Booking Terms and Conditions

By booking your holiday with Skipton Canal Cottage you agree to the following terms and conditions:

PAYMENT
A deposit of 25% of the weekly rental is payable when booking. We will send you a confirmation, by post or email, upon receipt of the deposit. The balance of the cost of the holiday is due six weeks before you arrive.

CANCELLATION AND INSURANCE
Once you have booked your holiday, our agreement with you is a legal contract. If you cannot go on holiday and the cottage cannot be re-let you are liable to pay for the booking in full, even if you cancel before paying the balance. If we succeed in re-letting the cottage for the same period, we will refund you less a handling fee of £25.00. For these reasons we strongly recommend that you take out cancellation insurance for your holiday.

NON AVAILABILITY OF COTTAGE AS BOOKED
We would only cancel your holiday if the cottage was unavailable for reasons beyond our reasonable control. We would attempt to offer you alternative accommodation, however if this was either not possible or not acceptable to you then we would refund to you all monies paid for the holiday. Our liability to you would not extend beyond this refund.

ARRIVAL
Skipton Canal Cottage will be ready for you from 3pm on the day of your arrival, unless otherwise agreed in advance.

DEPARTURE
We strictly require that you vacate your cottage by 10am on the morning of your departure. To assist preparation for the next visitors, we ask that you leave the property in a clean and tidy condition.

LIABILITY
We do not accept responsibility for injury to persons or loss/damage to possessions unless caused by proven negligent act or omission of ourselves, our employees or contractors, or agents of the same, whilst acting in the course of their employment. This includes loss or damage to vehicles and their contents, and to the personal possessions you bring with you.

SHORT BREAKS
Short breaks are available from Friday to Tuesday (from 2008), but are only available to book four weeks prior to arrival date. Full cleared payment must reach us before arrival date.

COMPLAINTS
Should you find any faults or have any complaints during your stay, please advise us immediately so that any appropriate action can be taken. Any unresolved disputes may to referred to arbitration.

DAMAGE AND BREAKAGES
You are responsible for any breakages or damage you cause to the cottage and its contents, a list of replacement value is available on request. Please report these before you leave.

WEB SITE AND BROCHURE
We make every effort to ensure that the information and cottage description contained on our web site and in our brochure and any accompanying leaflets are accurate. We do however reserve the right to make small changes and we accept no liability for minor inaccuracies.

PETS
We do not accept pets.

NO TENANCY
The agreement is for the holiday period and is not intended to create the relationship of Landlord and Tenant between the Visitor and the Cottage Owners. The Visitor shall not be entitled to a tenancy, or to any assured shorthold or assured tenancy or any statutory protection under the Housing Act 1988 or other statutory security of tenure now or upon termination of the Agreement.

GOVERNING LAW
The construction, validity and performance of the Agreement shall be governed by the law of England and Wales, and both parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts in England and Wales.