Terms Of Use

These terms of use (the "Terms of Use"), together with our privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy"), apply to any use of the Website. Visitors of the Website ("User" or "you") may use the Website only on condition that they accept the Terms of Use and read and understand the Privacy Policy. Any further use of the Website or any part of it means you have read and understood the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, and agree to be bound by all parts of the Terms of Use.

The information on this Website is for general informational purposes only. Information on this Website does not constitute an offer binding to us. Binding agreements with suppliers of boat rental available on the Website require a booking request through the Boat Charter Malta Platform and the supplier's acceptance of the booking request according to the General Terms and Conditions of Boat Charter Malta.

While Boat Charter Malta tries to ensure that the information in or through the Website is accurate, it does not provide any warranties, express or implied, in relation to its correctness, completeness, current, reliability, suitability for any purpose or otherwise (including for any information provided by third parties). Boat Charter Malta may change, add or remove information on the Website and its structure and functions at any time at its sole discretion, without specifically informing of any such change, and without removing outdated information or characterizing it as such. Boat Charter Malta may also block Users from accessing the Website or parts of it, or requires certain conditions to be fulfilled for such access. Boat Charter Malta does not provide any warranties, express or implied, in relation to the availability of the Website or its functions, that the Website is free from defects, or that the Website and the infrastructure on which it runs is free from viruses and other harmful software. Moreover, Boat Charter Malta does not guarantee that information available on the Website has not been altered through technical defects or by unauthorized third parties.

Boat Charter Malta excludes its liability, and that of its agents and independent contractors, and its and their employees and officers, and its sub-agents or distribution partners for damages relating to your access to (or inability to access) the Website, or to any errors or omissions, or the results obtained from the use, of the Website, whatever the legal basis of such liability would be, except liability for damages caused willfully or through gross negligence, and only to the extent permitted by applicable law. Restrictions of liability do not apply within the scope of guarantees issued, in the event of an injury to life, limb or health or for claims based on product liability regulation.

Boat Charter Malta does not assume any responsibility for third party content (including any activities available for booking requests, and information relating to such activities) that may be available through the Website, and for content linked to the Website or which are linked to from it or referred to. Boat Charter Malta does not recommend or endorse such content, and will not have any liability relating to it. Where Boat Charter Malta links to third party websites, you use such websites at your own risk. We recommend reading the policies of these websites and review how these websites may process personally identifiable data relating to you. If you think we have illicit content on the Website, please send an email to hello@boatchartermalta.com.

As between you and Boat Charter Malta, the Website is and remains protected by copyright and/or any other intellectual property rights (including protection granted through unfair competition law). You acquire no rights in the Website, and in any names, trade names, and distinctive signs of any nature (including trademarks) published on the Website. You may access and view the Website, but not incorporate it into other websites, and not copy, present, license, publish, download, upload, send or make it perceptible in any other way without our prior written consent.

Boat Charter Malta may amend these Terms of Use at any time and with immediate effect. If we make amendments, they apply as of the date of their publication on the Website. Boat Charter Malta expects you to regularly refer to this section to make sure you are familiar with the applicable Terms of Use. Any further use of the Website following such amendments means you consent to the amendment.

The law of Malta shall apply. If you have placed the order, as the consumer, and at the time of the order your normal place of residence is in another country, the application of the mandatory legal provisions of this country remain unaffected by the choice of law in clause 1. The exclusive place of jurisdiction is Malta, provided the user is a trades person as per the Maltese Commercial Code or does not have a permanent place of residence in Malta when the suit is filed. The legally-binding places of jurisdiction remain unaffected by this.

These General Terms and Conditions apply to any use of the Boat Charter Malta Platform, such as via the internet and apps. The contractual relationship between the user and Boat Charter Malta generally only comprises the proper referral of users to the respective Supplier, or the transfer of data via users who are provided by a sub-agent. Boat Charter Malta does not appear itself as the organizer, lessor, seller or other contract partner with regards to the tourist service agreement with the user. Consequently, part II of the General Terms and Conditions of Boat Charter Malta shall apply to offers on the Boat Charter Malta Platform and the provision of users to the Supplier. Part II of the General Terms and Conditions applies to the use of Boat Charter Malta Platform by cooperating partners (sub-agents or distribution partners), subject to special contractual agreements concluded with the respective cooperating partner. The contractual conditions of the Supplier, as per part III of these General Terms and Conditions, apply to the respective tourist service agreement between the user and the Supplier.

