Booking Conditions
We appreciate that you would like to book through us.
By using the website or availing any services through the website of Cottagerentals.in, you confirm that you have duly read, understood and accepted the terms and conditions contained herein and the same shall be fully binding on you. If you do not accept these Conditions, you must refrain from using the Site.
1. AGE AND RESPONSIBILITY
To use this website and avail any services therein you must have attained the age of majority and shall have the necessary competence to enter into a contract, i.e., you are not otherwise disqualified to enter into a contract. You are fully aware that any use of the facilities of the Website, either financial or other contractual obligations on your part, which you must be competent to discharge and comply with.
2. BOOKING PROCEDURE
You submit your online Booking Request through the booking form.
In case the accommodation you have requested is available, we will block it for you and send you a Performa invoice. You will have to make payment online in stipulated time frame mentioned on the Performa invoice.
On receipt of your payment we will issue you an Invoice Confirmation document showing the names of your host, the address of the property at which accommodation has been confirmed for you along with telephone number and e-mail address.
In the unlikely event we are unable to provide accommodation as confirmed by us; we will inform you at the earliest possible opportunity by email. You will have the choice to either to get a full refund of the advance paid or accept an alternative accommodation suggested by us. We will refund the price difference if the alternative accommodation is of a lower value.
3. CANCELLATIONS RULES
Once you have confirmed your booking, you will be entitled to cancel, however, as we incur costs in booking and cancellation, you will therefore, be paid refund strictly as stated herein below:
a) Confirmed & paid bookings cancelled 60 days prior to arrival will attract 10% deduction
b) Confirmed & paid bookings cancelled 30 days prior to arrival will attract 20% deduction
c) Confirmed & paid bookings cancelled 15 days prior to arrival will attract 50% deduction
d) Confirmed & paid bookings cancelled 07 days prior to arrival will attract 100% deduction
e) There is no refund for an early departure
f) Booking cannot be transferred to any third party
4. PRICES
a) Our prices include accommodation as described on our website Cottagerentals.in. are not necessarily inclusive of local taxes, unless stated otherwise.
b) Breakfast is generally included in the prices mentioned for all homes, unless, specifically mentioned on the owner’s home page.
c) The booking cannot be transferred to another name.
d) The booking cannot be transferred from one property to another
e) However, we do reserve the right to correct any manifest pricing errors on our website or invoice.
f) Our prices exclude Insurance.
g) We reserve the right to increase or reduce prices on our website. Such changes will not affect the price you pay which is fully guaranteed once we have issued our confirmation invoice. However, the government taxes will be applicable as per actual.
h) Questions or complaints about your booking before you travel
i) If you have any question/complaint in relation to your booking/travel please contact us at [email protected]
5. CONDITIONS FOR REFUND
If you have made any payment through your credit card or debit card and your reservation and the said reservation gets cancelled for the above reasons or in a situation where you are entitled to receive refund in the above manner due to your canceling the reservation, you shall not be entitled to make any charge back claim or any other claim in respect of the credit card / debit card facility / payment mode used by you for the reservation, with the credit card issuer or acquiring bank. In addition, if you are entitled to any refund on your cancellation and if you have used your credit card / debit card for such reservation, the amount of refund, if any, would be credited back to your same credit card / debit card account. You shall not use credit card of any third party for your booking through this Website, unless such credit card / debit card belongs to any of your close relative and you have express authority to use the said credit card / debit card.
6. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO YOU
a) If we or our supplier(s) fail to provide the accommodation booked and as described on our website we will pay you appropriate compensation if this has affected your enjoyment of the arrangements.
b) However, we will not be liable where any failure in the performance of the contract between us is due to: c) Unforeseeable, unavoidable or unusual circumstances or events beyond our control or the control of our suppliers, the consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all due care had been exercised.
d) Our total liability shall not exceed the total sum charged for your booking except:
e) Nothing in these terms and conditions affects your statutory rights and in particular nothing in these terms and conditions excludes or limits our liability: For any death or personal injury caused by our negligence or our suppliers’ negligence.
f) For any matter in which it would be illegal for us to exclude or attempt to exclude our liability; for any fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
7. YOUR LIABILITY
a) We reserve the right to terminate your booking at any time without making any refund to you and also to claim from you for any loss, damage and / or injury sustained by us, our employees, suppliers, representatives, contractors and / or agents if you or any other member of your party should cause any malicious, willful or negligent damage.
