PRIVACY POLICY & T&C’S

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Terms & Condition of Rental Agreement

THIS AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN: VANQUEST (The campervan owner) and THE HIRER (You)

The terms and conditions were last updated on 20.01.2020.

1. YOUR RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH VANQUEST

Hirers are requested to read and accept these Terms and Conditions carefully before signing the agreement and before the hire can be completed. If there is anything you do not understand or do not agree with, please ask VanQuest for guidance.

2. BOOKING CONFIRMATION AND PAYMENT

An initial deposit of a minimum of £200 per hire period is required to confirm the booking, which is non-refundable. A binding contract for the hire will come into existence when VanQuest issues your booking acceptance. The balance of your hire money is payable 4 weeks prior to the start date of your hire, or at the time of booking if you book less than 4 weeks from the start date of your hire. There is no charge for debit or Credit cards. The full cost of rental plus a Security Deposit must be paid before any vehicle is released for rental. The Security Deposit of £1,000 will be left at the start of the hire period. If the campervan is returned in good condition (subject to inspection), whole and undamaged. You are requested to return the vehicle with the same amount of fuel as you commenced the rental, The Security Deposit will be returned to the hirer within 7 days. Should the condition of the campervan be otherwise, then repairs, replacements or cleaning costs will be charged against the Security Deposit. The security Deposit must be paid in cash, or Pre-Authorisation on debit or credit card at the time of hire. It will not be cashed unless necessary.

3. CANCELLATIONS

All cancellations must be notified in writing to VanQuest, but please call immediately to inform us, as this will improve the chances of rehiring the campervan. If notification of your cancellation is received more than 4 weeks before the start date of your hire you will be refunded in full less the initial payment (the deposit). If notification of your cancellation is received less than 4 weeks before the start date of your hire all monies paid and due are not refundable and you are still liable for any sums not yet paid. However, VanQuest will do all it can to rehire the Campervan and if they are able to do so, you will be refunded up to a maximum of your total hire less your initial payment, subject to the amount VanQuest is able to rehire the campervan for.

4. COLLECTION AND RETURN TIMES

Unless otherwise agreed with VanQuest, the Campervan will be available from 16:00 - 20.00pm on the day of collection from the agreed location and must be delivered back to the agreed location before 11.00am on the last day of hire. The agreed collection and return times are part of your hire agreement. Late returns can have a significant impact on the next hire. If you fail to return your campervan on time you may be liable to an extra charge, typically £50 plus any additional costs incurred by VanQuest as a result. There are no refunds for campervan returned early. The return time is that when the campervan is to be handed back to the VanQuest emptied of your personal possessions and in the condition defined below. It is not the time when the campervan arrives back at the location.

5. VEHICLE AVAILABILITY

Whilst every effort will be made to provide the exact camper requested, occasionally campervans are not available as agreed, which is almost always due to events beyond VanQuest's control (see below). If your booking has to be cancelled we will offer you the choice of an alternative campervan or, if no suitable replacement is available, provide a full refund of all monies you have paid for your booking.

6. EVENTS BEYOND VANQUEST'S CONTROL

Unfortunately, events beyond VanQuests control occasionally affect bookings. When reference is made to such events in Conditions of Hire, this means any event(s) or circumstance(s) which VanQuest could not, even with all due care, foresee or avoid can accept responsibility or pay any compensation, costs or expenses. This includes any delays and/or restrictions to your hire to which you may be subject. However, if your booking has to be cancelled as a result, VanQuest will offer you the choice of an alternative campervan (if available) or refund as described above. We highly recommend that you take out separate holiday insurance to cover such eventualities.

7. IDENTIFICATION & SUITABLE PERSONS

Your driving licence must be produced each and every time you hire a vehicle from us. In addition, you must produce at least one further means of identification, which must include a utilities bill to you at your present address, or an official letter to you at your present address. You will also be required to leave a landline telephone number where you can be contacted either during the day or evening. VanQuest have the right to refuse to hand over a campervan to any person who, in the reasonable opinion of VanQuest, as applicable, is not suitable to take charge.

8. DRIVING LICENCE

All drivers must be in possession of a current, full valid driving licence. UK Licence holders must produce either the new style card licence or the old style paper licence. In addition drivers will be required to give VanQuest access to DVLA online to check the licence details. (See DVLA share your licence). Drivers with foreign driving licences must present their own national licence, plus an International Driving Permit (IDP) if a non-EU, EEA resident. All other drivers may drive in the UK for up to one year from commencement of residency in accordance with the current DVLA restrictions. Sight of their Passport is required for proof of entry.

