Last updated: November 9, 2026
Welcome to Traveling Tummy. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) are the rules for using travelingtummy.net, our member accounts, our AI travel helper, and our text and email updates (together, the “Site”). The Site is run by James Roysdon (“Traveling Tummy,” “we,” “us”). By using the Site, or by checking “I agree” when you join, you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the Site.
Our Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It is part of how the Site works, so please read it too.
1. Who can use the Site
You must be at least 13 years old to use the Site and at least 18 years old (or have a parent’s or guardian’s permission) to create an account. If you sign up for text messages, you must be the owner or authorized user of the phone number you give us. The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.
2. Your account
Membership is free. When you join, please give us accurate information and keep your password private; you are responsible for activity on your account. You may have one account per person. You can ask us to close your account at any time (see Contact Us). We may suspend or close accounts that break these Terms, are used to send spam, or appear to be fake or automated, and we may remove inactive accounts.
3. Member features and limits
Membership is free. Members get extra features that visitors don’t, such as more daily questions with our AI travel helper and help planning bigger trips (for example, a full itinerary or a budget for a longer trip). Visitors can use the AI travel helper for shorter trips of up to three days, such as a day trip, an overnight or a weekend. Day-by-day plans for trips of four days or more are a members-only perk; visitors get a short sample. Visitors and members have daily limits.
Newsletters (planned). We plan to offer a monthly newsletter that anyone can sign up for, member or not, and a more frequent newsletter for members (we expect every two weeks) with extra news and travel tips. These are still being planned, and their timing and content may change. Newsletters are optional: you choose whether to receive them, and every issue includes an unsubscribe link (see section 10).
We may change, pause or end any feature, limit or newsletter at any time. Free features come with no promise that they will always be available.
4. Our content
The stories, photographs, videos, maps and other material on the Site belong to us or to the people who licensed them to us, and are protected by copyright and other laws. You are welcome to read, enjoy and share links to our posts. Please don’t copy, republish, sell or use our photos or text elsewhere (including to train AI systems) without our written permission. Some photos are from other photographers and are marked with their credit and license; those remain subject to the photographer’s license.
5. What you share with us
When you post a comment, send us a message, or type into the AI travel helper, you keep ownership of what you wrote. You give us a free, worldwide, non-exclusive permission to store, display and use it to run and improve the Site (for example, showing your comment under a post or quoting a reader question in a future article without your last name). Please don’t post anything that is unlawful, hateful, harassing, sexually explicit, misleading, someone else’s private information, spam, or material you don’t have the right to share. We may edit or remove anything we believe breaks these rules, and we are not required to keep or display what you submit.
6. AI travel helper
Our chatbot uses artificial intelligence (currently provided by OpenAI) to answer travel questions using our articles and general knowledge. AI answers can be wrong, out of date, or incomplete. Treat them as friendly suggestions, not professional travel, legal, medical, financial or safety advice, and always confirm important details (visas, opening hours, prices, transportation, health requirements) with official sources before you rely on them. Don’t type passwords, payment details, passport numbers or other sensitive information into the chat. Like the rest of the Site, the AI travel helper is family-friendly: it won’t discuss adult or sexual topics. We may decline to answer some questions, limit how many questions you can ask, and keep chat records as described in our Privacy Policy.
7. Travel information is our experience, not a guarantee
Our articles describe our own trips. Prices, hours, routes, rules and businesses change, and what worked for us may not work for you. Travel involves risks, and you are responsible for your own plans, bookings, insurance and safety. We are a travel blog, not a travel agent: we do not sell, arrange or book travel, so we are not a “seller of travel” under Florida law (Fla. Stat. § 559.926 and following). Any booking you make with an airline, hotel, tour or other company is between you and that company.
8. Third-party links and services
The Site links to other websites and uses outside services (for example, Google sign-in, maps, videos, and social media buttons). We don’t control those sites or services and aren’t responsible for their content, policies or practices. Your use of them is governed by their own terms.
9. Text messages (SMS)
Text messages are not offered yet. We plan to start them in the future. You can check the text-message box when you join (or later in your account) to tell us you’d like them; we won’t send any texts until the service starts, and when it does, this section applies to every message we send. We’ll update these Terms before the first text goes out if anything below changes.
If you check the text-message box, you agree to receive recurring text messages from Traveling Tummy at the number you provided, such as travel updates, new-post announcements and occasional offers. These messages may be sent using automated technology. Your consent is not a condition of joining or of any purchase.
- Frequency: varies; we aim for no more than 4 messages a month.
- Cost: message and data rates may apply, according to your mobile plan.
- Stop anytime: reply STOP to any message to stop texts. We will confirm with one final message and then stop. You can also ask us to stop through Contact Us, or by asking us to update your account.
- Help: reply HELP for help, or contact us.
