Eastend Studio Apartments

TERMS AND CONDITIONS We take great pride in offering you a personalised service, quality accommodation and a comfortable stay. To help us do this, please bear in mind the following. 1. BOOKINGS 1.1 Confirmation of all bookings is subject to availability and will be at the discretion of Eastend Studio Apartments management. 1.2 All bookings require a valid credit card number and authorisation. In some circumstances, other details (such as drivers’ licence, car registration and phone number) may be required. 1.3 Cheques are not accepted unless prior arrangements have been made with management. 1.4 Full payment for your stay will be debited from the credit card provided upon booking. a) If full payment is unable to be processed to credit card provided the booking will be cancelled. 1.5 Age Restriction – The minimum age for reservations is 18 years. 2. PAYMENTS 2.1 We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express (credit card surcharges apply Visa/ Mastercard 1.75% and American Express 1.75%). 2.2 Should your credit card payment decline we will contact you. However if you do not respond within 24hrs & credit card payment is still declining the booking will be cancelled. 2.3 All rates are subject to change without notice. 2.4 All prices include GST. 3. ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE 3.1 Check in time: from 2:00pm. You will receive an SMS with an access code to your room at 2.00pm to indicate approval to check in to Eastend Studio Apartments. 3.2 Check out time: until 10:00am. You will receive an SMS at 9am requesting you remove all rubbish & vacate your apartment by 10am. 3.3 After hours or early check in is by prior arrangement with management only. Late check outs must be arranged and approved with management prior to the morning of departure or an additional nights accommodation will be charged to the nominated credit card should you have not vacated the apartment by 10.00am on the day of check out. 4. CANCELLATIONS 4.1 Cancellations affect our ability to manage Eastend Studio Apartments effectively. Apart from disrupting room allocations, cancellations also create extra administrative work. We consider all refund requests in accordance with the following policy. 4.2 Bookings of 7 nights or more (a) If you cancel your booking more than seven (7) days prior to the arrival date, we will provide you with a full refund. (b) Bookings cancelled less than seven (7) days from the arrival date will incur a cancellation fee of 20% of the total booking amount. 4.3 Bookings of 2 to 6 nights (a) If you cancel your booking up to 48 hours prior to arrival, we will provide you with a full refund. (b) Bookings cancelled within 48 hours will incur a cancellation fee of the 1st night’s stay. 4.4 Bookings of 1 night only (a) If you cancel your booking up to 48 hours prior to arrival, we will provide you with a full refund. (b) Bookings cancelled within 48 hours prior to arrival, there will be no refund provided. 4.5 Cancellations following check in No refunds will be made for cancellations following check in. 4.6 General matters (a) All refunds will be processed within 7 business days. (b) Third party advance purchase rates are non-refundable per the policies and conditions of the individual booking channel. (c) Credit card surcharges will not be refunded if a booking is cancelled. 5. SMOKING/VAPING/EXTRA CLEANING/DAMAGE/CHILDREN/PETS 5.1 Eastend Studio Apartments is a strictly non-smoking/vaping complex. This includes all common areas and the car park. An extra cleaning fee of up to $500 may be charged to anyone who smokes or vapes in the studios or within the complex. Should you wish to smoke or vape please do so outside the front of the complex and dispose of your rubbish in the complex bins to the left of the driveway entrance. 5.2 Before departure, all food must be removed from fridges, all rubbish put in the appropriate rubbish bins provided at the complex, and crockery and cutlery washed and packed away. The apartment must be left in a clean and tidy condition. 5.3 Extra cleaning charges may be incurred for the cleaning of dirty dishes, emptying the fridge, removal of excessive rubbish etc. Should the cleaning fee be more than the usual cost for cleaning the apartment, you will be charged the additional costs over and above the normal cleaning fee. Eastend Studio Apartments reserves the right to charge any fees incurred to the nominated guarantee credit card provided. Any additional cleaning that is required will be charged at $75.00 per hour. Eastend Studio Apartments reserves the right to charge any fees incurred to the nominated guarantee credit card provided. 5.4 Any damage to the room(s) will also be charged in accordance with the damage incurred. 5.5 As a service to our guests, cooking facilities are available in all apartments. In order to maintain the high standard of cleanliness in our apartments, the cooking of strong smelling foods is not permitted to avoid lingering residual odours that may be offensive to subsequent guests. In the event of strong smelling food odours being present after vacate we reserve the right to charge you (the guest) extra cleaning costs. This may include but is not limited to: a) Laundering of all bedding b) Steam cleaning of all carpets, mattresses and upholstered furniture c) Cleaning of all walls and window coverings Management reserve the right to charge recovery costs and any resulting loss of income to the nominated guarantee credit card provided. This will be at the discretion of Eastend Studio Apartments Management. 5.6 Minimum age for reservations is 18 years. Children are to be supervised by an adult throughout the entire duration of the stay at Eastend Studio Apartments. We do not allow the kicking of balls, riding of bicycles, skateboards or the like in the grounds of this complex. 5.7 Pets are not permitted in apartments, on the complex grounds or kept in any vehicles or trailers parked at the complex. 6. QUIET POLICY In the interests of quiet enjoyment and respect for all guests at the complex, a no party policy applies to all guests staying at the property. Guests are expected to be respectful of other guests at all times, and to be quiet between 10pm and 7am. Immediate eviction with no refund applies to any breaches of this policy. Similarly any guest found attempting to conduct any form of business, personal services or otherwise without management permission will be deemed to be in breach and immediately expelled without refund of monies paid. 7. LOST PROPERTY Any lost property found in guest rooms will be kept in lost property for a maximum of one weeks, after which it will be disposed of at the discretion of Eastend Studio Apartments. 8. LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO GUESTS’ PROPERTY 8.1 Under Schedule 7 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) an innkeeper may, in certain circumstances, be liable to make good any loss of or damage to a guest’s property even though it was not due to any fault of the innkeeper or any servant in his employ. 8.2 This liability however: (a) extends only to the property of guests who have engaged sleeping accommodation at the inn; (b) is limited to $300 (or such other amount prescribed by regulation) to any one guest, except in the case of property which has been deposited, or offered for deposit, for safe custody; and (c) does not cover any vehicle or any property left therein. 8.3 This notice does not constitute an admission either that the Act relevantly applies to these premises or that the liability thereunder attaches in any particular case.