Important Terms & Conditions Of Booking
Please read these booking conditions carefully, they form an important part of the contract for your holiday.
All holidays advertised by ILOVETOUR in our brochures and on our website are operated by Student City UK Ltd registered number 03662315 (hereinafter called 'the Company' or 'we'), a member of the TUI Travel PLC group of companies, of TUI Travel House, Crawley Business Quarter, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9QL, and are sold subject to the following conditions:
1. Your Holiday or Tour Contract
The person making the booking (the ‘lead name’) must be 18 years old or over and possess the legal capacity and authority to make the booking and accepts these booking conditions on behalf of everyone in their party. Subject to the availability of your chosen arrangements, a contract will exist between us from the date we issue a booking confirmation email or invoice or if you book within 7 days of departure the contract will exist when we accept your deposit payment.
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) or any of them as applicable. When you make your booking you must pay the deposit requested per person – our events, tours and products have varying deposit amounts and payment schedules.
The deposit paid against any trip is non-refundable under all circumstances.
The balance of the price of your travel arrangements must be paid when indicated on your booking, and in any case, must be received by us at least 10 weeks before your departure date. If booking on or after the applicable balance due date, full payment must be made at the time of booking.
If payment deadlines are not met or if the deposit and/or balance are not paid in time, we are entitled to cancel your travel arrangements. If the balance is not paid in time we shall retain your deposit. We do not send reminders of when payments are due.
For offline payments please note that you must make each payment required by your schedule in the form of only one cheque, card payment or electronic transfer. We cannot accept individual payments from members of your group, due to the high cost of processing and banking them. If you insist on making payment using multiple cheques, we reserve the right to charge you £10 for each such cheque.
When you receive your confirmation please check the details carefully and inform us immediately if anything is incorrect. Names on travel documents must exactly match those in your passports. Unless we are responsible for the mistake, we will not accept liability if an airline or other supplier refuses boarding because the name(s) shown in your passport differ from those on your ticket.
If any of your group has particular medical condition or disabilities which may affect your tour or holiday or has any special requirements as a result of any medical condition or disability (including any which affect the booking process), you must inform us before you confirm your booking so that we can assist you in considering the suitability of the arrangements and/or making the booking. In any event, you must give us full details in writing at the time of booking and whenever any change in the condition or disability occurs. You must also promptly advise us if any medical condition or disability which may affect your holiday develops after your booking has been confirmed.
2. Online Booking & Credit Card Charges
The individual nature of the tour payments collection does not change the statutory relationship between the Company and the group leader. To use online booking, each of your group members will need to have ticked a box confirming they have read and understood these terms and conditions. By booking online the members of your party accept that you, their group leader, as the appointed individual leading the group, have the authority and discretion to cancel a whole booking or part of it, effect a name change so that another individual may take another's tour place or amend any elements of the tour package. We will not correspond with any individual tourist with regards the tour arrangements, nor will we accept or act on, requests or instructions regarding your group booking from anyone other than the group leader. You are permitted, at the time of booking, to nominate/authorize a second/assistant group leader but we will only issue one Group Leader log-in per group.
Please note that it is your responsibility to keep any passwords or usernames we provide you with completely confidential.
If you choose to use our online booking facility, we will add an online booking charge of £4.95 per person.
All credit card payments, offline or online, we will charge a credit card fee equivalent to 2.75 % of the transaction value for processing your personal credit or business credit card. We will deduct your payment from your card at the time of the transaction.
When you place a booking via our website, any transaction details that you provide to us (including your name and credit card details) will be held and used in accordance with our Cookie policy set out below and will be encrypted using SSL (secure socket layer) technology. We will take all reasonable steps to safeguard transaction details, but you acknowledge and agree that the use of internet booking can never be completely secure.
For the avoidance of any doubt, where a transaction is not completed for whatever reason, we will not have levied its Credit card fee, as your credit card transaction will not have been completed.
If our contact and dealing with you is via our website(s), we may use “cookies”. Cookies allow us to identify your computer but not you personally. You can set your web browser to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to enjoy all the facilities or book via our website if you do so.
However, if you also receive our email marketing, we will tailor the information we send you unless you tell us not to. This means we may use information we hold and cookies to identify your individual web site search behaviour and preferences. This will enable us to send you more personalised and relevant communications. You will be given the opportunity on every communication to opt-out of this personalisation.
We collect information relating to customer trends and patterns and use cookies and software tools to measure site usage and related information. If you are making a purchase, we may also use cookies to keep track of the transaction from one web page to another.
Our website(s) may contain links to other sites not controlled by us. It is your responsibility to check the status of these sites.
To ensure that we carry out your instructions accurately, improve our service and for security, we may monitor and/or record: (1) telephone calls; (2) activities using CCTV in and around our premises; and (3) transactions and activities on our website. All recordings are and shall remain our sole property.
