Terms and Conditions

MYFRIENDSHOTEL offers you use of this site upon the following terms and conditions.

The MYFRIENDSHOTEL website (“Services”) is operated and maintained by SecondParallel Ltd and by using this site you agree to be legally bound by the following terms and conditions of use (“Terms”), irrespective of you becoming a user of the services offered on this site.

If you do not agree to these terms you have no right to use this site or the information contained within it. Failure to use this site as detailed in these terms may lead to severe civil and criminal penalties. We also reserve the right to change these terms at any time and your continued use of the site will indicate that you accept the terms and conditions applicable at the time of you using the site. As such you should review these terms periodically.

All communications between Hosts and Guests may be censured by MYFRIENDSHOTEL if we believe a Host is undermining the community by encouraging Guests to book properties through external means. MYFRIENDSHOTEL will take all necessary measures to protect the community against such detrimental actions and users who are seen to be abusing the website will be removed, possibly without notice.

The above terms protect this community and ensures that all the necessary booking information is made available for each listing.

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1. Users Contract	7. User Conduct	13. Username & Password	20. Indemnities
2. PayPal	8. Adults Only	14. Termination	21. Misconduct
3. Payment	9. Privacy	15. Discontinuance	22. Languages
4. Pricing	10. Your Content	16. Legal Compliance	23. Disputes
5. Commission	11. Third-Party Content	17. Representations	24. Notices
6. User Responsibility	12. Proprietary Rights	18. Services Disclaimer	25. Copyright
		19. Warranties Disclaimer	26. Miscellaneous

1. USERS CONTRACT

MYFRIENDSHOTEL is an introduction service for accommodation. We provide the venue for Hosts to promote their accommodation and for Guests to find suitable accommodation. Should a Host and Guest choose to engage in renting accommodation through MYFRIENDSHOTEL then this is a contract of engagement between the Host and Guest. MYFRIENDSHOTEL has a contract with the Guest to ensure that the relevant monies reach the Host in a timely manner so as not to impact on the Host / Guest relationship. Likewise MYFRIENDSHOTEL has a contract with the Host to ensure that the relevant monies from the Guest are paid in timely manner so as not to impact on the Host / Guest relationship.

MYFRIENDSHOTEL reserves the right to amend, update or remove details that they deem to undermine the site. This includes but is not limited to: removing website addresses that link to external ‘property’ website, adding photos to an Accommodation Profile from a Hosts external website, adding further information to Property Descriptions that we feel is missing, amending the Property Title or personal details if we believe they are intended to lead people to the Hosts external property website.

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2. PAYPAL

Financial transactions between Hosts and Guests will be conducted using PayPal as the financial intermediary. Funds can be paid using credit / debit cards or PayPal accounts. PayPal charges will apply (see PayPal for rates) to all monies withdrawn from a PayPal account. At the time of writing charges rates varied from 1.4% to 3.2% per withdrawal with a minimum charge of £0.20). PayPal is an internationally recognised service to at once facilitate the payment process for all users and ensure the maximum security for all parties.

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3. PAYMENTS

All payments will be made via the MYFRIENDSHOTEL PayPal. To secure a booking Guests will guarantee payment of the agreed rental price plus the MYFRIENDSHOTEL commission using PayPal. The ‘guarantee of payment‘ is a facility that enables PayPal to withdraw the agreed amount at a designated time in the future. This process enables a Guest to book a property in advance whilst retaining access to those funds. Hosts have the security of knowing that the Guest is serious about their booking and the reassurance that the payment has been made. When making a booking the Guest will receive Unique Verification Number. This number, when given to the Host upon arrival / departure, will enable the Host to instruct PayPal to complete the payment process. PayPal will use the MyFriensHotel account simply as an intermediary to call the payment from the Guest and subsequently pass on the monies to the Host, minus the relevant commission. MYFRIENDSHOTEL will not access any monies from the Host or Guest and all transactions will be conducted via PayPal using the MYFRIENDSHOTEL PAYPAL account to maximise security. MYFRIENDSHOTEL will only receive its commission as payment.

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4. PRICING

Hosts set a price for an accommodation, MYFRIENDSHOTEL charged a commission and GUESTS pay the combined total price ie: Rental price plus commission. Rental Prices are set independently by each individual Host. We do recommend, however, that prices bear a good market value in respect of other local accommodation and teh quality of service being offered.

