a) The hotel owner will be able to subordinate the acceptance of the order of hotel booking, to the imposition of an advance amount (guarantee or cause deposit).
This advance amount will always have the character of guarantee deposit, except for the case in which the hotel owner has specified that it's a guarantee.
If the hotel owner has requested an advance payment, the conclusion of the hotel contract won't be definitive until the imposition of the amount is not made or demonstrated the evidence of the payment.
b) The hotel owner will make acknowledgement of receipt of the advance payment of the hotel booking no later than 24 hours after receiving it.
c) the amount o be paid of the advance payment of hotel reservations is usually the price of the ordered services (room, foods, etc.) for a one-night lodging in low season and three nights in high season.
Documents of the hotel booking
1) Principle of voucher acceptance: The hotel owner is entitled to either request the prepayment or a partial advance payment.
If he refuses to such power, he agrees to accept the voucher.
The travel agent recognizes the voucher as a payment guarantee that must be paid according to conventional norms and terms.
2) The simple voucher.
The benefits that should appear in detail, especially the arrival and departure dates, they can comprise only the normal services (room and foods).
3) Voucher "full credit".
The emission of this voucher can convey an extension of the normal hotel services, should be subordinated to a specific agreement between the hotel owner and the travel agent.
Payment due to the hotel owner
The prices fixed by the hotel owner to the travel agent for the services making object of the hotel contract, will not be, in any case, higher to those of the hotel rate applied to direct clients, when the invoice is paid by the agent or liquidated directly by the traveler.
When the hotel owner has agreed the special prices in the phases of the hotel reservations, he won't be able to demand greater retribution than the agreed rate.
The hotel owner agrees to respect the prices suited in the contract.
In the event of any modification of prices, a 30-day adjustment term is foreseen for the application of new prices.
This price modification won't be applied to the hotel reservations already confirmed.
The benefits the travel agent will pay are those that appear in the reservation document directed to the hotel owner.
a) Except in case it's been agreed that the invoice be paid directly by the traveler, is the travel agent who has concluded the hotel contract the one who should debit the invoice.
b) The payment of the invoice will be made by the agreed terms or, in absence of a contractual stipulation, within a 30-day frame after receiving the invoice. After the 30 days, the due sums will be increased with an interest fixed to the percentages for every month of delay.
The opening amount of the debit will be increased with the 5% for recovery expenses.
c) For long duration lodgings, the hotel one will be able to request the travel agent, to pay in the course of lodging, the parts of services already given.
d) In the event of hotel booking made by the travel agent for services whose payment will be executed directly by the client, the hotel owner agrees to guarantee the agent's commission.
For such reason the hotel owner can refuse to accept the payment by means of a credit card.
Glossary of terms used in hotels booking
- Travel Agent: Each person or qualified society according to legal dispositions of the same country or for the national associations or for the interested International Federation and which particularly has as an specific activity to make the hotel reservation of rooms and other services in hotels to settle travelers.
- Hotel: Are considered all those facilities that offer vacancies and are affiliated to the AIH, either directly through a national Association and those that classify according to the legal orders of the country where they are located.
- Advance: according to the will of the parts, the amount of the advance payment requested by the hotel can be worth as guarantee deposit to the act of hotels booking.
- Low season: defined according to local customs, subject to particular contracts according to the conditions of the local market.
- Hotel contract: Contract with which a hotel agrees with a travel agent to give hotel services - followed by a hotel reservation - to a costumer of the aforementioned agent.
- Guarantee deposit: advance imposition of the travel agent to the hotel owner, at the moment of the hotel reservation, a part of the price that will be presumed from the total amount of the invoice or should be refunded in the event of the hotels booking.
- Hotel tariffs: lists of the prices on the different services given by the hotel, separately or together, officially published for travelers' use.
- Individual travelers: clients who are not benefited by special rates of group.
- Group Travelers: amount of people traveling together, considered by the travel agent and the hotel owner as an unique entity which obtains from the hotel owner during the hotel reservation, special conditions and rates fixed contractually.
- Voucher: a voucher is a document issued by a travel agent with which he agrees to pay the hotel owner for the benefits to the agency's costumer.
These benefits or their top value will be mentioned in the voucher.
In the event of non-use of all the hotel benefits mentioned in the voucher, the agent's agreement is limited according to the conditions mentioned in item 42 of the convention.
The copy of a voucher can also work as confirmation.
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Higher employee morale & enthusiasm:
As employees have control over their work timings, they have less reasons to crib. Their traveling troubles reduce and they also get to spend more quality time with their families. Hence stress level reduces. They feel they have more input and control over their work life. All this translates into less hatred and lower hostility towards the workplace and increased enthusiasm in office work.
Better balance between work-life & family-life:
Flextime is a very good option for working parents who can co-ordinate their timings with each other and take care of the child better. As per Tara Weiss (2007, www.forbes.com), "Maternity leave is old news for companies looking to retain talent. Now it's dad's turn. KPMG is among a growing number of companies with programs typically aimed at mothers--like telecommuting from home, working flexible schedules and taking leave when a new baby arrives--who are also focusing on fathers." Such steps taken by companies help their employees to spend quality time with their families. Employees are happier as a result. Laurie Lopez, a manager at Winter, Wyman HR Contract Solutions in Boston says, "The need for a varied work schedule affects both men and women, but caring for the children still falls heavily on the mother. Nearly half of the workforce is now female, and about 85% of working women are, or will become, working mothers. This makes flex-time a key issue for many women" (Scott Reeves, 2006, www.forbes.com).
Benefits of flextime work arrangements
Lower traffic congestion during peak hours:
If more and more companies adopt the flextime work arrangement, the peak hour traffic which happens around 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM will get distributed to other parts of the day. This could lead to less traffic on the roads and less commuting time for employees. Who wouldn't like an hour less on the road, every day? This will also lead to less cases of road rage among the employees and cause stress level due to commuting to reduce.
Decrease in tardiness:
Usually people tend to reach office late due to traffic problems or they sometimes leave earlier due to family commitments and other reasons. When employees have flexibility with their work timings, they can adjust their work hours around these other issues in life and devote the required full time in office. This will reduce wastage of time and hence result in less tardiness. This is an obvious benefit of flextime.
Higher employee recruitment:
To attract new talent, companies can offer flextime work schedules in their job offers to prospective candidates. This can help them gain a definite advantage over their competitors by attracting very good people who do not want to work a traditional 9-5 work week. In 2002, the federal government was caught in one of its worst talent crunches ever. But there was increased interest in people towards working for the CIA, FBI, and Internal Revenue Service, and hence the feds went on a MBA hiring binge. To attract budding officials, the feds offered signing bonuses, juicy raises, and flextime work arrangements (Ana Mantica, 2002, www.businessweek.com). Please read further in part five of this article series.
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