b) We also reserve the right to terminate your booking at any time without making any refund to you if you or any other member of your party commits any illegal act or behaves in such a way as to spoil other guests’ enjoyment of their booking or to prevent our supplier(s) from delivering services booked by you or any other party.
c) If we terminate your booking we will usually hold your details and those of all other members of your party within our systems and we may refuse any future bookings from you or any other member(s) of your party.
d) For International guests: Passport, visa and immigration requirements
e) Your specific passport and visa requirements, and any other immigration requirements are your responsibility and you should confirm these with the relevant Embassies and / or Consulates.
f) We do not accept any responsibility if you cannot travel because you have not complied with any passport, visa or immigration requirements.
g) Your host in India is legally required by law to see each foreign guest’s passport. Please have your passport ready to show on arrival and please also take with you a photocopy of the main page for your host to keep.
8. SPECIFIC WARNINGS
a) You must ensure that your access to and your use of the Site is not illegal or prohibited by laws which apply to you.
b) You must take your own precautions that the process which you employ for accessing the Site does not expose you to the risk of virus, malicious computer code, computer program routine or process or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. Without limitation, you are responsible for ensuring that your own computer system meets all relevant technical specifications necessary to use the Site and is compatible with the Site. For the removal of doubt, Cottagerentals.in does not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of the Site or any Linked Web Site.
c) Cottagerentals.in does not guarantee or warrant that any material available for downloading from the Site or any Linked Web Site will be free from any virus, infection or other condition which has contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for taking sufficient precautions and checks to satisfy your own particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output.
d) You must ensure that any information which you provide to Cottagerentals.in is accurate and complete and does not contain any virus, malicious computer code, computer program routine or process or other form of interference which may damage the computer system of Cottagerentals.in or the Information or which may detrimentally interfere with or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any Cottagerentals.in system, data or information.
9. SITE AND ITS CONTENTS
a) This website is only for your personal use as well as for non-commercial purposes. You shall not distribute exchange, modify, sell or transmit anything you copy from this Site, including but not limited to any text,images, audio and video, for any business, commercial or public purpose.
b) In addition, whether or not you have a commercial purpose, you agree not to: Access, monitor or copy any content or information of this Web site using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose. Deep-link to any portion of this Web site for any purpose.
c) You confirm and warrant that you shall not use this Website including any contents therein for any purpose which is unlawful or prohibited by law or which is unethical.
10. PERSONAL INFORMATION
a) You fully understand and confirm that agree that Cottagerentals.in is not responsible or liable in any way for injury, Loss or damage to your computer or interception or use of credit card information or other personally identifiable information, related to or resulting from use of the site or any sites linked or associated with this site.
b) Cottagerentals.in makes no warranty or representation regarding of confidentiality of any communication or information transmitted on this site or any web site linked to this site. You agree that Cottagerentals.in is neither responsible for the confidentiality of any information that you provide while availing services through this website, Including information pertaining to your credit card, Residential address, Mobile number, Land line number, nor any damages that may arise from disclosure of such information.
11. LINKED WEBSITES
a) The Site may contain links to other web sites ("Linked Web Sites"). Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained.
b) You acknowledge and agree that Cottagerentals.in does not have any control over the content or availability of Linked Web Sites and accepts no responsibility for the content, privacy practices or any other aspect of Linked Web Sites.
c) Links with Linked Web Sites should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by Cottagerentals.in of the owners or operators of those Linked Web Sites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on those Linked Web Sites, unless and then only to the extent expressly stipulated to the contrary.
12. CHANGE OF WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Cottagerentals.in may add to, change or remove any part of these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time, without any notice. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use or any terms posted on this Site apply as soon as they are posted. By continuing to use this Site after any changes are posted, you are indicating your acceptance of those changes.
