Terms and Conditions for Transportation Services provided by The Baqueano S.R.L.

All terms, conditions, cancellation, and refund policies are determined by TheBaqueano S.R.L. can be request a PDF file written in both English and Spanish.

What's Included: 

Door-to-Door Service: Enjoy the convenience of being picked up and dropped off directly at your desired location. 

Private, Crowd-Free Experience: Your journey is exclusively reserved for your party, ensuring utmost privacy and comfort. 

Complimentary Refreshments: Indulge in a selection of soft drinks and bottled water during your ride for added convenience. 

Courtesy Stops: Take advantage of courtesy stops of up to 30 minutes for bathroom breaks, food, groceries, and more along the way. 

Child and Infant Seats: Travel worry-free knowing that child and infant seats are provided at no additional cost for the safety and comfort of your little ones. 

Authorized Tourist Vehicles: Rest assured, our fleet consists of authorized tourist vehicles equipped with proper permits and licenses, ensuring a secure and reliable journey every time. 

What is excluded

Tips and gratuities: While recommended at 10%, they are not included in the base price. 

Additional time: If the courtesy stops extend beyond the agreed-30min duration, an extra fee of $50 per hour applies. 

Food, drinks, and additional accommodation expenses: Passengers are responsible for covering these costs themselves. 

Medical and travel insurance: Passengers need to arrange and cover their own insurance for medical emergencies and travel-related incidents. 

Activities, tickets, or admission fees: Any expenses related to specific activities, attractions, or events are not included. 

Transport to off-road destinations: The service does not extend to transportation to locations that are off-road or inaccessible by regular means. 

On-demand or immediate response service: This service does not operate on an on-demand basis or provide immediate response; bookings need to be arranged in advance. 

Type of vehicle: To ensure that we select the appropriate vehicle for your group, we internally determine the type of vehicle based on the number of people in your group and the road conditions. 

What is included: 

English speaking driver: Ensures clear communication between the driver and passengers, minimizing misunderstandings and enhancing the overall experience. 

Personalize your travel schedule (Itinerary/Agenda): You have the flexibility to customize your travel plans according to your preferences, including where you want to go and when. 

Door to door service: The service includes transportation from your starting location to your destination, picking you up directly from your doorstep. 

Private, crowd-free: exclusively for your party: The transportation provided is exclusively for your group, ensuring privacy and avoiding sharing the vehicle with strangers. 

A selection of soft drinks and bottled water for your convenience: The service includes complimentary soft drinks and bottled water for your refreshment during the journey. 

The daily hours cannot be accumulated or split: Each day's service is for a fixed duration and cannot be carried over to the next day or divided into smaller increments. 

Daily driving distance up to 250 km (155 miles) and cannot be accumulated or split: The service includes transportation for a maximum distance of 250 km per day, without the option to accumulate unused distance or split it across days. 

Driver meals and accommodation are included: The expenses for the driver's meals and overnight accommodation are covered by the service provider. 

All tolls, parking, and driving expenses are included: The service covers expenses related to tolls, parking fees, and other driving-related costs. 

Child and infant seats are provided at no additional cost: The service includes the provision of child and infant seats without any extra charges to ensure safety during the journey. Authorized tourist vehicles equipped with proper permits and licenses: The vehicles used for transportation are legally authorized and equipped with the necessary permits and licenses for tourist travel. 

What is excluded: 

Tips and gratuities are recommended at 10%: Tips or gratuities for the driver are not included in the service cost but are typically recommended at a rate of 10% of the total service cost. 

Additional time (USD): $50 per hour: Any extra time beyond the agreed-upon duration is charged at a rate of $50 per hour. 

Passengers are responsible for their own food, drinks, and any additional accommodation expenses: The passengers need to cover the costs of their own meals, beverages, and any additional accommodation they may require during the journey. 

Passengers must arrange their own medical and travel insurance: Passengers are responsible for obtaining their own medical and travel insurance coverage for the duration of the journey. 

Passengers are responsible for their own activities, tickets, or admission fees: Any expenses related to activities, tickets for attractions, or admission fees to venues are the responsibility of the passengers. 

We do not provide pickups or transport to off-road destinations: The service does not include transportation to locations that are inaccessible by regular roads or off-road destinations. 

Kindly be aware that this is not an on-demand, stand-by vehicle, or immediate response service: The service is not available for immediate requests or standby situations; it requires advance booking. 

