These General Terms and Conditions (GTC) apply to all transactions made with us. Please read them carefully.
A Request to Book on the website will not be processed or accepted without your acknowledgment that you have read and understood the GTC below.
The following GTC together with our privacy policy and our website conditions of use, together with any other written information we brought to your attention before we sent an invoice or collected the amount charged as confirmation of the transaction within the scope of the Black Sea Sustainable Rural Tourism Program (“BSST”) and govern your contract with Sustainable Rural Development International Limited, a company limited by guaranty registered in England with company no: 8148076 and registered office address of 5 St. Johns Lane, London, England, EC1B 4BH, (“we” “us” and “our”).
Please read them carefully as they set out our respective rights and obligations. References to "you" and "your" in these GTC mean all persons named on the Request to Book (including anyone who is added or substituted at a later date) or any of them.
The basis of the BSST Program incorporates a “Get to Know the Community” experience that includes a home or small hotel stay. References to “Travel Arrangement(s)” in this GTCare to a booking the Get to Know the Community experience but does not constitute a Package Holiday. Travel Arrangements may also include, upon your specific request, transport, activities, excursions and other services we may display on our website (“Other Arrangements”). In regard to Other Arrangements, we may or may not accept an additional payment from you as a convenience and all of which will be transferred to the provider of the Other Arrangements.
The BSST Program is a community based social venture. In other words, our direct involvement is with a designated community organization which is also responsible for its members, which include businesses and accommodations that appear on the website. Nevertheless, we have a standard written agreement that accommodations must sign to confirm their adherence to certain sustainability criteria and rules of business behavior.
You understand that your Request to Book covers a minimum of 2 nights even though a nightly price may be shown. You may always request more than the minimum of 2 nights.
By submitting a Request to Book, the first named person agrees on behalf of all persons detailed on the booking that he/she:
Please Note: We are non-profit and act only as an agent in respect of all bookings we take and/or make on your behalf. At this time we do not create a “Package Holiday”, in accordance with the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (please see clause 2 below for further information).