Last updated: September 8, 2026
About these terms
These terms govern your use of Chicago Awaits at chicagoawaits.com, operated by The Travel Spark Company LLC. By using the website, you agree to these terms to the extent permitted by applicable law. If you do not agree, please stop using it. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle information.
An independent travel guide
Chicago Awaits is an independent informational travel guide. It is not a governmental agency or official tourism authority. Unless we expressly say otherwise, we are not affiliated with the City of Chicago, Choose Chicago, the Chicago Transit Authority, or an attraction, venue, or operator mentioned in our guides.
Our articles, search tools, and recommendations help you plan. They are not a guarantee that a place, activity, price, timetable, transport service, or accommodation will meet your needs. Information can change between publication and your visit. Confirm opening times, admission, accessibility, age restrictions, meeting points, cancellation rules, weather conditions, and other important details directly with the responsible organization.
Search results, recommendations, and prices
Travel results may contain descriptions, photographs, prices, ratings, review counts, and availability supplied by third parties. These details can change and may be incomplete. Prices may depend on date, currency, group size, selected options, fees, and availability. A displayed starting price is not a binding quote. Check the final price and all conditions before making a reservation.
Any interactive travel helper provides general suggestions based on the information available to it. It can make mistakes. Do not rely on it for emergencies, regulated professional advice, or confirmation of a reservation. You remain responsible for checking that your travel choices suit your circumstances.
Bookings and affiliate relationships
Chicago Awaits may earn a commission when you book or purchase through some links. Affiliate compensation does not make us the operator of the activity or the seller of the booking. The booking provider identified during checkout is responsible for its reservation, payment, cancellation, refund, and fulfillment processes under its own terms.
A search, comparison, or click on this website does not create a booking. For changes to an existing reservation, cancellations, refunds, accessibility arrangements, or complaints about an experience, contact the provider named on your confirmation. Do not send payment-card details or identification documents through our contact form.
Permitted use
You may use the website for lawful personal travel research and share links to our pages. You must not attempt unauthorized access, interfere with the website, bypass access controls, introduce malicious code, impersonate another person, misuse forms, send spam, or use automated requests in a way that disrupts the service or violates applicable rights.
When you contact us, provide information you are entitled to share. Do not submit unlawful, threatening, infringing, or unnecessarily sensitive material. We may restrict abusive use and take proportionate steps to protect the website and its visitors.
Content and intellectual property
Original site content and branding, together with third-party photographs, fonts, data, and other materials, are protected by applicable intellectual-property rights or supplied under identified licenses. Those licenses continue to apply. These terms do not remove rights granted by an applicable open license. Our Photo Credits page identifies photographic sources. Referencing a company, destination, or trademark does not imply endorsement or ownership of that mark.
You may not reproduce or commercially exploit material beyond what its license or applicable law allows. If you believe content infringes your rights or contains an error, send details and the relevant page URL through our contact form.
Availability and external websites
We may update, suspend, or remove features or content. We aim to keep the website useful, but do not promise uninterrupted access, error-free results, or continued availability of any particular feature. External websites are operated independently. Review their terms, privacy practices, and security before providing information or making a purchase.
Disclaimers and liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its information are provided on an as-available basis without warranties beyond those that cannot legally be excluded. We do not warrant third-party services, traveler outcomes, or the accuracy of changing travel information.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses arising from use of the website or reliance on third-party information or services. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability, consumer guarantees, or other rights that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. Mandatory consumer protections that apply to you remain in effect.
Governing law and changes
These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction where The Travel Spark Company LLC is organized, subject to any mandatory protections that apply to you. If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.
We may revise these terms as the website changes. The date above identifies the current version. Material changes will receive any notice required by law. For questions about these terms, use our contact form.