3.1 The use of Boat Charter Malta Platform’s offer can generally be done anonymously. 3.2 Certain types of use of Boat Charter Malta Platform, such as the making of bookings, require registration. During registration, the user sends an electronic registration form and consents to the General Terms and Conditions. The registration with Boat Charter Malta is only concluded once a confirmation is sent to the e-mail address specified by the user. Natural individuals must be over the age of 18 in order to register. The user has to keep the password he/she sets secret and take suitable precautions to prevent third parties becoming aware of it. 3.3 The creation of more than one user account for the same natural individual or legal entity is not permitted. The user account cannot be transferred.

4.1 Once the user has entered his/her desired service on the Boat Charter Malta Platform (e.g. travel destination, type of tour, start time, number of participants & price options), Boat Charter Malta shall show the user the information about the Suppliers’ services (“service information“). Based on this information, the user can, where applicable after checking availability, make a contractual offer, by placing an offer, to be sent to the respective Supplier, whereby the sub-intermediates act on behalf of the referred user. This happens, after the selection and transfer to the shopping basket, by clicking on the button “confirm and book”. 4.2 The user is bound to his/her binding offer for five working days. For more information see Section 5 of the General Terms and Conditions of the Supplier of boat rentals and other tourist services in Part III. 4.3 Boat Charter Malta shall notify the user of the conditions of transport and business of the Supplier for their contractual relationship with the user and for their services. They can be found in the respective tenders. The user is responsible for meeting and complying with these conditions. The Supplier reserves the right to not allow the user to undertake an action, or to exclude it, if they do not meet the conditions. In this case the paid price shall not be refunded. 4.4 Boat Charter Malta shall provide the user with a booking confirmation issued in the name of, and on behalf of, the Supplier, as well as a payment confirmation. The use of the Boat Charter Malta Platform itself is essentially free of charge for the user. The costs for the technical access to the Boat Charter Malta Platform (e.g. internet access) are to be borne by the user. Boat Charter Malta is permitted to collect the invoiced amounts in the name of, and behalf of the Supplier. 4.5 Boat Charter Malta shall forward the user any data for the use of a Supplier’s service according to the applicable conditions (such as ticket data), once they have been received by the Supplier. 4.6 Boat Charter Malta assumes no guarantee for the accuracy of forwarded data, or for the performance of services by the Supplier, as all the information indicated and forwarded is based on data from Suppliers or third parties, which Boat Charter Malta cannot check in detail.

5.1 The service agreement concluded with the Supplier shall apply to the fees to be paid by the user for the services of the Supplier. 5.2 Boat Charter Malta is permitted to collect the invoiced amounts in the name of and on behalf of the Supplier, provided nothing else has been explicitly stated in the Supplier’s invoice. If claims have to be paid by the user in a different currency than its national currency (claims for payment in foreign currencies), Boat Charter Malta can demand payment in the national currency of the user and the foreign currency claim can be converted based on the current exchange rate at the time the contract is concluded. Boat Charter Malta can charge the user a suitable conversion charge for this. 5.3 The contact partner, and contract partner, of the user in connection with the service agreement and its payment, is the respective Supplier. The user can only assert the repayment of a payment to the respective Supplier. A refund granted by the Supplier can also be processed by the Supplier via Boat Charter Malta. To simplify the process for the user, communication via Boat Charter Malta Platform is recommended. 5.4 To use the payment functions of Boat Charter Malta, the user has to register. The user has to enter correct payment information and update the details immediately in the event of changes. Boat Charter Malta can reject the payment method specified by the user. The user will be notified of the payment methods permitted for the respective service during the order process. 5.5 Upon the authorization of the payment, the user consents to his/her payment information being used for the collection of payments by the creditor. Boat Charter Malta reserves the right to make the use of the payment function of Boat Charter Malta dependent on a check of the credit rating of the user.

