Terms of Service

In these general terms and terms of use, the following words shall have the following meaning:

Conditions: the general terms and terms of use as set out in this document and available on the Website

Golfbookings: Golfbookings S.à r.l., owner and provider of the website www.golfbookings.eu, whose principal place of business is at Europe, 27 Beesleckerweg, 9964 Huldange, Luxembourg.

Golfbookings Content: all content on the Website including, without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos and interactive features on the Website, with the exception of User Submissions.

Golfbookings account holder: a registered User of the website www.golfbookings.eu

Membership Areas: parts of the Website for which Users can register and where Users can for instance place User Submissions.

Services: any products, software, and services provided on or from the Website, any web page and content of the Website, as well as the professional services provided on or via the Website performed or made available by Golfbookings or others.

User: each person (including but not limited to Golfbookings account holders) visiting the Website.

User Submissions: The (textual) content submitted to the Website by registered Users.

Website: www.golfbookings.eu and its subpages

Applicability

Any use of the Website and the Services is subject to the Conditions. Also, these Conditions apply to all offers and agreements to which Golfbookings is a party.

Agree to the Conditions

In order to use the Webite and the Services, the User must firstly agree to the Conditions. The User accepts the Conditions by using the Website and /or Services. By using the Website, the User furthermore consents to having his or her personal data transferred to Luxembourg and accepts that his/her personal data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of Golfbookings’ Privacy Statement. The User may not use the Website and/or the Services if he or she does not accept the Conditions. The User may not use the Website and/or the Services and may not accept the Conditions if the User is not of legal age to form a binding contract with Golfbookings, or the User is legally prohibited from receiving or using the Website and/or the Services under the laws of the country in which it’s a resident or from which he accesses or uses the Website and/or the Services.

Changes to the Conditions

Golfbookings may make changes to the Conditions. When these changes are made, Golfbookings will make a new copy of the Conditions available at the Website. The User understands and agrees that if the User uses the Website and/or the Services after the date on which the Conditions have changed, Golfbookings will treat the use as acceptance of the updated Conditions.

Golfbookings Community

In order to access some features as well as the Membership Areas of the Website and the Services provided thereon, the User will have to register. When registering, the User must provide accurate and complete information. The Golfbookings account is and the log-in details are exclusive and strictly personal. The User agrees that he or she will be solely responsible (to Golfbookings, and to others) for all activity that occurs under its Golfbookings account.

General restrictions on use

Golfbookings hereby grants the (registered) User permission to access and use the Website and the Services, subject to the following express terms of use, and the User agrees that its failure to adhere to any of these terms of use shall constitute a breach of these Conditions on part of the User:

1. the User agrees not to (commercially) distribute any part of or parts of the Website, including but not limited to any User Submission, in any medium without the prior written authorization of Golfbookings;
2. the User agrees not to alter or modify any part of the Website or any of the Services in an unauthorized manner;
3. the User agrees not to (or attempt to) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security related features of the Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any User Submission or Golfbookings Content or enforce limitations on use of the Website or the content accessible on the Website;
4. the User agrees not to use the Website or any Services, User Submission and/or Golfbookings Content for any commercial use, without the prior written authorization of Golfbookings;
5. the User agrees not to collect or harvest any personal data of any User of the Website or any Service (and agrees that this shall be deemed to include Golfbookings account names);

Golfbookings is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its Users. The User acknowledges and agrees that the form and nature of the Website and Services which Golfbookings provides may change from time to time without prior notice to the User. As part of this continuing innovation, the User acknowledges and agrees that Golfbookings may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Website and/or Services (or any features within the Services) to the User at the sole discretion of Golfbookings, without prior notice to the User.

User Submissions

As a Golfbookings account holder, a registered User may submit image and text content to the Website. The registered User understands that whether or not such User Submissions are published, Golfbookings does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submission. The User retains all of the ownership rights in the User Submissions, but the User is required to grant limited license rights to Golfbookings and other Users. These are described in paragraph 8 of these Conditions (Rights the User licenses). The User understands and agrees that the User is solely responsible for her or her own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. Golfbookings does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and Golfbookings expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Submission. The User represents and warrants that he or she has (and will continue to have during his or her use of the Services) all necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions which are required to enable Golfbookings to use his or her User Submissions for the purposes of the provision of the Services by Golfbookings, and otherwise to use his/her User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Conditions.

Content of User Submissions

There is a prohibition against placing content on the Website if, in the opinion of Golfbookings, its nature, content or impact is:

1. content in the field of pornography;
2. content containing discrimination, slander, defamation and/or any provocation, exchange of abuse or incitement to hatred;
3. content that might be felt to be threatening;
4. content that (disproportionately) infringes on the privacy and personal life of a natural person;
5. content infringing any intellectual property right, including copyright, belonging to Golfbookings or to third parties;
6. content that can be assumed to be in any other way illegal;
7. content for commercial purposes;
8. content that might interfere with the proper performance of a computer or computer network;
9. content that is not in the spirit of or is incompatible with the editorial policy of Golfbookings and/or that might (disproportionately) harm the interests of Golfbookings and/or its employees.

