Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

IBC Travelers and VIP Travel Club Members

As an IBC reservations guest, you are in complete control of your travel-planning needs. This includes controlling the use of information you provide. The bottom line is that we respect and will continue IBC respect of privacy of our customers and guests who use the IBC reservations system and are members of the IBC VIP Travel Club.

What personal information is being gathered by IBC hotels and how is this information being used?

Personal Information
In using the online booking engine on IBC hotels you provide your name, telephone number, and email address. This information is collected for several reasons including: (i) personal identification; (ii) to complete hotel reservations; and (iii) to allow the hotels to contact you for customer service, if necessary. In addition, your email address is collected to send you an email message confirming each reservation you transact online. You will occasionally receive updates about sales in your area, special offers, new services, and other noteworthy news items.

Online Surveys
IBC hotels values opinions and comments from guest and VIP travel Club members, so we often conduct online surveys after a scheduled guest IBC hotel visit. These surveys are entirely optional for all members. Survey participants are anonymous.

Who will the information be shared with, if anyone?

When you make your hotel reservation through IBC hotels, we provide information about you to the hotel to ensure the successful fulfillment of your travel arrangements. IBC hotels, and IBC VIP Travel Club reserves the right to limit membership to those who will accept emails.

What safeguards are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information?

All personally identifiable information you provide to IBC hotels is transmitted using a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us.

What other information should I know about my privacy?

IBC hotels contains links to other travel websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which IBC assumes no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of all such sites as their policies may be materially different. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and any account information. Please be very careful, responsible, and alert with this information, especially whenever you are online.

In addition to the circumstances described above, IBC hotels may disclose personal or reservation information if required to do so by law, court order, as requested by other government or law enforcement authority, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable including, without limitation, to protect the rights or properties of IBC.

Phone: 505-242-7022 (US), Attn: Jeff
Email: jeff@ibchotels.com

1. use of website

As a condition of your use of this Website, you warrant that (i) you are at least 18 years of age; (ii) you possess the legal authority to create a binding legal obligation; (iii) you will use this Website in accordance with these Terms of Use; (iv) you will only use this Website to make legitimate reservations and/or provide legitimate hotel rooms for you or for another person/hotel for whom you are legally authorized to act; (v) you will inform such other persons about the Terms of Use that apply to the reservations you have made on their behalf, including all rules and restrictions applicable thereto; (vi) all information supplied by you on this Website is true, accurate, current and complete, and (vii) if you have an ibcmembers.com profile account, you will safeguard your account information and will supervise and be completely responsible for any use of your account by you and anyone other than you. We retain the right at our sole discretion to deny access to anyone to this Website and the services we offer, at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, for violation of these Terms of Use.

2. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

The content and information on this Website (including, but not limited to, price and availability of travel services), as well as the infrastructure used to provide such content and information, is proprietary to us, our suppliers and/or our providers. While you may make limited copies of your travel itinerary (and related documents) for travel or services booked through this Website, you agree not to otherwise modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from or through this Website. Additionally, you agree not to: (i) use this Website or its contents for any commercial purpose; (ii) make any speculative, false, or fraudulent reservation or any reservation in anticipation of demand/supply; (iii) access, monitor or copy any content or information of this Website using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose without our express written permission; (iv) violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on this Website or bypass or circumvent other measures employed to prevent or limit access to this Website; (v) take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (vi) deep-link to any portion of this Website (including, without limitation, the purchase path for any travel services) for any purpose without our express written permission; or (vii) “frame”, “mirror” or otherwise incorporate any part of this Website into any other website without our prior written authorization. If your booking or account shows signs of fraud, abuse or suspicious activity, IBC may cancel any bookings associated with your name, email address or account, and close any associated IBC accounts. If you have conducted any fraudulent activity, IBC reserves the right to take any necessary legal action and you may be liable for monetary losses to IBC, including litigation costs and damages. To contest the cancellation of a booking or freezing or closure of an account, please contact IBC Customer Service at jeff@ibchotels.com.

