Last revised: November 14, 2022
Thank you for your interest in RentLuxy!
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT
AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS, REMEDIES,
AND OBLIGATIONS. THEY INCLUDE AN AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE (UNLESS YOU OPT OUT). THESE
TERMS ALSO INCLUDE A PROHIBITION OF
CLASS AND REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS AND NON-INDIVIDUALIZED RELIEF FOR ALL MATTERS IN EITHER
COURT OR ARBITRATION, VARIOUS
LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, A CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS THE JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND GOVERNING
LAW OF DISPUTES, EXCEPT WHERE
PROHIBITED, AND OBLIGATIONS TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
Introduction
RentLuxy LLC and its subsidiaries (collectively, “RentLuxy”, “we”, or “us”), provide an
online car sharing platform that
connects vehicle owners with travelers and locals seeking to book those vehicles.
RentLuxy is accessible online
including at rentluxy.com and as an application for mobile
devices. The RentLuxy websites, blog, mobile applications,
and associated services are collectively referred to as “the Services”. By accessing or
using the Services, including by
communicating with us or other RentLuxy users, you agree to comply with, and be legally
bound by, the provisions of
these Terms of Service (these “Terms”), whether or not you become a registered user of
the Services. These Terms govern
your access to and use of the Services and constitute a binding legal agreement between
you and RentLuxy.
These Terms, together with the RentLuy privacy policy, cancellation policy,
nondiscrimination policy, applicable
insurance terms and certificates, roadside assistance terms, and the additional policies
(together, the “Policies”)
constitute the “Agreement” between you and RentLuxy (each a “Party” and together, “the
Parties”).
Modification
RentLuxy reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to modify the Services or to modify
the Agreement, including these
Terms, at any time. If we modify these Terms, we will post the modification on the
Services. We will also update the
“Last Revised” date at the top of these Terms. If you continue to access or use the
Services after we have posted a
modification or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that
you agree to be bound by the
modified terms. If the modified terms are not acceptable to you, your sole recourse is
to stop using and accessing the
Services and close your RentLuxy Account within 30 days. If you choose to close your
RentLuxy Account, the previous
effective version of these Terms will apply to you, unless you use the Services during
the intervening 30 day period, in
which case the new version of these Terms will apply to you.
Eligibility, registration, verification
Eligibility,
The Services are intended solely for guests who meet our age requirements in the location
where the vehicle is booked
and hosts who are 21 or older, except in the United Kingdom where we permit hosts age 18
to list eligible vehicles. Any
use of the Services by anyone that does not meet these age requirements is expressly
prohibited.
Registration
To access certain features of the Services, you must sign up for an account with us (a
“RentLuxy Account”). You can
create a RentLuxy Account by providing us your first and last name, email address, and
creating a password or connecting
through an account with a third-party site or service (including Apple, Facebook, and
Google). When you book a vehicle
as a traveler or guest (“guest”), you provide us with certain additional information
about yourself. Similarly, when you
list a vehicle as a vehicle owner or host (“host”), you provide us with certain
additional information about yourself
and your vehicle(s) (if applicable). You must provide accurate, current, and complete
information during the
registration, booking, and/or listing process. You must keep your RentLuxy Account up to
date at all times. Based on
information you provide, RentLuxy may impose additional requirements for you to book a
trip (e.g., providing a deposit,
adding a second form of payment, buying a certain level of protection plan, or other
requirements). To fight spam and
abuse of the Services, RentLuxy has implemented reCAPTCHA Enterprise, and your use of
reCAPTCHA is subject to a separate
Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Verification
Where permitted, RentLuxy has the right, but not the obligation, to undertake screenings,
checks, and engage in
processes designed to (1) help verify the identities or check the backgrounds of users,
including driving history and
driver’s license validity and (2) verify vehicle details. RentLuxy does not endorse any
vehicle, user, or a user’s
background, or commit to undertake any specific screening process. RentLuxy may in its
sole discretion use third-party
services to verify the information you provide to us and to obtain additional related
information and corrections where
applicable, and you hereby authorize RentLuxy to request, receive, use, and store such
information. RentLuxy may permit
or refuse your request to book or list a vehicle in its sole and absolute discretion.
RentLuxy may, but does not commit
to, undertake efforts to ensure the safety of vehicles shared through the Services. We
do not make any representations
about, confirm, or endorse the safety, roadworthiness, or legal status of any vehicles
beyond our policies that require
hosts to ensure their vehicles are in safe and operable condition, legally registered to
be driven on public roads, have a clean title (e.g.,
non-salvaged/non-branded/non-washed/non-written off), not subject to any applicable
safety recalls, and otherwise
satisfy our eligibility requirement.
Consumer Report Authorization
When you attempt to book or list a vehicle, or at any time after where RentLuxy reasonably
believes there may be an
increased level of risk associated with your RentLuxy Account, you hereby provide RentLuxy
with written instructions and
authorize RentLuxy, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, applicable consumer
reporting laws, or any similar
laws to obtain your personal and/or business auto insurance score, credit report, and/or
conduct a background check,
including a criminal background check where permissible under applicable law.
Fees, taxes
Fees
The fees we charge for using the Services and other cost structures will be itemized at
checkout for guests. You can
verify the amount for your trip at checkout before you submit your trip request. Hosts can
view earnings on the Host Hub
and learn more about their earnings breakdown. When you provide RentLuxy a payment method,
you authorize RentLuxy, or
third-party service providers acting on behalf of RentLuxy, to store your payment credential
for future use in the event
you owe RentLuxy any money. You authorize RentLuxy to use stored payment credentials for
balances, including for Trip
costs, host fees, and guest fees (e.g., late fees, security deposits, processing fees and
claims costs, and related
administrative fees). In some cases, our payment processors have arrangements with card
networks to automatically update
stored payment credentials whenever you receive a new card (e.g., replacing an expired card
or one that was reported
lost or stolen) and we will rely on such updates to stored payment credentials for balances.
Collection of fees
RentLuxy and its service providers will employ all legal methods available to collect amounts
due, including the
engagement of collection agencies or legal counsel. RentLuxy, or the collection agencies we
retain, may also report
information about your RentLuxy Account to credit bureaus. As a result, late payments,
missed payments, or other
defaults on your RentLuxy Account may be reflected in your credit report. In addition to the
amount due, delinquent
accounts or chargebacks will be charged with fees and/or charges that are incidental to the
collection of delinquent
accounts or chargebacks including, but not limited to, collection fees, convenience fees,
and/or other third party
charges. If you wish to dispute the information RentLuxy reported to a credit bureau (i.e.,
Experian, Equifax, or
TransUnion), please contact help.rentluxy@gmail.com . If you wish to dispute
the information a collection agency
reported to a credit bureau regarding your RentLuxy Account, you must contact the collection
agency directly.
Taxes
In certain jurisdictions, RentLuxy may enable the collection and remittance of certain taxes
from or on behalf of guests
or hosts, based on existing and future tax regulations, including marketplace facilitator or
car sharing regulations.
The amount of taxes, if any, collected and remitted by RentLuxy will be visible to, and
separately stated, to both
guests and hosts on their respective trip related documents and invoices. Where RentLuxy is
facilitating the collection
and remittance of taxes, hosts are not permitted to collect the same taxes on the Services
in relation to their vehicle
sharing in that jurisdiction.
Your commitments
You agree that you will always use your RentLuxy Account and the Services in compliance with
these Terms, applicable
law, and any other policies and standards provided to you by RentLuxy.
Account Activity. You are, and will be solely responsible for, all of the activity that
occurs through your RentLuxy
Account. Keep your RentLuxy Account information, including your password, secure. You agree
that you will not disclose
your password to any third party and that you will take sole responsibility for any
activities or actions under your
RentLuxy Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will
immediately notify RentLuxy of
any actual or suspected unauthorized use of your RentLuxy Account. We are not responsible
for your failure to comply
with this clause, or for any delay in shutting down or protecting your RentLuxy Account
unless you have reported
unauthorized access to us.
Content
RentLuxy Content and User Content License. Subject to your compliance with the provisions of
these Terms, RentLuxy
grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, to access and view
any RentLuxy and/or user
content to which you are permitted access, solely for your personal and non-commercial
purposes. You have no right to
sublicense the license rights granted in this section. No licenses or rights are granted to
you by implication or
otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by RentLuxy or its
licensors, except for the
licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms.
