ArrampicA Climbing Walls (GP)

Site-Specific Award Schemes

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS

The following terms and conditions form the basis of your contract with Arrampica Limited.  They set out our respective rights and obligations and you should therefore read them carefully before confirming any bookings or trade with the company.

Customers booking with ArrampicA have to agree to the statement below in order to proceed with their booking. Do not tick thes box unless you understand fully the implications of taking part in rock climbing, mountaineering or mountain walking sports. ArrampicA have policies in place that intend to protect its staff, contractors and customers against the inherent risks of these sports, however, the risks still remain and persons signing onto ArrampicA Limited sessions, courses and holidays agree that they accept and understand the statement including those inherent risks.
Statement by: ArrampicA Limited and the BMC (British Mountaineering Council) is the representative body that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers.

ArrampicA and the BMC recognise that climbing, hill walking and mountaineering are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.

NOTE THAT FOR UNDER 18’s, THE PARENT/ LEGAL GUARDIAN WILL ALSO HAVE TO SIGN A FURTHER PARENTAL CONSENT WHICH WILL ALSO OUTLINE THE ABOVE STATEMENT.

1.       Booking procedure:
To make your booking, you must complete our booking form.  This should be completed and signed by a person in suitable authority to pass the finance and other appropriate aspects necessary to support the booking(s) made.

2.       Existence of contract:
A binding contract between us comes into existence when we dispatch our confirmation letter and invoice to you.

3.       Payment:
Arrampica does not support any payments on account.  Invoices are issued at the time a booing is made and payment is required by return within 7 working days.  If payment is not received in full and on time, we reserve the right to treat your booking as cancelled by you.  In this case the cancellation charges set out in clause 7 below will be payable.  You may pay by cheque (UK bank or building society), sterling bankers draft, in cash (sterling) or direct into ArrampicA limited bank account with the following details.  Account name:  ArrampicA Limited.  Account Number:  03463927.  Sort Code:  30 99 80.  In the event of dishonour of any cheque we will charge £45.00 to cover our administration costs.

4.       Insurance:
Due to the potentially dangerous nature of rock climbing and other associated activities, you must adequately insure your staff and customers to participate in ArrampicA site-specific award courses.  It is a condition of your contract with us that you are fully insured in respect of the risks set out in this condition 4.  It shall be your responsibility to ensure that all concerned are properly insured in accordance with this condition 4.  The risks that appear below are set out for your consideration only and are not intended to be exhaustive.  You are strongly advised to seek advise from your insurance broker and/or your insurance company for the purpose of this condition 4.

• medical treatment and repatriation;
• cancellation and/or curtailment of your course;
• loss or theft of personal effects;
• hospital benefits;
• personal accident;
• personal liability;
• travel / course delay;
• emergency rescue;
• legal expenses;
• Incident or accident affecting Arrampica staff.

You must at time of booking provide us with written details of your insurance policy and a copy of the policy if so requested by us.  We reserve the right to cancel any course / stop works without compensation or refund if you fail to provide us with any information regarding your insurance or if we are reasonably of the view that the insurance arrangements you have made are not adequate.

You agree to indemnify us from any claim whatsoever arising from your failure to comply with this condition 4.

5.       The cost of your site-specific arrangements
You will be given the correct current price of your chosen arrangements at the time of booking. Once your booking has been confirmed we guarantee not to surcharge any of the booked arrangements. We reserve the right to increase the price of all or any part at any time before your booking is confirmed. We may also discount the price of any aspects at any time.

6.       Changes by you to your site-specific requirements
Should you wish to make any changes to your site-specific after we have issued your letter of confirmation, you must advise us in writing. Whilst we will endeavour to assist, we cannot guarantee we will be able to meet any such requests. In the event of it being possible to incorporate your requested changes the following charges will apply: -

Change of date of any site-specific training or activity - Treated as a cancellation and re-booking - cancellation charges as set out in clause 7 apply
Change of name - £5.00 per name where documentation printing has already occurred.
If any persons are unable to attend, you may be able to transfer their place to someone else providing you notify us prior to any course. Where you are able to transfer your place to a person of your choice, the above charges must be paid before the transfer can be effected.

7.       Cancellation of your site-specific by you
Should you or any member of your party cancel your holiday after the letter of confirmation has been issued, the person who signed the booking form must immediately advise us in writing. Cancellation charges will then be payable as set out below to compensate us for the cost of making your booking and the risk we may be unable to re-sell your cancelled arrangements. These charges are calculated from the date written notice of the cancellation is received by us as a percentage of the total price payable and any amendment charges which are non refundable in the event of your cancellation.

The person who signed the booking form is liable to pay any cancellation charge payable under this clause.