6.1 All prices on Boat Charter Malta are quoted per person and include VAT and all other taxes. Local taxes may be charged on site. 6.2 These prices specified by the Suppliers may be subjected to special conditions, for example with regards to cancellation and the refunding of payments made. Before making the booking, please check precisely whether the respective service agreement is subject to separate conditions.

7.1 Boat Charter Malta would like the user to pay the lowest possible price for the respective service. If the users find the offer they have booked via Boat Charter Malta with the same conditions (town/city, number of people, availability) and at a lower price online, Boat Charter Malta shall pay the user, on a voluntary basis, the difference between the price paid and the lower price found on the internet. 7.2 All special offers and promotional campaigns are marked as such.

8.1 The user shall keep the registration data (user login and password) secret and not allow third parties access to Boat Charter Malta Portal using his/her registration data. The user shall be accountable for all use of his/her user account on Boat Charter Malta Portal. 8.2 After receiving the service information, the user can send any orders to Boat Charter Malta for forwarding to the Supplier. 8.3 The user shall exempt Boat Charter Malta from third-party claims based on his/her use of the Boat Charter Malta Platform, unless they are the fault of Boat Charter Malta.

9.1 There is no claim for availability, quality or service features, or technical support for the Boat Charter Malta Platform. Boat Charter Malta can redesign, reduce or suspend their online portal Boat Charter Malta at any time, at its discretion. Existing agreements of the user with a Supplier, as well as the execution of these agreements, remain unaffected by these changes. 9.2 Boat Charter Malta makes no guarantee or warranty for the accuracy or completeness of data provided by third parties (such as Suppliers). 9.3 Boat Charter Malta makes no guarantee or warranty for the services provided by the Suppliers. The contact partner of the user in the event of questions and claims in connection with a service agreement and its execution is the respective Supplier. 9.4 Provided Boat Charter Malta does not have any obligation to the user, Boat Charter Malta also provides no guarantee.

10.1 If Boat Charter Malta has not assumed a corresponding contractual obligation by means of an explicit agreement with the user, it is not liable for the realization of corresponding agreements with Suppliers in line with the booking request of the user. 10.2 Without explicit agreement or an assurance of this kind, Boat Charter Malta is not liable for defects in the performance of the service and personal or material damage incurred by the user in connection with the travel service provided, concerning the services provided. If several tourist services are provided (in accordance with the legal term “package holidays”) this does not apply, unless Boat Charter Malta gives the impression, as per Section 651a, paragraph 2, BGB that it performs the intended travel services under its own responsibility. 10.3 Any liability of Boat Charter Malta due to the culpable violation of obligations in the brokering of contracts remains unaffected by the aforementioned conditions. 10.4 The liability of Boat Charter Malta for contractual claims of the user is limited to three-times the price of the tourist services procured, except for • any violation of a key obligation, which needs to be fulfilled in order to allow the proper execution of the brokering agreement or the violation of which endangers the fulfilment of the contractual purpose • liability for damage incurred by the user due to the injury to life, limb or health, which is based on a negligent breach of duty by Boat Charter Malta or a vicarious agent of Boat Charter Malta • liability of Boat Charter Malta for other damage incurred by the user due to a grossly-negligent breach of duty by Boat Charter Malta or a willful or grossly-negligent breach of duty by a legal representative or vicarious agent of Boat Charter Malta. 10.5 For ordinary negligence, Boat Charter Malta is only liable for the violation of a key contractual obligation and only for foreseeable and typical damage. Key contractual obligations are obligations which need to be fulfilled to make the proper execution of the contract possible and whereby the user can regularly rely on them being met. 10.6 Restrictions of liability do not apply within the scope of guarantees issued, in the event of an injury to life, limb or health or for claims based on the product liability law.

Users can cancel their registration on Boat Charter Malta Portal at any time by blocking their user account. Boat Charter Malta can cancel a registration unilaterally with one week’s notice. Claims which have arisen before this is done, remain unaffected. The right to extraordinary cancellation remains unaffected.