User Content
We may, in our sole discretion, permit you to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit
content through
the Services such as photographs of you and your vehicle(s), reviews, feedback, and
descriptions of you, your vehicle,
or trip. By making available any content on or through the Services, or through RentLuxy
promotional campaigns, you
grant RentLuxy a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual (or for the term of the protection),
non-exclusive, transferable,
royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, view, copy, adapt, modify,
distribute, transfer, publicly
display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, access, view, and otherwise exploit
such content on, through, by
means of, or to promote or market the Services. Except as described above with respect to
RentLuxy photography provided
to hosts, RentLuxy does not claim any ownership rights in any such content and nothing in
these Terms will be deemed to
restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit any such content.
Copyright Protection. We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate
RentLuxy Accounts of repeat
infringers according to the process set out in the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and
similar laws. If you think a
user is violating your copyright(s) and want to notify us, 1-972-908-9380 or
help.rentluxy@gmail.com
Prohibited activities
In connection with your use of or access to the Services, you agree that you will not, nor
advocate, encourage, request,
or assist any third party to:
- Violate any law, including
- Breach, violate, and/or circumvent any local, state, provincial/territorial,
regional,
or national law or other law or
regulation, or any order of a court, including, without limitation, airport
regulations
and tax regulations, licensing
or registration requirements, or third-party rights
- Post false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or libelous content
- Infringe, reproduce, perform, display, distribute, reverse engineer, or prepare
derivative works from content that
belongs to or is licensed to RentLuxy, or that comes from the Services and belongs
to
another RentLuxy user or to a
third party, including works covered by any copyrights, trademark, patent, or other
intellectual property, privacy,
publicity, moral, or contractual rights, except with prior express written
permission of
RentLuxy
- Dilute, tarnish, or otherwise harm the RentLuxy brand in any way, including
- Through unauthorized use of the Services and/or user content
- Registering and/or using "RentLuxy" or derivative terms in domain names, trade
names,
trademarks, or otherwise
- Registering and/or using domain names, trade names, trademarks, social media account
names, or other means of
identification that closely imitate or are confusingly similar to RentLuxy domains,
trademarks, taglines, promotional
campaigns, or RentLuxy and/or user content
- Provide or submit any false or misleading information, including
- False name, date of birth, driver’s license details, payment method, insurance, or
other
personal information
- In relation to a claim (for example about damage to a vehicle)
- By registering for a RentLuxy Account on behalf of an individual other than yourself
- Impersonating any person or entity, or falsifying or otherwise misrepresenting
yourself
or your affiliation with any
person or entity
- Fail to honor your commitments, including
- Fail to pay fees, penalties, or other amounts owed to RentLuxy or another user
- Fail, as either a guest or host, to timely deliver, make available, or return any
vehicle and optional Extras, unless
you have a valid reason
- Use the Services to find a host or guest, and then complete a transaction partially
or
wholly independent of the
Services, for any reason including but not limited to circumventing the obligation
to
pay any fees related to the
provision of the Services by RentLuxy (aka, gray market transactions, which do not
necessarily require the exchange of
money)
- Transfer your RentLuxy Account and/or user ID to another party without our consent
- Leave a vehicle unlocked or running with the keys inside, except where instructed to
do
so directly by RentLuxy in
certain limited circumstances
- Harm or threaten to harm users of our community, including
- Harass, stalk, or defame any other RentLuxy user or collect or store any personally
identifiable information about any
other user other than for purposes of transacting as a host or guest in accordance
with
these Terms
- Engage in physically or verbally abusive or threatening conduct
- Use the Services to transmit, distribute, post, or submit any information concerning
any
other person or entity,
including without limitation, photographs of others without their permission,
personal
contact information, payment
method details, or account numbers
- Treat anyone differently based on the way they look, who they love, what they
believe,
how they self-identify, where
they are from, or when they were born. Discrimination of any kind is not tolerated
in
the RentLuxy community
- Sue or assert legal claims against RentLuxy or a RentLuxy user in any manner
prohibited
or waived by these Terms
- Use the Services for your own unrelated purposes, including to
- Contact another RentLuxy user for any purpose other than in relation to a booking,
vehicle, listing, or the use of the
Services by such user
- Commercialize any content found on the Services or software associated with the
Services, including reviews
- Harvest or otherwise collect information about users without their and our consent
- Recruit or otherwise solicit any user to join third-party services or websites that
are
competitive to RentLuxy,
without our prior written approval
- Interfere with the operation of the Services, including by
- Interfering with any other user’s listings
- Using the Services in connection with the distribution or posting of unsolicited
commercial messages (e.g., spam)
- Distributing viruses or any other technologies such as cancel bots, Trojan horses,
harmful code, flood pings,
denial-of-service attacks, backdoors, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or
e-mail
address information, or similar
methods or technology that may disrupt or interfere with the operation or provision
of
the Services, or harm RentLuxy or
the interests or property of others
- Bypassing robot exclusion headers, interfering with the working of the Services, or
imposing an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on our infrastructure
- Systematically retrieving data or other content from the Services to create or
compile,
directly or indirectly, a
collection, compilation, database, directory, or the like, whether by manual
methods, or
through the use of bots,
crawlers, spiders, or otherwise
- Using, displaying, mirroring, or framing the Services or any individual element
within
the Services, the RentLuxy
name, any RentLuxy trademark, logo, or other proprietary information, or the layout
and
design of any page or form
contained on a page in the Services, without the express written consent of RentLuxy
- Accessing, tampering with, or using non-public areas of the Services, our computer
systems, or the technical delivery
systems of our service providers
- Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any of our system or network
or
breach any security or
authentication measures
- Avoiding, bypassing, removing, deactivating, impairing, descrambling, or otherwise
circumventing any technological
measure implemented by RentLuxy or any of our service providers or any other third
party
(including another user) to
protect the Services
- Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email
or
newsgroup posting, or in any
way using the Services to send altered, deceptive, or false source-identifying
information
- Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the
software
used to provide the Services
- Endeavoring to circumvent a suspension, termination, or closure of your RentLuxy
Account
or the account of another
RentLuxy user, including, but not limited to, creating a new RentLuxy Account or
listing
vehicles affiliated with or
registered to a RentLuxy Account holder that has been suspended, terminated, or
closed
Other legal matters
Violations.
RentLuxy has the right, but not the obligation, to
investigate, pursue, and seek to prosecute, litigate, or
refer to law enforcement, violations of the Agreement to the fullest extent permissible by
the
law.
RentLuxy reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, in accordance with
applicable
law, to remove or
disable access to any content that RentLuxy, at its sole discretion, considers to be
objectionable for any reason, in
violation of these Terms, or otherwise harmful to the Services or our community. If we
believe
you are abusing RentLuxy,
our users, or any other person in any way or violating the letter or spirit of any of these
Terms, we may, in our sole
discretion and without limiting other remedies, limit, suspend, or terminate your RentLuxy
Account and access to the
Services, remove hosted content, deny a damage claim, remove or demote your listings, reduce
or
eliminate any discounts,
and take technical and/or legal steps to prevent you from using the Services. Additionally,
we
reserve the right to
refuse or terminate access to the Services to anyone for any reason at our discretion to the
full extent permitted under
applicable law.
Policy enforcement
When an issue arises, we may consider the user’s performance history and the specific
circumstances in applying our
Policies. We may choose to be more lenient with policy enforcement in an effort to do the
right thing, subject to our
sole and absolute discretion.
Communications with you
You agree that RentLuxy may contact you by electronic means (e.g., electronic mail;
notifications via RentLuxy
messaging; app notification) in lieu of any requirement for mailed notices. To contact you
more efficiently, you agree
that we may at times also contact you using autodialed or prerecorded message calls or text
messages at your phone
number(s). We may place such calls or texts primarily to confirm your signup, provide
notices regarding your RentLuxy
Account or RentLuxy Account activity, investigate or prevent fraud, collect a debt owed to
us, or communicate urgent
messages. We may share your phone number(s) with service providers with whom we contract to
assist us in pursuing these
interests. We will not share your phone number(s) with third parties for their own purposes
without your consent.
