Terms & Conditions

1Agreement

These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") form a binding agreement between StormLife LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company ("StormLife," "we," "us") and each participant ("you," "Participant") who reserves a place in The Sovereign Queen Immersion ("the Immersion"). By submitting a deposit, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms in full. If you register on behalf of another person, you are responsible for ensuring she has read and accepted these Terms.

2The Immersion

The Immersion is a twelve-day, eleven-night guided experience in Egypt, limited to eight participants, taking place April 20 – May 1, 2027. It includes the accommodations, transportation, experiences, meals, and inclusions described on the StormLife website and in your confirmation materials at the time of booking. Accommodation is single occupancy; each Participant is provided her own private room throughout. Inclusions and the itinerary are described in good faith and may be subject to reasonable changes (see Section 9).

Gratuities for guides, drivers, vessel crew and hotel staff are included in the Investment; you are never expected to carry cash for tipping. Alcoholic beverages are not included and are settled on your own account.

3Eligibility & Age

Acceptance into the Immersion is by application and at StormLife's sole discretion. Participants must hold a valid passport meeting Egypt's entry requirements (generally valid for at least six months beyond the travel dates) and obtain any required visa, and must be in sufficient health to participate (see Section 8).

Participants aged eighteen (18) and over may enroll independently. A participant aged fourteen (14) to seventeen (17) may attend only when accompanied throughout by a participating adult who is her parent, legal guardian, or an adult who has assumed written responsibility for her. Participants under the age of fourteen (14) cannot be accommodated. In such cases:

• A parent or legal guardian must read, agree to, and sign these Terms and all associated waivers and releases on the minor's behalf; a minor cannot independently accept this agreement.
• The accompanying adult is a booked Participant and is responsible for the minor's supervision, wellbeing, and conduct at all times during the Immersion. StormLife does not provide childcare or guardianship.
• The minor occupies her own paid place within the cohort at the full investment, with her own single-occupancy accommodation. A minor's place is not complimentary and counts toward the eight-participant limit.
• The accompanying adult accepts responsibility for the minor's compliance with these Terms and for any costs arising from the minor's participation.

4Booking & Payment Schedule

Your place is confirmed only upon receipt of your deposit and StormLife's written confirmation. The total investment is $19,700 USD per Participant, payable as follows:

• 25% — Deposit, due to reserve your place.
• 50% — Second payment, due ninety (90) days before departure.
• 25% — Final payment, due thirty (30) days before departure.

All amounts are in U.S. dollars. Payments may be made by bank transfer, with card payment available on request. Certain on-the-ground settlements may be arranged separately and will be disclosed privately to confirmed Participants before departure. Failure to pay any installment by its due date may be treated as a cancellation by you under Section 5.

5Cancellation by You

All cancellations must be made in writing to info@stormlife.global and are effective on the date we receive them. Because the Immersion is intentionally limited to eight participants and requires substantial non-recoverable commitments made well in advance, the following applies regardless of the reason for cancellation — including illness, injury, family emergency, travel disruption, visa denial, or personal circumstances:

• Within 5 days of paying your deposit: deposit fully refundable, no questions asked.
• More than 90 days before departure: cancellation fee of 25% of the total investment. In practice your deposit is retained and nothing further is owed.
• 60–90 days before departure: cancellation fee of 50% of the total investment.
• 31–59 days before departure: cancellation fee of 75% of the total investment.
• 30 days or fewer before departure, or failure to attend: cancellation fee of 100% of the total investment.

StormLife LLC will refund any amount you have paid in excess of the applicable cancellation fee. If the amount you have paid is less than the cancellation fee, no additional sum is owed — you will not be invoiced for the difference.

Your deposit is not refundable after the five-day window above, but it is transferable. You may apply it once to a future StormLife cohort departing within 24 months of your original departure date, subject to availability and to any difference in the published investment for that cohort. A transferred deposit may not be transferred a second time and has no cash value.

Refunds, where applicable, are calculated on the total investment and issued to the original payment method within 14 days.

This policy exists because your reservation immediately triggers contractual commitments to third-party suppliers that StormLife cannot recover. Because these losses are difficult to quantify precisely, the amounts retained represent a genuine pre-estimate of StormLife's loss and are not a penalty.

Substitution. Rather than cancel, you may propose another woman to take your place, subject to StormLife’s approval and to her completing the application and accepting these Terms. A substitution requested more than sixty (60) days before departure carries no cancellation fee; amounts you have paid transfer with the place. Later substitutions may be accepted where suppliers permit, and any unrecoverable third-party costs of the change are yours.

6Travel Insurance

Comprehensive travel insurance is strongly recommended for every Participant. We strongly advise a policy that includes, at minimum, trip cancellation and interruption, medical expenses, emergency medical evacuation and repatriation, travel delay, and lost or delayed baggage.

