By making a booking with us, you agree that: all passenger details on the booking are full and accurate (please ensure that names are exactly as stated in the relevant passport);
• you have read all the terms and conditions set out on this webpage and agree (on behalf of yourself and all other persons named on the booking) to be bound by them and any applicable Service Provider's booking conditions and website terms of use;
• you have read our Privacy Policy and confirm that you will provide our Privacy Policy to each named person on the booking; and
• when making a booking, you are over 18 years of age, and where placing an order for services with age restrictions, you declare that you and members of your party are of the appropriate age of purchase for those services.
Confirmation of your chosen Travel Service(s) will be conditional on you making such initial payment as is agreed by us on behalf of the Service Provider, or payment in full, including applicable fees and charges. Your booking is confirmed and contracts between: (i) you and us; (ii) you and the Service Provider(s); and (iii) where we are appointed as a sub-agent, you and the agent, will only exist when we send you confirmation by email on behalf of the Service Provider(s), which contains a valid Service Provider reference number (“Booking Confirmation”). Please check your Booking Confirmation carefully and report any incorrect or incomplete information to us immediately where we will try to assist you.
Booking requests can take up to 72 hours to process. A booking is only confirmed and a contract formed when we send you a Booking Confirmation with a valid booking reference number for each Travel Service. On rare occasions, we will be unable to confirm a booking, for example if the payment fails. In the unlikely event that this occurs, our team will attempt to rebook the affected Travel Service at the same price. If this is not possible, for example because the payment is blocked or there has been a change in the price or availability of the booking, we will contact you via telephone or email to discuss next steps. Unfortunately, there are times when the cost will have increased during this period of time. Any cost increases will need to be paid by you.
You agree to be bound by the website terms of use of a Service Provider when we enter the website of the Service Provider in response to your search request or request to book.
Travel Insurance: It is your responsibility to arrange adequate travel insurance to cover you and your party in respect of your booking. Your insurance should include cover against COVID-19 and other health related incidents which may affect or curtail your booking. If you purchase travel insurance through our platform, this will not form part of your Package.
No group bookings: In any instance, where multiple bookings are made, they shall not constitute a “group” booking. Unless bookings are all made under the same booking reference, they will be treated independently (i.e. as separate individual bookings).
Payment by instalments: If you have chosen the option to spread the cost of your booking(s), all instalments must be paid by the date specified at the time of making the booking. Unless otherwise specified, we will automatically (if possible) take payment from the same debit/credit card used to pay your deposit. If full payment is not received (for whatever reason) by the Balance Due Date, we will notify the Service Provider who may cancel your booking and charge the cancellation fees set out in their booking conditions. In the event of non-payment, the booking(s) may be cancelled – please refer to the cancellation policy. It is always your responsibility to ensure your balance is paid by the Balance Due Date.
Payment Methods: We accept payment by debit/credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Maestro and American Express). We do not charge you a fee for using your card, however your bank or card issuer may apply an additional foreign transaction fee for non-UK registered cards. Cards are accepted subject to security and fraud checks and we reserve the right to reject/cancel your Travel Service(s) should your booking request fail any element of these checks before or after confirmation.
We endeavour to ensure that all pricing and other information on our website is accurate. However, it is always possible that despite our efforts there may be times when obvious errors occur such as the price or some other detail displayed being incorrect. We and each Service Provider reserve the right to amend advertised prices at any time prior to confirmation. We will normally check prices before confirming your booking so that, where the booking’s correct price at your booking date is less than our stated price at your booking date, we will charge the lower amount. If the booking’s correct price at your booking date is higher than the price stated to you, we will contact you by telephone or email for your instructions before we confirm your booking.
If we confirm and process your booking where a pricing or other error is obvious and could reasonably have been recognised by you as a mistake, we may terminate the contract and refund you any sums you have paid us.
In relation to Package bookings, we may change the price of your Package after we have issued our booking confirmation in order to pass on to you changes in: (i) the price of the carriage of passengers resulting from the cost of fuel or other power sources; (ii) the level of taxes or fees on the Travel Services included in your booking imposed by third parties other than the Service Providers, including tourist taxes, landing taxes or embarkation or disembarkation fees at ports and airports; or (iii) the exchange rates relevant to the Package. We will only be able to change the price in this way if we notify you of any price increase at least 20 days before the start of your Package, together with a calculation and an explanation for this change.
If the price of your Package is increased by more than 8% of its total price, then you may:
• accept and pay for the price increase;
• reject the price increase and terminate your Package with a full refund; or
• reject the price increase, terminate your Package and take an alternative one if we decide to offer this. If you decide to take an alternative Package, we will inform you of its impact on the price of your booking. If the alternative Package is of a lower quality or cost, you may be entitled to a price reduction in accordance with paragraph 13 below
We will give you a reasonable period of time to make your decision, which will usually be 7 days from notification of the price increase. If we do not hear from you within this timeframe, we shall send a reminder to you, following which we shall be entitled to terminate the Package and provide you with a refund. If you decide to reject the price increase and terminate your Package with a full refund, you may also be entitled to compensation in accordance with paragraph 13 below.
You will be entitled to a price reduction for your Package booking corresponding to any decrease in the costs described above which occur after you have booked but before the start of your Package, although we will be entitled to deduct our administrative expenses of this process. You will be entitled to ask for a breakdown of these administrative expenses.
A Service Provider may in some instances offer low deposit and instalment plan options for payment of your booking and the full details will be displayed, including payment dates, at the time of booking.
