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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 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.
7 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, insufficient demand for a
particular tour. 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.
8 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
9 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.
10 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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