Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions for City Hire Cars Services and Website

  • All prices referred to in these terms and conditions are GST Inclusive.
  • All prices quoted via phone, email or website are GST Inclusive.
  • If the client fails to appear, full cancellation fee applies.
  • Prices are subject to change. The following factors may affect increase in prices:
  • – Changes in Taxi Fares
  • – Spike in fuel prices
  • Price of transfer can vary from the original quotation if:
  • – there is an alternate route requested
  • – additional pick up required
  • – the client is running late
  • Waiting time incurs a charge of :
  • – (First 5 minutes free.) 5mins to 15 mins $22.00
  • – 15 mins -30mins $44.00
  • – 30mins – 60mins $88.00
  • Pickups with sedan from International flights attract a parking levy of ($29.00) per 30 mins
  • Pickups with sedan from Domestic flights attract a parking levy of ($16.50) per 30 mins
  • Pickups with Peoplemover & Commuter from Domestic flights attract a parking levy of ($29.00) per 30 mins
  • Pickups with Peoplemover & Commuter from International flights attract a parking levy of ($29.00) per 30 mins
  • Baby seats, baby capsules and booster seats attract a $11.00 surcharge.
  • 30% surcharge applies on pick up’s between the hours of 2200-0500.
  • 30% surcharge applies on public holidays.
  • Event day transfers such as Grand Prix, Spring Racing Carnival, AFL Grand Final and the like will be charged at a premium rate.
  • Visa & Mastercard Credit / Debit card payments attract a 1.9% service fee upon billing – Name of Merchant is ‘City Hire Cars’ .
  • Amex card payments attract a 3.3% service fee upon billing – Name of Merchant is ‘City Hire Cars’.
  • Meet ‘n ’Greet Service-Parking fees are applicable if a client requests the driver to meet inside terminal.
  • Everyday Service Pick Up Procedure (Melbourne Airport) – Upon your reservation, an sms will be sent to the customers mobile phone with driver, car & registration details. As client clears plane or collecting bags from carousel, they will need to contact driver directly and meet across the road near Parkroyal Hotel pick up zone.
  • Premium Service Pick Up Procedure (Melbourne Airport) Terminal 1- T1 Qantas Chauffeur meeting Point is at the Gloria Jeans Café near the luggage carousels. Please make contact with your driver before collecting your luggage.
  • Terminal 2- T2 International Chauffeur meeting point is located near the Travelex Exchange Booth On the ground level at Arrival Hall. Once client exits customs, they must proceed to their right.
  • Terminal 3 -T3 Virgin Chauffeur meeting point is at the bottom of the escalator. You will need to proceed to baggage carousel down the escalator.
  • T4 Terminal Pick Up Procedure (Jetstar, Rex Airlines, Tiger Airlines) – Upon your reservation, an sms will be sent to the customers mobile phone with driver, car & registration details. As client clears plane or collecting bags from carousel, they will need to contact driver directly and meet across the road on Level 1 Pick up zone area.
  • Bus & Commuter Pick Up Procedure (Melbourne Airport) Upon your reservation, an sms will be sent to the customers mobile phone with driver details, Bus / Commuter & registration details. As client clears plane or collecting bags from carousel, they will need to contact driver directly and meet across the road in middle bus lane.

  Terms and Conditions

 

The Customer agrees to pay to CHC (City Hire Cars) the advertised or agreed  price (“Price”) for the Private Tour / transfer. 

Wine Tours or any transfer  with CHC is a Private Tour transporting people from one place to another. Lunch and Wine Tasting Fee’s are the expense of the customer and not part of the advertised fee.

A price given for ANY transfer or tour does not include tolls. (Tolls will be added onto fare automatically and if client doesn’t want to use toll system, they will need to let driver or office prior to booking.)

No consumption of Alcohol is prohibited in any vehicle.  Passengers will be asked to throw any open can or bottles of alcohol in the bin.  The driver reserves the right to pull over and stop the vehicle.  If the problem persists, then the clients will be asked to exit the vehicle.

