1. General:
The following terms and conditions apply to all provided by Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge -Hendrik Spröde services, especially for the activity as a travel assistant. Terms and conditions of customers are not binding for us even if Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde does not explicitly contradict them in individual cases. The terms and conditions of Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde therefore also apply to all future business relationships, even if they are not explicitly agreed again. By the time of receipt of the service provided by Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde, our conditions shall be deemed accepted. Counter-confirmations of our customers under reference to their terms and conditions or purchase conditions are hereby contradicted. Deviations from these terms and conditions are only effective if confirmed by Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde in writing.
2. Order placement:
The client is obliged to inform us when placing the order about all essential factors concerning the execution of the contract, like e.g. Appointments, desired route, number of persons to be accompanied, to inform about type and extent of luggage. The offers of Luxury Escorted Tours Europe Owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde are non-binding. Declarations of acceptance and agreements require our written confirmation in order to be valid. This also applies to additions, amendments or ancillary agreements. The employees of Luxury Escorted Tours Europe Owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde are not authorized to make oral subsidiary agreements or to give verbal assurances, which go beyond the content of the written contract.
3. Price information / Payment:
The prices of the tariffs valid at the time of performance of the service apply, unless otherwise agreed in writing. In the event of a different agreement, Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde is bound to the prices contained in their offers for 10 days from the date of the offer. Please note that all information in the offers of Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde are non-binding and the availability has yet to be checked. Decisive are then the prices stated in their order confirmation plus the respective statutory sales tax.
Additional services such as the costs are extra. Basically, the payment of the service takes place in cash or by payment in advance. Invoicing takes place immediately after the customer has booked. The customer must pay the invoice amount without deductions immediately after receipt of the invoice at the latest 7 days after receipt. After the expiry of 14 days after the invoice has been sent, the judicial order for payment will be filed against defaulting customers. Depending on the nature of the transaction, default interest rates for consumer transactions will be increased by five percentage points, while fee claims for trading transactions will be increased by 8 percentage points. This regulation applies in Germany since 1 January 2002. Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde is entitled to withhold her performance until the payment has been made. Payment by card (MasterCard | Visa | American Express | Maestro | V Pay | Visa Electron | JCB | Diners Club | China Union Pay) is possible on request in Germany if the cardholder is also the traveler or the traveler. Deviating settlement modalities must be agreed in writing when the order is placed. The client agrees that the invoice will be sent to him by e-mail.
Payments from abroad: For payments from abroad, care must be taken that Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde incurs no fees. Customers from abroad please use IBAN and SWIFT for your transfers. Any bank charges will be charged to the client. This is necessary because our calculation does not include these costs.
4. Subject matter and exclusion of transport:
Luxury Escorted Tours Europe Owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde acts as a travel assistant, ie we plan and accompany national and international travel. Sexual services are not offered! Excluded from the escort are persons who pose a threat to safety and order, in particular => persons under the influence of spirituous beverages or other intoxicating agents, => persons with firearms, unless they are responsible for firearms are entitled.
Instructions from our staff or travel assistants should be followed. If a traveler, despite a warning, violates the duties incumbent on him, he can be excluded from the tour. Damage to hotels, touring vehicles or other damages by travelers are to be compensated by the causer or our contractual partner. In case of contamination, cleaning fees will be charged separately. If the causer and our contractual partner are not identical, they are both jointly and severally liable. The liability also exists if the client is not at fault.
5. Resignation – Cancellation:
Resignation client:
If the customer withdraws from the contract or does not use the services of Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde without cancellation, then Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde can make reasonable compensation for the arrangements made and for the expenses and also To demand compensation for the damage incurred. The duty of replacement also occurs if the client is not at fault.
If your tour includes the booking of tickets, hotels, events, guides, rental cars, flights, rail tickets or similar, these will also be canceled as quickly as possible after the announcement of your cancellation. The cancellation costs incurred at that time will be charged to the client 1: 1.
Cancellation Tour Assistant:
Definition:
“Begin”: Is the time when your tour assistant starts, so that the tour starts on time. This includes the arrival or also the time for picking up airline tickets, train tickets, rental cars etc.
For the cancellation of an employment day:
Free: Until 48 hours before start
50% of the commissioned hours: up to 24 hours before the start
75% of the hours worked: up to 12 hours before the start
100% of the commissioned hours: Less than 12 hours before the start
For the cancellation of 2 to 3 working days:
Free: Up to 60 hours before start
50% of the commissioned hours: up to 48 hours before the start
75% of the commissioned hours: up to 24 hours before the start
100% of the commissioned hours: Less than 24 hours before the start
For the cancellation of 4 to 7 working days:
Free: Up to 7 days before start
50% of the commissioned hours: up to 60 hours before the start
75% of the hours worked: up to 48 hours before the start
100% of the commissioned hours: less than 48 hours before the start
For the cancellation of 8 to 14 working days:
Free: Until 21 days before start
25% of the commissioned hours: up to 14 days before the start
50% of the commissioned hours: up to 10 days before the start
75% of the commissioned hours: up to 7 days before the start
100% of the commissioned hours: Less than 7 days before the start
For the cancellation of more than 14 working days:
Free: Up to 30 days before start
25% of the commissioned hours: up to 21 days before the start
50% of the commissioned hours: up to 14 days before the start
75% of the commissioned hours: up to 7 days before the start
100% of the commissioned hours: Less than 14 days before the start
Resignation contractor:
If Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde is unable to complete the planned tour due to illness, the company may substitute or cancel the trip.
6. Liability:
The liability of Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde is limited to a maximum of the agreed performance price. Further claims for damages are excluded both against Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde and against his vicarious agents, insofar as the damage was not caused deliberately or through gross negligence. If Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde can not meet an agreed date due to technical breakdowns, force majeure, weather-related emergency, accidents, traffic jams or legal requirements (eg smog), the customer has no claim to fulfillment of the contract. The customer receives back the payment already made. Further claims of the customer are excluded.
7. Claims and statute of limitations:
Noticeable damages and claims are to be reported in writing immediately after completion of the tour. In the case of damage that can not be immediately detected, these must be claimed in writing 5 days after the end of the tour. Furthermore, claims against Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde become time-barred 1 year after completion of the guided tour. For damages based on intent or gross negligence, the limitation period is 3 years.
8. Expenses:
The task of Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde is tour assistance, ie planning and accompaniment of tours. Any expenses Hotel accommodation, air tickets, train tickets, rental cars, entrances, food and drinks or the like incurred in connection with the tour for the customer or the travel assistant are to be reimbursed by the client, unless he has already paid these costs suburb. The reimbursement must be made no later than 7 days after the date of origin, at the latest at the end of a tour.
9. Place of performance, jurisdiction, other:
Place of fulfillment is Buxtehude. The place of jurisdiction is Buxtehude for all disputes with merchants, legal persons under public law or persons who do not have a general place of jurisdiction in Germany – even in the case of bills of exchange and checks. Luxury Escorted Tours Europe Owner Börge-Hendrik Spröde may, at its discretion, also use the client at the court competent for its registered office. Collateral agreements and deviating agreements must be in writing. Should individual provisions in these terms and conditions or a provision in the context of other agreements be or become ineffective, this shall not affect the validity of all other provisions or agreements. For these terms and conditions and the entire legal relationship between Luxury Escorted Tours Europe owner Börge -Hendrik Spröde and the customer is the Civil Code.
As of: 01.02.2019