These terms and conditions are applicable to all contracts for the provision of services to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions. Booking confirmations made verbally or via written form i.e. email, letter, are subject to these terms and conditions.
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Please read the following terms and conditions of sale carefully before ordering products or services from us. By purchasing products or services from us, you agree to these terms of sale. These terms do not replace or affect your statutory rights. In these terms, “you” and “your” refer to the customer and “we”, “us”, “Mixology Group” and “our” refer to Mixology Group (Mixology Ltd). Mixology Group accepts no variation of these terms & conditions unless agreed in advance in writing.
Deposit
In order to secure a service with Mixology Group, we ask for a deposit of 50% (inc. VAT) of your required service total to secure the date of your booking.
Up until 30 days before your secured date, this deposit is fully refundable.
Between 29 and 10 days before your secured date, the deposit is non-refundable, but is transferable to a future date within 12 months, subject to availability.
Within 10 days before your secured date, the deposit is non-refundable and non-transferable.
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Cancellations
In the event of cancellation, thirty (30) days minimum notice in writing to Mixology Group before the planned event is required to avoid the full invoice being charged. Booking deposits are transferable or refundable as per the above Deposit information unless previously discussed in writing. Full payment is required if the above terms are not met.
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Course Cancellations
All courses require a minimum of 5 working days' notice for cancellation. Any courses cancelled with less than 5 days' notice will not be refundable. A transfer may be available but is subject to availability and at the discretion of MIxology School. In the event that Mixology School needs to cancel, a full refund or transferable date will be provided.
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Bookings
All verbal and emailed quotations will be valid for seven days from the date of enquiry. Mixology Group can not guarantee that your date will be available after these seven days. To confirm a booking, the client must provide a booking deposit either by credit or debit card or electronic transfer within seven days of receiving an invoice.
The remaining balance is due 10 days prior to the event date. Any additional hours or fees requested on the event date must be paid no later than seven days following the event, unless a contract is prepared and signed stating otherwise. Debtors following this date will be passed to a collections agency whose fees the client will be liable for.
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Access (Parking, Loading)
Adequate parking is required for all events and must be provided by the client. Registrations can be provided if required. If Mixology Group is providing mobile bars, stock , ice or glasses, suitable unloading and loading locations must be provided. Any delays to service arising from poor unloading facilities will not be the responsibility of Mixology Group.
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Bartender Hire
The bartender(s) will provide service for the agreed service hours from their start time until the end time, as dictated by your booking and confirmed with you on your invoice. This time cannot be adjusted within 12 hours of your event start time and cannot be adjusted by any more than three hours either earlier or later than the original start and end times. The bartender(s) reserve the right to not provide service after the end time unless the client signs the appropriate bartender’s job sheet (provided at every event).
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We will always make drinks making our priority. When hiring a flair bartender, please bear in mind that if the bar is busy, your bartender may not have an opportunity to flair and entertain. We would rather ensure that clients have their drinks over entertainment. If you prefer otherwise, please let us know in writing.
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If you are providing your own stock, glassware, bar, and/or ice, we will advise on this with a shopping list service. If you provide inadequate or poor supplies of any of the above, this may impair on your enjoyment of the drinks. The Bartender Hire Company cannot be held responsible for this.
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Complete Service
When providing the Complete Cocktail Service (where Mixology Group supplies mobile bar, staffing, drinks, glassware, ice, delivery), we estimate for a reasonable number of drinks per person. If the client supplies incorrect information relating to the number of guests, our estimations will be incorrect and this can jeopardise the longevity of drinks supplies. We do not provide an unlimited amount of drinks when supplying this service. Any stock remaining at the specified end time will be taken back by Mixology Group. Any additional time requested on the night will be calculated after the event and invoiced accordingly to the client.
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Mobile Bars
When hiring our mobile bars or purchasing the Complete Bar Service when a bar is supplied, a reasonable amount may be billed to the client in respect of any damage to the bar, other than reasonable wear and tear, which is shown to have been caused by guests of the client upon inspection of the damage to the bar. If the client requests that the bar be left overnight at the party, we will require a deposit as well as a next-day collection charge.
