Savoir Vivre Canal Barge in France
Barging in France 2012
Terms & Conditions
Savoir Vivre Terms and Conditions
The Contract
The contract is between the Boutique Barges SARL (the Company) and the Client.
The Client includes any person included or
designated in any booking whether named or not. Any dispute arising from the
booking agreement is to be settled in the French Courts
of Law.
Bookings, Deposits and Final Payments
Upon receipt of 25% of the total cruise price, a reservation is allocated.
The deposit is non-refundable. The balance of the cruise price is
due 90 days prior to the cruise date. Where deposits or funds are held by a
Travel Agent (or equivalent) these monies are collected and
held them on behalf of the Company. If payment is not received from the client
or Agent when due, the Company may cancel the booking
within the terms set out in “Company Cancellation”.
Client Cancellation
If a booking is cancelled more than 90 days pre-cruise the deposit will be
forfeited. If a booking is cancelled within 90 days of the cruise,
the full cruise fare is payable. However, if space is resold then the net proceeds
of the resale received by the Company may be
refundable to the Client up to the original value paid.
Company Cancellation
If the Company does not receive the balance of the cruise price by 90 days
before the cruise date, the Company reserves the right to
treat the booking as cancelled. The deposit will be retained. If through circumstances
beyond its control it is impossible to provide the
cruise, the Company reserves the right to cancel any booking. In such circumstances
either a suitable alternative will be offered or any
monies received will be returned in full. The client shall have no further claim
against the Company.
Client Insurance
Insurance against death, personal accident, injury or illness and loss, damage
or theft of personal effects is not included in the cruise
price and no responsibility will be accepted by the Company for such accidents
or losses unless, and to the extent that, loss or damage
is proved to have been caused by the negligence of the company, in which case
the liability shall be limited to the price paid for the
cruise.
Responsibilities of the Company
The company shall not be liable for any loss damage, injury or delay, including
travel delays due to bad weather, natural disaster,
industrial action or any other reason beyond its control, incurred by the client
before the start of, or during the cruise.
The company cannot accept responsibility for delays caused by waterway repairs,
flood, drought or untoward events and reserves the
right to vary or restrict a cruise. In such circumstances every effort will
be made to re-route the craft and alert the client to any such
alterations but the client shall have no claim upon the company. The client
shall have no claim upon the company as a result of any
breakdown or failure of the barge engine or other equipment or any delays caused
by repairs to the barge. If a cruise is curtailed,
payments received, of amounts proportional to the un-expired portion of a cruise,
will be refunded, but no further claim can be made.
The Company reserves the right to cancel any cruise or portion thereof at any
time, on refund of the appropriate amount paid by any
cruise participant and to change any cruise route due to circumstances beyond
its reasonable control without any liability to any cruise
participant.
Release
Each cruise participant (including any person designated in any booking, whether
named or not) declares that he/she is of good general
health. Each such cruise participant, in consideration of the Company or its
Agent booking him/her on a cruise and the common carriers
or providers of transportation or other services by contract or otherwise, with,
through, or for the Company (collectively, the
'Contractors') or their agents accepting him/her on that cruise, on behalf of
himself/herself and his/her heirs, legal representatives
executors and assigns, hereby releases the Company, the Contractors, and their
respective agents from, and agrees to indemnify and
hold each of them harmless against, any and all liabilities, costs and expenses
(including attorney's fees and costs of litigation) which
they may jointly or severally incur to such participant his heirs, legal representatives
and assigns, in respect of any claim, suit or cause
of action on account of any injury or damage to or in respect of person or property
alleged to have been sustained by him/her directly or
indirectly, as result of his/her participation in the cruise, including without
limitation damage in connection with (i) any transportation,
accommodation or other services; (ii) any loss caused by any act or omission
of any employee, servant or agent of any of them
providing goods or services to any cruise participant; and (iii) any additional
expenses or damages sustained by any cruise participant
as a result of the foregoing causes.
Clients are strongly recommended to take out suitable insurance (including
medical cancellation and cruise cancellation insurance at
the time of booking) for themselves and their belongings.