Terms

Terms & conditions- Website

 

Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern our relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.

 

The term Ski Butler or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

 

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use: The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

 

Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.

 

All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.

 

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

 

Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

 

From time to time, this website may also include links to other websites.

 

These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

 

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

 

 

Terms & conditions - Services

 

1. Interpretation

In these conditions:

‘Company’ means Ski Butler a trading style of Ski Butler Ltd aUk company whose company registered number is 09336347.

‘Conditions’ mean these standard terms and conditions for the sale and supply of services

‘Contract’ means the contract between the company and the client for the sale and supply of services.

‘Customer’ means a business or consumer whose order for services is accepted by the company.

‘Group’ means all members of any group participating in a Ski Butler hire.

‘Lead Customer’ means the person who makes the booking on behalf of the group and who will be our point of contact (and any substitute for this person).

‘Arrangements’ means the taxis, entertainment door fees, bar tabs, restaurant bills pursuant to this agreement or any other agreement between you and us.

‘Services’ means the services which the company is to supply in accordance with these terms and conditions.

 

2. Complete agreement

(i) These conditions shall govern the contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions between the company and the customer and no variation to the contract or these conditions (including the incorporation of the customer’s standard terms and conditions of business) shall be binding upon the company unless agreed in writing by the company and signed by an authorised representative of the company.

(ii) The company’s agents. Or representatives are not authorised to make and representations concerning the service unless an authorised representative of the company confirms such representations in writing.

(iii) Any typing, clerical or other error or omission in any sales literature, price list, invoice or other documentation or any information issued by the company (in whatever form and on any media) Shall be subject to correction without any liability on the part of the company.

 

3. Contract.

(i) No order submitted by the customer shall be deemed to be accepted unless expressly confirmed (in whatever form and on whatever media) by an authorised representative of the company by means of confirmation or until the company has begun provision of the services, whichever is first in time.

(ii) The customer shall be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any order submitted by the customer including giving the company any necessary information relating to the contract and delivery (as the case may be) within sufficient time to enable the company to provide the services as requested by the customer.

(iii) By booking with us, it will be assumed that you have had the opportunity to have read and understood our Terms and Conditions of Booking and to have done so before a contract between us came into existence. It is understood that the Lead Customer has the authority to deal with us on behalf of the group. If there is any change in the Lead Customer, you should inform us in writing immediately. The Lead Customer must be authorised to make the booking on the basis of these Booking Conditions by all persons in the group and their parent or guardian for all group members who are under 18 when the booking is made. We can only accept bookings if the Lead Customer is a minimum of 18 years and over. You must check all documents (including any tickets or vouchers) sent to you and inform us at once if any information detailed on the booking confirmation or any other document appears to be inaccurate or incomplete.

 

4. Price

(i) Costs quoted to you at the time of your enquiry are correct to the best of our understanding at that time. It is possible that prices may alter before any booking is actually made. We will advise you of any change in price or error of which we are aware before you book with us. We reserve the right to amend and correct errors in prices at any time before we confirm any booking. Once a booking has been confirmed by us then subject to other clauses in these booking conditions, the price will not vary.

(ii) All costs stated in the company’s literature (in whichever form and whatever media) issued by the company may be changed by the company at any time without giving notice to the customer.

(iii) The prices for the services stated in any invoice shall be exclusive of VAT where applicable.

(iv) The customer shall be liable for any reasonable additional cost incurred by the company in the event of variation, provision, or suspension of any order by the customer. This also includes the cost of the Butlers entry into any venue with you , Butlers own return taxi journey at the end of a Night Butler engagement, interim taxis required in performing duties on your behalf, such as taxi charges from picking up / swapping clothing equipment from hotels whilst you remain at venue , taxi costs of accompanying guests to chalets and returning to the group . We encourage all clients to meet these costs at the time directly wit the 3rd party agent and not require our Butler to self finance. If the costs are not met by you at the time directly . The Butler will make a contemporaneous note of the costs and retain any evidence for the basis of charge to levied. The Butler will seek to notify you of these at the time , however noting that some clientele may not fully recollect all, contemporaneous evidence is maintained by the Butler, this may include photographs solely to evidence the Butler in locale in performing your engagement. No rights to publishing have been provided by you and discretion is fully assured and warranted.

All costs remain those of the client at all times, including bar costs . In these instances where possible the venue card transaction machines will be brought to you otherwise you will account in cash and the Butler will return with the change and receipt. Where applicable on larger costs contemporaneous evidence such as photos of the receipt will be retained by the Butler to evidence the transaction being fully completed on your behalf, and return of change where applicable.

(v) A charge will be applied to all credit card transactions.