3. Financial Security.
When you buy an ATOL protected air package or flight from us you will receive a confirmation invoice from us (or via our authorised agent through whom you booked) confirming your arrangements and your protection under our Air Travel Organiser’s Licence number 3993. In the unlikely event of our insolvency, the CAA will ensure that you are not stranded abroad and will arrange to refund the flight costs you have paid to us for an advance booking. For further information, visit the ATOL website at www.atol.org.uk.
The price of your holiday includes the amount of £2.50 per person as part of the ATOL Protection Contribution (APC) we pay to the CAA. This charge is included in our advertised prices. The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 require us to provide security for the monies that you pay for the package holidays booked from our quotations and for your repatriation in the event of our insolvency. For package holidays that do not include travel by air we provide this security by way of a bond held by ABTA If you book arrangements other than a package holiday the financial protection referred to above does not apply. We are a Member of ABTA, membership number Y0963. We are obliged to maintain a high standard of service to you by ABTA’s Code of Conduct.
4. Prices & Surcharging and Air Passenger Duty.
All prices we advertise are accurate at the date published, but we reserve the right to change any of those prices. Prices on our website are updated regularly. Before you make a booking we will give you the up-to-date price of your chosen holiday including the cost of any peak-season supplements, upgrades or additional facilities which you have requested.
Changes in transportation costs, including the cost of fuel, dues, taxes or fees chargeable for services such as landing taxes or embarkation or disembarkation fees at ports and airports and exchange rates mean that the price of your travel arrangements may change after you have booked. However, there will be no change within 30 days of your departure. Any changes in taxes, entry fees and/or charges that we collect at net cost on behalf of local and government bodies will be passed on to you in full or refunded to you in full (Net Cost Charges). We will absorb and you will not be charged for any increase equivalent to 2% of the price of your travel arrangements, which excludes insurance premiums, Net Cost Charges and any amendment charges. You will be charged for the amount over and above that, plus an administration charge of £1.00 per person together with an amount to cover agents’ commission. If this means that you have to pay an increase of more than 10% of the price of your travel arrangements, you will have the option to change to another holiday if we are able to offer one (if this is of equivalent or higher quality you will not have to pay more but if it is of lower quality you will be refunded the difference in price), or cancel and receive a full refund, except for any amendment charges.
We will consider an appropriate refund of insurance premiums paid if you can show that you are unable to transfer or reuse your policy. Should you decide to cancel for this reason, you must exercise your right to do so within 14 days from the issue date printed on your final invoice. Should the price of your holiday go down due to the changes mentioned above by more than 2% of your holiday cost, then any refund due will be paid to you. However, please note that travel arrangements are not always purchased in local currency and some apparent changes have no impact on the price of your travel due to contractual and other protection in place.
Air Passenger Duty “APD” is included in the price of your holiday/flight ticket. In view of the current volatility of world oil prices, a fuel supplement may be added to the price of your holiday at the time of booking.
If you wish to arrange your own flights
1) You must contact us for approval before you book any flights notifying us of your intention to travel by air. We only offer transfers from certain airports, which change from year to year.
2) You must ensure you provide us with full, accurate and up-to-date flight details as soon as possible including the exact arrival/departure airport, flight numbers and airlines.
3) We require a forwarded copy of the e-ticket emailed to you (as flight confirmation) by the airline.
4) In order to qualify for a free return airport transfer from and to one of our specified foreign airports:
* The group must travel together on the same flight.
* The group size must be 25 tourists or more (smaller groups can contact us for a transfer quotation).
Please note that ILOVETOUR accept no responsibility for your flights unless they are arranged by us and sold as part of the flight-inclusive package, nor can we refund or compensate you for any flights that you purchase directly.
7. Coach Travel
All coaches are based and allocated on 49 seats per coach unless stated otherwise. Whilst we do everything we can to try and accommodation individual groups this is not always possible for operational reasons. You may find that your group is requested to share your vehicle with another group and/or may be split over different vehicles. In the unlikely event that a group is split then we will try and ensure that the group is split in the vest way possible to avoid isolation.
Coaches are subject to travel on both the Ferry and Eurotunnel. We cannot reserve or guarantee your method of channel crossing.
Departure times will be given to group leaders from 2 weeks prior to departure. It is the responsibility of the individual to ensure they are at the correct pick up point at the correct time. Any charges that are incurred through missing the pick up point will not be the responsibility of the Company.
If your group incurs a delay whilst travelling to or from your destination The Company will provide the level or compensation below:
4 – 8 hour delay: £5
8-12 hour delay: £10
12-16 hour: £15
6. Minimum numbers
Cancellations due to minimum numbers
Compensation will not be payable if we are forced to cancel, or in any way change your tour for reasons of consolidation due to minimum numbers not being attained for both travel and sport participation. Minimum numbers for travel and sport can be found on our website and brochure, if you are unsure please contact a member of the office team.