Low Deposits: The initial low deposit is due per person and will be shown at the time of booking. Depending on the Travel Service(s) you choose, we will attempt to take the outstanding second deposit automatically from the same credit/debit card used to pay the initial deposit and you will be informed of the due date before booking. In the event you cancel before the due date of the second deposit, you will still remain liable for the full deposit amount (i.e. both the first and second deposit).
Pay Monthly: Where you opt for the monthly payment plan, after payment of the deposit, we will attempt to take the remaining balance in monthly instalments with the final payment being taken on the date specified in your Booking Confirmation before your departure. In the event you cancel after the second instalment, we/the Service Providers reserve the right to keep all payments made by you to date to cover administration charges.
We will attempt to take all payments automatically from the same credit/debit card used to pay the initial deposit. If you need to arrange for the remainder of the instalments to be collected from a different card, please notify our Admin team at least five working days before the due date to avoid payment being collected from the original card.
Although we will attempt to take payments automatically where possible, it remains your responsibility to ensure all payments are received by us or where payment is made directly to a Service Provider, the relevant Service Provider, and the full balance is paid by the date specified in your Booking Confirmation prior to your departure.
Payment options are subject to availability and we reserve the right to end any such offers at any time without prior notice or explanation.
We take all practical steps possible to ensure that the details displayed on our website are accurate and up-to-date, but we do rely upon the information given to us by the Service Provider(s) which is intended to present a general idea of the services and facilities being offered. Sometimes – and particularly at the beginning and end of the season – certain facilities may be withdrawn for reasons such as maintenance, bad weather or lack of demand from guests or low occupancy. Some advertised activities or facilities, for example water-sports, may be seasonal and not available all year round. There may be local charges for some facilities, for example, TVs, safety deposit boxes, sun-loungers, parasols, spa access, tennis courts, pool tables and air-conditioning. Unless specifically confirmed in your room type or board basis, you must assume some, if not all facilities will be payable locally. If your Service Providers advise us about significant changes to descriptions or about the withdrawal of any significant facility, we will endeavour to pass this information to you.
The online content provided by our Service Providers may not include the latest safety precautions in place to manage the risks of COVID-19. Please refer to paragraph 1A above for more information as to what you should expect in this regard.
Transfer times quoted by the Service Provider for travel between airport and resort are approximate and, depending on circumstances, the journey time to your own chosen destination may be longer.
If you have booked a shuttle transfer, please note that these run to a set timetable and set route that may not always be immediately to your accommodation.
We operate a booking platform which enables you to search, compare and book flights. When searching for and/or booking a flight, our booking platform will in respect of certain airlines interact with third party suppliers to obtain the relevant information and/or book the flight. In respect of other airlines, our booking platform will interact with the relevant airline’s website to obtain the relevant information and/or book the
relevant flight. In both instances we will act as your search and booking agent on criteria specified by you in this regard. In relation to such bookings, you appoint us to source and where relevant book those flights as your agent on your behalf and you are our principal. We will arrange for you to enter into the following contract directly with the airline concerned: (i) where the flight is booked by us on the airline’s website and not by one of our third party suppliers, you agree to be bound by the website terms of use when we enter the airline’s website in response to your search request or request to book; and (ii) you will be bound by the airline’s terms and conditions upon your receipt of the Booking Confirmation. You are advised to read these carefully prior to requesting us to book your flight. Except where the flight forms part of a Package (see paragraph 12 below), we accept no liability in relation to any contract you enter into with the airline, or their acts or omissions, or for the flight service itself.
In the case of some airlines, we will use the payment information provided by you to book the flight seats you require on your behalf and you agree that we can use the payment details you provide to do so. Where this is the case, you will see two separate transactions on your card statement: one will be for the cost of your flights with the applicable airline and the remainder will be your payment to Blue Sea Holidays in respect of your booking.
The airline may provide a booking confirmation directly to you by email and in such cases we will be unable to access or alter your booking. As such, any amendments to your booking must be made by you, directly with them, except where we state to the contrary in your booking confirmation or in these Terms and Conditions. We will issue a confirmation invoice that details our charges for the use of this booking service (if any).
Where we are able to access your booking with the airline, we may manage that booking on your behalf, including by accessing your account with the airline to administer the booking (e.g. by making amendments or requesting refunds or other options in relation to cancelled flights) or otherwise to monitor the booking with the airline.
The airline may send correspondence from time to time. We shall inform you of any important matters of which we are made aware that relate to your booking (for instance, schedule changes) and how this might impact upon other holiday arrangements booked with us. However, we will not pass on correspondence that does not relate to your booking.
Where applicable, monies paid to us for such flight services are held by us on your behalf until they are paid to
the airline in question. Please note that payment by you to us does not constitute payment to the airline until we make that payment on your behalf, but if we collect monies from the airline on your behalf, their liability to pay that money to you is discharged. If an airline makes a full refund for a cancelled flight directly to you, or you accept a voucher or free amendment from the airline instead of a refund, you agree that you will notify us of this and that any liability we have to you in respect of any such flight refund amount is thereby discharged. If an airline makes a partial refund directly to you, then any liability we have to refund you in respect of that same flight shall be reduced accordingly. If you take one of these options from an airline and obtain a cash refund from us in respect of the same flight, you agree immediately to repay the cash refund to us.
Charter flights: When you book your charter flight through us, we act as an agent for the charter flight provider. The contract will be between you and the charter flight provider based upon their terms and conditions; a copy of which will be available to you prior to booking and is available on request.
