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Booking Conditions

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY. WHEN YOU MAKE A RESERVATION REQUEST WITH US (WHETHER BY EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR POST), THESE CONDITIONS ARE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY YOU.

1 Welcome

1.1 Welcome to www.Ashfordmill.com (the “Site“) which is owned and operated by Ashford Mill Developments Ltd (“we“, “our” or “us“, as applicable). Please see further the Contact us section below for our company and contact details.

1.2 These Booking Conditions apply to the reservations you make with us for holiday properties featured on our Site (“Bookings“), whether by telephone or via the Site. Please note that additional terms and conditions apply to the use of and access to the Site by you and other visitors. Please see our Terms of Use for details of those terms.

1.3 Please read these Booking Conditions and our Terms of Use together with their related policies carefully before you access, use, or make a Booking, as all these terms will apply when doing so. We recommend that you print or save a copy of all these terms and conditions for future reference. By making a Booking with us, you confirm that you accept all these terms and conditions and that you agree to comply with them.

1.4 We provide this Site so that you and other holidaymakers can reserve accommodation at Ashford Mill. We provide a service via this Site that allows you to make Bookings (“Booking Service)

1.5 To make these Booking Conditions easier to read, we use a number of definitions. We refer to: “Rental Contract” as the legally binding agreement between you Ashford Mill Developments Ltd for the Rental Services you receive in connection with a Booking; “Rental Charges” as the fees payable by you under the Rental Contract; “Deposit” as the initial instalment of the Rental Charges quoted during the Booking process and payable by you when making a Booking; “Rental Balance” as the balance of the Rental Charges payable by you after payment of the Deposit; “Holiday Period” as the dates for which you reserve a Property in your Booking; “Booking Details” as details specific to your Booking including the Property, Holiday Period and any restrictions notified to you during the Booking process; and “Guests” as holidaymakers other than you that are booked to stay at the Property during the Holiday Period under  your Booking.

1.6 We have a number of policies referred to in these Booking Conditions, including our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. They all form part of our agreement with you so please take the time to read them.

1.7 Every time you wish to use our Booking Service, please check these Booking Conditions to ensure you understand the terms and conditions which will apply at that time. Your attention is drawn in particular to the sections headed Our liability. These Booking Conditions were most recently updated on the date of posting that appears at the top of this page.

1.8 If you have any queries or concerns regarding these Booking Conditions, please contact us using the details set out in the Contact us section below.

  • Your privacy and our use of cookies
  • We take your privacy very seriously. Please read our Privacy Policy to see how we use your personal information, including the information you submit about yourself when making a Booking. By submitting your personal information to us, you agree to our use of that information in the ways described in our Privacy Policy.2 Like many online services we use a feature called a ‘cookie’, which is a small data file that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your device’s hard drive. References in these Terms to ‘cookies’ also include other means of automatically accessing or storing information on your device. By agreeing to these Booking Conditions, you are providing your consent for us to use cookies in the ways described in our Cookie Policy, however, you may delete any of these cookies at any time if you wish. Please see our Cookie Policy for detailed information on the types of cookies we use on the Site, the purposes for which we use each cookie, how you can disable and enable the use of certain cookies and the consequences of doing so.2.3 We may record telephone calls between us for monitoring and training purposes. In the event of a dispute between us, we reserve the right to review any recorded calls between us.

3 Our role

3.1 We reserve the right to refuse any Bookings in accordance with these Booking Conditions.

3.2 Once we have accepted a Booking in the way described in the Making a Booking section below, a legally binding Rental Contract will be formed between you and Ashford Mill Developments Ltd., under which we will make the Property available to you and provide the Rental Services for the Holiday Period.

3.3 The following will all form part of the Rental Contract between you and Ashford Mill Developments Ltd:

3.3.1 your Booking Details;

3.3.2 these Booking Conditions; and

3.3.3 any other special or additional conditions that we draw to your attention during the booking process before we accept your Booking.

