When you sign the form over the page you accept the conditions of the rental agreement listed in the document.
All hirers with a full UK licence must provide us with a DVLA code upon or before the day of the hire. A refund will not be provided if you are unable to provide us with this code for any reason on the day.
Payment for the hire is taken when the booking is made. Without full payment your booking will not be secured. Once you submit your booking it will be sent through to our office to put into our system and once vehicle and payment is confirmed we will send you a confirmation email.
We do not have an office located at the Fort William train station. We deliver the cars to the train station from our head office to meet you at the time you allocated you would pick up the car. Our staff will wait at the station for 15 minutes after the time you allocated and failure to inform us of a late arrival will result in the car having to be picked up at our head office.
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CARFULLY. IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH, PLEASE ASK ANY MEMBER OF STAFF AT THE RENTAL LOCATION FROM WHICH THE VEHICLE IS RENTED.
You will have the vehicle for the rental period shown in the agreement. We may agree to extend this rental period but the rental may never exceed 30 days.
You must check your rental agreement at checkout stage to confirm the dates and times are correct. If you arrive late to collect your vehicle we cannot guarantee an extension at the end of your hire.
If you do not bring the vehicle back on time you are breaking the conditions of this agreement. We can charge you for every day or part day you have the vehicle after you should have returned it to us. We will charge you the daily rate quoted at the rental location until we get the vehicle back.
You will have to pay for repairs if :-
We have to maintain the vehicle to at least the manufacturer’s recommended standard. We undertake that the vehicle is roadworthy and suitable for renting at the start of the rental period. In addition to the above, if you are not renting the vehicle for business purposes, we are responsible if we break the conditions of the rental agreement in the following ways: the vehicle does not correspond to our description of it; the vehicle is not of the quality that you would be entitled to expect from a rental vehicle; the vehicle is not fit to drive; we do not have the right legally to rent out the vehicle.
We are responsible if someone is injured or dies as a result of our negligence. We are not Responsible for any indirect or unforeseeable loss or damage (indirect losses are the losses which happen as a side effect of the main loss or damage). Foreseeable losses are the losses arising directly from, for example, the vehicle breaking down (such as the cost of repairing the vehicle or arranging other transport). You or we may not foresee other losses and so, if you want to be able to claim for such losses, we recommend that you arrange insurance.
We are only responsible for property in the vehicle if the loss or damage is a result of our negligence.
The vehicle must only be driven by the person named overleaf, or by anyone we authorise in writing. Anyone driving the vehicle must have a full, valid driving licence and not be prohibited by law from holding or obtaining such licence. Licence holders must have their driving licence for at least one full year to be insured on our policy.
You or any authorised driver must not do any of the following:
We work out our charges using our current price list as shown overleaf; you will pay the following charges:
If we arrange separate insurance, we will give you separate information on the insurance cover and any restrictions which may apply. Otherwise, the conditions of our insurance programme will apply. By signing our agreement you are accepting the conditions of our insurance programme.
A. We have a legal responsibility to have third party insurance, this provides cover for claims made if you injure or kill anybody, or damage their property.
B. We will provide cover for loss or damage to the vehicle if you have initialled the box marked accepts and paid the appropriate additional fee. If you accept this, you still have to pay an amount up to the excess every time you damage the vehicle.
C. Several exclusions apply in your insurance excess; these will be chargeable at the reasonable cost to restore the vehicle back to specification as per pre rental inspection. Exclusions are wheels, tyres, mis-fuelling of vehicles, damage to the roof of a vehicle and loss of car keys.
If we have agreed as indicated under insurance details over the page you may arrange your own insurance for the full duration of the rental as long as you can prove that this insurance is valid. We must have a copy of the document and must show our registration. We have to agree to the amount of cover you arrange, the type of policy and the insurer you have chosen.
We must be satisfied with the cover and policy conditions, and you must not change them. We may ask your insurers to record our name as owners of the vehicle. If the vehicle is damaged or stolen you will let us negotiate with the insurers about whether the vehicle can be repaired or what compensation is due to us. You are financially responsible for settling the full claim and paying all costs if the policy you have arranged fails and the vehicle is damaged, lost or stolen, or a claim as made by any other party. The vehicle will remain on hire until claim is resolved.
If you have an accident you must not admit responsibility. You should get the names and addresses of everyone involved, including witnesses and photos of all vehicle involved. You should also: make the vehicle secure; tell the police straight away if anyone is injured or there is a disagreement over who is responsible; and call the office from which you rented the vehicle, straight away. You must then fill in our accident report form and send it to our address. You must cooperate with us if we have to make a claim, for example coming to see us during working hours to ensure we can fill out necessary paperwork. Appropriate excess is always charged in the event of a claim or damage. If the damage is deemed not your fault we will be able to refund you this money if this is the case.
We are happy to offer a full refund for cancelled bookings when cancellation is made more than 2 weeks prior to the booking pick up date. If you cancel your booking within 7 - 14 days of the pick up date 50% refund is issued. For cancellations made within 7 days of pick up, unfortunately no refund is issued.
For cancellations please email us on reservations@easydrivescotland.co.uk quoting your booking reference number and we will get back to you as soon as we can.