These General Terms and Conditions of Booking (hereinafter referred to as “GTC”) apply to all contractual and booking relationships concluded between Gmundner Keramik Handels GmbH, FN 145945a, Keramikstraße 24, 4810 Gmunden, Austria, and/or und/oder Gmundner Lodge Pty Ltd, Farm Waldburg 82, Khomas Region, Dordabis District, Namibia (hereinafter referred to as “Gmundner”) on the one hand and the guest (hereinafter referred to as “Guest”) on the other hand. Contracts are concluded exclusively on the basis of these GTCs. The GTCs valid at the time of the conclusion of the contract shall be applicable in each case.
2.1. The reservation and booking request by the guest is in general non-binding. After the guest has made an electronic and/or telephone booking request, 50% of the booking amount is due as a deposit. Only after receipt of the deposit (or the entire booking amount in the case of short-term bookings) and written reconfirmation or confirmation of acceptance of the booking by Gmundner shall a binding booking come into effect. It is stated that a booking confirmation by telephone is excluded.
2.2. The remaining total price is due 30 days before the start of the stay. Should the guest not pay the due payments in full and/or on time, Gmundner is entitled to withdraw from the booking or contractual relationship and in this case the withdrawal and cancellation conditions according to point 4 of these GTCs apply.
2.3. All prices quoted by Gmundner are gross prices in Euro. Any information given on conversion rates or the indication of prices in a foreign currency is made without any guarantee
2.4. Local taxes such as accommodation taxes are also included in the price.
2.5. Costs (in particular time required) incurred as a result of incorrect, incomplete or changed information provided by the guest will be charged at a net rate of € 120,00 per hour (15-minute intervals) according to the actual additional time required.
2.6. Gmundner is entitled to send invoices to the guest in electronic form. The guest explicitly agrees to the delivery of invoices in electronic form by Gmundner.
2.7. The guest is not entitled to charge his own claims against claims of Gmundner. The guest is only entitled to charge if his counterclaims have been legally established or legally accepted by Gmundner.
3.1. The scope of services to be provided by Gmundner to the guest results from the relevant binding booking and the service description contained herein. All services provided by Gmundner, which are not expressly covered by the agreed price, will be charged separately to the guest.
3.2. Gmundner will inform the guest immediately of any changes to the scope of services and is only permitted to make changes to the scope of services if these are not substantial and do not significantly affect the overall scope of services.
3.3. Special requests (e.g. room requests, neighbouring rooms, special food, extra beds, location, etc.) must be made in writing to Gmundner as early as possible, at the latest 30 days before the start of the journey. If no written confirmation of such special requests is received 14 days before the start of the journey, this will be considered as a refusal by Gmundner.
3.4. Costs for additional services, such as visa applications, are not included in the price. It is the guest’s responsibility to inform himself in due time before arrival about the applicable entry and exit conditions (including passport regulations, customs, entry and exit regulations, health requirements including health formalities such as any necessary vaccinations, etc.) and to take appropriate measures. The guest is responsible for complying with all regulations and formalities that are important for the performance of the service. All disadvantages incurred by the guest due to non-compliance with these regulations shall be borne by the guest (except for incorrect / non-information culpably provided by Gmundner).
3.5. Additional services (e.g. helicopter flight, helicopter transfer, charter flights, green fees) are not included in the scope of services. These additional services can be booked for the guest by Gmundner upon request. These will then be charged separately to the guest.
4.1. The cancellation or withdrawal must be notified to Gmundner by the guest in writing. In such a case, the following cancellation and/or withdrawal conditions shall be deemed agreed, provided that Gmundner is not responsible for the cancellation and/or exceptional circumstances occur at the destination or in its immediate vicinity, which significantly affect the performance of the booked service. Circumstances are unavoidable and extraordinary if they are beyond the control of Gmundner and their consequences could not have been avoided even if all reasonable precautions had been taken.
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4.2. In the event of a cancellation of a booking, the guest must pay the following compensation to Gmundner, provided that Gmundner is not responsible for the cancellation and no extraordinary circumstances have occurred at the destination which significantly affect the performance of the booked services (unforeseen and extraordinary events):
4.3. The cancellation charge will be invoiced immediately after the cancellation has taken place. In such a case, the customer expressly agrees to the offsetting of the advance deposit made.
