Terms & Conditions

The sale of travel packages having as their object the provision of services both within national boundaries and abroad, is governed – until its repeal according to art. 3 of D.Lgs. n. 79 of May 23, 2011 (the “Tourism Code”) – by L.27/12/1977 no. 1084 ratifying and implementing the International Convention relative to travel contracts (CCV) signed in Brussels on April 23, 1970 – as applicable – as well as by the Tourism Code (art. 32-51) and its subsequent amendments and by the Civil code if applicable.

The organizer of the tourist package, to whom the tourist applies, must be authorized to carry out the services in accordance with the applicable administrative regulations, even regionally. According to art. 18, paragraph VI of the Tourism Code, the use in the company name of the words “travel agency”, “tourism agency”, “tour operator”, “travel broker” or similar, even in foreign languages, is permitted only to the authorized companies as referred in the first paragraph.

For the purposes of this contract the following definitions apply:

a) organizer of the trip: the person who sells travel packages to third parties with the combination of the elements listed in article 4 and offering guests, even by means of a system of distance communication, the possibility to carry out individually and purchase such combination;

b) the broker: the person who sells, even non professionally and on a non-profit basis, or agrees to provide tourist packages under article 4, at a fixed price;

c) traveler/guest/passenger/client of travel packages: anyone who intends to conclude a contract, or stipulates a contract, or is authorised to travel on the basis of a contract concluded, within the scope of the law on organised tourism contracts.

Tourist package include travels, holidays and “All inclusive” circuits, cruises resulting from the combination, carried out by anybody and in any way, of at least two of the items listed below, sold or offered for sale at fixed price: 1. passenger transport; 2. accommodation which is not an integral part of passenger transport and is not intended for residential purposes or for long-term language courses; 3. tourist services not ancillary to transportation or accommodation as per art. 36 which constitute, for the fulfillment of the recreational needs of the guest, a significant part of the “Package” (Article 34 of the Tourism Code). The client has the right to receive a copy of the sales contract of the travel package (according to art. 35 of the Tourism Code). The contract represents a valid document to access the Guarantee Fund reported in art. 21.

Before the beginning of the trip, the organiser or the retailer shall communicate the following information to the traveler:

a) the main characteristics of the tourist services, such as: 1. the travel destination(s), the itinerary and periods of stay, with relevant dates and, if accommodation is included, the number of nights included; 2. the means, characteristics and categories of transport, the places, dates and times of departure and return, the duration and places of intermediate stops and transport connections; if the time has not yet been established, the organizer and, where applicable, the retailer, shall inform the traveler of the approximate time of departure and return; the name of the carrier that will carry out your flight(s) within the time limits and in the manner provided for in Article 11 of Reg. (EC) No 2111/2005 and its possible operating ban within the European Union is indicated in the confirmation sheet; any changes will be communicated to the traveler in a timely manner, in compliance with Reg. (EC) No 2111/2005; 3. the location, main features and, where applicable, tourist category of the accommodation under the rules of the country of destination; 4. the meals provided, whether or not they are included; 5. visits, excursions or other services included in the price agreed for the package; 6. the language in which the services are provided;

b) the trading name and geographical address of the organizer and, where applicable, of the retailer, their telephone numbers and e-mail addresses;

c) the total price of the package holiday inclusive of taxes and all additional fees, charges and other costs, including any administrative and handling costs, or, where those costs cannot reasonably be calculated in advance of the conclusion of the contract, an indication of the type of additional costs which the traveler may still have to bear;

d) the arrangement for payment, including any amount or percentage of the price to be paid as a down payment and the timetable for payment of the balance;

e) the minimum number of persons required for the package and the time-limit, referred to in Article 41(5)(a), before the start of the package for the possible termination of the contract if that number is not reached;

f) information on the traveler’s right to withdraw from the contract at any time before the start of the package upon payment of appropriate withdrawal costs or, if envisaged, the standard withdrawal costs required by the organiser in conformity with Article 41 of the Tourism Code;

Reservation requests should be drawn up using the proper contract form, in electronic format if applicable, filled-in in all parts and signed by the traveler who will receive a copy. The acceptance of the reservation is understood to be confirmed, and the contract effective, only when the organizer sends official confirmation, also in the form of telematic data, to the traveler or to the travel agency, that will look after delivery to the customer. Before the departure the organizer will provide all the indications regarding the package not contained in the contractual documents, brochures or other means of written communication in fulfillment of obligations under art. 37, paragraph 2 of the Tourism Code. 

Special requests concerning the terms of provision and/or execution of certain services part of the travel package, will have to be specified prior to conclusion of the contract as a result of a specific agreement between the traveler and the organizer, through the mandated travel agency. According to art. 32, paragraph 2 of the Tourism Code, we inform you that in any contract concluded at a distance or off-premises (as defined in artt. 50 and 45 of D.Lgs 206/2005), the right of withdrawal (foressen in artt. 64 and subsequent of D.Lgs. 206/2005) does not apply.

