Terms and Conditions

1. Definitions and Interpretations

1.1 In these Conditions:

"These Conditions": means the standard terms and conditions of sale set out in this document and (unless the context otherwise requires) includes any special terms and conditions agreed in writing between the Passenger and the Provider;
"The Passenger": means the person who accepts a quotation or offer of the Provider for the sale of Services or whose order for the Services is accepted by the Provider;
"The Provider": means UK Express Cabs.
"The Contract": means the contract for the provision of airport transfer services under these Conditions;
"The Service": means the service of transport to or from airports (including any instalment of the service or any multiple services) which the Provider is to supply in accordance with these Conditions;

2. Conditions

2.1 The Provider shall sell and the Passenger shall purchase the Service in accordance with any quotation or offer of the Provider which is accepted by the Passenger, or any reservation of the Passenger which is accepted by the Provider, subject in either case to these Conditions, which shall govern the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions subject to which any such quotation is accepted or purported to be accepted, or any such reservation is made or purported to be made, by the Passenger.

2.2 A contract will only come into being upon the acceptance of the Provider of the reservation and the following conditions shall be deemed to be incorporated in the contract. The passenger accepts these terms & conditions by placing a reservation, booking with the provider via but not limited to the providers; website (ukminicabs.com), via telephone, or via any representative agent.

2.3 The Contract will be subject to these conditions. The provider reserves the right to revise these terms & conditions at any time without prior notice at its sole discretion. Any revised terms and conditions will be posted on the provider's website and will come into effect 6 hours after posting.

2.4 No reservation submitted by the passenger shall be deemed to be accepted by the provider unless and until confirmed in writing by email, telephone, or otherwise by an authorised representative of the provider.

2.5 The specification for the services shall be those set out in the provider's sales documentation unless varied expressly in the passenger's reservation (if accepted by the provider). The service will only be supplied as stated in the provider's price list. Reservations received other than these will be adjusted accordingly. Illustrations, photographs, or descriptions whether in the website, brochures, price lists, or other documents issued by the provider are intended as a guide only and the contents shall not be binding on the Provider.

2.6 The Provider reserves the right to make any changes in the specification of the services which are required to conform with any applicable safety or other statutory or regulatory requirements or, where the services are to be supplied to the Provider's specification, which do not materially affect their performance.

2.7 Sub-contracting companies are not authorised to make any representations or claims concerning the service unless confirmed by the Provider in writing by email, telephone, or otherwise. In entering into the Contract the Passenger acknowledges that it does not rely on, and waives any claim for breach of, any such representations, which are not so confirmed.

2.8 No variation to these Conditions shall be binding unless agreed in writing by email, telephone, or otherwise between the authorised representatives of the passenger and the provider.

2.9 The price of the Service shall be the price listed in the Provider's published price list current at the date of acceptance of the passenger's reservation or such other price as may be agreed in writing by the provider and the passenger.

2.10 Where the provider has quoted a price for the service other than in accordance with the Provider's published price list the price quoted shall be valid for 24 hours only or such other time as the Provider may specify.

2.11 The Provider reserves the right, by giving notice to the Passenger at any time before delivery, to increase the price of the service to reflect any increase in the cost to the provider which is due to any factor beyond the control of the provider (such as, without limitation, any foreign exchange fluctuation, currency regulation or alteration of duties, any change in delivery dates, quantities or specifications for the service which is requested by the Passenger, or any delay caused by any instructions of the Passenger or failure of the Passenger to give the Provider adequate information or instructions.

2.12 The Provider reserves the right to use the services of contractors or sub-contractors (herein known as third parties) to provide services to Passengers. Where appropriate details i.e. names, addresses of any such third parties will be provided by the Provider upon any reasonable request and at the discretion of the Provider.

2.13 Reservations made for service on the following dates will be subject to an additional surcharge of 50% on published prices: 24, 25, 26 December & 1 January.

2.14 A maximum time of 15 minutes for address collections and 1 hour for airport collections will be allocated, whereupon non-contact with passengers will classify the reservation to be a "no show" and will be subject to clauses 3.2 and 4.3.3 "No show" - is defined as follows: If a passenger books a private hire car with us and fails to meet the driver on pick up time (pick up point), this will include home, hotel and other private address or wrong date or time bookings. If a passenger books a pick up from an airport and fails to meet the driver in the arrival hall. This means that the driver will wait in the arrival hall up to 1 hour from flight landing time and if the passenger fails to meet within this time limit or make contact to inform their status at the airport will be considered as a no show. All bookings made online or over the phone on basis of paying cash to the driver, but secured with a valid credit or debit card will be charged the full amount in the event of a no show. All bookings pre-paid by a credit or debit card will not be refunded in the event of a no show.

3. Terms Of Carriage

3.1 The Provider's prices are based on Passengers being ready to travel at the booked time. Passengers must book their airport transfer in accordance with check-in times and guidelines provided by their relevant airline.

3.2 All meets apart from airports waiting time are free for the first 10 minutes; thereafter you will be charged 30p per minute on the entire waiting time. Airports meets: 45 minutes free waiting time from the time of landing, thereafter you will be charged 5 pounds per 15 minutes. (There is no additional charge for flight delays).

