We don't like writing terms and conditions, and we know you don't like reading them, but they're here for a reason, and that's to protect both you and Forest Holidays.
So, make yourself a cup of tea (or coffee) and take the time to read our small print. For a printed copy of our Terms and Conditions, please call us on 0845 130 8223.
Terms and Conditions
It is important to us that you understand the terms on which we are making our agreement. Please read these terms carefully. These terms include important information on how we use the personal information that you provide to us.
1. How these terms and conditions apply to our contract
We consider these terms and conditions (the "Terms") and our price list to set out the entire agreement between you and us for the supply of our services to you. Only these Terms shall apply to our contract with you.
Please check that the details in these Terms and your Booking Request (see below) are complete and accurate before you commit yourself to the contract. If you think that there is a mistake, please make sure that you ask us to confirm any changes in writing, as we only accept responsibility for statements and representations made in writing by our authorised employees and agents.
Please ensure that you read and understand these Terms before you submit your Booking Request. You may only request a booking if you agree to these Terms. By submitting a Booking Request you are deemed to have accepted these Terms. This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
Forest Holidays LLP (referred to as "Forest Holidays/we/our/us") sells luxury cabin holidays via www.forestholidays.co.uk (the “Website”), via its call centre, via email requests, via postal requests and takes bookings direct at the cabin sites (the "Site(s)"). Any person wishing to book a holiday via any of these methods (referred to as “you/your”) acknowledges that such booking is made subject to these Terms.
We reserve the right to change these Terms at any time. Any such changes will take effect immediately when posted on the Website, in the brochure, at the Sites, or otherwise brought to your attention. It is your responsibility to read the Terms each time you submit a Booking Request and any such request shall signify that you have accepted to be bound by the latest set of Terms. A copy of the latest set of Terms is available on the Website and upon request.
In addition to these Terms, there may be specific rules and regulations which apply to individual Sites. Please contact the relevant Site Manager in advance of your arrival if you require further details of any Site specific rules and regulations.
2. Making a Booking
When you wish to place a booking for a holiday (“Booking Request”) with us, you will complete a booking form (either on the Website, over the phone, by email, or at the Site). It is your responsibility to provide us with the correct information. If you have made the Booking Request via the telephone, we will read back your details to you. You will be responsible for the booking regardless of any input errors.
The Booking Request is an offer by you to enter into a binding contract with us and we are free to accept or decline your offer at our absolute discretion.
If we accept your Booking Request, we shall issue a written confirmation (containing a booking reference number) accepting your Booking Request. This written confirmation shall signify that we have accepted your Booking Request subject to these Terms. At this point a contract shall come into existence between you and us on these Terms.
By making a Booking Request you warrant that you are over 18, at least one person in your party will be over 18, you have the authority of all persons in your party to book on their behalf, you accept these Terms and you agree that you will be responsible for any loss or damage caused by you, any member of your party or animal accompanying you.
Bookings are not transferable to another party.
Bookings are subject to minimum stay requirements according to type of break chosen. Our holidays can be either for a 3 night weekend (Friday to Monday), 4 night midweek (Monday to Friday), a full week stay (starting and finishing on either a Monday or a Friday) or any combinations of the above. Refunds cannot be given for any unused portion of a holiday due to curtailment unless our cancellation and curtailment cover has been purchased at time of booking. From time to time, Forest Holidays may offer ‘Special Breaks’ starting on different days and / or differing durations, these Special Breaks are subject to these Terms unless we agree otherwise.
We do not accept bookings for Stag or Hen nights, however single sex groups and group bookings are welcome at the discretion of the Site Manager. Please make us aware if you are an all male or an all female group before booking. It is essential that you and your party will at all times comply with any policies or rules specific to the Site or any reasonable instructions or requests of the Site Managers.
3. Prices
You will pay to us the price of your holiday as set out in our current price list.
Cabin prices are calculated across date ranges. If your holiday falls within two or more price bands, the corresponding price for each date range will be charged. Prices include VAT at the current prevailing rate.
Whilst we will make every effort to ensure that our prices remain unchanged, they may be amended at any time prior to payment of the final balance. In such circumstances, you may cancel your booking up to three days before your arrival date by giving notice in writing, by recorded delivery, and we will refund all monies paid in respect of the booking.
Prices do not include any additional services, features and facilities unless expressly stated.
The maximum number of people occupying your accommodation must not exceed the number shown in the particulars of the cabin (in addition to the number shown in the particulars of the cabin, you may also have up to 2 infants under the age of 2 in your cabin).