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The client is responsible for providing a 13 amp socket within reasonable locality of the required bar positioning. We will supply an extension cord of no greater than ten (10) meters. All due care and attention is taken to not stain or damage any flooring under the bar area however it is the responsibility of the client to choose an appropriate location for the mobile bar.
We do aim to provide our bars in a perfect state, however, with working several events general wear and tear, light scratches and marks may appear on your hired bar. We do repair and replace these minor areas regularly.
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Glassware
When glassware is hired by the client, we use a third-party company that may want to deliver on different days surrounding your event. In this case, we will liaise between the client and third-party company to ensure delivery and collection are briefed and prepared correctly in the interests of all parties. All glassware is audited after the event and the client will be charged at four (4) times the hire rate for each broken or lost glass.
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If Mixology Group collects glassware after the event, we will need to charge a collection fee. We are not an after-party cleaning service and as such we ask that all glasses are emptied of contents and placed back within the glassware racks provided for you to speed up collection time. It is advisable to make a note of glassware numbers at this point to ensure that you are billed correctly after the event for any lost or broken glassware.
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Complaints
We treat all complaints about our service, either in advance, during or after the event seriously. If you are not happy with the service whilst the party is happening, the best thing to do is speak with the staff on-site and see if the problem can be rectified. If this is difficult or unrealistic to do, please call the out-of-hours mobile number on your pre-arrival document and we will do everything we can to resolve the problem. Your event cannot be replicated at a later date, so we need to know as soon as possible if there is a way for us to enhance your enjoyment of your event right there and then. Complaints made post-event are much harder for us to deal with, and we ask that video or photographic evidence be supplied where possible in order to assist your claim, as well as noting down any issues on the bartender’s job sheet at the end of the shift, so that the bartender(s) can view these and verify the validity of these. When it is found that Mixology Group is at fault, we will recompense with a discount or free service for a future event, for the party organiser or a nominated person. We will only provide refunds where Mixology Group has to change the service against the organisers’ plans; for example if the staff member is booked for 3 hours, arrives late and only serves for 2 hours.
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Licensing
Mixology Group is not responsible for acquiring temporary event notices for paid bar events unless required to in writing and therefore is also not responsible for any breaches of licenses outside of Mixology Group's control. Mixology Group promotes responsible drinking.
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Rates
Rates and invoices are subject to change dependent on the client’s requirements, additional hours, and stock. Mixology Group will give reasonable notice to the client of changes to rates and invoices and rates set out in the quote provided to the client shall not change. Any additional hours not previously discussed will be charged at the full hourly rate, regardless of discount applied at time of booking.
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Insurance
MIxology Group has both public liability and employers insurance for all events.
Insurance via Simply Business
Public Liability: £5,000,000
Employers Liability: £10,000,000
Copies of our latest insurance documents are available upon request.
We strongly recommend that you understand why it is important to book with a fully insured company. You can read advice on this by clicking here.
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Balancing Payment
If full payment is not received by the event date, we will be unable to provide our services and any deposits pre-paid will be non-refundable.
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Ticketing
All online tickets purchased which include drinks service are available to over 18 years of age guests only. The company reserves the right to challenge 25 and for identification to be provided on arrival. No refunds will be given to anyone who purchases a ticket and is under the age of 18 years old.
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Additional
Mixology Group shall not be liable for any delay, loss or cancellation of service arising from contingencies beyond their control e.g. hurricane, snow-caused road closure, flooding, ‘act of God’ etc, however if Mixology Group is at fault a full refund will be issued. Although we do aim to provide a highly professional and entertaining service, Mixology Group is not responsible for the success or non- success of an event.
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We ask that the client thoroughly checks through the invoice to ensure that the venue address, mobile contact, times and date are correct. We cannot be held accountable if our bartenders are late and cannot contact the client to confirm. Likewise we provide you with an out of office mobile contact in case of the above.
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When hiring a service that provides alcohol, you must be over 18 years of age to book this service.
The above conditions are subject to change at the discretion of Mixology Group in part or in whole for one or more of its clients where the company has grounds deemed necessary