 

5. Payment

Bookings of Ski Butler staff

(i) Full payment for all bookings is to be received in full by debit/credit card, a minimum of 2 days prior to the provision of the services or at such time outside this provision as may be agreed by an authorised representative of the company. All payments are always in advance of service.

(ii) The time of payment shall be of the essence of the contract and receipts for payment shall only be issued to the customer only upon request.

(iii) If the customer fails to make any payment on the due date then (without prejudice to any other rights or remedies the company may have) the company shall be entitled to cancel the contract or suspend the provision of any services to the customer.

(iv) For any extra hours signed for by the client on the day of the booking the client will be invoiced at a rate of Euro 80.00 plus VAT if applicable for each hour signed for. Payment for such hours will be due on the next working day after the event date. No money should be paid directly to the butler/s for additional hours. By signing the Job Sheet provided by the butler the client is authorising payment on the Credit/Debit Card that was used to make the booking..

(v) The time of payment shall be of the essence of the contract and receipts for payment shall only be issued to the customer only upon request.

(vi) If the customer fails to make any payment on the due date then (without prejudice to any other rights or remedies the company may have) the company shall be entitled to cancel the contract or suspend the provision of any services to the customer.

 

6. Cancellations

Bookings of Ski Butler staff

(i)Any cancelation within a next day prior to supply for whatever reason for a confirmed booking shall result in the loss of 50% any and all payment accepted by the company. The company reserves the right to levy the full cost of any booking. Any cancelation prior to the period stated above shall result in the loss of a Euro 50.00 administration fee. Any cancellation after 100% of the booking.

(ii) The Butler is empowered to terminate the engagement with you at any point under the provision of clause 7(iii) without any requirement or obligation on the company to provide a refund for any services and without any prejudice to the company’s right to charge you any unrecovered costs properly incurred per 4(iv). So please treat our Butlers with respect .

 

7. Risk

(i) The company will not be liable in any manor whatsoever for the loss or damage to any property belonging to the customer during the provision of the services.

(ii) The company shall not be held responsible in any manner whatsoever for any offence caused to any person in the provision of the services and the customer is held to understand the full nature of the services provided and exercise their full discretion in booking the services of the company.

(iii) Should any Butler, employee, agent, representative or servant of the company at any time during the provision of the services feel the actions of the customer and or conditions under which the services are to be provided is such as to constitute a threat to their comfort of health and safety or well-being the company, including fair-treatment and respect, reserves the right to immediately withdraw and cancel all further services to the customer and the customer will immediately forfeit all funds paid to the company. The Butler is empowered to make these decisions without reference to base office at any time in order to protect their interests. Night Butlers stay in frequent communication with base office in order to track and confirm their safety at all times. We remind all clients that it is a condition of service that our Butlers cannot join you in any alcoholic beverages, should you wish our Butlers to socialise with you also then they are permitted to consume non-alcoholic beverages with you, should you wish. You are of course not required or under any obligation to provide refreshments for your Butler.

 

8. Indemnity

The customer shall indemnify the company and Butler against all proceedings, costs, fees, expenses, payments, liabilities, losses and damages arising out of the breach or negligent performance by the customer of any terms of the contract.

The customer will also indemnify the company and Butler against all proceedings, costs, fees, expenses, payments, liabilities, losses and damages arising in the performance of the services at the bequest of the client.

 

9. Troncs

Tips and gratuities are in no way obligated or expected in the provision of the services by your Butler.

 

10. Intellectual property

The copyright of any work commissioned by the customer shall be retained by the company.

The customer shall not without express agreement of the company use, exploit or reproduce any media in any form whatsoever obtained during the provision of services.

 

11. Force majeure

The company shall not be liable to the customer or deemed to be in breach of the contract for any reason of delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of the company’s obligations in relation to the services, where the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the company’s reasonable control and without prejudice to the generality or foregoing the following shall be regarded (without limitation) as cause beyond the companies reasonable control:

a) Acts of God, explosion, flood, tempest, fire or accident, weather clause 12;

b) War or threat of war, sabotage, insurrection, civil disturbance or requisition.

c) Acts, registration, regulations, bye laws or measures of any kind on the part of any governmental, parliamentary, or local authority.

 

12. Weather

As you will understand, we have no control over the weather. The provision of favourable weather to allow you to take part in your chosen activities does not form part of our contractual obligations to you. There is always unfortunately the risk that you may be unable to take part in weather dependent activities due to poor weather. If this occurs, you will not be entitled to change or cancel your Arrangements without paying our normal charges. You will not be entitled to the options and/or compensation set out above. We will endeavour to find substitute activities or Arrangements but please understand that these may only be available at an additional charge to you.

 

13. General

(i) No waiver by the company of any breach of contract by the customer shall be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision of these conditions.

(ii) The company reserves the right to amend these conditions in respect of any promotion, offer, or the like made or issued by the company from time to time in relation to services.

