BALLOON SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LTD : TERMS & CONDITIONS
These terms and conditions do not affect your statutory rights. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions you must contact us within fourteen days of receipt of this information.
Voucher Purchase:
1. All purchases of a voucher for a hot air balloon flight experience must be made on our standard booking form.
2. Vouchers may be purchased by telephone if payment is made by credit card but you must send us a completed booking form as soon as possible.
3. This contract is made with you but you can give the flight experience (on the terms of this Contract) to someone else provided you tell us in writing. These Terms and Conditions will refer to that person.
4. It is our intention that all the terms of the Contract between us are contained in these Terms and Conditions and in the brochures and associated documents (if any) issued by us. If you wish to rely upon any variation in these terms you should ensure that the variations are agreed in writing by us when the completed booking form is returned. If you purchase a voucher through a booking agent or a hotel you should agree any variation in these terms with us and not the booking agent or the hotel.
Our obligations to you:
1. The voucher will entitle you to participate in a hot air balloon flight experience at a date, to be arranged, within 12 months of purchase including
- The preparation and inflation of the balloon for flight
- A flight in a hot air balloon
- A champagne celebration after the flight and a commemorative certificate signed by the pilot.
- The recovery of the balloon at the end of the flight
2. The voucher is not redeemable for cash.
3. Hot Air balloon flights are completely dependant upon weather and are regulated by the Air Navigation Order. It may be necessary to postpone a flight at any time if in our judgement the conditions are not safe or the flight would not be permitted under the Air Navigation Order. We will give you as much warning as operational procedures allow of any postponement but in order to ensure your safety we reserve the right to postpone a flight at any time up to the moment of launch.
4. It is intended that the balloon will be in the air for approximately 1 hour but the pilot has ultimate responsibility for deciding the duration and conduct of any flight and the appropriate time and place of any landing. We cannot guarantee that a flight will follow any particular direction.
5. If we have to postpone your flight on eight or more occasions and your voucher is then valid for a period of less than two months we will extend the validity period of your voucher to include the next three months of the main flying season which is April to October inclusive. If this extends the validity of the voucher into the main flying season of the next year, the voucher will also be valid for the intervening months.
6. We will make you a refund less our reasonable administration costs (Clause 9) in the following circumstances;
if you (the passenger) die or it is certified by a doctor that there is no possibility that you will be or were medically fit to fly (other than by reason of pregnancy) during the validity period of your voucher
if we have agreed in writing at the time of the voucher purchase that the flight must be taken on a specific date or within a specific period of time not more than one month and we are unable to fly at that time.
7. If you are unable to fly during the validity period of your voucher because you are pregnant we will extend the validity period by nine months.
8. Refunds in any other circumstances are at our discretion.
9. Our administration costs are based on 30 per cent of the voucher price.
10. We carry limited insurance cover against the risk of any injury to passengers and their belongings during the course of our flights in accordance with international agreements covering air transport. The level of cover varies from time to time as a result of currency fluctuations and you may not consider it adequate. We can provide further details upon request and if you do not consider the amount of insurance cover would be adequate to compensate you for any loss whether for death personal injury or damage to your belongings you should take out your own additional cover. We will not be liable for any loss or damage to equipment and personal effects including clothing brought with you on the flight nor for death or personal injury above the level of our insurance cover unless it has been caused by our recklessness.
11. We do not accept liability for any costs or expenses you incur if we have to postpone any flight, where the reason for the postponement is beyond our control.
12. We cannot supervise vehicles parked at the meeting point for a flight and vehicles and their contents are left at your risk and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage to your vehicle or contents unless it is due to our negligence.
Your obligations to us
1. Your voucher is valid for a period of 12 months from the date upon which it was bought. If your flight is not taken within that time you will lose the right to participate in a flight unless you have booked flights on eight occasions during the main flying season which have had to be postponed or the validity period of the voucher has been extended for some other reason under these terms and conditions.
2. You must make a first booking for a date within nine months of the purchase date and in the main flying season. If you do not do so and do not take your flight within the validity period the voucher will expire at the end of its validity period and you will lose the right to a flight. We will not make any refund in these circumstances.
3. If payment was not made in full when the voucher was purchased the balance must be paid ten days before the first date for which you book your flight.
4. You must telephone to check that the flight has not been affected by adverse weather conditions in accordance with our instructions.
5. You may postpone your flight
up to 36 hours before the meeting time for the flight which you have booked if your flight has been booked between Tuesday and Saturday inclusive
up to 72 hours before the meeting time for the flight if you have booked for a Sunday or Monday
provided that at the time you do so you reschedule your flight for a mutually convenient date within one month of the postponed flight.
6. If you do not give notice of postponement in accordance with paragraph 5 above or do not attend in time to take part in your booked flight, you will not be entitled to a re-scheduled flight nor to any refund.
7. We are not qualified to express an opinion confirming that you are fit to fly and you must ensure that you are fit to fly. You must not fly if you are suffering from any serious medical condition, or have recently undergone surgery unless you have a certificate of your fitness to fly from your doctor. You must not fly if you are pregnant or under the influence of drink or drugs.
8. Our paramount consideration is for your safety and the safety of others participating in the flight and you must obey all requests and instructions issued by any of our representatives and take particular care to abide by any safety instructions given. The pilot has complete discretion as to whether to allow you to take part in the flight and will refuse to allow you to do so if in his opinion you would be a risk to the balloon to other passengers or to yourself.
9. We will not fly children under the age of 7 years. A child under the age of 16 years will only be flown if accompanied by a responsible adult.
10. You should wear such appropriate clothing as is advised to you in advance of the flight and as further detailed in our brochure. Do not wear valuable clothes and shoes as sometimes deposits from the burners can cause staining on light coloured clothing. We often land in areas that require stout shoes.
11. On occasions you may be required to move launch sites on the day of your flight, this move will only be due to adverse wind directions, so as to achieve the flight safely and within the rules of Air Law.
All must agree to be bound by these terms and conditions before flying with us.
click here to print this page.
Registered Address: Pallant Court, West Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex TO19 1TG.
Registered Company No. 2703115 VAT No. GB 543 8145 42
|
