ONLINE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
BOOKING
These Terms and Conditions apply between the client (you) and
HIGHLANDS VIEW EXECUTIVE GUEST LODGE CC trading as Highland View Executive, and relate to the booking of Accommodation
(Accommodation) by us for you in connection with the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
(The Event).
You confirm that you agree to book Accommodation directly from
us, via our website http://highlandview.co.za (the Website)
in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
1. RESERVING AND BOOKING YOUR
ACCOMMODATION
1.1. Making your Initial Reservation: Once we
have confirmed availability of your requested Accommodation we shall reserve the
Accommodation (Client Rooms). When purchasing Accommodation via the Website, you
should carefully check your Booking Confirmation Page before proceeding with your
purchase.
1.2. Minimum Stay Requirements: Client Rooms
booked for the Event may be subject to minimum stay requirements.
2. PAYING FOR YOUR
ACCOMMODATION
2.1. The Confirmation Total: Subject to any
cancellations in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, you agree to pay the
total amount payable as set out on the Booking Confirmation Page (The Confirmation
Total). We acknowledge that this amount shall include all applicable taxes, duties,
levies and charges at the prevailing rate.
2.2. Incidental Charges: The Confirmation
Total does not cover, and we shall not under any circumstances be responsible for,
any incidental charges incurred by or on behalf of the person(s) using the
Confirmed Rooms, including but not limited to room service, food and beverage
(unless expressly included), laundry services, telephone calls and all
corresponding service charges and taxes. You or your guest may therefore be
required by the Accommodation provider (the Property) upon check-in (arrival) to
guarantee payment of incidental charges with a major credit card or cash
deposit.
2.3. Payment Schedule: You agree to pay as
follows for all Confirmed Rooms together with any appropriate Cancellation Fees and
Processing Fees as set out in Sections 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 (the
Total):
a. When the Confirmed Rooms are purchased, you shall pay the Confirmation Total, in full, immediately.
b. The price of the Confirmed Rooms is fully guaranteed and
will not be subject to any surcharges.
2.4. Payment Arrangements: Your payment to us
shall be made online via our designated Online Booking facility. Online payment
shall be available for all major credit cards.
2.6. Order Confirmation: Following successful
payment of your Confirmed Rooms, you shall be sent a confirmation (Order
Confirmation) via email, with full details of your Confirmed Rooms and amounts
paid.
2.7. Reservation Confirmation Payment:
The full balance of your contract with us must be payable by no later than the 1ste April 2010 (or by a pre-approved arrangement) and will be automatically charged by our accounts department, to the issued credit card supplied by you from which your deposit has been taken, on or around the 1ste April 2010. We will then issue you with a further confirmation with your balance receipted as fully paid.
3.1. Cancelling Confirmed Rooms after receipt of the Order
Confirmation: Depending on when you cancel the Confirmed Room you will become
liable to pay the Processing Fee as defined at Section 3.2 below and/or the
cancellation fees as set out in Sections 3.3 and 3.4 below, as applicable (the
Cancellation Fee). These fees are calculated to deal with our costs of handling
your cancellation and are a genuine pre- estimate of our loss and the cost we will
incur.
3.2. The Processing Fee: On each occasion you cancel Confirmed Rooms (whether it is a Partial
Cancellation or a Full Cancellation) you shall pay to us a processing fee of $25
(for non-South African residents) or R175 (for South African residents).If you
cancel Confirmed Rooms you shall pay to us a processing fee of $25.00 (for
non-South African Residents) or R175 (for South African Residents) per
cancellation (the Processing Fee). For any Confirmed Rooms
you may cancel in any Property in excess of the Confirmed Rooms you are permitted
to cancel under Section 3.4 below, you will pay the Cancellation Fee indicated in
Section 3.3 in addition to the Processing Fee, which shall not detract from our
right to claim any additional damages from you which we may suffer as a result of
your breach of these Terms and Conditions.
3.3. The Cancellation Fee: Depending on when
we receive notification of your cancellation, you will be liable to pay a
Cancellation Fee as follows:
In the event that you cancel any Confirmed Room(s) and incur a
Cancellation Fee and/or a Processing Fee we will apply all your previously made
payments firstly towards these sums and then toward payment of your remaining
Confirmed Rooms. Any sums remaining will be refunded directly to
you.
3.5. If you cancel Confirmed Rooms after the time when the sale
of all Confirmed Rooms has become FINAL in accordance with Section 3.4(b) above,
you shall have the opportunity to receive a refund from us of seventy percent (70%)
of the Contract Value conditional on our being able to re-sell the Confirmed Rooms
in question.
3.6. Reduction of Rooms: Provided you comply
with your payment obligations in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, do not
commit a serious breach of contract we shall not have any right to reduce the
number of Confirmed Rooms once we have confirmed the Confirmed Rooms available to
you.
4. INVOICE
4.1. The appropriate invoice shall be raised once the booking
of all Confirmed Rooms has become FINAL, being 15 February 2010. The amount
reflected in such appropriate invoice shall be inclusive of any appropriate
Cancellation Fees and Processing Fees as set out in Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and
3.5.
