Homeric Tours, Inc. Commitment to You
At Homeric Tours, we take your privacy concerns very seriously. From the very beginning, we have been - and will remain - committed to protecting your personal information at all times. By visiting Homeric Tours.com you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

We appreciate that you, as a valued customer, provide us with your personal data, which helps us improve your travel experience and customize our services to reflect your individual needs. By sharing this information with us, you allow us to personalize and improve our site, while making your travel-planning process a more convenient, reliable, and seamless experience.

Except for the purposes indicated in this Privacy Policy, we will NOT disclose, sell, share, or rent any of your personal information, including your name, address, credit card number, or transaction history, to any third party.

What Personal Information Does Homeric Tours Collect?
We are committed to protecting your personal information - whether you are a Homeric Tours.com online user or interested in researching and booking travel by phone. Like you, we enjoy the convenience of shopping online, but recognize that privacy is an important issue. At Homeric Tours, we appreciate your trust in us and remain committed to ensuring that your personal information is secure.

We collect a variety of personal information such as your name, address, credit card data, etc. Some information is necessary to successfully complete a transaction; other, non-essential information is voluntary, and used to enhance your online travel-planning experience. Below you'll find a list of the personal information we collect from you, and a brief description of how that information is used at Homeric Tours.com:

• Transaction Information
  At Homeric Tours.com, it is necessary for us to obtain transaction information from you in order to complete your purchase. This includes your name, contact information (used for purchase-related communications only), travel selections, and credit card data. This information is stored with each transaction and shared with appropriate vendors (for example, airlines) and any other third parties facilitating the transaction (for example, credit card authorization companies). We will share only the information necessary to ensure your travel arrangements are confirmed and executed with these third parties. 

• Online User Profile Information
  When you sign up to become an online user of Homeric Tours.com, we will ask you to provide us with basic profile information (for example, your name, e-mail address, and password information). You can also provide us with optional information, such as credit card numbers, and travel preferences. Visit your Customer Service for more details. 

We will use your online user profile information to tailor your travel experience to your unique preferences and requirements. You may choose to store as little or as much personal data as you'd like. However, by providing us with profile information about your travel needs and preferences, you help us customize your travel-planning process - allowing for a more convenient, efficient, and personalized experience.
If you don't want to store your personal information, you can still research and book travel on Homeric Tours anonymously by calling 1.800.223 5570. Keep in mind, however, that certain Homeric Tours.com features (for example, free e-mail newsletters) are only available to our online users.
 

• Automatic Planning and Buying Information
  Certain travel information is automatically collected during the research and/or purchase stages of your travel-planning process, such as destinations, arrival and departure dates. If you do not want to store this information, you can research and purchase travel via phone by calling 1.800.223 5570. (Remember, however, that customers who have made their purchases by phone do not have the ability to save bookings or access upcoming trips on our site.) 
   
• Usage Tracking Information
  Homeric Tours.com collects software client information, such as IP addresses, browser versions, operating systems, and pages accessed during Homeric Tours.com sessions. This information is used in an aggregated form (e.g. number of pages accessed) to view site usage patterns, and is not tied with any of the other personal data you have provided to Homeric Tours.com. 
   
• Promotional E-mails and Customer Communications
  If you are a Homeric Tours.com online user or a customer who has made a purchase by phone, we may contact you concerning your transactions (an example of this would be if your flight is delayed or re-routed). We may communicate with you via e-mail, phone, or fax and may ask you to tell us the best time(s) to contact you.
  
  As a Homeric Tours.com online user, you may also receive additional communications from us concerning issues we feel are important to share with our valued customers (for example, announcements about major site changes or adjustments to this policy). You have the opportunity of opting out of these communications by choosing to research and purchase travel by phone at 1.800.223 5570. (Remember, however, that customers who make their purchase by phone do not have the ability to save bookings or access upcoming trips on our site.)
  
  In addition, you can sign up for Homeric Tours.com promotional e-mails packed with the latest travel news; flight, lodging, and rental car deals; and exciting vacation packages from Homeric Tours and our partners. 

In addition to protecting your privacy, we are committed to ensuring that you do not receive information from Homeric Tours that you have not specifically indicated your willingness to receive. This means we will not call you, or send e-mails, marketing materials, magazines, or any other offers that you do not request. Remember, you can ALWAYS unsubscribe from Homeric Tours.com promotional e-mails, by modifying your Customer Details. Simply tell us you're not interested and you won't receive these messages from us again.

How Does the Use of Personal Information Differ for Homeric Tours Non-online Users and Online Users?

