People Like Us Safaris Booking Terms and Conditions
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
In this agreement the following words will have the meanings assigned to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:-
a) “the Agreement” means the Customer Booking Form and the Terms and Conditions issued by the Company to the Client which has the effect of a legally binding agreement between the parties;
b) “Customer confirmation” means the form sent to the Client with the final itinerary or tour as agreed with the Company which the Client wishes to purchase;
c) “the Customer Booking Form” means the acceptance form completed by the Client and submitted to the Company as approval of the Customer Confirmation;
d) “Client” means all of the persons, natural or juristic, jointly and severably whose names appear on the Customer Booking Form. The Client signing on behalf of any members of his/her party accepts these Terms and Conditions on behalf of every member of his/her party as if they had specifically signed same to acknowledge their agreement therewith;
e) “Company” means People Like Us Safaris (Pty) Ltd, a private company, registration number: 2012/039401/07 duly registered in terms of the laws of the Republic of South Africa, carrying on business at 4 Milner Court, Salisbury Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town 7925.
f) “Day” means a calendar day;
g) “departure date” means the date on which the Client commences his/her travels as per the Customer Booking Form;
h) “deposit” means the monies payable by the Client to the Company to secure the Client’s booking;
i) “People Like Us Safaris” means the Company;
j) “parties” means both the Company and the Client;
k) “Sales Consultant” means a sales agent employed by the Company;
l) “supplier” means a third party who supplies the Company with services;
m) “CPA” means the Consumer Protection Act, 2008;
n) “Total Confirmed Price” means the total cost of services rendered to the Client by the Company, as per the Customer Booking Form;
o) “Quotation” means the form sent to the Client by the Company marked quotation;
p) “Unscheduled Extension” means an extension to a booking caused by inter alia flight delay, flight cancellation, scheduled airline failure, bad weather, airport or airline strikes or any other cause for an extension;
q) “in Writing” means a letter sent by hand, by post, by courier, by fax or via electronic mail;
r) “Specials” means travel service/s and/or product/s offered at a reduced rate and subject to limited availability. Terms and Conditions are reservation specific rather than People Like Us Safaris generic;
s) Expressions in the singular also denote the plural, and vice versa; and
t) Pronouns of any gender include the corresponding pronouns of the other gender.
1. PAYMENT TO SECURE BOOKING
1.1 In order to confirm your tour booking, the following payments must be made by the Client to the Company:-
1.1.1 50% Deposit at time of booking
1.1.2 Final balance due 60 days prior to travel;
1.1.3 100% Of the Total Confirmed Price for bookings made less than 60 days prior to departure,
1.1.4 Greater deposits may be required in instances of specialist product &/or peak season travel.
1.2 If the aforementioned payments are not received timely, the Company will be unable to confirm the booking for the Client.
1.3 Final invoicing is based upon the Total Confirmed Price, less any payments made plus any additional charges due to booking changes that may have accumulated in terms of this agreement.
1.4 All tours are subject to a minimum of 6 (six) pax travelling, although a tour may be run with fewer at the
discretion of PLUS and through our customised tour options.
1.5 All payments must be made by either Internet transfer (electronic funds transfer) or telegraphic transfer (SWIFT), details of which will accompany the invoice. Funds are normally cleared within five working days. Official bank Payment Confirmation must be sent to us for verification. For Day tours deposits can be made with one of our consultants at info@peoplelikeussafaris.com and you can pay the balance to the guide on arrival at the day tour. Traveller’s cheques are not accepted.
1.6 Non payment of the aforementioned payments on or before the due date will lead to cancellation of booked tour and the loss of all monies paid to date.
2. PRICE INCREASE
2.1 All prices, quotations and confirmations generated by the Company are based upon the following but not limited to entrance fees, fuel surcharges, accommodation costs and land costs which are variable and subject to change until final payment has been received.