4.2. You may request a copy of this invoice by contacting us
directly at the address provided at Section 5.10 below.
5. MISCELLANEOUS
5.1. Our liability to you: In order to supply
you with Accommodation we have contracted with third party suppliers. Our role
after that point is to secure your booking at the Property and although we will try
to resolve matters where the Property has not complied with any of its obligations,
we emphasise that we do not have control over or responsibility for the actual
services provided to you by the Property or for the actions of it or its employees.
Therefore, we shall not be liable for any loss, costs, expenses, fines,
liabilities, direct or indirect damage, including any extrinsic, special, penal
punitive, exemplary or consequential damage or damages of any kind whatsoever
(Damage) or howsoever caused in connection with your use of the Client Rooms unless
any fraud or gross negligence can be attributed to us in this
regard.
5.2. We do, however, accept liability where we or our staff,
have not properly performed our contracted obligations except where such failure /
improper performance arose:
We shall not be liable for any Damages that are untypical and
unforeseeable under these Terms and Conditions and the Confirmation unless any
fraud or gross negligence can be attributed to us in this regard.
5.3. Your liability to us: Although we arrange
your reservation with the Property(s), we cannot be held responsible for the acts
and omissions of you and any of the Voucher holders who use the Confirmed Rooms
allocated to you. In the event of any claim, cost or expense arising against us in
respect of any such act or omission (if such claim, cost and expense is not without
foundation), you confirm that you will fully indemnity us and bear the
responsibility for this, either by settling and paying for such claims, fines,
costs or expenses or, if you dispute any such claim, fine, cost or expense, that
you will be responsible for the costs arising in defending such a claim including
our own reasonable costs (if any).
5.4. Warranty: Except to the extent otherwise
expressly provided for in this Section 5, our services are provided voetstoots (as-
is) and to the extent permissible by law, we provide no warranties, whether
express, tacit or implied, arising by operation of law or otherwise, in respect of
any of the services provided to you. We specifically disclaim any implied
warranties of fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability. Your primary
rights in the event the Property services are not performed properly in accordance
with these Terms and Conditions and the Order Confirmation, shall be our assigning
of our warranty claims, if any, against the respective Property to you. In any case
the warranty shall be limited to the Property services being in accordance with the
specification given by us.
5.5. Amendments: Neither we nor you may alter
these Terms and Conditions without the other's prior written
agreement.
5.6. Term and Termination: These Terms and
Conditions shall apply to all transactions between us. You may terminate these
Terms and Conditions by notice in writing in the event that we commit any serious
breach of its material terms and fail to remedy such breach within five (5)
business days. We shall be entitled to recall any or all Confirmed Rooms by notice
in writing to you if; (a) you commit an irremediable breach, or a remediable breach
and fail to remedy it within fifteen (15) days of receipt of notice of said breach
requiring remedy of same; (b) you make any voluntary surrender or arrangement with
your creditors or become subject to an administrative order or (being an individual
or firm) are sequestrated or become bankrupt or (being a company) go into
provisional or final liquidation or placed under judicial management (otherwise
than for the purpose of solvent amalgamation or reconstruction) or are placed under
any other similar or replacement regime covered from time to time by South African
insolvency law or cease or threaten to cease to carry on business or an
encumbrancer takes possession or a receiver is appointed to any of your property or
assets or if we reasonably apprehend that any such event is about to occur and
notify you accordingly.
5.7. Waiver: None of these Terms and
Conditions may be waived except with the express written consent of the party or
parties who is going to be bound by the waiver. Neither your rights nor our rights
under these Terms and Conditions will be deemed to have been waived by any act or
conduct on either your or our part, or by any neglect to exercise or enforce such
right or power or by any delay in doing so. The rights and powers that are given to
either of us under these Terms and Conditions shall continue to apply unless and
until the person who is going to be bound by a waiver has specifically waived or
released such powers in writing and signed in confirmation thereof. No waiver shall
operate as a waiver of any other default or of the same default on a future
occasion.
5.8. Assignment: The Terms and Conditions that
apply to your purchase of Accommodation, are personal to you and you may not
assign, transfer, subcontract or otherwise part with any benefits or obligations
without our prior written consent, provided however that you may assign or transfer
the right to use any number of Confirmed Rooms without our prior written consent.
Please note that if you do allow someone else to use the Confirmed Rooms in
accordance with this Clause then you agree to ensure that these Terms and
Conditions will apply to that person also.
5.9. Independent Contractors: For the
avoidance of any doubt, you and ourselves shall each be and remain independent
contractors with respect to each other and with respect to all rights obtained and
services performed.
Nothing herein shall be construed to:
a. Constitute you and ourselves as partners, joint venturers or co-owners;
b. Constitute you or us as the agent, employee or representative of the other;
c. Empower you or us to act for, bind or otherwise create or
assume any obligations on behalf of the other.
