DISCRETION NOTICE:

Our cruise partner prefers to avoid media attention related to nude travel. Your discretion helps maintain our valued partnership and ensures we can continue offering these special voyages.

ITINERARY DISCLAIMER:

All ports, dates, and times are subject to change without notice for any reason at the sole discretion of the cruise line or the captain. The cruise line reserves the right to alter, cancel, or substitute any part of the itinerary as necessary without liability or obligation.

CODE OF CONDUCT:

Bare Necessities cruises are non-sexual in nature. As an affiliated club of the American Association of Nude Recreation (AANR), we adhere to its standards of etiquette and decorum. Rules of decorum can be found in our terms and conditions agreed upon at booking. Violations of these rules will result in offenders being disembarked from the ship at the earliest opportunity, without refund or compensation.

FINANCIAL:

Cancellation policy: All cancellations for the Málaga to the Azores cruise (the “Cruise”) must be received in writing (email is accepted). Except as expressly set forth elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions, written cancellations will not result in the refunding of any monies previously paid and will only operate to prevent the accrual of further charges to the extent set forth in these Terms and Conditions.  Except as otherwise expressly set forth below, any funds paid for this cruise are NON-REFUNDABLE for any reason other than the willful misconduct or gross negligence of Bare Necessities Tour & Travel Co., Inc. (“Bare Necessities”).

Some cruise lines now require that all passengers have in place travel insurance for the duration of the Cruise which provides standard medical coverage plus coverage for all costs relating to COVID-19 illness including but not limited to treatment ashore and repatriation.  Regardless of whether travel insurance is a Cruise requirement, travel insurance is STRONGLY recommended because it may provide insurance coverage for certain cancellations. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in these terms and conditions, each passenger hereby waives any right to any refund or credit of funds from Bare Necessities with respect to any cancellation of the Cruise by Bare Necessities for any reason other than its willful misconduct or gross negligence. Without limiting the foregoing in any manner, under no circumstances will any passenger be entitled to a refund based on disagreement with or dissatisfaction with or opposition to any aspect of the cruise line’s rules and regulations.  Such rules and regulations include but are not limited to current or future health and safety protocols relating to COVID-19 or any other virus or relating to any contagion, pathogen, illness or disease, including but not limited to any and all pre-cruise, on-board or post-cruise testing requirements, medical examination requirements, health documentation requirements, health screening requirements, vaccination requirements, mask-wearing requirements, quarantine requirements, social distancing requirements, contact tracing requirements including mandatory wearing of a contact tracing device, travel insurance requirements or the sharing of personal health data with U.S. or foreign health care providers, health authorities and public authorities.

In addition, so long as the Cruise operates with passengers, no refund will be provided to any passenger who does not wish to partake in the Cruise or is unable to partake in the Cruise because of governmental warnings or regulations regarding cruise lines or travel in general.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Cruise is canceled by ship owner or operator or Bare Necessities, and Bare Necessities receives a refund of monies paid by Bare Necessities for the Cruise, Bare Necessities, to the extent reasonably possible, shall provide refunds to its passengers commensurate with the amount of the refund received by Bare Necessities, less Bare Necessities’ unreimbursed costs and expenses related to the Cruise.

Payments: Cabin rates are priced per-person and are based upon double occupancy. A deposit is required at booking. The initial payment amount can range from 20% to 100% depending upon the date of purchase. Payment in full can be made at any time by contacting Bare Necessities over the phone.

For the Málaga to the Azores cruise, scheduled payment dates and minimum required payments are as follows: At least 40% of the booking cost must be paid by May 1, 2025; at least 60% by September 2, 2025; at least 80% by January 2, 2026; and 100% by May 1, 2026. For those who choose to make regularly scheduled payments, the remaining balance after deposit will be divided into payments due on these dates.

If a passenger fails to meet this payment schedule, their booking becomes past due. After 30 days of being past due, bookings may be canceled without refund or future credit.

All port taxes and gratuities are included in the cost of the cabin.

