Terms And Conditions Concerning Use Of This Web Site

Please be aware of the following BEFORE you book your holiday rental: Disclaimer

The content and information on this website is provided by the owner/agent of the property. www.self-catering-breaks.com does not act as a broker or agent in any way for any of the properties hosted/advertised on our website and we do not take or arrange bookings. Any contractual arrangements regarding the rental of any of the properties will be strictly between the property owner/agent and yourself and does not involve www.self-catering-breaks.com in any way at all.

Please ensure you use a safe and secure method to send payment for your accommodation. we suggest using a Credit Card to pay or a company like PayPal to do this. Do not send cash or cheques through the post, or place money directly into a property owners bank account. If you use a money transfer company always make sure that they have protection in place to protect you should anything go wrong with your accommodation. If any property owner refuses to accept payment through any of the above methods we suggest you look for alternative accommodation.

Always try to get more than one form of contacting the buyer.

It is the responsibility of the person proposing to rent any property on this website to satisfy themselves of the accuracy of the details and validity of the property before they proceed and it is the responsibility of the owner/agent to satisfy themselves as to the validity of any proposed renter. We are simply a hosting portal for individuals or companies to advertise their properties.

We do, however, reserve the right to remove any properties and property owners for any serious misrepresentations or unsatisfactory practises where we have received multiple complaints.

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All reference to Self Catering Breaks refer to the Self Catering Breaks web site and all web sites and entities controlled by or under the control of Self Catering Breaks including all persons employed either directly or indirectly through Self Catering Breaks.

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By using this web site, you are agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by, and to comply with, these Terms and Conditions and any other posted guidelines or rules applicable to any individual Self Catering Breaks Network web site, Product or Service. All such guidelines and rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms and Conditions.

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Use of this web site is subject to compliance with these Terms and Conditions. You acknowledge and agree that Self Catering Breaks may terminate your access to the Self Catering Breaks Network or to any of the Products and Services should you fail to comply with the Terms and Conditions or any other guidelines and rules published by Self Catering Breaks Any such termination shall be in Self Catering Breaks' sole discretion and may occur without prior notice, or any notice. Self Catering Breaks further reserves the right to terminate any user's access to the Self Catering Breaks Network or to any of the Products and Services for any conduct that Self Catering Breaks, in its sole discretion, believes is or may be directly or indirectly harmful to other users, to Self Catering Breaks or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or business contractors, or to other third parties, or for any conduct that violates any local, state, federal, or foreign laws or regulations. Self Catering Breaks further reserves the right to terminate any user's access to the Self Catering Breaks Network or to any of the Products and Services for any reason or for no reason at all, in Self Catering Breaks' sole discretion, without prior notice, or any notice.

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In order to use the Products and Services, users must have access to the World Wide Web and must navigate the Internet to selfcateringbreaks.com/ or another of the URLs associated with the Self Catering Breaks Network.

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Self Catering Breaks does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.

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Certain of the Products and Services will require the user to register and provide certain data. In consideration of use of such Products and Services, in registering and providing such data, you represent and warrant that: (a) the information about yourself is true, accurate, current, and (b) you will maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Self Catering Breaks has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Self Catering Breaks has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Products and Services.

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All Self Catering Breaks Network registrations become the exclusive property of Self Catering Breaks, its affiliates and subsidiaries. Self Catering Breaks reserves the right to use and reuse all registration and other personally identifiable user information subject to the Self Catering Breaks Network Privacy Policy. Users may edit, update, alter or obscure their personally identifiable information at any time.

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In cases where you have authorized a minor to use the Products and Services, you recognize that you are fully responsible for: (i) the online conduct of such minor; (ii) controlling the minor's access to and use of the Products and Services; and (iii) the consequences of any misuse by the minor.

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Upon registering, you will receive a password and Self Catering Breaks Login ID. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and ID, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or ID. You agree to (a) immediately notify Self Catering Breaks of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. The Self Catering Breaks Network cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this requirement.