8.     Changes by us
We try to avoid making changes to your site-specific arrangements. However, sometimes changes are unavoidable and it is sometimes necessary to make alterations to brochure and other details both before and after bookings have been confirmed. We reserve the right in our absolute discretion to do so. On occasions we may find it necessary to make a significant change. A significant change is one made before initial works commence involving a change of your entire site-specific course times by more than 12 hours of original dates or a change of venue If it is necessary to make a significant change before a course, we will advise you as soon as practicable. If there is time to do so before course we will then offer you the choice of: -
(a)    accepting the changed arrangements as notified to you or
(b)    cancelling your site-specific and receiving a full and prompt refund of all monies paid to us excluding works up to the date in question. If it is necessary to notify you of a significant change 8 weeks or less before your site-specific training, we will in addition pay you compensation as set out in the scale appearing below subject to the following exceptions. Compensation will not be payable and no liability beyond offering the above mentioned choice can be accepted where the change is made as a result of unusual and unforeseeable circumstances beyond our control, the consequences of which we could not have avoided even with all due care. For significant changes, any liability we have is limited to offering the above choices and the compensation payments (where applicable) set out below. No compensation is payable if we notify you of any change more than 8 weeks before the course date. We cannot be responsible for any costs or expenses you may incur as a result of any change. No compensation is payable for minor changes. Minor changes do not entitle you to cancel or change to another part of your site-specific arrangements without paying the normal charges.

9.    Cancellation by us
On rare occasions, it may be necessary to cancel a confirmed site-specific. We must reserve the right to do so. However, we will not cancel within 8 weeks of your first training date unless you have failed to make payment in full and on time or we are forced to do so as a result of circumstances beyond our control. Where your site-specific is cancelled other than due to your default in payment, we will offer you the choice of purchasing an alternative product of a comparable standard if available (if the site-specific option is less expensive than the original one, we will refund the difference, if it is more expensive, you will have to pay the difference) or receiving a full and prompt refund of all monies you have paid to us. In addition, if we notify you of cancellation 8 weeks or less before initial training dates, we will pay you compensation as set out in clause 8 “Changes by us" above subject to the following exceptions. Compensation will not be payable and no liability beyond offering the above mentioned choices can be accepted (1) where we are forced to cancel as a result of unusual and unforeseeable circumstances beyond our control, the consequences of which we could not have avoided even with all due care or (2) where an insufficient number of people book your chosen site-specific arrangements and we notify you that we are cancelling for this reason not less than 4 weeks before your initial training course. In all cases, our liability is limited to offering the above choices and the compensation payments (where applicable) set out in clause 8. No compensation is payable if we notify you of cancellation more than 8 weeks before site-specific works began. We cannot be responsible for any costs or expenses you may have as a result of cancellation. Very rarely, we may be forced to curtail your site-specific after the date of commencement of works where circumstances amounting to "force majeure" as described in clause 10 below occur. In this very unusual situation, we regret we cannot make any refunds (except where refunds are obtained from any supplier), meet any costs or expenses you may incur as a result or pay any compensation.

10.     Force majeure
We regret we cannot accept liability or pay any compensation where the performance or prompt performance of our contractual obligations is prevented or affected by "force majeure." In these booking conditions, "force majeure" means any event which we or the supplier of the service(s) in question could not, even with all due care, foresee or avoid. Such events may include war or threat of war, riots, civil strife, terrorist activity, industrial dispute, natural or nuclear disaster, adverse weather conditions, fire and all similar events outside our control.

11.     IMPORTANT – OUR LIABILITY TO YOU
PLEASE READ THIS CLAUSE CAREFULLY AS IT PLACES LIMITS UPON OUR LIABILITY TO YOU.
We accept responsibility for ensuring that all parts of our contract with you are properly performed subject to the following exceptions. We cannot accept liability where any failure to perform or improper performance was due to: -
1. the act(s) and/or omissions of the person(s) affected or any member(s) of their party or
2. those of a third party not connected with the provision of your site-specific and which were unforeseeable or unavoidable or
3. an event which either ourselves or the supplier of the services in question could not have foreseen or forestalled even with all due care.
In all cases except where personal injury, illness, death, loss and/or of luggage or personal possessions (including money) results or a lower limitation applies, our maximum liability is limited to the price (excluding insurance premiums and amendment charges) paid by or on behalf of the person(s) affected in total. Please note, we cannot accept any liability for any damage, loss, expense or other sum(s) of any description which (a) 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) did not result from any breach of contract or other fault by ourselves or our employees or, where we are responsible for them, our suppliers. Additionally, we cannot accept liability for any business losses. In the case of loss and/or damage to and/or luggage or personal possessions (including money), our liability is limited to £25 per person as you are assumed to have taken out adequate insurance at the time of booking. Where any claim or part of a claim concerns or is based on any travel arrangements made by us which are provided by any air, sea, rail or road carrier or any stay in a hotel, the maximum we will have to pay you in respect of that claim or part of the claim if we are found liable to you on any basis is the maximum which would be payable by the carrier or the hotel keeper concerned under the applicable international convention in that situation. You must give credit for all payments due or received from any carrier or hotelkeeper which in any way relate to the claim in question. Where any payment is made to you or any member of your party that person must assign to ourselves or our insurers any rights they may have to pursue any third party. You must also provide ourselves and our insurers with all assistance required.