Travel Costs
Operation of all tours is dependent on a minimum number of persons booking the tour. If that number is not achieved, we reserve the right to cancel the tour with no compensation being given and monies being lost. Prices of the booking are subject to increase if minimum numbers are not met or the group size fluctuates.
Coach Pick up
All coach picks ups have a minimum number of 10 people. Your group must have over 10 people to guarantee a pick up from your chosen point. It is the responsibility of the group leader to ensure they have stated the correct departure point at the time of booking. If you wish to change your pick up point within 56 days of departure you may be charged an admin fee of £20. If there are any queries that surround this please contact a member of the team at the time of booking.
We will cater for coach pick ups from Scottish, English and Welsh universities. Scottish universities’ may be subject to a coach pick up supplement. Irish Universities must arrange their own travel to the UK where a designated pick will be arranged at least 8 weeks prior to travel.
If you wish to meet your group near Dover/Folkestone, at the Stop 24 Services (Junction 11 for the M20, Stanford Intersection, Stanford, CT21 4BL), you must inform us at the time of booking. A £10pp charge is payable for any person who wishes to be picked up here. If the pick up is requested after 23rd February there will be a one-off charge of £20pp.
Contracts and Agreements
All Sponsorship agreements will be based on minimum numbers, please ensure you are aware of the minimum numbers that your agreement is based upon. We have the right to terminate any sponsorship agreement where minimum numbers are not reached.
7. If you change or cancel your booking.
Name Changes:
If you want to make a name change, you must notify us via the online booking system. If you have an offline booking you must notify by email. The table below states the deadline dates and fees incurred. Groups that are flying will also be subject to these name change fees plus any additional charges that the airline imposes, which varies depending on whom you are flying with. Name changes may not be possible for flight inclusive groups in the run up to festivals.
Dates and Amount Payable
1st December to 31st December: £15.00
1st January – 21nd February: £25.00
22nd February – Tour departure date: £65.00
Late payment fees: We reserve the right to levy a late payment fee of £10 per passenger if we have not received your payment by the agreed deposit and/or full balance deadline date. If the payment is still not made 21 days or less prior to tour this fee will increase to £15 per passenger.
IMPORTANT:
For groups travelling by air it is the responsibility of the group leader to ensure that names are exactly as they appear on the passport with no abbreviations.
Where you are unable to travel you can transfer your booking to another person, subject to the following:
a) You must notify us in writing by email at least 56 days before departure
b) your request must be accompanied by all original travel documents which you have received and the full name and address of the transferee.
c) The transferee must fulfil any conditions that apply to the booking
Both the transferor and transferee will be jointly and severally liable for payment of the holiday price and other associated expenses. Some airline carriers treat name changes as cancellations. Accordingly you may be required to pay for the cost of a new ticket.
All other changes:
If, after your booking confirmation has been issued, you wish to change your travel arrangements in any way, for example your chosen departure date or accommodation, we will do our utmost to make these changes but it may not always be possible. Any request for changes to be made must be in writing from the person who made the booking. You will be asked to pay an administration charge of a minimum of £20 per paying passenger affected and any further cost we incur in making this alteration. You should be aware that these costs could increase the closer to the departure date that changes are made and you should contact us as soon as possible.
In addition to the fee we charge, any alteration, whether a change to an existing booking or a change to another tour or departure date, will also be subject to payment by you of any costs imposed by any of the suppliers providing the component parts of the tour. If the holiday to which you transfer is more expensive than the one you originally booked, a further deposit will also be payable. Any alteration by you within 56 days of departure will be treated as a cancellation of the original booking and will be subject to cancellation charges.
7. If You Cancel Your Holiday or Tour
You, or any member of your party, may cancel your travel arrangements at any time. Written notification by email from the person who made the booking must be given and the cancellation will be effective from the date it is received. Since we incur costs in cancelling your travel arrangements, you will have to pay the applicable cancellation charges as shown below.
Period before departure within which notice of cancellation or major change is received by us or notified by you.
If YOU cancel your holiday, the amount of the cancellation charge:
More than 56 days Deposit only
56 - 43 days 50% of holiday cost
42 - 29 days 70% of holiday cost
28 days or less 100% of holiday cost
It should be noted that any additional deposit paid for confirmation of a holiday addition, flight upgrade, or certain tailor-made packages will be included in the scale of cancellation charges detailed below. Should cancellation occur more than 56 days from departure, the cancellation charge will, therefore, be loss of deposit plus this additional payment. Please note that for certain travel arrangements e.g. many scheduled transport providers, the cancellation charge may be higher than those shown. In certain cases a 100% cancellation fee applies as soon as the booking is made and the ticket is issued. Please ask for full details of cancellation charges at time of booking.
