TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ART. 1
1.1 The contract of a hired driver shall be deemed completed between Lukatia LLC ( hereinafter referred to as the Lessor ) and the Customer at the moment when the latter signs the estimate. The contract is governed first and foremost by these Terms and Conditions which the Customer declares to fully understand and accept . Any modifications shall be effective only if authorized in writing and bear the signature of all the original contracting parties . The order / estimate signed by the customer constitutes the acceptance of this contract.
1.2. The Customer, by signing the estimate, maintains to have received a contract proposal that is complete and well-defined in its entirety thus concluding the contractual agreement. In the absence of a signature, Article 1326, paragraph 1 of the Civil Code expressly considers the contract to be concluded at the moment when the Lessor has been informed of acceptance by the Customer. Acceptance of the offer is to be understood without reserve.
1.3. Rental is to mean the provision of a car rental with a driver as foreseen by the legislation governing the transport of persons by means of public services. Any request that is not considered to be a normal service (for example but not limited to special sport and non-sporting events, customers with special personal needs, the need of public order etc.) must be agreed in advance in writing through reservations at info@autoelitelimo.it.
1.4. The Customer must observe the ban on smoking in the vehicle. Consumption of meals or drinks or food in the vehicle shall be requested to the driver who will still have authority to deny permission.
1.5. The Lessor is not responsible for personal property left in the vehicle. All items will be kept at the registered office of the Lessor for a period of 28 days at the end of which the items will be considered abandoned.
1.6. Each passenger may carry up to 1 SUITCASE + 1 carryon. ANY EXCESS BAGGAGE SUCH AS SKI OR OTHER EQUIPMENT MUST BE DECLARED at the time of booking to ensure that the vehicle required is suitable for such transportation. If the Customer has excessive luggage that doesn’t fit in the vehicle, the driver has the right to refuse to load the luggage and call an additional vehicle in order to load the luggage at the customer’s cost.
1.7. The vehicles hired are all newly registered and are all suitable for the services agreed in the contract. The vehicles are in full compliance with the law and all vehicles and passengers are fully insured.
1.8. Lukatia LLC collaborates with other car hire companies who operate with the same standards of quality and efficiency. If the vehicle and / or driver assigned for the day reserved for the execution of the service is booked, the Lessor will arrange a replacement vehicle of the same and / or higher class and level for the customer.
1.9. The liability of the Lessor for damages caused to the end user is limited to the regulations laid down in the Civil Code. Any request for conduct that falls outside of these standards must be requested in advance in writing each time and must be accepted by the Lessor.
1.10 Car seats for children travelling in Italy. European legislation requires that all child seats respect the Law UN/ECE 044/3 and UN/ECE R044/4. It is mandatory that all children travelling in vehicles that are under the age of 12 years of age or under the height of 150cm be properly seated and buckled in one of the following categories of seats:
Group 0: for infants under 10kg. Infants from birth up until the weight of 10 kg must be placed in rear-facing car seats or carry cots (that also fixe to baby stroller/pushchair) using a five-point in-built harness.
Group 0+: for children under the weight of 13 kg.
Group 1: for children between the weight of 9 and 18 kg
Group 2: for children between the weight of 15 and 25 kg
Category 0 car seats cannot be provided by our chauffeur service.The seats must be brought by the guests themselves and placed in the car directly by the guests themselves.
Group 3: for children between the weight of 22 and 36 kg. Categories 3 are seats for toddlers or young children and are booster seats which our chauffeur service can provide.
ART. 2 CANCELLATIONS AND PENALTIES
2.1. Cancellation Policy
Standard Point-to-Point Transfers
Cancel within:
24 hours or more – 100% refund
24 hours or less – No refund
No Show – No refund
Long Transfers, “As Directed,” Day Tours, Private Guides, Boats
Cancel within:
7 Days or more – 100% refund
4-6 Days – 50% refund
3 Days or less – No refund
No Show – No refund
Any refunds will be processed immediately but may not go into effect until 1 to 10 working days. There is an €50 or 5% of the charge (whichever is greater) service fee for each refund issued due to a cancellation. In the event the service cannot be provided as planned, Auto Elite will suggest different alternatives.
