Permissions Policy

Hi, I’m Amy —  Co-founder of Life in Mérida™. Everything you read, see, and watch on this site is the result of years of living here, walking these streets, asking questions, getting things wrong, and getting things right. The work matters to me, and so does protecting it. This page lays out what you can and can’t do with the content on lifeinmerida.com.

If you’re not sure whether your intended use is allowed, the safest move is to ask. I’m friendly. I usually say yes when the ask is reasonable.

What’s copyrighted

All original content on lifeinmerida.com — articles, blog posts, photographs, videos, graphics, downloadable guides, email content, and the underlying design and layout — is the intellectual property of Life in Mérida™ and its co-founders, Amy Jones and Angel Rodriguez, unless otherwise noted. That includes content that has been syndicated to our newsletter, Substack, YouTube channel, or Pinterest.

Some content includes third-party material (vendor photos, embedded videos, quoted material) used with permission or under fair use. That material belongs to its original owner.

What you can do without asking

You’re welcome to:

  • Read, bookmark, and share links to our pages on social media, in group chats, in your own newsletters, and on your own blog
  • Quote a short passage (roughly 50 words or less) in your own writing, with clear attribution and a working link back to the original article
  • Print a single copy of an article or guide for your own personal, non-commercial use
  • Embed our public YouTube videos using the YouTube embed code

Attribution should read: “Source: Life in Mérida — lifeinmerida.com” with a hyperlink to the specific page.

What requires written permission

Please contact me before you:

  • Republish a full article, guide, or substantial excerpt anywhere — including your own blog, a newsletter, a Facebook group post, a Medium piece, a magazine, or a relocation services website
  • Use any photograph, video clip, infographic, or downloadable PDF from this site for any purpose other than personal viewing
  • Translate any of our content into another language
  • Use our content (in any form) to train an AI model or machine learning system
  • Use our content in commercial materials — your business website, marketing emails, advertisements, paid courses, paid newsletters, books, or printed media
  • Scrape, mirror, or otherwise systematically copy content from the site

Permission, when granted, is for a specific use. Reusing content in a different context later requires a new request.

Photography and images

Most photographs on this site were taken by me or by Angel. Some are licensed from photographers we work with, and a small number are stock images we’ve licensed. None of them are free to use.

If you’d like to license a specific image — for an article, a real estate listing, a relocation service, a book, or anything else — reach out and tell me which photo and how you intend to use it.

AI and automated use

The content on this site is written by humans for humans. We do not consent to our content being used to train large language models, generative AI tools, or any automated system that produces derivative content. This applies whether the scraping is done directly or through a third-party dataset.

Trademarks

Life in Mérida™ and Mérida Retirement Tours™ are trademarks of Life in Mérida. Please don’t use either in a way that suggests endorsement, affiliation, or partnership unless we’ve actually agreed to one in writing.

How to request permission

Email me at amy@lifeinmerida.com with:

  • Your name and (if relevant) your organization
  • A link to the specific content you’d like to use
  • How you’d like to use it (republish, excerpt, translate, license a photo, etc.)
  • Where it will appear and when

I try to respond within five business days. For commercial uses, expect a follow-up conversation about licensing terms.

Reporting unauthorized use

If you spot our content being used somewhere without permission — a translated knockoff, a scraped article, a photo on someone’s real estate site — please let me know. I genuinely appreciate the heads-up.

Last updated: May 14, 2026