IATA flights: We are appointed by some airlines as their agent through our accreditation with the International Air Transport Association (“IATA”). Where you book these flights through our platform, we will be acting as an agent for the relevant airline.
Operating Carrier Information: In accordance with EU Regulation (EC) no. 2111/2005, Article 9, we are required to bring to your attention the existence of a 'Community list' which contains details of air carriers that are subject to an operating ban within the EU Community. The Community list is available for inspection at https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-themes/eu-air-safety-list_en. In accordance with this same EU Regulation we are required to advise you of the operating carrier(s) (or, if the operating carrier(s) is not known, the likely carrier(s)) that will operate your flight(s) at the time of booking. Where we are only able to inform you of the likely carrier(s) at the time of booking, we will endeavour to confirm the identity of the operating carrier(s) as soon as we are made aware of this. Any change to the operating carrier(s) after your booking has been confirmed will be notified to you as soon as possible. Any change in the identity of the airline, flight timings and/or aircraft type will not entitle you to cancel or change to other flight arrangements without paying charges, except where specified.
Flight times can change for a number of different reasons. You should always look to reconfirm your flights 48 hours prior to departure to ensure that no changes to your flight schedule have occurred.
Please ensure that all your travel, passport, visa and insurance documents and other documents required for travel which may be required pursuant to paragraph 1A are in order and that you arrive in plenty of time for checking in at the airport. Please note that requirements can change at any time and at short notice. You agree that it is your own responsibility to ensure that you have all the necessary documents to travel and acknowledge that Blue Sea Holidays has no responsibility for this.
You must reconfirm your flight details within 48 hours of departure by checking your airline's website for any travel updates, including any possible schedule changes or cancellations. If your flight time has changed, please ensure you travel to the airport with enough time to accommodate this change.
Transfers: If you have booked a shuttle transfer from your destination airport, please note that these run to a set timetable and set route that may not always be immediately to your accommodation. If we receive a notification from your airline that the scheduled arrival time of your flight has changed or that your flight is cancelled (and we replace it), we will liaise with the transfer Service Provider to rearrange your transfer.
If you receive an email or other notification directly from the airline that there is a change to your scheduled flight arrival time or that your flight is cancelled, it is your responsibility to notify us of these changes via ‘Manage My Booking’. We will then liaise with the transfer Service Provider to rearrange your transfer. If you do not update your booking via ‘Manage My Booking’, we will not be able to rearrange your transfer and you may have to pay additional costs for a different transfer.
We will ensure appropriate security measures are in place to protect your personal information. The information you provide us will only be passed onto the Service Providers of your travel arrangements or to other organisations necessary for the provision and performance of your Travel Services or as may be required pursuant to Paragraph 1A above. Certain information may also be passed on to security or credit checking companies to detect and prevent fraud. For more information on how we use your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
Any amendment to your Travel Service made by you will incur an administration charge of €25 per booking plus any charges levied by the Service Provider. No changes can be made less than 5 days before departure.
These charges include but are not limited to:
• Change of destination
• Change of hotel
• Change of name
If you wish to make an amendment to your booking please contact our administration team who will try and arrange for you and supply the costs. Amendments can only be made and accepted at the discretion of the Service Provider and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Service Provider(s) of your Travel Service(s) (which are accessible at paragraph 28 below), which are made available to you at the time of booking. The Service Provider may charge amendment charges which may be as much as 100% of the cost of the Travel Service (e.g. for flight bookings) and will normally increase closer to the date of departure. Whilst we will try to assist, we cannot guarantee that such requests to make changes can or will be met.
At the time of booking you may have the option to select rooms or services which are available at a special rate as they are non-refundable, non-changeable and/or non-transferable from point of sale. This means that from the time the booking is confirmed, no amendments whatsoever (including names, dates and duration) can be made and the only option available is to cancel. Cancellations of this room type may be charged a 100% cancellation fee by the Service Provider. These rooms are advertised as “Non-Refundable” and may require full payment at time of booking.
Amendment charges are subject to change at any time. Please note that amendment fees are non-refundable and amendments can only be requested by the lead passenger on the booking.
In relation to Package bookings only, you may transfer your Package to another person who satisfies all the conditions applicable to the Package, subject to you and the other person accepting that you will both be liable, jointly and individually, for full payment of any balance due to be paid and any fees, charges or other costs arising from the transfer. You should be aware that many Service Providers do not allow a free transfer and treat it as a cancellation and rebooking (at current prices), for which there is a 100% cancellation charge.
Additionally, some Service Providers may give priority to other customers for cancelled arrangements, which means that you may not be able to transfer the exact same booking. In this circumstance, we will do our best to secure a suitable alternative so that the Package can continue and be transferred to the new person. We shall notify you of the arrangements, and the costs of transfer, upon receipt of your request to transfer. You will need to give us reasonable notice of this change so that we can make the necessary arrangements, but 7 days or more before departure shall be considered to be reasonable.
You may cancel your booking at any time prior to departure upon payment of a termination fee as set out in this paragraph.
In the event that you do cancel your booking, and the deposit you have paid does not cover the cancellation charges set out in this paragraph (e.g. because you have chosen a low deposit option), you must pay any difference between the amount you have paid and the cancellation charge applied. In accepting these Terms & Conditions you give your authority for us to automatically charge the payment card used by you when securing the booking (or any other card used by you in connection with this booking) at that time.