3. SUPPLIER RULES AND RESTRICTIONS

Additional terms and conditions will apply to your reservation and purchase of travel-related goods and services that you select. Please read these additional terms and conditions carefully. You agree to abide by the terms and conditions of purchase imposed by any supplier with whom you elect to deal, including, but not limited to, payment of all amounts when due and compliance with the supplier’s rules and restrictions regarding availability and use of reservations, products, or services. Hotels may change their prices without notice. We/Hotels reserve the right to cancel your booking if full payment is not received in a timely fashion. Some hotel suppliers may require you to present a credit card or cash deposit upon check-in to cover additional expenses incurred during your stay. Such deposit is unrelated to any payment received by IBC Hotels for your hotel booking. You acknowledge that some third-party providers offering certain services and/or activities may require you to sign their liability waiver prior to participating in the service and/or activity they offer. You understand that any violation of any such supplier’s rules and restrictions may result in cancellation of your reservation(s), in your being denied access to the applicable travel product or services, in your forfeiting any monies paid for such reservation(s), and/or in our debiting your account for any costs we incur as a result of such violation.

4. PRIVACY POLICY

IBC Hotels LLC believes in protecting your privacy. Please review our current Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the Website, to understand our practices.

5. Data Protection

The agent only collects, processes and uses the customer’s personal data to the extent that the customer consents to this or a legal provision permits the collection, processing and use of the data. The agent only collects, processes and uses data that is required for the provision of its services and the use and operation of the online portal and/or the services offered on the online portal.

Under no circumstances does the agent sell the data to third parties. Data is only transferred to third parties to the extent required for bookings/reservations with the provider chosen by the customer. This expressly includes any transfer to affiliates of the agent for the purposes of executing the booking.

6. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation includes better control of processing personal data of EU citizens. At the same time it will allow businesses to reduce administrative burden and boosts consumer confidence in order to make better use of the Digital Single Market within the EU.

The implementation of such measures ensures exact timing as well as documented organizational and technical implementation of necessary steps. In doing so, IBC ensures compliance with all requirements in accordance with GDPR.

7. REVIEWS, COMMENTS AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS

We appreciate hearing from you. Please be aware that by submitting content to this website by electronic mail, postings on this website or otherwise, including any hotel reviews, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas or the like contained in any submissions (collectively, "Submissions"), you grant IBC Hotels and its subsidiaries and corporate affiliates (collectively, the "IBC Companies or IBC VIP Hotel Travel Club or RRF LLLP, REF, or Innsuites Hospitality Trust") and the affiliated, co-branded and/or linked website partners through whom we provide service (collectively, the "IBC Afiiliates"), a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable right to (a) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and publicly display and perform such submissions throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised; and (b) use the name that you submit in connection with such Submission.

You acknowledge that IBC may choose to provide attribution of your comments or reviews (for example, listing your partial name and hometown on a hotel review that you submit) at our discretion, and that such submissions may be shared with our supplier partners. You further grant IBC the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or IBC rights in the Submissions by a breach of these Terms of Use. You acknowledge and agree that Submissions are non-confidential and non-proprietary. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any submissions, (specifically including, but not limited to, reviews posted to this website). If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not provide us with any Submissions. You are fully responsible for the content of your Submissions, (specifically including, but not limited to, reviews posted to this website). You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from website: (i) any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material or content that would violate rights of publicity and/or privacy or that would violate any law; (ii) any commercial material or contect (specifically including, but not limited to, solicitation of funds, advertising, or marketing of any good or services); and (iii) any material or content that infringes, misappropriates or violates any copyright, trademark, patent right or other proprietary right of any third party. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any violation of the foregoing restrictions, or any other harm resulting from your posting of content to this website. You acknowledge that IBC Hotels may exercise its rights (e.g. use, publish, delete) to any content you submit without notice to you. If you submit more than one review for the same hotel, only your most recent submission is eligible for use.

Some IBC affiliate sites use translate or currency tools made available on website to enable you to translate content and convert currencies. The translate tools typically use an automated process to translate text and approximate rates and this may result in inaccuracies. Your use of the Translate and Currency tool is entirely at your own risk. IBC Hotels does not warrant or make any promises, assurances or guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of the translations or currency exchanges provided by translation tools on the website.