Standard telephone minute and text and data charges may apply. Where RentLuxy is required to
obtain your consent for
such communications, you may choose to revoke your consent. You authorize RentLuxy and
its service providers, without further notice or warning and in our discretion, to monitor
or
record telephone conversations you or anyone acting on your behalf has with RentLuxy or its
agents for quality control
and training purposes. You acknowledge and understand that your communications with RentLuxy
may be overheard,
monitored, or recorded without further notice or warning. If you do not wish to have your
call recorded, please contact
us instead in writing through help.rentluxy@gmail.com
Non-disparagement. The Parties agree that they will not take any action that will harm the
reputation of the other
Party, or which would reasonably be expected to lead to unwanted or unfavorable publicity to
either of the other Party.
Insurance and protection plans
RentLuxy is not an insurance company and does not insure hosts or guests. Host and guest
protection plans made available
through the Services are in no way related. To be eligible for the benefits of a protection
plan, hosts and guests must
comply with these Terms. Protection plans are available through the Services only in the
United States. Please refer to
the specific terms for guests and specific terms for hosts sections below for additional
information based on the nature
of your use of the Services.
Specific terms for guests
The following sections also apply if you book a vehicle using the Services:
Guest commitments
As a guest, you commit that you will be a legally licensed driver and provide proof to the
host or via the Services of a
current, valid driver’s license. You will treat the vehicle and any applicable Extras well
and will take all reasonable
measures to return the vehicle and any applicable Extras on time and in essentially the same
condition as received. You
will not allow anyone other than a person listed in the trip details as an Approved Driver
to drive the vehicle you
booked.
Guest financial responsibility for physical damage to the vehicle
The guest that booked the trip (“primary guest”) is financially responsible for all physical
damage to or theft of a
booked vehicle that occurs during a trip, plus any additional costs and fees resulting from
damage of any kind to the
vehicle, regardless of who is found to be at fault. This responsibility applies whether the
primary guest has their own
auto insurance or not.
Primary guests may be insured against damage to the booked vehicle under their own
automobile policies. When you book a
vehicle on RentLuxy, you agree that if any damage occurs to the booked vehicle during the
booked trip, you will work
with RentLuxy to make a claim for coverage under any policy of insurance that applies to the
loss.
The primary guest can limit the amount they are obligated to pay out of their own pocket in
the event there is damage to
the booked vehicle during the booked trip by choosing a protection plan on the Services. The
limitation on the amount a
primary guest may have to pay out of pocket included in any protection plan only applies (1)
if the primary guest and
any Approved Driver abide by these Terms and (2) to physical damage that is not mechanical
or interior damage.
Learn more about Guest protection plans including insurance in the US
Auto liability insurance
Most hosts offering a vehicle for sharing on the Services cannot offer liability insurance to
you. All protection plans
offered on the Services include coverage under an automobile liability insurance policy. In
the US, the policy is issued
to RentLuxy by Travelers Excess and Surplus Lines Company and does not provide a defense or
indemnification for any
claim asserted by RentLuy.
Booking with Commercial Hosts
Where a host can offer guests at least legally required minimum insurance through their own
commercial or rental policy,
the host may choose to decline insurance on the Services and provide its own policy directly
to you as the guest. We
refer to these hosts as “Commercial Hosts.” You can determine directly in the vehicle
listing whether the vehicle is
offered by a Commercial Host.
If you book with a Commercial Host, no third-party automobile liability insurance, financial
responsibility limitations
for physical damage, or roadside assistance is made available via the Services by RentLuxy
or any third-party insurance
partners, brokers, or producers. The Commercial Host will bill you directly for any
applicable protection plan after
booking, not through the Services. In these circumstances, a Commercial Host may require you
to sign additional
paperwork, provide a deposit, or pay additional fees, costs, or taxes after booking, for
instance when picking up the
vehicle. A Commercial Host may also have additional requirements that differ from RentLuxy
requirements (like requiring
a credit card deposit). By booking a vehicle where a Commercial Host is providing
protection, you agree that the
Commercial Host may impose additional terms and fees after booking.
Use of the vehicle
When you book a vehicle on the Services, you must use the vehicle only for your personal use
and not for any commercial
purposes (e.g. driving other passengers for a fee such as through Uber or Lyft or delivering
food or other packages)
unless you have express written permission from the RentLuxy Legal Department in advance.
You may not access a vehicle
until the trip start time and you must return the vehicle on time and to the correct
location. You must present the host
with a current, valid driver’s license. You must exercise reasonable care in your use of the
vehicle. You are required
at all times to operate the vehicle safely, and in compliance with all applicable laws,
including without limitation,
speed limits and prohibitions on impaired or distracted driving. In the event RentLuxy has
any concern about your use of
a vehicle, RentLuxy may terminate your trip in its discretion at any time and require the
return of the vehicle,
including recovering the vehicle on behalf of the host. You are required to wear seat belts
during the operation of the
vehicle and to require that all of your passengers wear seat belts. You are also required to
meet any laws or
regulations concerning child safety seats and other protections for children. You must not
leave the car unlocked or
with the keys unsecure (such as in the ignition). You must not engage in any prohibited uses
with any vehicle you book
through the Services. The prohibited uses list is not meant to be exhaustive. If you have
any concerns about your
planned use, please contact help.rentluxy@gmail.com If you misuse a vehicle, you will be
fully financially responsible
for any related claims, loss, or damage, and your protection plan may be voided. Guests also
acknowledge that using a
vehicle in a prohibited manner or otherwise breaching the Agreement may lower available
liability coverage to legal
minimum limits, or nullify coverage, and may furthermore nullify any comprehensive or
collision protection and/or
protection plan where allowed by applicable law.
Condition of the vehicle and optional Extras
You understand that third parties own the vehicles and Extras offered through the Services.
Each host is responsible for
complying with all legal requirements (including ensuring the vehicle is registered and
insured) and maintaining their
vehicle(s) in safe and roadworthy condition. Please complete a visual inspection before you
begin your use of the
vehicle. If you find damage in your initial inspection, you should upload photos of such
pre-existing damage at the
start of your reservation to ensure you are not held responsible for pre-existing damage. If
you find damage on your
initial inspection and fail to report it, RentLuxy, third-party administrators, or insurance
partners, may assume that
the damage occurred during your reservation period. If, after your initial inspection, you
believe that the vehicle is
not safe to drive, please do not use the vehicle; instead, please contact the RentLuxy team
immediately at
1-972-908-9380 in the US or 806 301 2062
No responsibility for shared vehicles
You acknowledge that RentLuxy is not responsible and shall not be liable for the safety,
roadworthiness, or legal status
(e.g., whether the vehicle is legally registered or the subject of a stolen vehicle report)
of any vehicles shared via
the Services beyond our policies that require hosts to ensure their vehicles are in safe and
operable condition, legally
registered to be driven on public roads, not subject to a missing or stolen vehicle report,
have a clean title (e.g.,
non-salvaged/non-branded/non-washed/non-written off), not subject to any applicable safety
recalls, and otherwise
satisfy our eligibility requirements.
Incident reporting
Where you elected for a protection plan when booking your trip via the Services, you must
immediately report any damage
to the vehicle you are using to RentLuxy at help.rentluxy@gmail.com , or 1-972-908-9380 in
the US. If there has been a
collision, you must also make a report to the police. You will need to use all reasonable
efforts to secure evidence
from any available witnesses and to provide RentLuxy or third-party claims administrators
with a written description of
the incident and any other information requested, including identity and insurance
information of any parties involved
in the incident. You are also required to cooperate in any loss investigation conducted by
RentLuxy, third party claims
administrators, or insurers. After an incident, you may not continue to use the vehicle
unless you have the explicit
permission of RentLuxy staff. Failure to timely report an incident or cooperate in an
investigation may reduce or
invalidate any protection plan received via the Services.
Vehicle theft
The following conduct may result in the reporting of the vehicle you have booked as stolen to
law enforcement, possibly
subjecting you and any other driver to arrest, and civil and/or criminal penalties, and the
voiding of your protection
plan:
- If you fail to return the vehicle you booked at the time and place agreed upon with the
host and/or designated in your
reservation
- If you do not return the vehicle by the end of the reservation period and you have not
properly obtained an extension
of the reservation through the Services as set forth here
- If the vehicle is returned to any place other than the return location on the
reservation or agreed upon with the
host. Any damage to, or loss or theft of, a vehicle occurring prior to the host
inspecting the vehicle upon return at
the end of the reservation is the guest’s responsibility
- If you misrepresent facts to the host pertaining to booking, use, or operation of
vehicle
- If the vehicle’s interior components are stolen or damaged or the vehicle itself is
stolen or damaged when the vehicle
is left unlocked or running or unattended with the keys not secured during reservation
period
- If you fail or refuse to communicate in good faith with the host, police, RentLuxy, or
other authorities with a full
report of any accident or vandalism involving the vehicle or otherwise fail to cooperate
in the investigation of any
accident or vandalism
- If the vehicle is operated by anyone who has given a fictitious name, false address, or
a false or invalid driver’s
license, whose driver’s license becomes invalid during the reservation period, who has
obtained the keys without
permission of the host, or who misrepresents or withholds facts to/from the host or
RentLuxy material to the booking,
use, or operation of vehicle
The primary guest who books the reservation is responsible for any private investigation
costs
RentLuxy deems necessary
to recover a vehicle that is not returned. In addition, a $500 case administration fee will
be
imposed on the primary
guest if RentLuxy and/or the host has to report a vehicle as stolen to law enforcement due
to it
not being returned.
