Terms and Conditions (World Excluding European Economic Area and UK)
Last Updated: 29 November 2021
Please note that Belmond is currently offering a Flexible Booking Policy in response to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) which allows you to make certain changes and cancellations to your booking without charge. Please review the Flexible Booking Policy which you can access here (see ‘Belmond (Trains & Cruises) Cancellation and Rebook Policy’).
1. Applicability of these Conditions These Conditions, together with any holiday and flight information we may provide you with in respect of your booking, any applicable conditions, bye-laws, international conventions or conditions of carriage of applicable Carriers (including VSOE, E&OE, MHCL, CO and GSWRC (all as defined below) and national and local railway bodies (where applicable referred to herein as ‘the Carrier’) for which see clauses 11, 12, 16 and 17 below, any other written information we brought to your attention before we confirmed your booking and any other terms we may agree with you from time to time, form the basis of your contract with: a. Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Ltd. (‘VSOE’, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’) for travel on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express or Belmond British Pullman: b. VSOE as agent for: Eastern & Oriental-Express Ltd. (‘E&OE’) for travel on the Eastern & Oriental Express; Myanmar Hotels and Cruises Ltd (‘MHCL’) for travel on Belmond Road to Mandalay; Croisieres Orex SAS (‘CO’) for travel on Belmond Afloat in France; The Great Scottish & Western Railway Company Ltd. (‘GSWRC’) for travel on Belmond Royal Scotsman and PeruRail S.A. (‘PR’) for travel on Belmond Andean Explorer, Belmond Hiram Bingham, Perurail VistaDome, Perurail Titicaca, Perurail Expedition and Perurail Sacred Valley. In these Conditions, references to 'we', 'us' or 'our' shall be to VSOE where you are entering into a contract with VSOE as described in (a) above, or to the relevant company described in (b) above where you are entering into a contract with that company. From time to time we may make limited time or other special offers available which are also subject to the terms and conditions stated at the time of booking (“Special Offer Conditions”). In the event of any conflict between these Booking Conditions and the Special Offer Conditions, the Special Offer Conditions shall apply. These Conditions also apply where bookings are made via a travel agent or associate company of VSOE. In the event of any inconsistency between these Conditions and any applicable third party conditions and/or International Conventions etc, these Conditions shall, to the extent permitted by law, prevail. Please read these Conditions carefully as (subject to any amendments which we may from time to time agree with you) they set out your and our respective rights and obligations. In these Conditions references to ‘you’ and ‘your’ include the first named person on the booking (‘Lead Passenger’) and all persons on whose behalf a booking is made or any other person to whom a booking is added or (if permitted by these Conditions) transferred. Group bookings for 14 or more persons may be subject to specific group terms and conditions confirmed at the time of booking and such terms may vary these Conditions. These Conditions also apply to gratuitous carriage provided by us on one of our trains/boats except to the extent that we have otherwise provided by contract. These Conditions also apply to gratuitous carriage provided by us on one of our trains/boats except to the extent that we have otherwise provided by contract. By making a booking, the Lead Passenger hereby: a. confirms that the details provided for all parties to the booking are full and accurate; b. represents that he/she has the authority to bind to the contract all persons named on his/her booking; c. confirms that he/she has read and understood these Conditions and agrees (for himself/herself and on behalf of each person named on his/her booking) to be bound by them; d. confirms that he/she has read our Privacy Policy which can be found on our website at www.belmond.com/privacy-policy and confirms that he/she will provide our Privacy Policy to each named person on his/her booking; e. agrees to check all descriptions on the travel documentation received after a booking and to inform us immediately of any errors or instances where personal details do not correspond with those shown on the passports of those travelling under the booking; f. confirms he/she is 18 years of age or over and where placing an order for services with age restrictions declares that he/she and all members of the party are of the appropriate age to purchase those services. These Conditions apply to bookings made from counties outside the European Economic Area ("EEA") and the UK. Our systems should automatically direct you to the correct set of conditions applicable to your booking, however if you are making this booking from within the EEA or the UK, please contact us so we can confirm which other set of Conditions may apply to your booking. Booking Office contact details: Singapore E&O Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd. 100 Beach Road #34-01 Shaw Tower Singapore 189702 Tel: 800 492 2240 Email: reservations.singapore@belmond.com Australia Freecall: 1800 000 395 Email: reservations.singapore@belmond.com Singapore Postal Address above New Zealand 00800 8392 3500 Email: