Terms, Cancellation Policy & Refunds
24-hour FREE Cancellation Policy for per-person Activities
✅ Free cancellation within 24 hours of booking
Full refund if you cancel within 24 hours
Booking must be made at least 2 days before the activity
✅ Full refund if you cancel at least 14 days before the experience start time
🔁 Partial refund if you cancel between 14 and 7 days before the experience
A 25 € per person fee or 50% of the total amount will apply (whichever is greater)
⚠️ No refund if you cancel less than 7 days before the experience start time
⚠️ Changes requested less than 7 days before the activity may not be accepted and depend on availability
🌧 If we cancel the activity due to weather or operational reasons
You will receive a full refund or the option to reschedule, subject to availability
🔁 Changes & Requests
- We will make an effort to accommodate any changes you may want to your trip.
- Any changes made less than four days before the experience’s start time may not be accepted.
For Private sailboat trips, please check out our cancellation policy on our Halkidiki & Thessaloniki private trips and tours website, Yachts.Holiday
🌧Weather & cancellation by us
- Generally, we will not do the activity if the weather makes it certain that you either will not have a good time or there is a potential danger for you and/or our crew. Please trust us. We want you to have a good time! Really! But safety first. You get a full refund or reschedule for another day, pending availability.
- If we see small rain showers, we can probably avoid them, with minor changes to the route, we will do the trip as planned.
- If you decide on your own that the weather doesn’t look good and cancel less than four days before the experience’s start time, while we decide that the weather is ok, the four days cancellation rule applies, and the amount you paid will not be refunded and we will also ask you to pay the balance.
- The planned route may change, usually for weather conditions or guests’ preferences.
- The activity may be cancelled by our company or the starting time changed, for weather or other operational reasons. In that case, you get a full refund or reschedule for another day, pending availability.
- The activity may be cancelled by our company if the minimum number of participants is not reached. In that case, you get a full refund or reschedule for another day, pending availability.
💸 Refunds
We will refund you within 3 business days – usually the same day. However, sometimes it may take up to 10 days to show to your account. As you can imagine, banks are out of our control. Please let us know if something like this happens, I always enjoy that conversation with the bank’s auto-response system.
🤰 Pregnant
We need to know in advance if someone is pregnant. The skipper may refuse to board a woman who is pregnant if we are not informed well in advance. Preferably, please contact us before to discuss the trip you plan to do and decide together whether it is perfectly safe or not. As you can imagine, the weather should play a big part in the decision to participate. We recommend natural antinausea pills with ginger that you can find in every pharmacy.
🛡️ Insurance
All vessels operated by Porto Scuba IKE are insured in accordance with applicable industry standards. However, this insurance coverage does not extend to personal property of the Client or any items brought aboard the vessel. Additionally, it excludes damages resulting from the Client’s negligence or willful misconduct.
🚫💊🍷 Intoxication & Illegal Substances Policy
Intoxication is strictly prohibited before and during the activity.
Clients under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or any other intoxicating substances will not be permitted to board or continue the activity. No refund will be issued in such cases.
The possession, use, or distribution of illegal drugs or controlled substances is strictly forbidden on board.
If any member of the crew suspects the presence or use of illegal substances, Porto Scuba IKE will immediately report the incident to the Hellenic Coast Guard or other competent authorities.
We enforce a zero-tolerance policy to ensure the safety and legality of all operations and the well-being of our guests and crew.
👮♂️ Code of Conduct and Captain’s Authority
The decisions of the Captain in command of the vessel are final and binding, particularly in matters concerning the safety and comfort of all guests on board. By booking a cruise with Porto Scuba IKE, the Client expressly agrees to comply with the Captain’s authority at all times and to refrain from any behaviour that may undermine his/her command or disrupt the onboard environment.
Should the Captain determine that a Client’s behavior compromises the safety, order, or enjoyment of others—whether through excessive alcohol consumption, disruptive conduct, offensive language, or discriminatory remarks—Porto Scuba IKE reserves the right to terminate the Client’s participation in the cruise without any refund or reimbursement of costs incurred.
Clients are required to adhere strictly to the laws, customs, and regulations of all jurisdictions visited during the cruise. In the event that a Client engages in illegal activity, Porto Scuba IKE retains the right to remove the Client from the cruise without liability for any associated costs or refund.
📸 Use of Photography and Video
By participating in a cruise organised by Porto Scuba IKE, the Client explicitly acknowledges and agrees that any such images, audio, or video content—whether captured by Porto Scuba IKE or voluntarily provided by the Client—may be used by Porto Scuba IKE for legitimate business purposes. This includes, but is not limited to, marketing, promotional, and commercial activities, such as use on websites, social media platforms, digital campaigns, brochures, advertisements, and printed publications.
Subject to the Client’s verbal consent at the time of capture, the Client grants Porto Scuba IKE an irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, and fully sublicensable license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, and create derivative works from such content in any media now known or hereafter developed. No further approval or compensation shall be required for such use.
The Client waives any right to inspect or approve the final version of any material in which their likeness appears and releases Porto Scuba IKE and its agents, representatives, and assigns from any and all claims, demands, or liabilities arising out of or in connection with such use.
If a Client does not wish to appear in any photographs or video recordings intended for promotional use, they must notify Porto Scuba IKE in writing prior to the commencement of the cruise. Porto Scuba IKE will make reasonable efforts to accommodate such requests, though it does not guarantee exclusion from all incidental capture.
🛂 Passport and Information requested by law
- We have no need to know your birthday. Really, we don’t. Nor your passport or European Union Identification number (UK Citizens I am afraid will have to send us their passport number, you are no longer in the Union, mates). This information is required by the law as well as Coastguard regulations.
- Please do not make it difficult for us to gather them.
- NO, it is NOT OK to send it at the last minute or at 2 in the morning the night before.
- Our crew is not on holiday and would like to have everything ready for the next days by 2 days before.
- If we ask you to fill out a form, please follow the detailed instructions in your email and send us ALL the INFORMATION. All are needed. For EVERYONE onboard!!!
- Our company reserves the right to delay the start of your trip until all the required information has been gathered, all the documentation we need is printed and taken to the coastguard office for certification and everything is ready and legal. If the Coastguard office is open at the time… Or we wait.
- The return time will remain the same if there is another trip after yours.
- We also reserve the right to cancel your trip at any time, should we understand that you refuse to comply with local laws or regulations and keep the deposit without any refund.
❓ Need help?
Contact us for questions related to terms, refunds and returns.
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Dont forget to mention:
- Number of Persons, Possible Dates
- The hotel you ll be staying
- The activity you are interested in