Promotions or discounted offers are provided at the discretion of Forest Holidays. All offers are subject to availability, cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discounted and may be withdrawn at any time. Retrospective refunds are not permitted against any offer or promotion advertised after such time a booking is made.
4. Payment
If you place your booking more than 12 weeks prior to the start date of your holiday, we will request a deposit of £100 or 25% of the booking (whichever is greater) per Cabin per short break / week, plus any cancellation and breakage cover if taken out. The balance of the full payment will be due 12 weeks prior to the start date of your holiday. For all bookings received within 12 weeks of your holiday start date, full payment is due at the time of booking. Non-receipt of the full accommodation charge by the due date will be treated by us as a cancellation of the booking and you will forfeit the total cost of any payments made to date.
Payment for bookings can be made by Debit or Credit Card. Please note that payments made by Credit or Charge Card are subject to a non refundable additional charge of a minimum of 2% of the total amount due (this charge does not apply to payments made by Debit Card). Payment by this method confirms that you accept this additional charge.
Cheques will only be accepted if received by Forest Holidays at least 15 days prior to 12 weeks before the start of your holiday. Cheques are not accepted on site. Cheques should be made payable to 'Forest Holidays LLP'. Please post to Forest Holidays, Bath Yard, Moira, Derbyshire, DE12 6BA.
Bookings made through our Holiday Advisors by telephone will incur a £5 booking fee. This fee only applies to the initial Cabin booking and not the addition of any extra items to the booking. Bookings made via the Website are not subject to this fee.
5. Mobility Requirements and Special Requests
We have Cabins specially adapted for use by our customers with mobility difficulties. Please make enquiries as to their suitability before booking. Please note that if you are able bodied and book this specially adapted Cabin without needing its facilities, you may be asked to move to an alternative Cabin of a similar grade or above in order to accommodate a guest who does require the facilities provided.
If you have a preference for a particular Cabin or location on Site, please let us know at the time of booking. We will, wherever possible, try to meet your requirements subject to availability and a fee of £25. We cannot guarantee your preference at the time of booking and cannot accept bookings on this basis.
6. Services, Features and Facilities
Site services, features and facilities may vary between Sites. Details of Site services, features and facilities will be prominently displayed in the reception area of each Site. Features, facilities or services referred to in the brochure or on the Website (e.g. bike hire, pony trekking and boat hire) are subject to availability and may be supplied by third parties. You use these services, features and facilities at your own risk and Forest Holidays shall have no responsibility for loss, damage or injury in relation to any services, features or facilities provided or supplied by third parties.
Information about features, facilities and services at your holiday, is, to the best of our knowledge and belief, accurate at the time of publication of the brochure and Website, however, Forest Holidays cannot guarantee that these services, facilities and features will be available during your holiday.
Hot Tub use in Silver Birch and Golden Oak Cabins
Please note that in order to maintain the best levels of hygiene, your hot tub may have been refilled on the day of your arrival. If this is the case, it will not be fully warm for comfortable use until the evening of your arrival.
7. Cancellation and changes to your booking
If you want to cancel your booking you must notify us as soon as possible and confirm this in writing. Provided the cancellation is received not less than 12 weeks before the start date of the holiday, only the deposit will be forfeited. If we receive less than 12 weeks’ notice, you will be liable to pay the total cost of the holiday including any extras or unrecoverable commitments made to 3rd parties in connection with pre booked activities and events.
To avoid these charges we advise customers to take out our cancellation cover.
Occasionally we have to make changes to bookings. Whist we endeavour to avoid making changes, we reserve the right to do so and no compensation is available.
Changes to accommodation - If the level of accommodation booked is unavailable, we will in the first instance endeavour to upgrade your accommodation at no extra charge to you. Where higher grade accommodation is unavailable, we will accommodate your party in the next available grade and refund the subsequent difference in cost.
Changes in date - If the date of the booking is unavailable, we reserve the right to move your holiday by up to seven days earlier or later than the start date of the holiday booked.
We reserve the right to cancel your holiday. In the unlikely event of us having to cancel your holiday (except where you have failed to make full payment on time) we will offer you the choice of a full refund of all monies paid to us or the option of re-booking your holiday at a comparable standard (with you paying any additional cost or receiving a refund in respect to the price difference). No other compensation is available.
If you want to amend your booking you must notify Forest Holidays as soon as possible. Subject to availability, amendments to your booking can be made up to 12 weeks prior to the start date of your holiday. Amendments to bookings are subject to availability and to a £20 administration fee. If you wish to transfer your booking to another location and/or date, we will use our reasonable endeavours to satisfy your request wherever possible, but we shall be under no obligation to do so.
