Romania Travel activity related to the customers’ relationship is made in accordance with the terms and conditions set below:
The participation in a package tour is subject to certain laws and regulations. Therefore, you shall enter into a travel contract with us, as tour operator. All the essential terms and conditions of such a travel contract are indicated below. Please read them carefully.
- Responsibility and eligibility
Physical ability: Tourists are responsible for selecting a tour suitable for their physical potential. They are responsible for reading all pre-trip materials, informing us of any medical or dietary restrictions, and obeying all safe travel rules. Romania Travel reserves the right to decline or withhold service to any person who, for physical or other reasons, is deemed unfit for the trip.
Luggage and belongings: Every care will be taken to respect your luggage at all times. However, we are not responsible for damage, loss or theft of your personal belongings.
Other: Romania Travel is not responsible for cancellations or amendments due to acts of nature, civil unrest or inclement weather.
- Travel arrangements and payment terms
We recommend you to make early reservations in order to avoid any disappointment. Please contact Romania Travel representatives to support you in the reservation of your place. We also advise you to call us before finalizing your travel arrangements for information on meeting points and schedules for arrivals/departures. To secure your booking please complete the booking/enquiry form and pay the necessary deposit as early as possible. Clients booking via telephone, on the website or by email will be asked to sign the declaration on the booking form and agree with the terms and conditions and general information pages, contained in the brochures and website.
- Confirmation
We must receive both your signed reservation form and the advance deposit in order to confirm your reservation. Once received, we will send you an invoice, together with a receipt for the deposit and the payment terms for the balance. If the booking is not possible, the deposit will be returned.
- Balance
The balance must be received before the start of the services. Payment will be made cash, by wire transfer or by bank transfer to Romania Travel bank account. If we do not receive a Final Payment in the designated period, we assume it as Cancellation.
- Changes to booking and refunds
If you need to change your booking after the booking has been confirmed, such as change the date required, the company will do its best to meet your requirements if you inform us in writing in due time. However, if the alterations requested are not possible, we reserve the right to apply cancellation charges if the change is made after we book and paid services for you. Bookings may be transferred to another person if desired, and the new booking will be confirmed on receipt of a completed booking form. If, after the start of the holiday you wish to change your itinerary, accommodation, duration or any other material aspect of the holiday, Romania Travel cannot accept liability for any loss, damage or additional expenses and no refunds will be made.
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Our cancellation policy is based on the number of weeks prior to trip start that we receive your written cancellation notice. By this we refer to a written notification document sent by you via regular mail to our postal address as mentioned in the “How to contact us” section, at the end of this document. Please note we must receive written notification of your cancellation within the number of weeks listed below. The date received at our office applies for Refund Policies.
No exceptions are made to our cancellation policy, including weather and personal emergencies. Please purchase trip insurance to cover you in case an illness forces you to cancel a tour. There is no refund for arriving late or departing early from a tour, nor for any meals, or services not used while on tour. Romania Travel is not responsible for cancellations, amendments, or additional fees incurred by tourists due to acts of nature, civil unrest, strikes, work stoppage, force majeure or inclement weather. If you change your reservation from one tour to another one within the same year, the fee mentioned in clause number 6 will be charged. You can protect yourself against the cost risk in the event of cancellation by taking out cancellation insurance.
- Refunds for services not used
Most of our tours are sold as package. In this case, credit cannot be given for services not used by clients. This includes accommodation, meals or any other arrangements not used for any reason.
- Cancellations by us
There are certain situations when Romania Travel might cancel a tour:
– The company reserves the right to cancel a service in any circumstances but will not cancel a service less than 5 weeks before departure, except for force majeure, the client’s failure to pay the final balance. Unless the client fails to pay the final balance, we will offer an equivalent alternative for the service if possible. If this is not possible or acceptable by the tourist, a full refund will be sent and constitutes full settlement. Romania Travel does not recommend the purchase of non-refundable airline tickets and is not responsible for expenses incurred such as pre-paid hotel reservations or non-refundable airline tickets.
– Romania Travel reserves the right to refuse participation prior to or during a trip to any individual whose behavior and/or attitude interfere with general enjoyment and well-being of other tour members and if anyone, participant or our staff, is endangered by this individual. In case any of the above mentioned happens, Romania Travel will not be liable to refund or pay any compensations.
– Romania Travel reserves the right to cancel a tour when the minimum number of participants required running a holiday is not met. In this case, registered participants will be refunded in total amounts paid to Romania Travel, which is not liable for any payments or compensations due to additional expenses.
- Changes in the holiday program
While the company will use its best to operate all tours as advertised, it reserves the right to change any of the facilities, services, prices described in its brochures and/or on the website. If a major change is necessary, the company will inform the client as soon as possible. A major change does not apply to change of transport, named accommodation location, but is normally considered major a itinerary re-routing, change in the duration of the holiday, change of meeting location and hour. If advised of a major change before departure the client will have the choice of accepting the change (at additional costs, if applicable), purchasing another available tour, or canceling the tour with full refund. Provided that the major change is not as a result of the situations outside company’s control (events outside company’s control include, but are not limited to war, threat of war, riot, civil strife, industrial dispute, terrorist activity, natural or nuclear disaster, fire or adverse weather conditions, epidemics, health risks, technical or maintenance problems with transport, changes imposed by the transport supplier, or other similar events beyond company’s control), compensation will be paid as follows:
| # more than 15 days – none# 15 days-date of travel – 20% of total payment |
- Accommodation
Each tour price is per person, generally based on double bedroom occupancy. In some locations participants may occupy larger rooms/suites/apartments for more than two persons. Participants signing up individually will be assigned roommates of the same sex. In most tours there is a limited number of single-occupancy rooms available. Those requiring single rooms will be charged a single room supplement. Please check with us availability and rates. For single travelers wishing to share, we cannot guarantee that a suitable share will be available, and if this is the case the supplement will be payable. We will inform you in due time if such a topic occurs.
