General Terms and Conditions !

 

 

 

 

 

In five steps towards your hire car 

 

Chalkidiki-Cars.com consists of 4 rent-a-car companies with their location at Chalkidiki - Thessaloniki and surrounding area. It is our serious intention to offer you the best service in almost all places and hotels of touristy Chalkidiki - of course including the lowest possible prices on site.

 

In advance we whish you a relaxing and nice holiday -  we`re looking forward to being preferred by you choosing one of our rental cars. Thank you !

 

Our benefit

You have the flexible possibility to reserve your car online, quite easily and whenever you want to. For any questions that might appear you can call us (0030-23710-52697).
We will help you with council and deed as fast as any possible.

 

We whish you a nice and safe ride !

Your Chalkidiki-Cars Team

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Booking / Reservation

For booking a rental car, just follow the easy steps on our website.

The single steps in the form request you to fill in several personal details and booking demands. Please fill in those datas carefully and correctly so we will be able to assure a smooth and fast dispose and release of your rental car.

In case of booking a rental car ex airport, please inform us about your flight number so we will be able to schedule a possible delay of your flight.

In case of booking a rental car ex hotel, please choose your hotel out of the according list. If your hotel is not on the list, please fill in the hotel name manually.

All your personal details, which you have to fill in the form on our website Chalkidiki-Cars.com, are protected by a 128-bit SSL codification by „Veri Sign“ routed by the PIRÄUS BANK.  At the end of the booking process you are asked for a deposit paydown. Therefore you can choose between 2 possible ways of payment.

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Mode of payment

For the booking / reservation of your rental car we ask you to make a deposit paydown. This deposit amount will be shown during the booking process. The rest amount has to be paid by driver`s valid credit card at delivery of the rental car. Cash payment is mostly not accepted.

There are 2 kinds of paying the deposit. Please take your choice:

 

Bank draft / Bank transfer

If you choose transfer from bank to bank, you will receive an official booking confirmation by email message within 24 hours (after sending your booking details) showing you all our bank and account details, where you have to pay the deposit to. We only confirm the booking as fixed after receiving your deposit amount on our account.

Attention: booking by using bank transfer is only possible, if your booking is done at least 10 working days before rental start and if your deposit is done at least 5 working days before rental start.

Please note, for last-minute bookings we can only accept deposit by credit card debit entry !

 

Debit entry by credit card

While choosing this mode of payment you will be lead into the 128-bit SSL codified area of the PIRÄUS BANK. There you will be asked for your credit card number.

After your successful completion of the online process your deposit will be reserved preliminary. The booking will only be confirmed completely, after we will have sent you a circumstantial email with confirmation in detail within 24 hours. Only then your reserved deposit will be debit directly. In case of a not accomplishing booking all payments will be cancelled and you will receive further suggestions for a new booking.

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Last minute bookings

 

In case of an ad hoc booking of a rental car, which should start in less than 72 hours, we will inform you by email or by phone about your actual booking status.  If you neither receive any email nor any phone call, you have to contact us (by phone: 0030-23710-52697)  on site, for receiving further instructions from us about your booking.

Please note, if we have confirmed the booking, but you should not be able to receive the message or the informations or the rental car coupon, we will not refund the deposit.

Please note, for last-minute bookings we can only accept deposits by credit card debit entry !

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Bailment / surety

 

Usually, for covering speeding and traffic fine tickets, a surety deposit is requested on site. You will be asked to deposit a security, usually by credit card. Depending on the rental car partner, sometimes bar cash also will be accepted, but not always. 

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Term of lease

One day of lease always counts 24 hours from the point in time when taking over the rental car. Rental cars have to be given off latest on the fixed release day at the same point of time as the takeover of the car. Otherwise an over-time fee could incurre for you, counted until the real releasing point of time. Such fees are shown in the price lists. While exceeding the leasing time, which has not been announced before or at time of booking, the additional time will be charged by the local rent-a-car partner. These partners use their own common rates on site  and not our special negotiated tariff. Of course, delayed flights (up to 2 hours) or common delays (up to 1 hour) after the agreed takeover time, will be tolerated without any surcharges.

 

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Leasing documents

 

You receive a rental car coupon from us. This coupon must be shown before taking over the car. Chalkidiki-Cars.com is not responsible for not accomplished leasings due to lost coupons. The coupon is not identical with the leasing contract. The contract will only be filled in with the rent-a-car partner while agreeing the booked services shown on your coupon.

