1. Hirer “Boat Captain” must be at least 18 years of age and will be held responsible for all that he takes into consignment. They must show a document at the embarkation moment. R.V.F.  reserves the right to refuse to hand over a boat to any hirer who, in its opinion is not suitable to take charge.

2. Booking/Payment. your booking is:

•  operative when the booking form has been signed and received, with the enclosed relative down payment, by R.V.F.

• It is final on receipt of the full payment (at least 30 days before the departure day).

3. Deposit. A deposit, (as in the price list) must be paid per credit card on the departure day. This sum will be not withdrawn at the end of the cruise if the boat and its equipment are in good condition, with no damages and free of any liability for damage to a third party, at the agreed place and time. It is possible to request and to pay a supplementary insurance on the day of departure to cover the deposit amount. The credit card details of the hirer must be communicate to R.V.F., because he is also responsible on the posthumous charges, tacit not checkable during the check-out (ex. Contraventions).

4. Cancellation by the Hirer. if you wish to cancel your reservation you should notify R.V.F. immediately by phone with subsequent confirmation in writing. The penalties are as follows:
- Up to 30 days prior to departure: the amount paid as down-payment will be withheld by R.V.F.
- Less than 30 days prior to departure: the entire fire fee will be due.
These penalties may be reimbursed, except for the fix cost for the dossier amount of 100 Euros:
- you have undersigned and paid for the cancellation plan(6).
- the boat has been re-hired to others.
R.V.F. can decide to give to the hirer the possibility to take advantage of another holiday according to availability (only for boats belonging to R.V.F.).

5. Cancellation by Rendez-vous Fantasia. If R.V.F. can not provide the hirer with the booked boat because of unforeseeable circumstances, it undertakes to use all means at its disposal to obtain a boat of similar capacity and standard to that initially hired. If it is not possible R.V.F. will refund the total hire charge.

6. Cancellation plan. Its object is to guarantee the refund of the hire charge, paid to R.V.F, to the policy holder as foreseen in Item (4) “Cancellation by the hirer”. This plan is valid if the hirer cancels the cruise BEFORE ARRIVAL because of one of the following reasons: illness, serious accident, death of the policy holder or one of his parents or children, serious damage to his first house, and loss of job. The plan guarantees all the members of the party whose names are listed on the booking form. In case of cancellation R.V.F. shall refund the total hire charge to the policy holder. The cancellation premium and the dossier sum of 100 Euro is not refundable.

7. Insurances. The cruise price includes the insurance of the boat, of its equipment and the hirer’s third party liability. The insurance does not cover the hirer’s personal belongings and R.V.F. accepts no responsibility in the event of loss or damage of the hirer’s personal belongings.

8. Assistance/Accident. The hire price includes breakdown assistance. The hirer undertakes to report immediately to R.V.F. any accident or breakdown in which he is involved and to abstain from any unnecessary or not urgent initiatives. The hirer shall have no claims against R.V.F. as a result of any grounding or breakdown or failure of the boat’s engine or equipment when those are due to the negligence of the hirer. R.V.F. will have the right to recover from the hirer the expenses incurred to rectify the matter when breakdown, stranding or failure are due to the negligence of the hirer.

9. Embarkation. The boat is put at the hirer’s disposal at the agreed time and  date after performing the following formalities:
- registration of the captain’s document;
- security deposit and payment optional extras;
- inventory of the equipment in the boat and boat control;
- technical instruction for the use of all the equipment on the boat;
- explanation of navigation limits and routes, obligation and navigation suggestions;
- short demonstration tour.

10. Return of the boat. The boat must be returned to R.V.F. at the end of the cruise in good order and working condition, at the agreed place and time. The hirer undertakes to report any equipment lost, broken or any damages. R.V.F. reserves the right to recover from the hirer any expenses which it has incurred as a result of late return or of the abandoning of the boat during the cruise.

11. Use of the boat for the hire. R.V.F. undertakes to give adequate information and cruise instructions. The hirer must follow the waterway regulations (river, channels, lagoon, and coast). The hirer must cruise within the limits indicated by R.V.F. Is possible the navigation within the first 500 meters and over 1 sea mile from the sea coast (only for authorized boats). It is forbidden: the navigation and to  stay in sea at night; to tow the boat, to sublet or to lend it, to moor in places not authorized, in landing stage “ACTV”; to anchor in ship-canals; the navigation in the Canal Grande in the internal channels of Venice, Giudecca, Murano, Burano, Torcello and Lido.

12. Impossibility to cruise. If exceptional events make cruising difficult or impossible so that the hirer can not sail for 48 hours or longer the hire charge paid will be valid for another vacation according to availability (only for boats belonging to R.V.F.).

13. Pets. Pets are welcome on the boat but the User may not use in any case the equipment aboard for the pet. All requirements for the pet must be brought by the owner. A lump sum (as in the price list) must be paid by the hirer on the departure day to cover additional expenses due to a particular cleaning that the presence of a pet in boat requires.

IN THE CASE OF CONTROVERSY THE  COMPETENT COURT WILL BE THAT OF VENICE (ITALY)