  • Your use of our Booking Service

4.1 Our Booking Service is available to you for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not offer for resale any Booking Services or Rental Services for any Properties that appear on our Site without our express written permission.

5 Property and Rental Services Descriptions

5.1 We make every effort to ensure that the descriptions (including Rental Charges and availability) relating to the Properties and Rental Services on our Site are accurate and complete. These descriptions include details of the Property and Rental Services including photos, the availability period of the Property for rental, the Rental Charges and any additional charges, the facilities available at the Property, maximum occupancy numbers, any accreditations, awards or descriptions of quality relating to the Property including star ratings. If we discover a mistake or error relating to this information we will correct this promptly on our Site and will contact you if that information relates to a Booking that you have already made using our Site.

5.2 We do not independently verify accreditations, awards or star or other quality ratings and such ratings are only indicative of what level of quality you can expect from a particular Property.

5.3 Rental Charges shown on our Site are per Property (and not per person). It is your responsibility to check the total price before completing the Booking process.

5.4 We do not accept responsibility for any changes or closures to amenities or attractions mentioned in the Property or Rental Services descriptions on our Site.

6 Making a Booking

Eligibility

6.1 To be eligible to make a Booking and enter into a Rental Contract you must:

6.1.1 be 18 years of age or over and have the legal capacity to enter into legally binding agreements;

6.1.2 register with us on the Site (in advance or when Booking) or by telephone by providing your real name, phone number, email address and other requested information; and

6.1.3 possess a valid credit or debit card issued by a bank acceptable to us.

Booking methods

6.2 You may make a Booking directly using the Site or by contacting us by telephone or by email using the details in the Contact us section.

6.3 If you provide your Booking details to us by email, we will send to you a link on the Site so that you can make a Booking online.

The contract between you and us.

6.4 By making a Booking with us you are making an offer to:

6.4.1 receive our Booking Service; and

6.4.2 enter into a Rental Contract.

6.5 The following steps have to take place before a contract is made between us for the provision of the Booking Service and between you us for the provision of Rental Services under a Rental Contract:

6.5.1 you submit your Booking form to us on the Site by submitting your Booking Details and your payment details for processing by pressing ‘Pay Now’. Before submitting your Booking on the Site, the Booking process will give you the opportunity to review the Booking, these Booking Conditions and the Booking Details the Property. If you require, make amendments to your Booking. For telephone bookings we will read you details of your Booking and Booking Conditions for your confirmation. You may make any required amendments at this point. We will then request payment details and process these.;

6.5.2 you will receive an on-screen acknowledgement of your Booking and a receipt for your payment by email at the address provided. For telephone bookings we will verbally confirm your booking reference and will send you a receipt for your payment by email at the address provided;

6.5.3 we will check the availability of the Property relating to your Booking and, provided we have processed your payment, we will send you an email confirming your booking together with a copy of these Booking Conditions and other details relating to your Booking (“Booking Confirmation“);

6.5.4 we accept:

  1. a) your offer to receive our Booking Services; and
  2. b) your offer to enter into the Rental Contract, in each case, at the time we take payment for the Booking Fee and Deposit. Accordingly, nothing that we say or do will amount to any acceptance of your offer until we actually take payment for the Booking Fee and Deposit, at which point a contract will be made between us and you for the Booking Service Rental Services under the Rental Contract.

6.6 You will not be able to make a Booking for a Holiday Period that falls too far in the future. However, you may have the opportunity to make a provisional Booking via the Site for your desired Holiday Period. The fee for such Booking will be quoted during the Booking process. If you make a provisional Booking, we will notify you if and when the Property becomes available for Bookings for your desired Holiday Period. You may cancel a provisional Booking at any time by contacting us using our details in the Contact Us section and we will refund you 50% of the fee you have paid for the provisional Booking in full within 14 days of receiving your request. If you confirm your provisional Booking by making a Booking then we will deduct the fee for the provisional Booking from the applicable Booking Fee. If Ashford Mill Developments Ltd withdraws the Property from the Site or you do not make a Booking when we give you the opportunity to do so, the provisional Booking will be automatically cancelled and we will refund the fee you have paid for the provisional Booking in full within 14 days of cancellation.
All refunds will be made using your original payment method.