Upon subscription of the proposed purchase of the travel package, the following entries shall be due:

• Registration fee or fee to handle the file (see art. 8);

• Advance not exceeding 30% of the price of the travel package as printed on the catalogue or in the quotation provided by the organizer. This sum is due as confirmation deposit and advance on total price. During the period of validity of the sale and purchase proposal and therefore before any confirmation of the reservation, the effects referred to art. 1385 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not occur if the withdrawal depends on factors not attributable. The balance shall be paid within the deadline laid down by the organizer in the catalogue or in the confirmation of the travel package. In case of booking later than the date fixed as closing date to pay the balance, the whole sum shall be paid at the time of subscription of the proposed purchase. Non-payment of the aforesaid amounts by the traveler or non-payment of the same by the seller agency, the traveler’s agent, to the organiser, on the set dates, constitutes an express termination clause such as to bring about lawful termination, to be communicated in writing, via fax, e-mail or through the Intermediate Agency or to the address – electronic too – of the client. The due balance is effectively paid when it has been credited on the organizer’s account.

The price of the package is expressed in Euro and is set in the contract, with reference to what is stated in the catalogue, in the brochure program and in any updates of them. It can be changed until 20 days prior to departure and only in case of changes in:

• Transportation costs, including the cost of fuel or other energy sources;

• Fees or taxes on aviation, landing fees, landing or embarkation on harbors and airports;

• exchange rates applied to the package.

For these variations reference will be made to the exchange rate and costs valid as of the date of publication of the program as stated in the data sheet of the catalogue or as of the date of any updates. The upward revision in pricing cannot in any case exceed 10% of the original quotation.

Price is made up of:

• registration fee or fee to handle the file;

• entrance fee: written in the catalogue or in the quotation of the package provided to the intermediary agency or the client;

• cost of insurance against the risks of cancellation and/or medical expenses or other required services;

• cost of any visas or entrance/exit fees from countries that are holiday destinations.

Before departure, the organizer or broker who, for reasons ascribable to him, needs to change significantly one or more elements of the contract, shall immediately notify it in writing to the client indicating the type of modification and the consequent price change. 

If the client does not accept the proposed amendment here above mentioned, he may withdraw from the agreement without paying any penalty and has the right to take advantage of an alternative tourist package offered by the organizer, if the Tour Operator is able to. Otherwise the sum already paid, including the fee to handle the file, has to be reimbursed.

The traveler notifies his decision to the organizer or broker within two working days after receipt of the modification above mentioned. In case of lack of communication within the above term, the proposal made by the organizer is considered accepted. 

No refund is due if cancellation of the travel package depends on the lack of minimum number of participants, which may be requested, or as a result of force majeure or fortuitous events.

For cancellations other than those caused by fortuitous events, force majeure, and failure to reach the minimum number of participants, as well as for those other than the non-acceptance by the client of the alternative tourist package offered, the organizer who cancels will return to the client twice the sum paid by the client and collected by the organizer through the travel agent.

The refunded sum will never be more than double of the amount of which the client would be debtor on the same date in accordance with art. 10, paragraph 2 in case he were the cancelling party.

1. The client may cancel the contract without paying penalties in the following cases:

– increase in the price in excess of 10%;

– significant modification of one or more elements of the contract objectively deemed as fundamental for the enjoyment of the package as a whole and as proposed by the organizer after the signature of the contract, but prior to departure and not accepted by client.

In the cases mentioned above, the client has the right:

– to use an alternative tourist package, at no extra cost or with the restitution of the surplus money, if the second package has a lower value than the first, whenever the organizer is able to propose it;

– the refund of the amount actually paid. This refund must be made in accordance with the law.

2. The traveler who withdraws from the contract before departure outside those circumstances listed in the first paragraph or those in art. 9, paragraph 2, shall be charged:

– on top/regardless of the payment of art. 7 paragraph 1 – the individual cost of handling the file, the penalty in the amount indicated in the catalogue or brochure program or on a customized trip, any sums related to the insurance cover requested at the time of the contract conclusion or other services already provided.

3. In the case of groups such payments will be agreed on a case to case basis upon the contract signature.

4. From the above are excluded all travels with scheduled flights at special fares. In these cases conditions related to cancellation penalties are deregulated and much more restrictive.

If, after the departure, the organizer is unable to provide for any reason, except for a fact due to the client, an essential part of the services included in the contract, it shall prepare alternative and adequate solutions, for the continuation of the planned trip without expenses of any kind for the customer. Otherwise the organizer will reimburse his customer of the difference between the services originally foreseen and those effectively granted.