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You acknowledge and agree that all information, code, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, pictures, graphics, video, chat, messages, files, or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not the Self Catering Breaks Network, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email or otherwise transmit via the Services. The Self Catering Breaks Network does not control the user or third party Content posted via the Products and Services, and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such user or third party Content. You acknowledge and Agree that by using the Products and Services, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will the Self Catering Breaks Network be liable in any way for any user or third party Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any such Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any such Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Products and Services. As a general matter, Self Catering Breaks does not pre-screen user or third party Content posted on the Self Catering Breaks Network, except for certain areas where Self Catering Breaks employs certain automated screening software, although Self Catering Breaks reserves the right to do so. Self Catering Breaks does not guarantee that any screening will be done to your satisfaction or that any screening will be done at all. Self Catering Breaks reserves the right to monitor some, all, or no areas of the Products and Services for adherence to these Terms and Conditions or any other rules or guidelines posted by Self Catering Breaks

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The Products and Services may only be used for the intended purpose for which such Products and Services are being made available. The intended purpose of site building software on the Self Catering Breaks Network is to maintain, publish and produce web sites on the Self Catering Breaks Network that are consistent with these terms and conditions.

13. You agree that you will not use Self Catering Breaks Network Products and Services to:
a.     Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content, or select any member or user name or email address, that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, sexually, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
b.     Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that promotes illegal activity, including without limitation the provision of instructions for illegal activity.
c.     Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that exploits the images of children under 18 years of age, or that discloses personally identifying information belonging to children under 18 years of age.
d.     Harm minors in any other way.
e.     Make any sexual request on behalf of a minor or make any sexual request of a minor.
f.     "Stalk" or otherwise harass another.
g.     Collect or store personally identifying information about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes.
h.     Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Self Catering Breaks Network official, employee, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
i.     Employ misleading email addresses or falsify information in the header, footer, return path, or any part of any communication, including emails, transmitted through the Products and Services.
j.     Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or regulation or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements).
k.     Upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that facilitates hacking.
l.     Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, service mark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party, or contributing to inducing or facilitating such infringement. This prohibition shall include, without limitation, the following forms of software piracy: 1.     Making available copyrighted software or other Content that has had the copyright protection removed. 2.     Making available serial numbers for software that can be used to illegally validate or register software. 3.     Making available tools that can be used for no purpose other than for "cracking" software or other copyrighted Content. 4.     Making available any software files for which the user does not own the copyright or have the legal right to make available.
m.      Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas that are designated for such purpose.
n.     Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any material that contains software viruses, worms, trojan horses, time bombs, trap doors or any other computer code, files or programs or repetitive requests for information designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or to diminish the quality of, interfere with the performance of, or impair the functionality of the Products and Services or the Self Catering Breaks Network.
o.     Use automated means, including additional computers, software and scripts, to enhance play in Self Catering Breaks Network games and promotions.
p.     Use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, or the like to download data from any Self Catering Breaks Network database.
q.     Conduct your own contests and promotions.
r.     Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any Content regarding any raffle, contest or game requiring a fee by participants.
s.     Modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, link, display or in any way exploit any Content from any Self Catering Breaks database, including, without limitation, by incorporating data from any Self Catering Breaks database into any e-mail or "white pages" products or serviced, whether browser-based, based on proprietary client-site applications, web-based, or otherwise.
t.     Sell, distribute, or make any commercial use of data obtained from any Self Catering Breaks database or make any other use of data from any Self Catering Breaks database in a manner which could be expected to offend the person for whom the data is relevant.
u.     Create and maintain a Self Catering Breaks Network web page (including, but not limited to, a Self Catering Breaks Club or an Angel fire or Tripod home page) that (i) redirects to another web page or (ii) stores or hosts content for remote loading by other web pages. For example, you cannot create a Self Catering Breaks Club, post pictures to the Self Catering Breaks Club, and have other web pages call the Self Catering Breaks Club page to retrieve those pictures.
v.     Create and maintain a Self Catering Breaks Network web page that contains hyperlinks to content not permitted on the Self Catering Breaks Network.
w.     Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue in a chat room, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Products and Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges.
x.     Interfere with or disrupt the Products and Services or servers or networks connected to the Products and Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Products and Services, including without limitation Self Catering Breaks Network Chat hosts.
y.     Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law.