7 Fees, charges and payment

7.1 The fees and charges will be as quoted on this Site from time to time and, unless otherwise stated, are quoted in pounds sterling. We use our best efforts to ensure that these are correct at the time when the relevant information was entered onto our systems. However, it is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the fees and charges on the Site may be incorrectly priced. We will normally check these prices as part of our confirmation procedures so that:

7.1.1 where the actual Rental Charges or other fees are less than those quoted on the Site at the time you made your Booking, we will charge the lower amount when confirming the Booking to you; and

7.1.2 where the actual Rental Charges or other fees are higher than those quoted on the Site at the time you made your Booking, we will contact you as soon as possible to inform you of this error and we will give you the option of continuing to book the Property at the correct (higher) price or cancelling your Booking. We will not process your Booking until we have your instructions. If we are unable to contact you using the contact details you provided during the Booking process, we will treat the Booking as cancelled and notify you in writing.
7.2 The rental fees may change from time to time, but changes will not affect any Booking which we have confirmed with a Booking Confirmation.

7.3 All Booking Fees, Rental Charges and all other fees and charges quoted on this Site include VAT.

7.4 Before submitting your Booking online, you will be presented with details of the total Rental Charges payable for your Booking together with details of the following amounts payable at the time of your Booking:

7.4.1 the Booking Fee (which is non-refundable) once your Booking is confirmed);

7.4.2 the Deposit and, if the date the Rental Balance would normally fall due for that Booking has already passed, the Rental Balance too; and

7.4.3 any additional fees and charges quoted during the Booking process when you make your Booking (for example, card handling fees, heating supplements, pet charges and linen charges).
7.5 If you are paying a Deposit rather than the entire Rental Charges when making your Booking, you will also be presented with the date by which you will need to make payment to us for the Rental Balance. Please note, we may (but are not obliged to) contact you to remind you of the due date for payment of the Rental Balance.

7.6 We currently accept various forms of payment including via credit and debit card. Please refer to our Payment Methods page for details of the payment cards and methods that we currently accept.

7.7 We take the payments due at the time of Booking from your chosen payment method once you have entered your payment details and have clicked the ‘Confirm Card Details’ button, subject to payment authorisation.

7.8 If the Rental Balance or any other additional payments are due after you make your Booking, then:

7.8.1 if you authorised us to take payment for these amounts when you made your Booking, we will automatically take payment from you using your original payment method. If there has been a change to the Rental Charges due to changes in the exchange rates and additional amounts are payable, we will contact you before taking payment. Please see further paragraph 8.1 below; or

7.8.2 if you did not authorise us to take payment for these amounts when you made your Booking, you will need to make these payments either by using the payment feature within your account on the Site or by contacting us by telephone using the number in the Contact us section below.

8 Payment currencies, interest and credit card surcharges

8.1 During the booking process you may be presented with an option to pay for your Booking in one or more currencies. The payment currencies we accept for a particular Booking will be notified to you during the Booking process. The exchange rate for all payments will be based on exchange rates of Coutts Bank which are applicable on the day payments are made, which may increase and decrease based on changes in the market. If on the date your Rental Balance is due, changes to these exchange rates result in an increase of 5% or more to the Rental Charges we quoted at the time you made your Booking, then we may increase the Rental Balance to include this additional amount. If you do not wish to pay this amount, you may end your Rental Contract giving notice within 14 days of the date we notify you of the increase.

8.2 If you do not make any payment to us by the due date we may charge interest to you on the overdue amount at the rate of four per cent (4%) a year above the base lending rate of the Bank of England. This interest shall accrue on a daily basis from the due date until the date of actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. You must pay us interest together with any overdue amount.

8.3 We incur fees from credit card companies when you pay by credit card and will pass these on. Such credit card surcharges will be advised at the time of booking. We also reserve the right to charge you any banking fees we incur for handling dishonoured cheques, bank transfers or any other payments, which you must reimburse to us within seven (7) days of our written request.