- Mobile carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
We keep a record of when and how you agreed to receive texts, as allowed by the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (Fla. Stat. § 501.059). We do not sell or share your mobile number or text-message consent with third parties for their marketing.
10. Email
If you join, we may send account emails, such as the link to set your password, security notices, and copies of chatbot conversations you ask us to email you. These are part of having an account and don’t include an unsubscribe link.
If you choose to receive our newsletter or other updates, every one of those emails will include an unsubscribe link and our mailing address (P.O. Box 270081, Tampa, FL 33688), as the federal CAN-SPAM Act requires. You can also unsubscribe at any time by emailing unsubscribe@travelingtummy.net. We honor unsubscribe requests within 10 business days, and usually much sooner.
11. Acceptable use
Please don’t misuse the Site. That includes trying to break into accounts or our systems, scraping or bulk-downloading content, overloading the Site, getting around chatbot limits with multiple accounts or automated tools, impersonating anyone, or using the Site for anything illegal. We use security tools that may temporarily block connections that look like attacks.
Don’t try to get around the AI travel helper’s rules. That includes telling it to ignore its instructions, pretending to be a member or one of us, or asking for members-only planning or adult topics in pieces or in disguise. The helper will warn you first. If you keep trying, your access to the helper is paused (for 24 hours, then for 7 days), and visitors who still keep trying may be blocked from the whole Site for 7 days. We review these cases and may also suspend or close a member’s account.
12. Zero tolerance for cyberbullying and harassment
Traveling Tummy is a place to share the joy of travel and food. We do not tolerate cyberbullying, harassment, threats or hate of any kind, anywhere on the Site. That includes comments, forum posts, messages, profiles, photos, and anything you send to us or type into the AI travel helper.
You must not:
- Bully, mock, humiliate or “pile on” another person, or encourage others to do so.
- Harass anyone, including repeated unwanted contact or following someone from post to post.
- Threaten or intimidate anyone, or encourage anyone to harm themselves or others.
- Post hate speech or anything that attacks people for who they are, such as their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age.
- Share someone’s private information (such as their address, phone number or photos) without their permission, or pretend to be someone else.
If you break this section, we may remove your content and suspend or permanently close your account, without warning and at our sole discretion. We will report threats of violence, and anything involving the safety of a child, to law enforcement. Our Community Rules describe in more detail how we expect members to treat each other, and they are part of these Terms.
If you see bullying or harassment, or it is aimed at you, please tell us at jim@travelingtummy.net. We read every report.
13. Advertising and affiliate links
The Site shows ads (for example, through Google AdSense). Some links may be affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if you make a purchase, at no extra cost to you. We only recommend things we have used or would use ourselves. Ads and sponsored content don’t change our opinions, and we will clearly disclose any sponsored post, as the Federal Trade Commission requires.
14. Copyright complaints
If you believe something on the Site infringes your copyright, please send us: your contact information; a description of the work; the page address where it appears; a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner, with your physical or electronic signature. Send it to James Roysdon at jim@travelingtummy.net. We will respond under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), and we may close the accounts of repeat infringers.
15. Disclaimers
The Site is provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We don’t promise that the Site will always be available, error-free or free of harmful components.
16. Limits on our liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, Traveling Tummy and its owners will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, travel losses, missed connections, or personal injury arising from your use of the Site or reliance on its content (including AI answers), even if we were told such damages were possible. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Site will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100). Some laws don’t allow certain limits, so some of these may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under Florida or federal law.
17. Indemnity
If someone brings a claim against us because of content you posted, your misuse of the Site, or your violation of these Terms or the law, you agree to cover our reasonable losses and costs (including attorney’s fees) from that claim, to the extent the law allows.
18. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida and applicable federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Before filing any claim, please contact us so we can try to resolve it informally. Any lawsuit about the Site or these Terms must be brought in the state or federal courts located in Hillsborough County, Florida, and you and we consent to those courts’ jurisdiction. Either of us may instead bring an individual claim in small claims court if it qualifies.
19. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will change the “Last updated” date above, and for important changes we will give notice on the Site or by email. Continuing to use the Site after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms. Each time you agree to these Terms, whether when you join or after an update, we record the version and the date and time, and we email you a confirmation showing the version you agreed to and when, with a copy of its text. If we make important changes, you’ll be asked to agree to the updated Terms before you continue using your account.
20. Ending use
You may stop using the Site and ask us to delete your account at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive (such as 4, 5, 12, 15, 16, 17 and 18) continue after your account ends.
21. Other terms
These Terms and our Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the Site. If any part is found unenforceable, the rest still applies. If we don’t enforce a part right away, we haven’t given up the right to do so later. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms; we may transfer ours if the Site changes ownership.
Contact us
James Roysdon, Traveling Tummy
P.O. Box 270081
Tampa, FL 33688
Email: jim@travelingtummy.net
Phone: 813-421-5141