‘Hourly / Charter / Tour’ – Only applicable for pick up and drop off in the Metropolitan Region of any major City.  The Hourly Charter fee is not valid if a pick up is made within the Metropolitan region as a  starting point and ends in a different region outside of the Metropolitan area outside the scope of the reservation.   The system or operator will change the scope of the reservation to a ‘Point-to-Point’ reservation, factoring in distance, time of travel, extra fuel, tolls, parking costs (*if applicable), driver accommodation & meals  (*if applicable). Client will be notified of any change to scope of reservation and any adjusted costs associated with the change.  Cancellation policy applies.

Cancellation Fees for Tours / Private Transfer’s — If the Customer cancels or changes a Booking then the Customer agrees to abide by any cancellation or alteration policy of the transfer which may include the payment of a charge for the cancellation or change. BUT the Customer agrees that notwithstanding any cancellation or refund policy of the Operator, CHC shall at all times be entitled to retain the full booking price.

Snow Transfers –  BOOKING CANCELLATIONS / TRANSFER OF BOOKING:
Cancellation / alteration of your transport services booked with City Hire Cars for any reason, including but not limited to, LACK OF SNOW, WEATHER CONDITIONS, NUMBER OF SKI-LIFTS OPERATING, CHANGES IN TRAVEL / ACCOMMODATION PLANS, AMOUNT OF PASSENGERS TRAVELLING, etc, are subject to the following conditions:

CANCELLATION OF BOOKING within 7 days prior to hire date/time:
-Booking IS NOT TRANSFERABLE or REFUNDABLE in any way.

CANCELLATION / TRANSFER POLICY up to 7 days prior to hire date/time:
Booking IS TRANSFERABLE to another date within the current season, provided vehicle is available.
Booking IS PARTIALLY REFUNDABLE…..70% refund via bank transfer only on the total cost of hire

We recommend passengers purchase travel insurance, to cover the value of your booking with us. Please check with your insurer prior to travel regarding policy features and coverage.

Cancellation Charges will apply when;

Any Private Tour booking or Interstate booking or out of the Melbourne Metropolitan Region  is cancelled, at any time regardless of notice, after being confirmed; or

Stricter cancellation policies may apply to any of the above, however will be advised to you at the time of booking and will supersede the

above policies.

 

Cancelled bookings will be placed in a credit to be used on any available future date.  Service type can be interchanged and used for other type of services aswell. (ie. A cancelled Tour credit can be used for Airport Transfer’s or Point-To-Point).

Fixed Price Bookings – some bookings are made with an UP TO certain amount of hours condition.

This refers to the vehicle with driver for the clients exclusive use UP TO the amount of hours quoted and or paid for.

If tours or transfers are completed before the quoted hour limit and the journey is finalized, there is no entitlement to a refund for the shorter or reduced time period. The price quoted is for UP TO the hours quoted only. 

Additional full hourly rate is applicable if time exceeds hourly limit. The full fee for the hour is applicable over the time limit.

If a reservation is made for use UP TO the hours on an original booking and if earlier time is changed, the hours will be added onto original time of booking. If it exceeds the booking block in hours, additional full hourly rate will apply.

If a booking is based on an hourly charter / tour basis, and client cuts their day short for whatever reason, the full hours of the reservation will be applicable.

Client will not be entitled to any time in lieu  if they decide to shorten their charter / tour. The hours booked for cannot be split throughout the day to make up the hours booked.

Client will be charged overtime hourly fee  if their hourly charter / tour exceeds their booking time.  The system will automatically charge any extra fee’s on the card used to make reservation. 

Any changes to the day’s booking, must be relayed via email to [email protected] or office phone number 1300248944.

City Hire Cars will not accept any liability to booking changes if it has not been relayed to the office and will not accept changes if made directly to driver without driver contacting CHC office on the day and letting CHC know of client changes to their schedule.

If food or drink is consumed in vehicle and is left in an unsatisfactory condition – the client will be liable for a $150.00 + Gst cleaning fee.