8.4 Please note we charge a ‘good housekeeping bond’, which will be included alongside the charges quoted to you during the Booking process. We will communicate directly with you to collect and (if appropriate) return this bond. We must, within 7 days of the end of the relevant Holiday Period return all or part of the bond to you and, if retaining any part of the bond, notify you in writing of the reasons for doing so.

9 Gift vouchers

9.1 You may order gift vouchers from us by completing the Gift Voucher Purchase Form and posting the form to us at the address set out in our Gift Voucher page. You may choose to receive your gift vouchers by email or by post and we will send the vouchers using the method and address that you specify in the form within 30 days of the date we receive your form. If you have not received your gift voucher or code within the applicable period, please contact us using the details set out in the Contact us section.

9.2 Gift vouchers are available in denominations of £25 and can be used to pay for Bookings in part or in full. Where the cost of a Booking is less than the value of the gift voucher, no cash refunds will be given.

9.3 A gift voucher can be redeemed online during the Booking process by entering the unique code which appears on your gift voucher.

9.4 Gift vouchers are valid for a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase and can be used for any Booking with a Holiday Period that starts before the voucher’s validity period expires. Any remaining balance on a gift voucher may no longer be used after expiry of its validity period.

9.5 If a Booking is purchased with a gift voucher which is subsequently cancelled, any refunded amount will be credited to the gift voucher.

9.6 Gift vouchers cannot be exchanged for cash, replaced if lost or damaged and are non-refundable. Without our express written permission, we do not permit you or any third party to sell or trade our gift vouchers.

10 Your right to cancel or transfer a Booking

10.1 Please check all the details in your Booking Confirmation promptly after receiving the confirmation and notify us as soon as possible if you think we have made any mistakes or errors with your Booking.

10.2 Please contact us directly using the contact details in the Contact Us section if you would like to amend your Booking. If we agree to amend the Booking, additional charges including additional Rental Charges and/or an administration fee may also be payable to cover our costs of making the amendment. This does not affect your legal rights.

10.3 After you receive your Booking Confirmation:

10.3.1 you will not be entitled to cancel the Booking Service for a particular Booking and obtain a refund as we will already have completed the provision of the Booking Service for that Booking; and

10.3.2 you will not have a legal right to cancel the Rental Contract as the Rental Services provided under it are accommodation and leisure services for which the contract provides a specific period of performance. You may, however, end the Rental Contract in accordance with the section Your right to end a Rental Contract.

10.4 You may not transfer your Rental Contract to another person. If you do not stay at the Property during the Holiday Period but your Guests do, you will still be legally responsible for all your obligations under the Rental Contract and these Booking Conditions and your Guests’ compliance with them. Please see further paragraph 13.4.

11 Cancellations of your Booking by us

11.1 We may cancel your Booking if:

11.1.1 we become aware of any health and safety or quality-related issue with the applicable Rental Services or Property or its immediate surroundings (for example contamination to the Property’s water supply);

11.2 An Owner may cancel your Booking due to circumstances or events outside their reasonable control. Please see further paragraph 25.10.

11.3 If we cancel a Booking in accordance with this paragraph 11, we may (but are not obliged to):

11.3.1 arrange alternative accommodation for you and your Guests of an equivalent type and standard in a similar location. We will not be liable for any costs associated with arranging alternative accommodation and such alternative may be subject to the payment of additional charges by you if the Rental Charges for the alternative are higher than those under the cancelled Booking; and/or

11.3.2 offer any amounts paid by you in relation to the cancelled Booking.

12 Booking restrictions

12.1 The maximum Holiday Period for any Booking is generally 28 consecutive days, subject to availability.

13 Your responsibilities

13.1 You must make sure that all the information you provide to us in connection with your Booking is true, accurate, current and complete. If any of your details change (e.g. email address, postal address), you must promptly update your details.

