General Terms and Conditions
TCH Europe GCTC
TCH Transport Clearing House Europe GmbH General Terms and Conditions
of Trade (GCTC) for Flights, Hotels and Other Travel Services from the
TCH Europe Brand
I. Conditions for the
Bookings of Flights, Hotels and Other Travel Services from TCH Europe
TCH Europe in 12099 Berlin, Komturstrasse 18a acts exclusively as an
intermediary of flight transportation services of third parties and
supplementary bookable travel services such as tickets of Russian
Railway, rental vehicles, hotels, travel insurance, visa procurement
and airport transfers within the scope of its activities.
Our contractual obligations are limited to the brokerage of the offered
and booked services. The implementation of the booked services does not
belong amongst our contractual obligations.
TCH Europe itself does not organize any travel.
In the event of a booking, the contract for the booked service is
exclusively between the person booking and the respective provider of
the travel services (airline, hotel operator, rental vehicle company,
insurance company, et cetera). The following conditions apply
exclusively to our brokerage activities and not for the brokered
service, for which the conditions of the respective service provider
are exclusively valid.
The General Terms and Condition of Trade of the service provider are
displayed upon selection of the flight route. Knowledge of these must
be confirmed before booking.
II. Services from TCH
Europe, Order - Booking
1. The booking can be done on the internet, service hotline or a travel
agency.
A service charge will be applied to flight bookings made via the
service hotline and travel agency per route and person whose actual
costs are noted in information on the internet or can be requested via
the service hotline.
Upon filling out the information fields and completing the booking via
the TCH Europe website, the purchasing person delegates bindingly the
TCH Europe to facilitate the transportation service or any other
service, which is provided by the third service provider.
You are bound to your booking order upon the conclusion of the booking
process. You have the opportunity to terminate the booking process at
all times prior to the conclusion of the booking. You must be 18 years
or older to make a booking.
2. No paper tickets or other
transportation documents will be created or sent via post, expect of
particular situations. In this case the additional service charge will
be added to the end price of the transportation service. In case of
required paper tickets, you will receive the paper ticket at the
counter of TCH at Domodedovo Airport. Please show your passport and the
printed out electronic ticket, when receiving the paper ticket.
You will receive a booking confirmation upon booking, which will be
sent on your E-mail adress. This allows you, upon presentation of your
valid personal identification/passport/visa, to check in to the booked
airline, hotel and/or to take possession of the booked rental vehicle.
Please proceed immediately to the check-in counter of the booked
airline, the reception at the booked hotel or the counter of the rental
vehicle company and present your booking confirmation with reservation
number there.
3. The person booking is solely responsible for ensuring that the
person(s) travelling carry all necessary identification documents/visas
corresponding to the entry conditions for the respective destination
countries. This especially applies to accompanying children.
4. The booked services are only valid for the persons named during the
booking and are not transferable.
5. In the event of last minute changes to the travel services by the
service provider such as flight time changes or similar, TCH Europe
will inform you of this via the communication provided media (email,
fax, etc).
Regardless of this, you are obligated to check your flight times via
the TCH Europe website 24 hours or at the website of the airline you
are flying with before departure. The current number of the service
hotline, together with the costs and the opening times are given at the
homepage www.geruxx.de
III. Limitation of
Liability/Guarantee from TCH Europe
TCH Europe is reliant on the airlines and service providers for the
correctness of the information about the brokered services. TCH Europe
has no opportunity to determine the accuracy of this information. TCH
Europe provides no guarantee or assurances in regards to the accuracy,
completeness or up-to-date nature of this information. The same applies
to all other information contained on this website and provided by
third parties.
IV. Collection of the
Travel Costs
TCH Europe is assigned by the service provides to collect the travel
costs.
The services can only be booked and paid via credit cards insofar as
the individual service providers have not stipulated or accept other
forms of payment.
By entering your complete credit card information, you authorize us to
collect the travel costs due from your credit card on behalf of the
service providers.
Payment is due upon booking. Only means of payment named on the website
are accepted.
You will only receive booking confirmation upon entry of valid payment
information.
V. Booking
Confirmation/Tickets
1. With the confirmation of your booking order from TCH Europe, the
contract brokered by TCH Europe with the respective service provider
will become effective immediately.
2. You are obligated to inspect the booking confirmation provided to
you for accuracy and to immediately inform TCH Europe if there any
problems with your booking.
VI. Luggage
The allowance of checked and hand luggage are regulated in the GCTC and
transportation guidelines of the respective airlines. The same applies
to the transportation of animals, sports equipment, special luggage and
notification regulations.
VII. Changes in
Booking/Cancellation
1. Changes and cancellations as well as the costs for these are
regulated by the GCTC of the respective service providers.
Please pay attention, that all Air Berlin flights are only bookable as
"Spartarif".
2. We recommend concluding travel cancellation expenses insurance or,
if necessary.
Cancellation of the brokered services must be arranged with the
respective service provider. If you ask TCH Europe to convey the
cancellation, the cancellation must be submitted in writing per email,
fax or letter and provide both reasonable cause as well as the booking
number.
