Cancellations must be notified in writing (either by email or by letter) as soon as possible. The date the notification is received will determine the refund according to our scale for refunds due to cancellation.

In France, the associaton ALIORE is insured according to « Public liability » or third party insurance with the MAIF.

However, ALIORE, its national and international partners, and the families lodging participants cannot be held responsible for loss or damages affecting the participant throughout the duration of the programme. The participant assumes complete responsibility for travel to the workshop as well as health concerns, accidents or need for cancellation.

For participants of French nationality who are staying in France, public liability insurance («responsabilité civile ») is obligatory.

For all other participants (French citizens in foreign countries and all other nationalities), travel insurance (public liability, medical coverage, repatriation, cancellation) is obligatory. Confirmation of this insurance must be submitted to ALIORE before the programme begins.

GENERAL CONDITIONS :

If ALIORE must cancel your registration, you will receive a full refund on the amount paid to ALIORE (less bank charges if any)

If you decide to cancel your registration:

- If we have not yet sent the registration confirmation, you will receive a refund less the non refundable membership fees of 50€.

- If the confirmation has been sent, the refund will be possible on condition that it is within 4 weeks before the start date of the workshop (in every case, the 50€ membership fees are non refundable)

Less than 4 weeks before the programme's start date, no refunds will be made.

If for any reason you do not complete the totality of a workshop or programme, ALIORE will not refund your payment.

Programs paid to our partners are subject to the conditions specific to each provider.

These registration and refund conditions concern workshops around the world. Please note that the language assistants and volunteer programmes have specific conditions detailed in the application package that is given to you before any registration. Please refer to this document for registration and refund conditions for these programmes.

Force majeure refers to any outside event beyond ALIORE's control for which ALIORE cannot be held responsible and which may hinder the participant, the association or the service provider (partner) from carrying out all or part of the obligations mentioned in the contract. This can include strikes in transportation systems, hotel personnel, airtraffic controllers, political instability and civil uprising, any governmental public prohibitions, weather, geographical, or sanitary conditions affecting the country where the programme or workshop is taking place. In the case of force majeure, the parties so affected shall be relieved of their reciprocal obligations during the period that such event and its consequences continue, but only to the extent so prevented. In addition both parties are responsible for costs incurred due to force majeure conditions. Consequently in the case of force majeure, travellers are solely responsible for costs necessary for the continuation of their travel.

Rather than cancelling a participant's registration in a programme, ALIORE will offer an alternative date or programme. Depending on the modifications requested, we will make a concerted effort to meet the participant's needs.

Participants must have within their possession all necessary legal documents (passports, visas) for entering and staying in the country where the programme or workshop will be taking place, and that will permit them to carry out the programme in its full duration.
Participants must commit to following programme rules and regulations as well as to respecting the customs and way of life of the local population, the families with whom the participant will be staying.

ALIORE does not organise national or international transports. We suggest that you compare flights fare on the internet or that you contact a Travel Agency to organise your international transports.

ALIORE, Worldwide workshops is an association formed under the 1901 Statute which governs associations. It was declared at the Prefecture of Hérault on September 12, 2005 and is registered in the directory of Companies and Establishments under the number 524 875 79600038.

All contracts concluded between the participant and the association ALIORE fall under French law.