Hi everyone.

Please take the time to read the following Rules and Guidelines:

GENERAL

• Moderation - Missing Abroad forums are moderated by the Missing Abroad team.
• Posts - Posts must be constructive and on topic. Moderators may delete posts that do not meet our acceptable use policy . Moderators reserve the right to remove any topics deemed inappropriate or disruptive to the community.
• Etiquette - Moderators are not instructed to censor opinions or ideas but will take action against posts and/or topics that cause unrest beyond civil and polite disagreements. Members may not post personal attacks towards the Missing Abroad team or other forum members.
• Issues - If you have an issue concerning Missing Abroad services, policies, moderators or team, please phone or email. Details can be found in the Contact Us section of the Missing Abroad website.

This forum is made publicly available for the community in order to provide a valuable resource for travellers and their families and friends worldwide. In order to keep it this way, we require all forum members to abide by these rules.

IMPORTANT GUIDELINES - Violation of any of these rules will result in consequences determined on a case-by-case basis. Profanity and discriminatory remarks are not tolerated.

• Inflammatory remarks, intended to hurt or offend a member and/or moderator, are not tolerated.

• Spamming, public or private, will result in a user ban.

• Pornography, warez and illegal content may not be linked from this forum.

• Signatures must be limited to two lines. Failing to comply with these guidelines will result in the removal of the signature.

• Postings must be placed in the appropriate forum channel and contain a descriptive subject line. Postings placed in inappropriate forum channels will be considered off-topic and either moved or deleted. Nondescriptive titles and descriptions will be renamed.

• Linked and locked topics are pruned regularly. If you have a question about where a topic resides, please ask a Moderator before starting a new topic asking where it went or posting a duplicate thread of the original topic. Moderators are happy to provide a link to thread locations as well as explain the reasoning behind why a thread is locked and/or removed.

• If you are linking to external content, you should link directly to that content. It is unacceptable to use link-thru systems to mask the originating URL.

• Cross-posting (posting the same content in multiple channels) is not tolerated. All duplicate posts will be deleted.

• Post bumping is not permitted.

• Sensitive topics such as account information and security issues are not to be discussed in the forum. Topics that could compromise sensitive information or serve to potentially harm Missing Abroad will be deleted.

• If a thread is deleted by a moderator and the offending user attempts to re-post a similar thread, it is possible that the user will lose “member” privileges.

• User profiles, including signatures with inappropriate content, will be modified without notification.

• Abusive behavior of any kind will not be tolerated and may result in the ban of the involved accounts. If you have experienced abusive behavior from a community member, please inform a Forum Moderator.

• If you feel a forum moderator is abusing forum rules or behaving unethically, please contact Missing Abroad.

• The forum is not the proper channel to report emergency issues or missing persons cases. For emergency issues always call or email Missing Abroad directly.

Thank you for visiting Missing Abroad Forums. We hope you enjoy your stay and find the resource a valuable one.

If you have any questions or suggestions relating to these rules, please contact Missing Abroad.