Terms

Terms & Conditions

1. WEDDING TAXI’S (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Company’) aims to provide the best possible service to its clients.

2. Minimum charge of £100.00 applies to all journeys booked through The Company.

3. Provisional Bookings whether made at the time of viewing or verbally by telephone will only be held for 5 days.

4. Your Booking is confirmed on receipt of a Deposit/Booking Fee not being of a lesser amount than £50.00 per vehicle.

5. Deposits/Booking Fees are neither refundable nor transferable.

6. Deposits/Booking Fees are £50.00 per vehicle booked, Taxis booked for evening transfers are deemed to be a seperate booking for which a seperate Deposit/Booking Fee is required at the time of booking.

7. Acceptance of our services is acceptance of contract.

8. No Vehicles will be permitted to commence hire until paid for in full unless otherwise agreed by the Company.

9. Any additional costs such as mileage, extra time or parking charges must be paid in ‘cash only’ at the end of the hire or charged to your credit or debit card that we have on file. Extra time and mileage is charged at £60.00 per hour in hourly increments.

10. Additional instructions on the day of hire will incur additional costs.

11. All Vehicles are strictly non-smoking.

12. Any deviation from the journey booked, as shown on your booking form and our subsequent confirmation i.e. to another destination or to a park for photographs will incur an additional cost.

13. The balance of your booking shall be payable no latter than 28 days prior to your Wedding.

14. The Company may in its absolute discretion without liability and without giving reason refuse to accept any booking.

15. The Company cannot be held responsible for any loss financial, professional, emotional, missed connection times, flights, trains, due to the Taxi not arriving at the pick-up address at the booked time due to adverse weather, traffic conditions, or road traffic accidents or road closures, mechanical failure, riots, acts of god, accidents, illness or any other event beyond our control.

16. The Company cannot be held responsible for any missed connections i.e.. flights, trains, boats due to adverse weather, traffic conditions, or road traffic accidents or road closures, mechanical failure, riots, acts of god, accidents, illness or any other event beyond our control.

17. Any quoted pick up or journey times are best estimates only and whilst it uses all reasonable efforts to convey passenger(s) to their destinations in the shortest possible time, The Company shall have no liability if a pick up or journey time exceeds any estimation given or otherwise exceeds the customers or the passenger(s) expectations for whatever reason nor shall The Company have any other liability to the client or passenger(s) in connection with the time at which the passenger(s) reach or fail to reach the destination.

18. The Company accepts no responsibility nor will it be held liable in any way for any unforeseen circumstances such as mechanical breakdown, punctures, accident, traffic jams or severe weather conditions. However, should delays occur or hired vehicles become permanently immobilised due to any of the aforesaid reasons or in circumstances beyond its control the company reserves the right to provide an alternative vehicle where possible.

19. The Company shall have no liability for any damage, loss, costs, claims or expenses (whether foreseeable or not) incurred or suffered by the client or the passenger(s) by virtue of eventualities or occurrences or omissions including on the part of the taxicab driver outside of the reasonable control of The Company.

20. The Company cannot be held responsible or liable in any way for loss or damage to client’s property, luggage or personal effects howsoever it is caused. The company cannot be held responsible for the return of any property left in the vehicle and the hirer is responsible for arrangements for the safe return of their property.

21. If The Company cancels the booking it shall have no liability to the client or intended passenger(s) if it has used reasonable endeavours to fulfil the booking and to notify the client of the cancellation.

22. In the event of any cancellation by the hirer, the Company must be notified in writing as soon as possible. Cancellation of your Booking causes the forfeit of the deposit you have paid. If we are not notified in writing of your cancellation you will be liable for the full payment of your booking. If the cancellation is within 8 weeks of your Booking date you are liable for a further 50% of your outstanding Balance. If cancellation is within the 28 days preceding your Booking date you are liable for payment in full.

23. The Company reserves the right to terminate any and all services to rude and abusive clients

24. Normal luggage assumes that 1 suitcase and 1 piece of hand luggage per person, any luggage that the Taxi cannot accommodate is the responsibility of the passenger.

25. No food or drinks shall be taken inside any of our vehicles, the driver has the right to refuse any passengers that bring food or drink into the vehicles.

26. Only champagne supplied by Wedding Taxis may be consumed in our vehicles, any person bringing champagne into any of our vehicles without the prior consent of the company may be charged corkage at a cost of £20.00 per bottle.

27. Journeys booked from Airports, Train Stations, and Seaports the onus is on the passenger to locate the Taxi and not the Taxi driver to locate the passenger, on booking any such journey we will give a definite pick-up point that the passenger must locate, any failure on the passengers part to locate the Taxi will result in a £90.00 cancellation charge to the customers credit card or by invoice to the customers address.

28. No liability can be accepted for clothing etc. being marked or dirtied in any way howsoever caused or by any means during the duration of your hire. All vehicles have door locks and hinges which have to be greased otherwise the doors could seize and fail to operate properly, Wedding Taxis cannot be held responsible for marks on clothing due to the said clothing coming into contact with these mechanical parts.

29. Any fouling of the Taxi by any passenger will result in a charge of a minimum of £50.00 dependant upon the severity of the fouling.

30. Hirers will be held responsible for any damage to our vehicles howsoever caused by the client’s or their guests regardless of cost for clean up or repairs i.e. spillage stains, sickness, cigarette burns or tears to fabric etc.

31. The Company will prosecute any person who causes damage to any vehicle booked through us.

32. The driver has the right to refuse any passenger that he feels may be a threat to him/herself or the vehicle.

33. Any quotation given by Weddingtaxis.co.uk should be treated as such as Weddingtaxis.co.uk cannot be held responsible for any discrepancy or fare disputes or differences in fares between quotes given and actual metered fares.

34. The Company reserves the right for our chauffeurs to refuse to drive over any object placed under any of the vehicle wheels, which is the custom of some weddings. Also, the throwing of coins or any other object, at the vehicle is strictly prohibited.

35. The material contained in this web site/letter is provided for general information only and does not constitute acceptance of any bookings that may be made. We accept no responsibility for loss which may arise from reliance on information contained in this site/letter or from any taxi bookings made on this site/letter.

36. When the booking is a pick up from a wedding reception a maximum of 20 minutes waiting time is included in the price, any extra waiting time will be charged at £60.00 per hour or part thereof.

37. Settlement is due 7 days from invoice date.

38. The Company reserves the right to charge interest on unpaid invoices at the base rate of HSBC plc plus 4% accruing on a daily basis and compounded on a six monthly basis from the due date until full settlement.

39. The client shall pay to The Company any reasonable expenses (including those charged by debt collection agency) together with all legal and court costs incurred in the collection of any overdue invoice and the minimum charge in respect of this shall be £10.00.

40. The Company reserves the right to alter or vary these terms and conditions in any respect at its absolute discretion upon publishing the relevant alterations and of the date upon which such alterations take affect on the Wedding Taxis website www.weddingtaxis.co.uk

41. These Terms and Conditions override all others and the Company reserves the right to alter and amend these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.