Type of vehicle: To ensure that we select the appropriate vehicle for your group, we internally determine the type of vehicle based on the number of people in your group and the road conditions. 

WAIT TIME CHARGES: After your international flight lands, we provide a complimentary 90-minute period to allow ample time for you to collect your luggage and complete customs and immigration procedures. Beyond that duration, there is a charge of (USD): $25 for each additional 30 minutes. 

EARLY ARRIVALS: We kindly request that you wait for your driver outside the airport terminal at the Coffee Shop. Please note that our drivers will arrive based on the original flight landing time you booked with us, so there may be a short wait before your driver arrives. Thank you for your understanding. 

DELAYED ARRIVALS: If we are unable to pick you up due to flight delays, we will ensure transportation is arranged through a trusted company as part of our warranty.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

OVERNIGHT DRIVING: In the event that the pickup or drop-off falls between 22:00 PM and 06:00 AM, an additional charge of $50 for overnight driving will apply. 

RESERVATION ABANDONMENT:  If the driver has to wait for more than 30 minutes, or if they are unable to find the customer at the designated pick-up time and location, or if they cannot reach the customer at the contact number provided, it will be considered a no-show, and no refund will be issued.  

PUNCTUALITY: In the event of a late pickup, we reserve the right to shorten or not offer our courtesy stops, as we may have another client scheduled and we want to ensure that we can provide them with a timely service. 

MODIFY AN EXISTING RESERVATION: We will make every effort to accommodate your request. Please be mindful that such modifications are subject to availability. If the changes result in a reduction of the original scheduled pickup and drop-off, we regret to inform you that refunds for the affected amount will not be issued.  

USAGE DISCLAIMER: Should the services be utilized with the intention of visiting brothel establishments, seeking or purchasing illicit substances, or picking up individuals not included in the original booking, we retain the right to cancel the reservation without eligibility for a refund. 

CANCELLATION: Clients who provide cancellation notice at least 3 days prior to their scheduled pick-up time will receive a full refund. 

CANCELLATION: No refunds will be provided for reservations and cancellations made within 2 days of the scheduled pick-up time. 

CANCELLATION: All cancellations must be notified in writing to our email address info@thebaqueano.com. Please include your reservation details and the reason for the cancellation. 

REFUNDS: We understand the importance of timely refunds and strive to process them as quickly as possible. Refunds will typically be processed within 10 business days. Please be aware that a 5% administrator fee will be deducted to cover card processing fees and Costa Rica government taxes in the event of a full or partial refund.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

The company states that it is solely an intermediary between the passenger and the companies providing the services included in the itineraries, such as hotels, transporters, restaurants, domestic airlines, among others. 

All providers are carefully selected and meet the essential requirements to provide services, characterized by being responsible and efficient companies. 

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The company will continuously review these terms and conditions to make necessary adjustments. 

By using this website, you should periodically visit this page to review the current terms and conditions. 

The protection of your personal data is important to us. Therefore, we would like to inform you below about which data from your visit will be used for what purposes. If you have further questions about the handling of your personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Constant technological development, changes in our services or legal situation, as well as other reasons, may require adjustments to our data protection information. Therefore, we reserve the right to modify this data protection statement at any time and ask you to regularly inform yourself about the current status. 

The company respects Law 8968 "Law for the Protection of the Individual against the Processing of their Personal Data," and its regulations, prior to including your personal information in our Database, and in compliance with article five of the aforementioned norm, concerning the collection and use of certain information as described below, requests your Informed Consent, for which it makes known the following information of interest: 

WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

When you use our platform, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you provide us such as your name, address, and email address. 

When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer's internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system. 

Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products, and other updates. 

How do you get my consent? 

When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit/debit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only. 

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no. 

How do I withdraw my consent? 

If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at the emails and phones mentioned in section 1 of this document. 

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service. 

Unless otherwise stated in the following sections, your data will not be transferred to third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so or the transfer of data is necessary for the execution of the contractual relationship or you have given your express and prior consent to the transfer of your data. External service providers and associated companies, such as online payment providers or the shipping company responsible for delivery, will only receive your data if it is necessary to process your order. In these cases, however, the scope of the transmitted data is limited to the minimum required. To the extent that our service providers come into contact with your personal data, we ensure that they comply with the standards of data protection laws in the same way. Please also note the data protection information of the providers. The respective service provider is responsible for the content of the external services, so we check compliance with the services with legal requirements within reason. 

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