2.2 Client agrees that should any such costs increase as a result of an increase by the supplier, such an increase will be for the Client’s account and shall be payable to the Company or as otherwise instructed.
2.3 The Company will not be held liable for any supplier levied increases.
3. CHANGES TO BOOKINGS
3.1 The Company reserves the right to cancel any tour without prior notification. In such event, all monies paid will be refunded in full which shall constitute the full extent of the Company’s liability to the Client.
3.2 In the event of an Unscheduled Extension to a booking, for any reason whatsoever, any expenses flowing from the Unscheduled Extension will be for the Client’s account.
3.3 Whilst every effort is made to adhere to confirmed itineraries, the Company reserves the right to make amendments thereto where necessary, and provide a reasonable alternative without refunding the Client.
3.4 Should the Client elect to make an amendment to their Customised itinerary, the Company will try to accommodate the Client, however the Company reserves the right to charge applicable cancellation fees as well as an additional administration fee of R300.00 per person per booking amended.
4. SPECIALS
4.1 All Tour Specials advertised on the People Like Us Safaris website are based on two (2) people sharing, travelling within fixed dates and are subject to availability at the time of reservation and payment.
4.2 Prices quoted are per person sharing, while savings quoted are based on the total saving for two (2) people.
4.3 Each Tour Special has Customised Supplier specific terms and conditions, full details of which will be advised by the People Like Us Safaris sales consultant at the time of consultation and sale.
4.4 Tour Specials maybe withdrawn or adjusted without notice.
5. COOLING OFF PERIOD
The cooling off provision does not apply to People Like Us Safaris tours.
6. CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
6.1 In the event of a cancellation of the booking (in partial or in full) by or on behalf of the Client for any reason whatsoever, the Company reserves the right to claim the services, administration, communication, cancellation and bank charges which include but are not limited to, any charges levied by any supplier against the Company in respect of the cancelled booking, from the Client.
6.2 Cancellations of bookings must be done in writing (email/fax) and sent to the Company. It is effective from the date it is received by People Like Us Safaris and only once a confirmation of receipt has been sent off by the Company to the Client.
6.3 The following cancellation fees will be payable by the Client:
61+ days prior to tour start date = 30% deposit
60 – 31 days prior to tour start date = 60% of total share
30 – 0 days prior to tour start date = 100% of total fare
6.4 Should a client fail to join a tour or join late or fail to complete a tour no refund shall be made or liability be accepted by People Like Us Safaris
6.5 No refunds shall be made by People Like Us Safaris for any reason whatsoever, and neither will it accept any claims of any nature including consequential damages as a result of any accommodation or other facilities made or becoming unavailable on tour. The Client hereby indemnifies and holds the Company harmless in respect of such claim.
7. WAIVER, INDEMNITY AND LIABILITY
7.1 The Client acknowledges that prices quoted on the Customer Booking Form do not include any items or services not specified on same.
7.2 All vouchers, receipts and tickets issued by the Company to the Client, are issued subject to the supplier’s terms and conditions. Acceptance of the vouchers and/or receipts and/or tickets amounts to an acceptance of the Company’s terms and conditions which supersede those of the relevant supplier.
7.3 Whilst every precaution is taken to ensure the safety of all persons participating in the tour or travel package, participation in any tour or travel package offered by the Company or any of its suppliers (including but not limited to transportation to or from any venue) is undertaken at the Client’s own risk.
7.4 For the purposes of this clause, the definition of the Company shall include all member(s), employees and agents of People Like Us Safaris
7.4.1 The Company shall have no liability whatsoever for any loss, including financial loss, arising from loss of and/or damage to any property of any Client, howsoever any such loss, financial loss, damage, injury or death shall arise, including negligence of any degree on the part of the Company, the Client hereby indemnifies the Company against all claims of whatever nature brought against the Company by the Client, the Clients estate, or family of the Client, including dependants, in respect of any personal injury, death, damage, or loss, including financial loss, of any nature howsoever caused, including negligence of any degree.
