Legal Terms

That amount of baggage, generally consisting of the passenger's personal effects, carried by the airline and cruise line free of charge.

A system whereby airlines are permitted to exchange tickets for goods or services provided to the airlines. Many problems still need to be worked out with the process, including how a resale market for bartered tickets may be controlled in some manner so as to protect consumers and carriers alike. Many carriers are of the opinion that unlicensed and unregulated firms may become involved in the distribution process, possibly leading to some form of a "black market" in the resale of bartered tickets.

Width of the ship (amidship) between the widest point of its two sides.

Certain dates or periods when travel on specific fares is not permitted (usually holidays).

Card or form given to passenger that indicates the seat assignment or other travel space. On ships, it can be called an embarkation card.

A reservation. A telephone request to a line's reservations department to secure an option on a cabin.

Usually refers to the 225 mile zone extending north and south of the border of the U.S. that is subject to the 8% tax on airline tickets.

Upright partition or wall dividing the ship into cabins or compartments.

Travel departments of large-scale corporations that serve the business travel needs of the corporations' officers and employees.

Activities that include travel for official purposes; visits of employees or other individuals for professional or commercial purposes, including; installing equipment, inspection, purchases, sales for foreign enterprises; attending meetings, participation at exhibitions and trade fairs, conferences, conventions; employer incentive tours; giving lectures or concerts; programming tourist travel; contracting of accommodation and transport, guides and other tourism professionals; participation in professional sports activities; government missions including those for diplomatic, military or international organisation personnel, except when stationed on duty in the country visited; paid study, education and research, including university sabbatical leave; language, professional or other special courses in connection with and supported by the visitor’s business or profession.

The delivery of personal property by one person to another who holds the property for a certain purpose under a contract (generally applies when a hotel holds personal property left in the room by a guest who has not yet paid his bill). Personal property left in a hotel room safe deposit box are not in a bailment as no one has control of the goods. Items left at the front desk in their safe are under the care of the hotel and staff and are bailment.