3.3 Fares quoted are flat rates. Any diversions, additional set downs or pickups by passengers will incur a minimum charge of £5.00 per diversion. Fares quoted that are not booked will have a validity of 24 hours.

3.4 Neither UK Express Cabs nor any of its contracted or sub-contracted drivers will accept responsibility for loss or damage to luggage. Passengers are responsible for ensuring that their luggage is loaded/unloaded at all times, if accompanying the luggage on the journey. UK Express Cabs & or its contracted or sub-contracted drivers have the right to refuse any passenger or to make the journey due to the passenger having excess luggage which would result in the vehicle being unsafe whilst in motion.

3.5 Vehicles are booked by Passengers as requested. Saloon and Estate cars carry a maximum of 4 passengers & luggage. Vehicles to carry a larger number of passengers & luggage are available & are to be booked as required, (for luggage limitations & vehicle types and relevance view vehicles).

3.6 In the instance where unaccompanied luggage is transported. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold UK Express Cabs and its owners, workers, clients, agents, and drivers harmless from all claims, demands, causes of actions, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your acts or omissions.

3.6.1 In the instance where unaccompanied luggage is transported, UK Express Cabs will try its level best to deliver the luggage to the exact destination as booked by the passenger. If the driver is unable to obtain a signature for the receipt of luggage on such delivery, the driver is within his remit to return the luggage to our head office where storage and additional delivery costs may be incurred.

3.7 An extra 5 pounds will be charged for baby seat.

4. Cancellations / Cancellation Charges

4.1 Cancellations must be informed of a minimum of 2 hours prior to the time of booking by: Telephone: (+44) 203 955 8603 or email at info@ukminicabs.com

4.1.1 Cancellations informed 2 hours + prior to the time of booking will incur a 50% cancellation charge.

5. General Applications

5.1 The Provider shall not be liable to the Passenger or be deemed to be in breach of the Contract by reason of any delay in delivery or in performing, or any failure to perform, any of the Provider's obligations in relation to the Service, if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the Provider's reasonable control. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the following shall be regarded as causes beyond the Provider's reasonable control directly or indirectly:

5.1.1 act of God, explosion, flood, tempest, fire or accident;
5.1.2 war or threat of war, sabotage, insurrection, civil disturbance or requisition;
5.1.3 acts, restrictions, regulations, byelaws, prohibitions or measures of any kind on the part of any governmental, parliamentary or local authority;
5.1.4 traffic accidents, traffic hold ups, traffic congestion;
5.1.5 strikes, lockouts or other industrial actions or trade disputes (whether involving employees of the Provider or of a third party);
5.1.6 flight delays, flight cancellations;
5.1.7 power failure or breakdown in machinery including computer systems.

5.2 Subject as expressly provided in these Conditions, all warranties, conditions or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

5.3 Except as expressly provided in these Conditions, the Provider shall not be liable to the Passenger by reason of any representation, or any implied warranty, condition or other term, or any duty at common law or under statute, or under the express terms of the Contract, for any direct or consequential loss or damage sustained by the Passenger (including, without limitation, loss of profit or indirect or special loss), costs, expenses or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (and whether caused by the negligence of the Provider, its servants or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the supply of the services.

5.4 If the driver is stuck in traffic or for any other reason cannot reach in time at the point of collection, we will try to provide you with a car from one of our partners. In the event that our driver does not show up at the scheduled time for collection, please contact us at +44 (0)20339558603. If you leave the pickup point without informing us we will not be liable for any compensation to you. If you take a minicab or a black cab from another company without our consent, we will not be liable to pay you the price for it and we will not take the responsibility if you lose the plane. Also, we will not be liable to cover you any other expenses regarding that journey (plane ticket, hotel reservation, parking ticket).

5.5 If clause 4.1 applies then without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Provider, the Provider shall be entitled to cancel the Contract or suspend any further deliveries under the Contract without any liability to the Passenger, and if the Services have been delivered but not paid for the price shall become immediately due and payable notwithstanding any previous agreement or arrangement to the contrary.

5.6 The Passenger undertakes to the Provider that:

5.6.1 the Passenger will regard as confidential the Contract and all information obtained by the Passenger relating to the business and/or products of the Provider and will not use or disclose to any third party such information without the Provider's prior written consent provided that this undertaking shall not apply to information which is in the public domain other than by reason of the Passenger's default;
5.6.2 the passenger will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure compliance with this condition by its employees, servants and agents. This Condition shall survive the termination of the contract.

6. Miscellaneous

6.1 No waiver by the provider of any breach of the Contract by the passenger shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.

6.2 If any provision of these Conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provisions of these Conditions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected thereby.

6.3 The Contract shall be governed by the laws of England & Wales.

Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998). We collect information about you for 2 reasons: firstly, to process your booking and second, to provide you with the best possible service. We will not send out marketing email to you in the future unless you have given us your consent.

We will give you the chance to refuse any marketing email from us or from another trader in the future. The type of information we will collect about you includes your name, address, phone number, email address, and your credit/debit card details. We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent.

The information we hold will be accurate and up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us. If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct it promptly.