Should Bare Necessities unilaterally reassign a passenger’s cabin, the passenger will be assigned a cabin of equal or greater value at no additional charge.

By agreeing to these terms, you authorize your financial account on file to be automatically charged on the scheduled payment dates. You also agree to allow Bare Necessities to charge your financial account on file between payments if it is discovered that your balance is not at the scheduled benchmark for any reason. An invoice 30 days or more past due will be canceled without refund or future credit.

DECORUM AND ETIQUETTE:

To assure that cruise lines continue to support our charters and that we all enjoy a wonderful, stress-free, clothes-free experience, we ask passengers to please observe the following common-sense guidelines of decorum on board our cruises:

When the ship is at sea or anchored in a port, passengers can be nude unless announcements have been made to the contrary. When the ship is docked alongside in port, all passengers must be dressed throughout the vessel, including balconies, until the ship leaves port and an announcement is made that nudity is again permissible.

The self-serve buffet is a clothes-free area. Clothing is required for all meals taken in the dining rooms. Casual attire is fine in all of these venues. Bathrobes are not permitted in the dining room. When in doubt as to what is appropriate attire, simply confirm that breasts, bottoms and genitalia are fully covered by clothing that is not considered to be fetish-wear or lingerie.

Lingerie, fetish-wear, and excessive genital jewelry are not appropriate at any time.

Please sit on a towel at all times while nude, in a G-string, thong, or any time you are bare-bottomed. A fresh beach towel will be provided in your stateroom each day for that purpose. Stacks of smaller towels will be placed throughout the ship outside of common areas in case you arrive without one.

No photographs, videos or electronic images of any person may be taken without the express consent of that individual. “NO PHOTO ZONES” around the pools or in dance venues must be followed to avoid confiscation of photo capturing devices.

Fondling or inappropriate touching of personal body parts or those of someone else, overt sexual activity or any solicitation for sexual acts is strictly prohibited.

Displaying yourself nude in front of other ships in port or while port authorities are on board the vessel for clearance is strictly prohibited.

Dangerous or rude behavior will not be tolerated at any time.

Passengers must comply with US Federal law regarding the possession or use of illegal substances.

Bare Necessities also complies with the cruise line’s regulations, including the right to dismiss persons from the cruise for abusing alcohol and/or drugs, not obeying all safety rules including our decorum and attire, as well as not complying with the laws of the country we are visiting.

Failure to comply with any of the decorum and etiquette described in this section will be grounds for dismissal from the cruise. There are no refunds for dismissal and transportation is not provided from the port of dismissal.

SEA CLOUD’S PASSENGER TICKET / TERMS & CONDITIONS:

Passenger Ticket with the General Terms and Conditions of Transportation of the Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft “SEA CLOUD SPIRIT” mbH valid for the passengers on board the SEA CLOUD SPIRIT

• 1 The Owners, the Performing Carrier, the Agent

1. a) Owners of the SEA CLOUD SPIRIT (hereinafter referred to: the Ship) is Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft “SEA CLOUD SPIRIT” mbH (hereinafter referred to: the Owners).
2. b) The Owners are “performing carrier” (“Ausführender Beförderer”).
3. c) Agent of the Owners is SEA CLOUD CRUISES GmbH, An der Alster 9, 20099 Hamburg, Germany (hereinafter referred to: the Agent).

• 2 Carriages and Services in Connection with the Sea-Carriage of the Ship

The Owners are not and do not hold themselves out to be Tour Operator in any case. The Owners do not accept any liability or responsibility or care for the arrangement, performance or organization of any other carriages or services outside the sea-carriage on the Ship such as land programs, excursions, hotels, pre-or on-carriages of passengers, entertainment, sightseeing, etc. The Owners’ responsibility is strictly limited to the sea-carriage on the Ship including accommodation and catering on board from embarkation of the passenger and their luggage until their disembarkation and have no responsibility or liability for any other transport, either air transport, land transport or otherwise or other services whatsoever outside of the sea-carriage. Not included in the price are any costs and official fees concerning the passenger (e.g. taxes, landing, stamp charges or costs related to a quarantine ordered for the passenger).