4.4. Gmundner recommends the purchase of travel insurance, at best including travel cancellation insurance. The guest is responsible for the conclusion and the service content of any travel insurance and no claims against Gmundner can be derived from this.
5.1. Gmundner is entitled to terminate the contract or booking with the guest for good cause without observing a period of notice. An important reason is, for example, if the guest has given such a serious reason in his person and/or his behaviour that the continuation of the contractual relationship is unreasonable for Gmundner (burden of proof for Gmundner). Examples: Booking of the guest under false and/or misleading information (esp. identity of the guests); endangering the proper business operation or endangering the safety of the hotel operation or other guests, endangering the reputation of Gmundner in public, unauthorised onward / subletting, etc. In such a case, Gmundner is entitled to charge the total price.
5.2. Gmundner may withdraw from the contract prior to the beginning of the journey, if Gmundner is prevented from fulfilling the contract due to unavoidable, extraordinary circumstances. In this case, Gmundner must declare the withdrawal to the guest immediately after becoming aware of the reason for withdrawal. In such a case, Gmundner loses its claim to payment of the tour price.
5.3. Furthermore, Gmundner is entitled to terminate or withdraw from the contract without granting a period of grace if the guest does not make the due (“deposit”) payments to Gmundner in due time and/or in full. Gmundner will inform the guest immediately about the withdrawal.
The guest must report any defects immediately, describing the defect and enclosing the relevant evidence. The guest is obliged to contribute what is reasonable in order to remedy the damage /defect and to keep any possible damage as low as possible. Gmundner will – as far as possible and reasonable – remedy the defect as soon as possible. Gmundner is entitled to refuse the remedy if it is impossible or involves a disproportionately high effort for Gmundner. In this case, the guest is entitled to the legal warranty and price reduction rights.
Should Gmundner not remedy the defect or refuse to remedy the defect, the guest is entitled to the statutory warranty claims.
Should the guest fail to notify Gmundner of the defect and Gmundner therefore not be in a position to remedy the defect, this failure of the guest can be taken into account accordingly in the event of the assertion of warranty claims and/or claims for damages, in particular if the defect/damage could have been remedied and/or prevented by the notification of the guest.
7.1. In cases of minor negligence, liability of Gmundner and its employees or other servants for property damage or financial loss of the guest is excluded, irrespective of whether it concerns direct or indirect damage, loss of profit or consequential damage, damage due to delay or impossibility. This limitation of liability does not apply to personal injury.
7.2. Gmundner shall only be liable for objects and valuables deposited in accordance with the legal provisions. The liability is limited to € 550,00, if Gmundner is not responsible for the loss or if Gmundner has taken over the object with knowledge of its status. Any theft must be reported to Gmundner immediately so that the local police can be informed. Otherwise, any liability claims against Gmundner will expire. This does not apply if the loss, destruction or damage of the item was caused by Gmundner or its employees or if the item was taken over by Gmundner for safekeeping.
7.3. No liability is assumed for external services used by the guest.
8.1. The protection of the personal data of the guests is especially important to Gmundner and the applicable data protection regulations, in particular DSGVO, DSG 2018 and TKG 2003, are complied with. Gmundner Keramik Handels GmbH, FN 145945a, Keramikstraße 24, 4810 Gmunden, Austria, is the responsible party within the meaning of the Data Protection Act (DSGVO), which decides on the management and processing of personal data.
8.2. In order to process the booking, Gmundner collects, processes and stores the following personal data: Name, date of birth, title, form of address, gender if applicable, address data, nationality, copy of passport, e-mail address, telephone number, payment method and bank data, accompanying persons and their preceding personal data as well as data relating to the booked travel stay (e.g. food intolerances, allergies, etc.). In addition, the IP address, name and version of the web browser, website visited before accessing the website and other information provided voluntarily by the guest are stored and processed in the context of the online booking. This data is required to carry out the booking process, to process the booking and to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations. The processing and storage is based on Art. 6 para 1 lit b DSGVO (fulfilment of a contract or implementation of pre-contractual measures), Art. 6 para 1 lit c DSGVO (fulfilment of legal obligations) and/or Art. 6 para 1 lit f DSGVO (legitimate interests of the responsible party). The data will be retained for as long as there is a legitimate reason or other legal ground for doing so. Afterwards, the data will be deleted or fully anonymised to the extent provided for by law. If the guest has registered for the newsletter, the data will be stored as long as the account exists and the newsletter order is valid. There is no obligation to provide Gmundner with the personal data that is necessary for the execution of the booking. However, in such a case, no booking can be requested and/or made. Should the provision of your data be legally obligatory in some cases, we will inform you of this separately.