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Driver`s Licence / ID-Card

The driver and/or the additional driver has to possess a valid (older than 2 years) driver`s licence type III (B).  Before takeover of the car the driver`s licence and also the valid ID card have to be shown. The driver is responsible for showing those valid documents while taking over the car. In case of not being able to show those requested valid documents, any refunds will NOT be made.

Please note, copied or faxed licences or ID cards will not be accepted of course, only original valid documents.

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Additional driver

 

The rental price includes one additional driver. Please already announce the second driver in advance while doing car reservation.

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Driver`s age

Each driver must be at least 21 years old for using car categories A, B, C, D, E  and at least 23 years for categories F and G. The maximum age usually is 75 years.

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Car categories

 

All reservations and bookings of cars are valid for the booked category, but not for a certain car model. The online or in brochures shown pictures of cars are only typical examples for the size and performance of a car category.

In case of booked up car categories, we reserve our right to provide you with an equal or more significant car without any additional surcharges.

Please choose your necessary car category carefully and always allow enough room for all passengers and their package. Chalkidiki-Cars.com is not responsible for the situation of finding out the car is too small.

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Extras / Specials

Child safety seats or baby baskets are usually rule in Greece. If you need one or more child or baby seats, you have to demand them while booking the car. Due to reasons of insurance you are asked to adapt child or baby seats in the car by yourselves. The fee is charged with 2 €uro a day.

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Fuel rules

Our rent-a-car partner have the following rules for fuel/refuel:

- The car will be delivered with a full tank. The car has to be given off with a full tank.

- The car will be delivered with a certain tank fill level. The car has to be given off with the same tank fill level.

In case of releasing a car with a lower fuel fill level as taken over, the partner is allowed to demand a fee for the missing fuel. In such a case please negotiate with the referring rent-a-car partner on site.

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Informations for delivering the car

Airport delivery:

This service is free of charge. One of our employees will wait for you at your gate with a nameplate and lead you to your hire car.

Please therefore carefully fill in the correct details such as fligth number and airline during the booking process.

 

Hotel delivery:

Either this service is free of charge, or it is offered for a fee – depending on the location of your holiday place. This fee will be shown in the price informations while filling in booking details. Our employee will wait for you in your hotel at the reception desk and/or shows a nameplate with your name on.

Usually the car will be delivered right to the hotel. In single cases (depends on the location) use the transfer service of the rent-a-car partner on site from your hotel to his next leasing station.

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 Delivery outside the common business hours 

We offer a 24 hours delivery service. Our common delivery hours are from 8:00 o`clock until 22:00 o`clock. Deliveries within these times are carried out without any additional charges. Outside these hours there usually incurre additional fees, which you can notice while filling in your booking details. The fees are shown in the price informations, if you fill in the takeover time.

Please note: in case of a flight delay resulting in a later car delivery outside the common business hours, it might be you have to pay additional fees for late-delivery on site.

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One way hiring

One-way-leasing means, the place of taking over the car and releasing the car is not identical. One-way-leasing is possible but mostly it costs an additional fee, which is shown in the price informations of the booking procedure.

 

 

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All inclusive Insurance

The following insurance performances are inclusive in the price:

 

- Third party insurance. The leaser of the car is insured against:

   a)  bodily injury damage against third persons up to 500.000.- €

   b)  property damage liability against third persons up to 100.000.-

- automobile roadway repair 24 hours service

- theft insurance (without retention) of the value of the car

- fire-/malicious mischief insurance (without retention) of the value of the car

- PAI (personal) passenger`s accident insurance (exept the driver) up to 500.000.- €

- FDW comprehensive coverage insurance (without retention)

 

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The insurance does not cover:

The customer is responsible himself for the following damages:

 

Antenna, damage of the car locking.
Loss or damage of the keys, windscreen wiper, mirrors, backup keys, car locks and central car locking system, lights, gas cap, warning triangle, damage of the inner car cushioning, extreme dirt inside the car, damage of the undercoating.
Damages caused by carelessness, fuel error breakdowns, damages of child and baby safety seats, electricity failings caused by forgotten switch off of electrical apparatus or devices.
Private properties, which are stolen out of the car or damaged during an accident.

The rent-a-car company is never dutybounded to replace a flat tyre or damages on the radio. Chalkidiki-Cars.com is not liable for damages or accidents, which are caused by reduced consciousness of the driver either effected by alcohol, medicine or drugs in any way.