7.4.2 Notwithstanding the above, in the event of there being a claim in law against the Company, such claim shall be limited to R50 000-00 (FIFTY THOUSAND RAND) inclusive of capital, interest and costs.
7.5 The Company, any of its directors, employees, assignees and/or agents are accordingly indemnified by the Client and/or his/her estate, dependents, agents or their assignees against any claim of any nature whatsoever and howsoever arising for any damages or loss which might be instituted against it arising from or connection with the services contemplated in these Terms and Conditions.
7.6 The Client, his/her heirs, dependants, agents, executors or their assignees hereby irrevocably waive any claims which they may have against the Company for any form of compensation for damages which they may suffer due to injury and/or loss of any nature whatsoever, which includes accidents caused by the Client’s own actions, injuries or death while on the tour, in a transportation vehicle or at any place during the tour or illness or death at any time after the tour.
7.7 The Company makes use of third party services and as such the Company holds themselves free of responsibility or liability for any delays, loss or damages from any cause whatsoever including loss/ delay/ damages/ dissatisfaction caused by third party services. The Company shall be exempt from all liability in respect of any claim whatsoever as aforesaid.
8. PASSPORTS, VISAS AND BAGGAGE
8.1 It is the Client’s sole responsibility to ensure that his/her passport, necessary permits and travel documents are valid and that they have obtained all the necessary permits and/or visas required by the countries which they intend to enter, prior to their departure.
The Company cannot be held liable for any visa or travel documentation not held by the Client, nor will they be held liable should a passenger be refused entry into any country for any reason.
8.2 All client passports must have sufficient blank visa pages (minimum 2 recommended) available in their passports in accordance with the regulations of various African countries.
8.3 All Client passports must be valid for a minimum of 6 months after travel.
8.4 The Company cannot be held liable for any advice and/or opinion in respect of a visa or passport issue that is dispensed by their sales consultant or displayed on the Company’s website relating to passports, permits and/or visas. The final responsibility to ensure that passport and visa requirements is correct and adhered to lays with the traveller.
8.5 A parent travelling with children (without the other parent), must provide a certified letter of consent from the absent parent.
8.6 All baggage and personal effects are at all times at the Clients risk and the Company cannot accept any liability for any loss of or damage thereto.
8.7 Travel, medical expenses, baggage, money and cancellation insurance is compulsory on all of the Company’s tours. The client accepts that it is his/her responsibility to arrange his/her own insurance.
9. INNOCULATION, IMMUNIZATION AND MEDICATION
9.1 It is the Client’s sole responsibility to ensure that they have had all necessary inoculations, immunisations and medications required prior to departure. The Company cannot be held liable for the Client’s failure to ensure the aforementioned has been attended to.
9.2 The Company cannot be held liable for any advice dispensed by their sales consultant or displayed on the Company’s website relating to inoculations, immunisations and medication required for travel to the various African countries. The final responsibility to ensure that medical requirements are correct and adhered to lies with the traveller.
9.3 It is the Client’s obligation to ensure that he/she is medically fit to participate in travel. The Client acknowledges being aware of the proposed itinerary and that the tour requires a certain level of physical fitness and acknowledges, through booking that he is medically fit and able to embark upon the tour.
9.4 The Company’s tour itineraries require a certain level of physical fitness and it is the Clients obligation to ensure he/ she is medically fit and able to embark upon the chosen tour.
10. TRAVEL INSURANCE
10.1 The Company has purchased a Group Insurance Policy to provide Clients with default insurance.
10.2 It is the Client’s responsibility to ensure they purchase adequate travel and medical insurance to cover themselves, as well as any dependants/travelling companions for the duration of their trip to Southern Africa.
10.3 This insurance should include cover in respect of, but not limited to, the following eventualities: cancellation or curtailment of the tour, emergency evacuation expenses, medical expenses, and repatriation expenses, damage/theft/loss of personal baggage, money and goods.