Notes:
(i) If the reason for your cancellation is covered under the terms of your insurance policy, you may be able to reclaim these charges from your insurance company. We will provide confirmation of cancellation only if you have fully cancelled your place in writing or on the booking system prior to departure.
(ii) If one person participating in a twin or triple share arrangement should cancel and no alternative share can be found, whether arranged by us or by yourselves, the remaining participants would then be required to pay the relevant single supplement or forfeit the triple reduction.
(iii) Where a cancellation of a paying passenger reduces the group size to below that on which their tour was originally priced, or on which any free places were based, we will recalculate the costs and re- invoice you.
7. If we change or cancel your booking.
We reserve the right to cancel your booking or change any of the facilities, services or prices described in our brochures or website. We will endeavour to advise you of any changes known at the time of booking. We plan the arrangements for your tour many months in advance and may occasionally have to make changes, most of which are minor. Flight timings and carriers shown in the brochure are subject to change. A change of carrier will not be considered a major change. If a major change becomes necessary, we will advise you of the change as soon as possible. Whether a change is ‘major’ depends on the nature of the tour and may include: alteration to the scheduled departure or return time of your flight by more than 12 hours (but not a flight delay); a change to a lower standard of accommodation; or a change of departure airport (excluding a change between London airports); closing of hotel facilities for improvement, or emptying of a swimming pool for cleaning etc if alternative facilities are nearby.
Sporting Fixtures: We go to great lengths to ensure the reliability and success of every sporting fixture we arrange. While we take every possible step to prevent tour fixtures suffering last minute cancellations, in a very small minority of cases, this can happen. Unless a cancelled fixture is the only fixture of a one-fixture tour and has been cancelled for reasons other than force majeure, we cannot be held responsible for this and it will be considered a minor change. Cancellation of the only fixture on a one-fixture tour for reasons other than force majeure will be considered a significant change.
When a major change occurs, you will have the choice of either accepting the change, or accepting a replacement tour from us of equivalent or closely similar standard and price (we will refund any price difference if the alternative is of a lower value), or cancelling your tour, in which case we shall refund you in full. In all cases, except where a major change arises from circumstances amounting to force majeure or consolidation (see below), we will pay you, as a minimum, compensation as detailed below
Period before departure within which notice of cancellation or major change is received by us or notified by you.
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Period before departure within which notice of cancellation or major change is received by us or notified by you. |
If WE make a major change to your holiday |
If WE cancel your holiday, the amount you will receive from us: |
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More than 56 days |
£Nil |
Deposit only |
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56 – 43 days |
£3 |
100% of holiday cost + £3 |
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42 - 29 days |
£4 |
100% of holiday cost + £4 |
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28 days or less |
£8 |
100% of holiday cost + £8 |
7. i Cancellations due to minimum numbers
Compensation will not be payable if we are forced to cancel, or in any way change your tour for reasons of consolidation due to minimum numbers not being attained for both travel and sport participation. Minimum numbers for travel and sport can be found on our website and brochure, if you are unsure please contact a member of the office team..
In no circumstances will we cancel your tour less than 8 weeks before the scheduled departure date except for reasons of force majeure (as defined below) or failure on your part to pay the final balance. We strongly recommend that you make no travel arrangements to your point of departure, make any connecting travel that is non-refundable or non-changeable or incurs penalties or incur any costs in respect of visas or vaccinations until such time as your travel itinerary has been confirmed. If you make such arrangements which you are then unable to use due to a change in your itinerary we shall not be liable to you for the cost of those arrangements. If we are forced to cancel your holiday after departure we will, wherever possible, make suitable alternative arrangements. If we are unable to make such alternative arrangements, or you reject these for good reason then we will return you to your point of departure and refund you for any unused services, if appropriate.
Circumstances amounting to "force majeure" include any event which we or the supplier of the service(s) in question could not even with all due care, foresee or forestall such as (by way of example and not by way of limitation) war, threat of war, riot, civil strife, industrial dispute, terrorist activity, natural or nuclear disaster, fire, acts of God, adverse weather conditions, and all similar events.
In February 2005 a new Europe-wide law relating to denied boarding, delays and cancellation of flights came into force. This law granted rights to passengers including in certain circumstances the right to cancel their flight and receive reimbursement of the cost of the flight from their airline. Full details of these rights are publicised at EU airports and are also available from affected airlines. However, you should note that reimbursement of the cost of a flight that forms part of your holiday is the responsibility of your holiday airline and will not automatically entitle you to reimbursement of the cost of your holiday from us. If your airline does not comply with these rules you should complain to the Air Transport Users' Council on 020 7240 6061 www.auc.org.uk
8. Our liability, conditions of carriage and limitations
Our obligations, and those of our suppliers providing any service or facility included in your holiday, are to take reasonable skill and care to arrange for the provision of such services and facilities. You must show that reasonable skill and care has not been used if you wish to make any claim. Standards of, for example, safety, hygiene and quality vary throughout the transport and destinations that your holiday may involve. Sometimes these standards will be lower than those which would be expected in the UK. The suppliers of the services and facilities included in your holiday should comply with local standards where they are provided.