13.2 You accept financial responsibility for all transactions made under your name or account.

13.3 You promise to us that during the Holiday Period:

13.3.1 that the number of people occupying the Property will not exceed the number stated on your Booking Confirmation;

13.3.2 that the Property will be used solely for the purpose of a holiday by you and your Guests;

13.3.3 that you will (and ensure that your Guests will) show all due consideration and respect for ourselves and our representatives, neighbours or other persons or parties that have a connection with the Property. This includes refraining from abusing your stewardship of the Property or dangerous, offensive, violent or anti-social behaviour towards such persons or parties;

13.3.4 that you will (and ensure that your Guests will) use the Property and Rental Services lawfully, will not abuse any facilities provided as part of the Rental Services and will comply with any health and safety or other policies or instructions notified to you by us in connection with the Property or Rental Services;

13.3.5 to allow us or our representative to access the Property at any reasonable time during the Holiday Period provided we provide reasonable advance notice (except in emergencies);

13.3.6 to keep the Property and all furniture, utensils, equipment, fixtures and fittings in or on the Property in the same state of repair and condition as at the commencement of the Holiday Period and to ensure that at the end of that period the Property is left in the same state of order and cleanliness in which it was found. We may make an additional, reasonable charge for professional cleaning after your and your Guests’ occupancy as may be required to return the Property to its original state of cleanliness and tidiness;

13.3.7 to report as soon as possible to us (or our representative) any breakages or damage caused by you or your Guests during the Holiday Period. Without affecting any other remedies that we have under the Rental Contract, you promise to fully reimburse the Owner for the cost of replacement or repair for such breakages or damage. We may collect such payments;

13.3.8 to arrive after 3 p.m. on the arrival day and to vacate the Property by 10 a.m. on the day of departure unless you have selected alternative check-in and check-out times during the Booking process (as detailed in your Booking Confirmation) or agreed otherwise with the Owner;

13.3.9 not to allow any person other than you and your Guests to use the facilities and amenities of the Property without the express permission of the Owner; and

13.3.10 to notify all Guests before the Holiday Period starts of your and their obligations under this paragraph 13.3.
13.4 You will be responsible for all Guests staying at the Property and the things they do (and do not do) even if you do not stay there yourself during the Holiday Period.

13.5 It is your responsibility to ensure you, your Guests and any allowed pets have the relevant travel and health documents and requirements needed for visiting the United Kingdom if you or your guests do not have a UK passport. These include any passport or other identification documents, visa requirements and, in the case of pets, any vaccines or microchips. We will not be liable for any expenses incurred resulting from your missing, incomplete or incorrect documentation or any non-compliance with such requirements.

13.6 In the event that you or any Guest fails to comply with the requirements set out above in paragraph 13.3, we (or our representative) can refuse to allow you and your Guests to enter and stay at the Property or can require you and your Guests to leave the Property before the end of the Holiday Period. In either case, you will be treated as having broken the terms of Rental Contract and the provision set out in our right to end a Rental Contract section will apply.

14 Owners’ responsibilities

14.1 The Owner will:

14.1.1 perform the Rental Services using reasonable care and skill;

14.1.2 as soon as possible, notify you in writing of any changes to the description of the Property and/or Rental Services relating to your Booking which would make our descriptions of the Property inaccurate, incomplete or misleading;

14.1.3 ensure that the Property is vacant and that you and your Guests have exclusive access to the Property and Rental Services for the full period of the Holiday Period;

14.1.4 ensure that suitable arrangements are in place for you to collect and return the keys for the Property;

14.1.5 not make any use of the Property (including conducting any viewings of the Property) during the Holiday Period;

14.1.6 show all due consideration and respect to you and your Guests including refraining from any dangerous, offensive, violent or anti-social behaviour towards you and your Guests;

14.1.7 comply with the terms of the Rental Contract and act in good faith at all times;

14.1.8 respond to queries, complaints and problems which arise during or after the Holiday Period and use its best efforts to resolve them; and

14.1.9 provide you with a VAT invoice at your written request.