13. MISCELLANEOUS
a) This agreement is construed, interpreted and governed in accordance with laws of Union of India. All disputes arising out of the use of this website shall be settled through arbitration under Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by a sole arbitrator to be appointed by Cottagerentals.in in the Courts at New Delhi, India alone shall have exclusive competent jurisdiction. If you are contemplating to use this website from a jurisdiction which does not recognize or give effect to the terms and conditions of this Website, including the provisions of this clause, you are agreeing that you shall not use the Website.
b) If any part of this agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law being Indian laws, including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
c) This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the customer and Cottagerentals.in with respect to this Web site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the customer and Cottagerentals.in with respect to this Web site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
d) You warrant and confirm that you are at least 18 years of age and not otherwise disqualified or incompetent to enter into any contract on your own. Your further confirm that you possess the legal authority and competent to enter into this agreement and to use this Web site in accordance with all terms and conditions herein. You agree to be financially responsible for all of your use of this Web site (as well as for use of your account by others, including, without limitation, minors living with you). You agree to supervise all usage of this Web site by minors under your name or account. You also warrant that all information supplied by you or members of your household in using this Web site are true and accurate. Without limitation, any speculative, false, or fraudulent reservation or any reservation in anticipation of demand is prohibited. You agree that the travel services reservations facilities of this Web site shall be used only to make legitimate reservations or purchases for you or for another person for whom you are legally authorized to act. You understand that overuse or abuse of the travel services reservation facilities of this Web site may result in you being denied access to such facilities.
e) You understand that any violation of any conditions of purchase may result in cancellation of your reservation(s), in your being denied access to any Cottagerentals.in rooms, in your forfeiting any monies paid for such reservation(s), and in Cottagerentals.in debiting your account for any costs Cottagerentals.in incurs as a result of such violation. You shall be completely responsible for all charges, fees, duties, taxes, and assessments arising out of the use of this Web site as well as all your acts and deeds including the acts and deeds of your companions, while being at Cottagerentals.in
14. THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
This Website may provide links to third party websites or facility to avail / purchase goods and services from third parties. All such use of third party websites or purchase of goods and services shall be at your sole costs and risks. Cottagerentals.in does not assume any responsibility in this regard and does not provide any warranty in respect of such third party websites or warranty in respect of the goods and services provided by such third parties.
15. COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, and audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Cottagerentals.in or its content suppliers and protected by Indian and International copyright laws. Certain words and logos contained in the Website are subject matter of trademark registration and protected accordingly. All software used on this site is the property of Cottagerentals.in or its software suppliers and protected by applicable copyright laws.
16. DATA COLLECTION POLICY
Indian Home Stays respects the privacy of it’s clients and prospective clients. No client information will be disclosed to third parties. Information supplied to Indian Home Stays will only be used for communicating news, offers and developments via our marketing material. Indian Home Stays operates within the guidelines set out by the UK Data Protection Act (1998).
We collect information from you necessary to process your booking or payment. We use cookies only where required, they do not hold personal information and they expire as appropriate. (See further details below) All card details which you submit are handled and stored securely by PayPal, our third party payment processor. We follow PCI DSS guidelines and our servers are regularly scanned in accordance with their requirements to ensure compliance. Any information submitted by you to us is used only within “The Agency” and third parties working on behalf of Indian Home Stays who enable our services to be provided to you.
Security
When taking potentially sensitive information from you, we employ a 128bit SSL3 encryption which secures the transaction from being intercepted. This secure connection is enabled automatically when you enter the secure area of the site where sensitive information is handled (eg. booking form and payments). When this secure connection is activated, you will see the padlock icon (or equivalent) in your web browsers status bar.
Cookies
We use the following cookies on our site. None of them contain any personal data and they are only used where necessary to provide functionality:
COOKIE NAME VALUE USAGE
isMobile 1 or 0 Used to determine if you are on the mobile website and display mobile optimised webpages.
iPhone started Set if you are using an iPhone and the website has prompted you about visiting the iPhone optimised website, or if you have already visited the optimised site so you aren't continually prompted about it.
memberID Numeric Set when you login to our website to identify the account you are logged into.
strLoginID Alphanumeric Set when you log into the website as an authorisation token.
bookingID Numeric Used when you log into your booking and at points through the booking process.
enable Postcode Look up Numeric Used to limit abuse of our postcode lookup functionality.
cookies 1 Used to identify whether we have prompted you about our cookie policy.
Additionally we use Google Analytics which uses cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about visitors to our website, which in turn we use to improve the service we provide. However, Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about you. Read more information about Google Analytics cookies. You can also opt-out from Google Analytics completely in some browsers.
If you don’t want us to use any of these cookies, please refer to the settings in your browser to block them, but please note, that parts of our site won’t function properly if you do.
