BEFORE YOU MAKE A BOOKING REQUEST THROUGH US (SYKES COTTAGES
LTD), WHERE YOU DECIDE TO SELECT ANY "LOW DEPOSIT" OPTION
THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU, PLEASE READ (I) THE UK BOOKING TERMS
AND CONDITIONS AT https://www.sykescottages.co.uk/terms/booking
AND (II) THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH AMENDS CERTAIN PARTS OF THE UK
BOOKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, CAREFULLY (THESE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER
SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE UK BOOKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS AMENDED
FOR LOW DEPOSIT).
A BOOKING REQUEST MADE THROUGH US WHERE A LOW DEPOSIT OPTION HAS
BEEN SELECTED BY YOU SHALL BE DEFINED AS A "LOW DEPOSIT
BOOKING".
WHEN YOU MAKE A LOW DEPOSIT BOOKING THE UK BOOKING TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AS AMENDED FOR LOW DEPOSIT ARE DEEMED TO BE ACCEPTED BY
YOU.
1. When you make a booking request through us that isn't a Low
Deposit Booking request, you agree, within the UK Booking Terms and
Conditions to pay a Deposit (as defined in the UK Booking Terms and
Conditions).
2. When you make a Low Deposit Booking request through us you
instead agree to:
a. pay part of the abovementioned Deposit, we'll tell you how
much before you make your Low Deposit Booking, and you'll see
it referred to in your Booking Confirmation too (Low Deposit), when
you make the Low Deposit Booking and the rest of such Deposit no
later than, the earlier of (i) a number of weeks from the date on
which you made your Low Deposit Booking, and again we'll tell
you a date for this before you make your Low Deposit Booking, and
you'll see it referred to in your Booking Confirmation too, and
(ii) 6 weeks before the start of your Holiday Period (as defined in
the UK Booking Terms and Conditions) (Second Instalment of Deposit
Payment Date);
b. pay a nominal fee of £3 to Sykes Cottages Ltd on the Second
Instalment of Deposit Payment Date for Sykes Cottages Ltd having
enabled the Low Deposit option to be made available to you (on
behalf of itself and the relevant Owner(s)) and facilitating the
Deposit being paid by you in two instalments rather than one
(Administration Charge).
3. In both of the scenarios referred to at 1. and 2. above:
a. amounts that are not Rental Charges for the hiring the Property
or a Booking Fee are still payable when you make your booking
request or Low Deposit Booking request through us (e.g. any
insurance premium, pet supplement etc. that is payable)
(Supplements); and
b. the Balance (as defined in the UK Booking Terms and Conditions)
remains payable pursuant to the UK Booking Terms and Conditions.
4. When you authorise us to take payment for the Low Deposit, and
any Supplementals, at the time you make your Low Deposit Booking,
you also agree to make one of the following payments to us,
depending on which scenario applies to you:
a. if you cancel your Low Deposit Booking, or it is cancelled as
you have broken a term of the UK Booking Terms and Conditions As
Amended for Low Deposit (i) before you have paid all of the Deposit
plus the Administration Charge and (ii) more than six weeks before
the first day of the Holiday Period, then you also agree to pay to
us any remaining difference between (i) the Low Deposit and (ii) an
amount which is equal to 30% of the Rental Charges for the hire of
the Property plus the Booking Fee (the Usual Deposit when Low
Deposit isn't available or hasn't been chosen by you)
(Remainder of the Deposit Payment) plus the Administration Charge.
We will tell you how much you will have to pay if you cancel,
before you make your Low Deposit Booking.
The Remainder of the Deposit Payment plus the Administration Charge
will be due as soon as you confirm to us that you would like to
cancel the Low Deposit Booking; or
b. if you cancel your Low Deposit Booking or it is cancelled as you
have broken a term of the UK Booking Terms and Conditions As
Amended for Low Deposit six weeks or less before the first day of
the Holiday Period or it is not cancelled, then you also agree to
pay us the Remainder of the Deposit Payment plus the Administration
Charges (unless you have already paid both these amounts to us)
plus the Balance (as defined in the UK Booking Terms and
Conditions). When you make your Low Deposit Booking, we will tell
you the date of these payments and how much you will have to pay.
The Administration Charge is not refundable if you cancel your Low
Deposit Booking, as the services to which it relates have been
provided to you. The UK Booking Terms and Conditions apply as
regards the Deposit, by way of example only, it is not refundable
if you have simply changed your mind about going to your Low
Deposit Booking at any time.
We will ask, or have asked, you for your agreement to take any
payments from the method of payment you use to pay your Low Deposit
amount. This authority will continue until any of the following
apply:
a) you ask us not to use that payment method; or
b) all sums have been paid.
If you use an alternative method to make any partial or interim
payment you will need to tell us if you wish to replace your
original payment method for any remaining payments.
If you would like to make either of these payments using a
different payment method, then please contact us by telephone using
the number in the Contact Us section of the UK Booking Terms and
Conditions before the date that payment is due to be taken from
your card.
5. We (on behalf our ourselves and Owners, as the payments referred
to under this agreement relate to The Booking Contract and the
Rental Contract as defined the UK Booking Terms and Conditions
respectively) reserve the right to extend or withdraw the
availability of this Low Deposit option at any time, provided that
this will not affect Low Deposit Bookings made before any such
action is taken. As noted in the UK Booking Terms and Conditions,
despite the change in payment terms provided for in this agreement,
we are still collecting any payment referred to as being made to us
as follows, the Booking Fee on behalf of ourselves, Sykes Other
Services Charges on behalf of ourselves (the Administration Charge
being one of these), the Rental Charges on behalf of the relevant
Owner and Third-Party Other Services on behalf of third parties.
6. Except as amended by this agreement (and any other document that
refers to itself as amending the UK Booking Terms and Conditions)
the UK Booking Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and
effect.
7. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of England, and the courts of England shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out
of or in connection with it. This agreement does not give rise to
any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
to enforce any term of this agreement.
8. By making a Low Deposit Booking through us, you confirm that you
accept all UK Booking Terms and Conditions As Amended For Low
Deposit and you agree to comply with them.
9. The Low Deposit option is not available for booking requests
made through us:
a. in a currency other than Pounds Sterling; or
b. if the Deposit and Balance are due at the time you are making
the booking (e.g. because there are 6 weeks or less before your
Holiday Period starts); or
c. if the Property you are booking sleeps more than 10 people.