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The following Booking Conditions together with the General
Information contained on this website form the basis of your contract with
Mrs. Juliet Thomas, Le Segur, Tarn, France . 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 Mrs. Juliet Thomas . All bookings
are made subject to these booking conditions.
1. Making your booking
Bookings can be made by completing the online booking form at Rentalsystems.com
and following the on-screen instructions or by contacting us direct by telephone
or using the booking request form.
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 the you must present your confirmation
details as well as your passport or identity card to us.
2. Payment In
order to confirm your stay, a deposit of 20% of the full
payment (or full payment if booking within 42 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 42 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
Cover and RentalSystems damage waiver
You must either pay us a security
deposit of 200.00 42 days
before the start of your stay (or at the time of booking if this date has
passed). Alternatively if offered, you may pay the non returnable breakage
waiver offered by RentalSystems.com Ltd. The latter covers you for any breakage
claims up to the security deposit amount. It does not cover you for any
surcharges or expenses incurred during your stay. RentalSystems.com operates a
rule base which means it does not always offer the waiver and in those
circumstances you have no alternative but to pay the security deposit in full
The cost of any damage or loss to the accommodation or to
any items in and/or at the accommodation caused or any
service charges incurred by you or any member of your party (for example
telephone calls) will be deducted by us from the security deposit at the end of
your stay or claimed from your RentalSystems waiver if you chose that option.
If no deductions are required your security deposit will be refunded in
full to you 14 days after your departure from the
accommodation back to your card used to pay for the booking unless that card has
expired in which case RentalSystems will not be able to refund back to the card
and will instead contact you by email to ask you to add your bank details to
your account area so that they can refund you by this alternative.
If
you paid the non refundable waiver instead of the security deposit nothing is
refunded after your stay whether a claim is made or not.
If there is
a claim for damages or losses caused by you or your actions, or any service
charges incurred by you, exceed that of the security deposit amount, regardless
of whether you opted to pay the security deposit or the damage waiver you will
be responsible for paying us any additional monies required immediately on
request from us. If you fail to do so, you will be responsible for meeting any
claims subsequently made against us (together with our own and the other party’s
full legal costs) as a result of your actions.
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 France law. We both
agree that any dispute arising out of or connected with your holiday will be
dealt with by the Courts of France.
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.
Please
note, changes and errors occasionally occur. You must check the price of your
stay at the time of booking.
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 offices. 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.
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Period before start of stay within which
written/email notification of cancellation is received by us
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Cancellation charge
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more than 8 weeks
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deposit only
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less than 8 weeks
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deposit + 20% of balance
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less than 6 weeks
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deposit + 40% of balance
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less than 4 weeks
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deposit + 60% of balance
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less than 2 weeks
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deposit + 80% of balance
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less than 1 weeks
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deposit + 100% of balance
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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. Travel insurance can be purchased separately through Rentalsystems.com
Limited.
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 country in 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. This will be the case even if the
accommodation did not comply with the laws and regulations of the UK which would
have applied had that accommodation been provided in the UK.
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 twice 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. Responsibilities and the role of Rentalsystems.com
Limited
Rentalsystems.com Limited is not the principal of this contract.
Rentalsystems.com Limited has not visited and checked this property. The
description appearing on the website has been uploaded by us, Mrs. Juliet
Thomas, Le Claouzet, Le Suech, Le Segur, Tarn, France, 81640 and has been
prepared in good faith. Rentalsystems.com Limited, therefore, declines all
responsibility for any inaccuracy as it is beyond its control. Rentalsystems.com
Limited provides and is responsible for the booking and payment software. All
credit card payments are handled by Rentalsystems.com Limited and held in a
client account.
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.
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