The terms,in plain English first.

These terms govern the use of the website at marea-stays.example and any pre-contractual or contractual relation between you and the maison named in the imprint. By browsing, by submitting an enquiry or by accepting an offer in writing, you agree to be bound by the version of these terms in force at that moment.

The website is a demonstration of the Rentamos.ai property platform. No rental, advisory or booking service is offered in fact through this demonstration, and no agreement is concluded with any visitor by virtue of these terms alone. The clauses below describe what a full mandate would look like, and should be read in that spirit.

Marea Stays acts on three kinds of mandate: (i) a letting mandate from an owner of a Mediterranean residence; (ii) a guest mandate from a traveller seeking a stay; and (iii) a full-service mandate combining the two. The scope, fee and duration of each are set out in a separate written agreement, signed before the maison begins work.

Marea Stays is an intermediary in the sense of French law n°70-9 of 2 January 1970 (loi Hoguet). It is not the landlord of the residences it presents, and bears no obligation of result as to their hospitality, save where it expressly assumes such an obligation in writing.

An enquiry submitted through this website is an invitation to treat, not a booking. Marea Stays replies — in writing, by hand — with a non-binding proposal of one or more residences, dates and terms. A booking is concluded only when (a) you accept the proposal in writing, (b) the maison confirms availability with the residence, and (c) the booking deposit described below is received in cleared funds.

Until the three conditions are met, either party may withdraw without indemnity, with the same courtesy with which the conversation began.

Booking deposit. Thirty per cent of the total stay price is due on confirmation. The balance is due thirty days before arrival, or immediately if the booking is made within that window. Payments are made by SEPA transfer or by card via Stripe; we do not accept cash.

Security deposit.A refundable security deposit, named in the proposal and typical of the residence's standing, is taken by pre-authorisation on arrival and released within ten days of a clean departure, save for documented damages.

Taxes. Prices are quoted inclusive of French tourist tax (taxe de séjour) where applicable. Where the stay is in a jurisdiction other than France, local levies are added and itemised on the confirmation.

Unless a residence's offer states otherwise on the proposal, the following schedule applies:

• More than 60 days before arrival. Full refund less an administrative fee of €120.
• Between 60 and 30 days. The booking deposit is retained; the balance, if already paid, is refunded.
• Within 30 days, or no-show. The full stay price is retained, save where the residence is re-let; in that case, the maison refunds you net of its costs.

Date changes are accommodated where the residence permits, free of charge up to forty-five days before arrival, and subject to a fee of €120 thereafter. The maison strongly recommends travel insurance appropriate to the stay.

Each residence carries a house rules note, delivered with the confirmation. You agree, for yourself and for the party staying with you, to observe the rules of the residence, to occupy the property as a careful tenant (en bon père de famille), to respect the maximum occupancy stated on the proposal, and to refrain from any commercial use without prior written consent.

Damage caused by you or by a member of your party is recoverable against the security deposit and, beyond it, against you. Marea Stays itemises and evidences any deduction.

You may browse, save and reproduce reasonable extracts of this website for personal, non-commercial use. You may not scrape, index, frame, mirror, train a model on, or otherwise re-purpose this website or its underlying data for any commercial purpose without the operator's prior written consent.

You agree not to attempt to disrupt the service, to circumvent its security, to inject content that is unlawful, defamatory or otherwise objectionable, or to use the contact channels for purposes for which they were not intended.

All editorial text, layout, photography, trademarks and underlying code on this website are protected by intellectual property rights held by the operator or by its licensors, including those described in the imprint. Nothing on this website grants you a licence to use those materials beyond the permission set out in "Use of the website" above.

Save in cases of gross negligence or wilful misconduct, and save for the obligations of result the maison expressly assumes in writing, the maison's liability under or in connection with a stay is limited to the total amount of the fees actually received by the maison for that stay. Indirect, incidental and consequential damages are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Statutory rights that may not be excluded — including, where you act as a consumer, those of the French Code de la Consommation — remain unaffected.

Neither party is liable for a failure to perform an obligation where performance is prevented by an event of force majeure within the meaning of Article 1218 of the French Civil Code — including, for the avoidance of doubt, declared epidemics, official travel bans, the closure of an airport or port serving the residence, a general strike of the supplying utilities, or an act of war declared by a recognised authority.

In such a case the maison and the guest cooperate in good faith on a postponement; failing one, the maison refunds the sums received, less any irrecoverable costs already incurred to the residence.

These terms are governed by French law. Any dispute that cannot be settled by good-faith correspondence falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Cannes, France — without prejudice to the protective rules of jurisdiction that apply where you act as a consumer in another member state of the European Union.

Before bringing proceedings, please address the maison at the postal address in the imprint. We answer in writing within fifteen working days, and we mediate before we litigate.

We may amend these terms from time to time. The amended version takes effect on the date stated at the top of this page and applies to all enquiries and bookings made on or after that date. Bookings already confirmed are governed by the version of the terms in force at the moment of their confirmation, except where a change is required by law.

Substantive changes are announced in our letters, on the home page and, where you hold a confirmed booking, by individual notice.