By using the website or availing any services through the website of Cottagerentals.in, you confirm that you have duly read, understood and accepted the terms and conditions contained herein and the same shall be fully binding on you. If you do not accept these Conditions, you must refrain from using the Site.
1. AGE AND RESPONSIBILITY
To use this website and avail any services therein you must have attained the age of majority and shall have the necessary competence to enter into a contract, i.e., you are not otherwise disqualified to enter into a contract. You are fully aware that any use of the facilities of the Website, either financial or other contractual obligations on your part, which you must be competent to discharge and comply with.
2. BOOKING PROCEDURE
You submit your online Booking Request through the booking form.
In case the accommodation you have requested is available, we will block it for you and send you a Performa invoice. You will have to make payment online in stipulated time frame mentioned on the Performa invoice.
On receipt of your payment we will issue you an Invoice Confirmation document showing the names of your host, the address of the property at which accommodation has been confirmed for you along with telephone number and e-mail address.
In the unlikely event we are unable to provide accommodation as confirmed by us; we will inform you at the earliest possible opportunity by email. You will have the choice to either to get a full refund of the advance paid or accept an alternative accommodation suggested by us. We will refund the price difference if the alternative accommodation is of a lower value.
3. CANCELLATIONS RULES
Once you have confirmed your booking, you will be entitled to cancel, however, as we incur costs in booking and cancellation, you will therefore, be paid refund strictly as stated herein below:
a) Confirmed & paid bookings cancelled 60 days prior to arrival will attract 10% deduction
b) Confirmed & paid bookings cancelled 30 days prior to arrival will attract 20% deduction
c) Confirmed & paid bookings cancelled 15 days prior to arrival will attract 50% deduction
d) Confirmed & paid bookings cancelled 07 days prior to arrival will attract 100% deduction
e) There is no refund for an early departure
f) Booking cannot be transferred to any third party
4. PRICES
a) Our prices include accommodation as described on our website Cottagerentals.in. are not necessarily inclusive of local taxes, unless stated otherwise.
b) Breakfast is generally included in the prices mentioned for all homes, unless, specifically mentioned on the owner’s home page.
c) The booking cannot be transferred to another name.
d) The booking cannot be transferred from one property to another
e) However, we do reserve the right to correct any manifest pricing errors on our website or invoice.
f) Our prices exclude Insurance.
g) We reserve the right to increase or reduce prices on our website. Such changes will not affect the price you pay which is fully guaranteed once we have issued our confirmation invoice. However, the government taxes will be applicable as per actual.
h) Questions or complaints about your booking before you travel
i) If you have any question/complaint in relation to your booking/travel please contact us at [email protected]
5. CONDITIONS FOR REFUND
If you have made any payment through your credit card or debit card and your reservation and the said reservation gets cancelled for the above reasons or in a situation where you are entitled to receive refund in the above manner due to your canceling the reservation, you shall not be entitled to make any charge back claim or any other claim in respect of the credit card / debit card facility / payment mode used by you for the reservation, with the credit card issuer or acquiring bank. In addition, if you are entitled to any refund on your cancellation and if you have used your credit card / debit card for such reservation, the amount of refund, if any, would be credited back to your same credit card / debit card account. You shall not use credit card of any third party for your booking through this Website, unless such credit card / debit card belongs to any of your close relative and you have express authority to use the said credit card / debit card.
6. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO YOU
a) If we or our supplier(s) fail to provide the accommodation booked and as described on our website we will pay you appropriate compensation if this has affected your enjoyment of the arrangements.
b) However, we will not be liable where any failure in the performance of the contract between us is due to: c) Unforeseeable, unavoidable or unusual circumstances or events beyond our control or the control of our suppliers, the consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all due care had been exercised.
d) Our total liability shall not exceed the total sum charged for your booking except:
e) Nothing in these terms and conditions affects your statutory rights and in particular nothing in these terms and conditions excludes or limits our liability: For any death or personal injury caused by our negligence or our suppliers’ negligence.
f) For any matter in which it would be illegal for us to exclude or attempt to exclude our liability; for any fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
7. YOUR LIABILITY
a) We reserve the right to terminate your booking at any time without making any refund to you and also to claim from you for any loss, damage and / or injury sustained by us, our employees, suppliers, representatives, contractors and / or agents if you or any other member of your party should cause any malicious, willful or negligent damage.