reservations.singapore@belmond.com Singapore Postal Address above Hong Kong 001-800-8392-3500 Email: reservations.singapore@belmond.com Singapore Postal Address above Japan Belmond Japan Limited 3-7-28-1001 Kojimachi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0083 Japan Tel: +81 (0)3 3265 1200 Fax: +81 (0)3 3265 0351 Email: reservations.japan@belmond.com USA Belmond Reservations Services Inc. 205 Meeting Street Charleston SC 29401 USA Tel (toll-free): 1 800 524 2420 Tel: 1 843 937 9068 Email: reservations.us@belmond.com If you made your booking by telephone, fax or post and had not seen these Conditions when you made your booking and you are not happy to proceed with the booking now that you have seen them, please return all documentation to us or to your travel agent, within 7 days of receiving these Conditions. Your booking will be cancelled and your monies will be returned in full, provided you have not commenced your travel. This clause does not apply if your booking was made within 56 days of travel. 2. Booking and Paying For Your Arrangements Subject to availability, a booking will be made with us when (1) you tell us that you would like to accept our written or verbal quotation and (2) you pay us the applicable deposit being 15% of the cost of your arrangements unless we notify you otherwise in writing (or if booking within 56 days of departure full payment) and (3) we issue a confirmation invoice. A binding contract will come into existence as soon as we have issued a confirmation invoice confirming the details of your booking (and the due payment dates for any applicable balance to be paid) which will be sent to you or your travel agent.) If you believe that any details on any travel document issued by us are wrong you must advise us immediately as changes cannot be made later and it may harm your rights if we are not notified of any inaccuracies in any travel document within 10 days of our sending it out. Any bookings of 14 passengers or more may be subject to specific group terms and conditions confirmed at the time of booking. If we do not receive (in cleared funds) the balance in full and on time, we reserve the right to treat your booking as cancelled by you in which case the cancellation charges set out in clause 8 below will become payable. All monies you pay to one of our authorised travel agents for your arrangements with us will be held by that agent on your behalf until we issue our confirmation invoice, after which the agent will hold the monies on our behalf. 3. Accuracy We endeavour to ensure that all the information and prices both on our website and in our brochures are accurate. However occasionally changes and errors occur and we reserve the right to correct prices and other written details relating to arrangements (whether displayed by us or travel agents) in such circumstances. You must check the current price and all other details relating to the arrangements that you wish to book before your booking is confirmed. 4. Pricing We reserve the right to amend the price of unsold trips at any time. The price of your confirmed booking is subject at all times to changes in transport costs such as fuel, and any other cost changes which are part of our contracts with train haulage providers, rail track access providers, ship operators and any other transport providers; to cost changes arising from government action such as changes in VAT or any other government imposed changes; and to changes in currency exchange rates and to dues, taxes or fees chargeable for services such as landing taxes or embarkation or disembarkation fees at ports or airports, any or all of which may result in a variation of the price of your trip. If the amount of the increase exceeds 2% of the total cost of your arrangements (excluding amendment charges and/or additional services or travel arrangements), you may be charged for any resulting increase in the cost of your trip. If an increase in costs means that the price of your confirmed booking (excluding any amendment charges and/or additional services or travel arrangements) would increase by more than 10% the total cost of your arrangements, you will have the options a, b, c set out in clause 9 below. Should you decide to cancel for this reason, you must exercise your right to do so within 14 days from being notified of a price increase of more than 10%. There will be no increase made to the price of your confirmed trip in the 30 days prior to your departure. 5. Jurisdiction and applicable law a. The contract and any non-contractual rights and obligations relating to your booking and any agreement to which they apply are governed in all respects by English law. You and we both agree that any dispute, claim or other matter which arises out of or in connection with this contract or your booking will be dealt with by the Courts of England and Wales only. b. Legal proceedings in respect of any claim against either the Malaya Railway Administration or of The State Railway of Thailand or any other railway network over whose rail network the carriage is performed may only be instituted in the competent court of the State on whose territory the incident occurred which gives rise to the claim. Such claims will be decided in accordance with the laws of that State. c. Legal proceedings in respect of any claim against PR must be initiated in Peru and decided in accordance with Peruvian law. 6. Force Majeure Except where otherwise expressly stated in these Conditions we will not be