Prices and Booking Conditions

Prices (per week) for 2010

Any 2 weeks booked within a month of arrival will attract a 7% discount.

To make a booking for the Cottage in France

• Prices are for one bedroom ( 1-2 people). For 3 -4 people (2 bedrooms) add $AUS135 /$US125 /£80. (If the cottage is booked for two people only there will be no other parties booked in).
• Rental is from 5pm Saturday to 10am Saturday.
• Check the availability calender.
• After you have made contact with us and confirmed availability and method of payment for your preferred time period for the French vacation rental, please print out a booking form, fill it out and sign it, which can be scanned and emailled or FAXed. If youwould like to FAX please check withus for the FAX number.
• After we have received the booking form we will let you know how to pay the booking deposit of $AUS400/€200/£135 or 30% of the cost of the booking (whichever is greater), in order to confirm the booking. This payment will be credited towards your full payment and is separate from the security deposit. (If you are making Euro payments by wire/TTY an extra 20 Euros per transfer may be required, or Western Union used. Paypal can also be used provided the fees are covered.)
• On the booking form, please remember to fill out the number of people and their bedding requirements, so that our manager knows how many beds to make up.
• There is one king size bed and one king size bed that can also be separated into single beds for 2 singles or 2 children. (It maybe possible to arrange for a folding bed in certain circumstances for a small charge).

French Holiday Cottage Rental Conditions

• Tax de sejour is payable in S W France and has been included in the gite tariff from 2006.
  Bookings are not accepted for the cottage / gite without a completed signed booking form.
• Australian dollar prices can only be used if you live in Australia. All other countries except the UK, need to convert from the Euro rate on this page with the BUY Euro rate.
• An additional refundable security deposit of a half week's rental is also required at the time of final payment. (For bookings of 4 weeks or more, the refundable security deposit is one week's rental)
• One set of linen is included (sheets, towels and tea-towels) for each bed per guest per booking.(Longer stay guests will be provided with extra linen)
• Bedrooms are made available according to how many people are included in the booking. (ie 1-2 people have one bedroom, 3 or 4 people will have two bedrooms.)
• The number of people may not exceed the number booked and paid for, and should be confirmed when final payment is made. Failure to advise the correct number of people staying at the cottage, may mean cancellation of booking and loss of all monies paid.
• Please note that there is a charge for heating, electricity etc (from a meter reading and wood pile deduction) from approximately October through May and this will be deducted from your security deposit. Normal usage is included June through September. the average cost for wood and electricity in the midwinter weeks was 45 Euros (less without wood) and much less in early spring and late autumn.
• Wireless internet access for your laptop is available at no extra cost at the holiday cottage approx June - October and the phone is available all year, both included in the rental cost (but call costs extra - long distance not available). Winter long stay guests will also be able to have wireless internet access.
• The property is cleaned before each new arrival but guests are expected to leave the cottage as they find it.
• Longer stay guests are also able to wash the linen and towels in the washing machine during their stay.
• Cottage guests are expected to leave the house as they find it and also to dispose of their own rubbish in the communal bins provided in the vicinity of the village. If these things are not done, then an excess cleaning charge may be deducted from your security deposit.
• Smoking is not permitted in the house.

Cancellations and Full Payment for Gite in France

• In the event of a cancellation the booking deposit will be refunded if another booking is taken and paid in full for the same period. Transfers of bookings to another party or time may incur an additional fee of 25%.
• Full payment is due 16 weeks before the holiday start date. In the event of cancellation the cost of the booking is not refundable (except as above). The security deposit is refundable.
• If full payment is not made by 16/20 weeks prior to the holiday start date then we reserve the right to cancel the booking for the gite without notice and retain the booking deposit
• If vacancies are available and bookings are taken less than 16 weeks prior to the holiday start date full payment must be made within 48 hours of booking.
• Clients are therefore advised to take out travel/medical insurance at least 16/20 weeks prior to their departure for France, to cover loss of monies due to cancellation of trip, loss of baggage or personal items, and any loss sustained as a result of personal injury arising from a stay at the premises. We cannot accept liability for any third party claim, accident, damage or loss to you or your property or for any expenses incurred for any reason. In any event caused by Force Majeure, neither we, our agent(s), if any, nor any of their employees will be held liable in any way. It is your responsibility to ensure the property is secured at all times during your stay and that all doors and windows are locked/fastened when away from the property.
• There is a small surcharge for Paypal payment.
• Special conditions apply to bookings at the cottage in France of 4 weeks or longer, where full payment of the balance owing is to be paid 20 weeks before the holiday start date. One week's rental security deposit is required.

Other Vacation Rental Booking conditions

• Longer stay guests will have extra linen for their stay.
• Cottage guests are expected to leave the house as they find it and also to dispose of their own rubbish in the communal bins provided in the vicinity of the village. If these things are not done, then an excess cleaning charge may be deducted from your security deposit.
• Smoking is not permitted inside the house.
• Each person who books with us gets plenty of assistance from maps and detailed directions of how to get to the cottage plus a document of suggested itineraries in the region which are not in the guide books. Local knowledge is a definite plus.

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