Terms of Service
Legal terms for using FestivalAtlas
Last Updated: January 2025 • Effective: January 2025
Terms in Plain English
- •Use FestivalAtlas for personal travel planning (not commercial scraping)
- •Free users: 10 views/month. Subscribers: Unlimited for $50/year
- •Cancel anytime. 30-day money-back guarantee
- •We provide data "as is" - verify critical travel details independently
- •Don't be a jerk: No harassment, illegal activity, or system abuse
1. Agreement to Terms
FestivalAtlas is operated by Ahmed Elkashef (referred to as "we", "us", or "our"). These Terms of Service govern your use of festivalatlas.com and our services.
By accessing or using FestivalAtlas, you agree to these Terms. If you disagree with any part, please don't use our service.
Jurisdiction: These Terms are governed by German and EU law. As FestivalAtlas expands, we may establish a legal entity in the United States or UAE, at which point these Terms will be updated accordingly.
2. What FestivalAtlas Provides
FestivalAtlas is a comprehensive cultural calendar documenting authentic festivals worldwide. We provide:
- • Verified festival dates, locations, and cultural context
- • Research-backed information following our 5-Point Community Test
- • Discovery tools (calendar view, regional browsing, search)
- • Premium tools for subscribers (Festival Match, Connections AI)
- • Travel planning resources and guides
Current Status: FestivalAtlas is launching Q2 2025. Some features may be in beta or subject to change as we refine the platform.
3. Your Account
Free Tier Access
No account required for basic browsing. Free users get 10 festival views per month (resets on the 1st). Creating an account (optional) lets you track your view count.
Account Requirements
- • You must be at least 16 years old
- • Provide accurate, current information
- • Keep your password secure (don't share accounts)
- • One account per person (no multi-accounting to bypass view limits)
- • You're responsible for all activity on your account
Account Termination
You can delete your account anytime via settings or by emailing us. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms (fraud, abuse, harassment, etc.).
4. Subscriptions & Payments
Full Atlas Membership - $50/year
- • Unlimited festival access (no view limits)
- • Festival Match Tool + 10 Connections AI queries/month
- • Calendar exports, PDF guides, ad-free experience
- • Annual subscription, auto-renews unless cancelled
Payment Terms
- • All payments processed securely via Stripe
- • Prices in USD (we'll support EUR/other currencies soon)
- • Taxes may apply based on your location (added at checkout)
- • Subscription starts immediately upon payment
Cancellation & Refunds
Cancel anytime: You keep access until your current period ends (no partial refunds after 30 days).
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee: Not satisfied? Email us within 30 days of purchase for a full refund, no questions asked.
Price Changes
We may change subscription prices with 30 days notice. Your current subscription renews at your original price until you cancel or agree to the new price.
5. Acceptable Use Policy
✅ You May
- • Use FestivalAtlas for personal travel planning
- • Save and export festival data for your own trips
- • Share individual festival pages with friends
- • Write about FestivalAtlas on your blog/social media
- • Provide feedback and report inaccuracies
❌ You May Not
- • Commercial scraping: Automated data collection, crawling, or building competing databases
- • Republishing: Copying our festival data for commercial use or other platforms
- • Account sharing: Selling, transferring, or sharing subscription access
- • System abuse: Overloading our servers, bypassing rate limits, DDoS attacks
- • Reverse engineering: Decompiling or extracting our algorithms/methodology
- • Harassment: Abusive messages, spam, or harassment of our team or users
- • Illegal activity: Using FestivalAtlas for any unlawful purpose
Violations may result in immediate account termination without refund.
6. Data Accuracy & Disclaimers
Our Research Standards
We maintain rigorous verification standards (see Methodology). Every festival passes our 5-Point Community Test and is verified through 3-5 independent sources.
"As Is" Service
However: Festival dates change. Events get cancelled. Details update. While our FPDM system keeps data current, we cannot guarantee 100% accuracy at all times.
You are responsible for: Verifying critical travel details (dates, venues, visa requirements) with official sources before booking flights or accommodation.
No Liability for Travel Issues
We are not responsible for: cancelled festivals, incorrect dates, travel disruptions, visa denials, financial losses, or any issues arising from using our data for travel planning. FestivalAtlas is a research tool, not a booking agent.
7. Intellectual Property
Our Content
FestivalAtlas owns all rights to our platform, design, brand, logo, festival database, research methodology, AI systems, and original content. This is protected by copyright, trademark, and intellectual property law.
Festival Data Attribution
While individual festival facts (dates, locations) are not copyrightable, our compiled database represents substantial original research and curation.
If citing FestivalAtlas: Attribute properly ("Source: FestivalAtlas.com") and link back to us. Commercial use requires written permission.
User Feedback
If you submit festival corrections, suggestions, or feedback, you grant us a perpetual, royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate that feedback into FestivalAtlas.
8. Third-Party Links & Affiliates
FestivalAtlas includes affiliate links to travel services (Booking.com, Airalo, Skyscanner). We earn small commissions if you book through these links (at no extra cost to you).
We are not responsible for: Third-party websites, booking terms, cancellation policies, or service quality. Those sites have their own Terms and Privacy Policies.
See our Affiliate Disclosure for full transparency about our partnerships.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law: FestivalAtlas, Ahmed Elkashef, and our partners are not liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of our service.
This includes (but is not limited to): lost profits, travel disruptions, cancelled bookings, data loss, or emotional distress.
Our total liability is limited to: The amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim (maximum $50 for annual subscribers, $0 for free users).
Some jurisdictions don't allow liability limitations. If that applies to you, these limitations may not apply.
10. Dispute Resolution
Contact Us First
If you have an issue, please email us at contact@festivalatlas.com. We'll work in good faith to resolve it.
Governing Law
These Terms are governed by German law. Any legal disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of German courts. As we expand globally, this may change (we'll notify you).
11. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms as FestivalAtlas evolves. Significant changes will be announced via:
- • Email notification (for subscribers)
- • Banner on our website
- • Update date at the top of this page
Continued use = acceptance. If you disagree with updated Terms, cancel your subscription and stop using FestivalAtlas.
Questions About These Terms?
If anything is unclear or you have legal questions:
Operated by: Ahmed Elkashef
Location: Germany
Company Status: Pre-launch (formal entity registration planned for 2025)