Terms and Conditions

1. General information

The following general terms and conditions of business (GTC) are an integral part of all contracts on the presentation of holiday accommodations in the Internet (e.g. basic ads, top ads, etc.) by dConcepts B2C Solutions (hereinafter referred to as dConcepts) within the scope of the Internet site Vacation-Rentals24.com.

2. Object of the contract

2.1 dConcepts agrees to present the client within the Internet site Vacation-Rentals24.com and if applicable, in other Internet media. Each holiday accommodation will be presented on its own Internet page. The client’s papers can be returned only if a suitable stamped envelope is provided.

2.2 The services described in § 2.1 are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Interruptions of service may occur. The client does not have the right to continuous availability.

3. Term of the contract and cancellation

3.1 The contract shall be made by sending the online registration via the Internet or – in case the online registration is not used – registration by e-mail, by regular mail, or the client’s fax.

3.2 The contract shall be made for one year and will be automatically extended by a year if it is not cancelled in writing by one of the parties with at least two months’ notice.

3.3 dConcepts reserves the right to reject, alter, or completely delete advertisements arising from a legally binding agreement, as well as the right to exclude the client permanently from participation.

3.4 Alterations made by the client himself through the customer section after publication of the holiday accommodation may be rejected by dConcepts on the basis of contents, origin, or technical form according to uniform, objective principles. dConcepts must inform the client of the rejection of the alterations. If the client does not refrain from making the alteration that was rejected by dConcepts, dConcepts may suspend the client’s presentation in the Internet until the objectionable alteration is removed.

3.5 The following advertisements are excluded from publication: Advertisements whose intended purpose is not presenting a holiday home, holiday apartment, or another kind of holiday accommodations.

3.6 The client himself must check immediately whether the advertisement is accurate and make prompt notification of any defects. Immediately after receiving a complaint, dConcepts will arrange for the error to be corrected insofar as the error cannot be corrected by the client from the customer section of Vacation-Rentals24.com. Any claims to compensation on the part of the client are excluded unless dConcepts has acted with malicious intent or gross negligence.

4. Terms of payment

4.1 Basic client´s Internet presentation is free of charge. Additional bought packages ('Top Offers', 'Picture Packages') must be paid in advance. No refund of the advance payment is possible. dConcepts will set free the optional packages only after payment has been received.

4.2 The general terms and conditions (GTC) including rates (fees) may be changed by dConcepts with two week’s notice. The client may terminate the contract relationship within two weeks of receipt of the notification of change. The client will be notified of any changes of the GTC and fees both by publication in the Internet at www.Vacation-Rentals24.com and by an e-mail message.

4.3 If the client is in arrears with payments due, dConcepts may suspend the client’s Internet presentation until payment has been received.

5. Liability and limitations of liability

5.1 dConcepts can not guarantee that the service described in § 2.1 will be available continuously with no disruptions.

5.2 There is no guarantee that holiday homes, apartment, or other objects will be rented. The client is responsible for renting and making reservations for holiday accommodations.

5.3 Liability and claims for compensation are limited to the contract value.

5.4 The client alone shall bear the legal responsibility (under press, competition, copyright, and other legislation) for the advertisement and shall agree to observe the applicable regulations when creating and altering the advertisement. The client shall indemnify dConcepts from any claims that third parties make against dConcepts due to infringements or violation of their rights on the basis of the client’s offers or contents. The client shall also assume dConcepts’s legal expenses including all court and attorney fees.

5.5 dConcepts does not accept any responsibility for entries made by third parties that run contrary to the interests of the other contract partners.

5.6 dConcepts does not assume any guarantee for the accuracy of the information in the advertisement provided by the client.

5.7 dConcepts is not liable for damages that arise from misuse of the data published.

6. Data protection, copyright

6.1 The client shall give his permission to store, alter, and/or delete his personal data stored within the scope of the contract made with him. All personal data will be treated confidentially.

6.2 Only those data that the client has released for publication in his advertisement will be made public in the Internet. The client agrees to handle his user name and password with care.

6.3 All information, logos, texts, programs, and images are subject to copyright laws. They are, if no other ownership rights apply, the property of dConcepts. Processing and use in media of any kind is permissible only with prior written permission of dConcepts.

6.4 The client assures that he owns all rights to photos and other contents of the published advertising material and that he is authorized to grant dConcepts all rights necessary to carry out the contract. The client gives his permission to the publication of all photos and texts in the Vacation-Rentals24.com Internet site and, if applicable, in any other Internet media. The client may revoke this permission at any time. In this case, dConcepts must remove the images from the public database within one week of receiving the notification of revocation.

7. Final provisions

7.1 Amendments to this contract are valid only if they have been made in writing.

7.2 The laws of the Federal Republic of Germany are exclusively applicable for this contract and its execution.

7.3 Place of fulfillment shall be the seat of dConcepts.

7.4 If a provision of this agreement shall be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected. The contract partners shall agree, if a provision is invalid, to a new provision that closely approaches the intended provision and is legally valid.