12.1 Users have the opportunity to have personal influence on the content of Boat Charter Malta Platform by writing travel reports in the form of evaluations, or uploading pictures (“user content”). Users are fully responsible for the user content they provide. They ensure that the content is correct and guarantee that the content does not contain any misleading or illegal statements or details. Furthermore, the users guarantee that the content does not violate third-party rights. Under no circumstance and in no way does Boat Charter Malta make user content its own, it merely provides a Platform. 12.2 Boat Charter Malta can use the user content in various ways. This includes displaying it on the website, reformatting, editing for more clarity or better grammar, incorporation into adverts or other work. 12.3 Boat Charter Malta can remove or report user content where necessary and at its own discretion. For example, Boat Charter Malta can remove user content if it violates the Boat Charter Malta principles for content, in the opinion of Boat Charter Malta. Boat Charter Malta is not obliged to store copies of user content or provide copies thereof. Boat Charter Malta does not guarantee the confidentiality of user content. 12.4 Boat Charter Malta and its distribution partners or sub-agents can display adverts and other information together or next to the user content on the website and other media. Users have no claim to remuneration for these adverts. Subject to changes regarding the type and scope of these advertising measures. The user does not need to be especially notified of this. 12.5 The users shall fully indemnify Boat Charter Malta and its distribution partner or sub-agents from all third-party claims (incl. suitable costs for legal prosecution and defense) at first request, which these third parties assert against Boat Charter Malta concerning the user content provided by the user. This also applies if the contested content can no longer be accessed on Boat Charter Malta Platform. This does not apply if Boat Charter Malta is responsible for the legal violation. In the event of recourse by third parties, users have to immediately, truthfully and completely provide Boat Charter Malta with all the information necessary to verify the claims and defend them.

13.1 Boat Charter Malta collects and uses personal data of users to the extent that is necessary for the creation, design of content or modification of the contractual conditions for Boat Charter Malta between the user and Boat Charter Malta. 13.2 If Boat Charter Malta is involved in the communication for a service agreement between the user and the respective Supplier, it shall transfer the data required for this agreement to the respective Supplier. This Supplier processes and uses the data to initiate, conclude and execute the contract on its own responsibility. The identity of the respective Supplier can be taken from the booking dialogue. 13.3 Further information can be found in the data protection conditions of Boat Charter Malta at https://boatchartermalta.com/privacy-policy.

14.1 Boat Charter Malta reserves the right to change these General Terms and Conditions at any time and without stating the reasons. Boat Charter Malta will only make changes affecting the user, which the user must agree to in consideration of mutual interests. This concerns, for example, cases where the equivalence principle has been disturbed, as well as loopholes and changes in legislation. The amended conditions will be sent to the users by e-mail at the latest two weeks before they come into effect. If a user does not reject the validity of the new General Terms and Conditions within two weeks of the receipt of the e-mail, the amended General Terms and Conditions are deemed to have been accepted. Boat Charter Malta will notify the user, in the e-mail containing the amended conditions, of the importance of this two-week deadline. 14.2 These Terms and Conditions can be amended at any time and without notice for future intermediation of contracts with Supplier. The respective conditions valid for each individual contract conclusion shall apply.

15.1 These General Terms and Conditions represent the whole agreement between Boat Charter Malta and the user. No additional agreements exist. 15.2 The law of the Malta shall apply. If you have placed the order, as the consumer, and at the time of the order your normal place of residence is in another country, the application of the mandatory legal provisions of this country remain unaffected by the choice of law in clause 1. The exclusive place of jurisdiction is Malta, provided the user is a trades person as per the Maltese Commercial Code or does not have a permanent place of residence in Malta when the suit is filed. The legally-binding places of jurisdiction remain unaffected by this. 15.3 If provisions of these General Terms and Conditions are or become invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the rest of the provisions. Boat Charter Malta Gozo, Malta

The details transferred via the Boat Charter Malta Platform must be truthful. The Supplier reserves the right to withdraw from the contract or to exclude users from participating in the service and to demand compensation amounting to the cancellation costs as per Section 11 of part III of the General Terms and Conditions of Supplier of boat rentals and other tourist services, if defective details are provided by the user.