(iii) These conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

 

14. On Piste

(i) The provision of any paid services on piste is strictly prohibited by local law, therefore any assistance in the performance of our Butlers duties that happens to be on-piste is incidental to the main provision of the services which is to act as your assistant throughout your engagement.

(ii) A Butlers duties are to accompany you at all times and be at your disposition our Butlers will follow you on piste and have a good level of skiing/ snowboarding expertise such that they should not prejudice your on piste experience.

(iii) No instructions, guiding, ski host, leading or informal instruction is provided or implied.

(iv) All decisions in respect to leading or where to go remain those of you , our Butlers of course have knowledge of the area such that they can recommend good eating venues or easy transportation links or areas of beautiful scenery for a specific photo , however the decision on piste route making remains that of you. The Butler provides no assurance as to safety, your ability to ski at the adequate level or the groups expertise. The Butler is there to assist you in the duties such as organisation of lunch, swapping equipment, carrying your equipment, taking your photos ( with your own equipment, again a regulated area).

 

15. Changes and Cancellations by us

We sometimes have to make changes to and amend errors in website and other literature both before and after bookings have been confirmed and cancel confirmed bookings. Whilst we always attempt to avoid changes and cancellations, we must reserve the right to do so. Most changes are negligible. If we have to make a significant change or cancel, we will inform you as soon as possible. Whilst we always endeavour to avoid changes and cancellations, we must reserve the right to do so. Any and all changes are guaranteed to be of equal or superior quality and value.

Occasionally, after your Arrangements have commenced we or our suppliers may be forced by Force Majeure to change or cancel part or all of your booking. If this does happen then we regret that we will be unable to provide any refunds (unless we receive any from our suppliers) offer any compensation or any losses or expenses you incur as a result. We will try to assist you to secure alternative arrangements but you will have to pay any associated and/or additional costs in doing so and arising out of the alternative arrangements.

 

16. Our liability

(1) When booking, our contract with you and the service we provide to you is to supply and book the Arrangements for you. We promise to take reasonable care in sourcing the supplier(s) who will provide your Arrangements. We have no liability for the provision of the actual Arrangements themselves or for the acts or omissions of the supplier(s) concerned or any of its employees, agents, suppliers or subcontractors. Please note it is your responsibility to show that all reasonable skill and care has not been used if you wish to make a claim against us. Please note: we do not exclude any liability for death or personal injury arising as a result of our negligence or that of our employees providing they were at the time acting within the course of their employment with us. Please note: Sub clauses (2) (6) below are all subject to and without prejudice to sub clause (1) above.

(2) We will not be accountable for any injury, illness, death, loss (for example loss of enjoyment), damage, expense, cost or other sum or claim of any description whatsoever which results from any of the following: -

• the act(s) and/or omission(s) of any person(s) affected or any member(s) of your party; or

• the act(s) and/or omission(s) of a third party not connected with the provision of your Booking and which were unforeseeable or unavoidable; or

• Force Majeure / Weather

(3) Please note we cannot accept responsibility for any services which do not form part of your Booking. This includes, for example, any additional services or facilities which your hotel or any other supplier agrees to provide for you that we have not booked for you and any excursion you purchase during your stay. In addition, regardless of any wording used by us on our website, in any of our quotes or elsewhere, we only promise to use all reasonable skill and care as set out above and we do not have any greater or different liability to you.

(4) The promises we make to you about the booking we have agreed to source and book as part of our agreement - and the laws and regulations of the country in which your claim or complaint occurred - will be used as the basis for deciding whether the activity in question had been properly provided. If the particular Arrangements which gave rise to the claim or complaint complied with local laws and regulations applicable to those Arrangements at the time, the Arrangements will be treated as having been properly provided. This will be the case even if the Arrangements did not comply with the laws and regulations of the UK which would have applied had those Arrangements been provided in the UK.

(5) We limit the maximum amount we may have to pay you for any claims you may make against us. For all claims which do not involve death or personal injury, if we are found liable to you on any basis the maximum amount we will have to pay you is 1.25 times the value of your booking (excluding insurance premiums and amendment charges).

(6) Please note, we cannot accept any liability for any damage, loss, expense or other sum(s) of any description (a) which on the basis of the information given to us by you concerning your booking prior to our accepting it, we could not have foreseen you would suffer or incur if we breached our contract with you or (b) which did not result from any breach of our agreement with you or other fault by ourselves or our employees. Additionally we cannot accept liability for any business losses.