9. ADDITIONAL DRIVERS

In addition to the main hirer, it is possible for two other hirers to be insured to drive the vehicle, provided they meet our insurance requirements. There is an additional charge for this.

10. FUEL

Our rental staff will note on the pre-rental check form, the reading of the fuel gauge. You are requested to return the vehicle with the same amount of fuel as you commenced the rental. A re-fuelling charge will be made if it is necessary to bring the level of fuel up to where it was when you took the vehicle. No refund will be given for any fuel in excess of the original reading.

11. TOWING

You or your authorised named driver must not use the vehicle for towing unless we have given you written permission.

12. PETS

The acceptance of pets in the campervan will be by agreement with VanQuest..

13. SMOKING

Smoking is strictly prohibited in all campervans in VanQuest's fleet. If there is evidence of smoking in the campervan then cleaning costs will be charged against the Security Deposit.

14 BED LINEN & TOWELS

Bed linen, pillows and towels are available as an option.

15. RENTAL PERIOD

You will retain the vehicle for the rental period shown in the agreement. You undertake to return the vehicle at the agreed place, on the date and time indicated in your rental agreement. The rental duration is calculated on the basis of indivisible periods of 24 hours, starting from when the vehicle is made available. If you do not bring the vehicle back on time you are breaking the conditions of this agreement. You will be charged for every day or part day you have the vehicle after you should have returned it. Until the vehicle is returned you will be charged the daily rate of your hire plus 50%.

16. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • a) You must look after the vehicle and the keys to the vehicle. You must always lock the vehicle when you are not using it, and use any security device fitted to or supplied with the vehicle.
  • b) You must always protect the vehicle against bad weather which can cause damage.
  • c) You must make sure that you use the correct fuel.
  • d) You are responsible for any damage to the vehicle caused by hitting low level objects, such as bridges or low branches, damage to any under bodywork, damage to tyres unless caused by an accident or breakage to glass or windscreen.
  • e) You are responsible for the cost of recovery of the vehicle if it has become bogged.
  • f) You are responsible for damage caused to the vehicle through misuse or driver error. It is possible to damage a clutch in a relatively short distance due to driving technique.
  • g) You must not sell, rent or dispose of the vehicle or any of its parts. You must not give anyone any legal rights over the vehicle.
  • h) You must not let anyone work on the vehicle without VanQuest’s permission. If VanQuest does give you permission, you will only receive a refund if you have a receipt for the work.
  • i) You must let us know as soon as you become aware of a fault in the vehicle.
  • j) You must bring the vehicle back to the place agreed, at the time agreed and remain responsible for the vehicle until this time.
You will have to pay for repairs if:
  • The vehicle needs more than our standard valeting (cleaning).
  • You have damaged the vehicle, inside or out.
Before you bring back the vehicle you must check that you have not left any personal belongings in the vehicle.

17. WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT

If you have an incident you must not admit responsibility. You should get the names and addresses of everyone involved, including witnesses. You should also: Make the vehicle secure. Tell the police straight away if anyone is injured or there is disagreement over who is responsible; and Call our office straight away. You must then fill in our incident report form when you return the vehicle or if this is not possible, verbal details will be taken from you to then sign a copy of the information you have supplied. In any event this procedure must be actioned within 24 hours whichever is sooner.

18. CONDITIONS FOR USING THE VEHICLE

The vehicle must only be driven by you and any other driver named on the hire insurance policy, or by anyone else we authorise in writing. Anyone driving the vehicle must have a full valid driving licence. You or any other authorised driver must not:
  • a) Use the vehicle for hire or reward.
  • b) Use the vehicle for any illegal purpose .
  • c) Use the vehicle for racing, pace making, testing the vehicle’s reliability and speed or teaching someone to drive.
  • d) Use the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
  • e) Add a bike rack or roof box unless supplied by Vanquest.
  • f) Drive the vehicle outside England, Scotland and Wales, unless we have given you written permission.
  • g) Overload the vehicle.
  • h) Carry goods or baggage that cause damage to the vehicle.
  • i) Break the Highway Code, road traffic laws or any other laws

19. OVERSEAS TRAVEL

With approval, it is possible that our vehicles can be taken abroad, although there are restrictions regarding taking them into some countries. A surcharge will apply when taking a vehicle outside the U.K. and extra charges will be made to provide a Green Card and Foreign Breakdown Service.

20. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES

We have maintained the vehicle to at least the manufacturer’s recommended standard. We assure you that the vehicle is roadworthy and suitable for renting at the start of the rental period. We are responsible if someone is injured or dies because of our negligent act, or failure to act.

21. PROPERTY

We are only responsible for loss or damage to property left in the vehicle if the loss or damage results from our negligence or breach of contract.

22. CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE

Before leaving the rental location you will be required to proceed with a joint examination of the vehicle with VanQuest. Both you and VanQuest will sign the vehicle condition sheet. You will return the vehicle in the same condition as it was provided at the start of the rental and the vehicle condition sheet checked and counter signed. VanQuest has a 48 hour grace period to note any further damage or items missing from the inventory; where this is the case you will be notified immediately.

23. CHARGES

  • a) Charges are based on VanQuest's price list at the time of booking. You will be charged for:
  • b) The rental and any other charges liable under this agreement.
  • c) A charge for any loss or damage to the campervan (even if it is accidental or not your fault) subject to the cover provided by the hire insurance.
  • d) Any charge for loss or damage resulting from you not complying with a condition.
  • e) You must empty the toilet at the end of the hire period. There is a £50 charge for an un-emptied toilet.
  • f) A re-fuelling charge will be made if it is necessary to bring the level of fuel up to where it was when you took the vehicle. The charge is based on the cost of the fuel plus £20.
  • g) Gas is included, but should you need to replace an empty bottle during the course of your hire, this is your responsibility, however VanQuest will refund the costs on presentation of a valid receipt.
  • h) All fines and court costs for parking, traffic, or other offences (including any costs which arise if the vehicle is clamped). You must pay the appropriate authority any fines and costs if and when the authority demands this payment. If you do not, you will be responsible to pay our reasonable administration charges which arise when we deal with these matters on your behalf.
  • i) A loss-of-income charge, when we demand it, if we cannot rent out the vehicle because it needs to be repaired, it is a write-off (can’t be repaired) or it has any published rates for delivering and collecting the vehicle.

24. ENDING THE AGREEMENT

If you are an individual, we will end this agreement straight away if we find out your belongings have been taken away from you to pay off your debts, or a receiving order has been made against you. We may end this agreement if you do not meet the main requirements of this agreement. If you are a company, we will end this agreement straight away if: You go into liquidation. You call a meeting of creditors. We find out that your goods have been taken away from you until you pay off your debts. or you do not meet any of the conditions of this agreement. If we end this agreement it will not affect our right to receive any money we are owed under the conditions of this agreement. We can also claim reasonable costs from you if you do not meet the main requirements of this agreement. We can repossess the vehicle (and charge you a reasonable amount) without using unreasonable force or causing damage.

25. DATA PROTECTION

The personal data that is collected in relation with your hire with us is explained in our Privacy Policy Document, a copy of which is available from our website www.vanquest.co.uk . If you agree we may use any information you have given us to carry out our own market research. If you break the agreement we can give this information to credit reference agencies, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), debt collectors and any other relevant organisation. We can also give this information to our Insurance Brokers who may inform the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA), who can pass it on to any of its members for any purpose shown in the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018

26. GOVERNING

The laws of the country in which it is signed govern this agreement. Any dispute may be settled in the courts of that country.

27. SEVERANCE

If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any Court of competent jurisdiction such provision shall be severed and the remainder of the provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been agreed with the invalid illegal or unenforceable provision eliminated. Please note that cover is subject to the expiry date on the cover note. If this date and time is overlapped with the return of the vehicle, contact must be made with VanQuest to extend cover to ensure continuation of insurance.

Privacy Policy

Introduction

This is a privacy notice for VanQuest, a trading name of VanQuest Campervan Conversions and hire. VanQuest take the protection of personal data very seriously. This statement provides you with details of the type of information we may hold about you, how we obtain and use the information and how we protect your privacy. VanQuest as a data controller is committed to ensuring that all personal information is processed in line with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) throughout the information lifecycle. We may amend this policy from time to time. If any amendments are made then the updated notice will be published on our website. The privacy policy was last updated on 20.01.2020.

Security of Personal Data

Security of personal data is our priority, we protect this information by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed applicable law. We train our employees’ in the handling of Personal information. When we use other companies to provide services to us, we also require them to protect the confidentiality of the personal information that they receive to a similar or increased level.

Collecting and Storing Personal Data

The personal data that we will collect will be, but not limited to, name, address, email address, date of birth, drivers licence number and expiration date, your credit card details, passport, proof of address information. Photocopies of your driving licence or proof of address and DVLA Licence Checks.
Our Web Site may contain links to third party websites. We do not monitor or control the information collected when you choose to "click through" links to access these websites.

