Self-Catering Holiday Let Booking Terms and Conditions

Booking terms for a holiday cottage, apartment or lodge – booking and deposits, balance, cancellations by the guest and by you, security deposit, arrival and departure, occupancy, pets, guests’ responsibilities, damage, liability, complaints and data – drafted to be fair to consumers.

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Holiday lets, B&Bs & guest houses

Self-Catering Holiday Let Booking Terms and Conditions

About this document

What it’s for

A holiday let booking is a contract with your guest. Clear terms set out when payments are due, what happens if a guest cancels, and what you expect during their stay. They must be fair and transparent: consumer law makes unfair terms – such as excessive cancellation charges or wide exclusions of liability – unenforceable.

When to use it

  • For direct bookings by phone, email or through your own website
  • Alongside platform bookings – check how platform terms and your own terms fit together
  • When reviewing your cancellation and deposit policies

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. About us and these terms
  2. Your booking
  3. Payment
  4. Security deposit
  5. If you cancel
  6. If we cancel or need to change your booking
  7. Arrival and departure
  8. Occupancy and use
  9. Your responsibilities
  10. Our responsibilities and liability
  11. Complaints
  12. Personal information

How to complete it

  • Fill in the property, payment and cancellation details
  • Make sure guests see and accept the terms before they book
  • Send them with every booking confirmation

Key points to check

  • Accommodation booked for a specific date is exempt from the 14-day distance selling cancellation right, but cancellation charges must still be fair
  • If a platform (such as Airbnb or Booking.com) takes the booking, its cancellation policy usually applies – do not contradict it

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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