Repossession
RentLuxy, a hired agent of RentLuxy, or the host may repossess any vehicle booked through the
Services without demand,
at the guest’s expense, if the vehicle is not returned by the end of the reservation, is
found illegally parked,
apparently abandoned, or used in violation of applicable law or these Terms.
Missing Vehicles
If a vehicle you have booked through the Services goes missing and/or is stolen during the
reservation period (or
extension period), you must immediately return the original ignition key to the host, file a
police report immediately
after discovering the vehicle is missing or stolen, but in no event more than 12 hours after
discovering it has gone
missing, and cooperate fully with the host, law enforcement, RentLuxy, and other authorities
in all matters related to
the investigation.
Specific terms for hosts
The following sections also apply if you share your vehicle through the Services:
Host commitments
As a host, you commit that you will provide a safe and legally registered and insured
vehicle, with current license
plates, with a clean (non-salvage/branded/written off) title, and in good mechanical
condition. You will provide such
vehicle on time but only to a guest who is listed on the Services as an Approved Driver for
the trip. You commit that
your listings will be complete and accurate and you will honor all representations made in
your listings, including
honoring the price quoted to a guest. You will not cancel a booking for the purpose of
seeking a higher price from a
guest. You will not offer any vehicle or optional Extra that you do not yourself own or have
authority to share or that
may not be shared for compensation pursuant to the terms and conditions of any agreement
with a third party, including,
but not limited to, a lease or financing agreement. If your vehicle is subject to a lease,
loan, or other financing
agreement, you must confirm sharing your vehicle on RentLuxy does not violate the terms of
the contract with the
lienholder. You will not offer any Extra that is not safe, clean, and acceptable for the use
it is intended. You will
not offer any vehicle that is the subject of a missing or stolen vehicle report. You will
not offer any vehicle that is
the subject of a safety recall without first properly addressing the matter subject to the
recall. You will not offer a
vehicle that is not roadworthy (i.e., not “street legal”) in the location where it is shared
and it will not have any
illegal modifications to any part of the vehicle. You will remove any firearms or other
weapons from your vehicle prior
to providing it to a guest. You will repay loans related to your RentLuxy business on time
and in full.
Information given at registration
When you sign up for RentLuxy, you will identify passenger vehicle(s) that you want to list
for sharing through the
Services. Each vehicle must meet the requirements for RentLuxy. You may only use the
Services in connection with
vehicles that you own or otherwise have all the necessary rights and permissions to share
for compensation.
Listing only on the Services
In the United States, any vehicle you list on the Services must be exclusively listed on the
Services. You cannot list
any vehicles you intend to share on the Services on any other car sharing marketplace.
Failure to abide by this
condition may result in fines, penalties, denial of physical damage claims, removal of the
vehicle from the Services,
account closure, or other action, in RentLuxy’s sole discretion. This does not limit
Commercial Hosts’ (as defined
below) ability to maintain their own rental car business or prohibit a vehicle from being
listed on ride sharing or
other delivery services when not on a RentLuxy reservation.
RentLuxy photography
RentLuxy may offer hosts the option of having photographers take photographs of their
vehicles and/or hosts with their
vehicles (“Images”). You alone are responsible for using the Images in connection with your
RentLuxy listing and you
agree that you will cease using the Images if they no longer accurately represent your
vehicle. You agree that RentLuxy
is the sole and exclusive owner - or exclusive licensee, as allowed by applicable law - of
all right, title, and
interest in all copyrights, trademark rights, and any and all other intellectual property
rights, including right of
publicity, worldwide, in the Images regardless of whether you include them in your listing,
and you shall take no action
to challenge or object to the validity of such rights or RentLuxy’s ownership or
registration thereof. You acknowledge
that RentLuxy may use the Images for advertising, marketing, commercial, and other business
purposes in any media or
platform, whether in relation to your listing or otherwise, without further notice or
compensation. Further, you waive
any and all rights to royalties or moral rights you may have in the Images. If you use the
RentLuxy photography program,
you agree that you will not use the Images in connection with sharing your vehicle on any
platform, website, or
application other than RentLuxy. At RentLuxy’s request, you will execute documents and take
such further acts as
RentLuxy may reasonably request to assist RentLuxy to acquire, perfect, and maintain its
intellectual property rights
and other legal protection in the Images.
Vehicle availability
Once a trip is booked, you must make the vehicle available or deliver the vehicle as expected
by the guest. If you offer
the guest the option to pick up your vehicle at a persistent specified location, you must
supply the location of the
vehicle accurately to RentLuxy and ensure that the vehicle is available at that location at
the beginning of the
reservation period. In order to qualify for available protection plans, you must verify that
a prospective guest has a
current, valid driver’s license before you provide the guest your vehicle, and ensure the
driver’s license matches the
name on the reservation and that the person picking up the vehicle appears to match the
photograph on a facially valid
driver’s license.
Pricing, earnings, and payments
You will have the ability to set and revise the vehicle’s pricing as you choose. RentLuxy
will pay you the amount
collected from guests that book your vehicle, less the applicable fees payable to RentLuxy.
To the extent you owe
RentLuxy or any third party lender (including via Kiva Microfunds or LoanGlide) money for
any reason, RentLuxy also
reserves the right to deduct those amounts from your earnings payment, debit your bank
account, charge any of your
payment methods on file, and/or send you an invoice.
Payment Processing
In some countries, payment processing services are provided by Stripe and subject to the
Stripe Connected Account
Agreement, which includes the Stripe Services Agreement (collectively, the "Stripe Terms").
In countries where you
receive payment proceeds via Stripe, you agree to be bound by the Stripe Terms, which may be
modified from time to time.
As a condition of RentLuxy enabling payment processing services through Stripe, you
authorize RentLuxy to obtain all
necessary access and perform all necessary activity on your Stripe Connected Account to
facilitate sharing of your
vehicle. You further agree to provide accurate and complete information about you, and
authorize RentLuxy to share it
and transaction information with Stripe for the purposes of facilitating the payment
processing services provided by
Stripe. RentLuxy reserves the right to switch payment processing vendors at its discretion.
Airport delivery; personal vehicle sharing regulations
Some airports where you offer delivery may take the position that you must have a permit to
use airport premises and
remit fees. While RentLuxy does not believe that rental car permits should apply to
peer-to-peer car sharing, not all
airport authorities agree with this position. There is personal vehicle sharing legislation
that may apply to you.
Maintenance
You are required to regularly check your vehicle for any defects in its operations or safety.
You promise that, at all
times, your vehicle will be in safe and roadworthy condition, in good mechanical condition,
and in full compliance with
all applicable inspection and registration requirements. You will only list vehicles with a
clean, non-salvaged,
non-written off, non-washed, and non-branded title. You agree to respond to any applicable
recall or similar safety
notices and to complete any recommended action before allowing your vehicle to be booked. In
addition, if RentLuxy
believes that your vehicle does not conform to reasonable standards, RentLuxy may notify you
and reserves the right to
remove or decline listing your vehicle until its concerns have been resolved. RentLuxy may,
but does not commit to,
undertake efforts to ensure the safety of vehicles booked through the Services.
Reporting vehicle damage
If you did not decline a protection plan made available via the Services, and you believe
that a guest has caused any
damage to your vehicle, you are required to report that damage as soon as you become aware
of it (and in any event, no
more than 24 hours after the scheduled end of the trip) and to provide reasonable
cooperation in the investigation of
the damage so that it can be eligible for coverage. Based on the investigation, RentLuxy or
third-party claims
administrators will reasonably determine whether the damage occurred during the reservation
period and is eligible for
coverage. If it was, and you did not decline a protection plan made available via the
Services, you will be reimbursed
for the loss as described in the sections below. If RentLuxy is not given prompt notice as
described in this paragraph,
or if you do not provide reasonable cooperation in the investigation by RentLuxy or
third-party claims administrators,
we may not be able to determine the cause. In that case, you agree that we may decline any
reimbursement or coverage for
such damage.
