Term and conditions
Terms of Service PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS.
THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, A CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS THE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF DISPUTES, AND OBLIGATIONS TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IN PARTICULAR, HOSTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND HOW THE LAWS WORK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES. SOME CITIES HAVE LAWS THAT RESTRICT THEIR ABILITY TO HOST PAYING GUESTS FOR SHORT PERIODS.
THESE LAWS ARE OFTEN PART OF A CITY’S ZONING OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODES. IN MANY CITIES, HOSTS MUST REGISTER, GET A PERMIT, OR OBTAIN A LICENSE BEFORE LISTING A PROPERTY OR ACCEPTING GUESTS. CERTAIN TYPES OF SHORT-TERM BOOKINGS MAY BE PROHIBITED ALTOGETHER. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS VARY GREATLY IN HOW THEY ENFORCE THESE LAWS. PENALTIES MAY INCLUDE FINES OR OTHER ENFORCEMENT. HOSTS SHOULD REVIEW LOCAL LAWS BEFORE LISTING A SPACE ON NICHE ESCAPES. TERMS OF SERVICE
If you are using the Site, Application or Services and you reside in the USA, you are contracting with Niche Escapes, Inc. If you reside outside of the USA, you are contracting with Niche Escapes UK. If you initially reside in the USA and contract with Niche Escapes, Inc., but subsequently change your residence to outside of the USA, you will contract with Niche Escapes UK from the date on which your place of residence changes, and vice versa. (Niche Escapes, Inc. and Niche Escapes UK are each hereinafter referred to as "Niche Escapes", "we", "us", or "our".)
Niche Escapes (hereafter referred to as "Niche Escapes", "we", "us", or "our") provides an online platform that connects hosts who have accommodations to rent with guests seeking to rent such accommodations (collectively, the “Services”), which Services are accessible at www.NicheEscapes.com and any other websites through which Niche Escapes makes the Services available (collectively, the “Site”) and as an application for mobile devices (the “Application”). By using the Site or Application, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service ("Terms"), whether or not you become a registered user of the Services. These Terms govern your access to and use of the Site, Application and Services and all Collective Content (defined below), and your participation in the Referral Program (defined below), and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and Niche Escapes. Please also read carefully our Privacy Policy at http://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/terms/privacy_policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you have no right to obtain information from or otherwise continue using the Site, Application or Services. Failure to use the Site and Application in accordance with these Terms may subject you to civil and criminal penalties. THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES COMPRISE AN ONLINE PLATFORM THROUGH WHICH HOSTS (DEFINED BELOW) MAY CREATE LISTINGS (DEFINED BELOW) FOR ACCOMMODATIONS (DEFINED BELOW) AND GUESTS (DEFINED BELOW) MAY LEARN ABOUT AND BOOK ACCOMMODATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE HOSTS. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NICHE ESCAPES IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN HOSTS AND GUESTS, NOR IS NICHE ESCAPES A REAL ESTATE BROKER, AGENT OR INSURER. NICHE ESCAPES HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONDUCT OF HOSTS, GUESTS AND OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES OR ANY ACCOMMODATIONS, AND DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY IN THIS REGARD TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Key Terms “Niche Escapes Content” means all Content that Niche Escapes makes available through the Site, Application, or Services, including any Content licensed from a third party, but excluding Member Content. “Booking Request Period” means the time period starting from the time when a booking is requested by a Guest (as determined by Niche Escapes in its sole discretion), within which a Host may decide whether to confirm or reject that booking request, as stated on the Site, Application or Services. Different Booking Request Periods may apply in different places. “Collective Content” means Member Content and Niche Escapes Content. “Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software (excluding the Application), audio, video, information or other materials. “Guest” means a Member who requests from a Host a booking of an Accommodation via the Site, Application or Services, or a Member who stays at an Accommodation and is not the Host for such Accommodation. “Host” means a Member who creates a Listing via the Site, Application and Services. “Listing” means an Accommodation that is listed by a Host as available for rental via the Site, Application, and Services. “Member” means a person who completes Niche Escapes’s account registration process, including but not limited to Hosts and Guests, as described under “Account Registration” below. “Member Content” means all Content that a Member posts, uploads, publishes, submits or transmits to be made available through the Site, Application or Services. “Tax” or “Taxes” mean any sales taxes, value added taxes (VAT), goods and services taxes (GST), transient occupancy taxes, tourist or other visitor taxes, accommodation or lodging taxes, fees (such as convention center fees) that accommodation providers may be required by law to collect and remit to governmental agencies, and other similar municipal, state, federal and national indirect or other withholding and personal or corporate income taxes. Certain areas of the Site and Application (and your access to or use of certain aspects of the Services or Collective Content) may have different terms and conditions posted or may require you to agree with and accept additional terms and conditions. If there is a conflict between these Terms and terms and conditions posted for a specific area of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content, the latter terms and conditions will take precedence with respect to your use of or access to that area of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES OR BY DOWNLOADING OR POSTING ANY CONTENT FROM OR ON THE SITE, VIA THE APPLICATION OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR BY PARTICIPATING IN THE REFERRAL PROGRAM, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ, AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE SITE AND APPLICATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT OR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REFERRAL PROGRAM. If you accept or agree to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity. Modification Niche Escapes reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify the Site, Application or Services or to modify these Terms, including the Service Fees, at any time and without prior notice. If we modify these Terms, we will post the modification on the Site or via the Application or provide you with notice of the modification. We will also update the “Last Updated Date” at the top of these Terms. By continuing to access or use the Site, Application or Services after we have posted a modification on the Site or via the Application or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms. If the modified Terms are not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Site, Application and Services. Eligibility The Site, Application and Services are intended solely for persons who are 18 or older. Any access to or use of the Site, Application or Services by anyone under 18 is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Site, Application or Services you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older. How the Site, Application and Services Work The Site, Application and Services can be used to facilitate the listing and booking of residential and other properties (“Accommodations”). Such Accommodations are included in Listings on the Site, Application and Services by Hosts. You may view Listings as an unregistered visitor to the Site, Application and Services; however, if you wish to book an Accommodation or create a Listing, you must first register to create an Niche Escapes Account (defined below). As stated above, Niche Escapes makes available an online platform or marketplace with related technology for Guests and Hosts to meet online and arrange for bookings of Accommodations directly with each other. Niche Escapes is not an owner or operator of properties, including, but not limited to, hotel rooms, motel rooms, other lodgings or Accommodations, nor is it a provider of properties, including, but not limited to, hotel rooms, motel rooms, other lodgings or Accommodations and Niche Escapes does not own, sell, resell, furnish, provide, rent, re-rent, manage and/or control properties, including, but not limited to, hotel rooms, motel rooms, other lodgings or Accommodations or transportation or travel services. Unless explicitly specified otherwise in the Niche Escapes platform, Niche Escapes’s responsibilities are limited to: (i) facilitating the availability of the Site, Application and Services and (ii) serving as the limited payment collection agent of each Host for the purpose of accepting payments from Guests on behalf of the Host. PLEASE NOTE THAT, AS STATED ABOVE, THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES ARE INTENDED TO BE USED TO FACILITATE HOSTS AND GUESTS CONNECTING AND BOOKING ACCOMMODATIONS DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER. NICHE ESCAPES CANNOT AND DOES NOT CONTROL THE CONTENT CONTAINED IN ANY LISTINGS AND THE CONDITION, LEGALITY OR SUITABILITY OF ANY ACCOMMODATIONS. NICHE ESCAPES IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATED TO ANY AND ALL LISTINGS AND ACCOMMODATIONS. ACCORDINGLY, ANY BOOKINGS WILL BE MADE AT THE GUEST’S OWN RISK.
Account Registration In order to access certain features of the Site and Application, and to book an Accommodation or create a Listing, you must register to create an account (“Niche Escapes Account”) and become a Member. You may register to join the Services directly via the Site or Application or as described in this section. You can also register to join by logging into your account with certain third-party social networking sites (“SNS”) (including, but not limited to, Facebook; each such account, a “Third-Party Account”), via our Site or Application, as described below. As part of the functionality of the Site, Application and Services, you may link your Niche Escapes Account with Third-Party Accounts, by either: (i) providing your Third-Party Account login information to Niche Escapes through the Site, Services or Application; or (ii) allowing Niche Escapes to access your Third-Party Account, as permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of each Third-Party Account. You represent that you are entitled to disclose your Third-Party Account login information to Niche Escapes and/or grant Niche Escapes access to your Third-Party Account (including, but not limited to, for use for the purposes described herein), without breach by you of any of the terms and conditions that govern your use of the applicable Third-Party Account and without obligating Niche Escapes to pay any fees or making Niche Escapes subject to any usage limitations imposed by such third-party service providers. By granting Niche Escapes access to any Third-Party Accounts, you understand that Niche Escapes will access, make available and store (if applicable) any Content that you have provided to and stored in your Third-Party Account (“SNS Content”) so that it is available on and through the Site, Services and Application via your Niche Escapes Account and Niche Escapes Account profile page. Unless otherwise specified in these Terms, all SNS Content, if any, will be considered to be Member Content for all purposes of these Terms. Depending on the Third-Party Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Third-Party Accounts, personally identifiable information that you post to your Third-Party Accounts will be available on and through your Niche Escapes Account on the Site, Services and Application.
Please note that if a Third-Party Account or associated service becomes unavailable or Niche Escapes’s access to such Third-Party Account is terminated by the third-party service provider, then SNS Content will no longer be available on and through the Site, Services and Application. You have the ability to disable the connection between your Niche Escapes Account and your Third-Party Accounts, at any time, by accessing the “Settings” section of the Site and Application. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Niche Escapes makes no effort to review any SNS Content for any purpose, including but not limited to for accuracy, legality or non-infringement and Niche Escapes is not responsible for any SNS Content. We will create your Niche Escapes Account and your Niche Escapes Account profile page for your use of the Site and Application based upon the personal information you provide to us or that we obtain via an SNS as described above. You may not have more than one (1) active Niche Escapes Account. You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. Niche Escapes reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Niche Escapes Account and your access to the Site, Application and Services if you create more than one (1) Niche Escapes Account or if any information provided during the registration process or thereafter proves to be inaccurate, not current or incomplete. You are responsible for safeguarding your password. You agree that you will not disclose your password to any third party and that you will take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your Niche Escapes Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify Niche Escapes of any unauthorized use of your Niche Escapes Account. Accommodation Listings As a Member, you may create Listings. To create a Listing, you will be asked a variety of questions about the Accommodation to be listed, including, but not limited to, the location, capacity, size, features, and availability of the Accommodation and pricing and related rules and financial terms. In order to be featured in Listings via the Site, Application and Services, all Accommodations must have valid physical addresses. Listings will be made publicly available via the Site, Application and Services. Other Members will be able to book your Accommodation via the Site, Application and Services based upon the information provided in your Listing. You understand and agree that once a Guest requests a booking of your Accommodation, you may not request the Guest to pay a higher price than in the booking request. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for any and all Listings you post.
Accordingly, you represent and warrant that any Listing you post and the booking of, or a Guest's stay at, an Accommodation in a Listing you post (i) will not breach any agreements you have entered into with any third parties, such as homeowners association, condominium, lease or rental agreements, and (ii) will (a) be in compliance with all applicable laws (such as zoning laws and laws governing rentals of residential and other properties), Tax requirements, and rules and regulations that may apply to any Accommodation included in a Listing you post (including having all required permits, licenses and registrations), and (b) not conflict with the rights of third parties. Please note that Niche Escapes assumes no responsibility for a Host’s compliance with any agreements with or duties to third parties, applicable laws, rules and regulations. Niche Escapes reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Listing for any reason, including Listings that Niche Escapes, in its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or Niche Escapes’s then-current Policies and Community Guidelines (http://NicheEscapes.com ), or otherwise harmful to the Site, Application or Services. If you are a Host, you understand and agree that Niche Escapes does not act as an insurer or as your contracting agent. If a Guest requests a booking of your Accommodation and stays at your Accommodation, any agreement you enter into with such Guest is between you and the Guest and Niche Escapes is not a party thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Niche Escapes serves as the limited authorized payment collection agent of the Host for the purpose of accepting, on behalf of the Host, payments from Guests of such amounts stipulated by the Host (including cleaning or other fees and/or Taxes). When you create a Listing, you may also choose to include certain requirements which must be met by the Members who are eligible to request a booking of your Accommodation, including, but not limited to, requiring Members to have a profile picture or verified phone number, in order to book your Accommodation. Any Member wishing to book Accommodations included in Listings with such requirements must meet these requirements.
