We have designed Next6Weeks.com to provide a source of comprehensive and relevant information for the holiday cottage user. It is our wish that you find your use of Next6Weeks.com interesting and enjoyable

The following terms and conditions are important things that you should know before using or accessing Next6Weeks.com. These affect both your rights and our rights (so please read them carefully).

In order to extend and increase the range of goods and services we work closely with a number of other organisations who provide some of the content made available to users. Where applicable, we will indicate where these third-party organisations are involved or have rights or interests in the services being provided.

We are always seeking ways of improving Next6Weeks.com and the goods and services available to users. If you have any comments or suggestions relating to your use of Next6Weeks.com, please contact us.

Public Access

Next6Weeks.com is owned, operated and made available by KT Leisure Ltd (KT Leisure)

1. Application of these Conditions of Use

By accessing or using any part of Next6Weeks.com you agree to be bound by the following conditions of use. If you do not wish to be bound by these conditions, you may not access or use Next6Weeks.com. We may change these conditions at any time without any notice to you. By your continued access and use of Next6Weeks.com you agree to be bound by the most current version of the conditions of use. Please check these conditions periodically for any changes that have been made.

2. Copyright

Except where otherwise noted, the content of Next6Weeks.com web pages (including the design, text, graphics and arrangement thereof) and the software used therein, is the property of and is owned and controlled by KT Leisure and is the copyright material of KT Leisure or its associated content-provider organisations. Information displayed as Next6Weeks.com search results is extracted from a copyright work owned by KT Leisure. This compilation is a copyright work. © KT Leisure Ltd 2001. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED.

3. Trademarks

"Next6Weeks.com" and "KT Leisure" are service marks of KT Leisure. All other trademarks, product names and company names or logos cited anywhere on Next6Weeks.com are the property of their respective owners.

4. Permitted Uses

Save as provided below, no materials from Next6Weeks.com may be copied, downloaded, reproduced, broadcast, shown or played in public, republished, uploaded, posted, stored, transmitted or distributed in any way or adapted or changed in any way. Subject to applicable third-party content-providers' licences, you may electronically copy and print in hard copy, portions of Next6Weeks.com for your personal use only. You are not permitted to sell or trade in material so copied. Any other use, modification, distribution or republication without the prior written consent of KT Leisure is similarly strictly prohibited.

5. No Licence

Except as expressly provided, nothing contained in these conditions or anywhere on Next6Weeks.com shall be construed as conferring any licence under any of KT Leisure's or any third party's intellectual property rights.

6. Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties

Next6Weeks.com is provided by KT Leisure on an "as is" and "as and when available" basis to users. You use Next6Weeks.com at your own risk. KT Leisure and its associated content-provider organisations make considerable efforts to make information made available via Next6Weeks.com as accurate as possible but no warranty or fitness is implied. Neither KT Leisure nor any of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, affiliates, agents, third-party content providers, sponsors, licensers, or the like, makes any representation or warranty or condition, either express or implied, to you:

• that Next6Weeks.com will be uninterrupted or error-free,
  
• that Next6Weeks.com or the computer server from which Next6Weeks.com is made available, are free of viruses or other harmful components,
  
• to the accuracy, content, timeliness, completeness, legality, reliability, quality or suitability of any information, advice, content, service, search results, products or merchandise provided through Next6Weeks.com.

KT Leisure makes and you receive, no representations, warranties or conditions, express or implied, statutory or otherwise with respect to:

• Next6Weeks.com, its content, merchandise, services, documents, information, items or materials provided by KT Leisure in connection with the use of Next6Weeks.com; or
• any goods or services or information received through or advertised on Next6Weeks.com or received through links provided on Next6Weeks.com,

including without limitation no representations, warranties or conditions of merchantability, suitability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of proprietary rights or otherwise.

No oral advice or written information given by KT Leisure or its affiliates, or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, providers, merchants, sponsors, licensers, or the like, will create a representation, a warranty or condition nor should you rely on any such information or advice. In jurisdictions that do not allow the exclusion or disclaimer of certain warranties, the above exclusion may not apply to you.

7. Provision of Advice

KT Leisure is not an agent for and does not vouch for those persons, companies and other organisations whose goods or services may be displayed or referred to in Next6Weeks.com, nor for the availability, suitability or prices of such goods and services nor for the legal entitlement, competences, professional qualifications, trade certifications, or memberships of trade associations of such persons, companies or other organisations. KT Leisure advises users to satisfy themselves as to the exact type and nature of goods or services being offered or qualifications held by those persons, companies and other organisations whose goods or services may be displayed or referred to in Next6Weeks.com. Next6Weeks.com may make available certain information provided by third parties. KT Leisure recommends that before you use any such information with respect to any issues or questions that you may have relating to medicine, law, accounting or any other profession you seek advice from a qualified professional.

8. Limitation of Liability

Neither KT Leisure nor its associated content-provider organisations seek to limit or exclude liability for death or personal injury arising from their negligence. Under no circumstances will KT Leisure or any of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, affiliates, agents, sponsors, licensers, or any other party involved in the creation, production, maintenance or distribution of Next6Weeks.com be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages (including but not limited to loss of profits, business, anticipated savings, goodwill, use of data or other intangible losses) that result from either:

• the use and reliance on Next6Weeks.com; or
• the inability to use Next6Weeks.com; or
• mistakes, omissions, interruptions, suspension, termination, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation, transmission or service response time, or any failure of performance with respect to Next6Weeks.com including without limitation those arising from acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorised access to KT Leisure's records, programs or services; or
• merchandise, products or services received through or advertised on Next6Weeks.com and merchandise, products or services received through or advertised on any links provided on Next6Weeks.com; or
• information or advice received through or advertised on Next6Weeks.com and information or advice received through or advertised on any links provided on Next6Weeks.com; or
• any information, data, text, messages and other materials that you email, post upload, reproduce, transmit or is otherwise distributed using Next6Weeks.com.

