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High Drumfad Country House
Scotland
terms and conditions |
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BOOKING CONDITIONS
The following Booking Conditions together with the General Information
contained on the website www.drumfad.co.uk form the basis of your
contract with
Inglefield House, 614 Thornton Road, Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire,
United Kingdom, BD13 3PS. Please
read them carefully as they set out our respective rights and
obligations.
[In these Booking Conditions, "you" and "your" means all persons named
on the booking (including anyone who is added or substituted at a later
date). "We" and "us" means
Inglefield House.
All bookings are made subject to these booking conditions.
1. Making your booking
Bookings can be made by e-mail or completing the website booking form at
www.Drumfad.co.uk and following the on-screen instructions or by
contacting us direct by telephone or Fax.
Once we have received your booking form and booking deposit, we will,
subject to availability, confirm your stay by issuing a confirmation
invoice by email. This invoice will be sent to the party leader. Please
check this invoice carefully as soon as you receive it. Contact us
immediately if any information which appears on the confirmation or any
other document appears to be incorrect or incomplete as it may not be
possible to make changes later. We regret we cannot accept any liability
if we are not notified of any inaccuracies in any document within 5
working days of our sending it out.
Number of persons
Only those persons whose name appears on the Booking Form may use the
property. The number of persons (adults and children) must not exceed
the number of sleeping places indicated on the website. The substitution
of persons during the rental period is forbidden unless previously
agreed
Arrivals
On arrival have your confirmation details available.
2. Payment
In order to confirm your stay, a deposit of
25% of the full payment
(or full payment if booking within
56 days
of departure) must be paid at the time of booking.
This deposit is not refundable in the event of your cancellation or
failure to pay on time as set out below.
The balance of the cost of your stay must be received by us not less
than 56 days
prior to departure (or at the time of booking if this date has passed).
This date will be shown on the confirmation invoice. If you have not
paid in full and on time we reserve the right to treat your booking as
cancelled by you. In this case the cancellation charges set out in
clause 6 below will be payable.
2a Security Deposit
You must pay a security deposit of
£200.00
56
days before the start of your stay
(or at the time of booking if this date has passed). The cost of any
damage to the property or to any items in and/or at the property caused
or any service charges incurred by you or any member of your party (for
example telephone calls and electricity usage, metered and charged net
at supply authority rate) will be deducted by us
from the security deposit at the end of your stay. If no deductions are
required your security deposit will be refunded in full to you
14 days
after your departure from the property.
If the security deposit is not
sufficient to cover any damage caused or service charges incurred by
you, you will be responsible for paying us any additional monies
required immediately on request from us.
3. Your contract
A binding contract between us comes into existence when the deposit
payment is paid (see clause 2 above). If you cancel after paying the
deposit our normal cancellation charges will apply. This contract and
all matters arising out of it are governed by United Kingdom law. We
both agree that any dispute arising out of or connected with your
holiday will be dealt with by the Courts of United Kingdom.4. The
cost of your stay
We reserve the right to increase or decrease the prices of accommodation
at any time. The price of your stay will be confirmed at the time of
booking, subject to the correction of errors. We reserve the right to
correct errors in both advertised and confirmed prices. We will do so as
soon as we become aware of the error.
5. Changes by you
Should you wish to make any changes to your confirmed booking, you must
notify us by email as soon as possible. Whilst we will endeavour to
assist, we cannot guarantee we will be able to meet any such requests.
Where we can, an amendment fee may be payable together with any costs
incurred by ourselves.
6. Cancellation by you
Should you need to cancel your stay after the contract has begun (see
clause 3 above), the party leader must immediately advise us either by
cancelling online or advising us in writing. Your notice of cancellation
will only be effective when we receive it in writing at our address. As
we incur costs from the time we confirm your booking and may be unable
to re-sell your period of stay, the following cancellation charges will
be payable. Where the cancellation charge is shown as a percentage, this
is calculated on the basis of the total cost of the booking excluding
amendment charges. Amendment charges are not refundable in the event of
cancellation.