Physical damage to your vehicle
Physical damage reimbursement (US).
The protection plans available to hosts in the US also address the allocation of financial
consequences of physical
damage to the vehicle offered by a host during a trip. Physical damage contractual
reimbursement from RentLuxy applies
to your vehicle in the event of a collision and to comprehensive events during the trip, and
is subject to terms and
exclusions.
Actual cash value
If RentLuxy, or third-party claims administrators, choose to pay you the actual cash value
for your vehicle, you will
be required to do one of the following at the sole discretion of RentLuxy as a condition for
receiving payment: (1)
transfer title to the vehicle, and, if requested, physically deliver the vehicle to RentLuxy
or a third party appointed
by RentLuxy to accept title and physical delivery (if applicable); or (2) retain title to
the vehicle and accept a
reduction of the actual cash value equal to the salvage value of the damaged vehicle based
on the highest third-party
salvage quote that RentLuxy obtains for the vehicle. The standard for determining the actual
cash value will be as
determined by RentLuxy or its third-party claims administrators and in compliance with
applicable law.
Exclusions to physical damage reimbursement and coverage.
Protection plans selected by hosts
on the Services do not
apply to:
- Optional extras or personal property, including aftermarket installations (e.g.,
equipment racks), that are taken from
your vehicle or damaged during a trip. Remove all personal property before making your
vehicle available for a
reservation
- Normal wear and tear to your vehicle
If you violate the Agreement, these Terms, or any of our Policies or if you submit
inaccurate information about your
vehicle when listing it on the Services (for example, falsely represent the make, model,
or year of the vehicle), any
protection plan you selected will be voided. A protection will be voided under this
provision even if the underlying
circumstances are not directly related to the damage or harm at issue. You acknowledge
that these provisions are
material and that they serve to ensure your compliance. In the event your protection
plan is voided, the remainder of
the Agreement, these Terms, and Policies remain in effect.
Other host-specific insurance matters
You will maintain valid and up to date registration information and proof of insurance in any
vehicle you share on the
Services. You must maintain your own auto insurance policy for any vehicle you list on the
Services and such policy must
meet any minimum insurance levels required by law. You may need additional insurance
coverage, including physical damage
coverage, if you share a vehicle subject to a lease or loan. You agree to provide RentLuxy
with information regarding
your auto insurance policy as may be requested and to keep such information up to date.
Where not prohibited by law, you
hereby appoint RentLuxy or a wholly owned subsidiary of RentLuxy as your attorney-in-fact
for the purpose of filing
insurance claims, receiving insurance payment, otherwise administering an applicable
insurance policy, and/or working
with law enforcement, guests, or private entities to recover your vehicle, as necessary.
Missing vehicles
If you selected a protection plan via the Services and your vehicle goes missing, is not
returned, and/or is stolen
during the reservation period (or extension period), you, as the host, must immediately
contact a RentLuxy
representative and follow his or her instructions, including cooperating with RentLuxy, the
police, and any other
authorities in all related to the investigation of the theft. If you are instructed by
RentLuxy to file a police report,
you must do so within 24 hours of receiving those instructions.
Indemnification of host
If you selected a protection plan via the Services, in the event of any claim for a loss or
injury that occurs during
the use of your vehicle by a guest (or by RentLuxy itself), subject to your compliance with
these Terms and the
Policies, RentLuxy or its insurers will defend and indemnify you, subject to any exclusions
or limitations in the policy
or policies of insurance contained with the protection plan, against such claims as required
by applicable law. In
connection with any indemnified claim, you are required to give RentLuxy or its insurers
prompt written notice of the
claim, allow RentLuxy sole control over the defense of the claim, and provide RentLuxy
reasonable cooperation in its
defense of the claim, at RentLuxy’s expense. If RentLuxy or its insurers reimburses you for
a lost or damaged vehicle
and you later receive payment for some or all of your vehicle from a third party (e.g. a
third party insurance company
or restitution), you must reimburse RentLuxy any monies received from that third party in an
amount equivalent to, but
not to exceed, the funds provided to you by RentLuxy.
Additional terms for Commercial Hosts
If you decline a protection plan made available via the Services (such as if you choose to
offer your own
commercial/rental policy to guests) or where no protection plan is offered via the Services
you are a "Commercial Host."
In exchange for keeping more of the trip price for yourself, when you decline a RentLuxy
protection package or where no
protection package is offered, you waive, on behalf of yourself and any affiliated
individuals (including, but not
limited to, employees, employers, associates, contractors, or any other related personnel)
or entities (whether they be
corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, limited liability companies, or otherwise)
(collectively,
“Affiliates”) any protection plan normally offered via the Services, to you or any
Affiliates, your vehicles, and any
guests or approved drivers of all of the vehicles you list on RentLuxy.
When you choose to provide your own commercial rental insurance in the United States, or
where no protection or
insurance is offered via the Services in your region, you, as the host, or an authorized
representative acting on behalf
of the host, shall be exclusively responsible for providing commercial rental insurance
coverage for any reservation of
your vehicles through RentLuxy. You shall carry no less than the minimum applicable
liability and/or physical damage
automobile insurance for your vehicle, your guest, and his/her authorized drivers. When you
select to decline a
protection plan or where none is offered in your region, you represent and warrant that (1)
you are a licensed
commercial rental car company or are authorized to act on behalf of and bind a commercial
rental car company in
connection with listing vehicles on RentLuxy, or (2) you are an individual or company, or
are authorized to act on
behalf of, and bind a company, that can offer commercial rental car insurance to guests.
You further acknowledge and agree that you shall receive no protection or coverage from
RentLuxy or any affiliates,
whether that be financial responsibility for physical damage, third-party liability
protection, uninsured or
underinsured motorist coverage, PIP or any similar coverage or indemnification, roadside
assistance, or trust and safety
support as part of a booking of your vehicle when you have chosen to provide your own
commercial rental insurance. You
shall add RentLuxy as an additional insured on all applicable automobile and excess
liability policies. These provisions
replace and supersede any representation made by RentLuxy, or those acting on behalf of
RentLuxy, including but not
limited to statements made on the Services, these Terms, Help Center, Policies, emails,
and/or marketing materials,
concerning protection plans, insurance, and roadside assistance otherwise offered to host
and guests when the hosts do
not decline protection via the Services.
RentLuxy reserves the right to, but does not commit to, satisfy itself that you are, or are
acting on behalf of, a
licensed commercial rental car company and have the ability to offer commercial auto rental
insurance to renters/drivers
of your vehicles when you choose to decline protection. If RentLuxy has any concerns in this
regard, you agree that
RentLuxy can automatically, and in its sole discretion, default all of your vehicles to a
protection plan of our choice,
along with its associated fees (if offered in your region), remove your listings, or suspend
your RentLuxy Account.
If you lose the ability to offer commercial rental insurance to your guests (for example,
your policy has been canceled
or nonrenewed), you must immediately change the status of your vehicle. If the change is
temporary, you can snooze your
vehicle(s). If you need to permanently change the protection plan for your vehicle(s) back
to a protection plan made
available via the Services, contact us at help.rentluxy@gmail.com or message us on
1-972-908-9380. Never let a guest
pick up a vehicle or continue to use a vehicle without providing them insurance coverage.
You must disclose on your listing page any applicable additional fees, costs, and/or taxes
you assess in addition to
other requirements you may impose (such as a security deposit or if you do not accept debit
cards, for example). You
must never surprise guests with hidden costs or requirements at pick-up. RentLuxy reserves
the right, in its sole
discretion, to default your vehicles to a protection plan of our choice, remove your
listings, or suspend your RentLuxy
Account for failure to be transparent with guests about fees, costs, and requirements in
your vehicle listing page.
You acknowledge that the actual damages likely to result from your breach of this
section are difficult to estimate
accurately and would be difficult for RentLuxy to prove with certainty. You will pay
RentLuxy a fee for liquidated
damages to compensate RentLuxy for any such conduct. This amount is not intended as a
punishment for any such breach,
but rather as a reasonable estimate where actual damages are difficult to estimate
accurately and/or prove with
certainty.
