For booking our holiday apartment in Laboe.
Oliver Dauben
c/o Hotelgesellschaft Fördeblick GbR
Oberdorf 7, 24235 Laboe, Germany
(1) These General Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) apply to all contracts for the rental of our holiday apartment as well as all associated services provided by us to you (hereinafter "we" or "us").
(2) Deviating conditions on your part only apply if we have expressly agreed to them in text form.
(1) The presentation of our holiday apartment on the website does not constitute a legally binding contractual offer on our part, but an invitation for you to request a booking.
(2) By clicking the "Pay securely now" button, you submit a binding offer to conclude a rental agreement. You will then be redirected to our payment provider, Stripe.
(3) The rental agreement is only concluded once the payment due under Section 3 (deposit or, where applicable, the full amount) has been successfully authorised via Stripe. Until that point, only your offer exists; no booking is yet binding.
(4) If you do not complete the payment process, abandon it, or the payment fails, no contract is concluded. In this case, the requested period will promptly be released again for other guests.
(5) If, after successful payment, it turns out that the period had already been allocated to someone else in the meantime (e.g. because two guests submitted a binding payment request for the same period at the same time), no contract is concluded either. In this case, we will promptly and fully refund the payment already made to the payment method used.
(1) If your arrival date is more than 30 days away, a deposit of 20% of the total price is due immediately as part of the booking process, to be paid via Stripe (credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, etc.). The contract is only concluded once this payment has been successfully authorised, in accordance with Section 2.
(2) If your arrival date is less than 30 days away, the entire invoice amount is due immediately in full as part of the booking process, via Stripe.
(3) Please pay the remaining balance under paragraph 1 no later than 30 days before the agreed arrival date (without separate request). You will receive a separate payment link or bank transfer request in good time.
(4) If you fall into arrears with the remaining balance (paragraph 3) despite a reminder and a reasonable grace period, we are entitled to withdraw from the contract and demand compensation according to the cancellation terms in Section 5.
(5) The rental price includes additional costs (such as electricity, water, heating, Wi-Fi, your parking space, and final cleaning), unless otherwise stated in your booking confirmation.
(6) We reserve the right to charge a security deposit of €150.00 to cover any potential damages. If we make use of this right, this amount will be additionally deducted from your payment method (e.g. credit card) as part of the remaining balance payment (or, for short-term bookings, together with the total amount). If you leave the holiday apartment in a contractually compliant, undamaged condition upon departure, we will refund this amount in full no later than 14 days after departure.
(1) Your holiday apartment is available to you from 16:00 on the day of arrival. As key handover takes place via a key safe, you have complete flexibility with your arrival time and may also arrive late in the evening or on one of the following days.
(2) On the day of departure, please vacate the holiday apartment by 10:00 at the latest.
(3) An early departure or delayed arrival unfortunately does not justify a claim for a refund of the rental price or proportionate additional costs.
(1) There is no statutory right of withdrawal according to Sec. 312g para. 2 no. 9 of the German Civil Code (BGB). However, you can withdraw from the contract at any time before the start of the rental period in text form (e.g., via email). The decisive factor is the time we receive your notice of cancellation.
(2) If you withdraw from the rental agreement or do not arrive at all (no-show), we retain the right to the agreed rental price minus our saved expenses and any income from renting the property to other parties.
Flat-rate cancellation fees:
(3) You are free to prove that we have incurred no damage or a significantly lower damage. You are also welcome to name a replacement guest.
(4) We strongly recommend that you take out travel cancellation insurance.
(1) We kindly ask you to treat the holiday apartment and its inventory with care.
(2) Should defects or damages occur, please report them immediately to us or the property management (Hotelgesellschaft Fördeblick GbR).
(3) On the day of departure, please leave the apartment in a clean and tidy condition (remove personal belongings, dispose of the rubbish, properly store clean dishes).
(4) You are liable for culpably caused damages according to statutory provisions.
(5) A house rules document displayed in the holiday apartment forms a legal part of this contract and must be observed by you and your fellow travellers. Our holiday apartment is a strictly non-smoking apartment. Smoking (including e-cigarettes) is strictly prohibited indoors. In the event of a violation, we reserve the right to invoice you for the actual costs incurred for any necessary special cleaning (e.g. ozone treatment to remove odours).
(6) The holiday apartment is made available to you exclusively for private residential and holiday purposes. Subletting to third parties, allowing persons not listed in the booking to use the apartment, and any commercial use (such as commercial photo or film shoots) are not permitted without our express prior consent in text form.
(1) We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence. For simple negligence, we are only liable – except in cases involving injury to life, body, or health – if essential contractual obligations (cardinal obligations) are breached. Essential contractual obligations are those whose fulfilment is essential for the proper performance of the contract and on whose observance you may regularly rely.
(2) In the case of a slightly negligent breach of essential contractual obligations, our liability is limited in amount to the foreseeable, contract-typical damage at the time the contract was concluded.
(3) Any further liability for damages is excluded, regardless of the legal nature of the claim asserted. This applies in particular to failures or disruptions resulting from unforeseeable, unavoidable events beyond our control (force majeure).
(4) The above limitations of liability also apply for the benefit of our legal representatives and vicarious agents (e.g. the property management or cleaning company).
(1) Bringing pets is only permitted with our express prior consent (please state species, breed, and size).
We process your personal data in accordance with the GDPR. You can find more details in our Privacy Policy.
(1) Contracts between us and you are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany. Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the country in which you have your habitual residence remain unaffected by this choice of law (Art. 6 para. 2 Rome I Regulation).
(2) If you are a merchant, a legal entity under public law, or a special public-law fund, the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from contractual relationships between us and you is our place of business (Plön). The same applies if you have no general place of jurisdiction in Germany, or if your place of residence was relocated abroad after the contract was concluded. Otherwise, the statutory provisions on local jurisdiction apply (your place of residence).
(3) Note on online dispute resolution: The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (ODR), which you can find at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.
(4) Note pursuant to the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (VSBG): We are not willing and not obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
(5) These General Terms and Conditions were originally drafted in German. Any English or other translation provided to you is for informational purposes and convenience only. In the event of any discrepancies, contradictions, or doubts regarding the interpretation between the German and the translated version, the original German version shall exclusively prevail and be legally binding.