• 3 Medical Treatment

The Owners carry a doctor on board if required so by any laws or regulations. The Owners are only responsible for the thorough choice of the doctor and shall not be under any liability to the passenger for medical services or treatment given to them by such doctor (as may be carried) or for such drugs or supplies as may be prescribed. The services of the doctor are not part of the services offered by the Owners. The passenger always concludes a separate contract with the doctor for a medical treatment. Facilities for an extensive medical treatment are not available on board; in case of urgency or risk the passenger may be disembarked at the next port. Any costs and damages incurred in connection with medical care (in particular but not exclusively in the event of disembarkation) may be claimed by the Owners from the passenger.

• 4 Luggage

1. a) The allowance of cabin luggage per passenger is up to 40 kg (88 lbs). Additional luggage may only be taken on board with the Owners’ approval.
2. b) The luggage may only contain personal effects. Weapons and any other dangerous objects, drugs and other objects the importation of which is illegal in countries en-route, may not be taken on board. § 5 c) shall apply accordingly.
3. c) The passenger shall label luggage legibly with his/her name and particulars of port of embarkation and port of disembarkation and in the absence of which any responsibility for loss, confusion, and incorrect loading or unloading of the luggage shall be excluded, except in cases of willful act or gross negligence.

• 5 Travel Regulations, Papers

1. a) The passenger shall observe, perform and comply with all laws, decrees, directives or travel conditions (regulations) of the countries and ports at which the Ship may call. The passenger shall comply with all rules and orders of the Master, the Owners, the Agent or their agents. The passenger is obliged to procure the necessary travel papers himself/herself in good time prior to the commencement of the journey and shall show these on request.
2. b) Passengers who disobey the instructions, rules or orders referred to a) or whose papers are incomplete, forfeit the right to demand transportation.
3. c) Each passenger is liable for all consequences and damages, particularly fines, which the Owners may have to pay or to deposit and which arise out of the fact that the passenger has not complied with the rules and regulations, which are applicable with respect to the voyage into or from or through the countries of the voyage or from the fact that the passenger is not in the possession of the correct papers. Each passenger shall be obliged to reimburse the costs for such outlays immediately on demand.

• 6 Ability of the Passenger to Travel

The Owners have the right to exclude passengers from further participation in the voyage or to disembark them after the start of the voyage if this is necessary for important reasons, in particular:

1. a) Because the passenger is not able to start or continue the journey due to illness, physical weakness or other reasons;
2. b) Because the passenger needs an accompanying person for the voyage which is not present;
3. c) Because the carriage of the passenger is or could be detrimental to the safety or health or the uninterrupted passage of the passengers, the crew or the Ship;
4. d) If pregnant women are in the 24th week of pregnancy or a later week of pregnancy at the time of the start of the voyage or reach the 24th week of pregnancy during the voyage. In this case, carriage on board is excluded for safety reasons and due to the limited medical care on board. Pregnant women who are less than 24 weeks pregnant at the start of the cruise must present a certificate of fitness to travel issued by a medical specialist confirming the cruising area;
5. e) For safety reasons, children may only travel on board the Ship from the age of one year. In the event that the passenger is travelling with a child who is under one year old at the time of the start of the voyage, the Owners are entitled to exclude the relevant passengers from the voyage without notice.
6. f) In any such event under this clause, the passengers have no claim for repayment of their price paid or any other damages. Any outlays and expenses for disembarkation and for the extraordinary return voyage in such case are payable by the respective passenger to the Owners.