Period before start of stay within which written/email notification
of cancellation is received by us
Cancellation charge
more than 8 weeks deposit only
less than 8 weeks
deposit + 20% of balance
less than 6 weeks
deposit + 40% of balance
less than 4 weeks
deposit + 60% of balance
less than 2 weeks
deposit + 80% of balance
less than 1 weeks
deposit + 100% of balance
Depending on the reason for cancellation, you may be able to reclaim
these cancellation charges (less any applicable excess) under the terms
of any insurance policy you may have. Claims must be made directly to
the insurance company concerned.
7. Insurance
It is strongly recommended that you take out adequate travel insurance.
Please read your policy details carefully. It is your responsibility to
ensure that the insurance cover you purchase is adequate for your
particular needs.
8. Changes and cancellation by us
Occasionally, we have to make changes to and correct errors on our
website descriptions and other details both before and after bookings
have been confirmed and cancel confirmed bookings. Whilst we always
endeavour to avoid changes and cancellations, we must reserve the right
to do so.
If we have to make a significant change to or cancel your booking, we
will tell you as soon as possible. We will endeavour to offer you an
alternative should a significant change or cancellation occur.
We regret we cannot pay any expenses, costs or losses incurred by you as
a result of any change or cancellation
Very rarely, we may be forced by "force majeure" (see clause 9) to
change or terminate your stay after departure but before the scheduled
end of your time away. This is extremely unlikely but if this situation
does occur, we regret we will be unable to make any refunds, pay you any
compensation or meet any costs or expenses you incur as a result.
9. Force Majeure
We regret we cannot accept liability or pay any compensation where the
performance or prompt performance of our contractual obligations is
prevented or affected by or you otherwise suffer any damage or loss as a
result of "force majeure". In these Booking Conditions, "force majeure"
means any event which we or the supplier of the service(s) in question
could not, even with all due care, foresee or avoid. Such events may
include war or threat of war, riot, civil strife, actual or threatened
terrorist activity, industrial dispute, natural or nuclear disaster,
adverse weather conditions, fire and all similar events outside our
control.
10. Our Liability to you
10.1. We promise to provide your accommodation with reasonable skill and
care. We do not accept responsibility if any death, personal injury,
failure or deficiency of your accommodation arrangements is not caused
by any fault of ours. When we talk about "fault" above, this means
failure by ourselves to use reasonable skill and care in performing or
providing the service in question. Please note it is your responsibility
to show that reasonable skill and care has not been used if you wish to
make a claim.
We will not be responsible for any injury, illness, death, loss (for
example loss of enjoyment), damage, expense, cost or other sum or claim
of any description whatsoever which results from any of the following: -
(a) the fault of the person(s) affected or any member(s) of their party
or
(b) the fault of a third party not connected with the provision of your
accommodation by us which we could not have predicted or avoided or
(c) an event or circumstance which could not have predicted or avoided
even after taking all reasonable care (see clause 9)
In addition, we will not be responsible where you do not enjoy your stay
or suffer any problems because of a reason you did not tell us about
when you booked your stay or where any problems you suffer did not
result from any breach of our contract or other fault of ourselves or
any losses, expenses, costs or other sum you have suffered relate to any
business.
Please note, we cannot accept responsibility for any services that do
not form part of our contract. This includes, for example, any
additional services or facilities any other supplier agrees to provide
for you.
10.2. The promises we make to you about the accommodation we have agreed
to provide or arrange as part of our contract - and the laws and
regulations of the United Kingdom which your claim or complaint occurred
- will be used as the basis for deciding whether the accommodation in
question had been properly provided. If the particular accommodation
which gave rise to the claim or complaint complied with local laws and
regulations applicable to those accommodation at the time, the
accommodation will be treated as having been properly provided.
10.3. *We limit the maximum amount we may have to pay you for any and
all claims or parts of claims which do not involve personal injury,
illness or death. Except where loss of and/or damage to luggage or
personal possessions is concerned or a lower limitation of liability
applies to your claim, the maximum amount we will have to pay you for
such non personal injury claims if we are found liable to you on any
basis is the price (excluding insurance premiums and amendment charges)
paid by or on behalf of the person(s) affected in total. This maximum
amount will only be payable where everything has gone wrong and you have
not received any benefit at all from your stay.