8. Cancellation and Breakage Cover
We advise customers to take out cancellation cover and breakage cover (please see our Website for further details). Where our breakage cover is not taken, a £100 deposit will be required on Site to cover any damage to the cabin, its contents and the Site. Please note that you will be liable for the actual cost of any damage to the cabin, its contents and the Site (this may exceed your £100 deposit and you will be required to pay any excess).
9. Arrival and Departure
Arrival time on Site is between 4pm and 8pm on the agreed date of arrival. If you are likely to arrive after 8pm, please let us know via the ‘My Account’ facility on the Website or contact a Holiday Advisor in the Call Centre. Please note that arrivals may, subject to availability and a £15 early arrivals’ fee, be accommodated from 2pm. Please contact one of our Holiday Advisors on 0845 130 8223 at least 7 days before your arrival date if you wish to request an early arrival.
You are required to vacate the cabin by 10am on your agreed date of departure. Please note that late departures (up to 12 noon) may be arranged subject to availability and a £15 late departure fee.
10. Your Responsibilities
Our Site Managers are fully empowered in all aspects of Site operation and management. Forest Holidays fully supports its Site Managers in dealing with matters of policy at their sole discretion when the need arises. In placing a Booking Request you agree that you and your party will at all times comply with requests of the Site Managers.
As the person booking the holiday, you are responsible for the behaviour of all members of the party whilst on the Site.
The cabin must be left in a clean and tidy condition. Please make our Site Manager aware of any breakages or damage caused during your stay. Forest Holidays shall be entitled to charge you for any costs or expenses it incurs as a result of any breakage or damage or a failure by you to leave the cabin in a clean and tidy condition.
You are responsible for the behaviour of all members of your party. Please show consideration to other guests, Forest Holidays staff and our Site. Noisy or disruptive behaviour, especially at night, wilful damage to the Site or Cabins or other behaviour considered by Forest Holidays staff to be inappropriate may result in us asking you or a member of your party to leave the Site immediately. No refunds or compensation will be given in these instances, and we reserve the right to claim compensation for damages or inconvenience caused.
To respect the enjoyment of others, we ask that noise levels are kept to a minimum after 10:30pm.
To protect our forests, the burning of wood is strictly prohibited. Charcoal only BBQ's are allowed, providing they are raised off the ground. Open fires, fire pits and rope swings are also prohibited.
Children remain the responsibility of their parents or guardians at all times in the cabins, on the Site and during activities. Please ensure your children are supervised at all times.
Well trained dogs are welcome, subject to payment of the appropriate supplement, up to a maximum of three dogs per cabin. They must be kept under proper control and must not be left on their own in the cabin. All traces of their presence must be removed before you leave. Please do not allow dogs to sit on the beds or the furniture and please ensure you book a pet friendly cabin if you wish to bring your dogs.
11. Complaints
We want you to have an enjoyable holiday. Should you have cause for complaint, please contact our Site Manager immediately who will try to resolve your issue and advise you of our complaints procedure.
12. Information about you
At times we may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information. Generally this information is requested when you request information and/or services from us. We may gather and use information about you in the following ways:
We will use your personal information and information we obtain from other sources for administration and customer services, for marketing, to deliver our services to you, to analyse your purchasing preferences and to ensure that the content, services and advertising that we offer are tailored to your needs and interests. We may need to share your information with our service providers and agents for these purposes (for example, with The Camping and Caravanning Club).
We intend to continue improving the content and function of our Website. For this reason, we may monitor customer traffic patterns and Website usage to help us improve the design and layout of our Website and provide content that is of interest to you.
By providing us with your personal information you consent to our processing your personal data for the above purposes. You also consent to our transferring your information to countries or jurisdictions which do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK, if necessary, for the above purposes. If we do make such a transfer, we will, if appropriate, put a contract in place to ensure your information is protected in the same way that it is in the UK.
We will only use the personal information you provide to us for the purposes contemplated in these Terms, informing you about similar services which we provide (unless you tell us that you do not want to receive this information) and improving the services which we offer to customers.
We may share your information with our affiliates and/or business partners for marketing purposes or we may send you information about other organisations' goods and services. We may contact you by mail, telephone, fax, email or other electronic messaging service with offers of products, services or information that may be of interest to you. By providing us with your contact details you consent to being contacted by these methods for these purposes. If you do not wish to receive marketing information from us or our affiliates and/or business partners other than the information you have requested please indicate this on registration or contact us using the details below.