More information on how to set such requirements is available via the “Hosting” section of the Site, Application and Services. If you are a Host, Niche Escapes makes certain tools available to you to help you to make informed decisions about which Members you choose to confirm for booking for your Accommodation. You acknowledge and agree that, as a Host, you are responsible for your own acts and omissions and are also responsible for the acts and omissions of any individuals who reside at or are otherwise present at the Accommodation at your request or invitation, excluding the Guest (and the individuals the Guest invites to the Accommodation, if applicable.) Niche Escapes recommends that Hosts obtain appropriate insurance for their Accommodations.
Please review any insurance policy that you may have for your Accommodation carefully, and in particular please make sure that you are familiar with and understand any exclusions to, and any deductibles that may apply for, such insurance policy, including, but not limited to, whether or not your insurance policy will cover the actions or inactions of Guests (and the individuals the Guest invites to the Accommodation, if applicable) while at your Accommodation. Niche Escapes may offer Hosts the option of having photographers take photographs of their Accommodations.
If you as a Host choose to have a photographer do this, the photographs taken will be made available to you to include in your Listing with a watermark or tag bearing the words “Niche Escapes.com Verified Photo” or similar wording (“Verified Images”). All images, materials and content created by these photographers provided by Niche Escapes, including Verified Images, constitute Niche Escapes Content, regardless of whether you include them in your Listing. No Endorsement Niche Escapes does not endorse any Member or any Accommodation. You understand that Verified Images are intended only to indicate a photographic representation of the Accommodation at the time the photograph was taken. Verified Images are therefore not an endorsement by Niche Escapes of any Member or any Accommodation. Members are required by these Terms to provide accurate information, and although Niche Escapes may undertake additional checks and processes designed to help verify or check the identities or backgrounds of users, we do not make any representations about, confirm, or endorse any Member or the Member’s purported identity or background. Any references in the Site, Application or Services to a Member being “verified” or “connected” (or similar language) only indicate that the Member has completed a relevant verification process, and does not represent anything else. Any such description is not an endorsement, certification or guarantee by Niche Escapes about any Member, including of the Member’s identity and whether the Member is trustworthy, safe or suitable. Instead, any such description is intended to be useful information for you to evaluate when you make your own decisions about the identity and suitability of others whom you contact or interact with via the Site, Application and Services. We therefore recommend that you always exercise due diligence and care when deciding whether to stay with a Host or to accept a booking request from a Guest, or to have any other interaction with any other Member. Except as provided in the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee Terms and Conditions which is an agreement between Niche Escapes and Hosts, we are not responsible for any damage or harm resulting from your interactions with other Members.
By using the Site, Application or Services, you agree that any legal remedy or liability that you seek to obtain for actions or omissions of other Members or other third parties will be limited to a claim against the particular Members or other third parties who caused you harm. You agree not to attempt to impose liability on or seek any legal remedy from Niche Escapes with respect to such actions or omissions. Accordingly, we encourage you to communicate directly with other Members on the Site and Services regarding any bookings or Listings made by you. This limitation shall not apply to any claim by a Host against Niche Escapes regarding the remittance of payments received from a Guest by Niche Escapes on behalf of a Host, which instead shall be subject to the limitations described in the section below entitled “Limitation of Liability”. Bookings and Financial Terms Key definitions “Accommodation Fees” means the amounts that are due and payable by a Guest in exchange for that Guest’s stay in an Accommodation. T`he Host alone, and not Niche Escapes, determines these amounts. The Host may in his or her sole discretion decide to include in these amounts (i) a cleaning fee or any other fee permitted on the Niche Escapes platform, or (ii) Taxes that the Host determines that he or she has to collect. “Guest Fees” means the fee that Niche Escapes charges a Guest for the use of its online platform, which is calculated as a percentage of the applicable Accommodation Fees. The Guest Fees will be displayed to the Guest when the Guest is asked whether to send a booking request to a Host. “Host Fees” means the fee that Niche Escapes charges a Host for the use of its online platform, which is calculated as a percentage of the applicable Accommodation Fees. The Host Fees will be displayed to the Host when the Host is asked whether to confirm or reject a booking request from a prospective Guest. “Service Fees” means collectively the Guest Fees and the Host Fees. “Total Fees” means collectively the Accommodation Fees and the Guest Fees (plus any Taxes in respect of Guest Fees, such as VAT in Europe).
Bookings and Financial Terms for Hosts If you are a Host and a booking is requested for your Accommodation via the Site, Application and Services, you will be required to either confirm or reject the booking request within the Booking Request Period, otherwise the booking request will be automatically cancelled. When a booking is requested via the Site, Application and Services, we will share with you (i) the first and last name of the Guest who has requested the booking, (ii) a link to the Guest’s Niche Escapes Account profile page, (iii) the names of any members of an SNS with whom you are “friends” or associated on the SNS if such individuals are also “friends” or associated with the Guest on such SNS, and (iv) an indication that the name that the Guest provided to Niche Escapes when the Guest became a Member matches the name that the Guest provided to the SNSs to which the Guest has linked his or her Niche Escapes Account, so that you can view such information before confirming or rejecting the booking request. If you are unable to confirm or decide to reject a booking request within the Booking Request Period, any amounts collected by Niche Escapes for the requested booking will be refunded to the applicable Guest’s credit card and any pre-authorization of such credit card will be released. When you confirm a booking requested by a Guest, Niche Escapes will send you an email, text message or message via the Application confirming such booking, depending on the selections you make via the Site, Application and Services. Niche Escapes will collect the Total Fees at the time of booking confirmation (i.e. when the Host confirms the booking request) and will initiate payment of the Accommodation Fees (less Niche Escapes’s Host Fees and any Taxes in respect of the Host Fees, such as VAT in Europe) to the Host within 24 hours of when the Guest arrives at the applicable Accommodation (except to the extent that a refund is due to the Guest).
The time it takes for the Host to receive payouts may depend upon the method for receiving payouts chosen by the Host. Some methods involve the use of third-party payment processors, who may impose their own additional charges for the use of their services on the Host, including by deducting their charges from the payout amount. If you owe or agree to pay any amount to Niche Escapes (whether as a result of your bookings or actions as a Guest or otherwise), then Niche Escapes may (but is not obliged to) withhold the amount owing to Niche Escapes from any payout amounts due to you as a Host, and use the withheld amount to setoff the amount owed by you to Niche Escapes. If Niche Escapes does so, then your obligation to pay Niche Escapes will be extinguished to the extent of the amount withheld by Niche Escapes, and Niche Escapes will cease to owe to you any obligations (including, but not limited to, any obligation to pay you) with respect to the amount withheld. Appointment of Niche Escapes as Limited Payment Collection Agent for Host Each Host hereby appoints Niche Escapes as the Host’s limited payment collection agent solely for the purpose of accepting the Accommodation Fees from Guests. Each Host agrees that payment made by a Guest through Niche Escapes shall be considered the same as a payment made directly to the Host, and the Host will make the Accommodation available to the Guest in the agreed-upon manner as if the Host has received the Accommodation Fees.
Each Host agrees that Niche Escapes may, in accordance with the cancellation policy selected by the Host and reflected in the relevant Listing, (i) permit the Guest to cancel the booking and (ii) refund to the Guest that portion of the Accommodation Fees specified in the applicable cancellation policy. Each Host understands that as Niche Escapes accepts payments from Guests as the Host’s limited payment collection agent, Niche Escapes’s obligation to pay the Host is subject to and conditional upon Niche Escapes successfully receiving the payments from Guests. Niche Escapes does not guarantee payments to Hosts for amounts that have not been successfully received from Guests. In accepting appointment as the limited authorized agent of the Host, Niche Escapes assumes no liability for any acts or omissions of the Host. Please note that Niche Escapes does not currently charge fees for the creation of Listings. However, you as a Host acknowledge and agree that Niche Escapes reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to charge you for and collect fees from you for the creation of Listings. Please note that Niche Escapes will provide notice of any Listing fee collection via the Site, Application and Services, prior to implementing such a Listing fee feature. Bookings and Financial Terms for Guests The Hosts, not Niche Escapes, are solely responsible for honoring any confirmed bookings and making available any Accommodations reserved through the Site, Application and Services.
If you, as a Guest, choose to enter into a transaction with a Host for the booking of an Accommodation, you agree and understand that you will be required to enter into an agreement with the Host and you agree to accept any terms, conditions, rules and restrictions associated with such Accommodation imposed by the Host. You acknowledge and agree that you, and not Niche Escapes, will be responsible for performing the obligations of any such agreements, that Niche Escapes is not a party to such agreements, and that, with the exception of its payment obligations hereunder, Niche Escapes disclaims all liability arising from or related to any such agreements. You acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding the fact that Niche Escapes is not a party to the agreement between you and the Host, Niche Escapes acts as the Host’s payment collection agent for the limited purpose of accepting payments from you on behalf of the Host. Upon your payment of the Total Fees to Niche Escapes, your payment obligation to the Host for the Accommodation Fees is extinguished, and Niche Escapes is responsible for remitting the Accommodation Fees (less Niche Escapes’s Host Fees and any Taxes in respect of the Host Fees, such as VAT in Europe), in the manner described in these Terms. In the event that Niche Escapes does not remit any such amounts as described in these Terms, such Host will have recourse only against Niche Escapes.
The Total Fees payable will be displayed to a Guest before the Guest sends a booking request to a Host. As noted above, the Host is required to either confirm or reject the booking request within the Booking Request Period, otherwise the requested booking will be automatically cancelled. If a requested booking is cancelled (i.e. not confirmed by the applicable Host), any amounts collected by Niche Escapes will be refunded to such Guest, depending on the selections the Guest makes via the Site and Application, and any pre-authorization of such Guest’s credit card will be released, if applicable. You as a Guest agree to pay Niche Escapes for the Total Fees for any booking requested in connection with your Niche Escapes Account if such requested bookings are confirmed by the applicable Host. In order to establish a booking pending the applicable Host’s confirmation of your requested booking, you understand and agree that Niche Escapes, on behalf of the Host, reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to (i) obtain a pre-authorization via your credit card for the Total Fees or (ii) charge your credit card a nominal amount, not to exceed one dollar ($1), or a similar sum in the currency in which you are transacting (e.g. one euro or one British pound), to verify your credit card. Once Niche Escapes receives confirmation of your booking from the applicable Host, Niche Escapes will collect the Total Fees in accordance with these Terms and the pricing terms set forth in the applicable Listing. Please note that Niche Escapes cannot control any fees that may be charged to a Guest by his or her bank related to Niche Escapes’s collection of the Total Fees, and Niche Escapes disclaims all liability in this regard. In connection with your requested booking, you will be asked to provide customary billing information such as name, billing address and credit card information either to Niche Escapes or its third-party payment processor. You agree to pay Niche Escapes for any confirmed bookings made in connection with your Niche Escapes Account in accordance with these Terms by one of the methods described on the Site or Application, e.g. by PayPal or credit card. You hereby authorize the collection of such amounts by charging the credit card provided as part of requesting the booking, either directly by Niche Escapes or indirectly, via a third-party online payment processor or by one of the payment methods described on the Site or Application.