Any cancellation will incur a cancellation processing fee of €75 per Package booking and €25 for hotel-only bookings, plus any charges from the Service Provider(s) as follows:
Flight: 100% of the value of the flights is non-refundable from the point of booking (including baggage, insurance, etc.).
Accommodation: Cancellation charges will depend on whether you have booked a refundable or a non- refundable product. Cancellation charges will be specified to you at the time of booking and vary from one Service Provider to another. You should check your Booking Confirmation and any documentation for details of your specific cancellation terms.
Non-Refundable products may have been paid for in full at the time of booking and no refunds are given in the event of cancellation as per section 8 above.
Transfers: 100% of the value of the transfers is non-refundable from the point of booking.
All requests to cancel must be submitted by calling our administration team when you will be made aware of any cancellation charges and you must agree to these charges in order to proceed with the cancellation.
If, upon cancellation, you would like to claim back the tax on your flight, please note that:
• If your flight booking was made with a low cost or self-service airline (e.g. easyJet, Norwegian, TUI, etc.), you will need to contact the airline directly to request the refund. We will refund any such amounts received by us from the airline following our receipt.
• If your flight booking was made with one of the scheduled airlines (e.g. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, KLM etc.), or if we booked the flight for you through the IATA booking system, we can request a refund of the flight tax on your behalf. Please contact us to arrange this for you.
Cancellation of Packages for Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances: In relation to Package bookings only, in addition to the cancellation rights set out above, you shall have the right to cancel your booking before the start of the Package without paying any cancellation charge in the event of unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances (which are described in paragraph 14 below) (“Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances”) occurring at the place of destination or its immediate vicinity and we have confirmed to you that they will significantly affect the performance of the Package, or they significantly affect the carriage of passengers to the destination. If you cancel in these circumstances, we shall provide you with a full refund of any payments made in relation to your booking, but you will not be entitled to compensation or any of the rights set out in paragraph 13 below.
DFA Advice and your cancellation rights: Please visit the Department of Foreign Affairs Website (“DFA”) website to review the latest travel advice about your holiday destination: https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/. Please note that when determining whether or not the cancellation rights described in the paragraph above have arisen, we consider the DFA’s advice. However, this is not the only factor we take into account in determining whether these cancellation rights have arisen. Ultimately, the existence of these cancellation rights will depend on the particular circumstances which exist at your holiday destination. It may be that the relevant circumstances do not significantly affect the Service Providers’ ability to perform the Travel Services that form part of your Package. It may also be the case that we or our Service Providers may be able to make arrangements which address the issues identified by the DFA. In such circumstances, you will not have the right to cancel your Package in accordance with the paragraph above.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ON DFA ADVICE AGAINST ALL OR ALL BUT ESSENTIAL TRAVEL
DFA Advice is updated on a regular basis and often at very short notice. It is therefore possible that by the time you depart for your holiday, the DFA will advise against non-essential travel to your destination.
If, at the time of your departure, the DFA advises Irish travellers against all but essential travel to your destination (“DFA Advice”) or the Irish Government introduces measures for any reason (including COVID-19) but your Service Providers are still able to provide the Travel Services in the Package (i.e. the Service Providers have not cancelled the relevant Travel Services), and the performance of your Package is not significantly affected, your cancellation rights in the event of Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances (as described above) will not apply. Our usual cancellation charges will apply in these circumstances (as described above).
However, we may disapply our usual cancellation charges if, at the time you made your booking, the DFA Advice did not apply to your holiday destination but it was then changed or updated so that by your departure date the DFA Advice did apply. In such cases, we may provide you with a refund for the hotel and transfer services that form part of your Package. We will only be able to issue you with a refund for the flight element of your Package if this is in line with your airline’s cancellation policy. If the airline’s cancellation policy includes a full or partial cash refund, we will issue this to you as soon as we receive it from the airline. However, if the airline’s refund policy states that your flight is non-refundable, we will not be able to issue you with a refund for your flight.
Alternatives to refunds: In relation to cancellations made as a result of global travel disruption (arising from the COVID-19 outbreak or otherwise), we may offer you alternatives to a cash refund, such as a voucher, which will allow you to travel at another date. If we offer such options, they shall be offered in addition to your rights set out above. We will let you know if you have these additional options when we inform you about your cancellation arrangements.
Refunds or Vouchers which you receive from the Service Providers: In any instance where you are paid a full refund directly by a Service Provider, or you accept a free amendment or a voucher directly from a Service Provider, in relation to a Travel Service booked with us (a “Service Provider Arrangement”), you agree that this will extinguish the amount of any refund payable to you by us in respect of that Travel Service. If the Service Provider makes a partial refund directly to you, then any liability we have to refund you in respect of that same Travel Service shall be reduced accordingly. You agree to notify us promptly where this is the case and acknowledge that by receiving or accepting a Service Provider Arrangement in the manner described above, you irrevocably waive the right to require a refund in respect of the relevant Travel Service from us. If you have already been paid a full or partial refund by us when you accept a Service Provider Arrangement, you agree to immediately repay the relevant Travel Service refund to us.
We and the Service Providers reserve the right to make changes to your Travel Services at any time. Most changes are minor changes and we and the Service Providers will endeavour to pass on to you information regarding any minor changes before you depart. Other than providing such notification, we shall have no further liability to you in relation to minor changes and if you choose to cancel your holiday, our usual cancellation charges set out in paragraph 9 above will apply.