b) We also reserve the right to terminate your booking at any time without making any refund to you if you or any other member of your party commits any illegal act or behaves in such a way as to spoil other guests’ enjoyment of their booking or to prevent our supplier(s) from delivering services booked by you or any other party.
c) If we terminate your booking we will usually hold your details and those of all other members of your party within our systems and we may refuse any future bookings from you or any other member(s) of your party.
d) For International guests: Passport, visa and immigration requirements
e) Your specific passport and visa requirements, and any other immigration requirements are your responsibility and you should confirm these with the relevant Embassies and / or Consulates.
f) We do not accept any responsibility if you cannot travel because you have not complied with any passport, visa or immigration requirements.
g) Your host in India is legally required by law to see each foreign guest’s passport. Please have your passport ready to show on arrival and please also take with you a photocopy of the main page for your host to keep.
8. SPECIFIC WARNINGS
a) You must ensure that your access to and your use of the Site is not illegal or prohibited by laws which apply to you.
b) You must take your own precautions that the process which you employ for accessing the Site does not expose you to the risk of virus, malicious computer code, computer program routine or process or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. Without limitation, you are responsible for ensuring that your own computer system meets all relevant technical specifications necessary to use the Site and is compatible with the Site. For the removal of doubt, Cottagerentals.in does not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of the Site or any Linked Web Site.
c) Cottagerentals.in does not guarantee or warrant that any material available for downloading from the Site or any Linked Web Site will be free from any virus, infection or other condition which has contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for taking sufficient precautions and checks to satisfy your own particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output.
d) You must ensure that any information which you provide to Cottagerentals.in is accurate and complete and does not contain any virus, malicious computer code, computer program routine or process or other form of interference which may damage the computer system of Cottagerentals.in or the Information or which may detrimentally interfere with or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any Cottagerentals.in system, data or information.
9. SITE AND ITS CONTENTS
a) This website is only for your personal use as well as for non-commercial purposes. You shall not distribute exchange, modify, sell or transmit anything you copy from this Site, including but not limited to any text,images, audio and video, for any business, commercial or public purpose.
b) In addition, whether or not you have a commercial purpose, you agree not to: Access, monitor or copy any content or information of this Web site using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose. Deep-link to any portion of this Web site for any purpose.
c) You confirm and warrant that you shall not use this Website including any contents therein for any purpose which is unlawful or prohibited by law or which is unethical.
10. PERSONAL INFORMATION
a) You fully understand and confirm that agree that Cottagerentals.in is not responsible or liable in any way for injury, Loss or damage to your computer or interception or use of credit card information or other personally identifiable information, related to or resulting from use of the site or any sites linked or associated with this site.
b) Cottagerentals.in makes no warranty or representation regarding of confidentiality of any communication or information transmitted on this site or any web site linked to this site. You agree that Cottagerentals.in is neither responsible for the confidentiality of any information that you provide while availing services through this website, Including information pertaining to your credit card, Residential address, Mobile number, Land line number, nor any damages that may arise from disclosure of such information.
11. LINKED WEBSITES
a) The Site may contain links to other web sites ("Linked Web Sites"). Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained.
b) You acknowledge and agree that Cottagerentals.in does not have any control over the content or availability of Linked Web Sites and accepts no responsibility for the content, privacy practices or any other aspect of Linked Web Sites.
c) Links with Linked Web Sites should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by Cottagerentals.in of the owners or operators of those Linked Web Sites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on those Linked Web Sites, unless and then only to the extent expressly stipulated to the contrary.
12. CHANGE OF WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Cottagerentals.in may add to, change or remove any part of these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time, without any notice. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use or any terms posted on this Site apply as soon as they are posted. By continuing to use this Site after any changes are posted, you are indicating your acceptance of those changes.
