MATCHDAYS - TRAVEL MANAGEMENT GROUP PLC BOOKING CONDITIONS
Matchdays (a trading name of Travel Management Group PLC) herein
after called " the Company" undertake that all possible
care will be taken to ensure that the travel arrangements run
efficiently and successfully. These Booking Conditions seek to
explain the responsibilities undertaken between us when you make
and we accept a reservation.
CONSUMER PROTECTION
The holidays in this brochure are ATOL protected, since we hold
an Air Travel Organiser's Licence granted by the Civil Aviation
Authority. Our ATOL number is 3316. In the unlikely event of our
insolvency, the CAA will ensure that you are not stranded abroad
and will arrange to refund any money you have paid to us for an
advance booking. For further information, visit the ATOL website
at www.atol.org.uk
1. CONFIRMING A RESERVATION: The person
submitting agreement to our terms is deemed to be acting on behalf
of each person booked on and is responsible for ensuring that
each person is fully aware of these Booking Conditions. The person
submitting this agreement warrants that he/she is authorised by
the other persons named including where the other person is under
18 years of age the authority of the parent or legal guardian.
The deposit and insurance premium if required of the amount stated
in the brochure is payable at time of booking. On receipt of the
Booking Form and deposit payment for all passengers we will issue
you with a Confirmation of your booking detailing the tour arrangements
- Please check your confirmation, invoice and all other documentation
immediately on receipt and contact us should anything appear to
be incorrect as it is not always possible to make changes at a
later stage.
2. PRICE GUARANTEE: Subject to error we
will only increase the price of a holiday after it has been confirmed
if transportation costs (e.g. fuel) and/or dues taxes (e.g. VAT)
or fees payable for services such as landing taxes or embarkation/disembarkation
fees increase or our costs increase as a result of adverse changes
in the exchange rates which have been used to calculate the cost
of the holiday. Even in these cases we will absorb increased costs
up to a total amount equivalent to 2% of the cost of your confirmed
holiday (excluding insurance premiums and any amendment charges),
Only if the increased costs exceed this 2% will we levy a surcharge.
If any surcharge is greater than 10% of the cost of your holiday
(excluding insurance and any amendment charges), you will be entitled
to cancel your booking and receive a full refund of all monies
paid to us except for insurance premiums and amendment charges.
You will have 14 days from the issue date printed on the surcharge
invoice to tell us if you wish to cancel for this reason. We reserve
the right to correct errors in both advertised and confirmed prices
as soon as we are aware of the error.
3 SEATING ARRANGEMENTS: Although we will
do all that is possible to arrange seating convenient to yourself
we cannot guarantee adjacent seats on either the aircraft or in
the stadium.
4 INSURANCE: It is a condition of our accepting
your booking form that you take out adequate travel insurance
at this time. You must therefore pay all applicable premiums for
the insurance we offer or alternatively produce written evidence
that you have taken out alternative adequate insurance cover.
We have the right to decline or cancel any booking if we are not
satisfied that you and all members of your party have adequate
insurance cover.
5 CANCELLATION: If you decide to cancel
your travel arrangements this must be done in writing by the person
who has signed the Booking Form. The time of cancellation is the
date it is received in writing by the Company. The scale of cancellation
charges is as follows:
If we receive your written cancellation: You pay:
More than 42 days prior to departure Loss of deposit 29 to 42
days prior to departure 50% of total cost 15 to 28 days prior
to departure 60% of total cost 07 to 14 days prior to departure
90% of total cost Less than 7 days prior to departure 100% of
total cost
The company will forward a cancellation invoice
to you to cover all cancellation charges and if you are covered
by insurance these costs may be recoverable depending on the
reason for cancellation and the conditions of the insurance
policy.
6 LENGTH OF TRIP: To ensure that you
do not miss a match because of change to the fixture schedule
for television coverage we recommend 3 nights stays for all
Spanish league matches (Saturday- Tuesday) and 2 night stays
for all Italian league matches (Saturday- Monday). Should
you choose to accept a trip of shorter length the Company
cannot accept any liability should you travel dates not coincide
with the date of the match you booked tickets to see.
7 IF YOU CHANGE YOUR ARRANGEMENTS: We regret
that if you change your arrangements once they have been confirmed
more than eight weeks prior to departure we reserve the right
to levy an amendment fee of £30.00 for each person named
on the booking form to cover the costs incurred. Should you
alter your arrangements within eight weeks of departure it
may be necessary to levy the cancellation charges as detailed
in clause 7.
8 IF THERE IS A CHANGE OF PLAN: Travel
arrangements are sometimes made many months in advance. Whilst
the company always endeavours to entirely satisfy all requirements
it is sometimes necessary to make alterations to the arrangements
due to a variety of reasons such as weather conditions, political
unrest, over-booking at destination. In such an event we will
offer you, where appropriate, another tour to the same standard.
If there is no suitable tour we will refund all monies paid
to us in full. We can make changes to and correct errors in
the brochure and holiday details both before and after you
have booked your holiday.
9 OUR LIABILITY TO YOU: The Company will
arrange the tour you choose and we confirm. All elements of
the tour will be provided either by the Company or by independent
sub-contracted suppliers. We will do all within our reasonable
power to ensure that all elements of the holiday are provided
by efficient, reputable and safe suppliers and that they adhere
to all laws and regulations governing their activities.
We do not have to pay compensation or accept liability
if our performance is prevented or affected by:
· An event beyond our control, which we or our
suppliers could not expect to avoid even with all due care. ·
war · riots · terrorist activity · industrial disputes · fire
· bad weather conditions · technical problems to transport · airports
or ports being closed or full · cancellation or changes of schedules
by scheduled service airlines · or any similar event
10 IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT: In the
event that you wish to complain about any aspect of your arrangements
you must notify our tour representative or local agent in
the destination who will endeavor to put things right. Our
representative and/or agent is there to assist you and will
ordinarily be able to deal with any problems quickly and satisfactorily
on the spot.
If for any reason a problem cannot be resolved
to your satisfaction locally, you should detail your complaint
to our local representative and forward details of your complaint
in writing direct to the Company within 28 days of your return
from the tour. Such a complaint will be investigated thoroughly
and every effort will be made to ensure that the matter is resolved
speedily and amicably. In the event that we are unable to reach
an amicable agreement we will appoint a mutually acceptable independent
arbiter to decide on an appropriate outcome.
11 ACCURACY OF BROCHURE: All information
in our brochure is to the best of our knowledge and believe
correct at the time of publication. However, we reserve the
right to make changes to information contained within our
brochure or on our website and will advise you of these changes
at point of booking or when they are known to us. We are sure
you will understand that at times certain advertised facilities
may not be in operation and we may have no information or
prior warning of such matters.
Matchdays.com is a Division of Travel Management
Group plc, holders of ATOL no. 3316 Travel Management Group PLC
Worldfarer House Dormer Place Leamington Spa CV32 5AA Tel: 01926
313112 Fax: 01926 423247 e-mail:mail@tmguk.com
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