Terms Of Use

The following terms and conditions apply to all business conducted by Selective Travel Management with its clients, unless expressly stated by an authorised member of staff in writing. Please see below:

Standard terms and conditions of business

Before you commit to any travel arrangement that we propose, we will inform you of the booking conditions that apply to your individual journey. However, the following are our standard terms and conditions of business, which apply to all bookings, unless an alternative contract is specifically agreed in writing, with the client:

1. Definitions in these conditions of contract:

" SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT " means Selective Travel Management, a company incorporated under the Companies Acts trading variously as Selective Travel Management or Selective Groups or Selective Groups." Customer " means any person, firm or Company with whom SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT contracts for the provision of Travel Arrangement Services by SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT.
" Passenger " means any passenger in respect of whose travel SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT provides the Travel Arrangement Services on the instructions of the Customer;
" Third Party Suppliers " means any third parties who supply any travel by air, land or sea, accommodation, car-hire, travel insurance or other related travel services to the Customer.
" Travel Arrangement Services " means SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT's services in recommending, booking and/or otherwise arranging, negotiating and reporting of the supply of travel by air, land or sea, accommodation, car hire, travel insurance or other related travel services by Third Party Suppliers to the Customer.

2.   General

a)     The conditions shall be deemed to be incorporated into all contracts made by SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT with the Customer to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions and all work undertaken by SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT, shall be deemed to be carried out on the terms of these conditions unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT

b)   SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT shall provide such Travel Arrangement Services to the Customer as may be requested by the Customer from time to time.  In the absence of any express written instructions to the contrary, SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT may accept (and the Customer shall be bound by) any requests made by any employee, agent or other representative of the Customer.

c)   By making a booking, the Customer is entering into a legally binding contract with the relevant Third Party Supplier which is subject to the terms and conditions of that Third Party Supplier (copies of which are available to the Customer on request).  For the avoidance of doubt, SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT shall not be responsible for any default or failure in any supply by any Third Party Supplier or for any loss, claim, cost, damage or injury incurred by the Customer or any Passenger (directly or indirectly) as a result thereof.

d)   No Passenger or any other third party will have any rights against SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT, whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.

3.   Payment

a)   SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT shall contract with the Third Party Suppliers on behalf of the Customer and the Customer shall pay to SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT on demand all costs, fees, taxes etc invoiced by SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT to the Customer in respect of items contracted with the Third Party Suppliers.

b)   If credit account facilities have been made available by SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT to the Customer then all sums due by the Customer to SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT shall be payable as set out in paragraph 3(c) below.  SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT reserves the right to decline credit account facilities or to withdraw such facilities.  Should no such credit account facilities be made available by SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT to the Customer or should these facilities be at any time withdrawn then SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT reserves the right to request an advance payment from the Customer in respect of all contracts to be entered into on behalf of the Customer.  Upon the withdrawal of credit account facilities all monies owing to SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT will become immediately payable.

c)   Payment by the Customer of monies outstanding upon credit accounts is due as cleared funds within the terms stated on the related invoices.

4.   Refunds

a)     Credit notes or refunds (if any) for travel services not used may only be issued upon the return of the relevant documentation relating to the travel service concerned and are subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Third Party Supplier.  Failure to return the said documentation will imply an acceptance of the invoice for the travel services and payment will become due as per the standard payment terms set out in Clause 3 above.

b)     In the event that any cancellation or refund requires the consent of or calculation by the relevant Third Party Supplier then the account issued shall remain due and payable in terms of Clause 3 above and any sum refunded by the Third Party Supplier shall only be credited to the Customer's account on receipt of same by SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT from the Third Party Supplier.

c)   Without prejudice to the generality of Clauses 4(a) and 4(b) above, the Customer acknowledges and agrees that:

(i)  any credit notes or refunds in respect of rail travel services can only be issued provided the relevant documentation is returned within one month of date of the issue of the said documentation (or on any other terms relating to the ticket issued in respect of the rail services in question);

(ii)   not all tickets may be refunded or altered and that any refunds made may be liable to any fees which SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT and/or the Third Party Supplier may from time to time levy. 
If the Customer is unsure as to the cancellation and/or refund provisions of any particular ticket or the charges levied then clarification should be sought from SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT at the time of booking.