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5. COMMISSION

MYFRIENDSHOTEL will charge Hosts a fixed commission, which is subject to change without prior notice. However, the MYFRIENDSHOTEL commission is added to the asking price of the property and as such the host will always receive the amount of money that they wish for the property should it be rented out through MYFRIENDSHOTEL.

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6. USER RESPONSITIBILITY

MYFRIENDSHOTEL is a venue to share information and if members wish, they may choose to accommodate, in their own home, people they meet through the site. Members of MYFRIENDSHOTEL are under no obligation at any stage to Host or be a Guest. MYFRIENDSHOTEL is not involved with the contact and agreement made between users who wish to stay with one another and as such we do not have any control over the behaviour or conduct of our members or the accuracy of the information that members post on this site.

Identity Verification:
User verification on the internet is very difficult and we are therefore unable to confirm that members are who they say they are. Although we provide tools to assist you in verifying addresses we stress that you are solely responsible for accepting a booking and determining the identity and suitability of MYFRIENDSHOTEL members as Hosts or Guests. We do not endorse any users of this site and we do not conduct any research into their backgrounds be it criminal or moral conduct. Also, we do not verify address information but we do encourage users to book through using our online payment services so that there is a traceable and verifiable means of identifying Hosts and Guests should the need arise. We encourage all users to communicate with potential Hosts and Guest using the tools available on this site.

Interaction with other Users:
You are solely responsible for your interactions with this service and between other users. MYFRIENDSHOTEL will not be held responsible for any harm or damage resulting from the use of this service. MYFRIENDSHOTEL reserves the right to monitor communications between its members and to edit material that we deem inappropriate or that may cause offence.

Blame:
MYFRIENDSHOTEL is a site venue and in the event that you have a dispute with one or more users you indemnify MYFRIENDSHOTEL (directors, employees, affiliates and agents) of all blame arising from claims, demands or damages that are future and past, known and unknown. Californian residents, will waive California Civil Code 1542, which says: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favour at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”
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7. USER CONDUCT

Users are required to act responsibly and with good judgement. For example, and not limited to, you shall not:

Break the law or applicable regulations;
Infringe third party rights, without limitation, intellectual property, privacy, publicity or contractual rights;
Sell information obtained through MYFRIENDSHOTEL for any unauthorised purpose;
Interfere with or damage our Services, including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology;
Use our Services to make available information concerning another person or entity, distribute, post or submit any information concerning any other person or entity, for example: Photographs, personal contact information, credit or debit card information.
Use our Services to distribute spam, bulk emails or any other commercial, political, religious or sexual email not inline with the nature of the Services.
“Stalk” or harass any other user of our Services;
Manage, collect or store any information about other users that is not directly related to the use of our Services.
Use our Services for any commercial purpose outside that which is provided for in our Services.

Assist a third party in any one of the following:

Registration of more than one user account or to create an account on behalf of any person other then yourself.
Falsely represent yourself or your affiliation with any other person.

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8. THIS SERVICE IS FOR ADULT ONLY

By registering with our service you confirm that you are 18 years old or older.

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9. PRIVACY

Please see our specific terms relating to Personally Identifiable Information. We value your privacy and respect your right to protect your personal details whilst online.

MYFRIENDSHOTEL allows you to post photographs and detail personal information which may be available to the general public or other users. As such, by submitting data to your public profile you waive any privacy rights. If you do not wish to have you personal details viewed by other web users do not use this site. Personally identifiable information such as your home address will be kept private and secure and only when you specifically agree that another member may receive this information will it be made available. Note, we also reserve the right to make this information available in special cases such as an emergency, to legitimate law enforcement bodies and where required by law. Additionally, we may also provide personal information to third parties who maintain and deliver our services.

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10. YOUR CONTENT

You Grant Us A License. By your submission of content to our site (including without limitation, your photograph(s)), you automatically grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, perform, adapt, modify, distribute, have distributed and promote such content in any form, in all media now known or hereinafter created and for any purpose.
No Obligation to Post Content
MYFRIENDSHOTEL is under no obligation to post any content submitted by you or anyone else. Also, we reserve the right to edit, remove or delete content that you post.
Content Restrictions. You may not post content that:

- is defamatory;
- contains nudity or sexually explicit content;
- depict the use of illegal drugs;
- uses offensive language or images;
- encourage the use of violence or deems it to be acceptable;
- may be deemed to undermine ethnic, racial, sexual or religious group by stereotypical depiction or otherwise;
- exploits the image or the likeness of persons under 18 years of age;
- provides a link to any commercial websites; or
- contains personal contact information, except as specifically required or requested as part of your registration on this site.