Minor changes: A minor change made prior to your departure could, for example, include (but is not limited to) the alteration of your outward or return flight by less than 12 hours, changes to carriers such as airlines, changes to aircraft or vehicle type. It may also include change of accommodation to another of the same or better standard with the same main features in the same resort destination, or changes to services available at your accommodation (including those envisaged in paragraph 1A in relation to COVID-19).
Significant changes: Occasionally we may have to notify you of a significant change that we or the Service Providers are constrained to make to the main characteristics of the booking.
Significant changes made prior to your departure could include (but are not limited to) a change of accommodation to a different tourist area for the whole or a significant part of your time on holiday. It may also include a change of accommodation to that of a lower standard/star rating for the whole or a significant part of the time you are on holiday, a change of your outward flight departure time (or the commencement of your other Travel Services) by more than 12 hours.
We will inform you as soon as reasonably practicable if we or the Service Provider needs to make a significant change to your confirmed Travel Service(s), or to cancel it/them entirely. As most changes will be made by the Service Providers, we will not be liable to you for such changes or to pay any refunds, compensation or other claims. However, we will also liaise between you and the Service Provider in relation to any alternative arrangements offered by the Service Provider and/or any refunds or compensation offered.
Significant changes to Package bookings: In relation to Package bookings only, in the unlikely event that we or
your Service Providers have to make a significant change to your Package, we will tell you as soon as reasonably possible. You will then have the option to:
• accept the proposed change. If this results in a Package of lower quality or cost, you may be entitled to a price reduction in accordance with paragraph 13 below
• reject the proposed change, terminate your Package and take an alternative one if we decide to offer this. If you decide to take an alternative Package, we will inform you of its impact on the price of your booking. If the alternative Package is of a lower quality or cost, you may be entitled to a price reduction in accordance with paragraph 13 below, or
• reject the proposed change and terminate your Package with a full refund
We will give you a reasonable period of time to make your decision, which will depend upon the circumstances giving rise to the change but will usually be 7 days from notification of the proposed change. If we do not hear from you within this timeframe, we will send a reminder to you, following which we shall be entitled to take such action as explained to you in our earlier notification. This may include us terminating the Package and providing you with a refund. If you decide to reject the proposed change and terminate your Package with a full refund, you may also be entitled to compensation in accordance with paragraph 13 below.
Cancellation of Package bookings: On rare occasions, we or the Service Providers may have to cancel your Package and we reserve the right to do so. If we or the Service Providers have to do so, we will notify you as soon as possible. We will also offer you an alternative Package if we are able to do so, and inform you of its impact on the price of your booking. If the alternative Package is of a lower quality or cost, you may be entitled to a price reduction in accordance with paragraph 13 below. If we cannot offer you an alternative, or even if you just prefer, we will provide you with a full refund of any payments made for the Package.
You may be entitled to compensation as a result of our cancellation of your Package in accordance with paragraph 13 below, except where we are prevented from providing the Package because of Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances and we notify you of the cancellation without undue delay before the start of your Package.
Refunds or Vouchers which you receive from Service Providers: If you accept a Service Provider Arrangement (as described in paragraph 9 above) in circumstances where you are also entitled to a refund from us in respect of that same Travel Service, the same arrangements for Service Provider Arrangements as described in paragraph 9 above shall apply here.
Alternatives to refunds: In relation to cancellations made as a result of global travel disruption (arising from the COVID-19 outbreak or otherwise) we may offer you alternatives to a cash refund such as a voucher, which
will allow you to travel at another date. If we offer such options, they shall be offered in addition to your rights set out above. We will let you know if you have these additional options when we notify you about the cancellation of your Package.
In certain circumstances we apply service charges which will be shown on your booking confirmation as follows:
Service - Charge Cancellation or amendment - As per paragraphs 8 and 9* Low Deposit Payment Plan Administration Fee - €4.95 per payment
Service Charge* - Variable
*Please note that service charge, cancellation and amendment fees are non-refundable.
Non-Package Bookings
Provision of the Travel Services: Your contract for the Travel Service is with the Service Provider and their booking conditions apply, subject to such payment terms we have negotiated. As an agent, we accept no responsibility for the actual provision of the Travel Service. Our responsibilities are limited to the booking service we provide to you. We accept no responsibility for any information about the Travel Service that we pass on to you in good faith if any errors in that information are beyond our reasonable control (e.g. because they are due to the fault of the Service Provider).
Loss or damage: We are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the contract was made, both we and you knew it might happen, for example, if you discussed it with us during the sales process. We only supply our
services for domestic, non-commercial and private use. We do not therefore accept liability for any business losses (e.g. loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption or loss of business opportunity).
Third party behaviour: We accept no responsibility for the behaviour or actions of third-parties related to your accommodation, transfer or flight, or for any facilities/services withdrawn as a result of their actions.
Extent of our liability: In the event that we are found liable to you on any basis whatsoever, our maximum liability to you is limited to three times the cost of your affected Travel Services (or the appropriate proportion of this if not everyone on the booking is affected).
We do not exclude or limit any liability for death or personal injury that arises as a result of our negligence or that of any of our employees, agents or subcontractors whilst acting in the course of their employment or engagement, liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.
Package Bookings
Performance of the Travel Service: We have a liability to you for the performance of the Travel Services included in your Package booking under the Package Travel Directive, irrespective of the fact that such Travel Services are to be performed by the Service Providers or the principal suppliers.