15 Pets

15.1 Pets are only allowed as expressly stated in the Property description. If you take a pet to the Property which is not allowed, or exceed the stated number/size of pet(s), we (or our representative) has the right to:

15.1.1 refuse to allow you and your Guests to enter or stay in the Property; or

15.1.2 ask you and your Guests to leave the Property before the end of the Holiday Period.

15.2 If we exercise our rights under paragraph 15.1, the Owner may end the Rental Contract in accordance with the Owners’ right to end a Rental Contract section.

15.3 You will be liable for all damage caused by your and your Guests’ pets. If you are allowed a pet/pets in the Property, you should remove all traces (inside and outside) from the Property of pet occupation before you and your Guests’ vacate the Property at the end of the Holiday Period. The Owner may make an additional, reasonable charge for professional cleaning after your and your Guests’ occupancy due to any pets that have stayed at the Property. You must not allow pets on beds or on furniture within the Property and pets must not be left alone in the Property at any time. If you break the terms of this paragraph 15.3, we (or our representative) may notify you that you have broken those terms and if you continue to do so may end the Rental Contract and require you and your Guests to leave the Property before the end of the Holiday Period.

15.4 Registered assistance dogs are allowed in the Property featured on our Site, even where the property description states that pets are not allowed, provided that you comply with the provisions in paragraph 15.3. You must notify us of the intended presence of any assistance dogs prior to Booking. If you have an allergy to dogs, please be aware that we cannot guarantee that an assistance dog has not stayed in a particular Property recently. We cannot accept responsibility for any suffering which may occur as a result of such animals having been present in a Property.

16 Insurance

16.1 You are strongly advised to take out adequate travel insurance prior to departing for your holiday. It is your responsibility to check that your insurance cover is adequate.

17 Promises the Owner makes to you about the Property and Rental Services

17.1 We promise to you that:

17.1.1 we have the right to provide the Rental Services and enter into the Rental Contract with you

17.1.2 we will maintain, with a reputable insurance company, policies to meet our liabilities under the Rental Contract with you;

17.1.3 the Property and the Owner will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, in particular, relating to fire, health, safety and planning and data protection; and

17.1.4 the Property is properly maintained, clean, tidy and in good repair at the start of the Holiday Period.

18 Our liability

18.1 We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors; for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or for breach of your legal rights in relation to the Booking Service including the right to receive services supplied with reasonable skill and care.

18.2 To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, we disclaim any and all other promises, warranties, conditions, or representations relating to the Booking Service, whether express, implied, oral or written. In particular, we do not make any promises about:

18.2.1 the availability of the Booking Service or the Site or that they will be provided uninterrupted or error or virus-free;

18.2.2 errors or inaccuracies in any documentation including any documentation that appears on the Site; or

We shall not be liable to you for any losses in the event of overbooking, cancelling bookings in full or in part or due to circumstances or events beyond our control.

18.3 We do not authorise anyone to make any promises on our behalf.

18.4 We will not be responsible or liable:

18.4.1 for any losses related to any business of yours including but not limited to lost data, profits, revenue, business, opportunity, goodwill, reputation or business interruption.

You accept that we have not in any way selected or assembled your travel arrangements for you. Your accommodation arrangements are not a package and do not fall within the meaning of The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992

18.6 You acknowledge that personal belongings and vehicles (together with their contents) belonging to you and your Guests are left at the Property entirely at your and their own risk. We accept no liability to you for any loss, damage or injury to you or your Guests, or your or their personal property during the Holiday Period, except to the extent such loss, damage or injury is caused by our negligence.

18.7 If either we or you fail to comply with these Booking Conditions, neither of us shall be responsible for any losses that the other suffers as a result, except for those losses which are a foreseeable consequence of the failure to comply with these Booking Conditions. Losses are foreseeable where they were contemplated by you and us at the time we accept a Booking made by you.

20 Your rights as a consumer

20.1 We are under a legal duty to supply services that are in conformity with our respective contracts with you. You have certain legal rights as a consumer under the law and nothing in these Booking Conditions affects your legal rights. Advice about your legal rights in relation to the services we provide is available from your local Citizens’ Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office. For detailed information please visit the Citizens Advice website www.adviceguide.org.uk or call 03454 04 05 06.