KT Leisure is unable to ensure or guarantee the security of any information transmitted over the Internet. Any information or data which you transmit to or by using KT Leisure is done at your own risk and KT Leisure shall not be responsible or liable for any damages or injury that may result from transmitting such information. If any jurisdiction does not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9. Miscellaneous

These conditions and any and all documents specifically referenced herein constitute the entire agreement between you and KT Leisure with respect to the subject matter hereof. If any provision contained in these conditions is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from these conditions and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

10. Jurisdiction and Governing Law

These conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. KT Leisure controls Next6Weeks.com from within the country of England. It can, however, be accessed from other places around the world. Although these places may have different laws from those of England, by accessing Next6Weeks.com you agree that the laws of England, without regard to rules relating to conflict of laws, will apply to all matters relating to your use of Next6Weeks.com. You and KT Leisure also agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts, with respect to such matters. Users of Next6Weeks.com accessing it from places outside of England acknowledge that they do so voluntarily and are responsible for complying with local laws.

Privacy

KT Leisure places great importance on your privacy. It is important for us to safeguard your privacy while providing a valuable and personalised service. Accordingly, we have established a privacy policy. This statement explains our policy and our data protection practices.

Compilation of information and its purposes

As you navigate through Next6Weeks.com your browsing activity is automatically retrieved. This is used online in aggregate form: no individual registered user is identified. This aggregated data allows us to analyse site traffic and thus improve on the relevancy of services provided for you. For instance, based on the choices you make as you visit the site, we may want to recommend information that will be of interest to you. We may also provide "aggregated" statistics about users to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will not include information that would allow the recipient to identify any particular individual.

When you order something on Next6Weeks.com we need to know some personal details. This allows us to process and fulfil your order or to notify you in the case of a purchase query.

When you enter a competition or other promotional feature we may ask for some personal details. This is so that we may administer the contest and notify winners.

We may use the information we collect to occasionally notify you about important functionality changes to the Next6Weeks.com site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. This feature is only available to users that have chosen to "opt in" when presenting their personal details. Additionally, each time you receive a message, you have the option to decline to receive further communications.

Security

We take the security of your personal data extremely seriously. Any credit or payment card details you pass on to us are encrypted. Furthermore, as required by the UK Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998, we follow strict security procedures with regard to the storage and disclosure of any information that you have given us, thus preventing access to this information by an unauthorised user.

Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information about your preferences on particular sites, thus enabling Web site owners to provide more useful features for their users (the use of cookies is an industry standard). Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you would prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies, however, you may not be able to take full advantage of a web site if you do so.

E-Commerce

Buying From Us

If you wish to reserve a date or purchase anything from KT Leisure or from our associate content-provider organisations you may be asked to view conditions specific to that particular transaction at the time of purchase. Such conditions will be deemed to be incorporated into any contract relating to that purchase.

KT Leisure adheres to the following set of eight customer service values. KT Leisure will:

1. accept credit, debit and charge card information from you ONLY in a secure encrypted format
2. ensure that the prices you see on your credit, debit and charge card statements are the prices displayed for the reserved dates when you placed your order.
3. endeavour to despatch goods on the day that your order is received.
4. inform you, by email, within two working days of you making the reservation, if the reserved date is unavailable for any reason.
5. not charge you until the date you wish to reserve has been reserved.
6. provide a customer service page containing a copy of our cancellation policy, which you may view before you make a reservation
7. commit ourselves to providing excellent customer service.
8. listen to our Next6Weeks.com customers and welcome and take note of any feedback that you may wish to give regarding our products or services.

Buying from Advertisers and Other Third Parties

KT Leisure may make available merchandise, products or services provided by third parties through Next6Weeks.com or links on Next6Weeks.com. You may be asked by a third-party provider for information regarding yourself (such as credit card or other payment information).

Third-party providers are solely responsible for the use of any information that you provide to them. We strongly suggest that you make whatever investigation or enquiry you feel is necessary or desirable before proceeding with any transaction (whether completed online or off-line) with any third party.

Your transactions with any third party are solely between you and that third party and are subject to any terms and conditions that may apply to such transactions. You will be responsible for paying all charges you incur and applicable taxes, if any, relating to such charges.

Before entering into any transaction to acquire merchandise, products or services from any third-party provider made available through Next6Weeks.com or through any link on Next6Weeks.com, please read the sections entitled "Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties" and "Limitation of Liability" in Public Access. All aspects of Next6Weeks.com, including the purchase of any merchandise, products or services are subject to these conditions.

Neither KT Leisure nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, sponsors, licensers or the like makes any representation or warranty or condition, either express or implied, to you regarding any:

• merchandise, products or services made available through Next6Weeks.com or through any link on Next6Weeks.com or the content, accuracy, completeness, legality, reliability, quality or suitability of any information provided by any third-party provider.
• information you may be requested to give to any third party or the security of such information

Access to Third Party Sites

While using Next6Weeks.com you will likely access third-party Web sites through search results displayed on Next6Weeks.com and links contained on Next6Weeks.com. Such third-party Web sites are not under the control of KT Leisure and KT Leisure is not responsible for the availability of such sites or their contents.

Any links provided on Next6Weeks.com are provided for your interest or convenience only and do not represent or imply any endorsement by KT Leisure of such linked site. You acknowledge that the use of such third-party Web sites is governed by the terms and conditions of use applicable to such sites.

KT Leisure shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly for the accuracy, content, timeliness, completeness, legality, reliability, quality, suitability, merchantability or decency of any information, advice, content, service, product or merchandise contained in sites listed in Next6Weeks.com or linked to Next6Weeks.com.