RIVERSIDE TRAVEL (DORSET) LTD – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS
- Definitions
1.1 “These conditions” shall mean the terms of conditions herein set out.
1.2 “The Quotation” shall mean the quotations submitted by Riverside Travel incorporating these conditions.
1.3 “The Reservation” means the acceptance of the quotation by the customer.
1.4 “The Reservation Confirmation” means the reservation details given by the customer and recorded by Riverside Travel.
1.5 “Riverside Travel” shall mean Riverside Travel (Dorset) Ltd of Brixey’s Barn, Blandford Road, Tarrant Hinton, Dorset. DT11 8HX.
1.6 “The Customer” shall mean customer or passenger.
1.7 “The Customer / Passenger” shall mean the person, body, firm or corporation specified as the customer / passenger in the reservation confirmation.
1.8 “The Services” shall mean those transport services referred to in the reservation confirmation.
1.9 “The Reservation Cost” shall mean the cost quoted for the services in the reservation contract.
1.10 “The Contract Price” shall mean the reservation price quoted together with any additional chargers thereto made under these conditions.
1.11 “The Contract” shall have the meaning as set out in Clause 2, of these conditions and reference to the contract shall include reference to the quotation, the reservation, Riverside Travel acceptance of the reservation and any other term or documentation specifically referred to as forming part of the contract.
1.12 “The Driver” means the driver of the vehicle providing the services.
1.13 “The Pick-Up Point” means the place of collection or pick up of the customer as specified on the reservation confirmation and in the case of an airport means the pre agreed area, in the Arrivals Hall of the terminal the customer is scheduled to arrive at.
- The Contract
The contract shall be affected upon Riverside Travel accepting the customers reservation and the date of the contract shall be the date of such acceptance unless otherwise specified and the contract shall be subject to these conditions in all respects.
- Performance
3.1 Riverside Travel will provide or procure the provision of the services.
3.2 Riverside Travel shall not be liable for any delay or failure to provide the services arising by reason of incorrect instructions given by the customer / details or failure on the part of the customer to comply with these conditions.
3.3 Riverside Travel operate a strict NO SMOKING policy in all vehicles. In the interest of safety the driver will have the right not to allow any person into the vehicle that the driver believes will be a nuisance or danger to the driver or other passengers.
3.4 Child seats are the responsibility solely of the parent / guardian and should be fitted by the parent / guardian. Riverside Travel will not be held responsible for consequences occurring from child seats being incorrectly fitted or not fit for purpose. If a child seat has been requested to be carried for a child upon meeting the passenger, please be aware, in the unlikely event a problem arises with the vehicle on route to collect the passenger, and it is necessary to arrange alternative transport for the passenger, then we may not be able to produce the child seat for the child (it is not a legal requirement for a child to be placed in a child seat if travelling in a Private Hire/Hackney vehicle).
3.5 The customer will be held responsible to pay for the relevant rate for repair / valet or any other attributing charges in the event of soil or damage caused by the passenger or member of the passenger’s party to the vehicle in which they are being conveyed.
3.6 Subject to these conditions Riverside Travel shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever or howsoever occasioned which may be a direct or indirect result of Riverside Travel delay or any other parties delay in providing or completion of the service.
3.7 Collection of passengers (Inbound Flights). There may be occasions when inbound flight numbers do not match arrival times. The vehicle and driver are scheduled for the arrival time given. Unless otherwise specified by the customer, Riverside Travel will endeavour to collect the passengers from the pick-up point on the date specified on the reservation confirmation a minimum of 45 minutes after the original time given as specified on the reservation confirmation or in the case of a flight delay and subject to Riverside Travel’s availability a minimum of 45 minutes after the arrival time confirmed by the relevant airport (along with 5.1).
3.8 Pick up of Passengers (Outward Journey). It is the passenger’s responsibility to be ready for pick up on the date and time as specified on the reservation confirmation or time and date given by the customer. Any delay in pick-up of the passengers may be subject to an excess charge to the customer or cancellation of the contract should the delay in pick-up be a result of the passengers not being ready at the time or on the date specified on the reservation confirmation. In the unlikely event a Riverside Travel vehicle does not arrive on or at the time specified on the reservation confirmation, the passenger should notify Riverside Travel on the telephone number given, then Riverside Travel can advise them of how to proceed.
3.9 In the unlikely event that the requested service / vehicle type is not available, Riverside Travel reserve the right to substitute the service / vehicle type at short notice. However, Riverside Travel will make all reasonable effort to supply the desired service / vehicle type as originally requested.
4.0 Payment
A vehicle will not be reserved for the customer unless full payment is received by Riverside Travel in advance of procurement of the service.
Additional Charges
In the event that additional charges are required, the customer is expected to pay all additional charges before commencement of any journey.
4.1 Subject to paragraph 4 hereof, upon Riverside Travel receiving a booking, a reservation confirmation will be issued to the customer. The customer is required to check that details on the reservation confirmation are correct and to keep Riverside Travel informed of any alteration as and when they occur.
4.2 For all reservations. The whole amount of the journey cost will be charged should a cancellation of a reservation be made within 24 hours of the provision of the service. Should the customer cancel the reservation within 3 days of the provision of the services 30%of the contract price will be retained or charged. If the customer gives more than 3 days’ notice of cancellation, 15% of the contract price will be retained or charged. All cancellations need to be confirmed in writing or via e mail.
