INTRODUCTION
Villasdirect.com is a private and independent organisation.Villasdirect.com has been created for the owners of holiday villas, apartments or other like premises to advertise their property for rent on our web site. Although we are a relaxed, friendly and approachable team, we do have high standards with regard to producing and maintaining this website for your benefit. We will endeavour to provide every assistance to any persons wishing to use this site for the purposes of advertising should they require our help. This contract is open ended. The below terms and conditions will form the body of the contractual agreement between you and villasdirect.com LTD. By reading and signing this document you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions. Though this piece of our web is a real bore to read, it is essential that you do read the below terms and conditions as it contains important information and in order for you to use this site you must agree to the below terms and conditions.

GENERAL
These terms and conditions are solely intended to govern the basis on which the user is allowed to access the villasdirect.com web site and all materials displayed therein for the purpose of sale, hire or any other reason whatsoever. Villasdirect.com reserves the right to make amendments without prior notification, as deemed necessary to any terms and conditions for the purposes of updating. Should any of our terms and conditions be deemed unenforceable or for any other reason be invalid by a recognised legal authority, whether in whole or part then the remaining terms and conditions will remain in force. The term or condition in question will be permanently omitted or amended to the satisfaction of that investigating authority. You will agree to periodically read the terms and conditions to keep yourself updated. By you continuing to use the villasdirect.com web site will be your agreement to the amendments made. Amendments will be highlighted for ease. Villasdirect.com reserves the right to deem any information, suggestions, recommendations or any other such information to be disclosable for use by us on the villasdirect.com web site. By sending any such materials as aforesaid you are consenting without any doubt or reservation, for villasdirect.com to use, display, copy, broadcast, modify or to do any other thing villasdirect.com deems necessary for the purposes of updating or advertising within the villasdirect.com web site.
Please note that any materials submitted to villasdirect.com that contain any useful information, recommendations or suggestions shall be displayed without the authors details being revealed on the site unless bound by law or the written authority by the author is contained within the material submitted requesting that the authors personal details be shown.


ADVERTISING
Villasdirect.com does not accept any responsibility for any materials, images, photographs, documents or any other product or information whatsoever, that has been tendered to villasdirect.com as factual for the purposes of advertising, and subsequently found be fraudulent, deceptive, or in any other way unlawful, false or misleading. Save any mistakes made in good faith, any advertisement identified as aforesaid will be removed from the web site, the contract terminated without notice and any monies paid forfeited. Villasdirect.com will not accept any responsibility, for any information supplied by the advertisers that is featured within their advertisements and found to contain inaccuracies within their contents in any way. Any person(s) or Agent(s), whose intention it is, to sell or rent their property to any other person(s) by advertising with villasdirect.com, must: (A) satisfy themselves that the intended person(s) who are seeking to reside or rent at that person(s) property, are of a suitable character and good standing acceptable to the requirements of the aforesaid person(s) (B) Be solely responsible for ensuring that all deposits and any other finances that may be legally owed from the sale of property, rent or other purchases are collected. The means by which finances are collected is a matter for the aforesaid person(s) and is not the responsibility of Villasdirect.com.

MESSAGING SYSTEM
Villasdirect.com has a messaging system and is offered as a free service for contacting the villa owner. All in coming messages will be screened by villasdirect.com. We reserve the right to edit out or amend any question or information offering personal data, e.g., telephone/fax numbers, email/residential addresses etc. We accept no responsibility for the loss of any message going through this system for whatever reason that may result in any form of financial loss. Unsolicited emailing (Spamming) is strictly prohibited (See site usage).

AGREEMENT RENEWALS
We will send you an agreement renewal contract for you to sign and return eight (8) weeks before the renewal date, which will secure an uninterrupted service.

