Terms of Service

Overlnd (operated by Northbound Systems LLC; "Overlnd," "we," "us") operates a marketplace where hosts advertise property — stays, land, parking, storage, and spaces — and guests can discover and book it. Overlnd is a venue only. We are not a party to any booking, rental agreement, or payment between hosts and guests, and we do not own, operate, inspect, or endorse any listed property.

You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter binding contracts to use Overlnd. You are responsible for your account: keep your credentials secure, keep your information accurate, and don't let others use your account or use someone else's. A listing may add co-hosts to help manage it, but the primary host remains responsible for the listing, its content, and compliance with these terms.

Card payments are processed on the host's own Stripe account; offline payments (cash, Zelle, check) are arranged entirely between the parties. Overlnd never holds, escrows, or guarantees booking funds. Refunds follow the listing's cancellation policy and are issued by the host. Chargebacks and payment disputes are between the guest, the host, and the host's payment processor.

Overlnd provides no insurance, damage protection, or guarantee of any kind — no host guarantee, no liability coverage, no guest protection program. Hosts are solely responsible for obtaining insurance appropriate to their listing (e.g. commercial general liability, premises liability, farm or event coverage) and for verifying that renting their property doesn't violate their existing homeowner's, landlord's, or lease policies. Guests are responsible for their own health, travel, vehicle, and property insurance.

Any property damage, personal injury, theft, or other loss arising from a booking is a matter solely between the host and the guest. Security deposits, where offered, are authorized and claimed on the host's payment account — Overlnd does not adjudicate deposit claims. We may, at our discretion, provide booking records to the parties or authorities, but we have no obligation to mediate or resolve disputes.

Hosts represent that they:

• have the legal right to rent the listed property;
• comply with zoning, permitting, HOA, tax, and safety laws that apply to their listing (short-term rental permits, event permits, campground regulations, etc.);
• accurately describe the property, its boundaries, hazards, and rules;
• carry insurance appropriate to the use they're offering; and
• collect and remit any applicable lodging, sales, or occupancy taxes.

Some categories involve inherently risky activities — camping, off-roading, hunting, events, and use of undeveloped land. Guests participate at their own risk and are responsible for complying with all applicable laws (including licensing and firearms laws for hunting listings). Hosts must disclose known hazards, but undeveloped land is by nature not hazard-free.

Guests pay no service fees to Overlnd. Hosts pay only optional subscription, verification, and promotion fees as published on the pricing page. Payment processing fees are charged by the host's payment processor, not by Overlnd.

Subscriptions renew automatically (monthly or yearly, as selected) until cancelled. You can cancel at any time from your account or billing portal; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and you keep plan features until then. Except where required by law, subscription fees already paid are non-refundable and are not prorated. We will give reasonable notice before any price increase, which applies from your next renewal.

Hosts may pay to promote a listing. Promoted placements are labeled (e.g. "Featured") in search results. Promotion changes placement only — it never changes ratings or reviews.

You keep ownership of the content you post — photos, descriptions, reviews, messages, and posts. So that the platform can function, you grant Overlnd a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, adapt (e.g. resizing photos), and distribute that content for the purposes of operating, promoting, and improving the platform — including displaying listings in search, on listing pages, and on Premium host websites powered by Overlnd. This license ends when your content is deleted, except for content already shared with others (e.g. reviews, messages) and copies retained for legal purposes. You represent that you own or have rights to everything you post.

Reviews must reflect genuine experiences. Reviews are double-blind (published when both parties submit, or after 14 days) and hosts may publicly respond to any review. Hosts may remove a limited number of reviews per year; Overlnd may remove any content or suspend accounts involving fraud, misrepresentation, discrimination, illegal activity, or abuse of other users.

You agree not to:

• scrape, crawl, or bulk-download platform data, or use bots or automated agents outside the documented API;
• probe, disable, overload, or circumvent security or rate limits;
• post false, misleading, infringing, or unlawful content, or list property you have no right to offer;
• discriminate against users in violation of applicable law;
• use the platform to send spam or unrelated commercial solicitations;
• misrepresent your identity or affiliation, or buy/sell/transfer accounts; or
• interfere with another person's use of the platform.

Hosts may import listing content and guest reviews from other platforms (e.g. Airbnb, Vrbo). By importing, you represent that the listing is yours and that you own or have rights to the imported photos and text. Each external listing may be linked to only one Overlnd account, and imports may require a one-time ownership verification. Imported reviews were written on the source platform and provided by the host — they are labeled with their source, are not independently verified by Overlnd, and never affect Overlnd's own ratings or search ranking. We may remove imported content that appears misappropriated or misrepresented.