If there is no alternative solution, or the solution of the operator is refused by the customer for proven and justified reasons, the organizer will provide at no extra cost, a means of transport equivalent to that originally planned to return to the place of departure or to another place possibly agreed, compatibly with/depending on the availability of transportation seats, and it will reimburse the difference between the cost of the services envisaged and the services performed up to the time of the anticipated return.

1. The traveler who cannot take part in the reserved tour has the right to transfer his reservation to another person, provided that such person satisfies the specific requirements relating to the services of the contract after having informed in writing the organizer and the vendor within at least 7 days before the scheduled date for the departure communicating also the transferee data.

2. The transferor and the transferee are responsible for the payment of the total price, as well as for any additional costs caused by said substitution.

3. The organizer informs the transferor of the actual costs of the substitution and that the services themselves, or other replacement services, can be provided.

4. The substitute reimburses the operator of any extra costs incurred to carry out the substitution, to the extent that these will be quantified prior to the sale.

Any additional terms and conditions for substitution are indicated in the technical form at the bottom of the document. It is understood that, in application of art. 944 of the Navigation Rules, substitution will be possible only with permit of the carrier.

1. In the course of negotiations and before the contract is concluded, Italian citizens are provided with general information – updated to the date of printing of the catalogue – related to the medical obligations and the documentation required to travel abroad.

2. Regarding rules for children going abroad, please refer to what expressly reported in the Italian Police website. Please note that children under the age of 18 must have a document valid for going abroad or a passport, or for UE countries, an identity card valid for expatriation. Regarding trips abroad of children under 14 or children needing the Authorization issued by the Judicial Authority, requirements set out in the website http:// www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/191/ must be followed.

3. Foreign travelers must obtain the corresponding information through their diplomatic missions in Italy and / or through their respective official channels of governmental institutions. In any case, prior to departure, clients must check any updates with the competent authorities (for Italian citizens, the local police headquarters or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the site http://www.viaggiaresicuri.it/ or the Central Office Telephone, number +39 06 491115) and must adjust before leaving. In the absence of such verification, no responsibility for failure in departure of one or more clients can be attributed to the broker or the organizer.

4. The clients must inform the broker and the organizer of their citizenship at the time of the request of reservation for the travel package or tourist service and, at the time of departure, they definitely must be sure to be in possession of vaccination certificates, individual passports and any other document valid for all the countries in the travel itinerary, as well as visas, transit and health certificates that might be required.

5. In addition, in order to assess the health and socio-politic security of the countries of destination and, therefore, the usability of the services acquired or to be purchased, the client will be responsible for getting the official information of a general nature from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reported on the official Farnesina website www.viaggiaresicuri.it. Such information is not reported into the catalogues of Tour Operators – on line or off line – as they mention generic information as per art. 38 of the Tourism Code.

6. In case at the date of reservation the chosen destination should result, according to institutional channel of information, not recommended because of security reasons, the traveler who should exercise afterwards the right of withdrawal can’t call for the lack of the contractual cause related to the security conditions of the country, for the purpose of exemption from the request of refunding due to the withdrawal.

7. Travelers should also observe the rules of common prudence and diligence, the rules specifically in force in the countries destination of the trip, all the information provided by the organizer and the regulations and administrative or legislative provisions relating to the package. Clients will be asked to answer for all damages that the organizer and / or broker may suffer, because of failure by the clients to comply with the above mentioned obligations, including the repatriation costs.

8. The traveler must provide the organizer with all the documents and information in its possession relevant to the exercise of the right of subrogation against third parties responsible for the damage and is responsible towards the organizer for the interference with the right of subrogation.

9. The traveler gives written notice to the organizer, at the time of the sale and purchase proposal of the travel package and before confirming the reservation, of special personal requests that may be subject to specific agreements on travel arrangements, provided that it is possible to implement them.

The official classification of hotels is provided in the catalogue or in other information material only on the basis of explicit and formal indications by the competent public authorities of the country where the service is provided. In the absence of official classifications recognized by the competent public authorities of the EU countries to which the service is referred, in case of locations sold as “Holiday Resorts”, the organizer reserves the right to provide in the catalogue or brochure its own description of the structure, in order to permit an evaluation and the subsequent acceptance of it by the client.

The organizer is liable for damages caused to the client due to the total or partial lack of performance contractually foreseen, whether these are performed by him directly or by a third party service providers, unless he proves that the event was caused by the client (including initiatives autonomously taken by him in the course of the tourist services) or by a third event of unpredictable and inevitable nature or by circumstances beyond the provision of services under the contract, by accident, force majeure, or by circumstances that the organizer could not, according to the professional diligence, reasonably foresee or solve. The broker from which the tour package was booked is not in any case liable for the obligations arising related to the organization and execution of the trip, but is responsible exclusively for the obligations arising from his role as intermediary and in any case within the limits provided for such liability under the current legal rules on the subject, without prejudice to art. 46 of the Tourism Code.