CONTRACTS
The contract between you and us will be open-ended. We will inform you of your unique U.R.L (S). Should you wish to purchase or hire any of the properties, products or other materials displayed on this site for the purpose of rent, service or hire, you will then be entering into a contract solely between you and that independent person offering the aforesaid items for sale, rent service or hire. Therefore you will be bound exclusively with the terms, conditions and agreements, as laid down by that person offering the sale or hire of the property or other product in question. This will then form the basis of your contract. At no time will your contract be with villasdirect.com. Villasdirect.com will accept no responsibility or be liable in any away whatsoever, to any property purchased or hired by using Villasdirect.com that maybe lost or damaged, effecting the quality, safety, suitability, condition, performance, legality or any other like thing, caused as a result of any circumstances whatsoever, whether deliberate, negligent or accidental.

SITE USAGE
Villasdirect.com is to be used solely for the purpose of viewing, selling, purchasing and renting a property or other product. Any other usage of this site is strictly prohibited. Villasdirect.com will make every effort to ensure that any person using this web site for the purpose of advertising or any other reasons do for a legitimate and lawful purpose. We can not guarantee that every person using this site will do so and therefore accept no responsibility for any such person's intentions when using this site. Villasdirect.com reserves the right to remove any advertisement displayed and cancel without notice, the contract of the party concerned who's advert has been identified on this site as being used for any unlawful purpose, or the nature of the advert, for whatever reason, is such that to continue displaying it on this site would be likely to cause offence, distress or alarm to any other person(s) who maybe using this site. Any monies received by Villasdirect.com by the party concerned will be forfeited at the management's discretion. Villasdireect.com has taken every precaution to secure the site from viral attack; this includes current anti-virus software. Users to our site are welcome to download information displayed on our site, however villasdirect.com can accept no responsibility or liability for a virus or any other thing that penetrates our software without our knowledge and is unwittingly downloaded onto your own computer causing damage. In the unlikely event of this occurring then we will make every effort to warn other persons using the villasdirect.com site and rectify the identified problem.

GUARANTEES
We guarantee that the photographs and information supplied for the purposes of advertising will be properly displayed on your web page for 24-7-365, or until you request your advertisement be removed from public view. We guarantee that every precaution has been taken to ensure that your advertisement is properly displayed in its entirety, free from error. In the unlikely event that an error is identified, then upon notification the error will be immediately rectified. As a matter of protocol we will attempt to establish the cause of the error to prevent a further repetition.Villasdirect.com can not give any guarantee that your property will be sold or hired by advertising through villasdirect.com.Villasdirect.com makes no warrantees, guarantees or any other promise or endorsement of any description whatsoever for any purchases brought or hired as a result of using this site. Any such guarantees, warrantees, endorsements or other promises is the direct responsibility of the independent person selling or hiring their property or product and we will take no responsibility for any subsequent disputes in respect of this matter should they occur. Any disputes will be solely between the purchaser and seller or persons letting or renting only.

FINANCIAL
Villasdirect.com will not accept any responsibility or be liable for any consequential direct, indirect, total, partial or potential loss of any finances, business, contracts, agreements, sale, hire or any other matter whatsoever.
This does not affect your statutory rights.

SERVICE PROVIDERS
Villasdirect.com excepts no responsibility for any interference caused by any outside body or thing including acts of god, whether permanent or temporary effecting the quality of the advertisement featured on our website. Examples of this would be Fallen trees or any other act of nature, industrial action, espionage, war etc. Any interference found will be the responsibility of your service provider, Telephone Company or other like body.

PRIVACY AND RESEARCH
Villasdirect.com is firmly committed to protecting your privacy online. No personal details shall be disclosed to any person or featured on any site unless express written permission has been granted by the individual(s) concerned or is in accordance with UK law. However by advertising through villasdirect.com you are consenting for the advertisement to feature your name or address or telephone number or some other form of communication without the need of seeking the said written authority each time a person who expresses a wish to make contact. This would enable others viewing your advertisement to contact you for the sole purpose of enquiring about the materials featured on your advert, having an honest interest to purchase or hire. We reserve the right to keep and collate personal data furnished for the sole purpose of research, that is, to analyse the data in order to show trends or
any other statistical purposes solely in connection with villasdirect.com. This information will be used for the benefit of registered advertisers with villasdirect.com and we may wish to send you this information periodically by E-mail. Persons viewing villasdirect.com tend to do so anonymously however, some visitors may request that an owner make personal contact with them. In these circumstances the registered owner is consenting that Villasdirect.com forwards personal data held for the attention of the intended customer without first seeking any written or oral consent from the persons wishing to make contact. We shall under no circumstances pass, sell or rent your data to third parties unless expressly requested by you and in writing.