10.4 The Company, including their representatives, employees and agents will take no responsibility for any costs or losses incurred or suffered by the client, or client’s dependants or travelling companions, with regards to, but not limited to, any of the above mentioned eventualities. Clients will be charged directly by the relevant service providers for any emergency services they may require, and may find themselves in a position unable to access such services should they not be carrying the relevant insurance cover.
10.5 The Client cannot hold the Company liable for any advice and/or inadequate and/or the non-purchase of travel insurance.
10.6 Travel, medical expenses, baggage, money and cancellation insurance is compulsory on all of the Company’s tours. The client accepts that it is his/her responsibility to arrange his/her own insurance.
11. COMMUNICATION, COMPLAINTS HANDELING AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
11.1.1 The client acknowledges that the Company shall appoint a tour leader who shall be in charge of the tour and all matters relating thereto, and the Client agrees to comply with the tour leaders’ lawful requirements.
11.1.2 The Client must at all times comply strictly with the law, customs and foreign exchange regulations of all countries visited.
11.1.3 The Client agrees to comply with the Company’s requirements with regards to his/her conduct and shall not in any way constitute a nuisance to any other persons on the tour. If any Client acts in a contravention of the above, the Company shall be entitled to terminate that clients participation on the tour without refund of any monies paid and without liability to the Company or its servants or agents, In these circumstances the Client shall at the Clients expense and responsibility be obliged to make his/her own way home.
11.2 Any complaints should be telephonically reported to the Company at the time of incident and should be followed up in writing to the Company, marked for the attention of the Customer Service Manager, no later than 30 days after the incident or inconvenience has occurred.
11.3 Complaints should be emailed to martina@peoplelikeussafaris.com or forwarded in writing to 4 Milner Court, Salisbury Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa 7925.
11.4 The Company will attempt to deal with your complaint as soon as possible and will make every effort to resolve same. The Company will acknowledge the complaint and endeavour to investigate and resolve same within a 30 period and provide feedback of such to the Client in writing.
11.5 You agree that the Company may from time to time send you communications regarding (without being limited to) special offers or discounts which the Company may negotiate for and offer to its Clients and/or new services or products launched. All communications will abide by our Privacy Policy and applicable law. You will always be entitled to notify us in writing that you do not wish to receive or continue to receive such communications and if you are a consumer as contemplated in the CPA, to pre-emptively block the receipt of such communications.
12. CONFIDENTIALITY
12.1 The Company undertakes to take all reasonable and necessary steps to protect the confidential information of Clients.
12.2 The Client hereby authorises the Company to electronically record and store the following information:-
12.2.1 His/her Full name and surnames;
12.2.2 His/her Contact telephone numbers;
12.2.3 His/her Electronic mail address;
12.2.4 His/her IP address;
12.2.5 13.2.6 His/her Non-personal browsing habits and click patterns;
12.2.6 His/her Profile information; and
12.2.7 His/her Travel information.
12.3 The Client authorises the Company to use the aforementioned information for the following purposes:-
12.3.1 To communicate requested information to the Client;
12.3.2 To notify the Client, where authorised, of the Company’s services, offers and promotions from time to time.
13. GENERAL
13.1 No variation of this agreement shall be of any force or effect unless it is reduced to writing and is signed by both parties.
13.2 These Terms and Conditions together with the Customer Booking Form contain all the terms and conditions of the agreement between the parties. The parties acknowledge that there are no understandings, representations or terms between them, save for those as set out herein.
13.3 If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of law to be invalid or void, such provision will be severed from the remaining provisions, without effecting the remainder of the agreement hereof.
13.4 No extension, latitude or any other indulgence which may be given or allowed by any party in respect of performance of any obligation hereunder, and no delay in the enforcement of any right of any party arising from this agreement will in any circumstances be construed as implied consent or election by such party or operate as a waiver or novation of, or otherwise affect any parties rights in terms of this agreement.
