RENTAL CONTRACT DURATION

The rental contracts are concluded for a maximum period of twelve months. In case of renewal the agency fees are due according to the new contracted period

BOOKING, TERMS OF PAYMENT

TO BOOK , after you have received our answer to your request for the availability of the selected apartment(s), send us (by fax or by Email) your final choice as well as 30% down payment to secure the booking (limited to 3 months rent even if the stay exceeds 3 months and non-refundable in case of cancellation or modification), and a copy of your passport.
You will have the choice

• either to use your credit card
• to make a bank transfer
• to send a banker's check

You will receive from us a confirmation fax or e-mail with all of the details for your arrival and your stay and a rental contract (In some cases the rental contract may be sent directly by the owner of the apartment).

Your signature will be required on the contract. You will have to send it back to us by fax, or as scanned document  to confirm the booking.

The balance ( i.e. 70 %) of the total price (or of the first three months  price  in case of a stay exceeding 3 months) must be paid by credit card, by bank transfer, banker's check  4 weeks before the arrival day. In case of stays exceeding three months , the balance due for the following three months  must be paid at the end of the second rental month, and so on for the following quarters.

A TENANT DEPOSIT will always be requested at your arrival (see below)

CANCELLATION OR CHANGE OF STAY

If you cancel before arrival, regardless of the reason or date of the cancellation, there is no refund of the amounts already paid. Shortening the planned dates of stay shall not entitle the tenant to a refund.

If you shorten your stay, regardless of the reason or date of the cancellation, there is no refund of the rent paid. Please note that the rental rate has been calculated according the length of your stay.

If you ask for a change of your dates of reservation, and in case the new dates you ask for are available, an extra amount of 60 Euros (including VAT) will be charged.

CHECK-IN / CHECK-OUT

Check-in time is: 3:00 p.m.
Check-out time is: 12:00 p.m.
Arrangements for the day of your arrival to be organized

RATES INCLUDE

• ALL TAXES
• AMENITIES AND SERVICES described as "included" in the Apartment presentation
• Electricity and gas for the weekly rentals (with a weekly price)
• Basic apartment insurance except for guest luggage and valuables and occupant personal liability insurance

RATES DO NOT INCLUDE

• Electricity and gas according to meter for the monthly rentals (with a monthy price).
• Phone calls.
• Maid service after departure: For weekly rentals, a lump sum amount will be applied based on the size of the apartment and the duration of the rental. For the rentals on a monthly basis, this service will be charged on the basis of 26 Euros per hour inc. tax).
• Services on request such as extra housekeeping, extra linen, laundry service, baby bed, fax.
• Insurance for guests' luggage, cash or valuables. Please contact your insurance agent before traveling.
• The residence tax, computed on a prorata basis, for any Long Term stay, i.e. longer than three months. 

BANK CHARGES

• All bank charges related to a payment by bank transfer will be borne by the customer.
• In case the rent due to the owners is paid by Visa or Mastercard, the corresponding bank charges - 2% -will be borne by the customer.
• No bank charge will be borne by the customer for the payment of the My Apartment in Paris fee by Visa card or Mastercard.

SECURITY DEPOSIT

• A security deposit is required at the entrance in the apartment. Its amount equals 70% of the total price, with a minimum of 1.4 weekly prices and a maximum of 1.4 monthly prices. It will be reimbursed to the tenant, one month maximum after the end of the rental, after deduction of the damages, if any, caused to the apartment and its contents, and of other amounts due by the tenant (phone, electricity consumptions,). For stays less or equal to two weeks, this security deposit can be replaced totally by a tenant’s card imprint (or authorization to charge if needed).
• For stays longer than two weeks and less than three months, only half of the security deposit can be replaced totally by a tenant’s card imprint ( or authorization to charge  if needed) .
• For stays of three months or more the security deposit will have to be paid totally by the tenant.
• It will be payable in cash, credit card or banker's check.

EXTENSION OF A LONG TERM CONTRACT

In case of extension of a Long Term rental beyond the initial contract duration, additional agency fees will be applied. Their amount exc. VAT will be 8% of the rent due to the lessor for the period of the extension with a maximum of 100% of the rent. The duration of each extension will not exceed 12 months.

MAP reserves the right to substitute accommodation of equivalent or higher category to that booked by guest if circumstances require.