Our liability, except in cases involving death, injury or illness, shall be limited to a maximum of 3 times the cost of your travel arrangements. Our liability in all cases will be limited in accordance with and/or in an identical manner to the contractual terms of the companies that provide the transportation for your travel arrangements. These terms are incorporated into this contract; and any relevant international convention as detailed below. We are to be regarded as having all benefit of any limitation of compensation contained in these or any conventions. You can ask for copies of the transport companies' contractual terms, or the international conventions, from our offices at 1 Union Street, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 1RP.
We shall have no liability where the cause of the failure to provide, or failure in, your holiday or any death or personal injury you may suffer is not due to any fault on our part or that of our agents or suppliers, because it is either attributable to you, or attributable to someone unconnected with your holiday and is unforeseeable or unavoidable. As well as due to unusual or unforeseeable circumstances beyond our control, the consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all due care had been exercised, or an event which neither we, nor our agents or suppliers could have foreseen or forestalled.
If any international convention applies to, or governs, any of the services or facilities included in your holiday arranged or provided by us, or provided by any of our suppliers, and you make a claim against us of any nature arising out of death, injury, loss or damage suffered during or as a result of the provision of those services or facilities. Our liability to pay you compensation and/or the amount (if any) of compensation payable to you by us will be limited in accordance with and/or in an identical manner to that provided for by the international convention concerned (in each case including in respect of the conditions of liability, the time for bringing any claim and the type and amount of any damages that can be awarded).
International Conventions which may apply include, without limitation: in respect of international air travel, the Warsaw Convention 1929 (as amended) or the Montreal Convention 1999; in respect of rail travel, the Berne Convention 1961; in respect of carriage by sea, the Athens Convention 1974; in respect of carriage by road, the Geneva Convention 1973; and, in respect of hotels, the Paris Convention 1962. For the avoidance of doubt, this means that we are to be regarded as having all benefit of any limitations of compensation contained in any of these Conventions or any other international conventions applicable to your holiday. Other than as set out above, and as is detailed elsewhere in these booking conditions, we shall have no legal liability whatsoever to you for any loss or damage.
If you purchase any optional activities that are not part of your pre-booked itinerary, the contract for the provision of that activity will be between you and the activity provider. The decision to partake in any such activity is entirely at your own discretion and risk. If you do have any complaint about, or problem with, any optional activity purchased in resort your claim should be directed to the activity provider and not to us. However, should you or any member of your party by misadventure suffer illness, injury or death during the period of your holiday from an activity which does not form part of the arrangements made by us or an excursion purchased through us, we shall at our absolute discretion give you every assistance including advice, guidance and financial assistance to cover initial legal costs for legal action against a third party where appropriate, up to a limit of £5,000 cost to ourselves per booking form provided such assistance is requested within 90 days of the misadventure. In the event of there being a successful claim for costs against a third party or a suitable insurance policy or policies being in force, the Company is entitled to recoup from you the costs actually incurred by us in giving this assistance.
Please note that the timings of air, sea, road or rail departures are estimates only. These timings may be affected by operational difficulties, weather conditions or failure of passengers to check in on time.
Flight Notice, Flight Information and EU Blacklist.
This is a notice required by European Community Regulation (EC) No.889/2002.This notice cannot be used as a basis for a claim for compensation, nor to interpret the provisions of the Regulation or the Montréal Convention, and it does not form part of the contract between the carrier(s), us and you, nor part of a claim. No representation is made by the carrier(s) or us as to the accuracy of the contents of this notice.
Air carrier liability for passengers and their baggage:
This information notice summarises the liability rules applied by Community air carriers as required by Community legislation and the Montréal Convention.
Compensation in the case of death or injury: There are no financial limits to the liability for passenger injury or death. For damages up to 100,000 SDRs (approximately £80,000 / €120,000) the air carrier cannot contest claims for compensation. Above that amount, the air carrier can defend itself against a claim by proving that it was not negligent or otherwise at fault.
Advance payments: If a passenger is killed or injured, the air carrier must make an advance payment, to cover immediate economic needs, within 15 days from the identification of the person entitled to compensation. In the event of death, this advance payment shall not be less than 16000 SDRs (approximately £13,000 /€19,300).
Passenger delays: In case of passenger delay, the air carrier is liable for damage unless it took all reasonable measures to avoid the damage or it was impossible to take such measures. The liability for passenger delay is limited to 4150 SDRs (approximately £3,300 / €5,000).