Hosts on the Premium plan can generate API keys to connect property-management and pricing tools. This section applies only to those hosts — the API is not available to guests, and a key returns only the listings, bookings, and availability belonging to the host who created it. A Premium host must keep their keys secret, stay within the published rate limits, and must not use a key to reach any data other than their own. Keys stop working if your Premium subscription lapses, and we may revoke keys used abusively.

Premium hosts may publish a booking website powered by their Overlnd listings, optionally on their own domain. The host is solely responsible for that site's content, name, and domain registration. Bookings, payments, and messaging made through host websites run on Overlnd and remain governed by these terms. Overlnd attribution on host websites may not be removed.

Accepting a direct-payment booking holds the dates for the host's published payment window. If the host does not confirm receiving payment within that window, the hold releases automatically and the booking expires — neither party owes the other anything for an expired hold.

We respond to copyright infringement notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe content on Overlnd infringes your copyright, send a notice to copyright@overlnd.com including: your contact information; identification of the copyrighted work; the URL of the infringing material; a statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and you are the owner or authorized to act; and your physical or electronic signature. We may remove the material, notify the poster (who may submit a counter-notice), and terminate repeat infringers' accounts.

Notices may be sent to our designated agent, registered with the U.S. Copyright Office:

If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the designated agent above with the information required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) — including identification of the removed material and its former location, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief it was removed by mistake, your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district, and your physical or electronic signature. We may restore the material in 10–14 business days unless the original complainant notifies us that they have filed a court action.

The platform is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied — including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that listings are accurate, that verification badges guarantee anyone's identity or conduct, or that the platform will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. Some jurisdictions don't allow certain warranty disclaimers, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

We do not guarantee any level of uptime or availability. The platform may be unavailable, degraded, or interrupted — for scheduled maintenance, emergency fixes, third-party outages (hosting, payment, mapping, email, or messaging providers), or causes outside our control. Features may change or be discontinued. You are responsible for keeping your own records of bookings, guest contact details, and calendars, and for having a way to operate if the platform is unavailable.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Overlnd's total liability arising out of or relating to the platform is limited to the greater of (a) fees you paid to Overlnd in the twelve months before the claim, or (b) $100. Overlnd is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages, or for the acts or omissions of hosts or guests.

In particular, and regardless of the theory of liability, Overlnd is not liable for lost profits, lost revenue, lost or cancelled bookings, lost business opportunities, reputational harm, or lost or corrupted data — including any arising from downtime, delays, outages, maintenance, bugs, failed or delayed notifications, calendar or iCal sync errors, double-bookings, payment-processor problems, or loss of access to your account. This applies even if we were advised such damages were possible. Some jurisdictions don't allow these limits, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Overlnd and its officers, employees, and agents from claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of: your listings, bookings, or property; your content; your breach of these terms; your violation of law or third-party rights; or any interaction between you and another user, including property damage or personal injury. This obligation survives termination of your account.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute with Overlnd that can't be resolved informally (email legal@overlnd.com first — most things can be) will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court — except that either party may bring qualifying claims in small-claims court, and either party may seek injunctive relief for intellectual-property misuse. You and Overlnd each waive the right to a jury trial and to participate in a class action. If the class-action waiver is found unenforceable, this arbitration section is void. Disputes between hosts and guests are between those parties (see section 5) and are not covered by this section.

You may close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, create risk or legal exposure for Overlnd or its users, or have been inactive for an extended period — with notice where practicable. On termination, your listings are unpublished and your license from section 9 winds down; sections that by their nature should survive (including 5, 17–20, and payment obligations already incurred) survive. Confirmed bookings between hosts and guests are their own agreements and are not cancelled by Overlnd account termination.

By creating an account you consent to receive transactional communications from us electronically — email, in-app notifications, and (if enabled) push notifications — including booking requests, confirmations, receipts, messages, and legal notices. You can control push notifications in your device settings.

These terms (with the Privacy Policy) are the entire agreement between you and Overlnd about the platform. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision isn't a waiver. You may not assign these terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Neither party is liable for delays caused by events beyond reasonable control (outages, natural disasters, etc.). The platform may link to third-party sites and services we don't control and aren't responsible for.

We may update these terms. For material changes we'll give notice (e.g. email or an in-product notice) before they take effect; continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. Questions: legal@overlnd.com.