Furthermore Chalkidiki-Cars.com is not responsible for any damages or accidents which are provocated by the customer at random on or outside a street. 

In all such cases the customer is liable himself.

 

The driver is never allowed to leave the place of accident without informing the rent-a-car company. He has to wait for the police and for the achievement of the policereport.

In case of not reporting the accident to the police while not following the requirements of the statutes of the state, the insurance will not cover any accident damage. Of course the reporting shall include any possible influence of alcohol or drugs.

 

In case of any other damages on the hired car the above mentioned procedure shall be followed as well.  In case of damaging the car while parking, please inform the rent-a-car company BEFORE moving the car in any way.

In case of theft the customer has to present the car keys and also the police report and he has to inform the rent-a-car company immediately. Anyway the customer is obligated to inform the rent-a-car company immediately about any and all damages on the car.

 

Please note, any unnoticed accident or any unnoticed damages on the car could be interpreted as customer`s carelessness. This could lead the customer into extraordinary burden and personal stress such as: 

- monetary fines and damages caused by disregardings of traffic regulations are to be carried only by the car leaser and will not be covered by the insurance

- all hire cars are insured for their possible maximum number of passengers. For keeping a high level of safety this maximum number may never be exceeded.  In case of exceeding this number of passengers, the insurance could be declared as invalid.

 

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Additional insurances

The following insurances can be chosen additionally while proceeding the booking:

 

- PAI is a personal passenger`s accident insurance for the driver and will be charged additionally with 2 €uro a day.

 

- WUG is an insurance, which covers other damages such as damages on the undercoating of the car, the tyres, antenna and mirrors and will be charged additionally with 2 €uro a day.

 

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Shipping / frontier crossing

Usually shipping within the leasing country is allowed. But you have to inform the local rent-a-car company in advance. Frontier crossing is not allowed, because in such case the insurance will not become effective.

 

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Force majeure clause

Chalkidiki-Cars.com is not liable for not compassing or not completing service performances or delivering insufficient service performance caused by force majeure. This could be f.ex. war, terror attacks, nature catastrophes, strikes and so on, which could delay, prevert, constrain or avoid our usual service performances.

 

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Cancellation

Chalkidiki-Cars.com gives you the possibility to cancel your booking free of charge within 5 days
(120 hours) before the booked leasing start.
 Such a cancellation you could do particularly with a cancellation-email in our customer`s area on our website or by phonecall 0030-23710-52697.
In such case of cancellation the deposit will be reimbursed without any further charges.

In case of cancellation less than 5 days (120 hours) before the booked leasing start, the deposit will not be reimbursed.

For any changes or cancellations later / after start of leasing period, Chalkidiki-Cars.com is not responsible for any price variations which might incurre without any contribution of our company.

We can not pay any damages for compensation for not accomplished bookings caused by customer`s absence or nonattendance, faulty driver`s licence, precipitate return journey or  cancellation after leasing has started.

In cases of already confirmed last-minute bookings we do not refund any amounts.

Also we do not refund any amounts in case of nonattendance to an agreed place, in case of not delivering any needed documents, precipitate return journey or  cancellations after leasing has started.

There will be no refunds made for not used (but paid) leasing days.

 

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Change of reservation

Chalkidiki-Cars.com offers the possibility to change your reservation up to 3 days (72 hours) before leasing start.

The change of reservation you could make with a certain change-of-booking email in our special customer area on our website, or by phonecall (0030-23710-52697).

If a change of reservation might change the price, you have to rebook once more. Your first booking will be cancelled and only the second booking will be valid. Change of reservations after leasing start (f.ex. extension of leasing period,  change the give-off location or the release date…) you have to agree with the local employee. Fees that might incurre you have to negotiate with the local rent-a-car partner. Chalkidiki-Cars.com is not liable for dissenting prices and deviation from conditions.  

In case of precipitate it is incombent to the local rent-a-car partner if making any refunds.

 

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Customer service

For any questions and especially for bookings / reservations we will be at your disposal by phone (0030- 23710- 52697) or email (cars@chalkidiki-cars.com). If you might be unsatisfied with your hired car due to any reason, please inform our rent-a-car partner immediately.

The local employee will be your contact person right from the moment of taking over the car and for the whole leasing period.  Please ask him about details, roadway repair service, or any problems that might appear.

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