Any failure in the performance contract must be contested by the client during the enjoyment of the package so that the organizer, his local representative or guide can remedy the situation promptly. Otherwise the compensation will be reduced or canceled in accordance with art. 1227 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Based on the above, the client must also file a complaint by sending a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt to the organizer or the seller no later than ten working days from the date of return to the place of departure, otherwise the claim will not be valid.

The reimbursements set out in artt. 44, 45 and 47 of the Tourism Code and the relative statute of limitations, are governed as provided herein and in any case within the limits set out by C.C.V., by the International Conventions that govern the services covered by the travel package and by artt. 1783 and 1784 of the Code of Civil Procedure, with the exception of personal injuries that aren’t subject to the fixed limit.

The organizer is obliged to give assistance to the client, according to the standard of professional care, with exclusive respect of obligations at its own charge required by law or contract. The organizer and the broker are exempt from their responsibilities (Articles 15 and 17 out of these Terms General), when the failure or improper performance of the contract is attributable to the client or to fact of third party in an unforeseeable or unavoidable manner or it was caused by a fortuitous event or force majeure.

If not expressly included in the price, at the time of booking it is possible – and recommended – to stipulate a special insurance policy against the costs arising from the cancellation of the package, accidents and/or diseases that also covers the expenses of repatriation and for the loss or damage to luggage.

The rights arising from insurance contracts must be exercised from the traveler directly towards the Insurance Company, at the conditions and in accordance with the terms of the policy itself, as written in the clauses printed on the policy or shown in the brochure made available to the tourist at the departure.

Within the meaning and for the purposes of art. 67 of Tourism Code, the organizer may propose to his guest – on the catalogue, on the brochure, on its website or in other ways – an alternative solution to any dispute.

In this case the organizer will state the type of alternative solution and the impact it might have if accepted.

The National Guarantee Fund – set up to protect clients who have signed a travel contract – shall provide the following, in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the broker or organizer:

a) reimbursement of the price paid;

b) repatriation in case of travel abroad.

The fund must also ensure immediate availability of funds in case of forced return of tourists from countries outside the EU on the occasion of a fact whether or not attributable to the organizer. The methods of intervention of the fund are established by the decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 23/07/99, no. 349 and the claim for reimbursement to the fund is not subject to any time of limitation. The organizer and the broker must help endow the fund to the extent set out in paragraph 2 of art. 51 of the Tourism Code through the payment of the compulsory insurance premium, a part of which is paid to the fund in accordance with art. 6 of DM 349/99.

The package holiday and the travel contract are governed by Italian law.

Any dispute that may arise between the Parties regarding the validity, formation, performance, execution or termination of this Contract, shall be exclusively referred to the territorial jurisdiction of the Court of Milan.

The handling of personal data, the provision of which is necessary for the conclusion and execution of the contract, is conducted in full compliance with legislative decree 196/2003, in both paper and digital forms. Personal data shall only be communicated to providers of services included in the Holiday Package. The client can at any point exercise his/her rights under article 7 legislative directive 196/2003 contacting the organizer.

Contracts regarding the offer of the sole transport service, of the sole accommodation service, or of any other separate travel service, cannot be represented as a contractual case of travel organization or of package holiday, do not benefit from the protection provided by the Tourism Code, and the contractual conditions of the individual supplier will be applied. The responsibility for the proper execution of the contract lies with the service provider. If linked travel arrangements are booked, the traveler has protection aimed at refunding the payments received for services not provided due to insolvency of the trader who has collected the amounts paid by the traveler. This protection does not include any refund in the event of insolvency of the relevant service provider.

Esprit Libre Snc di Zapparoli Barbara e Pellucchi Stefania

Registered Office Via Jacopo Palma 30 – 20146 Milan

VAT n. IT11170780966

Mob. 0039 351 6021513 – 0039 351 7352111

REA n.: MI – 2585440 (SCIA n. 04032020-1044)

PEC email address [email protected]

Insurance Policy Nobis nr. 1505002409/B

The prices of the hotels, of the tourist services, of the transportation services, the cost of fuel and air fares are those currently in place.

The exchange rates for travel packages expressed in a currency other than the euro, are those reported by Banca d’Italia on the day of the offer to the guest .All prices, unless otherwise specified, are per person.

Each must refer to:

• changes in air fares and cost of fuel as communicated by carriers;

• changes and increases in fees or taxes, i.e. landing fees, boarding and disembarkation in ports or airports as communicated by the competent authority;

• currency fluctuation with an incidence on 80% of the price of the package and on 90% of transaction price of the sole ground services.

Fares and fees updated due to price changes will be shown on the website.