You also authorize Niche Escapes to charge your credit card in the event of damage caused at an Accommodation as contemplated under “Damage to Accommodations” below and for Security Deposits, if applicable. If you are directed to Niche Escapes’s third-party payment processor, you may be subject to terms and conditions governing use of that third party’s service and that third party’s personal information collection practices. Please review such terms and conditions and privacy policy before using the services. Once your confirmed booking transaction is complete you will receive a confirmation email summarizing your confirmed booking.
Security Deposits Hosts may choose to include security deposits in their Listings (“Security Deposits”). Each Listing will describe whether a Security Deposit is required for the applicable Accommodation. If a Security Deposit is included in a Listing for a confirmed booking of an Accommodation, Niche Escapes will, in its capacity as the payment collection agent of the Host, use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a pre-authorization of the Guest’s credit card in the amount the Host determines for the Security Deposit within a reasonable time prior to the Guest’s check-in at the applicable Host’s Accommodation. Niche Escapes will also use its commercially reasonable efforts to address Hosts’ requests and claims related to Security Deposits, but Niche Escapes is not responsible for administering or accepting any claims by Hosts related to Security Deposits, and disclaims any and all liability in this regard. Service Fees In consideration for the use of Niche Escapes’s online marketplace and platform, Niche Escapes charges the Service Fees. Where applicable, Taxes (such as VAT in Europe) may also be charged in respect of the Host Fees and Guest Fees. Niche Escapes deducts the Host Fees from the Accommodation Fees before remitting the balance to the Host as described in these Terms. Guest Fees are, as noted above, included in the Total Fees. Balances will be remitted by Niche Escapes to Hosts via check, PayPal, direct deposit or other payment methods described on the Site or via the Application, in the Host’s currency of choice, depending upon the selections the Host makes via the Site, Application and Services. Amounts may be rounded up or down as described the “Rounding Off” section below. Please note that Niche Escapes may impose or deduct foreign currency processing costs on or from any remittances by Niche Escapes in currencies other than U.S. dollars.
More information on any such costs or deductions will be available via the Site and Application. More information on Services Fees can be found athttp://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/help. Except as otherwise provided herein, Service Fees are non-refundable. General Booking and Financial Terms Cancellations and Refunds If, as a Guest, you cancel your requested booking before the requested booking is confirmed by a Host, Niche Escapes will cancel any pre-authorization to your credit card and/or refund any nominal amounts charged to your credit card in connection with the requested booking within a commercially reasonable time. If, as a Guest, you wish to cancel a confirmed booking made via the Site, Application and Services, either prior to or after arriving at the Accommodation, the cancellation policy of the Host contained in the applicable Listing will apply to such cancellation. Our ability to refund the Accommodation Fees and other amounts charged to you will depend upon the terms of the applicable cancellation policy. Details regarding refunds and cancellation policies are available via the Site and Application. The Guest Fee is non-refundable regardless of the cancellation policy selected by the Host. If a Host cancels a confirmed booking made via the Site, Services, and Application, (i) Niche Escapes will refund the Total Fees for such booking to the applicable Guest within a commercially reasonable time of the cancellation and (ii) the Guest will receive an email or other communication from Niche Escapes containing alternative Listings and other related information. If the Guest requests a booking from one of the alternative Listings and the Host associated with such alternative Listing confirms the Guest’s requested booking, then the Guest agrees to pay Niche Escapes the Total Fees relating to the confirmed booking for the Accommodation in the alternative Listing, in accordance with these Terms. If a Host cancelled a confirmed booking and you, as a Guest, have not received an email or other communication from Niche Escapes, please contact Niche Escapes athttp://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/help/contact_us. If, as a Host, you cancel a confirmed booking, Niche Escapes may apply penalties or consequences to you or your Listing, including (i) publishing an automated review on your Listing indicating that a reservation was cancelled, (ii) keeping the calendar for your Listing unavailable or blocked for the dates of the cancelled booking, or (iii) imposing a cancellation fee (to be withheld from your future payouts). You will be notified of the situations in which a cancellation fee applies before you decide to cancel. In certain circumstances, Niche Escapes may decide, in its sole discretion, that it is necessary or desirable to cancel a confirmed booking made via the Site, Application and Services. This may be for reasons set forth in Niche Escapes’s Extenuating Circumstances policy athttp://www.Niche Escapes.com #extenuating_circumstances or for any other reason. Niche Escapes may also determine, in its sole discretion, to refund to the Guest part or all of the amounts charged to the Guest in accordance with the Guest Refund Policy at http://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/terms/guest_refund_policy. You agree that Niche Escapes and the relevant Guest or Host will not have any liability for such cancellations or refunds. Recurring Payments In some instances, Guests may be required to make recurring, incremental payments toward the Total Fees owed for a confirmed booking before beginning his or her stay at the applicable Accommodation (collectively, “Recurring Payments”). More information on Recurring Payments will be made available via the Site, Application and Services, if applicable.
If Recurring Payments apply to a confirmed booking, then the Guest authorizes Niche Escapes, on behalf of the Host, to collect the Total Fees and the Host agrees that Niche Escapes will initiate payouts to the Host, in the increments and at the frequency associated with the applicable Recurring Payments, identified on the Site, Application and Services. Rounding Off Niche Escapes may, in its sole discretion, round up or round down amounts that are payable from or to Guests or Hosts to the nearest whole functional base unit in which the currency is denominated (e.g. to the nearest dollar, euro or other supported currency); for example, Niche Escapes will round up an amount of $101.50 to $102.00, and $101.49 to $101.00. Some currencies are denominated in large numbers. In those cases, Niche Escapes may determine the functional base unit in which those currencies are denominated to be 10, 100 or 1,000 of the currency; the corresponding examples for such currencies would be for Niche Escapes to round up an amount of 1,045 up to 1,050 and 1,044 down to 1,040, or 35,450 up to 35,500 and 35,449 down to 35,400, or 837,500 up to 838,000 and 837,499 down to 837,000. Payment Processing Errors We will take steps to rectify any payment processing errors that we become aware of. These steps may include crediting or debiting (as appropriate) the same payment method used for the original payout to or payment by you, so that you end up receiving or paying the correct amount. Donations Some Hosts may pledge to donate a portion of the funds they receive from confirmed bookings made via the Site, Application and Services to a particular cause or charity. We do not take any responsibility or liability for whether the Host does in fact make the donation he or she pledged to make. In such cases, the Host in question is responsible for his or her own compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to such pledges and/or fund-raising.
Taxes Tax regulations may require us to collect appropriate tax information from our Hosts, or to withhold taxes from payouts to Hosts, or both. For instance, IRS regulations stipulate that we must collect an IRS Form W-9 from our US Hosts, and an appropriate IRS Form W-8 (e.g. Form W-8BEN) from non-US hosts with at least one Listing in the US. You as a Host are solely responsible for keeping the information in your tax forms current, complete and accurate. If you as a Host fail to provide us with documentation that we determine to be sufficient to alleviate our obligation (if any) to withhold payments to you (e.g. where you are a US Host and you fail to provide us with a completed IRS Form W-9), we reserve the right in our sole discretion to freeze all payouts to you until resolution, to withhold such amounts as required by law, or to do both. You as a Host understand and agree that you are solely responsible for determining (i) your applicable Tax reporting requirements, and (ii) the Taxes that should be included, and for including Taxes to be collected or obligations relating to applicable Taxes in Listings. You are also solely responsible for remitting to the relevant authority any Taxes included or received by you. Niche Escapes cannot and does not offer Tax-related advice to any Members.
Where applicable, or based upon request from a Host, Niche Escapes may issue a valid VAT invoice to such Host. You understand and acknowledge that appropriate governmental agencies, departments or authorities (the “Tax Authority”) where your Accommodation is located may require Taxes to be collected by Hosts from Guests on the amount paid for the right to use and/or occupancy of accommodations, and to be remitted to the respective Tax Authority. The laws in jurisdictions may vary, but these taxes are generally required to be collected and remitted as a percentage of the rent or Accommodation Fees set by Hosts, a set amount per day, or other variations, and are sometimes called “occupancy taxes,” “hotel taxes,” “lodging taxes,” “transient taxes,” “sales and use taxes,” “value added taxes,” “room taxes” or “tourist taxes” (hereafter, "Occupancy Taxes"). In certain jurisdictions, Niche Escapes may decide in its sole discretion to facilitate collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes from Guests on behalf of and in-lieu of Hosts, if such tax jurisdiction asserts Niche Escapes or Hosts have a tax collection and remittance obligation. In any jurisdiction in which we decide to facilitate collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes, whether you are a Guest or Host you hereby instruct and authorize Niche Escapes to collect Occupancy Taxes from Guests on behalf of and in lieu of Hosts at the time Accommodation Fees are collected, and to remit such Occupancy Taxes to the Tax Authority. When Niche Escapes facilitates collection or remittance of Occupancy Taxes in a jurisdiction for the first time, Niche Escapes will provide notice to existing Hosts with Listings for Accommodations in such jurisdictions.
The amount of Occupancy Taxes collected and remitted through facilitation by Niche Escapes, if any, will be visible to and separately stated to both Guests and Hosts on their respective transaction documents. Guests and Hosts agree that in any jurisdiction where Niche Escapes facilitates collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes on behalf of and lieu of Hosts, such Hosts are not permitted to also collect and/or remit such taxes on any portion of the Accommodation Fees. Hosts and Guests acknowledge and agree that in some jurisdictions, Niche Escapes may not be able to facilitate collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes. In any jurisdiction in which we have not provided notice of, or are not facilitating collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes to the Tax Authority in your jurisdiction, Hosts and Guests remain solely responsible and liable for the collection and/or remittance of any and all Occupancy Taxes that may apply to Accommodations. For any jurisdiction in which we facilitate collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes, Hosts and Guests expressly grant us permission to transfer data and other information relating to Occupancy Taxes, if any, collected and remitted relating to your transactions. Whether you are a Guest of Host, you agree that any claim or cause of action relating to collection and remittance of Taxes shall not extend to any supplier or vendor that may be used by Niche Escapes in connection with collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes, if any.
Guests and Hosts agree that we may seek additional amounts from you in the event that the Taxes collected or remitted are insufficient to fully discharge your obligations to the Tax Authority, and agree that your sole remedy for Occupancy Taxes collected is a refund of Occupancy Taxes collected by Niche Escapes from the applicable Tax Authority in accordance with applicable procedures set by that Tax Authority. Damage to Accommodations As a Guest, you are responsible for leaving the Accommodation in the condition it was in when you arrived. You acknowledge and agree that, as a Guest, you are responsible for your own acts and omissions and are also responsible for the acts and omissions of any individuals whom you invite to, or otherwise provide access to, the Accommodation. In the event that a Host claims otherwise and provides evidence of damage, including but not limited to photographs, you agree to pay the cost of replacing the damaged items with equivalent items. After being notified of the claim and given forty eight (48) hours to respond, the payment will be charged to and taken from the credit card on file in your Niche Escapes Account. Niche Escapes also reserves the right to charge the credit card on file in your Niche Escapes Account, or otherwise collect payment from you and pursue any avenues available to Niche Escapes in this regard, including using Security Deposits, in situations in which you have been determined, in Niche Escapes’s sole discretion, to have damaged any Accommodation, including, but not limited to, in relation to any payment requests made by Hosts under the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee, and in relation to any payments made by Niche Escapes to Hosts.
If we are unable to charge the credit card on file or otherwise collect payment from you, you agree to remit payment for any damage to the Accommodation to the applicable Host or to Niche Escapes (if applicable). Both Guests and Hosts agree to cooperate with and assist Niche Escapes in good faith, and to provide Niche Escapes with such information and take such actions as may be reasonably requested by Niche Escapes, in connection with any complaints or claims made by Members relating to Accommodations or any personal or other property located at an Accommodation (including, without limitation, payment requests made under the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee) or with respect to any investigation undertaken by Niche Escapes or a representative of Niche Escapes regarding use or abuse of the Site, Application or the Services.