21 Your right to end a Rental Contract

21.1 You may immediately end a Rental Contract:

21.1.1 if we have told you about an error in the charges or Booking Details or a significant error in the description of the Rental Services relating to your Booking and you notify us that you do not wish to proceed; or

21.1.2 if we notify you about a change to the Rental Charges due to changes in the applicable exchange rate and you notify us that you do not wish to proceed in accordance with paragraph 8.1.

21.2 Nothing in this paragraph 21 affects or reduces your legal rights as a consumer. Please see further paragraph 20.1 regarding where to obtain advice regarding your legal rights.

22 Owners’ right to end a Rental Contract

22.1 We may immediately terminate the Rental Contract with you if:

22.1.1 you and your Guests do not comply with the obligations set out in paragraph 13;

22.1.2 you do not comply with the applicable rules on pets in accordance with paragraph 15;

22.1.3 if you fail to pay any housekeeping bond on the date that payment of the bond is due; or

22.1.4 circumstances or events outside the Owner’s reasonable control prevent or are likely to prevent you and your Guests from staying at the Property for the Holiday Period or the Owner from complying with any other of its obligations under the Rental Contract.

23 Consequences of the Rental Contract ending

23.1 If you end the Rental Contract for the reasons mentioned in paragraph 21, we will refund to you the Booking Fee and the Owner will refund to you the Deposit and any other amounts paid by you for the Booking within 14 days of the date you notify us that you wish to end the Rental Contract.

23.2 If the Rental Contract ends during the Holiday Period, you must:

23.2.1 leave the Property together with all Guests as soon as possible;

23.2.2 notify the Owner (or their representatives) and us that you and your Guests have left the Property and the reasons for doing so; and

23.2.3 return the keys to the location instructed by the Owner.

23.3 Nothing in this paragraph 23 affects or reduces your legal rights as a consumer. Please see further paragraph 20.1 regarding where to obtain advice regarding your legal rights.

24 Complaints

24.1 If you wish to make a complaint about the Property or Rental Service, in the first instance please contact us (or our representative) as soon as possible. We take complaints from holidaymakers seriously and to do our best to resolve them, where possible.

24.2 If you make a complaint and are dissatisfied with our response, please contact us as soon as possible (and in any event within 28 days of the end of the Holiday Period for the relevant Booking) with full details of your complaint..

24.3 Nothing in this Complaints section will affect your legal rights or any right you may have to bring legal proceedings against Ashford Mill Developments Ltd. under a Rental Contract.

25 Other important terms

25.1 Written Communications. You agree to receive communications from us and Owners electronically and that electronic communications will satisfy any legal requirement for communications to be in writing.

25.2 Language. The English language version of these Booking Conditions shall prevail. Any contracts made under these Booking Conditions will be concluded in English.

25.3 Our reliance on these Booking Conditions. We intend to rely on these written Booking Conditions and any document expressly referred to in them in relation to the subject matter of any contract made under them. We and you will be legally bound by these Booking Conditions.

25.4 References to ‘including’ and other similar expressions. In these Booking Conditions, words that appear after the expression ‘include’, ‘including’, ‘other’, ‘for example’, ‘such as’ or ‘in particular’ (or any similar expression) will not limit the meaning of the words appearing before such expression.

25.5 We may transfer this agreement to someone else. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Booking Conditions to another organisation. We will contact you to let you know if this is planned. If you are unhappy with the transfer you may contact us to end the relevant contract within 14 days of us telling you about it and we or they will refund you any payments you have made in advance for services that have not been provided.

25.6 Events or circumstances beyond our reasonable control. If we are prevented or delayed from complying with any obligations under these Booking Conditions by anything you (or anyone acting on your behalf) does or fails to do or due to events or circumstances beyond our reasonable control, the inability or delay in performing those obligations will not be treated as a breach of the terms of these Booking Conditions. Examples of such events or circumstances include fire, flood