Terms & Conditions:
Definition
If you book a Stamford hotel-online at the Stamford website and within 24 hours find a lower publicly available rate (“Lower Rate”) on a non-Stamford booking channel (except for "opaque" websites) for the Same Accommodations. "Same Accommodations" means the same room type, at the same hotel, with the same dates and length of stay, same number of guests, same designation as either cancellable or non-cancellable, same advance purchase policies, and the same terms and conditions governing the room rate (excluding local taxes but including booking fees); Stamford will honour the lower rate and give you a further reduction of 10% on the room rate.
Guarantee Application
The Best Price Guarantee applies to reservations made on www.stamford.com.au and for which a confirmation number has been issued to validate the reservation.
To submit a claim under the Best Price Guarantee, you must complete the online claim form from the Stamford website. We also recommend you take screen shots to support your claim.
Applicable rates / Exclusions
The Best Price Guarantee applies solely to Stamford hotel room bookings, excluding the sale of all-inclusive packages (including an offer proposed at the hotel, transport services or any other service related to the room booking)
The rates covered by the Best Price Guarantee must be accessible to the general public and available for reservation; expressly excluded are:
Type of rooms
Dates and length of the stay
Currency
If the rate found on another Internet site is given in a currency different from that of the rate booked on Stamford Internet site, the Stamford customer service department will convert this rate into the same currency as the rate offered on Stamford Internet site.
The exchange rate used will be the Stamford exchange rate in effect on Stamford Internet sites at the time of the initial reservation.
Stamford reserves the right to refuse a claim, if the exchange rates used by both websites are different. Differences in the currency exchange rates (including the effects of rounding) are excluded from the offer.
Sales conditions
The sales conditions associated with the rate on another Internet site must be the same as the sales conditions of the rate booked on Stamford Internet site in order for the Best Price Guarantee to apply.
This concerns in particular (but not limited to):
Fill in the claim form
The online claim form can be accessed on the Stamford Internet site. All required fields must be completed and the form submitted. Incomplete claims will not be accepted.
A completed claim may be made within the 24 hours following the booking made on the Stamford Internet site, as attested by the time on the booking confirmation, and 72 hours before the scheduled arrival at the hotel. If the original booking was made within the 72 hours preceding the arrival at the hotel, the Best Price Guarantee does not apply.
Claim Handling
After verification by Stamford head office, the Best Price Guarantee will be granted if your claim meets all the conditions of application. Stamford head office will send an e-mail with the reservation confirmation number as well as the new rate applicable.
You may only submit one claim for each stay. A “stay” means the total number of consecutive nights spent at the same hotel by the same guest or guests.
In the case of a prepaid reservation rate, the hotel will reimburse the difference in price on the credit card initially debited online.
If the claim does not meet the conditions of the Best Price Guarantee, the Stamford head office will send you an e-mail stating that the Guarantee cannot be applied.
Should you wish to cancel the reservation made on Stamford Internet site, the sales conditions applicable are those stated in the sales conditions presented on the site.
Payment at the hotel
Upon departure from the hotel, the rate confirmed by the customer service department will be billed together with any other services not included in the reservation (restaurant, bar, etc.).
In the event that the rate was prepaid at the time of the booking, only the services not included in the reservation (restaurant, bar, etc.) will be billed at check-out.
Liability
Stamford declines any responsibility regarding any expenses that may arise from cancelling a reservation, for all reservations made on any Internet site other than the Stamford Internet site.
Stamford reserves the right to modify or terminate the Best Price Guarantee and its terms and conditions of this Guarantee at any time and without prior notice.