Terms and Conditions | Willses Self Catering Accommodation

We look forward to welcoming you. When you make your booking you are entering into an agreement with us.

Please take the time to read our terms and conditions of booking below.

Wightlink Travel
If a booking for travel is made by Willses on the Guests behalf, then the guest will be bound by Wightlinks terms and conditions, this includes their cancellation, alteration and refunds policy.

Arrival and Departure
Check-in is available from 4.00pm (16:00) on the day of arrival.
Check-in times outside of those specified must be confirmed with us prior to arrival.

We ask that you please vacate your room by 10.00am (10:00) on the morning of departure.

COVID-19 Policies and Guidelines
With the current world-wide focus on COVID 19 and its implications, we take our responsibility for yours and our safety very seriously. Following is a list of our current protocols put in place to help ensure your safety and comfort while at the same time providing our usual standards of excellence during your visit. Our goal is for us all (guests & hosts) to respect the processes and protocols while ensuring a warm and welcoming self catering experience.

Booking Flexibility
If you have made your reservation directly with us you can take comfort knowing you may cancel up to 24 hours in advance of your stay, allowing you (and us) to make changes in this evolving COVID-19 situation.

If you have booked through an Awaze company, cancellations will need to be done directly with them according to their T&C’s.

Check-in and Check-out
Our regular check-in time of 4pm is still the norm. If you are arriving much later then please contact Annette to let her know. Check-out at 10am.

General
On arrival, all guests will be asked to sanitise their hands with the Hand Sanitiser provided and then complete a short questionnaire. Annette will take your temperature. We would then request that you sanitise your hands before entering the property every time you return from a day out.

We ask that you do not travel to us if you are feeling unwell or experiencing any of the following symptoms;

a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back;
a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual);
a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you’ve noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal.

Similarly, should you develop any of the above during your stay with us then please contact NHS 111 www.111.nhs.uk/covid-19 for advice and inform Annette.

Cleaning Policies

We have provided Hand Sanitiser outside the Barn and request that all guests use this on arrival and on returning to the property every day after a day out. We have also provided Hand Sanitiser in the Barn. However we strongly encourage you to travel with your own supply that you can take out with you each day.

In order to ensure our guest’s safety, we are allowing 3 nights in-between bookings to ensure our stringent cleaning policies remain.

Cancellation by the Guest
We are a small business, so cancellations can have a big impact on us, especially if we have turned away potential guests in favour of someone who has already booked and who then cancels. We do, however, appreciate that unforeseen circumstances can intervene, and we try to be as sympathetic and helpful as possible in such cases.

In the event of a cancellation up to 7 days prior to the scheduled date of arrival no charge will be made.

If you cancel your reservation within 7 days of the scheduled date of arrival a cancellation charge equivalent to the room(s) single night rate will be made.

Guests failing to arrive, without notification, may be responsible to a charge equivalent to the total reservation price.

We take all Bookings in good faith, as we are unable to judge reasons for change, cancellation or non-arrival, guests are reminded that no exceptions to the above conditions will be made and that any booking made with Willses Bed & Breakfast for either accommodation or goods, services, meals or drinks that are pre-booked (verbal or written) forms a legally binding contract. For this reason, we advise that you take out a suitable insurance product to cover against unexpected costs such as cancellation fees. In addition, we may take legal action, through the Courts, to recover any outstanding debts.

Any Wightlink Ferry Bookings made through Willses B&B will be subject to a small administration charge of £10. In the event of a ferry cancellation, your refund will be managed by Willses B&B but will be at the discretion of Wightlinks Terms & Conditions. The Willses B&B charge will not be refunded.

Cancellation by Us
Should it become necessary for us to cancel a booking we will contact you immediately. Any payments made will be refunded in full.

Car Parking
Parking is available for guests’ use outside the property in a private drive. Cars parked here are at the owners risk. Only one car per room booked.

Change of Room
If a booking is taken out for a specific room and the room reserved is rendered unusable via circumstances beyond our control, we reserve the right to transfer the booking to an alternative room. If there is an increased cost then this will not be passed on to the customer. If the cost is less then a refund of the difference will be made.

Damage and Breakages
Please take care of our home. You are responsible and liable for any breakages or damages which you cause to the accommodation or its contents. Please report these as soon as they occur especially if you accidentally spill something – it’s much easier to clean if we know what it is and act quickly. We do not normally charge for breakages, but we reserve the right to charge for repair or making good if the damage is significant.

Data
Some of the data gathered during the course of a booking may be held on computer. We would like to hold this data after your visit to be able to inform you of future offers. If you would prefer us not to hold this information please let us know.

Keys
You have access to the building and your room 24 hours a day throughout your stay using a set of keys given to you when you register on arrival. You have full responsibility of these keys for the duration of your stay. Lost keys will be charged at £10.00 per set.

Liability
We do not accept any liability for any damage, loss or injury to any member of your party or any vehicles or possessions, unless proven to be caused by a negligent act by ourselves or our employees whilst acting in the course of their employment.

Lost Property
We are happy to return items that have been left following departure. However, there will be a minimum charge of £5.00 to cover postage and packaging.

Missing Items
We reserve the right to charge for missing items.

Payment
Full payment is due before arrival by cleared Bank Transfer.

Pets
The Barn
We are very happy to accommodate one small or medium sized well behaved dog (an additional £25 cleaning fee will be charged)
Willses
Pets are not permitted in the house or on the adjoining land.

Children
At this time we do not accommodate children or babies.

Prices
We reserve the right to change our prices at any time. This does not affect bookings already made.

