Terms & Conditions of Wedding Car Hire

1. In these standard terms and conditions of hire:

• "customer" means the person whose hire of a motor car is accepted by Inspired Services;
• "IS" means Inspired Services of the Cotswolds, centre Drive, Newmarket, CB8 8AN;
• "person" means any individual, firm or body corporate.

2. The Customer shall give IS details of the Customer’s requirement for a motor car (which shall include the type of motor car required and the date and period of hire) at the time of booking. All telephone bookings made by the Customer must be confirmed in writing by fax or e-mail and accompanied by a deposit or payment in full if less than 4 weeks in advance.
3. Subject to the Customer complying with paragraph 2 above, IS undertakes to provide a chauffeur driven motor car of the type requested by the Customer or in the absolute discretion of IS a motor car of a specification at least equivalent to that requested by the Customer.
4. IS shall ensure that the motor car is duly licensed and insured and is roadworthy and complies with the requirements of the Road Traffic Acts and all regulations made under such Acts.
5. Where an accepted booking is cancelled by the Customer IS shall at its discretion be entitled to charge a cancellation fee equal to the deposit or if less than 4 weeks before the booked date, a charge that would have been payable by the Customer had the booking not been cancelled. Furthermore if during the period of hire the Customer terminates or shortens the period of hire originally booked IS shall be entitled to charge the Customer for the booked period of hire in full.
6. IS shall ensure that its chauffeur arrives at the appointed time on the date of hire but shall not be liable for any loss that may be suffered by the Customer its employees, servants or agents in the event of any delay.
7. IS chauffeur will, unless previously instructed otherwise by the Customer, its employees, servants or agents, travel by the route which in his opinion is the most appropriate for the day taking into account relevant factors such as road congestion and road works. The Customer shall not be entitled to any reduction in the cost of hire on grounds that the route adopted was not the shortest.
8. IS chauffeur will drive at a reasonable speed according to his judgement of road and traffic conditions at any particular time. The Customer its employees, servants or agents shall not require the chauffeur to break or use the motor car so as to break any provisions of the Road Traffic Acts, the Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 and the Vehicle (Excise) Act 1971 and any regulations made under such Acts.
9. Unless otherwise agreed in writing the hire charge shall be determined by the set charge for local services, as set out elsewhere, or by reference to the distance and time taken to reach the appointed destination if deemed to be a non local service by IS.
10. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 9 above, IS shall be entitled to make a 100% surcharge for the hire of any motor vehicles between the hours of 18.00 on 24th December and  06.00 hours on 27th December and between the hours of 18.00 on 31st December and 06.00 on 2nd January and other bank holiday at its discretion.
11. All prices quoted on IS tariff card shall be inclusive of any applicable value added tax. IS shall be entitled from time to time and without notice to the Customer to increase its hire charges.
12. The hire charge referred to in paragraph 9 is exclusive of any parking fees, entrance fees , telephone charges and other expenses incurred by the chauffeur in connection with or at the request of the Customer during the period of hire and an additional charge will be made in respect of any such expenses which may be incurred.
13. In the event of late payment of any invoice by the Customer, IS shall have the right to:

• (a)suspend the provision of motor cars for hire to the Customer; and/or
• (b)charge the Customer interest (both before and after any judgement) on the amount unpaid, at the rate of 4% per annum above Abbey Bank plc base rate from time to time, until payment in full is made (a part of a month being treated as a full month for the purpose of calculating interest).

15. IS accepts no liability for any loss or damage which may be suffered by the Customer its employees, servants or agents to any luggage or property carried in the motor car howsoever the loss or damage is occasioned.
16. IS accepts no liability for any loss or damage which may be suffered by the Customer its employees, servants or agents caused by the failure to wear seat belts while travelling in the motor car.
17. IS liability in respect of any failure to provide any services under these terms and conditions shall be limited to the amount of the hire charge payable to IS in respect of the period of such failure. IS shall not be liable for any pecuniary or consequential loss allegedly arising from any breach of these terms and conditions by IS.
18. These terms and conditions shall be governed exclusively by the laws of England and the Customer agrees to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.