T&C’s and Cancellation Policy
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Booking
1. You must allow plenty of time when booking your taxi to allow for the check-in times required by your airline / ferry and for any delays caused by traffic conditions. WAT services shall not be responsible for any delay caused by your failure to allow enough time to reach your destination or if the passengers are not ready for collection at the agreed time.
2. You must order a suitable car size for the number of passengers and luggage. WAT cannot guarantee to carry excessive amounts of luggage. Please note that a child, no matter what age, counts as one passenger.
3. Unfortunately we do not have transport suitable for wheelchair users
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Prices & Payment
1. WAT will email/message you a quotation based on the information supplied by you. WAT may amend the quotation if there is any material change to the original itinerary, the number of passengers, or the type or size of vehicle required.
2. The quotation will include a one hour waiting period after the advertised landing time and the cost of car parking. WAT will charge for waiting at its standard rates after the initial one hour period has expired. WAT will endeavour to check for flight delays before the driver leaves for the airport but shall be under no obligation to do so.
3. If you accept the quotation, you will receive confirmation of your booking via email/text. Please check your booking confirmation carefully and inform WAT of any errors immediately. WAT shall not be responsible for any delays caused or costs arising from by your failure to provide WAT Services with correct information
4. All journeys originating at an airport (which are not return journeys where WAT has taken you to the airport) must be prepaid in full before the date of travel.
5. Payment can be made by credit card, debit card and cash.
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The Service
1. You shall be responsible for the behaviour of all the passengers in the vehicle during the journey. You will be charged £100 to cover cleaning costs in the unlikely event of the vehicle being soiled by any passenger!
2. Eating, drinking and/or smoking in the cars are not permitted. being soiled by any passenger!
3. All children travelling during the journey should be restrained in a manner appropriate to their age, weight and height. Suitable child seats should wherever possible be supplied and fitted by the child’s parents. Such seats may be retained by the driver for use on the return journey.
4. WAT will not carry more passengers than its insurance or licensing allows.
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Cancellations
If you need to cancel your booking, please let WAT know as soon as possible. If you cancel a booking after the vehicle has been dispatched, then you are liable to pay the full fare . As a rule journeys from airports are dispatched up to two hours before flight arrival.
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Liability
1. WAT shall use all reasonable endeavours to get you to your destination on time but shall not be liable for any loss due to delays caused by road or traffic conditions beyond its control on the journey. Under no circumstances shall WAT Taxi Services be liable (in contract, tort or otherwise) for any loss of profits, business or for any indirect or consequential loss whatever.
2. All luggage is carried entirely at your risk.
3. WAT Services shall be entitled to cancel all services and provide refunds in the event of a declared national emergency, riot, war, fuel shortage, extreme weather or terrorist attack, or other circumstances beyond its control. If the car breaks down during your journey WAT Services will endeavour to arrange an alternative car to complete the journey as soon as practicable.
4. You shall indemnify WAT Services against all losses, costs, damages and expenses arising from any act or omission of any passenger in your party.
5. Neither party excludes or limits its liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for wilful default or fraudulent misrepresentation, or otherwise in any manner unenforceable by any applicable law
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Termination
WAT refuse or terminate any booking with immediate effect if it places any driver or vehicle at risk of damage, violence or abuse by you or by any passenger in your party and we will ask all passengers to vacate the vehicle as soon as it is safe to do so. No refunds will be given if the journey is terminated part way through the hire.
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Miscellaneous
1. WAT may subcontract its obligations under this Agreement. You shall not assign, transfer or delegate any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement.
2. WAT Services may change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online. Please review these terms and conditions regularly to ensure that you are aware of any changes. All existing bookings will be at the rate quoted or applicable rate in effect at the time of booking.
3. WAT Services shall store, process and use all information regarding your personal details in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998
4. This Agreement and any accompanying quotation represents the entire agreement between you and Whitstable Airport Taxi Services in relation to its subject matter. If there is any discrepancy between the terms of this Agreement and the quotation, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail
5. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer any benefit on any third party, whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise, and no third party shall have the right to enforce any rights under this Agreement except where otherwise agreed in writing.