Self-hire Terms & Conditions

Self-hire Terms & Conditions Please read the Terms set out below carefully before accepting our Services. These Terms set out the basis upon which we will provide our Services to you.

Definitions and General terms can be located at the end of these Terms. 1. Hire pricing, payment and methods of payment.

1.1 The price of the Hire will be in accordance with our price list displayed on our Website. A Hire Deposit for each vessel will be taken from you prior to the commencement of Hire via the payment methods listed in clause 1.3 below.

1.2 We require advance payment of the full Charge for your type of Hire before the commencement of Hire. Thereafter any further hire charges are calculated pro rata to the nearest 15 minutes and are payable by you at the end of the Hire.

1.3 We accept card payment & cash, as the method of payment for the Hire Deposit, the Hire and any deductions made by Hauxton Boat Hire in accordance with these Terms.

1.4 Once the Hire Cash Deposit of £40 and any advance payment are taken, and you have accepted these Terms, we will issue you with your selected vessel.

1.5 The Hire period commences when your vessel is checked out by us, as you leave the venue, and continues until your Craft is checked in by us upon your return to the same venue.

1.6 We will release the Hire Deposit to you at the end of the Hire and upon return of the vessel to us, less any further hire charges incurred, or deductions made by Hauxton Boat Hire in accordance with these Terms. Release of the deposit to card paying customers will be processed by Hauxton Boat Hire.

1.7 Hirers failing to return the vessel and equipment by the closing time of the Hauxton Boat Hire, as displayed on the website and communicated to you in person on the day, may be charged, at our discretion, double rate for each hour or part thereof after closing time.

Your responsibilities 2.1 You are responsible for ensuring that you and all persons in your party use the vessel and Equipment in a reasonable, safe and careful manner.

2.2 You, and your party, accept that any activity on water carries an element of risk and agree to comply with our safety procedures, notices and briefings provided to you, and demonstrated by Hauxton Boat Hire, prior to your commencement of the Hire. You, and your party, accept that it is your responsibility to ensure you understand the safety information prior to dispatch.

2.3 You are responsible for ensuring that: 2.3.1 you, and all persons in your party, particularly children, keep their hands and legs inside the Craft at all times; 2.3.2 the Craft is not chained with another Craft or moved between the different levels of the river.