Non-Online Users
If you are a non-online user and have purchased by phone, we will only store your transaction information. This information will only be used to complete your travel purchase, and will not be used for any other purposes. It may be shared only with appropriate vendors (for example, airlines) and other third parties facilitating the transaction (for example, credit card authorization companies). The communication you receive from Homeric Tours will only be related to your purchase.

Online Users
When you become a Homeric Tours.com online user, you gain access to a range of customizable tools, bookings and saved travel items. We may use the information you have provided us (in your travel profile, research and booking, etc.) in the following ways: 
 

• To facilitate your transaction. 
   
• To help you in your travel planning process by recalling stored information that you will need when making a purchase. By allowing us to save this information, you will not need to remind us each time you come back to book your trip with us.

• To tailor content to reflect your personal travel preferences and requirements. For example, we can provide you with weather forecasts, city maps, driving directions, and other destination information that will help make your travel more enjoyable. 

• To provide you with our Homeric Tours.com promotional e-mails, containing special deals and offers from Homeric Tours.com and our partners, if you have elected to receive such communications. 

Sharing of Personal Information
At Homeric Tours.com, we understand that, as an online consumer, you care about how your personal information is shared. We take your privacy concerns very seriously and are committed to ensuring that your personal information is secure at all times. We will only share your personally identifiable information in the following ways: 

• When you book travel with Homeric Tours.com, the personal information you provide us will be shared with the appropriate third parties necessary to complete your purchases. This includes the vendors you have selected (for example, airlines, hotels, etc.) as well as the third parties facilitating the transactions (for example, credit card authorization companies). The personal information we provide these third parties will ONLY be that which is necessary to ensure your travel arrangements are successfully confirmed and executed. 

• When required by law, we may disclose certain personal information (for example, court order or subpoena). 

• If you violate our Terms and Conditions, of which this Privacy Policy is a part, or any law, rule, or regulation, we may be required to disclose your personal information in order to apply or enforce Homeric Tours.com remedies (i.e., in case of customer fraud).

• In the event that Homeric Tours or certain Homeric Tours assets are acquired, customer information may be one of the transferred assets. In addition to ensuring your privacy at all times, we are committed to ensuring that you do not receive information - from Homeric Tours or from any of the third parties with which we share your information - that you have not specifically indicated your willingness to receive. 

Modifying Your Personal Information at Homeric Tours.com
To view, modify, or delete your personal information, log in at any time and click Change Customer Details to access your Account Profile.

Personal Information Security
We are dedicated to providing a safe and secure online shopping environment. We use state-of-the-art, industry-standard, secure socket layer (SSL) technology, which is utilized by most popular browsers, including Netscape and Microsoft Explorer. This technology encrypts (or converts into code) your information (name, address, credit card number, etc.) before it is transferred across the Internet from your computer to our secure server. This ensures that all your personal information is protected at all times.

Your personal travel profile is password-protected. For added security, we will not display or e-mail your password - so it's important to keep it in a safe place. If you ever forget your password, we will help you create a new one.

Your credit card information is stored in our database in an encrypted form to further safeguard your most sensitive information.

We will permit only authorized employees, who are trained in the proper handling of personal data, to access your information.

At Homeric Tours, we're COMMITTED to ensuring your privacy at all times.

Use of Cookies
At Homeric Tours.com, like many websites, we use "cookie" technology. The cookie is a small text file that resides on your hard drive. From time to time, we will request the cookie from your browser so that we can retrieve your stored information.

The cookie prevents you from having to make the same selections over and over again. In addition, the cookie helps you navigate our site more efficiently, and enables us to better tailor our content and services to most effectively suit your needs. With the cookie technology, we are able to recognize you and allow you to save information and access it any time you visit our site.

At Homeric Tours.com, we never use cookies to store personal information, such as credit card numbers, nor can the information we store in the cookie ever be read by any web site other than ours.

Please note that with most browsers, you can set the preferences to show a warning each time a cookie request is received. You can also set the browser not to accept cookies at all. However, because we won't be able to personalize your Homeric Tours.com experience if we can't recognize you, we suggest that you allow your browser to accept cookies.

Children
Homeric Tours does not knowingly sell products to anyone under the age of 18.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post all changes on the Homeric Tours.com homepage. We want to ensure that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will notify you, as an online user, via e-mail if, at any point, we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected. At that time, you will have the opportunity to remove your travel Profile information from our database if you choose.

Contact Information
If you have additional questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, please e-mail us at privacy@homerictours.com.