If client vomits in vehicle – the client will be liable for a full sanitisation cleaning fee of $350.00 + gst.

If vehicles have been dispatched or arrived for a scheduled pick up and a cancellation takes place, the full fee of the job value will be charged.

Cancellation by you, the Customer — If you are not able to partake in a Private Tour on the date and time you have booked you should contact  CHC as far prior to this date and time as possible. Customer agrees that notwithstanding any cancellation or refund policy of the Private Tour, CHC shall at all times be entitled to retain at least the full booking price. 

Cancellation by CHC (apart from weather) — In some cases CHC  may make alterations to a private tour or any transfer date, price, inclusions, itinerary, minimum numbers, ages etc. CHC  reserves the right to cancel, change, transfer or substitute any private tour  that you have booked, at any time and for any reason. If you choose not to accept the alternatives offered you will be entitled to a full refund including the booking fee. Notwithstanding the above, if we receive advance notice of a significant change to a reservation, we will make a reasonable effort to communicate this to you and to facilitate an amendment of the booking.

Please note that CHC goes by the number of passengers and can allocate a suitable vehicle.  Please specify the type of vehicle and number of passengers prior to your collection as the system allocates the suitable vehicle based on the number of passengers.  An email or sms is normally sent out the day before and / or on the day which stipulates the exact information.  If any different or you would like to change any details, you are given that opportunity prior to the vehicle arriving.  We are constantly abiding by the everchanging rules and regulations of the governing bodies in each state.

COVID 19 Cancellation Policy

Full credit available to be used on any future re-booked date with no expiry period.

Everyday Service not available on Public Holidays (**Price defaults to Premium Service Rate)

Cancellations must be emailed to [email protected] quoting reference number.

Please note that we are not a Common Carrier nor shall we accept any liability whatsoever as such .

In addition, notwithstanding any other clause in our terms and conditions, we may at our absolute and entire discretion, and for any reason, at any time, refuse to accept a journey or transfer for You.

Our indemnities

We reserve the right (at our entire and absolute discretion) to rely upon any and all of the following indemnities:

  • Subject to law, You will indemnify us entirely and absolutely from any and all loss or damage You or a third party sustains in connection with any conveyance, transfer or transport of persons or goods by Us and in relation to any service we provide you with be it negligent, wilful or by wilful omission (this includes all subcontractors of ours as herein defined).
  • You will indemnify us for any loss or damage caused to any third party whatsoever and entirely (be it physical or property loss) arising by Your own acts, negligence or omission in relation to Your engagement of Us for the services we provide.
  • You will indemnify Us for any loss or damage You sustain resulting from any reasonable delay by Us and You acknowledge that in the normal course of business, delays in delivery can be caused by factors beyond our direct control or those that are not reasonably foreseeable by Us, including but not limited to road works, accidents on or near road carriageways, acts of nature including rain, flood and fire, delays in third party terminals including airports, in connection to wharves, railway sidings and freight stations, traffic jams, public events including protests and sporting fixtures, with respect to regulatory body monitoring of heavy vehicles including weighing, break downs, laws pertaining to speed limits for vehicles, unforeseen delays with respect to administration, extraordinary staff situations (such as strikes or industrial action), an act of war and/or terrorism, or any other event including those related to collection and delivery points.
  • From time to time, misadventure, accidents or circumstances may occur that may render Us unable to transfer you. In such cases, You agree to indemnify Us from any and all loss as sustained by You in relation to non-delivery that arises from such circumstances beyond Our direct control and influence. In such case, You may have remedies against other parties.
  • In any legal action commenced by You, You shall make payment into Court, a reasonable amount at Our or the Court’s discretion to secure Our legal costs of defending any and all legal proceedings brought by You or including You or Us as a joined party.
  • All services are supplied at Your own risk. We are not liable for any delay, loss or damage arising from supply or Our failure to supply services and this shall apply to any consequential losses including but not limited to loss of profits.
  • You will indemnify us for any loss or damages We may suffer or any costs, damages or expenses We incur either to You or to anyone else if We receive any written notice of claim in connection with the Goods and services.