8.3. If necessary for the aforementioned processing and/or storage purposes, the guest’s data will be forwarded to the following categories of recipients: IT service provider in relation to the booking platform, hotel company, transport company in relation to transfers, airport company if applicable and airline, accounting / tax advisor, in the case of booking of additional services to the corresponding service providers, if required by law to the respective provincial offices / government agencies (including registration of guests for the collection of accommodation taxes) and within the company for the processing of any enquiries / applications.
8.4. Data subject rights: The guest may at any time send an informal request for information about his/her data (Art 15 GDPR), a request for correction of his/her data (Art 16 GDPR), deletion of his/her data (Art 17 GDPR), data portability (Art 20 GDPR), restriction of data processing (Art 18 GDPR) or his/her right to object (Art 21 GDPR) to the following contact address: reservations@gmundner.africa. Gmundner will process the request within one month and inform the guest about the measures taken. Gmundner asks for your understanding that due to the complexity of individual applications or the large number of applications received, the one-month deadline may be exceeded when processing applications; the application will be fully processed within a further two months after expiry of the one-month deadline and the Guest will be informed of the measures taken once the processing process has been completed. In principle, applications are free of charge. However, Gmundner reserves the right, in the case of excessive or obviously unfounded applications, not to process them or to process them only against a cost fee of € 120.00 per working hour required. Should data be necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the fulfilment of contractual obligations, the request for deletion can only be processed after the compellingly necessary reasons for storage have ceased to exist. In cases of doubt, Gmundner reserves the right to request proof of identity for security reasons.
8.5. If the guest suspects a violation of the data protection provisions or believes that his/her request is not being processed or is not being processed properly, the guest has the option of contacting the Austrian Data Protection Authority by means of a complaint (by post to the address Wickenburggasse 8, 1080 Vienna or by e-mail to dsb@dsb.gv.at).
9.1. The contractual relationship between the Guest and Gmundner (including the conclusion of the contractual relationship as well as the rights and obligations resulting from it) shall be governed exclusively by Austrian substantive law, excluding the conflict of laws rules of the International Private Law (“IPRG”) as well as the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (“CISG”). Compulsory protective provisions of the law of the country in which the guest has his usual place of residence as a consumer shall remain applicable.
9.2. If the booking is a bilateral business transaction, the court with subject-matter jurisdiction for the registered office of Gmundner Keramik Handels GmbH in Gmunden, Austria, shall be deemed agreed for all disputes arising from this business relationship. Notwithstanding the above, Gmundner is also entitled to file suit against the guest at his general place of jurisdiction. The above agreement on the place of jurisdiction shall not apply if the guest is a consumer.
10.1. Should individual provisions of these General Terms and Conditions be invalid, this shall not affect the binding nature of the remaining provisions and the contracts concluded on the basis thereof. The invalid provision shall be replaced by a valid provision that comes as close as possible to the meaning and purpose of the invalid provision.
10.2. Smoking in the suites or closed rooms is prohibited and in case of violation Gmundner is entitled to claim damages for the separate cleaning costs in the amount of € 2.000,00.
10.3. Check-in is possible from 3:00 pm on the day of arrival. The room must be returned vacated by 11:00 a.m. at the latest on the day of departure (check-out). It is possible to arrange changed arrival and departure times with Gmundner. In the event of a late check-out (after 11:00 a.m.), Gmundner is entitled to charge a fee of 50% of the daily rate for the additional use of the room. Additional use beyond 6:00 p.m. will be charged at 100% of the daily rate. In any case, there is no entitlement to late check-out.
10.4. The house rules must be complied with by the guest and the persons travelling with him.