liable or pay you compensation if our contractual obligations to you are affected by any event which we or the supplier(s) of the service(s) in question could not, even with all due care, foresee or avoid. These events can include, but are not limited to, war, threat of war, civil strife, terrorist activity and its consequences or the threat of such activity, riot, significant risks to human health such as the outbreak of a serious disease at the travel destination (including but not limited to pandemics and epidemics), acts, announcements, guidance, decrees or orders by governments or local authorities (including port or river authorities), industrial dispute, lock closure, natural or nuclear disaster, fire, chemical or biological disaster, adverse weather, sea, air, ice and river conditions and all similar events outside our or the supplier(s) concerned’s control. Except where otherwise expressly stated in these Conditions we will not be liable to pay you refunds, price reductions or compensation if our contractual obligations are affected by Force Majeure. 7. Changes by You If the Lead Passenger or anyone named on his/her booking wishes to change any part of that booking after our confirmation invoice has been issued, the Lead Passenger must inform us by email or in writing to the relevant booking office specified above as soon as possible. Whilst we will try to assist, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to make your requested change. Where we can meet a request, all changes will be subject to payment of an amendment fee as shown at Clause 8 as well as any applicable exchange or other rate changes or other extra costs we incur and any costs or charges incurred or imposed by any of our suppliers. You should be aware that these costs could increase the closer to the departure date that changes are made. Where we are unable to assist you and you do not wish to proceed with the original booking we will treat this as a cancellation by you. A cancellation fee will be payable (see clause 8 below). Note: Certain arrangements may not be amended after they have been confirmed and any alteration could incur a cancellation charge of up to 100% of that part of the arrangements. We are not responsible for refunding or meeting any expenses or losses you may incur as a result of changes or cancellations made in relation to a Locally Booked Excursion (as specified in clause 13 below), whether these are changes or cancellations are made by you or the provider of the Locally Booked Excursion. 8. If you (or a member of your party) cancel your trip If you or any other member of your party decides to cancel a booking (in respect of which we have issued a confirmation invoice): a. that person(s) may transfer their place to someone else (introduced by you) and in respect of whom the Lead Passenger will need to give the confirmations and representations set out in clause 1 provided we are notified not less than 14 days before departure and you pay an amendment fee in accordance with the table below and meet all costs and charges incurred by us and/or incurred or imposed by any of our suppliers. b. if you are unable to find a replacement, the Lead Passenger must notify us in writing of the cancellation of that person. Your notice of cancellation will only take effect when (1) in the case of post, the notice is received in writing by us at of our booking offices listed above. We recommend that you use recorded delivery or (2) in the case of e-mail, you receive a reply from us acknowledging receipt of your e-mail sent to one of the e-mail addresses above. We reserve the right to request notification of consent from each member of the party in respect of whom the cancellation is made. Cancellations attract the following charges (in order to cover our estimated costs). The cancellation charges detailed are calculated on the basis of the total cost payable by the person(s) cancelling, excluding amendment charges which are not refundable in the event of the person(s) to whom they apply cancelling: Note: Free amendment does not apply to the air element of flight-inclusive trips. Certain bookings may not be amended after we have issued a confirmation invoice and any alteration or cancellation could incur a cancellation charge of up to 100% of that part of the arrangements in addition to the charge above.| Written notice (cancelling a confirmed booking) received before scheduled departure date | Cancellation Fee (expressed as a % of total cost payable for the trip by the person(s) cancelling) | Amendment Fee for each change (% of total cost payable by the person(s) amending) |
| 56 days or more | 15% | One free, then 10% |
| 55-21 days | 30% | 20% |
| 20-3 days | 70% | 60% |
| 2 days or less prior to departure | 100% | 100% |
- Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Eastern & Oriental Express – one suitable piece of hand luggage, one suit carrier or overnight bag (to be stored in the cabin) and one suitcase to be checked-in for storage in the baggage car;
- Belmond Royal Scotsman – one suitable piece of hand luggage and one suitcase (suitcase to be stored in the cabin);
- Belmond British Pullman UK Day trips; Belmond Hiram Bingham, Perurail VistaDome, Perurail Expedition and Perurail Sacred Valley day trips – one suitable piece of hand luggage;
- Belmond Road to Mandalay, Belmond Afloat in France, Belmond Andean Explorer, Perurail Titicaca – one suitable piece of hand luggage and two suitcases (suitcases to be stored in the cabin).