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11. Third-Party Content

It is possible that this site will expose its users to third-party content through content placed directly on the site or through links to external web-sites. These are sites that we do not control and have no responsibility for. You must evaluate the risk of other Third-Party Content, including without limitation, profiles of other members.

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12. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

Intellectual Property
All content on the MYFRIENDSHOTEL website is protected by proprietary rights and laws. These include but are not limited to copyright and trademarks. Unless expressly authorised by us you may not use content sourced from this site. This includes but is not limited to: selling, renting, modifying, licensing, copying or distributing of content. You are of course able to use content within the framework of the site as it is intended.

Use Of Our Intellectual Property
You are not allowed to systematically source data from MyFriendsHotel.com to compile a database or directory, or such like. Use of Trademarks (including metatags) and written material is also prohibited on other sites. You may not display any portion of the MYFRIENDSHOTEL website without prior consent from Contact Us Subject: Terms of Use. You may however create ordinary links to the homepage of MyfriendsHotel.com without prior consent.

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13. USERNAME AND PASSWORD

A username and password will be selected by you on registering with this site and the confidentiality of this information is your sole responsibility. To help ensure the integrity of this information you must: (1) log off when terminating a session on the site and (2) inform us immediately if you suspect that anyone has breached your personal security and accessed your personal information.

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14. TERMINATION

It is the sole discretion of the website administrators and without liability to you and with or without cause or prior notice that we may, at any time: (1) terminate access to our services, (2) deactivate or delete your account and relevant information and (3) ban you from accessing any of our files or Services.

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15. DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICES

As part of our business and at our discretion we may amend our services to you – this may be without prior notice and may include, without limitation: stopping, modifying, temporarily or permanently, any aspect of our Services.

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16. LEGAL COMPLIANCE

When using our Services you shall comply with any and all applicable local, regional, national and international laws and regulations. You hereby represent and warrant to us that you are not on bail from prison, wanted in respect of any crime or intend to use this service for any criminal activity.

You agree that you will adhere to the laws of your country and that you may not be able to participate in the services offered by MYFRIENDSHOTEL should they conflict with the laws of your country (this may be the disclosure of personal information required to become a member of this site). If you proceed with using the services offered by this website you hereby confirm that you will not violate, or cause us to violate, the laws of your country.

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17. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

18. DISCLAIMER OF SERVICES

You use this service at your sole discretion and risk. Our service is provided ‘as is’ and ‘as available’. We disclaim and you waiver all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a specific purpose and non-infringement.
All data accessed or transmitted through this site will be at your sole discretion and risk.
No data, information or advice obtained by you and received from MYFRIENDSHOTEL, be it written on Oral, will create any warranty that is not expressly detailed in these terms.
We do not guarantee that;

- Our service will meet your requirements;
- Our service will perform as expected (available, secure, error-free);
- Information provided on the site will be accurate or reliable;
- That services, information and purchases received will meet your expectations;
- That, whilst we take all necessary precautions, any information provided by you or collected by us, will not be disclosed to third parties; or
- Any problems relating to the site, be it data of software, will be rectified.

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19. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

1. MYFRIENDSHOTEL shall not be liable for damages of any kind (including but not limited to any DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, GENERAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES) Even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from or relating to:

Use or inability to use the website
Cost of replacement of any goods, services or information purchased or obtained as a result of using our Services
Disclosure, unauthorised access to or alteration of content.
Damages for loss / corruption of data, programs, service interruptions or purchase of replacement services even if we have been advised of such possible damages.
Statements, conduct or omissions of any service providers or third party services
You or anyone else’s conduct in connection with the use of this site: including but not limited to: death, bodily injury, emotional distress or other damages resulting from communication or contact with another registered users of this site,
Any other issue resulting from or connected with the use of these services or these terms.