VIII. Note Regarding
Passport, Visa and Health Regulations
1. For notes, questions and detailed information regarding passport,
visa and health regulations for your travel destination, please consult
your embassy, consulate and any other responsible authority to receive
this information.
2. In respects to this information, TCH Europe is reliant upon
information provided by third parties. The relevant information could
change at any time. Therefore, TCH Europe provides no guarantee or
assurances in regards to the accuracy, completeness or up-to-date
nature of this information. Liability for this on the part of TCH
Europe is prohibited.
IX. General Conditions
This website is available to the users solely for their own use. This
website can only be used in the legally permissible manner as per the
contract, particularly in regards to compliance with these General
Terms and Conditions of Trade.
In particular:
- You must ensure that no unauthorized bookings are made in your name
on the website.
- You must insure the accuracy and completeness of all information
provided about you or the persons traveling.
X. Force Majeure
TCH Europe is not liable for the consequences of force majeuer. This
includes regulations by the governments or authorities, war, inner
unrest, airplane hijacking, terror attacks, fire, flood, power outages,
accidents, storms, strikes, lock outs and other labor dispute measures
which influence the service of TCH Europe and its service providers.
XI. Data Security
TCH Europe uses the internationally certified SSL certificate. This
allows your personal information to be transmitted with the highest
security standard of encryption.
XII. The Website
This website is operated by TCH Europe Transport Clearing House Europe
GmbH, registered at Komturstrasse 18a in 12099 Berlin.
Pricelist TCH Europe GmbH |
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| date: 01.11.2010 | |
Service |
TCH
Europe Service fee for end customers (additional to ticket prices, airline and 3rd party fees) |
| Airline Tickets | |
| Booking | |
| Booking via Internet geruxx.de | Published Ticket Prices by TCH Europe via Internet |
| Bokking via Internet via 3rd party | Prices and fees according to the regulations of the provider (In case of booking via 3rd party providers fees may be charged according to the regulations by the provider and – if applicable – must be refunded by him) |
| Booking E-Ticket via TCH Europe Call Center | 10,00 € per person per route |
| Booking Paper-Ticket via TCH Europe Call Center | 30,00 € per ticket |
| Booking of special rate for diplomats via TCH Europe Callcenter | 12,00 € per person per route |
| Change of Reservation | On the date of booking there are no fees charged by TCH Europe (but – if applicable – fees by the Airline and brokers / 3rd party providers are charged) |
| Change of Air Berlin flights | 10,00 € per person per route (plus Airline fees) |
| Change of all other flights |
30,00 € per person (plus Airline fees) |
| Change of tickets for diplomats | 20,00 € per person per route per change (plus Airline fees) |
| Cancelation | On the date of booking there are no cancelation fees charged by TCH Europe (but – if applicable – fees by the Airline and the brokers / 3rd party providers are charged) |
| Cancelation of Air Berlin flights | 20,00 € per person (plus Airline fees, but not more than the refundable amount) |
| Cancelation of all other flights | 25,00 € per person (plus Airline fees, but not more than the refundable amount) |
| The cancelation fee by TCH Europe will be charged additonally to possible cancelation fees by the Airline and brokers / 3rd party providers (the value of the refundable amount may not be exceeded) | |
| Additional Services | |
| Booking ERV travel insurance via TCH Europe Callcenter | 5,00 € per person per route |
| Train tickets of Russian Railway | |
| Booking | |
| Booking RZD (Russian Railway) E-Ticket Via TCH Europe Callcenter |
10,00 € per person per ticket |
| Booking RZD (Russian Railway) E-Ticket Via Internet |
10,00 € per person per ticket additional to published price in Internet |
| Change of Reservation | |
| Chance of Reservation RZD Ticket via TCH Europe Callcenter | not possible According to rules of Russian Railway, tickets can be only cancelled and a new booking need to be done. |
| Cancelation RZD Ticket via TCH Europe Call Center | 10,00 € per person (additional to cancellation fee of
Russian railway accoring to terms and contidtions of Russian railway) Already paid agency and service fees are not refundable. |
| General Rules: | TCH Europe is a online broker/agency for travel services.
For all agency services rendered by TCH the terms
and conditions of TCH Europe GmbH are
valid. The contract for the travel service itself (flight, train trip, hotel stay, etc.) is always concluded between the customer and the service provider (Airline, Railway, Hotel, etc.). Therefore the rules of the service provider are valid for the booked service. Additionally, travel services such as tickets offered via TCH may be available also via other agency web portals. In this case booking fees by 3rd party providers are charged according to the rules of brokers / 3rd party providers. In case of cancelation they are refundable according to their rules. All other charged service fees (possibly excluded the booking fee) of the Airline and TCH (like the fee for change of reservation) are not refundable. Fees by 3rd party providers. Fees by 3rd party providers can not be refunded by TCH, but only by the 3rd party provider itself. TCH is not liable for any activities of other online agencies, since they are acting on their name and on their own invoice. |

