TERMS AND CONDITIONS (T&C)

1. General

Unless otherwise expressly agreed, our terms and conditions shall apply to all transactions between the Concessionaire Snowboard School STRAIGHTLINES KG, Emanuel Misslinger, Pettneu am Arlberg, St. Anton Straightlines (hereinafter called SS8L) and the customer. Purpose of the company is a concession granted in snowboarding. Thereof are particular services, such as the provision of instruction in the skills and knowledge of snowboarding (with no guarantee of any particular training success) as well as guiding off-piste.

 

2. Contract for Services, Pricing queries and Prices

Reservations for private lessons can be made via the Internet, by telephone. Reservations are booked as fixed only after written confirmation by SS8L. The offers of SS8L are subject to change. For the acceptance of the reservation and the scope of the service, our written order confirmation is decisive. Verbal or telephone agreements shall only apply if expressly confirmed in writing by SS8L. All prices quoted by us are to be understood in Euro (€) and without VAT according to the small business regulation held by us. Price lists are subject to change. There is no liability for printing errors. SS8L does not assume any responsibility for the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided on the Internet. Liability claims against SS8L, which refer to any kind of damage of a material or immaterial nature caused by use or disuse of the presented information or by the use of faulty andincomplete information are excluded, provided that SS8L shows no evidence of gross negligence present. All offers are non-binding and without obligation. SS8L expressly reserves the right to change parts of the web site or the entire offer without separate announcement to supplement to delete or the publication temporarily or permanently.

 

For direct or indirect references to external Internet pages ("links"), which lie outside the responsibility of the SS8L, the SS8L shall attach in principle no liability, unless it has obtained prior to the respective linking of illegal contents of the respective websites proven knowledge.

 

3. Terms of Payment

For contracts signed, the charges, unless otherwise agreed, are to be paid in cash for the service carried out directly to SS8L. In case of default by the purchaser, SS8L are entitled to charge default interest at the rate of 5% per year, thus claims to compensation for higher interest rates are not affected.

 

4. General Conditions of Participation

The contract partner has to tell the SS8L about his skills and experience in snowboarding truthfully and comprehensively as well as to have his snowboard equipment checked independently for the state of it. He/she also has to tell the SS8L about his/her physical abilities, especially his/her health and any suffering. Before the start of the lesson is to be effected by the contract partner to review the snowboard equipment by an authorized dealer. The group classification with snowboard courses is carried out by SS8L. If the removal of a participant is required, the contracting party shall comply with this decision. Otherwise, SS8L is entitled to terminate the contract. The contract partner shall follow the instructions issued to them by SS8L. Disregarding a warning entitles SS8L to terminate the contract immediately. Participation in services of SS8L under alcohol or heavy medication or drug influence entitles SS8L to immediately terminate the contract. The contract partner shall, in the cases of termination of contract, not be entitled to any refund of the fee. If the number of group members is less than five people, SS8L reserves the right to merge groups or reduce the number of hours taught accordingly.

 

5. Liability Provisions

Basically, SS8L is liable according to the legal provisions exclusively for damages, which are directly related to the activities of SS8L and the intent of were caused by gross negligence. Corresponding liability insurance exists.

 

6. Claims

The contract partner is required to report any complaints immediately on-site to SS8L. In the case of culpable non-disclosure, no entitlement to a reduction of the fee is possible. Claims against SS8L must be made and justified no later than 14 days after the occurrence in writing.

 

7. Withdrawal

For private lessons, a withdrawal from the contract no later than 7 (seven) days before the course start is possible without incurring a cancellation fee. Otherwise, SS8L is entitled to demand the agreed tariff extent at full daily rate. Since the mode of payment is in cash, and was not paid at the time of booking, this amount must be transferred, after notification, into the business account - Emanuel Misslinger, IBAN: AT77 2050 2000 0090 2221, BIC: SPIMAT21XXX. A refund of payment is possible only in case of accident, upon presentation of the original receipt issued by SS8L and with a medical certificate from a local doctor. The amount to be refunded is calculated for that period on the basis of services already provided. The total amount will thus be reduced, but there can be higher daily rates may apply. In case of cancellation during current service or no show on the agreed date, no refunds will be made. In the course fee, the use of the ski lifts is not included. All costs for the use of all ski lifts are borne by the student as a contract partner. If the weather conditions do not ensure the implementation of service for safety reasons, SS8L reserves the right to postpone or cancel the services. For discontinuation due to failures of the cable cars and ski lifts lesson times, SS8L will not be responsible.

​

Cancellation Policy

• Cancellation is free of charge 7 days before the tour

• 4 - 6 days before the tour: 85% of total fee will be charged

• 2 - 3 days before the tour: 90% of total fee will be charged

• A day and on the day of tour: 100% of total fee will be charged

 

8. Safety

Students are advised to have appropriate certified ski or snowboard helmet. The use other protectors such as back protectors and wrist guards is recommended. In addition, the students have to know the content and the implementation of common FIS slope rules and abide by them.

 

9. Liability Provisions

The contract partner of SS8L is strongly recommended to take out health, accident, liability and foreign health insurance. SS8L shall be liable according to the legal provisions exclusively for any damages in connection with the activities of SS8L and have been caused deliberately or through gross negligence. A third-party insurance on the part of SS8L exists. Moreover, there can be no liability of SS8L in any case, if the contract partner violates in disregard of the instructions of the FIS slope rules, other legal arrangements or provisions of these GTC, that results in injuries, damages suffered or causes damages of any kind.

 

10. Place of Performance

Schnann 49e/Top8, 6574 Pettneu am Arlberg

 

11. Jurisdiction

For all disputes arising from this contract shall have exclusive jurisdiction at the seat

of SS8L in the competent court in Innsbruck.

 

12. Rights

Austrian law applies.

 

13. Legal validity

Should individual provisions of these T&C be ineffective, this affects the effectiveness of the remaining provisions and that of the whole legal transaction. The ineffective condition is to be replaced by one, which economically comes closest to the ineffective condition.