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Promoter
1. This promotion is offered by On the Beach Limited, whose registered office is 5 Adair Street, Manchester, M1 2NQ (“On the Beach” or “OTB”). By participating in the promotion, customers shall be deemed to have read and accepted these terms and conditions.
Eligibility
2. All passengers aged 5 and over named on a Qualifying Booking (as defined below) who are resident in the UK will be eligible to receive free COVID-19 test(s) as described in paragraph 4, based on Government requirements for fully vaccinated travellers in their country of residence and provided the lead passenger does not have an excluded postcode*.
* The Testing Supplier (as defined below) is unable to deliver tests to the following postcodes: Scottish Islands (HS1-9, IV40-51, IV55-56, KA27-28, KW15-17, PA20, PA41-49, PA60-78, PH42-44, ZE1-3): Scilly Isles (all beginning TR).
3. ‘Qualifying Booking’ means a booking made which meets all of the following requirements:
a) Order must be for a package holiday that includes flights to one of the following destinations: Spain (including the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands): Cyprus: Greece (including Greek islands);
b) Order must be placed between 00:01 GMT on 24 September 2021 and 23:59 on 31 October 2021;
c) Departure must be no later than 31 October 2022;
d) Order must be placed at least 10 days before departure, to enable the tests to be sent to the passengers in plenty of time prior to departure; and
e) Order must be fully paid and remain active.
What is included and excluded?
4. On behalf of each passenger, On the Beach will pay an authorised provider of COVID-19 travel tests to supply each passenger with the following tests, based on their country of residence and date of departure.
English residents:
(a) For Qualifying Bookings departing prior to 4 October 2021, every passenger aged 5 years and older will receive:
(i) A pre-departure antigen test for travelling back to the UK (Antigen Test); and
(ii) A PCR test to take on or before day 2 after you arrive in the UK (PCR Day 2 Test)
(b) For Qualifying Bookings departing on or after 4 October 2021, every passenger aged 5 years and older will receive a PCR Day 2 Test.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland residents:
Every passenger aged 5 years and older on a Qualifying Booking will receive:
(i) A pre-departure antigen test for travelling back to the UK; and
(ii) A PCR test to take on or before day 2 after you arrive in the UK.
If the UK government or a devolved government changes the testing requirements so an antigen test is required instead of a PCR test in your country of residence at the time of your departure, each passenger aged 5 and over on a Qualifying Booking will instead be provided with an antigen test.
5. The tests set out in paragraph 4 (‘Tests”) are the COVID-19 tests currently required by the UK Government for residents of the UK who are fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine returning to the UK from a country which is not on the red list. To clarify, you are classed as ‘fully vaccinated’ 14 days after you have had your second dose of a government-approved vaccine. Any additional tests which a passenger may be required to take (e.g. tests to enter a destination country or a Day 8 test) are not included in the promotion.
6. If an overseas destination or the UK government or a devolved government introduces additional tests or new, more onerous or expensive testing requirements between the start of this promotion and the date of travel, the additional requirements are excluded from this promotion.
7. On the Beach will not provide the Tests (nor a cash equivalent) if the Tests are no longer required.
Subject to availability
8. This promotion is subject to availability and there is a cap on the number of Tests that can be redeemed. OTB anticipate this will be sufficient to meet demand. However, if this cap is reached, the promotion will cease to be available whether or not a Qualifying Booking is made. If OTB anticipates the demand will outstrip the number of tests available, it will stop advertising the promotion and a notice of withdrawal of the promotion will be added to the website at https://www.onthebeach.co.uk/free-covid-tests.
Who is my contract for the testing with?
9. The supplier of the Tests will be a third party who is authorised and accredited to carry out the Tests (“Testing Supplier”). The Testing Supplier will be Collinson Assistance Services Limited.
10. Although On the Beach will pay for the Tests on your behalf, your contract for the Tests will be with the Testing Supplier directly, and you will need to register with the Testing Supplier and agree to their Terms and Conditions once you have received your Tests.
11. The Tests do not form part of your package holiday, and are not a “travel service” for the purposes of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018.
12. Save where On the Beach has been negligent, On the Beach does not accept any liability for issues with the Tests (including, but not limited to, inconclusive test results or delayed test results) or any acts or omissions of the Testing Supplier, nor for the consequences of a positive test or false positive test. However, if the customer informs OTB promptly of any issues, OTB will provide customer with such reasonable assistance as it is able to in the circumstances.
13. In the event of an inconclusive test result, it will be customer’s responsibility to arrange for a replacement test.
How do I get/use my Tests?
14. The Testing Supplier will send the Tests to the lead passenger’s address on the Qualifying Booking via a delivery service. The lead passenger will be responsible for the Tests for all passengers on a Qualifying Booking once delivered and for ensuring that the Tests are provided to the other passengers.
15. The Testing Supplier will provide you with:
Instructions on how to take the Tests. Each test will be labelled so you know which one to take on holiday and which one to leave at home;
If applicable, instructions on how to register the Antigen Test and get and record the test result;
Instructions on how to register the PCR Day 2 Test and get the reference code for your passenger locator form;
A royal mail prepaid envelope to return the PCR Day 2 Test to the Testing Supplier; and Customer support via email and online live chat.
Customer’s responsibilities
16. It is customer’s responsibility to:
a) Provide complete and correct contact details (address, email address and telephone number) when making the Qualifying Booking. If incorrect or incomplete details are provided then the Testing Supplier may not be able to deliver the Tests in time before departure;
b) Check the entry requirements for their destination and their return back to the UK and to determine whether the Tests are suitable for those requirements. As entry requirements can change at short notice, customer should check these requirements at regular stages before they depart. For more information, please check the FCDO’s website;
c) Arrange for someone to be in to collect the Test kits when they are delivered;
d) Take with them on holiday the correct Test to be taken prior to return to UK (if applicable), and to pack and store this carefully in line with the Testing Supplier’s Terms and Conditions
e) Register the Tests in line with Testing Supplier’s instructions;
f) Obtain a reference code for the passenger locator form;
g) Conduct the Tests in line with Testing Supplier’s instructions and in the required timescales;
h) Return Day 2 PCR test in line with Testing Supplier’s instructions; and
i) To follow and comply with all instructions of Testing Supplier and their Terms and Conditions.
17. On the Beach will not accept liability for any failure by the customer to adhere to their responsibilities as set out in paragraph 16. If the test kits are lost/stolen/damaged/spoiled, it will be the customer’s responsibility to arrange a replacement test.
Data protection
18. Passengers details will be used by On the Beach to administer this Promotion. The personal data customer provides will be processed in accordance with On the Beach’s privacy policy: https://www.onthebeach.co.uk/privacy. On the Beach will use the personal information provided by passengers (and such use will include transferring the passenger’s personal information to the Testing Supplier) for the purposes of administering the promotion.
General
19. These terms and conditions (and any issues or disputes arising) shall be governed by the law of England and Wales law, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
20. On the Beach’s standard booking conditions apply to bookings, please refer to https://www.onthebeach.co.uk/terms_of_business and the other terms and conditions displayed as part of the booking journey.