Baggage delays: In case of baggage delay, the air carrier is liable for damage unless it took all reasonable measures to avoid the damage or it was impossible to take such measures. The liability for baggage delay is limited to 1000 SDRs (approximately £800/€1,200).
Destruction, loss or damage to baggage: The air carrier is liable for destruction, loss or damage to baggage up to 1000 SDRs (approximately £800) In the case of checked baggage, it is liable even if not at fault, unless the baggage was defective. In the case of unchecked baggage, the carrier is liable only if at fault.
Higher limits for baggage: A passenger can benefit from a higher liability limit by making a special declaration at the latest at check-in and by paying a supplementary fee.
Complaints on baggage: If the baggage is damaged, delayed, lost or destroyed, the passenger must write and complain to the air carrier as soon as possible. In the case of damage to checked baggage, the passenger must write and complain within seven days, and in the case of delay within 21 days, in both cases from the date on which the baggage was placed at the passenger’s disposal.
Liability of contracting and actual carriers: If the air carrier actually performing the flight is not the same as the contracting air carrier, the passenger has the right to address a complaint or to make a claim for damages against either. If the name or code of an air carrier is indicated on the ticket, that air carrier is the contracting air carrier.
Time limit for action: Any action in court to claim damages must be brought within two years from the date of arrival of the aircraft, or from the date on which the aircraft ought to have arrived.
Basis for the information. The basis for the rules described above is the Montreal Convention of 28 May 1999, which is implemented in the Community by Regulation (EC) No. 2027/97 (as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 889/2002) and national legislation of the Member States.
In accordance with EU directive (EC) no. 2111/2005, Article 9, we are required to bring to your attention the existence of a ‘Community list’ which contains details of air carriers that are subject to an operating ban within the EU Community. The Community list is available for inspection at www.air-ban.europa.eu
In accordance with EU Regulation 2111/2005 we are required to advise you of the actual carrier operating your flight/connecting flight/transfer. We do this by listing carriers to be used or likely to be used as follows: British Airways, Easyjet, Ryanair. The airline may use wide and narrow-body jets. Any changes to the actual airline after you have received your tickets will be notified to you as soon as possible and in all cases at check-in or at the boarding gate. Such a change is deemed to be a minor change. Other examples of minor changes include alteration of your outward/return flights by less than 12 hours, changes to aircraft type, change of accommodation to another of the same standard. Some flights may need to stop en route. If we know about this in advance we will tell you. Flight times shown in the brochure, on the website and on your booking confirmation are not guaranteed. Actual flight times are shown on your tickets. Flight times are local times based on the 24-hr system.
Please check with the airline regarding luggage allowance limits and the maximum allowable single item baggage weight. If you have a medical condition, serious illness, recently undergone surgery, or have suffered a recent accident, you must advise us and your airline and you may need to be cleared for travel by the airline which will involve obtaining a Fitness to Fly Certificate from your GP.
9. Complaints process.
If your group experiences a problem during your tour or holiday, please inform the relevant supplier (e.g. your hotelier or the transportation company) and our resort representative immediately who will endeavour to put things right. If you remain dissatisfied, you should telephone our UK office on 0800 0328550. If your complaint is not resolved locally, your group leader only should follow this up within 28 days of your return home by writing to our Managing Director at ILOVETOUR, University Travel Team, 1 Union St, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 1RP, giving your booking reference and all other relevant information. Please keep your letter concise and to the point. This will assist us to quickly identify your concerns and speed up our response to you. Please note that we will only deal with the group through the group leader. We will acknowledge your written notification within 7 days and aim to provide a full response within 28 days.
It is strongly recommended that you first communicate any complaint to the supplier of the services in question as well as to our local representative without delay, and finally calling us in the UK if the problem remains. We will only accept any complaints and disputes if it is sent in writing within 60 days of returning to the UK.
We can usually sort out any complaints you may have, but if we cannot agree you can take the matter to arbitration administered by IDRS, part of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Details and application forms are available from ABTA Ltd, 30 Park Street, London, SE1 9EQ, www.abta.com . The arbitrator will only deal with your complaint if it relates to a tour and:
* you are claiming up to £5,000 for each person or £25,000 for each booking;
* you contact them within 9 months of the end of your tour; and
* your complaint does not involve major physical injury or illness in excess of £1,000.
This is a cheap and simple way of sorting out complaints and there are limits on the costs you might have to pay. You do not have to appear in person, but can send documents to explain your complaint. If you would like more details please ask our customer service staff. If you prefer, you can take your complaint to the County Court or another suitable court. Information regarding complaints may be shared with other tour operators.
10. Details of insurance.
Adequate and valid travel insurance is mandatory for all clients while on one of our tours. You are strongly advised to insure yourself against any possible risk that may occur and in particular to ensure that you have sufficient insurance in respect of dependent relatives. You are required to carry proof of insurance with you and produce it if reasonably requested by company employees or suppliers.