5.   Late Payments

In the event that any sums due by the Customer to SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT are not paid when due then, without prejudice to any other remedies of SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT, SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT may at any time:

(i)   suspend all or part of the provision of Travel Arrangement Services to the Customer; and/or

(ii) charge a late payment fee and statutory interest on the overdue sums, as permitted by the UK late payment legislation.

(iii) cancel (without any liability to the Customer or to any Passenger) any bookings made on behalf of the Customer, with any cancellation fees incurred as a result thereof being for the account of the Customer.

6.   Liability

a)   In the event of a claim by the Customer or by any Passenger in respect of the supply of the Travel Arrangement Services or any other liability whatsoever for which SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT is responsible in law, SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT's maximum liability is in any event restricted to the lesser of the total amount paid to SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT by way of fees for the supply of the Travel Arrangement Services concerned by the claimant or any additional expenses incurred by the claimant. 

b)   Subject to Clause 6(a) above, SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT shall incur no liability whatsoever to the Customer or any Passenger in respect of any direct, indirect or consequential losses (howsoever incurred).

c)   The Customer acknowledges and agrees that it is reasonable and prudent for the Customer (and/or any Passenger) to put in place a policy of insurance in respect of any loss, claim, cost, damage or injury incurred in connection with the Travel Arrangement Services or any travel resulting therefrom.  SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT shall use all reasonable endeavours to assist the Customer and/or the Passenger in obtaining such a policy of insurance from an insurer on the express request of the Customer and on payment of the appropriate premium.  The Customer agrees to make each and every Passenger aware of the provisions of this Clause

7.   Waiver  

In the event that SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT should at any time expressly or by implication waive any of its rights contained herein such waiver shall not be deemed to prejudice in any way the enforcement of such rights by SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT on any subsequent occasion.

8.   Variation

 SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT reserves the right to vary the terms of these Standard Conditions at any time by notifying the Customer in writing.  Any such variation shall take effect in respect of any Travel Arrangement Services supplied on or after the fifth working day following the date of posting said notification to any address to which SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT has invoiced the Customer in the preceding three months or to the last such address if no invoices have been issued in the preceding three months.

9.   VAT

VAT will be charged where applicable at the rate in force on the date of supply.

10. Data Protection

Each party shall ensure that it complies fully with the requirements of Data Protection Legislation and the Customer shall ensure that any communication of personal employee data to SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT and the Third Party Suppliers has been properly authorised by the employee concerned.  The Customer acknowledges that SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT may store the Customer's and employee's data outside of the European Economic Area, and consent is hereby granted to this.  The Customer consents to contact from SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT via e-mail, letter or phone about products and services that may be of interest to the Customer.

11. Jurisdiction and Governing Law

These terms and conditions, any supply of the Travel Arrangement Services to the Customer and/or the Passenger and any contracts between SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT and the Customer shall be governed by the law of Northern Ireland and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Northern Ireland , without prejudice to the right of SELECTIVE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT to seek recovery of any sums due from the Customer before any court of competent jurisdiction.

Terms and Conditions as an agent of Tour Operators

As a truly independent agency, Selective Travel Management can work with every bonded operator in the UK as well as many overseas, and we will often use a variety of these operators in one booking to ensure that you get the travel arrangements that exactly suit your needs.

Before you commit to any travel arrangement that we propose, we will inform you of the booking conditions that apply to your individual journey. However, the Terms and Conditions in section (1 above) are our standard Terms and Conditions of business, which apply to all bookings, unless an alternative contract is specifically agreed with you, in writing.

 

Regarding the use of this Web site

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