Logie Country House Terms & Conditions

TERMS & CONDITIONS

By making a booking you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. A booking fee will be taken at the time of booking. You are booking the entire house and all the rooms.

• You are required to take out your own wedding insurance when you make a booking. This insurance should provide you with a full refund of all your costs, including suppliers, should your wedding be unable to go ahead for any reason. It is your responsibility to ensure that your insurance is adequate and should include at least £3M liability insurance.
• £1,500 (weekend booking) or £1,000 (mid-week booking) booking fee is required to secure the booking.
• A valid credit / debit card must be used to guarantee the security deposit prior to check-in. The expiry date of the card must be later than the requested check-out date. We may pre-authorise a credit / debit card for the security deposit to cover damage. This is only charged should there be any damage.
• All accommodation is strictly non-smoking. Guests who smoke or allow smoking in the accommodation will be charged £500 per room for deep cleaning. Smoking outside, away from the doors is permitted.
• Check-in time on day of arrival is 16:00. Check-out time is 10:00 on day of departure. Early check-in (13.00) and later check-out (12.00) is usually available subject to prior request.
• All quoted rates are inclusive of applicable sales taxes.

PAYMENT & CANCELLATION

• We regret the need to levy a cancellation fee, but it is extremely difficult to re-let Logie House at the same rate without sufficient notice.
• 50% of total must be paid at least 14 months before your wedding date and the remaining balance paid at least four months before your wedding.
• Our cancellation policy is based on weddings being booked on average 23 months in advance. The closer to the wedding date, the more difficult or even impossible it is to re-sell the date.
• The booking fee is non-refundable. It covers our time (viewings, meetings, emails, quotes, etc) as well as re-advertising and potential price reduction in reselling your wedding date.
• 100% refund given (including booking fee) if you cancel with at least 23 months notice.
• 100% refund given (minus booking fee) if cancelled between 15-23 months of wedding date
• 50% refund given (minus booking fee) if cancelled between 12-15 months of wedding date.
• No refund if cancelled with less than 12 months to wedding date.
• We will offer you a refund up to 100% of money paid if we are able to resell a cancelled wedding irrespective of when you cancel. 
• We will always try our best to resell a cancelled wedding date (and nearly always have). Discretionary refunds will be paid one week after the original booking date (i.e. after the wedding has taken place and we have been paid in full).
• We reserve the right to take any fee due from the credit / debit card used at time of reservation, up to the full value of the booking.
• We reserve the right to cancel or change any reduced rate or free re-booking made after the original booking was cancelled.
• We reserve the right to charge (up to the full published rate) for any re-booking made where the original booking was reimbursed in full or in part by the clients’ own insurance.
• We will refund money paid to date minus expenses incurred or arrange an alternative wedding date if the wedding cannot go ahead due to a local authority or government ban, but only if you first claim a refund on your wedding insurance and the insurance company refuses to pay out AND your subsequent appeal to the insurance ombudsman is turned down.
• We will not be held liable for any third-party costs or expenses.
• We will not be liable to provide a refund or alternative date if the wedding can go ahead, but where any government restrictions are applied (Although we will do our utmost to come up with an agreeable solution with you in this event)
• We will not be liable to provide a refund or alternative date if anyone in the wedding party cannot attend for any part of the wedding stay.
• We will not be liable to provide a refund or alternative date if anyone in the wedding party cannot attend due to restrictions out with our control.
• If we are forced to close by the authorities, we will provide an alternative wedding date, but will not be held liable for third party costs or expenses.
• We reserve the right to cancel a booking without refund if the final balance is not received within four months of check-in.
• All payments will be refunded to the card or bank account that they came from. 

THE HOUSE

• You are booking the entire House and all the bedrooms. You are then responsible for all your invited guests and anyone else that is allowed in the house. You are also responsible for taking any individual room payments.
• We reserve the right to ban any suppliers from Logie Cuntry House.
• We reserve the right to ban any person from Logie Country House.
• For the purpose of these terms, House includes the House, Out-Houses, Stables, Ballroom, and anything on the estate.
• We ask that you behave respectfully. While we are happy to welcome guests, we will not tolerate inconsiderate behaviour and reserve the right to eject guests, without notice or refund. Examples of what we consider inconsiderate behaviour are drug taking, excessive noise (we have neighbours to consider), damage to property, smoking in the accommodation, driving on the lawn, etc.
• The lead guest (the brides and grooms or their designate) are responsible for the behaviour of everyone who uses the house during their booking. They are also responsible for ensuring that people on the premises are their guests or known to them (i.e. not gate crashers). They are responsible for any damage, losses or theft. They are also responsible for ensuring that the house is locked and secured. 
• The lead guest(s) are responsible for controlling access to the swimming pool. The pool will be locked at check in. Allowing pool access to other guests is entirely at their discretion and they must ensure that access is controlled and that there are at least two people in the pool room whenever the pool is being used. Also, that there is always a responsible adult supervising the pool when it is being used. Also, that the pool room door is not latched or wedged open when it is unlocked, so that the door still locks automatically on closing with the mechanical codelock. Under no circumstances should children be given access without constant supervision. The pool will be locked before the wedding and will be out of use until the morning after the wedding.
• Guests will be held liable for any damage, loss or personal injury that they, their guests or anyone on the premises may cause. Where appropriate, this liability will include an out of service charge for the accommodation at the published rate, for the duration that the accommodation is out of service, plus the full cost of alternative accommodation, should subsequent guests be relocated or inconvenienced.
• We do not allow self-catering where government restrictions apply. Catering and staffing will be chargeable if required.
• Anything out of the ordinary (i.e. trestle tables and shivari chairs) furniture moving will need to be carried out at guest’s cost.
• The Ballroom is only for use on the day of the wedding / function and will usually be available for setting the day before. Use of the Ballroom the day after the wedding may be possible with prior arrangement.

WE DO NOT ALLOW

• Fireworks (indoor, outdoor or “animal friendly”) as there are horses close by. Last lot of indoor fireworks cost £6500 for new drapes. Outdoor sparklers and “indoor” fireworks outdoors are permitted.
• Chocolate fountains (had a bad and very expensive experience with the curtains and walls in the Drawing Room and a bride’s dress).
• Confetti – except strictly inside the Ballroom and it must be biodegradable (cannot vacuum it off the driveway). Confetti cannons are banned everywhere (cannot vacuum it out of the ceiling drapes).
• Candyfloss machines (See chocolate fountain above).
• Smoke generators or pyrotechnics except (as they set off the fire alarm).
• Verbal or physical abuse towards the staff. We will not hesitate to call the police and have abusive guests taken away.
• Outdoor music after 8.00 pm and only quiet outdoor music the rest of the time (so as not to be heard by our neighbours). This includes DJs, Bands, Singing, Music festival, etc, etc. Please do not try an arrange an outdoor festival and then clam that you did not know you had to turn it off at 8.00 pm. We point out this restriction in correspondence prior to booking and prior to check in too. We absolutely will shut down outdoor music at 8.00pm even if you have flown DJs from Ibiza and rented all the equipment.