You are responsible for arriving on time at the notified meeting point. If you are travelling to an activity from abroad, you are responsible for having the necessary travel documents (passport etc.), and for observing the health regulations etc.

If Supplier includes in addition to these General Terms and Conditions of Supplier of boat rentals and other tourist services of Part III further participation or transport or other terms in a contract with you, you are responsible for observing these additional terms. The Supplier reserves the right to exclude participants from the activity if they do not meet these conditions.

The contract between you or the user you have referred, and the Supplier comes into effect upon the acceptance of your binding request by the Supplier. When you book a boat rental or another activity, you make the Supplier a binding offer which you, or the user you have referred, are bound to for five working days. If the Supplier accepts your offer within this period of time, the contract comes into binding effect. You, or the user referred by you, receives notification of this by e-mail.

The agreed total price for the service we have provided is due upon the conclusion of the contract.

The Supplier points out that according to legal provisions (section 312, paragraph (2), no. 4, 312g, paragraph 2, clause 1, no. 9, BGB), contracts for tourism services which are concluded as remote selling (i.e. via the Boat Charter Malta Platform) do not have a right of revocation, but merely the legal rights to withdraw and cancel the contract.

The price of the services does not include insurance. You are responsible for providing sufficient insurance protection. The requirement for insurance depends on the activity booked.

If you or the user you have referred do not pay for the booked service according to the agreed due date of payment, although the Supplier is prepared, and able, to perform the contractual service and there is no legal or contractual right of retention for you or the user you have provided, the Supplier is permitted to withdraw from the contract and charge you, or the user you have referred, for the withdrawal costs as per point 11.

All messages between you, or the user you have referred, and the Supplier shall be done via the Boat Charter Malta Platform. In the interest of quick processing, it is recommended to exclusively use the forms provided by Boat Charter Malta.

11.1 If you reject (cancel) the activity, the cancellation conditions stated in the product description as well as on your voucher apply. Boat Charter Malta advises the user to carefully read the information in the product description. 11.2 Provided there are no deviating cancellation conditions in the product description of your Supplier, the following cancellation fees will be charged by the Supplier of the tourist services: a. Up to 24 hours before the start of the activity: full refund b. Less than 24 hours before the start of the activity or in the event of a no-show: no refund 11.3 You, or the user you have referred, are free to prove to the Supplier that they have not incurred any damage, or substantially less damage than the fee charged by the Supplier. 11.4 The Supplier reserves the right to request higher, specific compensation instead of the aforementioned flat-rate fees, if the Supplier can prove that it has incurred much higher expenses than the respectively applicable flat-rate fee. In this case the Supplier is obliged to provide specific figures and evidence of the compensation requested, taking into account the saved expenses and any other use of the services. 11.5 The refund is done using the same payment method. In the event of credit cards which are charged monthly, the amount shall be credited at the end of the current invoicing period. The exact time of the refund depends on the user’s credit card agreement. The refund by bank transfer shall be done within seven bank working days.

The Supplier can cancel the activity on the agreed date without observing a period of notice, if weather conditions, official measures, strikes or other unforeseeable or unavoidable external conditions (in particular force majeure) make the execution of the activity impossible, make it considerably more difficult or endanger it. In this case the paid price is refunded.

The Supplier is permitted not to allow you to join an activity, or to exclude you from one, if you do not meet the personal participation requirements, your participation would endanger you or someone else or in any other way make the activity impossible in the long-term. This applies accordingly to a user you have referred. In these cases, the paid price cannot be refunded.

Furthermore, the Supplier reserves the right to make non-essential changes to the program, if this is necessary due to unforeseeable or unavoidable conditions.

Further conditions or deviating conditions can be found in the respective tenders.

For calculations of the time and deadlines, the time zone of the Supplier is authoritative.

The Supplier is liable in accordance with the applicable law for its services, whereby the liability, if permitted according to the applicable law, is excluded.

These Terms and Conditions of the Supplier of boat rentals and other tourist services of Part III can be amended at any time and without notice for future bookings. The respective conditions valid for each individual booking shall apply. The user has no claim for future bookings based on the existing conditions.