z.     Use the Products or Services to sell, purchase, or offer to sell or purchase any registered or unregistered securities.
aa.     Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any material that is false, misleading, or designed to manipulate any equity, security, or other market.
bb.     Disobey any Self Catering Breaks Chat hosts or other Self Catering Breaks employee or representative or interfere with any action by any Self Catering Breaks Chat host or other Self Catering Breaks employee or representative to redress any violation of these Terms and Conditions.
cc.     Access the Products and Services after your account or access has been terminated by Self Catering Breaks
dd.     Fail to complete any transaction after submitting an order to purchase any goods or services from individual Merchants in Self Catering Breaks Shop or from any seller in Self Catering Breaks Auctions, subject to the individual Merchant's or seller's terms and conditions governing such transactions.
ee.     Submit any order to purchase goods or services from individual Merchants in Self Catering Breaks Shop or from any seller in Self Catering Breaks Auctions where you do not intend to complete the transaction.
ff.      Purchase any goods or services that you are prohibited from purchasing or possessing by any law applicable to you in your jurisdiction. The responsibility for ensuring compliance with all such laws shall be the user's alone. By submitting an order to purchase goods or services, you represent and warrant that you have the legal right to purchase such goods or services.
gg.     Use any software deployed in connection with the Products and Services to process data as a service to other entities without the express written consent of Self Catering Breaks or the party from whom such software may be licensed.
hh.     Decompile, disassemble, modify, translate, adapt, reverse engineer, create derivative works from, or sublicense any software deployed in connection with the Products and Services.
ii.     Engage in manipulative bidding through Self Catering Breaks Auctions, such as by making bids solely for the purpose of instigating other bidders to withdraw bids and then retracting your bid to bid at a lower price or by using multiple accounts to drive up bidding on items you are offering for sale.
jj.     Advertise, offer for sale, or sell any item you are prohibited from advertising or selling by any applicable local, state, national, or international law, including regulations having the force of law.
kk.     Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any material, or act in any manner, that is offensive to the Self Catering Breaks Network community or the spirit of these Terms and Conditions.
ll.     Advertise, offer for sale, or sell any of the following items:
  • Any firearms, explosives, or weapons.
  • Any food that is not packaged or does not comply with all laws governing the sale of food to consumers by commercial merchants.
  • Any alcoholic beverages.
  • Any tobacco products for human consumption, including, without limitation, cigarettes and cigars.
  • Any items that are indecent or obscene, that are hateful or racially, sexually, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, that contain child pornography, that are otherwise pornographic in nature, or are harmful to minors.
  • Any controlled substances or pharmaceuticals.
  • Any items that are counterfeit or stolen.
  • Any dangerous items.
  • Any goods or services that do not, in fact, exist.
  • Any registered or unregistered securities.
  • Any items that violate or infringe the rights of other parties.
  • Any items that you do not have the legal right to sell.
  • Any items where paying Self Catering Breaks any of the required transactional or listing fees would cause Self Catering Breaks to violate any law.
14. You acknowledge and agree that the Self Catering Breaks Network and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation), in their sole discretion, to refuse to publish, remove, or block access to any Content that is available via the Products and Services at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all, with or without notice. Without limitation Self Catering Breaks and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation), in their sole discretion, to refuse to publish, remove, or block access to any Content that violates the Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable as determined by Self Catering Breaks, in its sole discretion. Self Catering Breaks may also terminate access to, or membership in, the Self Catering Breaks Network, or any portion thereof, for violating these Terms and Conditions. You acknowledge and agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by or obtained through the use of the Self Catering Breaks Network, including without limitation information in Chat, Message Boards, Clubs, and in all other parts of the Self Catering Breaks Network Products and Services. 15. You expressly acknowledge and agree that the Self Catering Breaks Network may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms and Conditions; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Self Catering Breaks, its users and the public. You acknowledge and agree that the technical processing and transmission of the Products and Services, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. 16. Self Catering Breaks also may suspend or terminate any user account for any Product or Service because of user inactivity. For example, a Self Catering Breaks Mail account may be terminated or suspended if a user fails to sign-in to the Self Catering Breaks Mail Service for an extended period of time; please see the Self Catering Breaks Mail Help section for more information regarding Self Catering Breaks Mail 's policies concerning account termination. What is considered "user inactivity" varies depending on the Product or Service. If one of your accounts is suspended or terminated for inactivity, your right to use such Product or Service immediately ceases. 17. With respect to any Content posted by or in connection with the Products and Services, you grant Self Catering Breaks world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, license to use, copy, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, create compilations including, create derivative works of, and distribute such Content to publish and promote such Content in connection with the particular Products and Services and to publish and promote such Content elsewhere within the Self Catering Breaks Network. Such license shall apply with respect to any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. 18. By using the Self Catering Breaks web site you agree to not to instigate any legal actions towards Self Catering Breaks or if any legal action has been commenced to terminate that legal action. If you are a party to or are involved in any way with any legal action against Self Catering Breaks, including acting as legal counsel or representative, use of this web site constitutes agreement to indemnify Self Catering Breaks against that action in full. 19. The products and services are provided "as is," with no warranties whatsoever. All express, implied, and statutory warranties, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of proprietary rights, are expressly disclaimed to the fullest extent permitted by law. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Self Catering Breaks disclaims any warranties for the security, reliability, timeliness, and performance of the products and services. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Self Catering Breaks disclaims any warranties for other services or goods received through or advertised on the products and services or received through any links provided in the products and services, as well as for any information or advice received through the products and services or through any links provided in the products and services. Self Catering Breaks similarly disclaims, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any warranties for any information or advice obtained through the products and services. 20. You expressly understand and agree that Self Catering Breaks disclaims any and all responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, or operability or availability of information or material in the products and services. Self Catering Breaks disclaims any responsibility for the deletion, failure to store, misdelivery, or untimely delivery of any information or material. Self Catering Breaks disclaims any responsibility or liability for any harm resulting from downloading or accessing any information or material through the products and services, including, without limitation, for harm caused by viruses or similar contamination or destructive features. Self Catering Breaks makes no warranty regarding the reliability or accessibility of member web pages or any storage facilities offered by Self Catering Breaks 21. You understand and agree that any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the products and services is done at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damages to your computer system or loss of data that results in the download of such material. 22. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as they relate to implied warranties. 23. You expressly understand and agree that under no circumstances shall Self Catering Breaks or its licensors be liable to any user on account of that user's use or misuse of and reliance on the products and services. Such limitation of liability shall apply to prevent recovery of direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, and punitive damages (even if Self Catering Breaks or its licensors have been advised of the possibility of such damages). Such limitation of liability shall apply whether the damages arise from use or misuse of and reliance on the products and services, from inability to use the products and services, or from the interruption, suspension, or termination of the products and services (including such damages incurred by third parties). 24. Such limitation shall also apply with respect to damages incurred by reason of other services or goods received through or advertised on the products and services or received through any links provided in the products and services, as well as by reason of any information or advice received through or advertised on the products and services or received through any links provided in the products and services. Such limitation shall apply, without limitation, to the costs of procurement of substitute goods or services, lost profits, or lost data. Such limitation shall apply with respect to the performance or non-performance of the products and services or any information or merchandise that appears on, or is linked or related in any way to, the Self Catering Breaks network. Such limitation shall apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy. Such limitation shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law. 25. Such limitation of liability shall also apply to any damage caused by loss of access to, deletion of, failure to store, failure to back up, or alteration of member web pages or other content stored thought the Self Catering Breaks network. With respect to premium tripod members, Self Catering Breaks' and tripod, inc.'s entire liability, if any, shall not exceed the amount of the premium member's most recent membership fee payment. For all claims relating to quote.com's performance or nonperformance under these terms and conditions, whether in contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, including without limitation, claims for failure of the system to operate, in no event shall the liability of quote.com, inc. Or Self Catering Breaks, whether arising in contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, exceed the fee, if any paid by the user for the system. 26. Under no circumstances shall Self Catering Breaks or its licensors be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, internet failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunication equipment failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of god, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties, or loss of or fluctuations in heat, light, or air conditioning. 27. By using the Self Catering Breaks.com web site through registering thereon or contacting any third party through the web site, or writing your email address in any field or location on the web site you agree to receive emails relating to products and services that are offered, system information, web site updates or any other matter that is deemed relevant by Self Catering Breaks.com. If at any time you wish to stop receiving emails you may use our unsubscribe form and you accept that this may also result in the termination of all services offered by Self Catering Breaks.com. 28. To verify your age and identity (You must be 18 or above to list a property and also be a real property owner or agency) part of the registration process requires that each property owner, or the person making the listing, makes a £1.00 (1 GBP) donation to one of our featured charities (when you click on the activation link in the confirmation email we send, you are taken to a page which allows you to select a charity and make a donation). This is a one-off donation when an account is registered—there are no charges for adding properties. 29. Telephone Communications
Callers must be Aged 18+. Please ensure that you have the bill payer's permission before entering this service. Calls to 0871 numbers from a BT landline cost 10p per minute, rates from other suppliers may vary and rates from mobiles may be considerably more. Calls to 090 numbers from a BT landline cost £1.00 per minute, rates from other suppliers may vary and rates from mobiles may be considerably more.

Privacy Policy

Self Catering Breaks takes the privacy of it's users very seriously. We collect data in a variety of ways to improve our website and service to you. By subscribing to the website, entering competitions or surveys you are consenting to us using your data and we may send you from time to time promotions and opportunities that we deem relevant. We use cookies on our site to monitor page views and to detect potential usability issues with our website. Self Catering Breaks do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes without your express consent.