However, you must tell us immediately of any failure to perform or improper performance of your Travel Service (“Failure”). This will give us the opportunity to resolve the Failure whilst you are on your holiday. If we refuse to do so, or if it is necessary to remedy the Failure immediately, then you may resolve the Failure yourself and request reimbursement of reasonable expenses from us. However, these rights will not arise if remedying the Failure is impossible or entails disproportionate costs. In that case, your only right will be to seek a price reduction or compensation in accordance with paragraph 13.
The measures set out in paragraph 1A are those which may reasonably be required to manage the risks of COVID-19 as part of normal health and safety procedures. By making a booking with us, you agree that the existence of any such measures shall not be considered as any form of Failure.
When alternative arrangements may be offered: If a significant proportion of the Travel Services included in your Package cannot be provided as agreed in the booking, we shall offer, at no extra cost to you, suitable
alternative arrangements for the continuation of the Package. The alternative arrangements shall, where possible, be of equivalent or higher quality than those specified in your booking. Where they are of lower quality you will be entitled to a price reduction as described in paragraph 13 below. You may only reject the alternative arrangements we offer to you if they are not comparable to what was agreed in the booking or if the price reduction is inadequate. If you do reject the alternative arrangements, or if we are not able to offer them, then you may, where appropriate, be entitled to a price reduction and/or compensation in accordance with paragraph 13.
Remedy for a Failure: If a Failure substantially affects the performance of the Package, and we have failed to remedy it within a reasonable period of time, you may decide to continue with your Package or terminate your booking without paying a termination fee. If you decide to terminate, then if your Package included carriage to the destination, we will also repatriate you with equivalent transport without undue delay back to your place of departure and at no extra cost to you. You may, where appropriate, be entitled to a price reduction and/or compensation in accordance with paragraph 13.
Remedy for a Failure: If a Failure substantially affects the performance of the Package, and we have failed to remedy it within a reasonable period of time, you may decide to continue with your Package or terminate your booking without paying a termination fee. If you decide to terminate, then if your Package included carriage to the destination, we will also repatriate you with equivalent transport without undue delay back to your place of departure and at no extra cost to you. You may, where appropriate, be entitled to a price reduction and/or compensation in accordance with paragraph 13.
If a longer period of accommodation than that referred to above is provided for in Union passenger rights legislation (as described in the Package Travel Directive) concerning your mode of return transport, or such legislation does not allow the transport provider to limit its obligations as described above in the event of Unavoidable or Extraordinary Circumstances, then the limits set out in such legislation will apply instead.
Other appropriate assistance from us: We shall provide you with appropriate assistance without undue delay if you are in difficulty whilst on holiday, in particular by providing appropriate information on health services, local authorities and consular assistance; and by helping you make distance communications and helping you find alternative travel arrangements. Typically, we do not charge for this assistance, although we do reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for such assistance if the difficulty has been caused intentionally by you or a member of your party or through your or their negligence or misconduct.
You will be entitled to an appropriate price reduction for any period during which there is a Failure (as described in paragraph 12 above), unless the Failure is attributable to you.
You shall be entitled to receive appropriate compensation from us for any damage you sustain as a result of a Failure except where the Failure is:
• attributable to you;
• attributable to a third party unconnected with the provision of the Travel Services included in the Package and is unforeseeable or unavoidable; or
• due to Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances.
We shall not be liable to pay compensation to you in connection with your Package where there are international conventions that limit the extent or the conditions under which compensation would have to be paid by one of the Service Providers. These same limitations will apply to us and in an identical manner as if such limitations applied directly to us. These international conventions include (but are not limited to) the Montreal Convention in respect of travel by air (and all earlier related conventions), the Athens Convention in respect of travel by sea, the Berne Convention in respect of travel by rail (Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980), the Geneva Convention in respect of travel by road and the Paris Convention in respect of the provision of accommodation. We shall have the full benefit of any limitation of compensation which is contained in these conventions and any other international conventions which govern the travel arrangements that make up the Package. Please ask us for copies of these international conventions if you would like to see them.
Our liability will also be limited in accordance with the contractual terms of the Service Providers which provide the transportation element of your Package Holiday and in an identical manner as if such limitations applied directly to us.
Our liability to you in connection with your Package shall be limited to a maximum of three times the cost of your Package, except in cases involving death, injury or illness where we or the Service Providers have caused such damage intentionally or with negligence.
If you are granted compensation or a price reduction by another party in relation to the same Failure which you claim compensation or a price reduction from us, then we may deduct the compensation or price reduction you receive from the other party from that which is payable by us.
Except as set out above, we accept no liability for any claims, losses, expenses, damages or liability for your Package, except in cases involving death, injury or illness where we have caused such damage with negligence.
We also have no liability where any loss or damage arises out of or is connected with the matters described in paragraph 1A.
In these Terms and Conditions, where we refer to Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances, it means a situation beyond the control of the party who seeks to rely on such a situation and the consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken. Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances may include, for example, warfare, other serious security problems such as terrorism, significant risks to human health such as the outbreak of a serious disease at the travel destination (including epidemics and pandemics), industrial disputes, nuclear disaster, fire, chemical or biological disaster, unavoidable technical problems with transport, air traffic control strikes and natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes or weather conditions which make it impossible to travel safely to the destination as agreed in the booking.
Except as set out in these Terms and Conditions, we and the Service Providers shall have no responsibility or liability to you for any failure to perform, or a delay in performing, any obligations owed to you which are caused by Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances.