You shall defend, indemnify, and hold RentLuxy, its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees,
officers, directors, and
agents, and any of your guests or their authorized drivers, harmless from and against any
and all claims, demands,
suits, judgments, costs, expenses, liabilities, attorneys fees, damages, consequential
damages, punitive damages,
property damage, personal injury, theft or otherwise, without limitation, related to or
arising out of any reservation
or use of any vehicles, including without limitation, any vehicle damage, personal injury or
property damage where you
have declined a protection plan made available via the Services or one is not available in
your region.
Dispute resolution
Dispute resolution for hosts and guests residing in the United States
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT CONTAINS A MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISION AND
THEREFORE AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS AND
GOVERNS HOW CLAIMS YOU AND RENTLUXY HAVE AGAINST EACH OTHER ARE RESOLVED.
Subject to applicable law, the Parties agree that any disputes or claims between us
relating in any way to, or arising
out of, this or previous versions of these Terms, your use of or access to the Services, or
any breach, enforcement, or
termination of the Agreement will be resolved in accordance with the provisions set forth in
this Dispute resolution for
hosts and guests residing in the United States section.
Pre-arbitration dispute resolution
Should a dispute or claim arise between us, you and RentLuxy agree to notify the other Party
of the nature of the
dispute or claim prior to initiating arbitration, and the Parties will attempt to negotiate
an informal resolution to it
first. We will contact you at the email address you have provided to us; you can contact us
by email at
help.rentluxy@gmail.com Please provide your name, phone number, email, mailing address, and
briefly describe both the
nature of your dispute and the relief you would like from RentLuxy. If the Parties are
unable to resolve the claims
described in the notice within 30 days after the notice is sent, then the Party intending to
pursue arbitration agrees
to notify the other Party via email prior to initiating the arbitration. In order to
initiate arbitration, a claim must
be filed with either FairClaims or the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) as set forth
below, pursuant to the
FairClaims Rules or AAA’s Consumer Arbitration Rules, as appropriate. A form for initiating
arbitration proceedings is
available on the FairClaims website or AAA's website. (AAA provides a Demand for Arbitration
form.) Any settlement offer
made by you or RentLuxy shall not be disclosed to the arbitrator.
Applicable law
The below Agreement to Arbitrate evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce and is
therefore governed by the
Federal Arbitration Act and the applicable procedural rules of FairClaims or AAA, as
applicable (see "Arbitration
procedures" below). To the extent state law is applicable to the Agreement to Arbitrate, the
Parties agree that the
substantive law of the state of Arizona will apply, without regard to its conflict of law
provisions.
Agreement to Arbitrate
The Parties each agree that any and all disputes, claims, or controversies that have arisen
or may arise at any time
between you and RentLuxy (including its respective subsidiaries, employees, officers,
directors, agents, third-party
insurance brokers or products, and third-party claims administrators) will be resolved by
binding arbitration according
to the procedure set forth below. For the purpose of this Agreement to Arbitrate,
“disputes," "claims,” and
"controversies" shall have the broadest possible meaning that will be enforced and includes,
any and all disputes and/or
claims that arise out of or in any way relate to your relationship with RentLuxy, including
but not limited to: (1) your
use of the Services, (2) the Agreement, these Terms and/or this Agreement to Arbitrate,
including the interpretation,
validity, enforceability, or scope of this Agreement to Arbitrate, or (3) your use of, or
access to the Services, and
anything sold, offered, or purchased through the Services (such as booking, listing, or
sharing a vehicle). Through this
Agreement to Arbitrate, and subject to the below exceptions, the Parties intend to arbitrate
all disputes or claims
regardless of whether they are based in contract, statute, regulation, ordinance, tort
(including, but not limited to,
fraud, misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, or negligence), or any other legal or
equitable theory and regardless
of whether they arose or accrued before the Parties entered into this Agreement to
Arbitrate. For avoidance of doubt,
the Parties expressly agree that this Agreement to Arbitrate encompasses all disputes or
claims pertaining to the
validity, enforceability, or scope of this Agreement to Arbitrate and any such disputes or
claims will be referred to
binding arbitration and will be resolved by the arbitrator and not a court.
Exceptions to Agreement to Arbitrate The only exceptions to this
Agreement to Arbitrate are
as follows:
- Disputes or claims that can be brought in small claims court
- Injunctive or equitable relief to prevent the actual or threatened infringement,
misappropriation, or violation of a
Party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property
rights. However, the Parties
agree that any court proceedings shall be stayed pending the final resolution in
arbitration of any arbitrable claims or
issues
- Any cause of action or claim for relief which cannot be arbitrated as a matter of
applicable statute or public policy.
However, the Parties agree that any such court proceedings shall be stayed pending the
final resolution in arbitration
of any arbitrable claims or issues
- In the event California law is found to apply to this Agreement to Arbitrate, any remedy
of public injunctive relief
(i.e., injunctive relief that has the primary purpose and effect of prohibiting unlawful
acts that threaten future
injury to the general public). However, the Parties agree that any such court
proceedings shall be stayed pending the
final resolution in arbitration of arbitrable claims, causes of action, or issues
Arbitration procedures
Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator
instead of a judge or jury,
and court review of an arbitration award is very limited. An arbitrator can award the same
damages and relief on an
individual basis that a court can award to an individual.
The arbitration will be conducted by FairClaims in accordance with its Arbitration Rules and
Procedures effective at the
time a claim is made. Where the relief sought is $25,000 or less (not including attorneys'
fees and expenses), those
Arbitration Rules and Procedures may limit the proceeding to a written submission and, if
requested or at the
arbitrator’s discretion, there may be a live hearing by teleconference or videoconference.
Where the relief sought is
$25,001 or more (not including attorneys’ fees and expenses), those Arbitration Rules and
Procedures may provide for
limited discovery and streamlined proceedings. In the event FairClaims declines to or is
unable to adjudicate the claim,
the arbitration will be conducted by the AAA under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, as
modified by this Agreement to
Arbitrate.
In all cases in which a live hearing is requested or required, you and/or RentLuxy may attend
by video or phone. To the
extent a location must be established for the arbitration, it shall be held in the county in
which you reside or at
another mutually agreed location.
The arbitrator will decide the substance of all claims in accordance with applicable law,
including recognized
principles of equity, and will honor all claims of privilege recognized by law. The
arbitrator shall not be bound by
rulings in prior arbitrations involving different users but is bound by rulings in prior
arbitrations involving the same
RentLuxy user to the extent required by applicable law. The arbitrator’s award shall be
final and binding and judgment
on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof.
Where permitted, the Parties agree that all communications, evidence, and rulings in the
arbitration will remain
confidential, except as reasonably necessary to enforce or implement such rulings or this
Agreement to Arbitrate.
Costs of arbitration
If you initiate arbitration proceedings, you will be responsible for certain costs. Where the
relief sought is $25,000
or less (not including attorneys’ fees and expenses), you will be responsible for the
initial filing fee, capped at
$375, and RentLuxy will cover any additional fees or costs. Where the relief sought is
$25,001 or more (not including
attorneys’ fees and expenses), you and RentLuxy will each pay your own arbitration fees
consistent with the rules set by
FairClaims (or AAA, as applicable) at the time the claim was made, unless otherwise stated
in these Terms.
Severability
With the exception of the provisions in the below section “Prohibition of class and
representative actions and
non-individualized relief,” if an arbitrator or court decides that any part of the Agreement
to Arbitrate is invalid or
unenforceable, the other parts of the Agreement to Arbitrate shall still apply. If an
arbitrator or court decides that
any of the provisions in the section “Prohibition of class and representative actions and
non-individualized relief” is
invalid or unenforceable, then the entirety of the Agreement to Arbitrate shall be null and
void. The remainder of the
Agreement, these Terms, and dispute resolution section will continue to apply.
Right to opt-out of arbitration; procedure
IF YOU ARE A NEW RENTLUXY USER, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO OPT-OUT OF THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE BY
EMAILING US AN OPT-OUT NOTICE
TO ARBITRATIONOPTOUT@RENTLUXY.COM ("OPT-OUT NOTICE"). THE OPT-OUT NOTICE MUST BE RECEIVED
WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE
YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS FOR THE FIRST TIME OR THE COMMENCEMENT OF YOUR FIRST TRIP ON RENTLUXY
AS
A GUEST OR HOST, WHICHEVER
DATE IS EARLIEST.In order to opt-out, you must email your full name, address (including
street address, city, state, and zip/postal
code), and email address(es) associated with your RentLuxy Account to
arbitrationoptout@rentluxy.com. This procedure is
the only way you can opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate. If you opt out of the Agreement
to Arbitrate, all other
provisions of the Agreement will continue to apply to you, including the below forum
selection clause specifying
Phoenix, Arizona.
Future amendments to the Agreement to Arbitrate
Notwithstanding any provision in these Terms to the contrary, the Parties agree that if
RentLuxy makes any amendment to
the Agreement to Arbitrate in the future, that amendment shall not apply to any claim that
you filed against RentLuxy
prior to the effective date of the amendment. The amendment shall apply to all other
disputes or claims governed by the
Agreement to Arbitrate that have arisen or may arise between the Parties. If you do not
agree to the amended terms, you
may close your account within 30 days of our posting or notification and you will not be
bound by the amended terms;
provided that the Parties will arbitrate any dispute in accordance with the provisions of
the Agreement to Arbitrate as
of the date you last accepted these Terms (or accepted any subsequent changes to these
Terms). Once you have submitted a
valid Opt-Out Notice to RentLuxy, you do NOT need to submit another one when these Terms are
subsequently updated. Your
first Opt-Out Notice will serve as a valid as to future versions of these Terms.
Judicial forum for legal disputes not subject to arbitration
Unless the Parties agree otherwise, in the event that the Agreement to Arbitrate is found not
to apply to you or to a
particular claim or dispute, whether (1) as a result of your decision to opt out of the
Agreement to Arbitrate, (2) as a
result of a decision by the arbitrator or a court order, or (3) if one of the above
exceptions to the Agreement to
Arbitrate applies, you agree that any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between
the Parties will be resolved
exclusively by a state, federal, or small claims court located in Phoenix, Arizona. The
Parties agree to submit to the
personal jurisdiction of a state court located in Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona or a
United States District Court
for the District of Arizona located in Phoenix, Arizona. The Parties agree that the
substantive law of the state of
Arizona will apply to any such claim or dispute without regard to conflict of law
provisions.
Prohibition of class and representative actions and
non-individualized relief
THE PARTIES AGREE THAT EACH OF US MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL
BASIS AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF
OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHETHER IN
COURT OR ARBITRATION. UNLESS
THE PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, THE COURT OR ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE OR JOIN MORE THAN
ONE PERSON’S OR PARTY’S
CLAIMS AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A CONSOLIDATED, REPRESENTATIVE, OR
CLASS PROCEEDING. ALSO, THE
COURT OR ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD RELIEF (INCLUDING MONETARY, INJUNCTIVE, AND DECLARATORY
RELIEF) ONLY IN FAVOR OF THE
INDIVIDUAL PARTY SEEKING RELIEF AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RELIEF
NECESSITATED BY THAT PARTY’S
INDIVIDUAL CLAIM(S). ANY RELIEF AWARDED CANNOT AFFECT OTHER USERS, SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE
EXCEPTION ALLOWING PUBLIC
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO BE SOUGHT IN COURT BUT ONLY IF THAT EXCEPTION IS FOUND TO APPLY.
Dispute resolution for hosts and guests residing in Canada
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS AND WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL
IMPACT ON HOW CLAIMS THE PARTIES
HAVE AGAINST EACH OTHER ARE RESOLVED
Resolution of disputes
If a dispute arises between the Parties and you are a resident of Canada, our goal is to
provide you with a neutral and
cost-effective means of resolving the dispute quickly. We h5ly encourage you to first
contact us. We will consider
reasonable requests to resolve the dispute through more informal means. If we are unable to
resolve the dispute in such
manner, the Parties agree that we will resolve any claim or controversy at law or equity
that arises out of the
Agreement or the Services in accordance with the "arbitration option" described below or as
the Parties otherwise agree
in writing.
Arbitration Option
For any claim (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) where the total
amount of the award sought is
less than CAD$15,000, the Party requesting relief may seek to resolve the dispute in a
cost-effective manner through
binding non-appearance-based arbitration. In the event that a Party elects for arbitration
and the other Party agrees to
such arbitration, such arbitration shall be initiated through an established alternative
dispute resolution (“ADR”)
provider mutually agreed upon by the Parties. The ADR provider and the Parties must comply
with the following rules: (1)
the arbitration shall be conducted by phone, videoconference, and/or be solely based on
written submissions, the
specific manner shall be chosen by the Party initiating the arbitration, (2) the arbitration
shall not involve any
personal appearance by the Parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed by the
Parties, and (3) any judgment on
the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Law and forum for disputes
The laws of the Province of Ontario and the applicable federal laws of Canada shall govern
the Agreement and any dispute
or claim you have against RenLuxy in all respects unless you are a resident of Quebec. All
residents of Canada, other
than residents of Quebec, agree that any claim or dispute you may have against RentLuxy must
be resolved by a court
located in Toronto, Ontario, except as otherwise agreed by the Parties or as described in
the "arbitration option"
paragraph above. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located
within the Province of Ontario
for the purpose of litigating all such claims or disputes unless you are a resident of
Quebec.
Dispute resolution for hosts and guests residing outside the
United States or Canada
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS AND WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT
ON HOW CLAIMS THE PARTIES
HAVE AGAINST EACH OTHER ARE RESOLVED. Regardless of where you reside, if you bring an action
against RentLuxy in the
United States, the section above entitled “Dispute resolution for hosts and guests residing
in the United States” will
govern that dispute.
Resolution of disputes
If a dispute arises between the Parties, our goal is to provide you with a neutral and
cost-effective means of resolving
the dispute quickly. We encourage you to contact us directly to seek a resolution at
help.rentluxy@gmail.com. We will
consider reasonable requests to resolve the dispute through alternative dispute resolution
procedures, such as mediation
or arbitration, as alternatives to litigation
Governing law and forum for disputes
The laws of England and Wales shall govern the Agreement and any dispute or claim you have
against RentLuxy in all
respects if you reside anywhere other than the United States. You and RentLuxy both agree to
submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the English courts. If you are able to bring a claim arising out of or in
connection with the Agreement
against RentLuxy in court, a court located in England is acceptable, but you may also elect
to bring a claim in the
court of another country instead. English law will apply in all cases.
General provisions
Termination
You may discontinue your use of the Services at any time and RentLuxy may terminate your
access to the Services and
remove any listings for any reason or no reason to the extent permissible under applicable
law. Termination of access to
the Services will not release a Party from any obligations it incurred prior to the
termination and RentLuxy may retain
and continue to use any information, including but not limited to photography, previously
provided by you. Termination
of the Agreement will not have any effect on the disclaimers, waiver or liability
limitations, or legal disputes
provisions under the Agreement and/or any fees due, and all of those terms will survive any
termination of the
Agreement.
No vehicle transfer or assignment
Except as otherwise provided herein, guests and hosts agree that nothing in these Terms
constitutes an actual or
purported transfer or assignment of any right or interest in a vehicle or optional Extras
shared through the Services.
Disclaimers
RENTLUXY PROVIDES SERVICES THAT ENABLE THE SHARING OF VEHICLES AND OPTIONAL EXTRAS BETWEEN
HOSTS AND GUESTS. EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS, RENTLUXY DOES NOT ITSELF PROVIDE VEHICLE SHARING, RENTAL
SERVICES, AND/OR INSURANCE
SERVICES AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY OF THE USERS OF ITS
SERVICES, THE MANUFACTURER
OF THE VEHICLE OR ANY OPTIONAL EXTRAS, OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDER OF SERVICES (E.G.
IN-VEHICLE GPS OR OTHER SYSTEMS).
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, RENTLUXY EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES
OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT
OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE
OF TRADE. RentLuxy makes no warranty that the Services, including, but not limited to, the
listing and/or any vehicle or
optional Extra, will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or
error-free basis. RentLuxy
makes no warranty regarding the quality of any listings, vehicles, hosts, guests, Extras,
the Services, or any content
or the accuracy, timeliness, truthfulness, completeness, or reliability of any content
obtained through the Services. No
advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from RentLuxy, RentLuxy Insurance
Agency, or its service
providers or through the Services or content, will create any warranty not expressly made
herein.
Limitation of liability and waiver
YOU WAIVE AND DISCHARGE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS YOU HAVE TO SUE OR MAKE CLAIMS AGAINST RENTLUXY
AND ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES,
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS (INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATORS, INSURANCE PRODUCERS, AND
INSURANCE PROVIDERS), OR
EMPLOYEES (TOGETHER, THE “RENTLUXY PARTIES”) AND ANY RENTLUXY USER FOR ANY DAMAGES OR
LOSSES, WHETHER DUE TO NEGLIGENCE
OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING: (1) VEHICLE AVAILABILITY
(E.G., A VEHICLE NOT BEING
AVAILABLE OR RETURNED WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE), (2) PROBLEMS WITH A VEHICLE (E.G., ANY
MALFUNCTION OF OR DEFICIENCY
WITH A VEHICLE), (3) VEHICLE WARRANTY ISSUES (E.G., ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY OR OTHER
OBLIGATION BY ANY MANUFACTURER OR
OTHER THIRD PARTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE), (4) THE LEGAL OR LICENSE STATUS OF A
VEHICLE, HOST, OR GUEST, (5) THIRD
PARTY ASSESSMENTS OF A VEHICLE'S VALUE, OR (6) ANY ACTION OR INACTION OF A HOST OR GUEST.
YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER RENTLUXY NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR
DELIVERING THE SERVICES WILL BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST
PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL,
SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS
OR SERVICES), WHETHER BASED
ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR
CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE AGREEMENT, (2) THE SERVICES (INCLUDING LISTING OR
BOOKING OF ANY VEHICLE OR
OPTIONAL EXTRA VIA THE SERVICES), OR (3) INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES.
Except for our obligations to pay amounts to applicable hosts or guests pursuant to these
Terms, including an approved
payment request or claim under a protection plan or applicable insurance policy, in no event
will the RentLuxy Parties
aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the Agreement or your use of the
Services, exceed the greater
of (1) the amounts you have paid or owe for bookings via the Services as a guest in the
twelve month period prior to the
event giving rise to the liability, or if you are a host, the amount earned by you in the 12
month period prior to the
event giving rise to the liability, or (2) US$100.
YOU ALSO WAIVE AND DISCHARGE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS YOU HAVE TO SUE OR MAKE CLAIMS AGAINST ANY
RENTLUXY USER FOR ANY DAMAGES
OR LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES UNLESS (1) YOU ARE A
HOST WHO HAS DECLINED A
PROTECTION PLAN VIA THE SERVICES AND ARE MAKING A CLAIM AGAINST A GUEST WHO BOOKED A VEHICLE
FOR WHICH YOU OPTED TO
PROVIDE YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL/RENTAL INSURANCE OR COVERAGE TO THE GUEST, OR (2) YOU ARE A
GUEST WHO BOOKED A VEHICLE FROM
A HOST WHO OPTED TO DECLINE A PROTECTION PLAN VIA THE SERVICES AND SUCH HOST OPTED TO
PROVIDE INSURANCE OR PROTECTION
DIRECTLY TO YOU AND YOU ARE MAKING A CLAIM AGAINST THAT COMPANY/HOST.
YOU WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE $1542, OR ANY SIMILAR LAW, WHICH STATES: “A GENERAL RELEASE
DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS
WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF
EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF
KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”
THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND WAIVER PROVISIONS ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE
BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN
RENTLUXY AND YOU. THEY SHALL APPLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND ANY
ASPECTS OF THEM THAT ARE DEEMED
VOID OR UNENFORCEABLE SHALL BE SEVERED WHILE LEAVING THE REMAINDER IN EFFECT.
Indemnification
You agree to release, defend, indemnify, and hold RentLuxy and its subsidiaries, officers,
directors, employees, and
agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses,
including, without limitation,
reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with: (1) your
access to or use of the
Services, (2) your violation of these Terms, (3) your user content, (4) your interaction
with any other user of the
Services, or (5) your booking of a vehicle or creation of a listing for a vehicle. Such
indemnification includes but is
not limited to any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental,
consequential, or otherwise) arising
in connection with or as a result of a booking, sharing, or use of a vehicle or optional
Extra. This indemnification
provision is a fundamental element of the basis of the bargain between RentLuxy and you. It
shall apply to the extent
permitted by applicable law, and any aspects of it that are deemed unenforceable shall be
severed while leaving the
remainder in effect.
Liquidated damages
You acknowledge that the actual damages likely to result from your breaches of the Agreement
by any of the following are
difficult to estimate accurately and would be difficult for RentLuxy to prove with
certainty: (1) engaging in gray
market transactions, as defined in these Terms, (2) using the RentLuxy domains, trademarks,
or taglines without
RentLuxy's express consent, including without limitation registering website domains or
social media handles, or bidding
on online advertising key words, (3) suing or asserting legal claims against the RentLuxy
Parties or a RentLuxy user in
any manner prohibited or waived herein, (4) as a host, sharing your vehicle via the Services
with expired registration
stickers or without current registration paperwork in the vehicle, (5) as a host, offering
any vehicle that is the
subject of a missing or stolen vehicle report, (6) as a host, offering any vehicle or
releasing a vehicle to a guest
that is not roadworthy or is otherwise in an unsafe condition, (7) as a host, cancel or
modify a trip to manipulate the
price or potential earnings for a vehicle, or (8) creating or using a RentLuxy account that
has the effect of
circumventing RentLuxy’s suspension, termination, or closure of another RentLuxy account.
You will pay RentLuxy $5,500
per breach in Liquidated Damages to compensate RentLuxy for any such conduct. This amount is
not intended as a
punishment for any such breach, but rather as a reasonable estimate where actual damages are
difficult estimate
accurately and/or prove with certainty. This liquidated damages provision is a fundamental
element of the basis of the
bargain between RentLuxy and you. It shall apply to the extent permitted by applicable law,
and any aspects of it that
are deemed unenforceable shall be severed while leaving the remainder in effect.
Not a rental car company
RentLuxy is a Cars and Vacation Home Rentals company. RentLuxy provides an online platform
where vehicle and home owners
and those in need of a vehicle can meet and share vehicles amongst themselves subject to
these Terms and also to the
Public.
Rounding off
RentLuxy may, in its sole discretion, round up or down amounts that are payable from or to
hosts or guests to the
nearest whole functional base unit in which the currency is denominated (e.g. to the nearest
dollar, euro, pound, or
other supported currency) unless explicitly prohibited under applicable law.
Contact us
RentLuxy can be contacted in the United States at 9550 Skillman street, suite 300E Dallas, TX
75243 USA. If you have any
questions for us concerning the Agreement, or RentLuxy generally, please contact us at
help.rentluxy@gmail.com
Translations
Where RentLuy has provided you with a translation of the English language version of these
Terms or any Policies, in
case of any wording discrepancies between the English and any other versions of the Terms
and any Policies, the English
language wording takes precedence.
Governing law
The parties agree that the substantive laws of the state of Arizona apply to these Terms and
the Agreement without
regard to conflict of law provisions.
Severability and non-waiver
In the event any provision of these Terms is held to be void, voidable, or unenforceable, the
remaining provisions shall
remain in full force and effect. The failure of any Party to enforce any provision of these
Terms shall not be construed
to be a waiver of such provision, or any other provision, nor in any way to affect the
validity of these Terms or any
part of these Terms, or any right of any Party to enforce that provision or each and every
other provision at any time.
No waiver of any breach of these Terms shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any other
breach.
RentLuxy 24/7 Support
Customer support is available online 24/7 to answer your questions, and 24/7 roadside
assistance is just a call away to keep you safe and on the road.
General
RentLuxy does not appoint you or any other user as its employee, mandatory, legal agent, or
form any kind of legal
partnership or joint venture. You are not authorized to make any commitments on behalf of
RentLuxy and RentLuxy will not
make commitments on your behalf, except as contemplated by the Services or expressly stated
in these Terms.
The Agreement, including these Terms, states the entire understanding between you and
RentLuxy concerning your access to
and use of the Services and supersedes any earlier verbal or written communications between
us. With the exception of
appointing a custodian to manage your vehicles on your behalf, you may not delegate your
legal obligations or transfer
any of your rights, in whole or in part, to any third party without advance written consent
of RentLuxy. You will remain
responsible for your obligations hereunder in any event. A RentLuxy Director or Officer must
agree to any modification
or waiver of any term of the Agreement in writing. Headings are for reference purposes only
and do not limit the scope
or extent of such section.