Terms and Conditions
You are a Partner placing quotations on www.coach-hire-direct.co.uk (“our site”) or a person using our site to obtain prices to hire a vehicle for a trip (a “Customer”), by accessing or using our site you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”) in relation to both Partners and Customers use of our site.
Please read the Terms of Use thoroughly before using our site. By using our site, you indicate that you accept the Terms of Use. Please do not use our site if you do not agree to these Terms of Use.
Information about us
Our site is operated by Coach Hire Direct (“we”, “us”, “our”).
We are the data controller for the purpose of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) May 2018 and we will be bound by the Privacy Policy in relation to the storage and use of your personal data.
We are an advertising service for Partners and a trip search facility for Customers looking to hire a Coach or Minibus. We do not own, inspect or provide content for any of the Partners advertised on our site. Where you see photographs or videos we do not warrant that we have conducted any inspection of the vehicles. Advertisers shall be responsible for ensuring that it has all necessary rights, licences and authorisations to operate on a private hire basis.
Except in relation to quotations allowing online bookings between Partner and Customer, we have no involvement in the booking process or transaction. We make no claims as to the quality, safety or legality of any of the Partners advertised. Neither can we confirm the accuracy of the advertisements or its content. It is the sole responsibility of the Partner to be eligible to hire the vehicle and the sole responsibility of the Customer to pay for the hire directly with the Partner. Partners should provide their terms and conditions to the Customer and the Customer must make it their responsibility to read those terms.
Material on our site
All copyright, database rights, trademarks and design rights in our site and in the material published on it belong to us, our Licensors or our Advertisers.
You may download material from our site or share any corresponding communication for the sole purpose of using our site, but you must not copy, transmit, modify, republish, save, pass off or link to any content or material on our site without our prior written consent.
Partners, Customers or any other person shall not use our site for any marketing or advertising purposes which are not permitted by us. Any such use of our site shall, in our discretion, result in us refusing to list the partner and/or discontinuing the ability of the person infringing this provision from using our site.
Your safety
Consideration should always be given to the nature of quotations and contracts transacted on the Internet, and the risks involved. Direct contact between Partners and Customers in relation to a booking may not occur and so you must therefore proceed with care and judgement when using our site. It is the responsibility of the Customer to check direct with the Partner if they are unsure with any arrangements of the booking.
Customer Claims
Any contract for the hire of any vehicle through Coach Hire Comparison is directly between a Partner and a Customer (each a “Booking Contract”) and we are not a party to that contract.
In recognition of this, you acknowledge that any claim you may have that is in any way connected with a dispute you have with a Partner on our site must be brought directly against that Partner and not against us.
If you make a booking using our site, you agree to the terms of the booking contract with the Partner together with Coach Hire Comparison’s Cancellation and Refund Policy, our Payment Protection Policy, our
Privacy Policy and these Terms of Use.
Although we may provide the technical platform to enable such bookings, we are not responsible for the payment solutions themselves and we are not a party to the contract between a Customer and a Partner. A Customer shall not hold us liable for any losses suffered as a result of making a payment to a Partner.
You agree to indemnify and keep us indemnified from and against any and all claims, actions, proceedings, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees) suffered arising out of or in connection with your use of our site.
Our limitation of liability and responsibility
We act merely as an advertising service through which Partners can provide quotations for any forthcoming trip to Customers wishing to hire a Coach or Minibus. We do not own nor have we inspected nor do we have any control whatsoever over any quotation submitted on our site and we make no representations or warranties regarding any of the vehicles.
While we require Partners to advertise their services truthfully, fairly and accurately, and we take reasonable steps to remove Partners from our site following any complaint from a Customer or another Partner following an investigation, we have no control over the accuracy of any quotations or the capacity of any Partner to make a booking with a Customer.
As such, we disclaim all liability and responsibility for any loss or damage (including personal injury) suffered or incurred by you or another party arising from:
any reliance by any user of our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents, placed on any quotation, commentary and other materials posted on our site by Partners, or any error or mistake or inaccuracy contained in any statement, description, representation or other information made about or in connection with a quotation;
the act or omission of the Partner or any failure of the Partner to perform or comply with any of the terms of the contract between the Partner and Customer, including a failure to provide the vehicle on the requested date (whether due to a double-booking or otherwise), or a failure to provide the vehicle in the condition or with the amenities that such a vehicle was advertised on our site;
any loss of or damage to personal possessions on a vehicle; or
any incident or occurrence which takes place on a vehicle.
Although we will do our best to prevent intentional misuse of our site and the dissemination of harmful programs via our site, we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by any intentional misuse of our site or the distribution of viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site.
In certain circumstances, we may decide, in our sole discretion, that it is necessary or desirable to cancel the booking. You agree that Coach Hire Comparison, the relevant Customer or relevant Partner, will not have any liability for such cancellations or refunds.
If we are in breach of these terms or otherwise liable to you (including, without limitation, for our negligence), we will only be responsible for any direct damages or losses you incur that result from your use of our site up to the value of the fees (if any) that you have paid to us. We shall not be liable for any indirect losses or damages suffered by you. Our liability to you shall not in any event include business losses (which includes without limitation loss or corruption of data, loss of profits or contracts, loss of revenue, loss of anticipated savings in expenditure, or business interruption) as a result of our breach of contract or negligence or otherwise.
This does not affect our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or if something we do negligently causes death or personal injury, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
If you consider any of the content of any videos, photographs or any other material posted on our site by any Partner to be offensive, discriminatory, defamatory or libellous or otherwise inappropriate (“Inappropriate Content”), please notify us of such content by sending us details of the content you consider to be inappropriate and the reason why you consider such content to be inappropriate.
Upon receipt of notification that any content is considered to be inappropriate, we will review such content and shall decide whether to remove such content from our site.
Please send details of any content which you consider to be Inappropriate Content to us:
By post to: Coach Hire Direct. 46 Union Road, Rochdale, OL12 9QA United Kingdom.
Interruptions in our service
Whilst we take every care to maintain the continuity of our site, the Internet is not always a stable medium, and errors, omissions, interruptions of service and delays may occur at any time. As a result, we do not accept any on-going obligation or responsibility to operate our site or any particular part of it.
Links from our site
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Contractual Relationship
We act as an introducer for the Partner for the facilitation of quotations and bookings through our site and for purposes of onward distribution of your advertisements. Except for this relationship, nothing in this Agreement or in your use of our site creates, or is intended to establish, any partnership, joint venture or similar relationship between us and the Partner.
For the avoidance of doubt, we never act as a principal in connection with any of the services available on or through our site.
As between the Customer and us, nothing in this Agreement or in your use of our site creates, or is intended to establish, any relationship, partnership or joint venture between us and a Customer.
Law and jurisdiction
This Agreement is governed by law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site (although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country).
You agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations concerning your use of our site. Each and every booking carried out on, or as a result of use of, our site is deemed to be completed within the United Kingdom and therefore shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
Invalidity
If a provision of this Agreement (or part of any provision) is found illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the enforceability of any other part of this Agreement will not be affected.
Variations
We may make amendments to this Agreement at any time by amending the applicable web page or by publishing notices elsewhere on our site.
Notices
Any notices that you wish to send us should be emailed to us at info@coach-hire-direct.co.uk. Any notices that we may wish to draw to your attention to will be displayed on our site or through email communications.