How we use your information

We may use the personal data we hold about you in the following ways:
  • For the purposes of providing vehicle hire and any other related purposes. This is for the performance of a hire agreement between you and us.
  • To provide customer service related to your interactions with us or to respond to your inquiry.
  • To verify your identity for fraud prevention purposes.
  • For research or statistical purposes – this is for our legitimate interests: for us to analyse historic activity, to improve our rating and to help predict future business impact. To further our commercial interests, to enhance our product offerings, and to develop new systems and processes.
  • To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you - where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
  • To notify you about changes to our service – this is for our legal and regulatory obligations.
  • To safeguard against fraud and money laundering and to meet general legal or regulatory obligations.

Sharing your information

We may disclose your personal information to any of our staff, third parties involved in providing products or services to us, or to service providers who perform services on our behalf where it is reasonable to do so. (If consent is necessary to facilitate this sharing we will ensure it is obtained prior to processing). These include:-
  • Fraud Detection Agencies
  • Regulatory Authorities
We may be legally obliged to disclose your personal information to the extent that we are required to by law in connection with any ongoing prospective legal proceedings in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purpose of fraud prevention and reducing risk). We may also disclose your personal information:
  • In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
  • If the company or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
  • To protect the rights, property, or safety of our customers or others.

International Transfer

We may transfer your personal data to destinations outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). Where we transfer your personal data outside of the EEA, we will ensure that it is treated securely, and in accordance with this privacy notice and the Legislation. We only transfer data to countries deemed as having adequate protection by the European Commission.

Your rights

Subject Access Request

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you, via a ‘Subject Access Request’. Upon receipt of such request we will, after confirming identity, provide all relevant data we may hold to you in the most practical format unless otherwise stipulated and reasonably possible within 30 days. We will not charge you to do so, however we may charge you for duplicate copies should this be part of your request.

Right of Rectification

Individuals are entitled to have their personal data rectified if inaccurate or incomplete and we will respond to a rectification request within one month if not deemed complex. We will also inform related third parties where possible if the personal data was disclosed to them.

Right of Erasure

You have ‘The right to be forgotten’ or ‘right to erasure’ if there is no compelling reason for possession and continued processing. Specific circumstances stated by the Information Commissioner Office includes: Where the personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the purpose for which it was originally collected/processed.
  • When the individual withdraws consent.
  • When the individual objects to the processing and there is no overriding legitimate interest for continuing the processing.
  • The personal data was unlawfully processed (i.e. otherwise in breach of the GDPR).
The personal data has to be erased in order to comply with a legal obligation

Right of Portability

You have the right to ask us to transfer your data that you have provided in a structured, commonly used and machine - readable format and also have the right to transmit data to another controller.

Right to withdraw consent

You have the right to ask us to not process your data for marketing purposes.

Right to lodge a complaint

If you feel we have not dealt with your request satisfactory you do have the ultimate recourse to refer your complaint to the ICO (Information Commissioner Officer). You can find out more details by visiting https://ico.org.uk

Marketing

Where you have provided consent, we may share personal data that you provide to us within our Group of Companies and with other companies that we establish commercial links with. They and we may contact you (by mail, e-mail, telephone, text, or other agreed means) in order to tell you about products, services or offers that we believe will be of interest to you, or to provide you with commercial updates.

Consent

Wherever possible, your personal data will not be obtained, held, used or disclosed unless you have given consent. We understand that "consent" means you have been fully informed of the intended processing of your personal data and have signified your acceptance.

How long we keep your data

Your data will not be retained for no longer than is necessary, and will be managed in accordance with our data retention policy. In most cases the retention period will be for a period of six (6) years following the expiry of the hire agreement, or closure of claim, unless we are required to retain the data for a longer period due to business, legal or regulatory requirements.

Cookies

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

What do we use Cookies for?

We may store cookies on your device for a period of time which contains information regarding your interactions with our website. For example, we will set a cookie once you have agreed to our cookie policy to prevent the notification displaying again. Additionally, we may use third party software to better understand your preferences and behaviour while on our website in order to personalise your experience and understand current trends. This software may include (but is not limited to): All efforts have been made to ensure that the aforementioned services and links are accurate at the time of writing. Should users wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their computers hard drive, they should take necessary steps within their web browser’s security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors. You can find further information on cookies on the link below https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/

Your information - Your choice

Customers can request copies of the personal information held about them at any time and to advise us of any amendments to keep the information up to date. We have strict procedures for storing and disclosure of personal information to prevent unauthorised access. Therefore, we will ask for proof of identity before we disclose any information to you. Please address requests to:
The Marketing Department, VanQuest Unit 3, Nutaberry Yard Nutaberry Hill Bideford North Devon EX39 1BH Or - mail@vanquest.co.uk
Customers can withdraw their consent at any time to stop VanQuest from processing or accessing their information in line with Article 7 of the General Data Protection Regulations – exemptions to certain information apply.