PAYMENTS
Booking fees for rentals that are Advertised* on our site will be displayed to include an agreed commission (our fee). Our fee will be inclusive of VAT. Once the booking has been confirmed, an invoice will be sent to you and under our terms and conditions. Payment will be due within 30 days from the date of the invoice. Payments can be made by cheque or by credit or debit Card.
Advertisements featuring properties for sale please visit the properties for sale section. Companies wishing to advertise their product on the villasdirect.com website are welcome do so, subject to agreement. If after thirty days of our invoice date, payment has not been received, then all information relating to your property/advertisement will be removed from display. We reserve the right of recourse to recover such outstanding monies and the instigation of legal proceedings will be considered.
*Villasdirect.com considers an advertisement to be any writing, sign, image, other visible or audible representation or suggestion whatsoever, that may be taken to be an advertisement.


PURCHASING
All persons visiting villasdirect.com wishing to purchase or rent any item that is advertised on this web site should seek legal or professional help before making any financial commitment. Remember any contract, agreements or disputes are solely between you and the agent or owner concerned and at no time will we accept any responsibility.

FORMAT OF ADVERTS
The information and photographs will be featured in a standardised form for simplicity and ease of use for all. Any photographs submitted for the purposes of advertising will not be returned unless requested and an S.A.E sent to Villasdirect.com. If you require your photographs to be returned and they are damaged or destroyed through our neglect then we will only be liable for the cost of the print to replace those pictures. We have paid much attention, care and effort in developing this Web site for you, although any constructive suggestions will be appreciated and reviewed.

PUBLICATIONS AND LOGO
Villasdirect.com will not publish any text containing any links into other web sites unless our express and documented permission has been obtained. The villasdirect.com logo, trademark, sight design and software is the exclusive property of vilasdirect.com and any usage whatsoever is strictly prohibited unless the express and documented permission of villasdirect.com has been obtained. All materials displayed on our web site, such as images must not be used unless the owners consent has been obtained and in writing.

PERSONAL DATA AND DATA PROTECTION
Due to confidential data being contained within this site, any E-mail that reaches you by whatever means has been sent in error unless you are the intended recipient. If this E-mail has reached you in error and you are not the intended recipient then please contact us immediately on +44 (0) 870 199 3454. Do not copy it in any way for any purpose and its contents are not to be disclosed to any person. By the very nature of the site, Villasdirect.com distributes information about your property via electronic means. These details are held and processed by villasdirect.com and are not divulged, sold etc. to any third parties or mailing list for any other purposes, if you have any objections to the data being held for the purpose it is being used for please withdraw your application registration.

LEGAL
The governing law is UK law and therefore all wordings used within the Villasdirect.com Terms and conditions will be taken to have the same meaning as described by the law in the UK.

CANCELLATION and REFUND POLICY
If you wish to cancel your contract, then upon receipt of written notification your property will be removed from public view. Villasdirect.com LTD is a free service to persons advertising their property for Rentals. As such, our refund policy will be limited to the agreed commission we received for the booking of your property through using our site and will be for that booking only. This will be subject to the discretion of the manager.

If you require further information, or have any questions or concerns about the Villasdirect.com web site, then please contact +44 (0) 870 199 3454 or simply E-mail us at info@villasdirect.com. If for any reason you wish to stop receiving further information, then upon notification we will remove you from our mailing list.

Thank you.