13.5 PHOTOGRAPHY – The Company reserves the right to make use, without giving any further notice, of any photograph or video produced by People Like Us Safaris without payment or permission.
13.6 This Agreement and all matters or disputes arising there from or incidental thereto shall be governed and construed with the accordance of the laws of the Republic of South Africa.
13.7 The Client consents to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate’s Court, notwithstanding the fact that the amount involved exceeds the jurisdiction of the Magistrate’s Court. The Client agrees, however, that the Company in its sole and absolute discretion may institute any such action or proceedings in any division of the High Court that may have jurisdiction and further agrees that each party shall borne their own associated legal cost.
13.8 The Client shall not be entitled to cede any of its rights or assign any of its obligations under this Agreement.
13.9 If the Company institutes any legal proceedings against the Client to enforce any of its rights under this agreement, it shall be entitled to recover from the Client all legal costs that it incurs to its own attorneys on an attorney/own client basis, including but not limited to collection commission and tracing agent charges.
13.10 The company will use reasonable endeavours to make its services available to its Clients, and to maintain the availability thereof for use by its Clients. However, we provide the services “as is” and “as available” and do not warrant or guarantee that the services will at all times be free of errors or interruptions, be always available, fit for any purpose, not infringe any third party rights, be secure and reliable, or will conform to your delivery timeline requirements subject always to the provisions of the CPA where applicable.
14. FORCE MAJEURE
14.1 During the course of a tour, weather, road conditions, mechanical breakdowns and accidents beyond the control of the Company can influence the performance of a tour. In the unforeseen event of any of these aforementioned events occurring, the Company shall provide the use of the vehicle, all camping equipment and crew services. Personal expenses, meals, alternative accommodation and all other resulting costs, including the cost of flying home are to be borne by the Client. The Company strongly recommends travel insurance.
14.2 The Company shall not be liable for a failure to perform any of its obligations insofar as it proves:-
14.2.1 that the failure was due to an impediment beyond its control;
14.2.2 that it could not reasonably be expected to have taken the impediment and its effects upon its ability to perform, into account at the time of the conclusion of this Agreement; and
14.2.3 that it could not reasonably have avoided or overcome the impediment or at least its effects.
14.3 An impediment, as aforesaid may result from events such as the following (this enumeration not being exhaustive):-
14.3.1 war, whether declared or not, civil war, civil violence, riots and revolutions, acts of sabotage;
14.3.2 natural disasters such as violent storms, cyclones, earthquakes, tidal waves, floods, destruction by lightning and fire;
14.3.3 explosions, fires, destruction of machines, factories and any kind of installations;
14.3.4 boycotts, strikes and lock-outs of all kinds, go-slows, occupations of factories and premises and work stoppages;
14.3.5 acts of authority, whether lawful and unlawful.
14.4 In the event that the Company invokes force majeure, it shall use its best endeavours to terminate the circumstances giving rise to force majeure and upon termination of these circumstances giving rise thereto, shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Client.
14.5 In the event that the Company invokes force majeure, it shall not be liable to provide a refund. Any refunds will be at the goodwill and discretion of the Company and cannot be guaranteed.
14.6 The Company cannot be held liable for non-performance due to Force Majeure.
15. ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES AND LEGAL PROCESS
15.1 Each party chooses as its domicilium citandi et executandi (“domicilium”) for all purposes under this Agreement, whether for serving any court process or documents, giving any notice, or making any other communications of whatsoever nature and for any other purpose arising from this agreement (“notice”), as follows:
The Company: 4 Milner Court, Salisbury Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa 7925.
The Client: the address as provided by the Client on the Customer Booking Form.
15.2 Either of the parties may change its domicilium to another address, by way of a notice to the other party to this Agreement, provided that such a notice is received by the addressee at least 7 days prior to such a change taking effect.
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