13. MISCELLANEOUS
a) This agreement is construed, interpreted and governed in accordance with laws of Union of India. All disputes arising out of the use of this website shall be settled through arbitration under Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by a sole arbitrator to be appointed by Cottagerentals.in in the Courts at New Delhi, India alone shall have exclusive competent jurisdiction. If you are contemplating to use this website from a jurisdiction which does not recognize or give effect to the terms and conditions of this Website, including the provisions of this clause, you are agreeing that you shall not use the Website.
b) If any part of this agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law being Indian laws, including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
c) This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the customer and Cottagerentals.in with respect to this Web site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the customer and Cottagerentals.in with respect to this Web site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
d) You warrant and confirm that you are at least 18 years of age and not otherwise disqualified or incompetent to enter into any contract on your own. Your further confirm that you possess the legal authority and competent to enter into this agreement and to use this Web site in accordance with all terms and conditions herein. You agree to be financially responsible for all of your use of this Web site (as well as for use of your account by others, including, without limitation, minors living with you). You agree to supervise all usage of this Web site by minors under your name or account. You also warrant that all information supplied by you or members of your household in using this Web site are true and accurate. Without limitation, any speculative, false, or fraudulent reservation or any reservation in anticipation of demand is prohibited. You agree that the travel services reservations facilities of this Web site shall be used only to make legitimate reservations or purchases for you or for another person for whom you are legally authorized to act. You understand that overuse or abuse of the travel services reservation facilities of this Web site may result in you being denied access to such facilities.
e) You understand that any violation of any conditions of purchase may result in cancellation of your reservation(s), in your being denied access to any Cottagerentals.in rooms, in your forfeiting any monies paid for such reservation(s), and in Cottagerentals.in debiting your account for any costs Cottagerentals.in incurs as a result of such violation. You shall be completely responsible for all charges, fees, duties, taxes, and assessments arising out of the use of this Web site as well as all your acts and deeds including the acts and deeds of your companions, while being at Cottagerentals.in
14. THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
This Website may provide links to third party websites or facility to avail / purchase goods and services from third parties. All such use of third party websites or purchase of goods and services shall be at your sole costs and risks. Cottagerentals.in does not assume any responsibility in this regard and does not provide any warranty in respect of such third party websites or warranty in respect of the goods and services provided by such third parties.
15. COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, and audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Cottagerentals.in or its content suppliers and protected by Indian and International copyright laws. Certain words and logos contained in the Website are subject matter of trademark registration and protected accordingly. All software used on this site is the property of Cottagerentals.in or its software suppliers and protected by applicable copyright laws.
16. DATA COLLECTION POLICY
Indian Home Stays respects the privacy of it’s clients and prospective clients. No client information will be disclosed to third parties. Information supplied to Indian Home Stays will only be used for communicating news, offers and developments via our marketing material. Indian Home Stays operates within the guidelines set out by the UK Data Protection Act (1998).
We collect information from you necessary to process your booking or payment. We use cookies only where required, they do not hold personal information and they expire as appropriate. (See further details below) All card details which you submit are handled and stored securely by PayPal, our third party payment processor. We follow PCI DSS guidelines and our servers are regularly scanned in accordance with their requirements to ensure compliance. Any information submitted by you to us is used only within “The Agency” and third parties working on behalf of Indian Home Stays who enable our services to be provided to you.
Security
When taking potentially sensitive information from you, we employ a 128bit SSL3 encryption which secures the transaction from being intercepted. This secure connection is enabled automatically when you enter the secure area of the site where sensitive information is handled (eg. booking form and payments). When this secure connection is activated, you will see the padlock icon (or equivalent) in your web browsers status bar.
Cookies
We use the following cookies on our site. None of them contain any personal data and they are only used where necessary to provide functionality:
COOKIE NAME VALUE USAGE
isMobile 1 or 0 Used to determine if you are on the mobile website and display mobile optimised webpages.
iPhone started Set if you are using an iPhone and the website has prompted you about visiting the iPhone optimised website, or if you have already visited the optimised site so you aren't continually prompted about it.
memberID Numeric Set when you login to our website to identify the account you are logged into.
strLoginID Alphanumeric Set when you log into the website as an authorisation token.
bookingID Numeric Used when you log into your booking and at points through the booking process.
enable Postcode Look up Numeric Used to limit abuse of our postcode lookup functionality.
cookies 1 Used to identify whether we have prompted you about our cookie policy.
Additionally we use Google Analytics which uses cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about visitors to our website, which in turn we use to improve the service we provide. However, Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about you. Read more information about Google Analytics cookies. You can also opt-out from Google Analytics completely in some browsers.
If you don’t want us to use any of these cookies, please refer to the settings in your browser to block them, but please note, that parts of our site won’t function properly if you do.