8. Privacy Shield Policy

a. IBC Hotels complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries transferred to the United States pursuant to Privacy Shield. IBC Hotels LLC has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles with respect to such data. If there is any conflict between the policies in this privacy policy and data subject rights under the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/

b. In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, IBC Hotels commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information transferred to the United States pursuant to Privacy Shield. European Union individuals with Privacy Shield inquires or complaints should first contact IBC Hotels at jeff@ibchotels.com.

c. IBC Hotels has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the Privacy Shield Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. If you do not receive timely acknowledgement of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please contact IBC hotels for information and to file a complaint. This service is provided free of charge to you.

d. If your Privacy Shield complaint cannot be resolved through the above channels, under certain conditions, you may invoke binding arbitration for some residual claims not resolved by other redress mechanisms.

e. IBC Hotels collects the name, phone number and email address of the guest for order fulfillment, hotel stay, and internal research. Any guest or user may access, correct and/or delete their specified above collected data. If user/guest requires assistance in the removal of personal data or wishes to submit any inquiry or complaint, please email: jeff@ibchotels.com for the removal or adjustment of the specified above data. Guest data must be collected upon for hotelier confirmation and minimum amount of data including name, email address and phone number must be collected. After guest has checked out of their reservation, they may request removal of their personal data which was collected through IBC Hotels.

f. IBC Hotels may be required to disclose an individual's personal information in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. In the context of an onward transfer IBC Hotels has responsibility for the processing of personal information it receives under the Privacy Shield and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. Arbitral decisions will be binding on all parties to the arbitration. Once invoked, the individual forgoes the option to seek relief for the same claimed violation in another forum.

g. IBC Hotels is capable of being subject to investigation and enforcement via The Federal Trade Commission who has jurisdiction over IBC Hotels compliance with the Privacy Shield and/or The Department of Transportation who as well has jurisdiction over IBC Hotels compliance with the Privacy Shield.

9. Cancellation Policy

In general your IBC reservations are "no obligation" reservation at 4PM or 6PM local time day of arrival unless you arrange direct with your hotel for late arrival. You may cancel or change your prepaid hotel reservation, but you may be charged the cancellation or change fee indicated in the rules and restrictions for the hotel reservation. If you do not cancel or change your reservation before the cancellation policy period applicable to the hotel you reserved, which varies by hotel prior to your date of arrival, you may be subject to a charge equal to applicable nightly rates, tax recovery charges and service fees. In the event you do not show for the first night of the reservation and plan to check-in for subsequent nights in your reservation, you must confirm the reservation changes direct with your hotel no later than the date of the first night of your reservation to prevent cancellation of your reservation.

10. Travel Regulations

You are responsible for ensuring that you meet foreign entry requirements and that your travel documents, such as passports and visas (transit, business, tourist, and otherwise), are in order and any other foreign entry requirements are met. IBC has no special knowledge regarding foreign entry requirements or travel documents. We urge guests to review travel prohibitions, warnings, announcements, and advisories issued by the relevant governments prior to booking travel to international destinations.

Passport and Visa: You must consult the relevant Embassy or Consulate for this information. Requirements may change, and you should check for up-to-date information before booking and departure. IBC accepts no liability if you are refused entry onto a flight or into any country due to your failure to carry the correct and adequate passport, visa, or other travel documents required by any airline, authority, or country, including countries you may just be transiting through. This includes all stops made by the aircraft, even if you do not leave the aircraft or airport

Health: Recommended inoculations for travel may change and you should consult your doctor for current recommendations before you depart. It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet all health entry requirements, obtain the recommended inoculations, take all recommended medication, and all medical advice in relation to your trip.

BY OFFERING TRAVEL PRODUCTS IN PARTICULAR INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS, IBC DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT TRAVEL TO SUCH AREAS IS ADVISABLE OR WITHOUT RISK AND IS NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OR LOSSES THAT MAY RESULT FROM TRAVEL TO SUCH DESTINATIONS.

11. LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

a. The information, software, products and services published on this website may include inaccuracies or errors, including pricing errors. IBC and IBC Affiliates do not guarantee the accuracy of and disclaim all liability for any error or other inaccuracies relating to the information and description of the hotel, activity, car, and other travel products such as cancellation protection and services displayed on this website (including, without limitation, the pricing, photographs, list of hotel amenities, general product descriptions, etc.).

b. Hotel ratings displayed on this website are created by hotel guests, and do not reflect or form the beliefs of IBC and its affiliates. IBC does not guarantee the accuracy of said ratings nor the availability of specific products and services. IBC and its affiliates may make improvements and/or changes to the website at any time.

