Terms and conditions
Franceshuttle.com – General Terms and Conditions of Sale
The website franceshuttle.com is operated by D TRAVEL SAS, 231 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris, France.
Article 1 – Purpose and Scope of Application
This contract applies to non-urban public road transport of passengers, for domestic transport, for any occasional collective service carried out by a carrier using one or more coaches. The conditions under which these services are performed, including the applicable prices, must ensure fair remuneration for the carrier, allowing the coverage of the actual costs of the service carried out under normal conditions of organization, safety, quality, compliance with regulations, and in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 82-1153 of December 30, 1982.
Article 2 – Definitions
For the purposes of this contract, the following definitions apply:
“Client” means the party that concludes the transport contract with the carrier. The client may be the beneficiary of the transport or an intermediary responsible for organizing the transport for the beneficiary;
“Carrier” means the company selected during the tender process and with which you will be contractually bound, duly registered in the public road passenger transport company register;
“Passengers” means the persons who take a seat on board the coach, excluding the driver;
“Service” means the occasional collective service, which involves making a coach available exclusively to a group or several groups of at least ten people.
Article 3 – Information and Documents to Be Provided to the Carrier
Before the coach or coaches are made available to the group, the client must provide the carrier in writing, or by any other method allowing data retention, with the following information.
Dates, times and itineraries: the date, time and place where the coach is made available and returned; the date, time and place of passenger pick-up and final drop-off.
Article 4 – Characteristics of the Coach
Each coach made available to the client by the carrier must be in good working condition and comply in all respects with regulatory technical requirements; it must also be suitable for the distance to be covered, the characteristics of the group, and any specific requirements of the client.
Article 5 – Onboard Safety
The maximum number of persons that may be transported must not exceed the number stated on the approval certificate or vehicle registration. The carrier is responsible for transport safety, including during boarding and disembarking of passengers.
Article 6 – Luggage
The carrier is not responsible for luggage placed in the luggage compartment. Such luggage must be labeled by its owner. In case of loss or damage to luggage placed in the hold, no compensation may be claimed by the client or any passenger of the transported group.
Article 7 – Carrier’s Remuneration
The carrier’s remuneration includes the transport fare itself, which covers in particular the driver’s pay, as well as the cost of ancillary and supplementary services, along with administrative and IT management fees related to the transport contract.
Article 8 – Contract Conclusion and Payment Terms
The contract is deemed concluded only after receipt of the signed quotation/contract and/or electronic validation of the quote, also known as “Online confirmation of your booking.”
Payment terms:
– 30% deposit upon acceptance of the quote more than 30 days before departure
– 100% of the service cost less than 30 days before departure
Article 9 – Contract Termination
If, prior to departure, the client terminates the contract, they must notify the carrier by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt. A fixed compensation will be due to the carrier, equal to:
– 30% of the service price if cancellation occurs more than 30 days before departure
– 50% of the service price if cancellation occurs between 30 and 14 days before departure
– 70% of the service price if cancellation occurs between 13 and 7 days before departure
– 100% of the service price if cancellation occurs less than 7 days before departure
Article 10 – Liability
As an intermediary, France Shuttle (website franceshuttle.com), operated by D TRAVEL SAS, cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage suffered by a passenger during transport. The transport service is performed under the sole responsibility of the duly authorized carrier, in accordance with the legal and regulatory provisions in force.
Article 11 – Personal Data Protection
In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 (GDPR), D TRAVEL SAS, operator of the website franceshuttle.com, processes personal data for the purpose of performing services (handling requests, quotes, bookings, customer relations, and legal obligations). The data may be transmitted to partner carriers strictly for service execution. The Client has rights of access, rectification, objection, erasure, and restriction, which they may exercise via the contact page on the franceshuttle.com website.
Article 12 – Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The contractual relations between the parties are governed exclusively by French law. In case of a dispute, any litigation will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commercial Court of Paris.
Article 2 – Definitions
For the purposes of this contract, the following terms shall mean:
“Client” – the party that enters into the transport contract with the carrier. The client may be the beneficiary of the transport or the intermediary responsible for organizing the transport on behalf of the beneficiary;
“Carrier” – the company selected during the call for tenders and with which you will be contractually bound, duly registered in the public road passenger transport company register;
“Passengers” – the persons who take a seat on board the coach, excluding the driver;
“Service” – the occasional collective service, which involves making a coach available exclusively to a group or several groups of at least ten people.
Article 3 – Information and documents to be provided to the carrier
Prior to making the coach(es) available to the group, the client must provide the carrier, in writing or by any other means allowing for recording, with the information defined below.
Dates, times, and routes: The date, time, and location of the start and end of the coach’s availability; the date, time, and location of the initial passenger pick-up, as well as the date, time, and location of their final drop-off.
Article 4 – Characteristics of the coach
Each coach made available to the client by the carrier must be: in good working order and meet all regulatory technical requirements; suitable for the distance to be covered, the characteristics of the group and any requirements of the client.
Article 5 – Safety on board the coach
The maximum number of passengers that can be transported may not exceed the number indicated on the vehicle registration certificate or the purple card. The transport operator is responsible for the safety of the transport, including during each boarding and alighting of passengers from the coach.
Article 6 – Luggage
The carrier is not responsible for checked baggage. This baggage must be tagged by its owner. In the event of loss or damage to checked baggage, no compensation can be claimed by the organizer or other passengers in the transported group.
Article 7 – Remuneration for transport
The carrier’s remuneration includes the price of the transport strictly speaking, which includes in particular the remuneration of the driver(s), that of ancillary and complementary services, plus the costs related to the establishment and administrative and IT management of the transport contract.
Article 8 – Terms and conditions for concluding and paying for the contract
The contract is considered concluded only upon receipt of the signed quote/contract and/or electronic validation of the quote, also known as “Online Confirmation of your booking”.
Payment Terms:
- 30% deposit upon acceptance of the quote more than 30 days before departure
- 100% of the total cost less than 30 days before departure
Article 9 – Termination of the transport contract
When, before departure, the client cancels the contract, they must inform the carrier by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt. A fixed compensation will be due to the carrier equal to:
30% of the service price if the cancellation occurs more than 30 days before departure
50% of the service price if the cancellation occurs between 30 and 14 days before departure
70% of the service price if the cancellation occurs between 13 and 7 days before departure
100% of the service price if the cancellation occurs less than 7 days before departure
Article 10 – Liability
As an intermediary, rentyourbus.com cannot under any circumstances be held responsible for any damage, direct or indirect, that may be suffered by a passenger during transport.
Article 11 – Protection of personal data
In accordance with Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data, rentyourbus.com implements a personal data processing which has as its purpose the execution of services.
Article 12 – Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
The contractual relationship between the parties is governed exclusively by French law. In the event of a dispute, any litigation shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commercial Court of Paris.