• 7 Modification of Services, General Liability

1. a) The Owners are entitled to terminate and cancel before or after commencement of the voyage or to change the scheduled route of the voyage or to change the ports of call of the voyage or to cancel, alter or postpone any of the agreed services or obligations if and so far as maybe necessary or threatens to make necessary for either: (i) “good cause” (“wichtiger Grund” – German law concept which means reason beyond the control of the Owners which make Owner’s performance unreasonable and which is accepted by German jurisprudence) or for (ii) nautical reasons which shall be any circumstances which make it particularly dangerous, dangerous to health, risky or difficult to perform the voyage as scheduled (e.g. in the event of high or low water, adverse weather conditions, unforeseeable technical defects and similar events) or (iii) in case of force majeure events which means an event beyond the control of the Owners which cannot be avoided, prevented, overcome or mitigated with reasonable care and which prevents them from fulfilling their contractual obligations. In all such events the Owners shall use their best endeavors to keep the voyage as far as possible to its original schedule.

1. b) If the voyage is terminated or altered or restricted in any way due to such a reason set out in §7 a) above, passengers shall have no claims of whatever nature against the Owners and shall re-claim their passage prices from their travel agent with whom they have booked the voyage.

1. c) If, for whatever reason, it is not possible to call at a port at which a passenger had planned to end the voyage early without prior consent the Owners shall not be liable for any consequential damage resulting from this. The Owners hereby retain the right to render help to other vessels and to tow or to salvage vessels, and in this context to proceed by any route and to enter into or depart from any port on one or more occasions and in any sequence whatsoever. The route may also be changed in the event of a medical emergency. Any and all such actions, whether anticipated or not, are deemed to be a component part of the contractual voyage and the passengers shall have no claim against the Owners whatsoever.

150. d) The Owners are liable for damages, which arise during the performance of the voyage on the Ship through death of/or injury to a passenger or loss of/or damage to the luggage of a passenger as “performing carrier” (“ausführender Beförderer”) in the sense of § 546 HGB and in accordance with §§ 536 to 552 HGB (Commercial Code of the Federal Republic of Germany). In case Owners are liable for loss, damage or late delivery of articles of value the Owners are not liable for damages below the amount of EUR 150. This exemption shall not apply in case the articles of value have been handed over to the Owners for safe custody.

1. e) In case the Owners are deemed to be Tour Operator (“Reiseveranstalter”) in accordance with § 651 c ff. BGB (Civil Code of the Federal Republic of Germany) the Owner’s liability for damages to the passengers (i) which do not constitute bodily injuries, (ii) which were caused neither intentionally nor with gross negligence or (iii) were merely caused due to the fault of a service provider is limited to three times the price the passenger paid for the voyage (cruise only) on the Ship.

1. f) Notwithstanding their liability under the provision of this paragraph the Owners shall not be liable to the passengers for ordinary negligence of the agents, servants or employees of yards and repair shops or other third parties, the Ship’s crew and their employees other than managing employees.

• 8 Refusal of Landing Permission / Costs of Further Transportation

If the landing or entry of the passenger and/or the importation of his/her luggage is refused at any port of landing or destination, the Owners retain the right to transport the passenger and/or luggage to another port at which the Ship will call and to land him/her there. For this service the passenger shall pay the fare according to the current tariff for such additional transportation and reimburse all other expenditure arising therefrom. The general conditions of this agreement shall also apply to any such additional transportation.

• 9 Animals and Plants

It is not allowed to bring animals nor plants on board the Ship.

• 10 Applicable Law, Court of Jurisdictions

1. a) The relationship between the passenger and the Owners as performing carrier and all rights and obligations arising therefrom, shall be subject to and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.
2. b) The Courts of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg shall have exclusive jurisdictions for all disputes in addition to the other places of jurisdiction, which applies according to § 30 para. 2 ZPO (Code of Civil Procedure of the Federal Republic of Germany).

• 11 Final Terms

Should any provision of this contract be or become invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. In place of the invalid or unenforceable provision, the valid and enforceable provision that comes closest to the economic purpose of the invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed to have been agreed. The same applies to any loopholes in this contract.

* All terms and conditions shown above, including both Bare Necessities’ terms and conditions and Sea Cloud’s Passenger Ticket Terms and Conditions, are non-negotiable and are deemed agreed to as part of the booking process.