c. The IBC Companies, the IBC Affiliates/Partners and their respective suppliers make no representations about the suitability of the information, software, products and services contained on this website for any purpose, and the inclusion or offering of any products or services on this website does not constitute any endorsement or recommendation of such products or services by the IBC Companies. All such information, software products, and services are provided "as is" without any warranty of any kind. The IBC Companies and their respective suppliers disclaim all warranties and conditions that this website, its servers or any email sent from the IBC Companies, the IBC Partners and/or their respective suppliers or other harmful components. The IBC Companies, the IBC Partners and their respective suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions regarding this information, software, products and services, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a response, title, and non-infringement

d. The carriers, hotels and other suppliers providing travel or other services on this website are independent contractors and not agents or employees of the IBC Companies. The IBC Companies are not liable for the acts, errors, omissions, representations, warranties, breaches or negligence of any such suppliers or for any personal injuries, death, property damage, or other damages or expenses resulting there from. The IBC Companies have no liability and will make no refund in the event of any delay, cancellation, overbooking, strike, force majeure, or other causes beyond their direct control, and we assume no responsibility for any additional expenses, omissions, delays, re-routing or acts of any government or authority.

e. In no event shall the IBC Companies and/or their respective suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of, or in any way connected with, your access to, display of or use of this website or with the delay or inability to access, display or use this website (including, but not limited to, your reliance upon opinions appearing on this website; any computer viruses, information, software, linked sites, products and services obtaining through this website; or otherwise arising out of the access to, display of or use of this website) whether based on a theory of negligence, contract, tort, strict liability, consumer protection statutes, or otherwise, even if the IBC Companies and/or their respective suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

f. If, despite the limitation above, the IBC Companies or their respective suppliers are found liable for any loss or damage which arises out of or in any way connected with any occurrences described above, then the liability of the IBC Companies and/or their respective suppliers will in no event exceed, in the aggregate, the greater of (a) the service fees you or the hotel paid to IBC, Inc. in connection with such transaction(s) on website, or (b) One-Hundred Dollars (US$100) or the equivalent in local currency.

12. INDEMNIFICATION

a. You agree to defend and indemnify the IBC Companies and/or their respective suppliers and any of their officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, causes of action, demands, recoveries, losses, damages, fines, penalties, or other costs or expenses of any kind or nature including but not limited to reasonable legal and account fees, brought by third parties as a result of (i) your breach of these Terms of Use or the documents referenced herein; (ii) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party; or (iii) your use of this website.

b. Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than the IBC Companies. Such hyperlinks are provided for your convenience and reference only. IBC does not control such website and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. Further, it is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you select or software you download (whether from this website or other websites) is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects and other items of a destructive nature. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

13. SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE

a. Any software that we make available to utilize from this website ("Software") or through your mobile application store, is the copyrighted work of the IBC Companies and our respective suppliers. Your use of such software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies, or is including with, the software ("License Agreement"). You may not install or use any software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first agree to the License Agreement terms. For any software made available for download on this website not accompanied by a License Agreement, we hereby grant to you, the user, a limited, personal, non-exclusive, nontransferable license to download, install and use the software and/or the mobile application for viewing and otherwise this website and/or accessing the content and information available within the Mobile Application (including, without limitation, price and availability of travel services) in accordance with these Terms of Use and for no other purpose.

b. Please note that all software, Controls contained on this website, is owned by the IBC Companies and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Any reproduction or redistribution of the software is expressly prohibited and may result in sever and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law.

c. Without limiting the foregoing, copying or reproduction of the software to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is expressly prohibited. The software is warranted, if at all, only according to the terms of the license agreement

d. Your mobile device must be connected to the internet for the Mobile Application to function properly. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for your device to have internet connectivity and are responsible for all sums your service provide may charge you arising out of the mobile application transmitting and receiving data (including but not limited to data roaming charges). As further described in our Privacy Policy, the Mobile Application will automatically transfer a small amount of data as part of its normal operation, including how you use the Mobile Application, which content you access, and technical errors or problems which the application may encounter while being used. By using the mobile application, you acknowledge, agree and consent to the automatic collection of this information.

14. COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES

All contents of this Website are © 2025 InnSuites Hospitality Trust. All rights reserved. IBC Hotels is not responsible for content on websites operated by parties other than IBC Hotels Other logos and product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

15. COUNTER NOTICES

If material you have posted has been taken down, you may file a counter-notification by email that sets forth the items specified below. You may want to seek legal counsel prior to doing so. Please include the following details: (i) Identification of the specific content that was removed or disabled and the location that the content appeared on IBC's website. (ii) Please provide the URL address if possible. (iii) Your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address. (iv) A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your IBC hotel address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which IBC may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the party who reported your content, or that party's agent. (v) The following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the content identified above was removed or disabled because of a mistake or misidentification. (vi) Your signature

16. SERVICE HELP

For quick answers to your questions or ways to contact us by email at jeff@ibchotels.com.