Where we are acting as agent (almost always), the contract for your arrangements is between you and the supplier and any queries or concerns should be addressed to them, but sent via our offices. We will then pass on your complaint and liaise with the relevant supplier on your behalf. We do so on a goodwill basis in our capacity as agent of the supplier.
If you have a problem whilst using any of your travel arrangements, you must inform the relevant supplier, details will be on your voucher, and the hotelier (if applicable) immediately. If they cannot assist you, please call our admin team on 01 539 8424 (Option 2) or email helpinresort@blueseaholidays.ie. If you have any expenditure due to the failure of a supplier (airline, hotel or transfer) not delivering what was booked then its imperative you get and keep receipts as evidence. Without receipts suppliers will not refund amounts spent Since it is the supplier who is responsible for your booking they will have sole discretion in deciding how to deal with you problem.
If you fail to discuss any complaints with either your supplier or us whilst you are away your supplier will have been deprived of the opportunity to investigate and rectify your complaint whilst you were away and this is likely to affect adversely any rights you may have to compensation from your supplier. If your complaint is not resolved locally, you should write immediately to us upon your return. We will do our best to help you in your discussions with the supplier. In this case you should write to our Customer Services Department at Blue Sea Holidays, PO Box 135, Honiton, EX14 0FD UK quoting your booking reference and all other relevant information.
Please note that we do not currently have our own representatives and nor have we authorised anyone else to be our representatives in resort. Therefore, it is imperative that if you cannot speak to the Service Provider or their representative at the time, you contact the In-Resort Assistance team above. In all cases it is imperative that we receive full details of any claim from you within our cut off date of 90 days of your return home, and you must follow up by telephone to ensure that we have received it if you do not receive any form of acknowledgement from us within that timeframe.
Important: claims/complaints about injuries or illness In the unfortunate event that you suffer an injury or an illness while you are on holiday, and you believe this is the fault of one of the Supplier/Principals, it is very important that you notify the Supplier/Principal while you are on holiday.
Accommodation providers will not accept claims for illness or injury unless the issue is reported to the hotelier at the time whilst in the hotel. You will often be asked to sign a document agreeing to a specific claims process when you arrive at a hotel. This is as a result of an increasing number of fraudulent claims being received. Since 2013, there has been more than a 500% increase in the number of compensation claims for holiday sickness with tens of thousands of claims in the past year. Evidence suggests many of these claims may be exaggerated or fraudulent. If we believe any claim to be fraudulent then action may be taken in the hope of protecting those with genuine claims.
If we are not able to resolve a dispute informally, we will discuss with you the most effective way of resolving the dispute using mediation or arbitration based on the nature of the dispute.
If you remain dissatisfied, you can request the matter be resolved through independent Arbitration through Hunt ADR. If you wish to make an application for ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution), please contact us with your request and we will send you an application form to complete and return to Hunt ADR along with their processing fee.
We recommend that you always look at the Foreign Travel Advice section of the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office where you can also check general visa, passport, health and safety information and other matters prior to booking.
Passport validity: You confirm that all members of your party are UK or Irish residents and hold passports issued within the last 10 years, which are valid for at least 6 months from the date of travel (note that if you renewed your current passport before the previous one expired, extra months may have been added to its expiry date. Any extra months on your passport over 10 years will not count towards the 6 months needed).
General information provided by us: General information on visa, passport and health requirements (where given and applicable) is so given solely on this basis. Requirements may change and you are therefore strongly recommended to check the up to date position with the Service Provider(s) of the Travel Service(s), Passport Office, appropriate embassy or consulate or your doctor as applicable prior to booking and in good time before departure.
Residency: Some of our Service Providers offer their low rates on the basis that customers are resident in the UK and/or Ireland and citizens of the country where the stay is taking place may not be eligible to stay at that particular rate. In most circumstances, this does not apply to citizens of EU countries staying in other EU countries. However, issues may occur where customers are booked to stay in the country where the passport was issued. For example, Turkish nationals in Turkey, or Egyptian nationals in Egypt.
If you think this may affect your booking, contact us via ‘Manage My Booking’ or by calling our admin team on 01 539 8424 (Option 2) to confirm your booking will be accepted by the Service Provider as resolution once you are abroad will be very difficult and may result in additional charges being levied to you or the cancellation of the booking by the Service Provider. Occasionally Service Providers may ask that we contact you prior to the departure date to ask for evidence of the residency of the customers travelling. You must contact our Customer Service team in this instance within the stated time frame with this information in order to confirm that the rates are eligible for all the customers travelling. We cannot be held responsible for any additional costs incurred due to these issues.
Certain countries/cities/airports/hotels impose additional taxes and charges such as departure, tourist or city tax, facility fee or compulsory resort fees. These additional fees are payable directly to your accommodation or local authorities and are for maintenance of local facilities and services. These taxes cannot always be collected by us or your Service Providers in advance. You are wholly responsible for paying these taxes and charges locally prior to check out and they are subject to change by pronouncement of overseas governments. Airport departure taxes (under various names) are included in most air ticket prices by airlines, however certain countries will charge an additional local tax when you leave the country. Unless otherwise stated, they are not included in your booking. If in doubt, please enquire with us prior to booking. We have no liability to you for these taxes or charges and they are not included in your booking.
Star ratings are used to symbolise the overall quality and level of standards of each accommodation type and are typically based on criteria including the range of standard facilities, the quality of the furnishings, the quality and range of the food outlets, and the overall level of service. However, there is no uniform and consistent method of star ratings and as such they can vary significantly by country, and often within countries. Also, not all countries have official rating systems. Therefore the rating displayed is only an opinion and should only be used as a guide. If your Service Provider provides an “official” tourist board rating, we will endeavour to include that within the accommodation description. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of any ratings given. All ratings are as provided via the relevant Service Provider and are not our personal ratings.