You acknowledge that travel insurance is your responsibility, and that if you choose not to obtain it, you do so at your own risk. StormLife's cancellation policy (Section 5) applies regardless of whether you hold insurance. Where a cancellation reason would ordinarily be covered by travel insurance, your recourse is through your insurer, not through StormLife. StormLife is not an insurer and does not provide, arrange, or guarantee any coverage.

7Passports, Visas & Entry

You are solely responsible for ensuring you hold a valid passport, the correct visa, and any vaccinations or documentation required for entry into Egypt. StormLife is not responsible for any loss, cost, or inability to participate arising from your failure to meet these requirements, and no refund will be issued in such cases beyond what Section 5 provides.

8Health, Fitness & Assumption of Risk

The Immersion involves international travel and activities that may include walking on uneven terrain, heat exposure, early mornings, boat travel, and optional activities such as horseback riding or hot-air ballooning. By participating, you:

• Confirm you are in adequate physical and mental health to participate, and will disclose in advance any medical condition, allergy, dietary requirement, mobility limitation, or medication that may affect your participation.
• Understand that some activities are optional and that you may decline any activity.
• Acknowledge that travel to and within Egypt carries inherent risks — including illness, injury, accident, crime, political events, and force majeure — which you voluntarily assume.
• Agree that StormLife may, but is not obligated to, arrange emergency care on your behalf at your expense, and that you are responsible for the cost of any medical treatment, evacuation, or repatriation.

9Changes by StormLife

StormLife plans each Immersion with great care, but some elements depend on third parties and conditions beyond our control. We reserve the right to make reasonable changes to the itinerary, accommodations, guides, or activities where necessary, substituting comparable alternatives of equivalent standard wherever possible. Minor changes do not entitle you to a refund.

If StormLife must cancel the Immersion entirely for reasons within its control, you will be offered a transfer to a future cohort or a refund of amounts paid, less any non-recoverable third-party costs already incurred on your behalf.

Minimum cohort. The Immersion proceeds with a minimum of four (4) confirmed Participants. If that minimum is not met, StormLife will notify you no later than thirty (30) days before departure and you may choose a full refund of all amounts paid, or transfer to a future cohort.

10Force Majeure

StormLife is not liable for any failure or delay in performance, or for any cancellation, change, or loss, arising from events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, extreme weather, pandemic or epidemic, government action, travel restrictions or advisories, border or airport closures, war, terrorism, civil unrest, strikes, or supplier failure ("Force Majeure Event").

In such an event, StormLife will act in good faith to offer a transfer to a future cohort or a partial refund of any funds recoverable from suppliers, but is not obligated to refund non-recoverable costs. This is why comprehensive travel insurance is strongly recommended.

11Conduct

The Immersion is an intimate shared experience. StormLife may remove any Participant whose conduct, in StormLife's reasonable judgment, endangers or unreasonably disrupts the safety, wellbeing, or experience of others, or violates local law. No refund is due in such cases, and any costs arising from removal (including return travel) are the Participant's responsibility.

12Photography & Media

The Immersion includes professional photography. By participating, you grant StormLife the right to use images in which you appear for its marketing and promotional purposes, without compensation. You may opt out by notifying StormLife in writing before the Immersion begins. Where a participant is under eighteen (18), her parent or legal guardian gives or withholds this consent on her behalf.

13Intellectual Property

The Sovereign Queen, The Sovereign Queen Immersion, The Sovereign Queen Codex, Queen Codes, and all associated experiences, teachings, written works, imagery, designs, activations, ceremonies, and intellectual property are the exclusive property of StormLife LLC, protected under United States and international law. Materials provided to you are for your personal use only and may not be reproduced, distributed, recorded, taught, or used commercially without StormLife's prior written permission.

14Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, StormLife's total liability to you arising out of or in connection with the Immersion shall not exceed the total amount you paid to StormLife. StormLife acts as an organizer and coordinator and is not liable for the acts, omissions, or default of any third-party supplier, nor for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss.

15Governing Law & Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Binding arbitration. Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or to the Immersion will first be raised in writing and addressed by good-faith negotiation for thirty (30) days. If it is not resolved in that period, it will be settled by final and binding arbitration before a single arbitrator, administered by JAMS under its rules then in effect, seated in San Francisco, California, or conducted remotely by agreement. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Each party bears its own costs and attorneys’ fees unless the arbitrator determines otherwise, and the arbitration is confidential. You and StormLife each waive any right to a jury trial and to bring or participate in a class or representative action. Either party may still seek injunctive relief from a court to protect intellectual property or confidential information.

16Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with your booking confirmation and any separately signed waiver, photo release, or medical disclosure, constitute the entire agreement between you and StormLife regarding the Immersion, superseding any prior representations. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect.

17Acceptance

By submitting your deposit, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms & Conditions in their entirety. Where the Participant is a minor, her parent or legal guardian accepts these Terms on her behalf.