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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82812</law_id><section_number>59.1-448</section_number><catch_line>Travel services agreement; disclosure</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="36">The Virginia Travel Club Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">travel services agreement</span> shall contain a written disclosure of all limitations on and terms of the membership and shall be provided to the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> at the time the agreement is executed. The disclosure shall clearly and conspicuously include: <a id="paragraph-296853" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name, business address and telephone number of the <span class="dictionary">travel club</span>; <a id="paragraph-296854" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The amount due, the date of payment, the purpose of the payment and an itemized statement of the balance due, if any; <a id="paragraph-296855" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A detailed description of any other service provided in conjunction with the agreement; <a id="paragraph-296856" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The conditions, if any, upon which the <span class="dictionary">travel services agreement</span> or membership in the <span class="dictionary">travel club</span> may be canceled and the rights and obligations of all parties in the event of such cancellation; and <a id="paragraph-296857" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A description of all contingencies, limitations or conditions of the agreement. <a id="paragraph-296858" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> may cancel the travel service agreement until midnight of the seventh calendar day after execution of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> by use of the form prescribed in subsection C of this section; however, notice of cancellation need not take the form prescribed and shall be sufficient if it indicates the intention of the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> not to be bound. Notice of cancellation, if given by mail, shall be deemed given when deposited in a mailbox, properly addressed and postage prepaid. If the seventh calendar day falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, then the right to cancel the travel service agreement shall expire on the day immediately following that Sunday or legal holiday. <a id="paragraph-296859" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The written disclosure shall include, in addition to the requirements of subsections A and B of this section, the following statement which shall appear immediately above the buyer&#x2019;s signature under the conspicuous caption, &#x201C;BUYER&#x2019;S NONWAIVABLE RIGHT TO CANCEL,&#x201D; which caption shall be printed in no less than ten-point, bold-faced type:
			YOU MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, WITHOUT ANY <span class="dictionary">PENALTY</span> OR OBLIGATION, WITHIN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS FROM YOUR EXECUTION OF THIS <span class="dictionary">CONTRACT</span> UNLESS YOU HAVE ALREADY USED THE TRAVEL SERVICES PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS <span class="dictionary">TRAVEL SERVICES AGREEMENT</span>. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY USED THE TRAVEL SERVICES PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS <span class="dictionary">TRAVEL SERVICES AGREEMENT</span>, YOU MAY STILL CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION WITHIN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS FROM YOUR EXECUTION HEREOF, BUT YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A REFUND OF ANY PRIOR PAYMENTS MADE FOR THE SPECIFIC TRAVEL SERVICES UTILIZED.
			TO CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, MAIL OR DELIVER A SIGNED AND DATED COPY OF THIS CANCELLATION NOTICE OR ANY OTHER WRITTEN NOTICE OR SEND A TELEGRAM TO:
			______________________________________ (Name of Seller)
			AT
			______________________________________ (Address of Seller)
			______________________________________ Place of Business
			NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF THE SEVENTH DAY AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS DISCLOSURE
			I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION
			___________________ (Date)
			______________________________________ (<span class="dictionary">Purchaser</span>&#x2019;s Signature) <a id="paragraph-296860" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Within forty-five days after notice of cancellation is received, the <span class="dictionary">travel club</span> shall refund to the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> any payments made by the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> pursuant to the <span class="dictionary">travel services agreement</span>. However, the <span class="dictionary">travel club</span> may retain payments made for specific travel services utilized. The refund may be made by crediting the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>&#x2019;s credit card account if a credit card was used to make a payment and if the <span class="dictionary">travel club</span> informs the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> in writing that the credit card account has been credited. <a id="paragraph-296861" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The right of cancellation afforded the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> by this chapter is nonwaivable and any provision in any instrument to the contrary shall be null and void. <a id="paragraph-296862" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-448/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 760; 1994, c. 482.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
