Terms and Conditions
Liability
Guests' liability for their account is not waived and guests agree to be held personally liable in the event that any indicated person, group, company or association fails to pay all or part of any charges incurred.
Damage to hotel property
We reserve the right to charge guests the cost of rectifying damage, caused by the deliberate, negligent or reckless act of the guest to the hotel's property or structure. Should this damage come to light after the guest has departed, we reserve the right to make a charge to the guest's credit / debit card, or send an invoice for the amount to the registered address. We will however make every effort to rectify any damage internally prior to contracting specialists to make the repairs, and therefore will make every effort to keep any costs that the guest would incur to a minimum.
Removal of hotel property
We reserve the right to charge guests the cost of replacing any items that are removed from the premises by them without consent. The charge will be the full replacement amount of the missing item, including any carriage charges. Should the fact that the item is missing come to light after the guest has departed, we reserve the right to make a charge to the guests credit / debit card, or send an invoice for the amount to the registered address.
Tampering with fire detection systems and fire fighting equipment
We reserve the right to take action against any guest found to have tampered / interfered with any fire detection equipment throughout the hotel, including detector heads in public areas and bedrooms, break glass points and fire extinguishers. Guests found to have tampered with any fire detection or fire fighting equipment will be charged with any costs incurred by the hotel due to their actions and additionally may be asked to leave the hotel. Depending on the severity of the guest actions, the Police may become involved at the hotel's discretion. Should the fact that fire fighting or detection equipment had been tampered with come to light after the guest has departed, we reserve the right to make a charge to the guests credit / debit card, or send an invoice for the amount to the registered address.
Inappropriate behaviour
It is the hotel's policy that all our guests have the right to be treated with dignity and respect and as a responsible host we believe that we have a duty to our guests to protect them from inappropriate behaviour. Should any actions by a guest be deemed inappropriate by the Duty Manager, or if any inappropriate behaviour is brought to the attention of the Duty Manager, the hotel reserves the right, after any allegations have been investigated, to take action against the guest. Depending on the severity of the guest actions, the Police may become involved at the hotel's discretion, or guests may be asked to leave the hotel.
Lost / Damaged property
Should any guest lose any belongings during their stay or incur damage to their property, the provision of the Hotel Proprietors Act 1956 will apply, a copy of which is displayed in reception. If we find any lost property, we will make every reasonable effort to locate the owner and return it, but if we cannot locate the owner and an item is not reclaimed with 3 months of the guest's departure it will be disposed of by the hotel.
Check in / Out times
Guest rooms are available from 2pm on the day of arrival. We ask you to check out by 11am on the day of departure, although late check-out is available on selected offers & promotions.
Cancellations
In the event that you should need to cancel your reservation with us, there is no charge made provided that 72 hours notice is given. If less than 72 hours notice is given the room tariff for the first night of your stay will be charged.
In the very unlikely event that we should need to cancel your reservation we will endeavour to notify you as soon as possible.
Web-site Accuracy
Amendments and updates are frequently made to all areas our web site and every effort is made to ensure that all the information published is correct.
Complaints or Comments
Any complaint or comment regarding a stay with us should be made in the first instance to the Duty Manager at the time of your stay so that it can be resolved at the time. Problems which cannot be resolved there and then should be notified in writing to Customer Services, Lamb & Lion Inn, Suite 25, 7-9 Clifford Street, York YO1 9RA.
Main Provisions of The Hotel Proprietors' Act 1956
Definition of an hotel
The Act defines an hotel as "an establishment held out by the proprietor as offering food, drink and, if so required, sleeping accommodation, without special contract, to any traveler presenting himself who appears able and willing to pay reasonable sum for the services and facilities provided and who is in a fit state to be received."
Hotelier's responsibility for guest's property
The proprietor of any hotel has a duty to take reasonable care of the property of his guests brought to the hotel, whether resident or not. If it is lost or damaged through the negligence of the hotel, the proprietor may be liable. In addition to this duty, which an innkeeper has in common with others who are not innkeepers (private hoteliers), an innkeeper has, in certain circumstances, strict liability for the property of his resident guests.
The proprietor can avoid his liability only if he can prove that the loss or damage was caused by the guest's own negligence, or by an Act of God, or by an Act of the Queen's enemies.
Innkeeper's strict liability
This liability, which applies only to innkeepers, whether they have been negligent or not, extends to the loss or damage of guests' property only if at the time of the loss or damage sleeping accommodation had been reserved for the traveler; and the loss or damage occurred between the midnight immediately preceding and the midnight immediately following his stay at the hotel The strict liability does not apply to vehicles or property left in them, horses or other live animals or their harness or other equipment, although the innkeeper still has a duty of reasonable care for them. As strict liability no longer applies to these items, the innkeeper no longer has a right to detain them as security for unpaid bills.
Limitation of strict liability
The innkeeper's strict liability is limited to £50 for any one article and to £100 in respect of any guest, if he exhibits a copy of the statutory notice, given in the Act, and in the way prescribed by the Act. If a copy of the statutory notice is not displayed, or not displayed as laid down by the Act at that time when the property was brought to the hotel, the innkeeper loses the protection of limited liability and becomes fully liable for the whole amount of the loss or damage.
Innkeeper's full liability
In addition to full liability arising when the innkeeper does not display a copy of the statutory notice as laid down by the Act, the innkeeper loses the protection of limited liability and becomes fully liable for the whole amount of the loss or damage if the property was stolen, lost or damaged through the default, neglect or willful act of the proprietor, or his staff; or was lost or damaged whilst expressly deposited for safe custody; or was refused for safe custody, or through some other default on the part of the innkeeper or his staff, it was not possible to deposit it for safe custody.
