General Terms and Conditions
Vintage Classics Ltd hereinafter referred to as "We" or "Us". Whereas Vintage Classics Ltd aims to make the "Drive Your Dream" hire of our vehicles a most enjoyable experience and the booking process as easy as possible in order to protect both parties and to avoid disappointment it is essential that you acquaint yourself with our terms and conditions in order to ensure everything goes smoothly before, during and after your hire. You are reminded that some of our cars are nearly 60 years old – please treat them with respect. The mileage limit is a limit and not a target.
Vintage Classics Limited Self Drive Hire Terms and Conditions.
Definitions:
- Owner/We/Us: Vintage Classics Limited.
- Customer/Hirer: The person paying for vehicle hire.
- Driver/Nominated Driver: The person(s) entitled and insured to drive the vehicle.
We reserve the right to refuse to hire any vehicle at our sole discretion.
Hirer / Driver own vehicle may be left at our premises entirely at own risk.
This agreement is a contract subject to English Law and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Hirer / Driver own vehicles may be left at our premises entirely at own risk.
This agreement is a contract subject to English Law and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Liability
Nothing in these terms and conditions shall limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or for any other liability that cannot be lawfully excluded.
Subject to the above, our total liability, in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, howsoever arising, under this contract shall be limited to the total sum payable to us, as set out in the hire contract. We cannot be held liable for any consequential or indirect loss caused by an event making the car unavailable; including but not limited to breakdown; accident, howsoever caused; bad weather making driving unsafe. We recommend that clients take out insurance against the hire being foreshortened or cancelled by such events.
We will not be liable for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations that is caused by an event outside our reasonable control.
1. Driver Requirements
Driver must:
2. Customer Requirements
Customer Must:
- 1. Provide a £50 deposit at the time of booking to secure the vehicle of choice. The balance of hire charge is payable 14 days prior to commencement of the hire period for chauffeured services. Self drive hire balance is payable on the day of hire.
- 2. Pay the full amount in respect of a Gift Voucher at the time of purchase.
- 3. Nominate Driver(s) at time of Booking. Additional Drivers may be added at an additional charge per person, per day, provided they meet the criteria described in "1. Driver Requirements", above, in full.
- 4. Consent to verification of information provided by you via credit agencies or any other source.
- 5. Under the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 consent to records being held in order that we can apprise client of our other offers and services and retain to comply with insurance and financial regulations. Please see our Privacy Policy.
- 6. Give at least 28 days notice of cancellation for which an administration charge of £50 will be incurred. Notice received less than 28 days from date of hire will incur the full hire charge in accordance with the tariff for that vehicle and no refund shall be due. You and all Drivers are recommended to take out insurance to cover short notice cancellation of less than 28 days notice so that you can recover the charges from your insurance.
- 7. Use Gift Vouchers within a twelve month period from date of issue. Gift Vouchers are transferable for both Driver (provided criteria of Driver Requirements under 1 is met) and vehicle but no refund shall be due in respect of unused Vouchers.
- 8. Be responsible for their personal property left on our premises or in our vehicle. We will not be liable for any loss or damage unless it can be shown to be the result of our negligence.
- 9. A booking (verbal or written) will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
- 10. All drivers MUST be present at handover of the vehicle unless otherwise agreed by us.
3. Vehicle Restrictions
Vehicle may not be:
- 1. Driven by anyone other than the Nominated Driver(s).
- 2. Left unlocked or insecure whilst unattended. All security devices that are provided must have been in use whilst unattended.
- 3. Driven recklessly in a manner likely to cause personal injury, damage to the vehicle or any third party. Our vehicles are fitted with telemetry and trackers - this will allow us to view real time driver behaviour and if, in our opinion, damage is caused through speeding or harsh acceleration the driver will be held fully liable for that damage. If the Driver is responsible for any damage unrecoverable from our own or third party insurers then they will be held liable for full costs.
- 4. Used for any purpose that is not covered by our Schedule of Insurance, a copy of which will be provided to you on request.
- 5. Used for carrying goods of any description (save for personal luggage), passengers for reward, towing, any motor sport (including but not limited to any on or off road, trial, track, hill climb or rally without our express and written permission), pets, driving tuition or any illegal purpose. For the avoidance of doubt please ask.
- 6. Driven in an unroadworthy condition. The vehicle is provided to you in good roadworthy order but if should it become unroadworthy it must not be used on the public highway. You should immediately inform us of the circumstance and we will arrange for rectification of the cause by ourselves or a third party. Compensation in the form of partial refund and or future hire is available in the event of a breakdown not attributable to the hirer.
- 7. Driven within the London orbital motorway (M25), to any port or outside of mainland Britain.
- 8. For the benefit of future Drivers, smoked in. All our vehicles including roadsters, are completely non-smoking and additional charges may be applied should smoke damage occur or additional cleaning is required upon the vehicles return.
Vehicle must be:
- 9. Used solely for social, domestic and pleasure purposes.
- 10. Securely parked, off road, overnight and not left in a public car park
- 11. Returned to us in an undamaged condition and containing a full tank of petrol of the correct type for that vehicle, together with all equipment provided with the vehicle at the time of hire including keys, security devices, maps, tour routes, tools and toolkit. Failure to do so will incur additional charges as described in 1.11.
Vehicle is:
- 12. Available for you to collect at your appointment time as detailed in your booking letter – failure to arrive on time will result in your hire being foreshortened or may result in cancellation if we are unable to accommodate your late arrival due to our other commitments. It is essential if you are going to arrive late that you provide us with as much notice as possible.
- 13. Hired for successive periods of 24 hours, unless otherwise agreed with Owners and may be collected from our premises. Hire period will not be extended if Hirer / Driver fails to arrive at agreed collection time. Failure to return on time may result in an additional hire period being charged.
- 14. Available for a maximum mileage of 175 miles per 24 hour period of hire, thereafter mileage shall be charged at the rate of £2 pound per mile.
- 15. Subject to availability. In the event of mechanical breakdown or circumstances beyond our control whereby the car of your choice is unavailable we will immediately contact the Customer and arrange to provide either a substitute vehicle for the original hire period or an alternative date for the chosen vehicle.
- 16. Available subject to no adverse weather conditions. Should we deem weather conditions to be unsuitable or dangerous you may choose to arrange an alternative date for hire or receive full refund.
- 17. Covered by fully comprehensive insurance and includes Breakdown assistance.
- 18. Provided with a full tank of petrol.
- 19. Available for hire in periods of 24 hours, unless otherwise agreed, at the tariffs in issue at the time of booking. Hire may be extended subject to availability but cannot be hired for any period in excess of 30 consecutive days.
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