The insurance scheme we offer is designed to cover all activities included in our itineraries and the featured optional extras. Please note, however, that this policy may not cover you for any activities you purchase that are not pre-booked nor featured in official ILOVETOUR Company literature. If you choose not to take our insurance you are responsible for ensuring that you are in possession of travel insurance for the entire duration of the tour in respect of at least medical expenses, injury, death, repatriation, cancellation and curtailment, with cover/benefits equal to/greater than the insurance we offer. If you make your own insurance arrangements you must ensure that there are no exclusion clauses which limit cover for the type of activities included, or the altitudes attained, in your tour.
11. Visa, Health, Passport, Travel documentation.
Whilst we are able to provide basic advice to clients regarding passports and visa requirements, you should check with the appropriate Embassy, Consulate or British Foreign Office for the exact requirements for your chosen tour and date of travel. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the correct passport and visas to gain access to any country/region included in the travel arrangements which you purchase from us. If you fail to do so, we have no liability to you for any cost, loss or damage which you suffer, nor will we refund you the cost of any unused portion of your travel arrangements. In some cases, countries will refuse entry to clients who have criminal records. Should you be concerned about this, please check with the embassy or consulate of the countries to which you are travelling. The lead name is entirely responsible for ensuring that all members of the group have the correct and valid documentation for travel. We cannot accept responsibility for any failure to comply resulting in any costs or fines being incurred and we advise you to check with your passport office or the consulate in question if you have any queries. Clients travelling overland to certain destinations may need to also pass through controls of other countries en-route so this should be allowed for with any passport/visa applications. When travelling to the US you must have the correct passport to travel on the Visa Waiver Programme or have obtained the correct visa, valid for your stay. Each person wishing to visit the US must have either; i) an e-passport (if your passport is issued after 26 October 2006), or a machine readable passport (containing a digital photograph) if your passport is issued after the 26 October 2005 and a Visa Waiver Form or ii) a valid passport and a valid visa which must be obtained before travel from the US authorities. If you are travelling to the USA after 1st September 2008, the US authorities have introduced a requirement for passengers travelling under the Visa Waiver Programme to register for Electronic Travel Authority. For additional specifics about the VWP please consult the VWP information on the U.S. Embassy London website www.usembassy.org.uk. We recommend that you carry your ESTA approval with you when you travel and recommend you register at least 72 hours before departure. Please Note: when you register for ESTA you must have a valid passport at the time of registration. If you have applied for a post dated passport (for example to reflect a change in name) this passport will not be valid until the effective date noted in the passport. Children and minors wanting to travel with a Visa Waiver form must hold their own Machine Readable Passport or e-passport.
We are able to advise on mandatory health requirements; however, we are not medical experts. It is your responsibility to ensure that you obtain proper and detailed medical advice at least two months prior to travel for the latest health requirements, recommendations for your destination and any costs. Where you do not do so and either are not allowed to enter any country, or suffer personal injury or death as a result, we have no liability to you for any cost, loss or damage which you suffer nor will we refund you the cost of any unused portion of your travel arrangements. Clients with existing medical problems, pregnant women and anyone who has recently visited other countries should check requirements with their general practitioner.
When assessing whether tours or expeditions will operate we use information from our local offices in conjunction with advice from the British Foreign Office and other relevant government bodies. It is your responsibility to acquaint yourself with the travel advice provided by these government bodies.
12. Privacy Policy.
Student City Limited’s Privacy Policy sets out what information we collect, how we collect it, and what we do with it.
Your information refers to information such as your name, contact details, travel preferences and special needs/disabilities/dietary requirements that you supply us or is supplied to us, including any information about other persons on your booking relating to the same (“your information”). Your information is collected when you request information from us, contact us (and vice versa) or make a booking with us. You are responsible for ensuring that other members of your party are aware of the content of our Privacy Policy and consent to your acting on their behalf in all your dealings with us. We will update your information whenever we get the opportunity to keep it current, accurate and complete. For the purpose of providing you with our services, including your flight, holiday or insurance, etc., we may disclose your information to our service providers (who could be located outside the UK/EEA). In order for you to travel overseas, it may be mandatory (as requested government authorities at the point(s) of departure and/or destination) to disclose your information for immigration, security and anti-terrorism purposes, or any other purposes which they determine appropriate. Even if not mandatory, we may exercise our discretion to assist where appropriate. We may collect and use your information for the purposes set out in our registration with the Office of the Information Commissioner, and disclose the same to our “group companies” (some of whom are outside the UK/EEA) for business purposes. We may also disclose your information to companies who act as “data processors” on our behalf, or to our service providers operating systems or business functions on our behalf, some of whom are outside the UK/EEA. These purposes include administration, providing services (and contacting you where necessary), customer care, improving our service, business management and operation, re-organisation/structuring/sale of our business (or our group companies), risk assessment, security and crime prevention/detection, research and analysis, marketing, monitoring, measuring and assessing customer purchasing preferences and trends, dispute resolution, credit checking and debt collection. Some of your information (such as health or religion) may be considered “sensitive personal data” under the Data Protection Act 1998. We collect it to cater to your needs or act in your interest, and we are only prepared to accept sensitive personal data from you on the condition that we have your positive consent. By booking with us you also agree for your insurers, their agents and medical staff to disclose relevant information (which may contain sensitive personal data) to us in circumstances where we need to act in the interest of everyone in the group you are travelling with. For example, if your illness at resort is infectious we may need to make special arrangements for you and also ensure that you do not return with the group immediately.
