Terms of Service

Effective Date / Last Updated: June 2026

These Terms apply to your use of the Trend Culture website’s articles, comments, tips/inquiries, advertising and affiliate links, and other supplementary services. As a travel website, Trend Culture places importance on protecting readers’ right to know, providing accurate information, and clearly distinguishing advertising content from editorial content.

Article 1 (Purpose)
These Terms set out the basic conditions for using the Trend Culture website (www.trendkultur.com), including standards for articles and comments, procedures for reporting rights violations and requesting corrections or rebuttals, and terms governing advertising and affiliate links.

Article 2 (Operator and Publication Information)

  • Publication name: Trend Culture
  • Operator: Deonanum
  • Address: Suwonsin-dong, Suwon-ro, Gyeonggi-do
  • Contact: kultur202@gmail.com / 010-4637-2825

Article 3 (Definitions)

  • “Site” means the website operated by Trend Culture and its subpages.
  • “User” means any person who accesses the Site to use its articles, comments, affiliate links, search function, RSS, or other services.
  • “Article” means news or informational content directly written, edited, or published by Trend Culture, or content edited based on external materials.
  • “Comment” means opinions, reviews, or reports that users post at the bottom of an article.
  • “Affiliate Link” means a link connecting to an external booking or product page, such as MyRealTrip.

Article 4 (Effect and Amendment of Terms)
These Terms take effect upon being posted on the Site. Trend Culture may revise these Terms in response to changes in applicable law, service structure, advertising/affiliate policy, or comment operation standards. In the event of material changes, the effective date and key changes will be announced on the Site.

Article 5 (Scope of Services)
Trend Culture provides the following services:

  • Articles and information on domestic and international travel destinations, festivals, accommodations, flights, tours, and activities
  • Guidance on prices, locations, schedules, transportation, and operating conditions to check before booking travel
  • Receipt of comments, tips/inquiries, and requests for correction, rebuttal, or deletion
  • RSS feeds, search, and category/tag/author pages
  • Advertising, recommended content, affiliate links, and booking/product comparison pathways

Article 6 (Nature of Article Information and Duty to Verify)
Trend Culture’s articles are based on reporting, publicly available materials, public data, affiliate product information, external service information, and on-site materials. Operating hours, admission fees, transportation, weather, festival schedules, accommodation prices, flight information, availability, and refund conditions for travel destinations are subject to change at any time.

Users must verify the latest official information from the official website, booking provider, on-site notices, or relevant authority before visiting, booking, paying, cancelling, or requesting a refund. While Trend Culture strives to ensure accuracy, it does not guarantee changes made by external providers to pricing, inventory, or policy.

Article 7 (Editorial Principles)

  • Trend Culture aims to provide travel information that serves readers’ best interests.
  • Articles are distinguished from advertising, sponsored content, and affiliate links to the extent reasonably possible, to avoid confusing users.
  • Where an error is confirmed in an article, Trend Culture may take necessary action, including correction, supplementation, deletion, or updating.
  • Content produced using automated tools or AI is also subject to editorial standards, fact-checking, and review for copyright and portrait-rights compliance.

Article 8 (Copyright and Use of Content)
Rights to the Site’s articles, titles, compiled works, images, databases, page layout, logo, author profiles, and other content belong to Trend Culture or the applicable rights holder. Users may not, beyond the scope of personal, non-commercial viewing, reproduce, republish, distribute, crawl, repurpose, collect for AI training, or commercially use such content without authorization.

Quotation of articles is permitted only where the source and a link to the original are clearly indicated and within the scope permitted under copyright law. Reproducing an article in full, or content that is substantially identical to the original, is prohibited.

Article 9 (Image and Material Sources)
Some images may be produced by Trend Culture, sourced from public data, provided by tourism organizations, local governments, or external platforms, supplied as affiliate product images, or be materials that were personally photographed or used under a valid license. If a rights holder requests removal, correction of attribution, or discontinued use of an image or material, Trend Culture will take necessary action after verifying the request.

Article 10 (Comment Policy)
Comments may be posted without a name or email address and will appear publicly under an anonymous display name. Comments are generally published immediately but may be reviewed before publication if they contain links, contact information, suspected spam, or unlawful content.