Appendix
Insurance Policy Information for UK and EEA Customers
PASSENGER PROTECTION POLICY FOR INSOLVENCY COVER IN RESPECT OF THE PACKAGE TRAVEL REGULATIONS

If you have booked Package Travel then an insurance policy has been arranged by the relevant Policyholder (as described in the table below) at their expense in the event of their insolvency. The person(s) named on the booking confirmation and Deposit Receipt will be reimbursed subject to Policy and Conditions in respect of their net ascertained financial loss sustained arising from cancellation or curtailment of their travel arrangements that constitute a Package Holiday due to the insolvency of the Policyholder. The Insurer (see the table below) will reimburse the Insured Person(s) (i.e. the EEA Customers or UK Customers) in respect of: 1. Loss of deposit(s) or charge(s) paid in advance by the Insured Person(s) to the Policyholder or 2. Additional costs reasonably and necessarily incurred following curtailment of the travel arrangements to enable the Insured Person(s) to either: a. Continue with and complete the Scheduled Travel Arrangements. Liability hereunder is limited to the additional cost incurred by the Insured Person(s) in securing accommodation of the same or similar standard as enjoyed prior to the curtailment of the travel arrangements. and b. Return to their original contracted country of departure. Liability hereunder limited to the additional cost incurred by the Insured Person(s) in respect of the same or similar standard of transportation as enjoyed prior to the curtailment of the travel arrangements.
HOW TO MAKE A CLAIM – ONLY IN RESPECT OF INSOLVENCY OF THE POLICYHOLDER Things you must do
You must comply with the following conditions. If you fail to do so, the Insurer may not pay your claim, or any payment could be reduced.
1. You must notify IPP as soon as practically possible using the details below:
| UK Customers | EEA Customers | |
|---|---|---|
| Policyholder | Venice Simplon Orient Express Ltd | Belmond Luxury Travel Limited |
| Insurer | Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE (LMIE) trading as Liberty Specialty Markets, a member of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Group. LMIE's registered office: 5-7 rue Leon Laval, L-3372, Leudelange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Registered Number B232280 (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés). LMIE is a European public limited liability company and is supervised by the Commissariat aux Assurances and licensed by the Luxembourg Minister of Finance as an insurance and reinsurance company. | |
| DETAILS FOR MAKING CLAIMS | ||
| Address: | IPP Claims at SedgwickOakleigh House 14-15 Park Place Cardiff CF10 3DQ. United Kingdom | IPP Claims at SedgwickPostbus 232123001 KE RotterdamThe Netherlands |
| Telephone number: | +44 (0)345 266 1872 | +31 103120666 |
| Email address: | Insolvency-claims@ipplondon.co.uk | ippclaims@nl.sedgwick.com |
| Website: | www.ipplondon.co.uk/claims.asp | https://www.ippmalta.com/claims.asp |
| Reference Number: | TOFI Inc LTA V4-21 | TOFI CAR IRELAND V2-21 |
You must give full details of what has happened, quoting the name of the Policyholder and the relevant Reference Number above. 2. You must provide IPP with any other information it may require. 3. You must take all reasonable care to limit any loss.