If you are a Guest, upon Niche Escapes’s reasonable request, and to the extent you are reasonably able to do so, you agree to participate in mediation or similar resolution process with a Host, at no cost to you, which process will be conducted by Niche Escapes or a third party selected by Niche Escapes, with respect to losses for which the Host is requesting payment from Niche Escapes under the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee. If you are a Guest, you understand and agree that Niche Escapes reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to make a claim under your homeowner’s, renter’s or other insurance policy related to any damage or loss that you may have caused or been responsible for or to an Accommodation or any personal or other property located at an Accommodation (including without limitation amounts paid by Niche Escapes under the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee). You agree to cooperate with and assist Niche Escapes in good faith, and to provide Niche Escapes with such information as may be reasonably requested by Niche Escapes, in order to make a claim under your homeowner’s, renter’s or other insurance policy, including, but not limited to, executing documents and taking such further acts as Niche Escapes may reasonably request to assist Niche Escapes in accomplishing the foregoing. Foreign Currency Niche Escapes’s online platform facilitates bookings between Guests and Hosts who may prefer to pay and to receive payments in different currencies, which may require foreign currency conversions to accommodate these differing currency preferences. Although the Niche Escapes platform allows users to view the price of Listings in a number of currencies, the currencies available for users to make and receive payments may be limited, and may not include the default currency in any given geographic location. Each foreign currency conversion is processed at a foreign currency conversion rate.
This rate generally refers to the amount of one currency that must be paid to buy a certain amount of another currency at a given time. For example, if it costs US$125.00 to buy €100.00, the currency conversion rate of US dollars to Euros would be 1.25, and the currency conversion rate from Euros to US dollars would be 0.8. Currency conversion rates will vary from time to time. Key definitions “Display Currency” means the currency in which users view Listing prices on the Niche Escapes platform. Guests may choose and change the Display Currency in order to view the pricing for a Listing in a number of different supported currencies. “Booking Currency” means the currency in which a Guest has to pay for his or her booking. At the time the Guest submits a booking request, the Niche Escapes platform will select the Booking Currency, based on the Guest’s country of origin and the payment methods available for that country. Niche Escapes supports only a certain number of currencies as Booking Currencies. The Booking Currency for a booking may be different from the relevant Listing Currency. “Listing Currency” means the currency in which a Listing’s price is set. The Listing Currency is set by the Host. “Payout Currency” means the currency in which a Host’s payout will be paid to the Host. The Payout Currency is set by the Host. “Base Exchange Rate” means a system-wide rate used by Niche Escapes for foreign currency conversion that is in effect at the time the foreign currency conversion is processed, and does not include any fee or mark-up by Niche Escapes. Niche Escapes establishes the Base Exchange Rate using data from one or more third parties such as OANDA (www.oanda.com). “Adjusted Exchange Rate” means a rate for foreign currency conversion that is calculated by adding a mark-up to the Base Exchange Rate. This mark-up represents a charge imposed by Niche Escapes for its holding costs and foreign currency risks. Foreign currency conversions on the Niche Escapes platform Niche Escapes will process a foreign currency conversion in the following situations: • The Display Currency is different from the Listing Currency when a user views a Listing: Niche Escapes will calculate the estimated Total Fees in the Display Currency, by applying either the Base Exchange Rate or the Adjusted Exchange Rate at the time of the view to the estimated Total Fees in the Listing Currency. The Adjusted Exchange Rate will be applied if the Display Currency is a supported Booking Currency, and it is different from the Listing Currency. Otherwise, the Base Exchange Rate will be applied. • The Booking Currency is different from the Listing Currency when a Guest submits a booking request for a Listing: Niche Escapes will calculate the Total Fees in the Booking Currency, by applying either the Base Exchange Rate or the Adjusted Exchange Rate at the time of the booking request to the Total Fees in the Listing Currency. The Guest will be able to view the actual exchange rate applied. The Guest Fee, which is a percentage of the applicable Accommodation Fees, will be calculated based on the Accommodation Fees in the Booking Currency (i.e. after conversion from the Listing Currency). The Adjusted Exchange Rate will be applied if the Display Currency is the same as the Booking Currency, and it is different from the Listing Currency for the Listing. Otherwise, the Base Exchange Rate will be applied. • The Payout Currency is different from the Listing Currency when Niche Escapes initiates a payout: generally, Niche Escapes will calculate the payout to the Host, by applying the Base Exchange Rate on the date that Niche Escapes initiates the payout to the Accommodation Fees (less Niche Escapes's Host Fees and any Taxes in respect of the Host Fees, such as VAT in Europe) in the Listing Currency.
The Host will be able to view the actual exchange rate applied in his or her transaction history in the Site or Application. In some cases where the payout method selected by the Host involves certain third-party payment processors (such as Western Union), (i) Niche Escapes will send the payout amount to the processor in a major currency (e.g. US dollars), by applying the relevant Base Exchange Rate for the Listing Currency to that major currency, (ii) the Host will be able to view the payout amount sent by Niche Escapes in that major currency in his or her transaction history in the Site or Application, and (iii) the processor will calculate the actual payout to the Host by applying its own foreign currency conversion rate for that major currency to the Payout Currency. • When a confirmed booking is modified or cancelled, and there had been a foreign currency conversion when the booking was submitted: the foreign currency conversion for any additional payments required of the Guest or any refund to the Guest will be processed at the same rate as applied to the earlier payment by the Guest. When you as a Guest submit a booking request for a Listing, you will be able to view the actual exchange rate used to calculate the Total Fees in the Booking Currency. Where the Adjusted Exchange Rate is applied, you will be able to view the mark-up included in the rate. The actual exchange rate (and any mark-up included in the rate) will also be stated in the billing receipt for your booking. Niche Escapes updates the Base Exchange Rate on a regular basis, but not on a real-time basis. In particular, Niche Escapes does not always change the Base Exchange Rate immediately when its costs of foreign exchange change. Accordingly, the Base Exchange Rate may not be identical to the applicable market rate in effect at the specific time a foreign currency conversion is processed. Please note that your payment company (for example, your credit or bank card issuer) will use a currency conversion rate for and may impose a currency conversion fee on your payment or payout, if your card or bank account is denominated in a currency that is different from the Booking Currency or the Payout Currency respectively. Similarly, third-party payment processors may also use a currency conversion rate for or impose a currency conversion fee on your payment or payout. All of these currency conversion rates and fees are not controlled by or known to Niche Escapes.
User Conduct You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for compliance with any and all laws, rules, regulations, and Tax obligations that may apply to your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content. In connection with your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content, you may not and you agree that you will not: • violate any local, state, provincial, national, or other law or regulation, or any order of a court, including, without limitation, zoning restrictions and Tax regulations; • use manual or automated software, devices, scripts, robots or other means or processes to access, “scrape,” “crawl” or “spider” any web pages or other services contained in the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content; • use the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content for any commercial or other purposes that are not expressly permitted by these Terms; • copy, store or otherwise access any information contained on the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content for purposes not expressly permitted by these Terms; • infringe the rights of any person or entity, including without limitation, their intellectual property, privacy, publicity or contractual rights; • interfere with or damage our Site, Application or Services, including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology; • use our Site, Application or Services to transmit, distribute, post or submit any information concerning any other person or entity, including without limitation, photographs of others without their permission, personal contact information or credit, debit, calling card or account numbers; • use our Site, Application, Services or Collective Content in connection with the distribution of unsolicited commercial email ("spam") or advertisements unrelated to lodging in a private residence; • "stalk" or harass any other user of our Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, or collect or store any personally identifiable information about any other user other than for purposes of transacting as an Niche Escapes Guest or Host; • offer, as a Host, any Accommodation that you do not yourself own or have permission to rent as a residential or other property (without limiting the foregoing, you will not list Accommodations as a Host if you are serving in the capacity of a rental agent or listing agent for a third party); • offer, as a Host, any Accommodation that may not be rented or subleased pursuant to the terms and conditions of an agreement with a third party, including, but not limited to, a property rental agreement; • register for more than one Niche Escapes Account or register for an Niche Escapes Account on behalf of an individual other than yourself; • unless Niche Escapes explicitly permits otherwise, request or book a stay at any Accommodation if you will not actually be staying at the Accommodation yourself; • contact a Host for any purpose other than asking a question related to a booking, such Host’s Accommodations or Listings; • contact a Guest for any purpose other than asking a question related to a booking or such Guest’s use of the Site, Application and Services; • recruit or otherwise solicit any Host or other Member to join third-party services or websites that are competitive to Niche Escapes, without Niche Escapes’s prior written approval; • impersonate any person or entity, or falsify or otherwise misrepresent yourself or your affiliation with any person or entity; • use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content; • use the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content to find a Host or Guest and then complete a booking of an Accommodation independent of the Site, Application or Services, in order to circumvent the obligation to pay any Service Fees related to Niche Escapes’s provision of the Services or for any other reasons; • as a Host, submit any Listing with false or misleading price information, or submit any Listing with a price that you do not intend to honor; • post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any Content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances; • systematically retrieve data or other content from our Site, Application or Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, in single or multiple downloads, a collection, compilation, database, directory or the like, whether by manual methods, through the use of bots, crawlers, or spiders, or otherwise; • use, display, mirror or frame the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, or any individual element within the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, Niche Escapes’s name, any Niche Escapes trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page in the Site, Application or Services, without Niche Escapes’s express written consent; • access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Site, Application or Services, Niche Escapes’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of Niche Escapes’s providers; • attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any Niche Escapes system or network or breach any security or authentication measures; • avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble, or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by Niche Escapes or any of Niche Escapes’s providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Site, Services, Application or Collective Content; • forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Site, Services, Application or Collective Content to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; • attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Site, Services, Application or Collective Content; or • advocate, encourage, or assist any third party in doing any of the foregoing. Niche Escapes has the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. Niche Escapes may access, preserve and disclose any of your information if we are required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary to (i) respond to claims asserted against Niche Escapes or to comply with legal process (for example, subpoenas or warrants), (ii) enforce or administer our agreements with users, such as these Terms and the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee (see http://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/terms), (iii) for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, customer support, product development and de-bugging purposes, or (iv) protect the rights, property or safety of Niche Escapes , its users, or memebrs of the public . You acknowledge that Niche Escapes has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content or to review or edit any Member Content, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating and improving the Site, Application and Services (including without limitation for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation and customer support purposes), to ensure your compliance with these Terms, to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body, to respond to content that it determines is otherwise objectionable or as set forth in these Terms. Niche Escapes reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Collective Content that Niche Escapes, at its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site, Application or Services. Privacy See Niche Escapes’s Privacy Policy at http://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/terms/privacy_policy for information and notices concerning Niche Escapes’s collection and use of your personal information.
Entered into between: The customer, a natural person being of age and having full capacity, resident in a European Union Member State or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or an equivalent third country, or a legal person registered in one of these states, who wishes to use Electronic Money issued by Leetchi Corp S.A. as a means of payment on the Website. hereinafter referred to as “You” or the “User”, on the one hand; and, Leetchi Corp. S.A., a public limited liability company incorporated under Luxembourg law, with a share capital of 500,000 euros and registered offices at 59 Boulevard Royal L-2449, listed under number B173459 in the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register, authorised to conduct its business in France under the freedom of establishment, as an electronic money institution approved by the Financial Sector Supervisory Commission, 110 route d’Arlon L-1150 Luxembourg, www.cssf.lu, hereinafter referred to as the “Issuer”, on the other hand; Hereinafter jointly referred to as the “Parties”,
THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, A CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS THE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF DISPUTES, AND OBLIGATIONS TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IN PARTICULAR, HOSTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND HOW THE LAWS WORK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES. SOME CITIES HAVE LAWS THAT RESTRICT THEIR ABILITY TO HOST PAYING GUESTS FOR SHORT PERIODS.