The following comments may be made private, restricted from editing, deleted, reported, or blocked without prior notice:

  • Content that infringes another person’s reputation, privacy, portrait rights, copyright, trademark, or other rights
  • Abusive language, hate speech, discrimination, threats, sexual content, or content promoting criminal or unlawful activity
  • Advertising, promotion, gambling, adult content, loan solicitation, phishing, malicious links, or repeated postings
  • Content exposing personal information, contact details, account numbers, or other sensitive information
  • Content unrelated to the article or that undermines service stability

Article 11 (User Obligations)

  • Users must comply with applicable laws, these Terms, the Privacy Policy, and the operator’s guidance.
  • Users must not engage in automated access, mass requests, security vulnerability scanning, or unauthorized data collection that interferes with normal operation of the Site.
  • Users must not post false information, another person’s personal information, or rights-infringing material when submitting tips, comments, or inquiries.
  • When using external booking or payment services, users must directly review the applicable terms and refund/cancellation policies of that service.

Article 12 (Advertising, Sponsorship, and Affiliate Links)
Trend Culture may include advertising (such as Google AdSense and Taboola) and affiliate links (such as MyRealTrip). Certain link clicks, bookings, or purchases may generate revenue for Trend Culture.

Pricing, inventory, availability, payment, cancellation, refunds, and customer support for advertised or affiliate products/services are governed by the applicable external provider’s policies. Trend Culture does not directly sell or guarantee the products or services of external providers.

Article 13 (External Links)
The Site may include links to external sites such as official organizations, maps, accommodation/flight/tour booking providers, advertisers, affiliate partners, social media, and blogs. External sites are outside Trend Culture’s control, and each respective operator is responsible for that site’s content, handling of personal information, and transaction terms.

Article 14 (Tips, Rights-Violation Reports, and Deletion Requests)
Reports of article errors, rights violations, exposure of personal information, copyright/portrait-rights infringement, or inappropriate comments may be submitted by email. To ensure prompt processing, requests should include the article URL, the specific issue, the requested action, and materials verifying that the requester is the rights holder or an authorized representative.

After reviewing the request, Trend Culture may take necessary action, including correction, supplementation, making content private, deletion, publishing a rebuttal, or requesting further verification.

Article 15 (Correction, Rebuttal, Follow-up Reporting, and Remedies)
If a factual claim in a report is untrue, or if a user believes they have suffered harm as a result of a report, the user may request a correction, rebuttal, follow-up report, or remedy. Trend Culture will review such requests and take necessary action in accordance with applicable law and press arbitration procedures.

Where mediation or arbitration is needed in connection with harm from press coverage, users may pursue procedures through the Press Arbitration Commission or other relevant authorities.

Article 16 (Protection of Minors)
Trend Culture provides general travel information and, as a matter of policy, does not publish content harmful to minors. If content inappropriate for minors is identified in comments or external links, Trend Culture may take necessary action, including making it private, deleting it, or blocking it.

Article 17 (Service Changes, Suspension, and Data Management)
Trend Culture may change or suspend all or part of the Site for reasons including service improvement, security, system maintenance, external service failures, or business needs. Comments, articles, images, and account information may be modified, transferred, backed up, or deleted as operationally necessary and in accordance with applicable law.

Article 18 (Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability)

  • Trend Culture is not liable for service disruptions caused by force majeure, including natural disasters, communication failures, or hosting/CDN/external API outages.
  • Trend Culture is not directly liable for the products, services, transaction terms, refunds, or customer support of external booking providers, advertisers, or affiliate partners.
  • Users are responsible for issues arising from information they directly enter or disclose through comments, tips, or use of external links.
  • Travel information is provided for reference only; final decisions regarding visits, bookings, and payments are the user’s own responsibility, based on their own verification and judgment.

Article 19 (Protection of Personal Information)
Matters concerning the processing of personal information are governed by a separate Privacy Policy. Personal information processed in connection with comments, inquiries, tips, or administrator account use is managed in accordance with that policy.

Article 20 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)
These Terms are interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Korea. Disputes arising from use of the Site shall follow procedures set out under applicable law, and any civil dispute shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of the Republic of Korea.

Article 21 (Inquiries)
For inquiries regarding these Terms of Service, article errors, rights violations, or advertising/affiliate matters: Trend Culture