If you do not agree to our use of your information as above, we cannot do business with you or accept your booking.
We may from time to time contact you with information on offers of goods and services, brochures, new products, forthcoming events or competitions from our holiday divisions and our holiday group companies. Please note that our websites will assume you to agree to e-communications when you make a booking. You will be given the opportunity on every e-communication we send you to indicate that you no longer wish to receive our direct marketing material. You may indicate your preference regarding receiving third party direct marketing material. If do not wish to receive such information or would like to change your preference, please see below.
You have the right to ask in writing by completing our Data Subject Access Request form for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a fee) and to correct any inaccuracies in your information. You have the right to ask in writing not to receive direct marketing material about our products and services. If the following facilities are available, you can amend your previous preference on our website(s), using our “unsubscribe e-mail” or in literature which you subsequently return to us. Once properly notified by you, we will take steps to stop using your information in this way. If you would like a list of our group companies or brands, please send us your request.
Our address is at ILOVETOUR, University Travel Team, 1 Union Street, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 1RP Please address your correspondence to Managing Director.
Outside the European Economic Area (EEA), note that controls on data protection in such countries may not be as strong as the legal requirements in this country.
We have taken all reasonable steps to have in place appropriate security measures to protect your information. Any changes to this Policy will be either posted on our website, brochure and/or made available on request.
Any likeness or image of you secured or taken on any of our holidays may be used by the company without charge in all media (whether now existing or in the future invented) for bona fide promotional or marketing purposes, including without limitation promotional materials of any kind, such as brochures, slides, video shows and the internet.
CONDUCT OF PASSENGERS
13. Your Responsibilities - Behaviour and Damages
ALL GROUPS:
When you book with us, you accept full responsibility for any damage or loss caused by you or any member of your group. Full payment for any such damage or loss must be paid direct at the time to the accommodation owner or manager or other supplier- even if our supplier or we are holding a cautionary damage deposit on your behalf. Damage deposits paid direct to us will be refunded within 28 days of the end of the tour. If you fail to pay or refuse to pay our supplier, 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 or any member of your group's actions.
PLEASE NOTE:
You are responsible for ensuring that the group reaches the starting point of the tour at the correct time.
We will not take any responsibility for any individuals or groups belongings whilst on coaches or in resorts. It is the responsibility of the individual to ensure their luggage is loaded onto the coaches and that valuables are kept safe at all times. We do not accept any responsibility for lost luggage.
If in our reasonable opinion or in the reasonable opinion of any other person in authority, you or any member of your group behaves in such a way as to cause or be likely to cause danger, upset or distress to any third party or damage to property or vehicles, we are entitled, without prior notice, to terminate the arrangements of the person(s) concerned or terminate the arrangements as a whole. In this situation, the person(s) concerned will be required to leave the accommodation or other service. We will have no further responsibility toward such person(s) including any return travel arrangements. No refunds will be made and we will not pay any expenses or costs incurred as a result of the termination.
Please note that in many countries it is illegal to consume alcohol on coaches. Tourists are advised to exercise caution and care when under the influence of alcohol and should note that if injured as a result of their intoxicated condition, their insurance may be invalid.
14. Special Requests
We will consider special requests such as vegetarian meals, high or low floor preferences in the accommodation, when you book. We will tell you whether there is a charge for the request. We can only guarantee requests for which there is a charge, or those that are confirmed in writing.
15. Law & Jurisdiction
If you booked your holiday in any jurisdiction other than in Scotland or Northern Ireland (including any booking via the Internet), this contract, and any other claim or dispute arising from or related to this contract, will be governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising out of it. If you booked your holiday in Scotland, this contract, and any claim or dispute arising from or related to this contract, will be governed by Scottish law and the courts of Scotland shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising out of it. If you booked your holiday in Northern Ireland, this Agreement, and any claim or dispute arising from or related to this contract, will be governed by Northern Irish law and the courts of Northern Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising out of it.