 

17. Insurance

We suggest that you take out adequate personal insurance for your protection. Such insurance should cover the cost of cancellation by you and/or any member of your party and the cost of assistance in the event of illness or accident. We stress that some of the activities you may book are by their nature inherently dangerous and by participating in these you acknowledge and assume the risks involved. We cannot be responsible for injury or loss suffered by you other than as expressly set out in these booking conditions. For this reason, we request that you be fully and adequately insured. Additionally, should you participate in events which do not form part of the Arrangements booked with us it should be understood that this is also at your own risk and it is your responsibility to obtain the relevant insurance. Please confirm with your Insurers that your insurance policy covers the activities you will be participating in. We never act as a principal only your disclosed agent.

 

18. Behaviour

(a). We reserve the right to terminate your booking if your behaviour or that of any members of the group is likely in our opinion to cause distress, damage, danger or annoyance to customers, other members of the party, employees, property or anyone else. If you are prevented from travelling or participating in any activity because we or any person in authority thinks you appear to be unfit to travel or likely to cause discomfort to or disturb other participants, you will not be able to complete your Arrangements and we will not be liable for any refund, compensation or any costs you have to pay. We cannot accept liability for the behaviour of others in your accommodation or any persons taking part in any event associated and/or in the same environment which forms part of your Arrangements or if any facilities or services are removed as a result of their action.

(b). You accept that when you book through us, you accept accountability for the proper conduct of yourself and other members of the party during your stay. We or the accommodation provider or other supplier reserves the right (acting reasonably) to cancel all or part of your booking in question of any member of the party due to misconduct. You are also liable to make reimbursements to the accommodation provider or other supplier for any damage caused during your visit. If you fail to do so, you will be responsible for meeting any claims subsequently made against us (together with our own and the other parties full legal costs) as a result of your actions. Some suppliers will require a deposit to be paid by you at the time of arrival in order to cover potential damage. Deposit will be refunded when you leave provided that there is no damage to the suppliers facilities.

(c). You agree to ensure that all members of the party comply with all event timetables of the events. Failure to keep to the timetables may result in either discontinuation of the event or cancellation of the said event. We will not be liable for any refund, compensation or any costs that may be incurred by you as a result.

(d). You agree to make sure that all members of the party act at all times in a safe and responsible manner and abide by all safety procedures, pay attention and be present at all safety and information briefings which are applicable to the arrangements booked, make any persons in authority without delay aware of any equipment or site deficiencies or concerns, dress suitably for any activity as advised by our suppliers and observe and obey all laws, requests, terms of use of any supplier, including accommodation and entertainment venues.

(e). Many events and activities require a high level of concentration and the use of alcohol or drugs or being under the influence of alcohol or drugs whilst taking part in such events is strictly prohibited. If you or any member of your party have, in the reasonable opinion of our suppliers, been using drink or drugs or fail to act in a safe responsible manner, they reserve the right to cancel your participation immediately. In this event we will not be liable to pay you any refund, compensation or any costs incurred by you.

 

19. Health

Some of the activities booked by you will require a good level of fitness, strength and endurance. You are responsible for ensuring that you have the appropriate level of fitness. Many events are not suggested for those with any disability, illness or infirmity. If you have an existing medical issue, allergies or disability which may affect your participation you must let us know the details of such condition prior to making a booking. If in our reasonable opinion we deem that your chosen Arrangements are not suitable for you taking into account your medical problem or disability or you are not being accompanied by someone who could provide all the assistance you may reasonably require where it is reasonable for us to require this we can refuse to accept your booking. If we find out after you have made the booking that you have an existing medical problem or disability and you are not being accompanied by someone who could provide all the assistance you may reasonably require as referred to above and you have failed to give us this information at the time of booking, we reserve the right to cancel the booking. Please note that some of the Arrangements we feature are inherently dangerous and by booking these Arrangements you accept the inherent risks please also see clause 7.

 

20. Complaints procedure

Any complaints as to the service provided should be communicated within 7 days in writing if your complaint or claim does not involve death or personal injury or illness or within 3 months of returning from your holiday if your complaint or claim involves death, personal injury or illness. The company and any such complaint will be responded to within 5 working days of receipt within the period stated above.

In the highly improbable event that you have to pay for any element of a booked activity through us where you had already paid us for this activity then you must obtain a receipt and provide us with this receipt in order for us to reimburse any expense incurred by you.

 

21. Terms and Conditions of Suppliers

Many of the activities which make up your booking are provided by independent suppliers. Those suppliers offer these services in accordance with their own terms and conditions. In some instances these terms and conditions may limit or exclude the supplier's liability to you. Copies of the relevant terms and conditions are available on request.

 

22. Miscellaneous

You acknowledge and agree that the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 (the Regulations) do not apply to your agreement with us or to the Arrangements and that we have no liability under the Regulations.

 

23. Rights of Third Parties

We both hereby exclude any rights that any other party may have in relation to this Agreement under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

 

24. Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement and all matters arising out of it shall be construed and governed according to English law and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.