Our accommodation is presented in the tours presentations. We will do everything in our power to secure you lodgings in our first-choice hotels/guest houses, but it may not be possible if you are booking less than three months before traveling or during a particularly busy season. Tour prices are based on double occupancy. Single supplements are available upon request.
- Prices
Prices are presented in Euros. Prices are guaranteed independently of exchange rates variations. Our prices include only what is listed on “Included” section in each tour presentation and do not include airfares. The price of the service will not be subject to any surcharges once a booking has been confirmed except in the event of a material worsening or the exchange rate of Lei against the Euro, which will mean a devaluation of 10% or more. In the case of such devaluation, we reserve the right to levy a surcharge equivalent to one half of the devaluation percentage applied to the cost of the holiday (e.g. if there were a devaluation of 10% we would levy only a 5% surcharge). Should the surcharge be 10% or more you will be entitled to cancel your holiday and receive a full refund. The cancellation right must be exercised in writing within 2 weeks of the receipt of the surcharge notification from us.
- Travel Insurance
Romania Travel strongly recommends cancellation and accident insurance to prevent any losses in case of illness, accident or otherwise. It is the responsibility of the client to apply directly to the insurance company. Please purchase trip cancellation insurance in case an illness forces you to cancel or depart early from a trip. We recommend all participants to ensure their Travel Insurance has adequate coverage for Cancellation and Refund, Luggage, Medical Expenses and Repatriation, Death and Permanent Disability.
- Image Use
Romania Travel reserves the right to use without charges photographs or images from participants for bona fide promoting and marketing purposes.
- Law
A Director of Romania Travel in writing may only waive this “Terms and Conditions”. When you sign the Booking Form you agree to accept all these conditions, and when we accept your reservation we agree to carry out our obligations to you as defined in this document and other information provided to you.
- Unforeseeable Circumstances
You must accept for participation in a Romania Travel tour that it is necessary the normal flexibility and acknowledge that delays and alterations and their results are possible during the trip.
- Liability
Within the limits of our obligation to exercise the care and diligence of prudent service providers, we warrant that the description of all specified travel services is correct at the time of the creation of the website, that the service providers (hotels, transporters, and others) have been properly selected and procured and that the tours have been conscientiously prepared and will be implemented with all due care. If a visit scheduled in the program is impracticable for reasons beyond our control (renovation of objectives and the like), we cannot be held responsible. If an unforeseen event of force majeure (e.g., war, riot and civil unrest, Acts of God) occurs and it must be expected, on the basis of an objective weighing of all circumstances, that carrying out the tour would become substantially more difficult or involve a substantial risk, the participant and/or Romania Travel may each give notice of termination of the travel contract. This provision shall also apply if the tour has already started. However, in such a case, Romania Travel retains the right to adequate compensation for the travel services already performed or yet to be performed until the end of the tour. The responsibility for complying with the road traffic regulations shall lie with you. You shall be liable for any loss, damage or injury you may cause to third parties. If you have personal liability insurance, it may provide coverage for such contingency. We are liable to you for compensation of the loss of or damage to your baggage only if such loss or damage is attributable to intent or gross negligence on our part. In other respects, our liability for damages on account of mal-performance of the contract is limited to an amount corresponding to three times the tour price, provided that the loss or damage has not been caused by us either intentionally or by gross negligence or if we are responsible solely on account of fault of a service provider selected by us. Any responsibility on our part is excluded if the participant fails to comply with any instructions issued by us in his/her best interest (e.g., for safety reasons). We suggest that you protect yourself against such risks by taking out accident and/or baggage insurance.
- Complaints
Any complaints should be communicated by phone or directly to Romania Travel representatives as soon as it arises. Failure to notify our representative at the time, providing the company the opportunity to rectify the cause of complaint, may result in your loss of any legal rights in respect of the particular matter. If this issue is not solved, then the complaint should be made in writing to Romania Travel at the company address within 20 days of the end of your trip.
- How to contact us
Please contact us if you have any questions, doubts or comments, we can also help you selecting the best tour for you. We recommend that you call/email our office first to confirm availability of the tour and dates that you want to take part. Once we receive both your completed reservation form and deposit we will send your confirmation. Detailed information about your trip, train & flight info, starting and ending places & times, will be sent to you in due time before the beginning of the tour.
EUROPA TRAVEL SPECIALIST SRL
Address: Sos Mihai Bravu no.62A, Spectrum Building, district 2, Bucharest, Romania
E-mail: office@romaniatravel.com
www: https://www.romaniatravel.com
Phone: 0040733 083 984; 0040 021 9407
Romania Travel is the name used in all our materials and website pages for the company
EUROPA TRAVEL SPECIALIST SRL is registered in Romania, registration number J40/1234/2015, CUI: RO34055205