Limitation of liability

  • To the extent permitted by law, We exclude all conditions, warranties and guarantees provided or implied by any State, Territory or Commonwealth law, including but not limited to any statutory consumer guarantees under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth). If you are a “consumer” as defined in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), these Conditions do not affect your rights under that Act.
  • Our total liability for a breach of any conditions, warranties and guarantees provided or implied by statute is limited to the statutory consumer guarantees described in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or similar remedies under any applicable State or Territory legislation.
  • Notwithstanding any other Clauses, We bear no liability for any loss You suffer:

(a)          Arising from our services, including but not limited to any failure by Us to perform any services in connection with the transfer or other services, any mis-delivery, failure to deliver or delay in performing the services;

(b)          Arising from any loss, damage or injury or any part thereof; and/or

(c)          Arising from Your use of the Goods,

for any reason whatsoever including breach of contract, negligence, breach of duty as Bailee or wilful act or default.

  • We will not be liable:

(a)          For any loss of income, loss of profits, loss or markets, loss of reputation, loss of customers, loss of use, opportunity loss, loss of deterioration, loss of business, loss of goodwill even if We had the knowledge that such damages or losses might arise or for any other indirect, incidental or special damages or loss howsoever arising including without limitation Our breach of contract, negligence, willful act or omission or default.

(b)          If we do not fulfil any obligations under this Agreement as a result of circumstances beyond our control (including, but not limited to acts of god, force majeure, industry disruptions, latent defects, criminal acts), your acts or omissions, third parties acts or omissions, Goods consisting of prohibited items and/or Our refusal to make any illegal payments on Your behalf.

    • You agree that all of the rights, immunity, exemptions from liability granted to Us by this Agreement, shall have and continue to have, their full force and effect in all circumstances, whether or not, the same occurs in the course of performance by Us of the Contract or are in the contemplation of You and/or Us or are foreseeable by You or Us or would constitute a fundamental breach of the Agreement or any clause hereof.
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Last updated 21 December 2021

COVID-19 SAFETY PLAN
 
Protect your employees with a safe ground transportation service
The protection of your workforce is more important now than ever before as the number of staff returning to work increases with travel restrictions starting to ease over the coming weeks. City Hire Cars can provide safe and controlled commuting services for your employees, reducing their risk of contracting the virus when traveling to and from work.
 
How do we ensure our commuter services are safe?
We use purpose-built software and a 24/7 operations centre to enforce infection control measures whilst monitoring and ensuring compliance with the latest travel restrictions and regulatory demands.
 
Social distancing – Capped number of riders onboard to ensure social distancing compliant with current distancing advice/restrictions.
 
Flexibility – Routing, timings, and pick-up points are fully flexible allowing us to handle the ad-hoc movement of people and the ability to service even remote areas.
 
Sanitisation – Deep vehicle cleaning takes place every day and all hard surfaces are disinfected after each journey.
 
Protective equipment –  Drivers will wear personal protective equipment at all times. Hand sanitiser is provided with each passenger required to use this before being permitted to board.
 
QR Codes – QR codes need to be displayed inside a CPV in an area that is easily accessible and visible to passengers at all times. 
                                                                   
 
                                                                    
 
Ride with Care
The Australian Government’s Department of Health has provided updated information on coronavirus specifically aimed at public transport drivers, including Taxis, Hirecars & Bus Services. We encourage you to protect yourself and others by just transporting it with care. Here are a few ways you can help:

  • Stay home if you have any coronavirus symptoms such as cough, fever or loss of taste and smell.
  • Keep your hands and the car clean – wash your hands or use hand sanitiser before and after every trip, and please don’t leave any rubbish behind in your vehicle.
  • For all of those in Victoria, all of our Driver Partners have been instructed to wear masks and we encourage our Passengers to respectfully do the same.
  • Sit in the back seat.
  • Keep the windows down when possible, to increase the air circulation in the car.