THESE LAWS ARE OFTEN PART OF A CITY’S ZONING OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODES. IN MANY CITIES, HOSTS MUST REGISTER, GET A PERMIT, OR OBTAIN A LICENSE BEFORE LISTING A PROPERTY OR ACCEPTING GUESTS. CERTAIN TYPES OF SHORT-TERM BOOKINGS MAY BE PROHIBITED ALTOGETHER. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS VARY GREATLY IN HOW THEY ENFORCE THESE LAWS. PENALTIES MAY INCLUDE FINES OR OTHER ENFORCEMENT. HOSTS SHOULD REVIEW LOCAL LAWS BEFORE LISTING A SPACE ON NICHE ESCAPES. TERMS OF SERVICE
If you are using the Site, Application or Services and you reside in the USA, you are contracting with Niche Escapes, Inc. If you reside outside of the USA, you are contracting with Niche Escapes UK. If you initially reside in the USA and contract with Niche Escapes, Inc., but subsequently change your residence to outside of the USA, you will contract with Niche Escapes UK from the date on which your place of residence changes, and vice versa. (Niche Escapes, Inc. and Niche Escapes UK are each hereinafter referred to as "Niche Escapes", "we", "us", or "our".)
Niche Escapes (hereafter referred to as "Niche Escapes", "we", "us", or "our") provides an online platform that connects hosts who have accommodations to rent with guests seeking to rent such accommodations (collectively, the “Services”), which Services are accessible at www.NicheEscapes.com and any other websites through which Niche Escapes makes the Services available (collectively, the “Site”) and as an application for mobile devices (the “Application”). By using the Site or Application, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service ("Terms"), whether or not you become a registered user of the Services. These Terms govern your access to and use of the Site, Application and Services and all Collective Content (defined below), and your participation in the Referral Program (defined below), and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and Niche Escapes. Please also read carefully our Privacy Policy at http://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/terms/privacy_policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, you have no right to obtain information from or otherwise continue using the Site, Application or Services. Failure to use the Site and Application in accordance with these Terms may subject you to civil and criminal penalties. THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES COMPRISE AN ONLINE PLATFORM THROUGH WHICH HOSTS (DEFINED BELOW) MAY CREATE LISTINGS (DEFINED BELOW) FOR ACCOMMODATIONS (DEFINED BELOW) AND GUESTS (DEFINED BELOW) MAY LEARN ABOUT AND BOOK ACCOMMODATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE HOSTS. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NICHE ESCAPES IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN HOSTS AND GUESTS, NOR IS NICHE ESCAPES A REAL ESTATE BROKER, AGENT OR INSURER. NICHE ESCAPES HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONDUCT OF HOSTS, GUESTS AND OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES OR ANY ACCOMMODATIONS, AND DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY IN THIS REGARD TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Key Terms “Niche Escapes Content” means all Content that Niche Escapes makes available through the Site, Application, or Services, including any Content licensed from a third party, but excluding Member Content. “Booking Request Period” means the time period starting from the time when a booking is requested by a Guest (as determined by Niche Escapes in its sole discretion), within which a Host may decide whether to confirm or reject that booking request, as stated on the Site, Application or Services. Different Booking Request Periods may apply in different places. “Collective Content” means Member Content and Niche Escapes Content. “Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software (excluding the Application), audio, video, information or other materials. “Guest” means a Member who requests from a Host a booking of an Accommodation via the Site, Application or Services, or a Member who stays at an Accommodation and is not the Host for such Accommodation. “Host” means a Member who creates a Listing via the Site, Application and Services. “Listing” means an Accommodation that is listed by a Host as available for rental via the Site, Application, and Services. “Member” means a person who completes Niche Escapes’s account registration process, including but not limited to Hosts and Guests, as described under “Account Registration” below. “Member Content” means all Content that a Member posts, uploads, publishes, submits or transmits to be made available through the Site, Application or Services. “Tax” or “Taxes” mean any sales taxes, value added taxes (VAT), goods and services taxes (GST), transient occupancy taxes, tourist or other visitor taxes, accommodation or lodging taxes, fees (such as convention center fees) that accommodation providers may be required by law to collect and remit to governmental agencies, and other similar municipal, state, federal and national indirect or other withholding and personal or corporate income taxes. Certain areas of the Site and Application (and your access to or use of certain aspects of the Services or Collective Content) may have different terms and conditions posted or may require you to agree with and accept additional terms and conditions. If there is a conflict between these Terms and terms and conditions posted for a specific area of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content, the latter terms and conditions will take precedence with respect to your use of or access to that area of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, APPLICATION OR SERVICES OR BY DOWNLOADING OR POSTING ANY CONTENT FROM OR ON THE SITE, VIA THE APPLICATION OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR BY PARTICIPATING IN THE REFERRAL PROGRAM, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ, AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE SITE AND APPLICATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT OR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REFERRAL PROGRAM. If you accept or agree to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity. Modification Niche Escapes reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify the Site, Application or Services or to modify these Terms, including the Service Fees, at any time and without prior notice. If we modify these Terms, we will post the modification on the Site or via the Application or provide you with notice of the modification. We will also update the “Last Updated Date” at the top of these Terms. By continuing to access or use the Site, Application or Services after we have posted a modification on the Site or via the Application or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms. If the modified Terms are not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Site, Application and Services. Eligibility The Site, Application and Services are intended solely for persons who are 18 or older. Any access to or use of the Site, Application or Services by anyone under 18 is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Site, Application or Services you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older. How the Site, Application and Services Work The Site, Application and Services can be used to facilitate the listing and booking of residential and other properties (“Accommodations”). Such Accommodations are included in Listings on the Site, Application and Services by Hosts. You may view Listings as an unregistered visitor to the Site, Application and Services; however, if you wish to book an Accommodation or create a Listing, you must first register to create an Niche Escapes Account (defined below). As stated above, Niche Escapes makes available an online platform or marketplace with related technology for Guests and Hosts to meet online and arrange for bookings of Accommodations directly with each other. Niche Escapes is not an owner or operator of properties, including, but not limited to, hotel rooms, motel rooms, other lodgings or Accommodations, nor is it a provider of properties, including, but not limited to, hotel rooms, motel rooms, other lodgings or Accommodations and Niche Escapes does not own, sell, resell, furnish, provide, rent, re-rent, manage and/or control properties, including, but not limited to, hotel rooms, motel rooms, other lodgings or Accommodations or transportation or travel services. Unless explicitly specified otherwise in the Niche Escapes platform, Niche Escapes’s responsibilities are limited to: (i) facilitating the availability of the Site, Application and Services and (ii) serving as the limited payment collection agent of each Host for the purpose of accepting payments from Guests on behalf of the Host. PLEASE NOTE THAT, AS STATED ABOVE, THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES ARE INTENDED TO BE USED TO FACILITATE HOSTS AND GUESTS CONNECTING AND BOOKING ACCOMMODATIONS DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER. NICHE ESCAPES CANNOT AND DOES NOT CONTROL THE CONTENT CONTAINED IN ANY LISTINGS AND THE CONDITION, LEGALITY OR SUITABILITY OF ANY ACCOMMODATIONS. NICHE ESCAPES IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATED TO ANY AND ALL LISTINGS AND ACCOMMODATIONS. ACCORDINGLY, ANY BOOKINGS WILL BE MADE AT THE GUEST’S OWN RISK.
Account Registration In order to access certain features of the Site and Application, and to book an Accommodation or create a Listing, you must register to create an account (“Niche Escapes Account”) and become a Member. You may register to join the Services directly via the Site or Application or as described in this section. You can also register to join by logging into your account with certain third-party social networking sites (“SNS”) (including, but not limited to, Facebook; each such account, a “Third-Party Account”), via our Site or Application, as described below. As part of the functionality of the Site, Application and Services, you may link your Niche Escapes Account with Third-Party Accounts, by either: (i) providing your Third-Party Account login information to Niche Escapes through the Site, Services or Application; or (ii) allowing Niche Escapes to access your Third-Party Account, as permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of each Third-Party Account. You represent that you are entitled to disclose your Third-Party Account login information to Niche Escapes and/or grant Niche Escapes access to your Third-Party Account (including, but not limited to, for use for the purposes described herein), without breach by you of any of the terms and conditions that govern your use of the applicable Third-Party Account and without obligating Niche Escapes to pay any fees or making Niche Escapes subject to any usage limitations imposed by such third-party service providers. By granting Niche Escapes access to any Third-Party Accounts, you understand that Niche Escapes will access, make available and store (if applicable) any Content that you have provided to and stored in your Third-Party Account (“SNS Content”) so that it is available on and through the Site, Services and Application via your Niche Escapes Account and Niche Escapes Account profile page. Unless otherwise specified in these Terms, all SNS Content, if any, will be considered to be Member Content for all purposes of these Terms. Depending on the Third-Party Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Third-Party Accounts, personally identifiable information that you post to your Third-Party Accounts will be available on and through your Niche Escapes Account on the Site, Services and Application.
Please note that if a Third-Party Account or associated service becomes unavailable or Niche Escapes’s access to such Third-Party Account is terminated by the third-party service provider, then SNS Content will no longer be available on and through the Site, Services and Application. You have the ability to disable the connection between your Niche Escapes Account and your Third-Party Accounts, at any time, by accessing the “Settings” section of the Site and Application. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Niche Escapes makes no effort to review any SNS Content for any purpose, including but not limited to for accuracy, legality or non-infringement and Niche Escapes is not responsible for any SNS Content. We will create your Niche Escapes Account and your Niche Escapes Account profile page for your use of the Site and Application based upon the personal information you provide to us or that we obtain via an SNS as described above. You may not have more than one (1) active Niche Escapes Account. You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. Niche Escapes reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Niche Escapes Account and your access to the Site, Application and Services if you create more than one (1) Niche Escapes Account or if any information provided during the registration process or thereafter proves to be inaccurate, not current or incomplete. You are responsible for safeguarding your password. You agree that you will not disclose your password to any third party and that you will take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your Niche Escapes Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify Niche Escapes of any unauthorized use of your Niche Escapes Account. Accommodation Listings As a Member, you may create Listings. To create a Listing, you will be asked a variety of questions about the Accommodation to be listed, including, but not limited to, the location, capacity, size, features, and availability of the Accommodation and pricing and related rules and financial terms. In order to be featured in Listings via the Site, Application and Services, all Accommodations must have valid physical addresses. Listings will be made publicly available via the Site, Application and Services. Other Members will be able to book your Accommodation via the Site, Application and Services based upon the information provided in your Listing. You understand and agree that once a Guest requests a booking of your Accommodation, you may not request the Guest to pay a higher price than in the booking request. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for any and all Listings you post.
Accordingly, you represent and warrant that any Listing you post and the booking of, or a Guest's stay at, an Accommodation in a Listing you post (i) will not breach any agreements you have entered into with any third parties, such as homeowners association, condominium, lease or rental agreements, and (ii) will (a) be in compliance with all applicable laws (such as zoning laws and laws governing rentals of residential and other properties), Tax requirements, and rules and regulations that may apply to any Accommodation included in a Listing you post (including having all required permits, licenses and registrations), and (b) not conflict with the rights of third parties. Please note that Niche Escapes assumes no responsibility for a Host’s compliance with any agreements with or duties to third parties, applicable laws, rules and regulations. Niche Escapes reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Listing for any reason, including Listings that Niche Escapes, in its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or Niche Escapes’s then-current Policies and Community Guidelines (http://NicheEscapes.com ), or otherwise harmful to the Site, Application or Services. If you are a Host, you understand and agree that Niche Escapes does not act as an insurer or as your contracting agent. If a Guest requests a booking of your Accommodation and stays at your Accommodation, any agreement you enter into with such Guest is between you and the Guest and Niche Escapes is not a party thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Niche Escapes serves as the limited authorized payment collection agent of the Host for the purpose of accepting, on behalf of the Host, payments from Guests of such amounts stipulated by the Host (including cleaning or other fees and/or Taxes). When you create a Listing, you may also choose to include certain requirements which must be met by the Members who are eligible to request a booking of your Accommodation, including, but not limited to, requiring Members to have a profile picture or verified phone number, in order to book your Accommodation. Any Member wishing to book Accommodations included in Listings with such requirements must meet these requirements.
