Gourmets of Dubrovnik is a travel web portal owned and operated by travel agency Lord Ragusa Ltd based in Dubrovnik, Croatia, License Number HR-AB-20-060347612, Tax Number 34951343795.

All services are subject to availability. When you make a booking with us you are making an offer to us to buy some of our advertised services. All bookings must be made by a person aged eighteen years or over. Where your booking is for more than one person, the first-named person in your party aged eighteen years or over will be treated by us as the ‘lead name’ for your booking. The lead name will be responsible for making all payments due to us in accordance with our contract. Completion and submission by you of our Booking Form will be treated by us as confirmation that you have read, understood, and accepted all our Terms & Conditions.

The prices quoted in our brochures, on our website or in our publicity and promotions from time to time are correct at the time of publication. In the event of any change in our prices to those stated we will notify you prior to accepting your booking. All our prices are quoted in Euros. The price payable by you for your tour or package and what this price includes will be confirmed to you by us at the time of booking and set out in our booking confirmation.

Some bookings or prices are dependent on the number of participants or occupants and if this applies to your tour or package arrangements you will be notified by us at the time of booking. We reserve the right to make further charges where numbers fall below those required to qualify for the discount offered or price otherwise appropriate. We also reserve the right to cancel such a booking in the event of numbers fall below the required number at any time up to 30 days prior to your due date of departure.

 

If you wish, following the issue to you by us of our booking confirmation, to cancel your booking or any part of it relating to any person (in the case of a group booking), we will require your authority in writing or (in the case of a group booking) the authority in writing of the lead name to do so.

Our cancellation charges will apply (see the table ‘cancellation charges’ below). These are calculated with reference to the date on which we receive your authority in writing. We will not refund to you any deposits, administration charges, or any other fees or charges made by us and paid by you relating to your tour or package in the event of cancellation by you.

We incur costs from the time you make your booking and you agree that if you cancel your booking you will compensate us for our losses and expenses, as per the table below. Our cancellation charges increase the nearer the cancellation is made to your departure date as we may not be able to resell your tour or package without making significant price reductions, or at all.

We strongly recommend that you take out insurance cover for cancellation adequate to cover the value of your tour or package.

Number of days left before your due date of departure when your authority in writing is received by us. Cancellation charge (expressed as a percentage of the total tour or package price):

46 days or more deposit only

45 – 30 days 40 %

29 – 22 days 60 %

21 – 15 days 80 %

14 – 9 days 90 %

8 days or less 100 %

We will take reasonable care to deliver the tour or package which we are contracted to provide to you. As we put in place the arrangements necessary to enable us to offer our range of tours and packages many months in advance, we may occasionally have to make changes and reserve the right to do so at any time.

Our obligation to you depends on whether the changes are considered ‘minor’ or ‘major’. A ‘major’ change is one which results in a significant alteration to the essential terms of the contract between us.

‘Major’ changes include:

• price

• your departure airport

• your city/resort/place of destination

• your accommodation to a lower star grading

A ‘minor’ change is any other change which is not a ‘major’ change. We will try to tell you as soon as reasonably possible prior to your due departure date about any ‘minor’ changes, although we are not obliged to do so.

If we have to make a ‘major’ change we will notify you as soon as possible and you will have one of the following options:

• to agree the changes and accept their impact (including any on price)

• to transfer to another holiday offered by us (subject to availability) of equivalent or superior quality

• to transfer to another holiday offered by us (subject to availability) of lower quality and receive a refund for any difference in price

• to cancel your tour or package and receive a refund of all monies paid by you to us

We will take reasonable skill and care in performing our contractual obligations and if we or our agents or suppliers fail to use reasonable skill and care or are negligent and you are able to prove we have caused you loss or damage, we may, subject to these Terms & Conditions, accept responsibility for compensating you.

If you feel that any part of your tour or package arrangements is not provided as promised, you must, as soon as possible, notify us, and provide us with details in writing at the earliest opportunity.

We do not accept responsibility for the acts and/or omissions of any third parties with whom you may have made any bookings or arrangements direct.

None of the provisions of this paragraph shall have the effect of excluding or limiting our liability in respect of any personal injury or death of you or any member of your party during your holiday directly resulting from our own acts or omissions or the negligent acts or omissions of our employees, agents or suppliers whilst acting within our authority or instructions in the performance of our contractual obligations to you. We do not accept any responsibility for death, injury or illness caused by any act or omission whether of any third parties acting outside of our authority, instructions or control or with whom you may have made any bookings or arrangements direct or any cause which we could not reasonably prevent.

If you have any special requirements (dietary or otherwise) you must inform us of these at the time of booking so that we can pass these onto our suppliers. We cannot guarantee that your requirements will be met, however, and we are not liable to you in the event that your wishes are not met.

It is your responsibility to ensure that you and everyone travelling with you have valid passports, appropriate visas and vaccinations. We are not liable for any costs, delays or illness resulting from your failure to meet requirements. You are responsible for your behaviour and that of your party. We and our suppliers reserve the right to refuse your booking or the right to board or the right to travel and to remove you and/or any member of your party from any transport, accommodation or any part of tour or package if you or any member of your party is drunk or under the influence of drink or drugs; if you are or we reasonably believe that you are in unlawful possession of drugs; or are behaving violently, disruptively, dangerously or irresponsibly or in any manner whatsoever which presents a risk to others or is causing a nuisance or annoyance to others. No refund will be given, or compensation paid, and no costs or expenses for which you become liable or which are incurred by you will be made by us or be recoverable by you from us in such circumstances

Many of our trips take place in destinations where local conditions vary enormously, and the people we deal with on the ground may be less time-conscious or meticulous in planning than ourselves, and while we will do our best to ensure that your tour or package goes according to plan, we ask that those who travel with us do so with a spirit of adventure, in a positive frame of mind, and in good humour.

If you have a problem during your tour or package, please immediately inform the relevant supplier whose service is involved (e.g. your hotelier, agent ) and our tour guide (or if none, Lord Ragusa Ltd.), who will endeavour to put things right. It is unreasonable and in breach of your contractual obligations to us to take no action whilst on holiday, but then to write a letter of complaint upon return. If the problem cannot be resolved locally and you wish to complain, full details must be sent to Lord Ragusa Ltd. in writing to arrive within 7 days of your return giving your booking reference and all other relevant information. Please keep your letter concise and to the point. It is strongly recommended that you communicate any complaint to the supplier of the services as well as to our representative without delay and complete a report form while on holiday. If you fail to follow this simple procedure we will have been deprived of the opportunity to investigate and rectify your complaint whilst you were on holiday and this may affect your rights under this contract resulting in reduced or no compensation if any was merited.

In the event of dispute with regard to any element of your tour or package the place of jurisdiction is in Croatia.

You are strongly advised to purchase travel insurance for your tour or package and to make sure that all of the activities which you will be carrying out are covered by such insurance. This insurance should include adequate cancellation insurance to the value of your tour or package, emergency evacuation and repatriation costs in respect of all of your activities.