updates

The app may send push notifications, updates, reminders, or in-app messages about the trip, itinerary, sharing, AI requests, system messages, security, new features, or relevant content.

There is no guarantee that every notification will be sent, received, or displayed on time. Do not rely on app notifications for critical actions such as flights, trains, bookings, payments, cancellations, or check-in deadlines. Always verify important details independently.

You may cancel or restrict notifications through device settings or app settings, to the extent such an option is available.

16. Disclosure Regarding Liability

The app is provided "AS IS", without any guarantee of continuous availability, full accuracy, absolute security, suitability for the user's needs, or freedom from errors.

The app is not responsible for any direct or indirect damage, financial loss, data loss, booking cancellation, missed flight, delay, service issue, information exposure, or any other damage resulting from the use of the app, its content, user content, AI, or third-party services.

17. Disclosure Regarding Emergencies

The app is not intended for emergency use. In an emergency, contact the relevant authorities, emergency services, embassy, insurance company, or another competent party.

18. Disclosure Regarding Use Abroad

The user is responsible for checking local laws, visa requirements, entry requirements, insurance, driving, transportation, safety, health, and any legal restrictions in the destination country. The app does not guarantee that its information complies with local laws and restrictions.

19. Key Things to Remember

AI helps build itineraries, but it can make mistakes. Before traveling or booking, you must independently verify opening hours, addresses, travel times, tickets, and entry conditions. Do not input unnecessary sensitive personal information.

Information on TripInspo is added by users and is not pre-verified by the app. Before using the information, verify the address, opening hours, dietary info, availability, website, and any other important detail yourself.

Content on TripTap may include affiliate links. Verify details before booking.

Summary

This document is intended to clarify the nature of the information, features, links, and services in the app so that you can make informed decisions. Use of the app is entirely at the user's own risk. The app is a tool and not a substitute for independent verification of important details from official sources.