5.10. Notices: All notices, demands, requests
or other communications shall be in writing and shall be sent via registered mail
or transmitted by hand delivery or fax to the address or details chosen by each
party as follows:
5.11.Severability: If any provision or portion
of any provision is held to be unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the validity and enforceability of the enforceable portion of any
such provisions shall not be affected by this.
5.12.Binding Agreement: Both you and we intend
to rely upon the written terms set out here in these Terms and Conditions. If
either party requires any changes which are agreed by the other, both parties
should make sure to ask that these be put in writing. BOTH PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT. BEFORE AGREEING TO THE PURCHASE OF YOUR
ACCOMMODATION YOU SHOULD READ IT CAREFULLY AND ENSURE THAT IT CONTAINS EVERYTHING
YOU WANT AND NOTHING YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO AGREE TO.
5.13. Headings: Section and subsection
headings are for ease of reference only and shall not constitute a part of these
Terms and Conditions nor be given any substantive effect.
5.14. Resolution of Complaints: If you
encounter a problem in relation to the services being supplied you should
immediately inform the Property and also our own representative who will do what
they can to resolve matters to your satisfaction. If the difficulty is not resolved
at the time to your satisfaction you must ensure that you contact us in writing no
later than twenty eight (28) days after your return at the address provided to you
at Section 5.10 above. If you fail to advise us and/or the supplier promptly about
such difficulties this may affect our ability to properly look into and resolve
this matter for you.
5.15. Arbitration:
In the event of any dispute or difference relating to or
arising out of these Terms and Conditions, including their validity,
implementation, enforcement, execution, interpretation, rectification, termination
or cancellation, then a director of HIGHLAND VIEW EXECUTIVE and
you or our/your duly authorised representative shall in good faith attempt to
resolve the dispute within 14 (fourteen) days from the date upon which the dispute
is declared.
If the parties are unsuccessful in attempting to resolve the
dispute in terms of Section 5.15 (a) above, the dispute or difference shall be
finally settled in Johannesburg, or at any other mutually agreed location, in
accordance with the Rules of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa by an
arbitrator appointed by the Chairperson of such Foundation. The arbitration shall
be conducted in the English language with only the parties and their
representatives present.
The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on
the parties. A binding arbitration award may be made an order of court by either
party and enforced against the defaulting party.
The parties shall keep the evidence in the arbitration
proceedings and any order made by any arbitrator confidential.
The provisions of this Section 5 are severable from the rest of
these Terms and Conditions and shall remain in effect and binding even if these
Terms and Conditions and the Confirmation are terminated or cancelled for any
reason. The arbitrator shall have the power to give the default judgement if any
party fails to make submissions on due date and/or fails to appear at the
arbitration.
5.16. Governing Law:
Your purchase of Accommodation and these Terms and Conditions
shall be governed by, construed, interpreted, applied and enforced in accordance
with, the laws of South Africa (without giving effect to principles of conflict of
law thereof) and the place of performance for the services provided under these
Terms and Conditions shall be South Africa.
5.17. Force Majeure:
The performance of these Terms and Conditions by either party
is subject to acts of God, war, government action or decree, disaster, strikes
(other than strikes by our staff), riot or civil disorder, acts of terrorism,
curtailment of transportation facilities (to the extent such curtailment was beyond
our reasonable control), inclement weather, the postponement or cancellation of the
Event, or its being relocated to another venue or any other emergencies beyond the
affected party™s control making it illegal or impossible to provide or take
up the Accommodation for the purpose of attending the Event. In the event that
performance of these Terms and Conditions is not possible by reason of Force
Majeure, neither party shall be deemed to be in breach of the terms of these Terms
and Conditions and neither party shall then be obligated in any manner to the other
with respect to such performance. Compensation will not be payable by either. To
the extent we recover monies from the Property(s) we will refund such monies to you
and we will use our reasonable efforts to obtain such recovery.
5.18. Insurance:
You are responsible for (and we strongly recommend you do so)
arranging and obtaining your own insurance in respect of all issues arising out of
these Terms and Conditions including in particular Section 5.17 above. We cannot be
responsible for any losses incurred by you arising from a Force Majeure event to
the extent we are unable to recover such monies as set out at Section
5.17.
In order to facilitate the successful processing of your
purchase of Accommodation, we will ensure that the personal data initially required
to be provided by you in connection with your purchase, including payment
information, is up-to-date at all times until the day of the Confirmed Room(s). You
will be given the opportunity to update, correct and amend your personal data. If
all of your Confirmed Rooms are cancelled, you may request deletion of your
personal data provided in connection with your purchase by contacting the FWCAO
(for contact details please see section 5.10).
You acknowledge and agree that the personal data provided to
FWCAO pursuant to your purchase of Accommodation from us, will, subject to
applicable law, be used, processed, stored, and transferred to third parties
designated by FWCAO (located both within and outside of South Africa) for purposes
relating to your purchase of accommodation.
We will ONLY disclose your personal information to third
parties: