Common use of Package Clause in Contracts

Package. A combination of at least two different types of travel services for the purpose of the same trip if; a. those services are combined by one trader, including at the request of or in accordance with the selection of the traveller, before a single contract on all services is concluded; or b. irrespective of whether separate contracts are concluded with individual travel service providers, those services are: 1. purchased from a single point of sale and those services have been selected before the traveller agrees to pay; 2. offered, sold or charged at an inclusive or total price; 3. advertised or sold under the term 'package' or under a similar term; 4. combined after the conclusion of a contract by which a trader entitles the traveller to choose among a selection of different types of travel services; or 5. purchased from separate traders through linked online booking processes where the traveller's name, payment details and e-mail address are transmitted from the trader with whom the first contract is concluded to another trader or traders and a contract with the latter trader or traders is concluded at the latest 24 hours after the confirmation of the booking of the first travel service. A combination of travel services where not more than one type of travel service as referred to in points (a) to (c) of point 1 is combined with one or more tourist services as referred to in point (d) of point 1 is not a package if the latter services; a. account for less than 25% of the value of the combination and are not advertised as and do not otherwise represent an essential feature of the combination; b. are selected and purchased only after the performance of a travel service as referred to in points (a) to (c) of point 1 has started.