12.     Complaints
In the event of any complaint arising during your site-specific, you must immediately notify our representative at the ArrampicA office and the supplier of the service(s) in question who will offer such assistance as they are able. If you are still not satisfied by the end of the applicable site-specific works, you must write to us with full details of your complaint within 14 days of the end of those works. For all complaints and claims which do not involve personal injury, illness or death, we regret we cannot accept liability to fail to notify the complaint or claim entirely in accordance with this clause.

13.     Conditions of suppliers
Please note that all services are provided subject to the conditions of the relevant supplier. Some of these conditions may limit or exclude the supplier's liability to you, usually in accordance with the appropriate international conventions.

14.     Flights and transport
We do not arrange any flight or transport element of your site-specific. It is your responsibility to make these arrangements and to ensure that your flights and transport coincide with your required dates of site-specific arrangements. We do not accept any liability for any curtailment of any course or part of a site-specific by reason of any delay arising from your flight and transport arrangements. We regret that we cannot offer any assistance in the event of delay of your flight or transport arrangements.

15.     Transfers
Unless otherwise specified in the letter of confirmation, you must make your own arrangements for transfer to and from any required venue. If you wish us to arrange transfers on your behalf, you must request us to do so in the booking form. If we are able to do so, we will confirm the transfer arrangements in the letter of confirmation.

16.     Special requests
If you have any special request, please clearly note it on your booking form. Only requests relating to services or facilities provided directly by ArrampicA Limited can be guaranteed (provided the request has been confirmed in writing.) Unless we have agreed in writing to provide such a service or facility, failure to meet any special request will not be breach of contract on our part. We will pass on requests to suppliers or other service providers but we cannot guarantee any request will be met. Failure to meet any special request will not be a breach of contract on our part.

17.     Your obligations
You undertake to consult with your general practitioner in connection with any existing or previous condition which may impact upon your ability to take part in the activities arranged as part of your site-specific course or arrangement. Any such condition should be disclosed to us at the time of booking and to your insurance company. By signing the booking form you undertake and confirm to us that your mental and physical condition are sufficient and fit for the purpose of joining in and participating in the courses you have booked. We reserve the right in our absolute discretion to require the production of a medical certificate at any time prior to the commencement of your site-specific.
When you book a site-specific with us, you accept responsibility for any damage or loss caused by you or any member of your party. Full payment for any such damage or loss must be made at the time to ourselves or the third party concerned. If you fail to do so, you must indemnify us against any claims (including legal costs) subsequently made against us as a result of your actions. We expect all clients to have consideration for other people. If in our reasonable opinion or in the reasonable opinion of any other person in authority you or any of your party behave in such a way as to cause or to be likely to cause distress, danger or annoyance to any third party (including other clients) or damage to property, we reserve the right to terminate the holiday of the person concerned without notice. In this situation, our responsibilities towards that person (including any return transport arrangements) will immediately cease and we will not be responsible for meeting any costs or expenses they may incur as a result. We will not make any refunds or pay any compensation.

18.     Expedition type courses – warning
You accept and acknowledge that expedition type courses of the nature arranged by us are by their nature likely to involve actual risk of and danger to life as a consequence of, amongst other matters, hazards of travelling, accident, illness forces of nature and the such-like. Such serious dangers may endanger your life. You must give careful consideration to these risks before placing your booking.
We do not give any assurance or make any prediction as to the success or otherwise of any particular event including, but not limited to, reaching a summit or other specified goal in the event of a mountaineering expedition being undertaken.

19.     Passport and visa requirements
We regret we cannot accept any liability if you are refused entry onto any flight / transport or into any country due to failure on your part to carry the correct passport, visa or other documents required by any airline or authority. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the correct travel documents necessary for your site-specific course.

20.     Descriptions and content of brochure
We believe that the information, description and details of site-specifics in our brochures and information packs are accurate and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief at the time of publication of the brochure and printing of information. However, by necessity, the information descriptions and details are compiled in advance of publication of the brochure and may therefore differ at the date of your course. We have given all such details, information, descriptions and details in good faith and any changes are likely to be of a minor nature and should not affect enjoyment or best practice of your course.

21.     Governing law and jurisdiction
Your contract with us is made in England and shall be governed by English law. You submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in England.