Source: https://gfg.be/en/conditions/cancellation-insurance/
Timestamp: 2019-05-20 22:23:46
Document Index: 677992606

Matched Legal Cases: ['§1', '§2', '§1', '§2', '§3', '§4', '§6', '§7']

Article 1. What does this insurance guarantee?
If a Mutually Insured Party is declared insolvent before the trip has started, the Association guarantees the refund of all amounts already paid to the Mutually Insured Party by or on behalf of the traveller insofar as the relevant service(s) cannot be provided due to the insolvency of the Mutually Insured Party. Within the limits of these General Terms and Conditions, the guarantee is provided in direct or analogous application of Articles 54 up to and including 60, 65 up to and including 68, and 72 up to and including 74 of the Travel Act for all services for which the Mutually Insured Party itself has a direct obligation to refund in the event of non-performance of the service(s). The analogous application of the Travel Act applies to all services that the Insurer covers but which are not included in the scope of the Travel Act.
Article 2. What is the scope of the insurance?
§1. The Association guarantees the refund to the beneficial traveller of the amounts he/she has already paid to the Mutually Insured Party if the Mutually Insured Party is no longer able to comply with its obligations towards the beneficial traveller for the performance of the travel contract due to insolvency.
§2. The expenses incurred by the beneficial traveller prior to commencing the trip, such a visa fees, vaccinations, reservation or change fees and premiums for travel insurances not included in the travel sum and taken out by the beneficial traveller, will not be refunded.
Article 3. Replacement travel
The Association has the right to offer the beneficial traveller the following choices:
(1) either a refund of the amounts already paid by the beneficial traveller to the Mutually Insured Party;
(2) or the performance of the travel contract or of a replacement trip, potentially subject to refund or charge if the replacement trip is respectively less expensive or more expensive than the payment to which the beneficial traveller is entitled. In these cases the role of the Association is solely limited to paying the suppliers and no other right can arise for the beneficial traveller against the Association.
Article 4. What are the insured amounts?
The Association will refund a maximum of the total of the travel sum paid by the beneficial traveller to the Mutually Insured Party.
Article 5. Duration of the guarantee
Article 6. Obligations on the part of the beneficial traveller in the event of a claim
§1. The beneficial traveller must send his/her request for a refund to the Association by registered letter within 30 days from the planned departure date of the beneficial traveller’s trip.
§2. The request for a refund must be accompanied by the following documents:
(1) the order form and/or the travel contract and/or the confirmation and/or the invoice;
(2) the proof of payment(s);
(3) any travel documents already supplied, such as (transport) tickets, vouchers...
§3. The beneficial traveller must answer all questions asked by the Association in relation to his/her request and must do so fully and truthfully, and provide additional information as required. The beneficial traveller must take all reasonable measures to prevent and limit the consequences of the claim.
§4. The beneficial traveller must not make any further payments to the Mutually Insured Party after he/she has become aware of the insolvency of the Mutually Insured Party.
§6. If the beneficial traveller fails to meet its obligations then the Association has the right:
§7. The burden of proof rests with the Association.