More information on how to set such requirements is available via the “Hosting” section of the Site, Application and Services. If you are a Host, Niche Escapes makes certain tools available to you to help you to make informed decisions about which Members you choose to confirm for booking for your Accommodation. You acknowledge and agree that, as a Host, you are responsible for your own acts and omissions and are also responsible for the acts and omissions of any individuals who reside at or are otherwise present at the Accommodation at your request or invitation, excluding the Guest (and the individuals the Guest invites to the Accommodation, if applicable.) Niche Escapes recommends that Hosts obtain appropriate insurance for their Accommodations.
Please review any insurance policy that you may have for your Accommodation carefully, and in particular please make sure that you are familiar with and understand any exclusions to, and any deductibles that may apply for, such insurance policy, including, but not limited to, whether or not your insurance policy will cover the actions or inactions of Guests (and the individuals the Guest invites to the Accommodation, if applicable) while at your Accommodation. Niche Escapes may offer Hosts the option of having photographers take photographs of their Accommodations.
If you as a Host choose to have a photographer do this, the photographs taken will be made available to you to include in your Listing with a watermark or tag bearing the words “Niche Escapes.com Verified Photo” or similar wording (“Verified Images”). All images, materials and content created by these photographers provided by Niche Escapes, including Verified Images, constitute Niche Escapes Content, regardless of whether you include them in your Listing. No Endorsement Niche Escapes does not endorse any Member or any Accommodation. You understand that Verified Images are intended only to indicate a photographic representation of the Accommodation at the time the photograph was taken. Verified Images are therefore not an endorsement by Niche Escapes of any Member or any Accommodation. Members are required by these Terms to provide accurate information, and although Niche Escapes may undertake additional checks and processes designed to help verify or check the identities or backgrounds of users, we do not make any representations about, confirm, or endorse any Member or the Member’s purported identity or background. Any references in the Site, Application or Services to a Member being “verified” or “connected” (or similar language) only indicate that the Member has completed a relevant verification process, and does not represent anything else. Any such description is not an endorsement, certification or guarantee by Niche Escapes about any Member, including of the Member’s identity and whether the Member is trustworthy, safe or suitable. Instead, any such description is intended to be useful information for you to evaluate when you make your own decisions about the identity and suitability of others whom you contact or interact with via the Site, Application and Services. We therefore recommend that you always exercise due diligence and care when deciding whether to stay with a Host or to accept a booking request from a Guest, or to have any other interaction with any other Member. Except as provided in the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee Terms and Conditions which is an agreement between Niche Escapes and Hosts, we are not responsible for any damage or harm resulting from your interactions with other Members.
By using the Site, Application or Services, you agree that any legal remedy or liability that you seek to obtain for actions or omissions of other Members or other third parties will be limited to a claim against the particular Members or other third parties who caused you harm. You agree not to attempt to impose liability on or seek any legal remedy from Niche Escapes with respect to such actions or omissions. Accordingly, we encourage you to communicate directly with other Members on the Site and Services regarding any bookings or Listings made by you. This limitation shall not apply to any claim by a Host against Niche Escapes regarding the remittance of payments received from a Guest by Niche Escapes on behalf of a Host, which instead shall be subject to the limitations described in the section below entitled “Limitation of Liability”. Bookings and Financial Terms Key definitions “Accommodation Fees” means the amounts that are due and payable by a Guest in exchange for that Guest’s stay in an Accommodation. T`he Host alone, and not Niche Escapes, determines these amounts. The Host may in his or her sole discretion decide to include in these amounts (i) a cleaning fee or any other fee permitted on the Niche Escapes platform, or (ii) Taxes that the Host determines that he or she has to collect. “Guest Fees” means the fee that Niche Escapes charges a Guest for the use of its online platform, which is calculated as a percentage of the applicable Accommodation Fees. The Guest Fees will be displayed to the Guest when the Guest is asked whether to send a booking request to a Host. “Host Fees” means the fee that Niche Escapes charges a Host for the use of its online platform, which is calculated as a percentage of the applicable Accommodation Fees. The Host Fees will be displayed to the Host when the Host is asked whether to confirm or reject a booking request from a prospective Guest. “Service Fees” means collectively the Guest Fees and the Host Fees. “Total Fees” means collectively the Accommodation Fees and the Guest Fees (plus any Taxes in respect of Guest Fees, such as VAT in Europe).
Bookings and Financial Terms for Hosts If you are a Host and a booking is requested for your Accommodation via the Site, Application and Services, you will be required to either confirm or reject the booking request within the Booking Request Period, otherwise the booking request will be automatically cancelled. When a booking is requested via the Site, Application and Services, we will share with you (i) the first and last name of the Guest who has requested the booking, (ii) a link to the Guest’s Niche Escapes Account profile page, (iii) the names of any members of an SNS with whom you are “friends” or associated on the SNS if such individuals are also “friends” or associated with the Guest on such SNS, and (iv) an indication that the name that the Guest provided to Niche Escapes when the Guest became a Member matches the name that the Guest provided to the SNSs to which the Guest has linked his or her Niche Escapes Account, so that you can view such information before confirming or rejecting the booking request. If you are unable to confirm or decide to reject a booking request within the Booking Request Period, any amounts collected by Niche Escapes for the requested booking will be refunded to the applicable Guest’s credit card and any pre-authorization of such credit card will be released. When you confirm a booking requested by a Guest, Niche Escapes will send you an email, text message or message via the Application confirming such booking, depending on the selections you make via the Site, Application and Services. Niche Escapes will collect the Total Fees at the time of booking confirmation (i.e. when the Host confirms the booking request) and will initiate payment of the Accommodation Fees (less Niche Escapes’s Host Fees and any Taxes in respect of the Host Fees, such as VAT in Europe) to the Host within 24 hours of when the Guest arrives at the applicable Accommodation (except to the extent that a refund is due to the Guest).
The time it takes for the Host to receive payouts may depend upon the method for receiving payouts chosen by the Host. Some methods involve the use of third-party payment processors, who may impose their own additional charges for the use of their services on the Host, including by deducting their charges from the payout amount. If you owe or agree to pay any amount to Niche Escapes (whether as a result of your bookings or actions as a Guest or otherwise), then Niche Escapes may (but is not obliged to) withhold the amount owing to Niche Escapes from any payout amounts due to you as a Host, and use the withheld amount to setoff the amount owed by you to Niche Escapes. If Niche Escapes does so, then your obligation to pay Niche Escapes will be extinguished to the extent of the amount withheld by Niche Escapes, and Niche Escapes will cease to owe to you any obligations (including, but not limited to, any obligation to pay you) with respect to the amount withheld. Appointment of Niche Escapes as Limited Payment Collection Agent for Host Each Host hereby appoints Niche Escapes as the Host’s limited payment collection agent solely for the purpose of accepting the Accommodation Fees from Guests. Each Host agrees that payment made by a Guest through Niche Escapes shall be considered the same as a payment made directly to the Host, and the Host will make the Accommodation available to the Guest in the agreed-upon manner as if the Host has received the Accommodation Fees.
Each Host agrees that Niche Escapes may, in accordance with the cancellation policy selected by the Host and reflected in the relevant Listing, (i) permit the Guest to cancel the booking and (ii) refund to the Guest that portion of the Accommodation Fees specified in the applicable cancellation policy. Each Host understands that as Niche Escapes accepts payments from Guests as the Host’s limited payment collection agent, Niche Escapes’s obligation to pay the Host is subject to and conditional upon Niche Escapes successfully receiving the payments from Guests. Niche Escapes does not guarantee payments to Hosts for amounts that have not been successfully received from Guests. In accepting appointment as the limited authorized agent of the Host, Niche Escapes assumes no liability for any acts or omissions of the Host. Please note that Niche Escapes does not currently charge fees for the creation of Listings. However, you as a Host acknowledge and agree that Niche Escapes reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to charge you for and collect fees from you for the creation of Listings. Please note that Niche Escapes will provide notice of any Listing fee collection via the Site, Application and Services, prior to implementing such a Listing fee feature. Bookings and Financial Terms for Guests The Hosts, not Niche Escapes, are solely responsible for honoring any confirmed bookings and making available any Accommodations reserved through the Site, Application and Services.
If you, as a Guest, choose to enter into a transaction with a Host for the booking of an Accommodation, you agree and understand that you will be required to enter into an agreement with the Host and you agree to accept any terms, conditions, rules and restrictions associated with such Accommodation imposed by the Host. You acknowledge and agree that you, and not Niche Escapes, will be responsible for performing the obligations of any such agreements, that Niche Escapes is not a party to such agreements, and that, with the exception of its payment obligations hereunder, Niche Escapes disclaims all liability arising from or related to any such agreements. You acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding the fact that Niche Escapes is not a party to the agreement between you and the Host, Niche Escapes acts as the Host’s payment collection agent for the limited purpose of accepting payments from you on behalf of the Host. Upon your payment of the Total Fees to Niche Escapes, your payment obligation to the Host for the Accommodation Fees is extinguished, and Niche Escapes is responsible for remitting the Accommodation Fees (less Niche Escapes’s Host Fees and any Taxes in respect of the Host Fees, such as VAT in Europe), in the manner described in these Terms. In the event that Niche Escapes does not remit any such amounts as described in these Terms, such Host will have recourse only against Niche Escapes.
The Total Fees payable will be displayed to a Guest before the Guest sends a booking request to a Host. As noted above, the Host is required to either confirm or reject the booking request within the Booking Request Period, otherwise the requested booking will be automatically cancelled. If a requested booking is cancelled (i.e. not confirmed by the applicable Host), any amounts collected by Niche Escapes will be refunded to such Guest, depending on the selections the Guest makes via the Site and Application, and any pre-authorization of such Guest’s credit card will be released, if applicable. You as a Guest agree to pay Niche Escapes for the Total Fees for any booking requested in connection with your Niche Escapes Account if such requested bookings are confirmed by the applicable Host. In order to establish a booking pending the applicable Host’s confirmation of your requested booking, you understand and agree that Niche Escapes, on behalf of the Host, reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to (i) obtain a pre-authorization via your credit card for the Total Fees or (ii) charge your credit card a nominal amount, not to exceed one dollar ($1), or a similar sum in the currency in which you are transacting (e.g. one euro or one British pound), to verify your credit card. Once Niche Escapes receives confirmation of your booking from the applicable Host, Niche Escapes will collect the Total Fees in accordance with these Terms and the pricing terms set forth in the applicable Listing. Please note that Niche Escapes cannot control any fees that may be charged to a Guest by his or her bank related to Niche Escapes’s collection of the Total Fees, and Niche Escapes disclaims all liability in this regard. In connection with your requested booking, you will be asked to provide customary billing information such as name, billing address and credit card information either to Niche Escapes or its third-party payment processor. You agree to pay Niche Escapes for any confirmed bookings made in connection with your Niche Escapes Account in accordance with these Terms by one of the methods described on the Site or Application, e.g. by PayPal or credit card. You hereby authorize the collection of such amounts by charging the credit card provided as part of requesting the booking, either directly by Niche Escapes or indirectly, via a third-party online payment processor or by one of the payment methods described on the Site or Application.