If we (or any part of us) enter into a joint venture or are sold, transferred to or merged with another business entity or if our business structure changes, the information we hold about you may be disclosed to the new business partners or owners, although your personal information will still only be used in accordance with these Terms.
We employ security measures to protect your personal information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We may retain your personal information after we have ceased using it for the purposes set out in these Terms, or for as long as the law requires.
You are entitled to obtain details of the information that we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee). You may also ask us to make changes to the information we hold about you or your marketing preferences to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do this, please send an e-mail to info@forestholidays.co.uk or by post to Forest Holidays, Bath Yard, Moira, Derbyshire, DE12 6BA.
We may use information obtained about you from cookies (files which are sent to us by your computer or other access device) which we can access when you visit our Website in future. We do this to allow us to identify users and personalise the Website wherever possible. The cookies store small pieces of information about our users, such as names and email addresses. This means that on future visits to our Website, we can identify past users. We may access cookies stored on your computer when you visit our Website in future or when you open an email from us.
If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. Any cookie whose name starts with UTM is a Google Analytics first party cookie. If you want to stop cookies being stored on your computer in future, please refer to your browser manufacturer’s instructions by clicking “Help” in your browser menu. Further information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org. Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our Website.
If you would like to stop receiving offers and information from Forest Holidays via SMS then please text NOTHANKS to 78866.
13. Liability – Please read this section as it is important that you understand what you are agreeing to
Nothing in this section limits or attempts to limit our liability for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; or
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
(c) any breach of the obligations implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982; or
(d) losses for which it is prohibited by section 7 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 to limit liability; or
(e) any other matter for which it would be illegal or unlawful for us to exclude or attempt to exclude our liability.
Subject to the matters detailed above, if we fail to comply with these Terms, we shall not be responsible for any losses that you suffer as a result, except for those losses which we could reasonably foresee would result from our failure to comply with these Terms.
In addition to above, we shall not be responsible for any:
(a) loss of income or revenue;
(b) loss of business;
(c) loss of anticipated savings; or
(d) loss of data.
Our maximum liability shall be no more than to refund the amount paid by you for the holiday.
As our Sites are located in a forest environment, we do not accept responsibility for any damage, injury or inconvenience caused by plants or wildlife.
Forest Holidays do not accept responsibility for anything which adversely affects your holiday which is outside of our control. These circumstances are known as 'Force Majeure' events and are circumstances that Forest Holidays could not, even with due care, have foreseen or avoided. Such circumstances include (but are not limited to) war, civil unrest, industrial action, terrorist activity, natural disaster, fire, adverse weather conditions, foot and mouth disease and all other similar events outside of our control. Forest Holidays will endeavour to manage any problems caused as a result of a Force Majeure event but shall be under no obligation to do so and shall not be liable to you for any losses caused by a Force Majeure event.
Reference to any products, services or other information belonging to third parties does not imply or constitute an endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by Forest Holidays. Links to other services not operated by Forest Holidays are provided solely for your convenience. Forest Holidays accepts no liability for any products, services, or other information provided by third parties.
14. Termination of this Contract
Either of us may terminate this contract at any time by providing the other party with 30 calendar days' prior notice in writing.
Termination will not affect either party's outstanding rights or duties, including our right to recover from you any money you owe us under these terms and conditions.
15. Other important Information
Any photographs, descriptions or advertising we issue, and any descriptions or illustrations contained in our catalogues or brochures or on the Website, are issued or published solely to provide you with an approximate idea of our Sites and the services. They do not form part of the contract between you and us.
If any court or competent authority decides that any of the provisions of these Terms are invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, the term will, to that extent only, be severed from the remaining terms, which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
If we fail, at any time while these Terms are in force, to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms, or if we do not exercise any of our rights or remedies under these Terms, that will not mean that we have waived such rights or remedies and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. Any waiver of a default by us does not mean that we will automatically waive any subsequent default by you. No waiver by us of any of these Terms shall be effective unless we expressly say that it is a waiver and we tell you so in writing.
A person who is not party to these Terms shall not have any rights under or in connection with them under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
You may not transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms to another person without our prior written consent, which we will not withhold unreasonably. We can transfer all or any of our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation, but this will not affect your rights under these Terms.
These Terms and any non-contractual obligations relating to these Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law. You and we both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. This contract shall be concluded in the English language.
If you wish to contact Forest Holidays please use the following address: Forest Holidays LLP, Bath Yard, Moira, Derbyshire DE12 6BA.