Events or trade shows will have special conditions applied. Please contact the office for further information.
2.2. If your flight is canceled or delayed more than 60 minutes than the scheduled arrival time, the customer must inform our booking department by calling +39 051 046 5566 or by email at info@autoelitelimo.it to be able to ensure the presence of one of our drivers on arrival. If contact between the Customer and the booking department has not been made, our drivers are instructed not to wait for more than 1 hour from a flight’s landing time or scheduled appointment. The driver will then leave the meeting point and the service will be charged in full.
If your flight has more than a 2 hour delay, unfortunately we will not be able to guarantee that a driver will be available to cover the service if Lukatia LLC deems the requested change to affect the existing schedule of other clients.
2.3. Any request for changes to already confirmed reservations (i.e. Schedule change, change of vehicle, route, duration) must be submitted to the booking department by calling +39 051 046 5566 or by e-mail info@autoelitelimo.it The booking department will then assess the feasibility of the modification request. Changes to bookings will not be accepted after 4pm local time.
2.4. If there is any damage to the vehicle by the Customer, either will fully or accidentally, the Customer will be charged a minimum of € 250 on top of the agreed fee. Lukatia LLC reserves the right to receive a full assessment of the damage by a qualified appraiser in order to determine the exact amount to be charged to the Customer. If the vehicle is unable to operate due to the damage suffered, the Customer will be charged € 250 for each day that the vehicle is rendered unavailable in addition to the price of the repair. It is the express right of the Lessor to request the highest amount of damage, to take any possible action to safeguard its own interests with the aim to restore the vehicle at the expense and responsibility of the Customer.
2.5. Lukatia LLC will not be obligated to respect the contract obligations of these Terms and Conditions when circumstances amounting to “Force Majeure” occur where such circumstances last and affect contractual performance. “Force Majeure” shall refer to any unusual and unforeseeable events beyond Lukatia LLC’s control. Such events may include but are not limited to war, threat of war, civil strife, natural or nuclear disaster, epidemics, fire, pandemics, terrorist activity, governmental actions, acts of God, strikes, bad weather and all similar events.
RT. 3 PAYMENT
3.1. Payments of fees must be settled by way of credit card, bank transfer or cash according to the agreed terms. We accept international credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Credit cards from the Electron circuit or prepaid cards will NOT be accepted. If the credit card is accepted by the Lessor, the amount deemed necessary for the execution of the contract will be detained with the express authorization of the customer.
3.2. We do not accept payment with credit cards from the following CFSP sanctioned countries :
Afghanistan , Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burma – Myanmar , Congo (Democratic Republic), Cote d’ Ivoire, Egypt , Eritrea, Republic of Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq , North Korea, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Republic of Moldova, Republic of Guinea- Bissau, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.
3.2. Any complaints by the end user must be reported in writing immediately and in any case, no later than 8 days after the end of the services rendered, either to those who had contracted the service or directly to Lukatia LLC ; in the first case , the burden lies with the intermediary to communicate with the Lessor immediately.
3.3. Prices include fuel and motorway tolls unless specified; fees for ferries and tunnels, parking, extra services, entry to historic centers where the normal permits of each vehicle are not considered sufficient are not included.
3.4.The final rate may be subject to recalculation on the basis of additional waiting time, extra mileage, parking fees and / or miscellaneous costs incurred.
3.5.The charge on your credit card will be listed as Lukatia LLC.
ART. 4 COMMUNICATION METHOD
4.1. For any communication in writing by the Lessor, the Customer expressly accepts that the sending of messages written by e- mail directly to the email address provided in the contract, has the same value of a postal communication sent by means of registered mail.
ART.5 JURISDICTION
5.1. Any dispute or controversy concerning the activities carried out between the Lessor and the customer will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Boca Raton, FL USA.