The User agrees that he or she will not post any User Submissions that are subject to any third party proprietary rights (including rights of privacy or rights of publicity), unless he or she has a formal license or permission from the rightful owner to post the material in question and to grant Golfbookings the license referred to in paragraph 8 below. Golfbookings reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to decide whether User Submission comply with the content requirements set out in these Conditions and may remove such User Submission and/or terminate a User's registration and any User Submission which is in violation of these Conditions at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion. The User understands and acknowledges that in using the Website and the Services, he or she may be exposed to User Submission that are factually inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable to him/her. The User agrees to waive, and hereby does waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies he/she has or may have against Golfbookings with respect to any such User Submission.

Rights the User licenses

When the registered User posts a User Submission to the Website, the User grants:

1. Golfbookings, a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license (with right to sub-license) to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform that User Submission in connection with the provision of the Services and otherwise in connection with the provision of the Website and the business of Golfbookings, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels;
2. Golfbookings the right to –if desired also on behalf of User - request the court to order anyone who has infringed upon the licensed intellectual property rights (a) seizure of the infringing act (b) to pay damages to Golfbookings (c) to hand over the profits originating from the infringement to Golfbookings and to render account therefor;
3. to each User of the Website, a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, license to access the User Submissions through the Website, and to display such User Submissions on a computer for noncommercial, private use to the extent permitted by the functionality of the Website and under these Conditions.

The above licenses granted by the Users in User Submissions are perpetual and irrevocable, but are otherwise without prejudice to his/her ownerships rights, which are retained by the User as set out in paragraph 7 above.

Golfbookings Content on the Website

The Golfbookings Content is either owned by or licensed to Golfbookings, and is subject to copyright, trade mark rights, and other intellectual property rights of Golfbookings or the licensors of Golfbookings. Any third party trade or service marks present on the Golfbookings Content are trade or service marks of their respective owners. Golfbookings Content may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purpose whatsoever without the prior written consent of Golfbookings, or the licensors of Golfbookings. Golfbookings reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Golfbookings Content. As part of Golfbookings's intellectual property policy, Golfbookings will terminate user access to the Website if a user has been determined to be a repeat infringer. A repeat infringer is a User who has been notified of infringing activity more than twice.

Penalty clause

In the event of violation of one or more provisions of paragraph 5 of the Conditions by a User, it will forfeit to Golfbookings, without any further notice or demand required, an immediate payable penalty in the amount of € 20,000.- or a penalty of € 750.- per day that such a violation took place and/or continues to take place, with a maximum of € 75,000.-- per violation, without limiting or precluding the rights of Golfbookings to claim in addition from said User any damage which Golfbookings has incurred or may incur.

Links from Golfbookings

The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites that are not owned or controlled by Golfbookings. As an example, on the Website you may find special offers from third parties. To accept an offer, you will first be directed to the website of said advertising company. Golfbookings only acts as an intermediate in this regard in the way that it provides these companies of advertorial space on the Website. Golfbookings has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party or third party websites. The User acknowledges and agrees that Golfbookings is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such websites or resources. The User acknowledges and agrees that Golfbookings is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by a User as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by him/her on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such websites or resources.

Service transactions

Golfbookings and its subsidiaries provide a service for the User to make tee-time reservations or purchases ("service transactions"). Each service transaction is governed by these Terms and Conditions and any specific terms and additional fees or charges of a particular transaction will be communicated to you during the check-out process. User agrees that in principal all transactions made by the User on the Site cannot be exchanged and are non-refundable. If a User - during the check-out process - selects the possibility to remain flexible, i.e. has the option to cancel a purchase in the near future, an additional fee (“cancellation fee”) can be charged by Golfbookings to cover any fees charged by third parties (including but not limited to tee-time resellers, tee-sheet providers, payment solution providers and golf clubs). The cancellation fee ensures that if you cancel in time you will be refunded the amount paid for the tee time reservation(s). The cancellation fee however will not be refunded. If a User has opted for the option to cancel a transaction by paying the cancellation fee, in general that purchase needs to be cancelled at least 48 hours in advance of the start of the tee-time reservation or purchase. The User needs to cancel their transaction via:

• their User Profile page (www.golfbookings.eu)
• by clicking the 'cancellation’ button in the confirmation e-mail of that specific tee time
• by writing our Customer Service: (mail.: book@golfbookings.eu)

If the agreed services cannot be provided due to force majeure (adverse weather conditions, closure of the course, repairs, etc.), the User will be refunded the full green fee price if the User opted for the cancellation option. In all other cases, Golfbookings will contact the golf club about their policy. The User will - depending on the golf club - either receive a full refund, a voucher from the golf club to play on another date or a Golfbookings voucher. Please note that we will always check with the golf club if User did not receive any other compensation. If the User did receive compensation (raincheck or new tee-time slot) then a refund or Golfbookings voucher will not be possible. By completing a service transaction for a specific golf club, the User expressly accepts the specific rules (including but not limited to possessing a valid golf federation license and complying with prevailing handicap requirements) of that specific golf club. If a User is not able to play or is prohibited to play at the specific golf club because User does not comply to the specific rules a refund is unfortunately not possible. Please note that a cooling-off period of 14 days in the EU (as stated in the Consumer Rights Directive) for buying online or remote buying is not applicable for purchasing an online service with a specific date, such as a tee-time reservation or green fee voucher.