Terms of Use

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of Maine.com (the “Site”). By browsing the Site, subscribing to our newsletter or otherwise using anything we publish, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the Site.

What Maine.com is

Maine.com is an editorial travel guide to the state of Maine. We publish destination guides, hotel and restaurant listings, feature articles and a set of seasonal travel tools. Everything here is provided for general information and trip planning. It is not advice, and it is not a booking or reservation service — we do not sell travel, take payment or hold reservations on behalf of any business listed on the Site.

Listings change, and we may be behind

Opening hours, prices, menus, seasonal closures and contact details for the places we list change constantly, and often without notice. We work to keep listings current, but we cannot promise that any particular detail is accurate or up to date at the moment you read it. Before you travel — and certainly before you drive an hour on the strength of something you read here — confirm the details directly with the business. Inclusion of a hotel, restaurant or attraction is editorial coverage, not an endorsement, certification or guarantee of the quality or safety of that business.

Travel tools, forecasts and live data

Our travel tools — tide times, sea temperatures, aurora forecasts, foliage and sunrise trackers, the lobster roll price index and the rest — combine third-party data feeds with our own modelling and estimates. Some of that data comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other public sources; some of it is our own interpretation layered on top.

These tools are published for general trip planning only. Do not rely on them for navigation, or for any decision where safety of life or property is at stake. Tide predictions are astronomical and do not account for wind, air pressure or storm surge. Sensor readings can be stale, wrong or missing. Forecasts are forecasts. For navigation, marine safety or weather warnings, use official sources such as NOAA Tides & Currents, the National Weather Service and the United States Coast Guard.

Outdoor recreation in Maine carries real risk — cold water, remote trails, changing weather and tides that cut off shorelines. You are responsible for assessing conditions and your own capabilities.

Our content

The text, design, illustrations, data compilations, page layouts and code that make up the Site are owned by Maine.com or our licensors and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

You may read, link to and share our pages, and print or save copies for your own personal, non-commercial trip planning. You may not copy, republish, sell, systematically extract or otherwise reuse substantial parts of the Site — including our listing data — without our written permission. Automated scraping, crawling or harvesting of the Site outside the rules set out in our robots.txt, and use of our content to train machine learning models, are not permitted without our written permission.

Photography and third-party material

Some photography on the Site is licensed from Unsplash and remains subject to the Unsplash License; photographer credits appear alongside those images. Certain factual listing details — addresses, opening hours and similar — are derived from third-party sources including Google. Maps on the Site are provided by Google Maps and are subject to Google’s own terms of service. Trade marks, logos and business names belong to their respective owners.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• use the Site for any unlawful purpose, or in any way that could damage, disable or impair it;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site, its servers or any connected system;
• place excessive automated load on the Site, including on our search endpoint, or attempt to circumvent rate limits or other technical protections;
• submit an email address to our newsletter that is not yours, or otherwise misuse the subscription form.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, you are asking us to send you email about Maine travel, news and events. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email we send, or by writing to us. How we handle your address is set out in our Privacy Policy.

Links to other sites

The Site links to websites we do not control — hotels, restaurants, tourism boards, data providers and others. We are not responsible for their content, their accuracy or their privacy practices, and a link is not an endorsement.

Disclaimer of warranties

The Site and everything on it are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by law we disclaim all implied warranties, including those of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free or secure, or that any data, forecast or listing detail is accurate, complete or current.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Maine.com and its operators, contributors and suppliers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill or travel costs, arising out of or connected with your use of the Site or your reliance on anything published here — including any tide, weather, temperature or seasonal prediction. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so parts of this section may not apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud, where the law does not permit such a limit.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Maine.com and its operators from any claim, loss or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your misuse of the Site or your breach of these terms.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of this page. Continuing to use the Site after a change means you accept the revised terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maine and the United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. The state and federal courts located in Maine will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.

Contact

Questions about these terms, permission requests and corrections to listings are all welcome at info@atmaine.com.