Terms of Use

Please read this Agreement carefully as it governs your use of the The Vacation Rentals Directory website (the "Site"). By continuing to use the Site you are agreeing to the terms that appear below. If you have any questions, please contact us.

These terms were last updated on 17th May 2006.

1. Provision of Service

The Site is owned and operated by The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd, 7 Granard Business Centre, Bunns Lane, Mill Hill, London NW7 2DQ. Registered in England, No. 4516827

2. Limited Rights to Use Content

All material displayed on the Site ("Content") belongs to The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd or its licensors. Subject to clause 2b, you may retrieve and display the Content on a computer screen, print individual pages on paper and store such pages in electronic form on disk (but not on any server or other storage device connected to an external network) for your own personal, educational, non-commercial purposes.
Most of the Content on the Site is owned by The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd but certain Content is used under licence from third parties ("Third Party Content") and will be marked with the copyright notice of those third parties. Some of the Third Party Content will be subject to additional restrictions - the relevant copyright notice will make it clear where that is the case. You must comply with such restrictions.
You may not (without prior written permission from The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd):
- redistribute any of the Content or supply it to other people (including by using it as part of any library, archive or similar service);
- remove the copyright or trade mark notice from any copies of Content made under this Agreement;
- create a database in electronic or structured manual form by systematically downloading and storing all or any of the Content;
- except as expressly set out above, modify, reproduce or in any way commercially exploit any of the Content.

3. Limited Warranties

The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd will use its reasonable skill and care in making the Site available to you and in ensuring its continuing availability. However, because of the number of sources from which The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd obtains the Content and because of the nature of the Internet The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd does not give you any other warranties. In particular, you should not take the accuracy or availability of the information for granted and The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd makes no warranty that the Site is free from infection by viruses or anything else that has contaminating or destructive properties.

4. Limitation of Liability

In respect of the Content which is available free on the Site, The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd will use its reasonable endeavours to resolve faults but because the service is free you agree that The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd will not be liable for any losses you may incur as a result of your use or non-use of that Content.
Except where we have expressly agreed otherwise, neither you nor The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd will be responsible for any losses that the other suffers as a result of a breach of this Agreement except those losses which are a foreseeable consequence of the breach. Neither party will be responsible for indirect losses which happen as a side-effect of the main loss or damage and which are not foreseeable by The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd and you (such as loss of profits or loss of data).
The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd's liability will not be limited in the case of death or personal injury directly caused by The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd's negligence.

5. Changes

The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd is continually seeking to improve the Site and services offered. The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd reserves the right, at its discretion, to make changes to any part of the Site.
The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd may change or add to this Agreement as a result of its policy of updating and improving the Site or for security, legal or regulatory reasons.

6. Links

The Site contains links to other web sites and resources, either directly or through frames and, where possible, The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd will make clear where such links are being made. Independent third parties provide these sites and The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd is not responsible and shall not be liable for the availability or content of these outside resources.

7. General

In respect of the free parts of the Site, there is no specific time limit applying to your access and use. However, The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access and use of the free parts of the Site at any time. It may exercise the right with or without notice.
You may not assign, sub-licence or otherwise transfer this Agreement or your rights of access to the Site.
Failure by either party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.
A person who is not party to this Agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms.
English law will apply to this Agreement and both you and The Breaks Company (UK) Ltd agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.