Smoking
Smoking is NOT permitted within any part of Willses Bed & Breakfast. Please note that offending guests may be asked to leave immediately and may be liable for professional cleaning of any rooms and any outstanding balance of nights booked but not taken through early departure.

Termination Policy
Willses Bed & Breakfast reserve the right, at its discretion, to terminate, without notice, an individuals stay where deemed necessary through unacceptable behaviour or as a result of actions which are likely to endanger or offend others (Please note that non compliance of our non smoking policy may constitute termination). In such circumstances any outstanding account must be settled, no refunds will be made.

VAT
All published rates are inclusive of VAT at the current rate.

Wi-Fi Access
By using our Wi-Fi Service you automatically agree to the terms and conditions of use below (the “Terms”). If you do not agree to all of the Terms, please do not use the Service.

Internet Services
Willses Bed & Breakfast (“we” / “our” / “us”) provides you with access to the internet in most parts of the building. By accessing the service using either medium you are agreeing to obey the terms and conditions listed below (the “Terms”). If you do not agree to the terms, please do not access the service.

Fair Use
We would like to ensure that all of our guests have an enjoyable internet experience whilst staying with us. We have therefore implemented a ‘fair use’ policy to ensure that we can continue to provide a fast and reliable service.
We may monitor the performance of our network and the use of it by our guests. If we notice that a guest is using it in excess of what is expected from reasonable normal use and where such excessive use is affecting other guests, particularly during busy times, we may restrict usage. If you do not use file sharing software or download large files from the internet then you should not be affected by our fair use policy. However, if it becomes clear that heavy downloading, peer-to-peer networking, or excessive streaming (i.e. more than simply streaming programme content from websites such as BBC iPlayer, 4 On Demand, or itv.com) is taking place then we may contact you to ask you to reduce your use to allow our other customers to share the system fairly. If you continue to do so, or if you persistently exceed normal use to the extent that it affects our network and other user’s enjoyment of the service, then we reserve the right to restrict or deny you access to the network.

Our Obligations to You
We will use our reasonable endeavours to ensure that you are provided with, uninterrupted service 24 hours a day. We will not be liable however, for any reason if the service is not available at any time for any period, nor for any loss of data or damage to the equipment you suffer as a result of using our service. We may suspend access at any time and for any reason, including routine or emergency maintenance of the servers. For this reason we strongly recommend that you regularly save any work you are doing whilst using the service.

Your Obligation to Us
The service we provide is intended to be used for general purposes, including accessing the World Wide Web, email, messaging services and chat rooms. You undertake to us that you will use the services responsibly and that you will behave in a lawful, honest and proper manner when accessing the services. Without prejudice to any other provision of this agreement, we may terminate your use of the service at any time without notice if we become aware of any behaviour that has a negative effect on our equipment or network or the use by other customers of our equipment or network or the internet in general, or which damages, or has the potential to damage, our reputation.
Without prejudice to the generality of the paragraph above, you may not: use the service for any illegal purpose (including but not limited to breaching any intellectual property or computer misuse legislation and downloading or uploading any illegal material); send any unsolicited commercial email (or “spam”) or any activity relating to it; carry out any “hacking” activities such as attempting to access systems without authorization or carry out denial of service attacks.

Data Protection
You may be required to provide us with certain personal information. We will use such personal information in accordance with relevant data protection legislation. You warrant and undertake to us that all of the personal information you provide us with is complete and accurate. We will not disclose any personal information which is provided by you during the provision of such services to you to any third party without your permission, other than
To any subcontractors or agents engaged by us to provide any support or administration, facilities management or similar services (subject to the subcontractors and /or agents undertaking to keep such personal information confidential);
To any company or organisation to which we transfer our responsibilities to provide these services and products to you; or
Where required by law or made in connection with legal or regulatory proceedings.
We may log traffic data to assist us with the implementation of our terms and conditions and our fair use policy, although it is our policy to respect your privacy.

Breach of Agreement
We shall investigate any suspect breach of the agreement by you, and reserve the right to take such action as we, in our sole discretion, deem appropriate, including suspension or withdrawal of the service with immediate effect and without notice to you.

Disclaimer
You acknowledge that use of the service is entirely at your own risk.
The service is provided on an “as-available” basis, and to the fullest extent permitted by law we hereby exclude all and any warranties or conditions of any kind, whether express or implied, in respect of the service and the content or data obtained or downloaded from it.
Without prejudice to the foregoing generality we do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, timely, and secure of error free at all times or will meet your requirements; and we are not responsible for security, integrity, accuracy, suitability or completeness of any information that you transmit or receive while using the service.
The disclaimer within this paragraph does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

Liability
Nothing in this agreement serves to exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury cause by our negligence.
Subject to the paragraph above we shall not be liable to you in contract, tort or otherwise arising in connection with this agreement for any economic losses (including, without limitation, loss of revenue, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings), any loss of goodwill or reputation, any special, indirect or consequential losses or any destruction or loss of data.
If any part of the service is not available to you through no fault on our part or where the failure, suspension or withdrawal of the service is beyond our reasonable control, we shall not be obliged to pay any compensation to you.
You will indemnify us against all and any losses or claims arising from any breach of the agreement by you, and against any claims or legal proceedings arising from your use of the services which are brought or threatened against us by another person.

General
We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time.
You acknowledge and agree that all intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyrights (including rights in software), trademarks, database rights, patents and inventions) in and relating to the service are owned by us and our licensors or contractors. Nothing in this agreement operates to transfer any such intellectual property rights to you.
We reserve the right to assign or sub-contract any of our rights and obligations under this agreement without notice to you.
If any provision of this agreement is found to be unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.
This agreement is governed by the laws of England and the parties hereto submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.