4.3 If a customer has reserved a vehicle at the standard service rate, the vehicle used may be a higher priced vehicle at no extra cost to the customer or a vehicle that has more than four passenger seats.
4.4 In the unlikely event that the vehicle reserved has become unavailable to the customer, Riverside Travel, reserves the right to substitute the vehicle for another with the relevant adjustment in price.
4.5 Any amendments to your details need to be received in writing or via e mail to Riverside Travel.
4.6 Subject to these conditions Riverside Travel will not be liable for any loss or damage in excess of the contract price.
5 Responsibilities
Subject to these conditions
5.1 Riverside Travel will collect the passenger from the pick-up point on the date specified on the reservation confirmation and to convey the passenger to the destination as specified on the reservation confirmation. In the event of a flight delay and subject to Riverside Travels availability the passenger will be met a minimum of 45 minutes after the landing time as confirmed to Riverside Travel by the relevant airport. As in 3.7.
5.2 Riverside Travel will not be responsible for any delays in conveying the passenger from the pick-up point to the destination. Riverside Travel cannot guarantee arrival at the destination referred to on the reservation confirmation at any particular time. The customer must ensure that the pick-up time stipulated in the reservation confirmation leaves sufficient time for the passenger to arrive at the destination for connection with other transport or the passenger’s other purposes and the customer must take into account possible traffic congestion and any other relevant matters.
5.3 If Riverside Travel fails to meet the passenger at the pick-up point within two hours of the time calculated under these conditions for meeting the passenger, the passenger shall contact Riverside Travel on the telephone number given on the reservation confirmation. Riverside Travel will then inform the passengers how to proceed.
5.4 If the passenger fails to meet the driver of Riverside Travel within 1 hour of landing due to additional delays, hereunder these terms and conditions for meeting the driver, the customer / passenger shall pay to the driver a further £20.00 per hour in addition to the contract price. Additional contract car park charges will be payable by the passenger / customer.
5.5 The driver will meet the passenger at the pick-up point and the passenger must produce the reservation confirmation to the driver.
5.6 Should the passengers flight arrival details differ from those specified on the reservation confirmation (apart from flight delays) an excess charge, for drivers waiting time will be made at the rate of £20.00 per hour. Further a similar charge will apply in the event that the flight is diverted from its original landing port. Should the passenger’s inward flight be delayed by three or more hours or the passenger / customer requests a change of the arrival details on or after the date specified for provision of the services in the reservation confirmation, at Riverside Travel’s discretion an excess charge of £20.00 may be payable, in addition to the reservation price, for re-scheduling the services.
5.7 All additional charges must be paid for in cash, credit or debit card and be paid to the driver upon meeting the passenger at the pick-0up point or direct to Riverside Travel’s office before the provision of service or added to the customer’s account.
6 Personal Belongings and Luggage
6.1 Passenger’s personal belongings are conveyed or stored at the passenger’s sole risk. It is the passenger’s sole responsibility to ensure that such items are loaded / unloaded from / into the vehicle.
6.2 Riverside Travel will not be held responsible for any damage occasioned to such belongings at any time. Riverside Travel assumes no responsibility for damaged property contained in luggage which is carried by any vehicle.
6.3 When making reservations, the customer must inform Riverside Travel and confirm, the type, number of items, and size of luggage to be carried e.g. hard or soft cases. Excess luggage will only be carried by Riverside Travel, agreed by the driver and at the customer’s sole risk.
7 Force Majeure
Riverside Travel shall not be liable in any way to the customer or any other party for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature caused wholly or partly by or in consequence of war (whether declared or not and whether or not the United Kingdom is a belligerent), national emergency, government or other competent authority regulations and controls, scarcity of labour, strikes, lock-outs, civil malicious damage, adverse weather conditions or any other cause not wholly within the control of Riverside Travel or by scarcity, shortage or difficulty in delivering or procuring the services.
8 Statutory and Other Regulations
If the cost to Riverside Travel of performing its obligations under the contract shall be increased or reduced by reason of the making or amendment after the date of the contract of any law or any other order regulation or bye law having the force of law that shall affect the performance of the obligations of Riverside Travel under the contract the amount of such increase or reduction shall be added to or deducted from the contract price as the case may be.
9 Surcharges
If the cost to Riverside Travel of performing the services shall be increased by reason of fuel and other relevant charges increasing by 15% or more between reservation and provision of the services the amount of such increase shall be added to the contract price and be payable by the customer.
10 Arbitration
If at any time any question, dispute or difference shall arise between Riverside Travel and the customer upon or in relation to or in connection with the contract or these terms and conditions either party may give notice in writing to the other of the existence of such question, dispute or difference and the same shall be referred to the arbitration of a person to be agreed upon by Riverside Travel and the customer or failing agreement within 30 days of receipt of such notice of some person appointed by the president for the time being of the Law Society for England and Wales or such person nominated by such president for such purpose.
11 Jurisdiction
These conditions and the contract shall be subject to and construed in all respects in accordance with English Law.
12 Interpretation
Where the customer is two or more parties all obligations expressed or implied to be made by or with the customer under these conditions shall be deemed to be made by or with such parties jointly and severally. Words importing the one gender include all other genders and words importing the singular number inc lude the plural and vice versa. The paragraph headings of these conditions do not form part of these conditions and shall not be taken into account in the construction or interpretation of these conditions.
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