*Where we are found liable for loss of and/or damage to any luggage or
personal possessions (including money), the maximum amount we will have
to pay you is £35 per person affected as you are assumed to have taken
out adequate insurance at the time of booking.
11. Complaints and problems.
In the unlikely event that you have any reason to complain or experience
any problems with your stay whilst away, you must immediately inform us.
Any verbal notification must be put in writing and given to us as soon
as possible. Until we know about a problem or complaint, we cannot begin
to resolve it. Most problems can be dealt with quickly. For all
complaints and claims which do not involve death, personal injury or
illness, we regret we cannot accept liability if you fail to notify the
complaint or claim entirely in accordance with this clause.
12. Behaviour.
You accept responsibility for any damage or loss caused by you or any
member of your party. Full payment for any such damage or loss must be
paid direct to us at the time. If you fail to do so, you will be
responsible for meeting any legal costs we incur in full in recovering
full payment from you.
We expect all clients to have consideration for other people. If in our
reasonable opinion or in the reasonable opinion of any other person in
authority, you or any member of your party behaves in such a way as to
cause or be likely to cause danger, upset or distress to any third party
or damage to the property, or in any way damage the reputation and/or
goodwill of the Owner we are entitled, without prior notice, to
terminate the occupation of the person(s) concerned. In this situation,
the person(s) concerned will be required to leave the accommodation. We
will have no further responsibility toward such person(s). No refunds
will be made and we will not pay any expenses or costs incurred as a
result of the termination.
13 Special requests and medical problems
If you have any special request, you must advise us at the time of
booking and clearly note it in the extra information section of the
booking form. *Although we will endeavour to meet any reasonable
requests we regret we cannot guarantee any request will be met. Failure
to meet any special request will not be a breach of contract on our
part. We regret we cannot accept any conditional bookings, i.e. any
booking which is specified to be conditional on the fulfilment of a
particular request. All such bookings will be treated as "standard"
bookings subject to the above provisions on special requests.
If you or any member of your party has any medical problem or disability
that may affect your stay, please tell us before you confirm your
booking so that we can advise as to the suitability of the chosen
arrangements. In any event, you must give us full details in writing at
the time of booking. If we reasonably feel unable to properly
accommodate the particular needs of the person concerned, we must
reserve the right to decline their reservation or, if full details are
not given at the time of booking, cancel when we become aware of these
details.
14. Passports, visas and health requirements
It is your responsibility to ensure that you are in possession of all
necessary travel and health documents (including Passports and Visas
(where applicable) before departure. You must pay all costs incurred in
obtaining such documentation. If you or any member of your party is not
a British citizen or holds a non-British passport, you must check
passport and visa requirements with the Embassy or Consulate of the
country(ies) to or through which you are intending to travel.
15. Prices and Website Accuracy
Please note, the information and prices shown on our website may have
changed by the time you come to book your stay. Whilst every effort is
made to ensure the accuracy of the website and prices at the time of
requesting the booking, regrettably errors do occasionally occur. You
must therefore ensure you check all details of your stay (including the
price) on your booking acceptance.
16. Complaints procedure
In the event of any problems you must contact us immediately, plus you
undertake to do your best to resolve or minimise the problem in order to
avoid any prejudices that could result. you must immediately get in
touch with us by telephone on the day of your arrival, confirming your
complaint in writing within 24 hours by fax or by e-mail. You are
obliged to give us the time necessary to resolve the problem.
Should there be no written complaint supplied as above specified and you
leave the accommodation prematurely and without an explicit
authorisation by us, you forfeit your rights for a refund of the rental
price, unless the terms of this contract have been breached. Complaints
received at the end of the stay will not be taken into consideration and
no refunds will be given.
Please note that the property is not an official tourist structure, such
as an hotel, residences, etc. but a private dwelling. Being such, there
is no standard or categories that are internationally recognised; indeed
it reflects the architecture and furnishings, the local traditions and
the personal taste of the owner. This is precisely the kind of holiday
that we offer: the chance to partake in the culture of the area chosen,
living for a few weeks in the same surroundings as an inhabitant would.
We cannot however exclude the possibility that these differences can
sometimes result in minor inconveniences - due to the special nature of
its architecture and of traditions in the area - but which cannot be
accepted as complaints.
February 2007 |
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