1. Agreeing to these terms
These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Tampa Bay is Awesome ("Tampa Bay is Awesome," "we," "us," or "our") about your use of tampabayisawesome.com (the "Site"). By using the Site, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use the Site.
2. Our content
Everything on the Site, including restaurant features, event listings, guides, and neighborhood info, is for general information and entertainment. We work hard to get it right, but restaurants change menus, hours, and prices; events get rescheduled or canceled; and businesses open and close. Please confirm details directly with the business or organizer before you go. Opinions in our content are our own.
3. Sponsored content and partnerships
Tampa Bay is Awesome is a business. Some of the restaurants, events, brands, and businesses we feature pay us, give us free food, products, or services, or have another business relationship with us. When there's a material connection like that, we disclose it, for example with "ad," "sponsored," "paid partnership," or a similar label, in line with the Federal Trade Commission's endorsement guidelines. Whether a post is sponsored or not, we only recommend places we genuinely believe in. Some links may also be affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission if you buy something, at no extra cost to you.
4. Real estate information
Real estate content on the Site, including neighborhood guides, home price figures, and market trends, is general information, not professional real estate, legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Market figures come from third-party sources and may change or be inaccurate. Talk with a licensed professional before making any real estate decision.
Joe "Mr. Tampa Bay" Malinowski is a licensed Florida real estate agent. Real estate brokerage services are provided by Banyan Residential Group, a licensed Florida real estate brokerage in St. Petersburg, FL (Broker: Bennett Andrews). Tampa Bay is Awesome is a media company, not a real estate brokerage. Submitting an inquiry does not create an agent or brokerage relationship; any such relationship requires a separate written agreement. Promotions are subject to their own terms. Equal Housing Opportunity.
5. Using the Site
You may use the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes and to share our articles with others by linking to them. You agree not to:
- Break any law or anyone else's rights while using the Site.
- Copy, republish, sell, or create commercial products from our content without written permission.
- Scrape, crawl, or harvest the Site or its data with automated tools, including to train artificial intelligence models, except for standard search engine indexing.
- Send spam, false information, or harmful code through our forms, or submit forms using bots.
- Try to hack, overload, or interfere with the Site, or access parts of it you're not authorized to use.
- Pretend to be someone else, or suggest we endorse you when we don't.
We may limit or block access to anyone who breaks these rules.
6. Our intellectual property
The Site and its content, including articles, photos, videos, graphics, and design, belong to us or the people who licensed them to us, and are protected by copyright and other laws. Tampa Bay is Awesome, St. Pete is Awesome, Clearwater Beach is Awesome, Dunedin is Awesome, Mr. Tampa Bay, and their logos and stamps are our trademarks. Other names and logos on the Site belong to their owners. Photos credited to other photographers are used under their licenses, as noted next to each photo.
7. What you send us
When you send us tips, event details, photos, comments, ideas, or other material ("Submissions"), you confirm that you have the right to share them. You give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to use, edit, publish, and share your Submissions in any media, with or without credit, though we'll try to credit you when it makes sense. We don't have to use any Submission, and we can't treat unsolicited ideas as confidential. Business inquiries and partnership details you share with us are handled according to our Privacy Policy.
8. Third-party links and services
The Site links to and embeds content from other websites and services, such as restaurant and event pages, ticketing sites, Instagram, and maps. We don't control them and aren't responsible for their content, products, prices, or privacy practices. Any purchase or reservation you make is between you and that business.
9. Copyright complaints
We respect the rights of creators. If you believe something on the Site infringes your copyright, email joe@tampabayisawesome.com with: (a) a description of the work you believe was infringed; (b) the link to the material on our Site; (c) your name, address, phone number, and email; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner; and (f) your physical or electronic signature. We'll review and remove material when appropriate.
10. Disclaimers
The Site and all content are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We don't guarantee that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses, or that any business, event, or result described will meet your expectations.
11. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, Tampa Bay is Awesome and its owners, team members, and partners will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the Site or its content, or from any business, event, or service you learn about through it. Our total liability for any claim related to the Site is limited to one hundred U.S. dollars ($100). Some places don't allow certain limits, so some of these may not apply to you.
12. Indemnification
You agree to defend and hold harmless Tampa Bay is Awesome and its owners and team members from claims, losses, and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your misuse of the Site, your Submissions, or your violation of these Terms.
13. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute related to the Site or these Terms will be brought only in the state or federal courts located in Pinellas County, Florida, and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.
14. General
We may update these Terms from time to time by posting a new version and changing the "Last updated" date; continuing to use the Site means you accept the changes. If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Our not enforcing a provision isn't a waiver of it. These Terms and our Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Site. Separate written agreements, such as partnership or promotion contracts, govern those relationships.
15. Contact us
Questions about these Terms? Email joe@tampabayisawesome.com.