Defence of claims The Insurer may, at its discretion: • take full responsibility for conducting, defending, or settling any claim in your name; and • take any action it considers necessary to enforce your rights or its rights under this insurance.
Fraudulent claims 1. If you make a fraudulent claim under this insurance, the Insurer: (a) is not liable to pay the claim; and (b) may recover from you any sums paid by the Insurer to you in respect of the claim; and (c) may by notice to you treat this insurance as having been terminated with effect from the time of the fraudulent act. 2. If the Insurer exercises its right under clause 1. (c) above: (a) The Insurer shall not be liable to you in respect of a relevant event occurring after the time of the fraudulent act. A relevant event is whatever gives rise to the Insurer’s liability under this insurance (such as the occurrence of a loss, the making of a claim, or the notification of a potential claim); and (b) the Insurer need not return any of the premiums paid.
HOW TO MAKE A COMPLAINT For UK Customers and EEA Customers:
| Insurer’s Compliance Officer | Compliance Officer Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE 20 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 3AW Tel: +44 (0) 20 3758 0840 or Compliance Officer Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE 5-7 rue Léon Laval, L-3372 Leudelange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Tel: +352 28 99 13 00 or Email: complaints@libertyglobalgroup.com |
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Please quote your policy and/or claim number. If after making a complaint you are still not satisfied you may be entitled to refer the dispute to an independent organisation. This will depend on where you are based, please see below.
For Policyholders and Insured Persons based in the UK The Financial Ombudsman Service
The Financial Ombudsman Service is a free and impartial service, who may be contacted at: Exchange Tower, Harbour Exchange, London, E14 9SR Tel: 0800 023 4567 Website: www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk To confirm whether you are eligible to ask the Financial Ombudsman Service to review your complaint find out more at www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk
For Policyholders and Insured Persons based in the EU ODR Complaints Service
If you were sold this product online or by other electronic means and within the European Union (EU) you may refer your complaint to the EU Online dispute Resolution (ODR) platform. Upon receipt of your complaint the ODR will escalate your complaint to your local dispute resolution service – this process is free and conducted entirely online. You can access the ODR platform on http://ec.europa.eu/od
For Policyholders and Insured Persons based in Switzerland The Swiss Ombudsman of Insurance, who may be contacted at:
Ombudsman of Private Insurance and of Suva Postfach 1063, CH-8024 Zurich, Switzerland Tel: 044 211 30 90 Website: www.ombudsman-assurance.ch To confirm whether you are eligible to ask The Swiss Ombudsman of Insurance to review your complaint find out more at www.ombudsman-assurance.ch
Alternatively, as Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE is a Luxembourg insurance company, all Insured Persons and Policyholders are also entitled to refer the dispute to any of the following dispute resolution bodies in Luxembourg:
Commissariat aux Assurances, who may be contacted at:
7, boulevard Joseph II, L-1840 Luxembourg Tel: (+352) 22 69 11 – 1 Email: caa@caa.lu - www.caa.lu or Service national du Médiateur de la consommation (this is for individual consumers only), who may be contacted at: Ancien Hôtel de la Monnaie, 6, rue du Palais de Justice, L-1841 Luxembourg Tel: (+352) 46 13 11 Email: info@mediateurconsommation.lu - www.mediateurconsommation.lu or Médiateur en Assurances, who may be contacted at: ACA, 12, rue Erasme, L-1468 Luxembourg Tel: (+352) 44 21 44 1 Email: mediateur@aca.lu Website: https://www.ulc.lu/fr/organes/detail.asp?T=2&D=descr&ID=6
Data Protection Any information you have provided will be dealt with by the Insurer in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the purposes of providing this insurance and the handling of any claims or complaints, IPP may need to transfer certain information which you have provided to other parties.
Sanctions The Insurer will not provide any benefit under this insurance to the extent of providing cover, payment of any claim or the provision of any benefit where doing so would breach any sanction, prohibition or restriction imposed by law or regulation.
Non-Assignment No title right or interest under this policy may be assigned, transferred, conveyed, or otherwise disposed of without the Insurer’s consent in writing. Any attempt to assign rights of interest without the Insurer’s written consent is null and void.