After registration/check-in at your accommodation, you will be allocated a room. It is your responsibility to verify the check-in and check-out times directly with the Service Provider. Please note that the fact that rooms appear listed together on the same booking itinerary does not guarantee that they will be adjacent to one another or otherwise in close proximity.
The majority of the Travel Services offered are suitable for all persons, however it is your responsibility to advise us, prior to booking, of any conditions/disabilities that may affect your holiday. Where possible, we will inquire with the Service Provider about the suitability of the Travel Service for you, however we can give no guarantees. It is recommended that you make your own independent enquiries to ensure the Travel Service of your choice is suitable for your particular requirements before making your booking.
From time to time, maintenance, renovation or refurbishment and its associated noise are unavoidable at a hotel/accommodation. If we are notified of such works, we will inform you before you make your booking or within a reasonable time of us being notified.
Please note that municipal works (for example road works) and other third-party building work in the vicinity of your accommodation is not the responsibility of the accommodation or Service Provider.
In accordance with the UK Package Travel & Linked Travel Regulations 2018, Directive (EU) 2015/2302 or the local applicable law in the country of residence of the passenger(s) booking with Broadway Travel Services (Wimbledon) Limited are fully protected for the initial deposit and subsequently the balance of all monies received by us, including repatriation costs and arrangements, arising from cancellation or curtailment of your travel arrangements due to the insolvency of Broadway Travel Services (Wimbledon) Limited.
The respective laws accordingly to the country of residence of the passenger(s) usually only requires us to provide cover for Package & Linked Travel Arrangements, there is no requirement for Financial Protection of day trips or single elements, and none is provided unless the local law requires such. If you have questions on this then please contact Broadway Travel Services (Wimbledon) Limited.
Broadway Travel Services (Wimbledon) Limited has taken out an insurance provided by International Passenger Protection Ltd (IPP) with Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE (LMIE) trading as Liberty Specialty Markets, a member of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Group. LMIE's registered office: 5-7 rue Leon Laval, L-3372, Leudelange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Registered Number B232280 (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés). LMIE is a European public limited liability company and is supervised by the Commissariat aux Assurances and licensed by the Luxembourg Minister of Finance as an insurance and reinsurance company. This insurance is only valid for passengers who book and pay directly with/to Broadway Travel Services (Wimbledon) Limited.
In the event of our insolvency please make contact as soon as practically possible giving full details of what has happened quoting the name of your Travel Operator:
For UK & Worldwide excluding EU Passengers
IPP Claims at Sedgwick
Telephone: +44 (0)345 266 1872
Email: Insolvency-claims@ipplondon.co.uk
or online at http://www.ipplondon.co.uk/claims.asp
For EU Passengers
IPP Claims at Sedgwick
Telephone: +31 103120666
Email: ippclaims@nl.sedgwick.com
or online at https://www.ipplondon.co.uk/claims.asp
You acknowledge that you, and all members of your party, are expected to behave in an orderly and socially acceptable manner and not to disrupt the enjoyment of others. If in the Service Provider’s opinion or in the opinion of any other person in authority, your behaviour or that of any member of your party is causing or is likely to cause distress, danger or annoyance to any other customers or any third party, or damage to property, or to cause a delay or diversion to transportation, the Service Provider reserves the right to terminate your booking immediately with no further liability to you. You and/or your party may also be required to pay for loss and/or damage caused by your actions and you and each member of your party will be jointly and individually liable for any damage or losses caused. Full payment for any such damage or losses must be made directly to the Service Provider prior to departure. If you fail to make payment, you will be responsible for meeting any and all claims (including legal costs) subsequently made against us because of your actions or the actions of your party together with all costs we incur in pursuing any claim against you.
In the event that you or a member of your party has a direct legal claim against a Service Provider for a refund, compensation or other loss or damage, and we agree to pay such sum to you (whether as a result of a concurrent legal obligation that we have to you or otherwise), you agree that upon such payment being made you shall assign your rights, title, interest, and benefit in and to such legal claims to us upon our request. You agree that you will not assign or otherwise transfer any of your legal rights or claims against us which arise out of or are in connection with your booking or these Terms and Conditions except as otherwise permitted in these Terms and Conditions.
You agree not to issue any chargebacks or otherwise dispute transactions with your payment card issuer against us (“Chargeback”). Rather, your rights to refunds and other claims shall be governed solely by these Terms and Conditions. You also agree that if you initiate a Chargeback or make a demand for payment from a Service Provider (which may be satisfied by the payment of cash, issue of vouchers or as otherwise agreed between you and the Service Provider), we shall be entitled to take such steps as we consider reasonable to ensure that you are not paid twice for the same claim. This may include suspending any obligations we may have to pay you under these Terms and Conditions (or otherwise) until the Chargeback.
These Terms and Conditions set out the entire agreement and understanding between you and us in connection with your booking and supersede any prior representations, agreements, conditions, negotiations and undertakings whether made orally or in writing.
These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute or matter arising out of these Terms and Conditions (unless you live in Scotland, Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, in which case you can bring proceedings in your local court under Scottish, Republic of Ireland or Northern Irish law, as applicable.)
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These Terms & Conditions are applicable from 01 January 2023.
