Terms & Conditions

Terms and Conditions

DieGrazGuides Fremdenführer-Club für Graz und die Steiermark

Obligation to inform under the Austrian E-Commerce Act § 5, Paragraph 1 

Corporate name:	DIE GRAZ GUIDES Fremdenführer-Club für Graz und die Steiermark
Address:	Sporgasse 7/II
Postal / Location:	8010 Graz
Legal form:	society
Manager according to trade law:	Dipl. Ing. Brigitte Böhm, Chairwoman
Relevant Chamber:	Styrian Economic Chamber, Leisure Industries Division
Regulatory authority:	Bundespolizeidirektion Graz, Vereins- und Versammlungsreferat (Dep. of Associations and Gatherings), Paulustorgasse 8, 8011 Graz
VAT number:	ATU 28661702
Founded in:	1961
Phone:	+43 (316) 58 67 20 (office hours: Mon-Fri 08.30 - 18.00, Sat: 08.30 - 15.00)
Fax:	+43 (316) 57 53 10
E-Mail:	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Homepage:	www.grazguides.at
Management contact:	Dipl. Ing. Brigitte Böhm, Chairwoman
Bank:	"DIE STEIERMÄRKISCHE AG"
Account number:	Konto-Nr. 2100227368
Bank code:	20815
IBAN (Int. Bank Account No.):	AT 37 20850 2100227368
BIC (Bank Identifier Code):	STSPAT2G

DieGrazGuides Fremdenführer-Club für Graz und die Steiermarkis a team of experienced state-certified tourist guides, who make every effort to offer you guided tours of highest quality. We will deal with your individual wishes with the utmost flexibility and will be glad to advise you.

General Terms and Conditions

Exclusion of liability for guided tours
For all tours organized by DieGrazGuides Fremdenführer-Club für Graz und die Steiermark (in the following referred to as "DieGrazGuides") and its members and staff shall apply that participation is at the participant's own risk and no liability can be assumed by DieGrazGuides.

Our contract with you
After booking a tour the client will receive a confirmation of order in writing (by post, fax or e-mail) by our office. On receipt of the confirmation of order the booking is effective, and the present Terms and Conditions are recognized.

Alterations
Any alterations to data specified in the confirmation of order – e.g. number of guides, number of people, tour start point, length of tour, etc. – must be notified as soon as possible.

If you have booked more than one guide and, e.g. due to a reduction of participants, you would like to reduce the number of guides, please inform us in good time (see Cancellation). Otherwise we will charge you the number of guides specified in the confirmation of order.
Guide's failure to attend:
If the guide named in the confirmation of order is inevitably prevented from attending, we shall be obliged to find an equally qualified replacement. If possible we will inform the client in advance.

Number of participants
For walking tours, the number of participants per guide should not exceed the recommended number of 35.

Cancellation
Cancellation up to 8 days prior to service will be free of charge, between 8 and 2 days prior to service a fee of € 45,-- will be charged. If cancellation is made later or on the day of the service, or in the case of no-show by the group, or if the tour does not take place through the client's fault, € 89,-- will be charged.
Cancellation fees include no VAT.
No cancellation fee will be charged, if the tour cannot take place for reasons of force majeure (e.g. strike, accident, natural disaster, or an international crisis).

Waiting period
Late arrival of the group:
The guide will wait at the start point arranged for up to 60 minutes from the fixed start time of the tour. If the delay can be foreseen, please inform our office (+43 (316) 58 67 20) or the respective guide on her/his mobile phone (see confirmation of order). In the case of a delay the duration of the tour will not be automatically extended. A possible extension of the tour depends on the availability of the guide and will be charged as provided in our current price list.

Late arrival of the guide:
If the guide is late (which may occur under adverse circumstances), please contact our office (+43 (316) 58 67 20) or the respective guide (for mobile phone number see confirmation of order). The client shall feel obliged to wait for up to 30 minutes. This waiting period will not be charged. Further compensation cannot be claimed.

Payment
Cash:
If you pay cash, you will receive a confirmation of payment by the guide.
Bank drafts:
Payment must be made within 2 weeks on receipt of the invoice and free of charge for the payee.
International money drafts:
Drafts from EU member states are free of charge, if the correct IBAN is given.
Drafts from non-member states of the EU must be free of charge for the payee.
Foreign cheques:
If you pay by foreign cheque, a transaction fee of € 15,-- will be charged.
Reminder fee:
If a reminder in writing has to be sent, we will charge a reminder fee of € 10,--.

Copyright of special theme tours
All our special theme tours are protected by copyright and must not be offered by anyone other but members of DieGrazGuides.

These special theme tours are:

Discover Graz, From Courtyard to Courtyard, Architekt(o)ur 1, Graz by Twilight, Graz for Kids, Graz's Culinary Delights and Tasty Morsels, Behind Closed Doors, All about Water, Life in the Park, Globe-Trotting through Graz, Go West, Religious Diversity in Graz, "Unbelievable, but True!", Musical Graz, Graz on Stage, Literary Graz, Female Graz, LKH 2000, Graz on Prescription, HEARing and FEELing Graz, Archduke Johann, University Old and New, Congress Graz, The City Hall, "Let's go to Kastner!", Coffee is Cult, Get Airborne, "Advent, Advent", "Your Wish is Our Command!", Circle-Line, Green Spaces, Architekt(o)ur 2, The New West, Convertible Feeling, Graz by Bicycle, "White Horses, Green Oil and Onion Skin Coloured Wine", Vineyards in the South, Castles and Hot Springs, Blossoms and Spirits in Apple Country, All of Austria at Stuebing, Styria's Monasteries, Iron Empire, Mariazell – Magna Mater Austriae, Visit Slovenia, Graz from a Different Perspective

Logo
Third-party use of the logo of DieGrazGuides is subject to our explicit permission and to an agreement in writing.

Terms governing the use of our Website services

1. Website contents
DieGrazGuides would like to stress that the use of this website www.grazguides.at is at your own risk.

DieGrazGuides will ensure the correctness of the contents of this website to the best of their knowledge and belief. However, DieGrazGuides does not assume liability for the relevance, accuracy, completeness or quality of the information provided. DieGrazGuides shall not be liable for any materialistic or non-materialistic damage caused in whole or in part by using or not using the information provided on the Website, or by using incorrect or incomplete information, unless willful or grossly negligent fault on the part of DieGrazGuides can be demonstrated.

2. References and links
DieGrazGuides accepts no liability for third party websites directly or indirectly referred to on this Website (links).

DieGrazGuides has no influence on the present and future design, the contents or the copyright of sites linked. Therefore DieGrazGuides expressly dissociates itself from the contents of the sites linked.

3. Data protection
The Website offers the opportunity to enter personal or business data (e-mail addresses, names, addresses). The user provides such data expressly voluntarily.

The data provided by the user will be processed confidentially and in compliance with the Data Protection Act in its relevant form, unless there is a legal necessity to defend any rights or property of DieGrazGuides, or to protect the interests of other users.

Changed terms
In the event that one or several of the provisions of these Terms are invalid wholly or in part, this shall not affect the contents and validity of the remaining provisions of the document.