You also authorize Niche Escapes to charge your credit card in the event of damage caused at an Accommodation as contemplated under “Damage to Accommodations” below and for Security Deposits, if applicable. If you are directed to Niche Escapes’s third-party payment processor, you may be subject to terms and conditions governing use of that third party’s service and that third party’s personal information collection practices. Please review such terms and conditions and privacy policy before using the services. Once your confirmed booking transaction is complete you will receive a confirmation email summarizing your confirmed booking.
Security Deposits Hosts may choose to include security deposits in their Listings (“Security Deposits”). Each Listing will describe whether a Security Deposit is required for the applicable Accommodation. If a Security Deposit is included in a Listing for a confirmed booking of an Accommodation, Niche Escapes will, in its capacity as the payment collection agent of the Host, use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a pre-authorization of the Guest’s credit card in the amount the Host determines for the Security Deposit within a reasonable time prior to the Guest’s check-in at the applicable Host’s Accommodation. Niche Escapes will also use its commercially reasonable efforts to address Hosts’ requests and claims related to Security Deposits, but Niche Escapes is not responsible for administering or accepting any claims by Hosts related to Security Deposits, and disclaims any and all liability in this regard. Service Fees In consideration for the use of Niche Escapes’s online marketplace and platform, Niche Escapes charges the Service Fees. Where applicable, Taxes (such as VAT in Europe) may also be charged in respect of the Host Fees and Guest Fees. Niche Escapes deducts the Host Fees from the Accommodation Fees before remitting the balance to the Host as described in these Terms. Guest Fees are, as noted above, included in the Total Fees. Balances will be remitted by Niche Escapes to Hosts via check, PayPal, direct deposit or other payment methods described on the Site or via the Application, in the Host’s currency of choice, depending upon the selections the Host makes via the Site, Application and Services. Amounts may be rounded up or down as described the “Rounding Off” section below. Please note that Niche Escapes may impose or deduct foreign currency processing costs on or from any remittances by Niche Escapes in currencies other than U.S. dollars.
More information on any such costs or deductions will be available via the Site and Application. More information on Services Fees can be found athttp://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/help. Except as otherwise provided herein, Service Fees are non-refundable. General Booking and Financial Terms Cancellations and Refunds If, as a Guest, you cancel your requested booking before the requested booking is confirmed by a Host, Niche Escapes will cancel any pre-authorization to your credit card and/or refund any nominal amounts charged to your credit card in connection with the requested booking within a commercially reasonable time. If, as a Guest, you wish to cancel a confirmed booking made via the Site, Application and Services, either prior to or after arriving at the Accommodation, the cancellation policy of the Host contained in the applicable Listing will apply to such cancellation. Our ability to refund the Accommodation Fees and other amounts charged to you will depend upon the terms of the applicable cancellation policy. Details regarding refunds and cancellation policies are available via the Site and Application. The Guest Fee is non-refundable regardless of the cancellation policy selected by the Host. If a Host cancels a confirmed booking made via the Site, Services, and Application, (i) Niche Escapes will refund the Total Fees for such booking to the applicable Guest within a commercially reasonable time of the cancellation and (ii) the Guest will receive an email or other communication from Niche Escapes containing alternative Listings and other related information. If the Guest requests a booking from one of the alternative Listings and the Host associated with such alternative Listing confirms the Guest’s requested booking, then the Guest agrees to pay Niche Escapes the Total Fees relating to the confirmed booking for the Accommodation in the alternative Listing, in accordance with these Terms. If a Host cancelled a confirmed booking and you, as a Guest, have not received an email or other communication from Niche Escapes, please contact Niche Escapes athttp://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/help/contact_us. If, as a Host, you cancel a confirmed booking, Niche Escapes may apply penalties or consequences to you or your Listing, including (i) publishing an automated review on your Listing indicating that a reservation was cancelled, (ii) keeping the calendar for your Listing unavailable or blocked for the dates of the cancelled booking, or (iii) imposing a cancellation fee (to be withheld from your future payouts). You will be notified of the situations in which a cancellation fee applies before you decide to cancel. In certain circumstances, Niche Escapes may decide, in its sole discretion, that it is necessary or desirable to cancel a confirmed booking made via the Site, Application and Services. This may be for reasons set forth in Niche Escapes’s Extenuating Circumstances policy athttp://www.Niche Escapes.com #extenuating_circumstances or for any other reason. Niche Escapes may also determine, in its sole discretion, to refund to the Guest part or all of the amounts charged to the Guest in accordance with the Guest Refund Policy at http://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/terms/guest_refund_policy. You agree that Niche Escapes and the relevant Guest or Host will not have any liability for such cancellations or refunds. Recurring Payments In some instances, Guests may be required to make recurring, incremental payments toward the Total Fees owed for a confirmed booking before beginning his or her stay at the applicable Accommodation (collectively, “Recurring Payments”). More information on Recurring Payments will be made available via the Site, Application and Services, if applicable.
If Recurring Payments apply to a confirmed booking, then the Guest authorizes Niche Escapes, on behalf of the Host, to collect the Total Fees and the Host agrees that Niche Escapes will initiate payouts to the Host, in the increments and at the frequency associated with the applicable Recurring Payments, identified on the Site, Application and Services. Rounding Off Niche Escapes may, in its sole discretion, round up or round down amounts that are payable from or to Guests or Hosts to the nearest whole functional base unit in which the currency is denominated (e.g. to the nearest dollar, euro or other supported currency); for example, Niche Escapes will round up an amount of $101.50 to $102.00, and $101.49 to $101.00. Some currencies are denominated in large numbers. In those cases, Niche Escapes may determine the functional base unit in which those currencies are denominated to be 10, 100 or 1,000 of the currency; the corresponding examples for such currencies would be for Niche Escapes to round up an amount of 1,045 up to 1,050 and 1,044 down to 1,040, or 35,450 up to 35,500 and 35,449 down to 35,400, or 837,500 up to 838,000 and 837,499 down to 837,000. Payment Processing Errors We will take steps to rectify any payment processing errors that we become aware of. These steps may include crediting or debiting (as appropriate) the same payment method used for the original payout to or payment by you, so that you end up receiving or paying the correct amount. Donations Some Hosts may pledge to donate a portion of the funds they receive from confirmed bookings made via the Site, Application and Services to a particular cause or charity. We do not take any responsibility or liability for whether the Host does in fact make the donation he or she pledged to make. In such cases, the Host in question is responsible for his or her own compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to such pledges and/or fund-raising.
Taxes Tax regulations may require us to collect appropriate tax information from our Hosts, or to withhold taxes from payouts to Hosts, or both. For instance, IRS regulations stipulate that we must collect an IRS Form W-9 from our US Hosts, and an appropriate IRS Form W-8 (e.g. Form W-8BEN) from non-US hosts with at least one Listing in the US. You as a Host are solely responsible for keeping the information in your tax forms current, complete and accurate. If you as a Host fail to provide us with documentation that we determine to be sufficient to alleviate our obligation (if any) to withhold payments to you (e.g. where you are a US Host and you fail to provide us with a completed IRS Form W-9), we reserve the right in our sole discretion to freeze all payouts to you until resolution, to withhold such amounts as required by law, or to do both. You as a Host understand and agree that you are solely responsible for determining (i) your applicable Tax reporting requirements, and (ii) the Taxes that should be included, and for including Taxes to be collected or obligations relating to applicable Taxes in Listings. You are also solely responsible for remitting to the relevant authority any Taxes included or received by you. Niche Escapes cannot and does not offer Tax-related advice to any Members.
Where applicable, or based upon request from a Host, Niche Escapes may issue a valid VAT invoice to such Host. You understand and acknowledge that appropriate governmental agencies, departments or authorities (the “Tax Authority”) where your Accommodation is located may require Taxes to be collected by Hosts from Guests on the amount paid for the right to use and/or occupancy of accommodations, and to be remitted to the respective Tax Authority. The laws in jurisdictions may vary, but these taxes are generally required to be collected and remitted as a percentage of the rent or Accommodation Fees set by Hosts, a set amount per day, or other variations, and are sometimes called “occupancy taxes,” “hotel taxes,” “lodging taxes,” “transient taxes,” “sales and use taxes,” “value added taxes,” “room taxes” or “tourist taxes” (hereafter, "Occupancy Taxes"). In certain jurisdictions, Niche Escapes may decide in its sole discretion to facilitate collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes from Guests on behalf of and in-lieu of Hosts, if such tax jurisdiction asserts Niche Escapes or Hosts have a tax collection and remittance obligation. In any jurisdiction in which we decide to facilitate collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes, whether you are a Guest or Host you hereby instruct and authorize Niche Escapes to collect Occupancy Taxes from Guests on behalf of and in lieu of Hosts at the time Accommodation Fees are collected, and to remit such Occupancy Taxes to the Tax Authority. When Niche Escapes facilitates collection or remittance of Occupancy Taxes in a jurisdiction for the first time, Niche Escapes will provide notice to existing Hosts with Listings for Accommodations in such jurisdictions.
The amount of Occupancy Taxes collected and remitted through facilitation by Niche Escapes, if any, will be visible to and separately stated to both Guests and Hosts on their respective transaction documents. Guests and Hosts agree that in any jurisdiction where Niche Escapes facilitates collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes on behalf of and lieu of Hosts, such Hosts are not permitted to also collect and/or remit such taxes on any portion of the Accommodation Fees. Hosts and Guests acknowledge and agree that in some jurisdictions, Niche Escapes may not be able to facilitate collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes. In any jurisdiction in which we have not provided notice of, or are not facilitating collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes to the Tax Authority in your jurisdiction, Hosts and Guests remain solely responsible and liable for the collection and/or remittance of any and all Occupancy Taxes that may apply to Accommodations. For any jurisdiction in which we facilitate collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes, Hosts and Guests expressly grant us permission to transfer data and other information relating to Occupancy Taxes, if any, collected and remitted relating to your transactions. Whether you are a Guest of Host, you agree that any claim or cause of action relating to collection and remittance of Taxes shall not extend to any supplier or vendor that may be used by Niche Escapes in connection with collection and remittance of Occupancy Taxes, if any.
Guests and Hosts agree that we may seek additional amounts from you in the event that the Taxes collected or remitted are insufficient to fully discharge your obligations to the Tax Authority, and agree that your sole remedy for Occupancy Taxes collected is a refund of Occupancy Taxes collected by Niche Escapes from the applicable Tax Authority in accordance with applicable procedures set by that Tax Authority. Damage to Accommodations As a Guest, you are responsible for leaving the Accommodation in the condition it was in when you arrived. You acknowledge and agree that, as a Guest, you are responsible for your own acts and omissions and are also responsible for the acts and omissions of any individuals whom you invite to, or otherwise provide access to, the Accommodation. In the event that a Host claims otherwise and provides evidence of damage, including but not limited to photographs, you agree to pay the cost of replacing the damaged items with equivalent items. After being notified of the claim and given forty eight (48) hours to respond, the payment will be charged to and taken from the credit card on file in your Niche Escapes Account. Niche Escapes also reserves the right to charge the credit card on file in your Niche Escapes Account, or otherwise collect payment from you and pursue any avenues available to Niche Escapes in this regard, including using Security Deposits, in situations in which you have been determined, in Niche Escapes’s sole discretion, to have damaged any Accommodation, including, but not limited to, in relation to any payment requests made by Hosts under the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee, and in relation to any payments made by Niche Escapes to Hosts.
If we are unable to charge the credit card on file or otherwise collect payment from you, you agree to remit payment for any damage to the Accommodation to the applicable Host or to Niche Escapes (if applicable). Both Guests and Hosts agree to cooperate with and assist Niche Escapes in good faith, and to provide Niche Escapes with such information and take such actions as may be reasonably requested by Niche Escapes, in connection with any complaints or claims made by Members relating to Accommodations or any personal or other property located at an Accommodation (including, without limitation, payment requests made under the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee) or with respect to any investigation undertaken by Niche Escapes or a representative of Niche Escapes regarding use or abuse of the Site, Application or the Services.