2.   MYFRIENDSHOTEL will not be liable for any failure or delay in performing under these terms.
3.   In no event will MYFRIENDSHOTEL’s aggregate liability for damages relating to our services, to you or any third party, exceed the sum of ONE HUNDERED POUNDS (£100).
4.   Some provisions made in sections of 13 and 14 may not be acceptable in some jurisdictions and as such these may not apply to you.

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20. INDEMNITIES

Your use of this website means that you agree to defend and exonerate of blame MYFRIENDSHOTEL and it’s licensors and partners (including sponsors), and their associated employees and businesses from all claims, liabilities and expenses, including legal fees pertinent to your breach of these Terms of Use or infringement of the rights of any third party.

YOU CHOOSE TO USE OUR WEBSITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE MAKE NO GUARANTEES ABOUT THE VALIDITY, RELIABILITY OR ACCURACY OF THE DATA CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE. WE CAN NOT ENSURE THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE TO YOU, THAT ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT CONTENT WILL BE VIRUS FREE OR OTHERWISE HARMLESS OR THAT CONTENT IF TIMELY OR SECURE.

AS FAR AS THE LAW PERMITS MYFRIENDSHOTEL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING LAWS OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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21. REPORTING MISCONDUCT

Any Host or Guest who you feel is or has behaved inappropriately, including without limitation: violent, sexually inappropriate behaviour, theft or offensive behaviour should be reported immediately to the appropriate authorities and by contacting us at: Contact Us Subject: Terms of Use. Note: your report shall not obligate us to take any action or cause us to incur any liability.

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22. LANGUAGES

Should there be any translation of any portion of this Site it is for your convenience only and you should only rely on the original version in English.

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23. DISPUTES

MYFRIENDSHOTEL will endeavour to resolve any dispute between us and you swiftly and cost effectively. As such we resolve to settle any dispute in accordance with these terms or failing that we may come to an agreement in writing. We encourage you to contact us directly to seek a resolution. We will also consider dispute resolutions, such as mediation, as an alternative to litigation.

MYFRIENDSHOTEL will endeavour to resolve any dispute between us and you swiftly and cost effectively. As such we resolve to settle any dispute in accordance with these terms or failing that we may come to an agreement in writing. We encourage you to contact us directly to seek a resolution. We will also consider dispute resolutions, such as mediation, as an alternative to litigation.
Court. Alternatively, any Claim may be judged by a British court with suitable jurisdiction as appointed by MYFRIENDSHOTEL.
Alternative Dispute Resolution. MYFRIENDSHOTEL will consider use of other forms of dispute resolution, such as binding arbitration (point 1) or mediation.
Legal Fees. All Claims (excluding requests for injunctive or equitable relief) should be settled using one of the points laid out in Section 18. Should either party file an action not inline with Section 18 the other party is eligible to recoup legal fees and costs of up to Five Thousand Pounds (£5000) provided that the other party has been notified in writing of the improperly filed claim and the other party has continued with the improperly filed claim.

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24. NOTICES

Any notices or communications required by these Terms shall be in writing and shall be deemed received (a) 4 working days after being sent by registered mail or (b) 2 working days if being sent by a reputable ‘next-day delivery’ courier service. Notices shall be address as follows: (a) to Second Parallel Ltd, 37 Tonbridge Road , Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8SA and (b) to you, if you are a registered member, at the last address you provided in your registration details or updated in your personal information.

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25. COPYRIGHT

All data – text, graphics and photographs are the property of MYFRIENDSHOTEL. All Content is protected by copyright, trade-mark, service marks, patents, trade secrets and other proprietary rights and laws. Collections of data from this site to use in any other context is prohibited.

A copy of the content may be downloaded onto any single computer for personal and non-commercial use. All copyright and proprietary notices should remain intact.

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26. MISCELLANEOUS

These Terms shall be interpreted in accordance with the British Law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

These Terms are the whole agreement, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings. Failure on our part to exercise any right or power under there Terms shall be considered a waiver thereof. If any points contained herein are invalid or non-enforceable all other Terms will remain enforceable. The Terms laid out here are in full and the heading are for your benefit but do not part of the Terms themselves.

Please Contact Us with any questions regarding these Terms: Contact Us Subject: Terms of Use
Your continued use of this Site and registration to use our Services deems you to have accepted and be bound by the above Terms and Conditions.

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