If you are a Guest, upon Niche Escapes’s reasonable request, and to the extent you are reasonably able to do so, you agree to participate in mediation or similar resolution process with a Host, at no cost to you, which process will be conducted by Niche Escapes or a third party selected by Niche Escapes, with respect to losses for which the Host is requesting payment from Niche Escapes under the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee. If you are a Guest, you understand and agree that Niche Escapes reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to make a claim under your homeowner’s, renter’s or other insurance policy related to any damage or loss that you may have caused or been responsible for or to an Accommodation or any personal or other property located at an Accommodation (including without limitation amounts paid by Niche Escapes under the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee). You agree to cooperate with and assist Niche Escapes in good faith, and to provide Niche Escapes with such information as may be reasonably requested by Niche Escapes, in order to make a claim under your homeowner’s, renter’s or other insurance policy, including, but not limited to, executing documents and taking such further acts as Niche Escapes may reasonably request to assist Niche Escapes in accomplishing the foregoing. Foreign Currency Niche Escapes’s online platform facilitates bookings between Guests and Hosts who may prefer to pay and to receive payments in different currencies, which may require foreign currency conversions to accommodate these differing currency preferences. Although the Niche Escapes platform allows users to view the price of Listings in a number of currencies, the currencies available for users to make and receive payments may be limited, and may not include the default currency in any given geographic location. Each foreign currency conversion is processed at a foreign currency conversion rate.
This rate generally refers to the amount of one currency that must be paid to buy a certain amount of another currency at a given time. For example, if it costs US$125.00 to buy €100.00, the currency conversion rate of US dollars to Euros would be 1.25, and the currency conversion rate from Euros to US dollars would be 0.8. Currency conversion rates will vary from time to time. Key definitions “Display Currency” means the currency in which users view Listing prices on the Niche Escapes platform. Guests may choose and change the Display Currency in order to view the pricing for a Listing in a number of different supported currencies. “Booking Currency” means the currency in which a Guest has to pay for his or her booking. At the time the Guest submits a booking request, the Niche Escapes platform will select the Booking Currency, based on the Guest’s country of origin and the payment methods available for that country. Niche Escapes supports only a certain number of currencies as Booking Currencies. The Booking Currency for a booking may be different from the relevant Listing Currency. “Listing Currency” means the currency in which a Listing’s price is set. The Listing Currency is set by the Host. “Payout Currency” means the currency in which a Host’s payout will be paid to the Host. The Payout Currency is set by the Host. “Base Exchange Rate” means a system-wide rate used by Niche Escapes for foreign currency conversion that is in effect at the time the foreign currency conversion is processed, and does not include any fee or mark-up by Niche Escapes. Niche Escapes establishes the Base Exchange Rate using data from one or more third parties such as OANDA (www.oanda.com). “Adjusted Exchange Rate” means a rate for foreign currency conversion that is calculated by adding a mark-up to the Base Exchange Rate. This mark-up represents a charge imposed by Niche Escapes for its holding costs and foreign currency risks. Foreign currency conversions on the Niche Escapes platform Niche Escapes will process a foreign currency conversion in the following situations: • The Display Currency is different from the Listing Currency when a user views a Listing: Niche Escapes will calculate the estimated Total Fees in the Display Currency, by applying either the Base Exchange Rate or the Adjusted Exchange Rate at the time of the view to the estimated Total Fees in the Listing Currency. The Adjusted Exchange Rate will be applied if the Display Currency is a supported Booking Currency, and it is different from the Listing Currency. Otherwise, the Base Exchange Rate will be applied. • The Booking Currency is different from the Listing Currency when a Guest submits a booking request for a Listing: Niche Escapes will calculate the Total Fees in the Booking Currency, by applying either the Base Exchange Rate or the Adjusted Exchange Rate at the time of the booking request to the Total Fees in the Listing Currency. The Guest will be able to view the actual exchange rate applied. The Guest Fee, which is a percentage of the applicable Accommodation Fees, will be calculated based on the Accommodation Fees in the Booking Currency (i.e. after conversion from the Listing Currency). The Adjusted Exchange Rate will be applied if the Display Currency is the same as the Booking Currency, and it is different from the Listing Currency for the Listing. Otherwise, the Base Exchange Rate will be applied. • The Payout Currency is different from the Listing Currency when Niche Escapes initiates a payout: generally, Niche Escapes will calculate the payout to the Host, by applying the Base Exchange Rate on the date that Niche Escapes initiates the payout to the Accommodation Fees (less Niche Escapes's Host Fees and any Taxes in respect of the Host Fees, such as VAT in Europe) in the Listing Currency.
The Host will be able to view the actual exchange rate applied in his or her transaction history in the Site or Application. In some cases where the payout method selected by the Host involves certain third-party payment processors (such as Western Union), (i) Niche Escapes will send the payout amount to the processor in a major currency (e.g. US dollars), by applying the relevant Base Exchange Rate for the Listing Currency to that major currency, (ii) the Host will be able to view the payout amount sent by Niche Escapes in that major currency in his or her transaction history in the Site or Application, and (iii) the processor will calculate the actual payout to the Host by applying its own foreign currency conversion rate for that major currency to the Payout Currency. • When a confirmed booking is modified or cancelled, and there had been a foreign currency conversion when the booking was submitted: the foreign currency conversion for any additional payments required of the Guest or any refund to the Guest will be processed at the same rate as applied to the earlier payment by the Guest. When you as a Guest submit a booking request for a Listing, you will be able to view the actual exchange rate used to calculate the Total Fees in the Booking Currency. Where the Adjusted Exchange Rate is applied, you will be able to view the mark-up included in the rate. The actual exchange rate (and any mark-up included in the rate) will also be stated in the billing receipt for your booking. Niche Escapes updates the Base Exchange Rate on a regular basis, but not on a real-time basis. In particular, Niche Escapes does not always change the Base Exchange Rate immediately when its costs of foreign exchange change. Accordingly, the Base Exchange Rate may not be identical to the applicable market rate in effect at the specific time a foreign currency conversion is processed. Please note that your payment company (for example, your credit or bank card issuer) will use a currency conversion rate for and may impose a currency conversion fee on your payment or payout, if your card or bank account is denominated in a currency that is different from the Booking Currency or the Payout Currency respectively. Similarly, third-party payment processors may also use a currency conversion rate for or impose a currency conversion fee on your payment or payout. All of these currency conversion rates and fees are not controlled by or known to Niche Escapes.
User Conduct You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for compliance with any and all laws, rules, regulations, and Tax obligations that may apply to your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content. In connection with your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content, you may not and you agree that you will not: • violate any local, state, provincial, national, or other law or regulation, or any order of a court, including, without limitation, zoning restrictions and Tax regulations; • use manual or automated software, devices, scripts, robots or other means or processes to access, “scrape,” “crawl” or “spider” any web pages or other services contained in the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content; • use the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content for any commercial or other purposes that are not expressly permitted by these Terms; • copy, store or otherwise access any information contained on the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content for purposes not expressly permitted by these Terms; • infringe the rights of any person or entity, including without limitation, their intellectual property, privacy, publicity or contractual rights; • interfere with or damage our Site, Application or Services, including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology; • use our Site, Application or Services to transmit, distribute, post or submit any information concerning any other person or entity, including without limitation, photographs of others without their permission, personal contact information or credit, debit, calling card or account numbers; • use our Site, Application, Services or Collective Content in connection with the distribution of unsolicited commercial email ("spam") or advertisements unrelated to lodging in a private residence; • "stalk" or harass any other user of our Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, or collect or store any personally identifiable information about any other user other than for purposes of transacting as an Niche Escapes Guest or Host; • offer, as a Host, any Accommodation that you do not yourself own or have permission to rent as a residential or other property (without limiting the foregoing, you will not list Accommodations as a Host if you are serving in the capacity of a rental agent or listing agent for a third party); • offer, as a Host, any Accommodation that may not be rented or subleased pursuant to the terms and conditions of an agreement with a third party, including, but not limited to, a property rental agreement; • register for more than one Niche Escapes Account or register for an Niche Escapes Account on behalf of an individual other than yourself; • unless Niche Escapes explicitly permits otherwise, request or book a stay at any Accommodation if you will not actually be staying at the Accommodation yourself; • contact a Host for any purpose other than asking a question related to a booking, such Host’s Accommodations or Listings; • contact a Guest for any purpose other than asking a question related to a booking or such Guest’s use of the Site, Application and Services; • recruit or otherwise solicit any Host or other Member to join third-party services or websites that are competitive to Niche Escapes, without Niche Escapes’s prior written approval; • impersonate any person or entity, or falsify or otherwise misrepresent yourself or your affiliation with any person or entity; • use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content; • use the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content to find a Host or Guest and then complete a booking of an Accommodation independent of the Site, Application or Services, in order to circumvent the obligation to pay any Service Fees related to Niche Escapes’s provision of the Services or for any other reasons; • as a Host, submit any Listing with false or misleading price information, or submit any Listing with a price that you do not intend to honor; • post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any Content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances; • systematically retrieve data or other content from our Site, Application or Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, in single or multiple downloads, a collection, compilation, database, directory or the like, whether by manual methods, through the use of bots, crawlers, or spiders, or otherwise; • use, display, mirror or frame the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, or any individual element within the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, Niche Escapes’s name, any Niche Escapes trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page in the Site, Application or Services, without Niche Escapes’s express written consent; • access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Site, Application or Services, Niche Escapes’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of Niche Escapes’s providers; • attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any Niche Escapes system or network or breach any security or authentication measures; • avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble, or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by Niche Escapes or any of Niche Escapes’s providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Site, Services, Application or Collective Content; • forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Site, Services, Application or Collective Content to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; • attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Site, Services, Application or Collective Content; or • advocate, encourage, or assist any third party in doing any of the foregoing. Niche Escapes has the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. Niche Escapes may access, preserve and disclose any of your information if we are required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary to (i) respond to claims asserted against Niche Escapes or to comply with legal process (for example, subpoenas or warrants), (ii) enforce or administer our agreements with users, such as these Terms and the Niche Escapes Host Guarantee (see http://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/terms), (iii) for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, customer support, product development and de-bugging purposes, or (iv) protect the rights, property or safety of Niche Escapes , its users, or memebrs of the public . You acknowledge that Niche Escapes has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content or to review or edit any Member Content, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating and improving the Site, Application and Services (including without limitation for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation and customer support purposes), to ensure your compliance with these Terms, to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body, to respond to content that it determines is otherwise objectionable or as set forth in these Terms. Niche Escapes reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Collective Content that Niche Escapes, at its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site, Application or Services. Privacy See Niche Escapes’s Privacy Policy at http://www.Niche Escapes.co.uk/terms/privacy_policy for information and notices concerning Niche Escapes’s collection and use of your personal information.
Mangopay Term and conditions
Framework Contract for Payment Services using MANGOPAY Electronic Money
Entered into between: The customer, a natural person being of age and having full capacity, resident in a European Union Member State or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or an equivalent third country, or a legal person registered in one of these states, who wishes to use Electronic Money issued by Leetchi Corp S.A. as a means of payment on the Website. hereinafter referred to as “You” or the “User”, on the one hand; and, Leetchi Corp. S.A., a public limited liability company incorporated under Luxembourg law, with a share capital of 500,000 euros and registered offices at 59 Boulevard Royal L-2449, listed under number B173459 in the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register, authorised to conduct its business in France under the freedom of establishment, as an electronic money institution approved by the Financial Sector Supervisory Commission, 110 route d’Arlon L-1150 Luxembourg, www.cssf.lu, hereinafter referred to as the “Issuer”, on the other hand; Hereinafter jointly referred to as the “Parties”,