Booking terms.

These terms govern reservations made directly on corfuseaview.com. If you book through Airbnb or Booking.com, that platform's own terms apply to your reservation instead of these.

1Who you are booking with

Referred to below as "the host", "we" or "us". You, the person making the reservation, are "the lead guest".

2The property

A self-contained sea-view holiday apartment of approximately 70 m² in the hills above Gouvia Bay, Corfu, Greece. One bedroom plus two sofa beds in the living area, kitchenette, bathroom, air conditioning, and a private terrace with pergola and hammock.

The pool is shared. The pool belongs to the small residence and is shared with the few other homes in it. It is not for the exclusive use of the apartment, though in practice it is quiet and often empty. It is open from 1 June to 30 September. Stays booked outside that window are let without pool access, at the same rates shown in the quote. Please take this into account when choosing your dates.

3How a booking is made

• You choose your dates and see an instant quote on the booking page.
• Selecting Book and pay takes you to Stripe's secure checkout, where you pay by card.
• The contract is formed when your payment succeeds and we send you the booking confirmation email. Until that email is sent, no reservation exists, even if dates were shown as available.
• The lead guest must be at least 18 years old and must be one of the people staying.
• The minimum stay is 3 nights. Availability is synced in real time with Airbnb and Booking.com; in the rare event of a double booking we will tell you immediately and refund you in full.

4Price and payment

• The full amount is charged by card at the time of booking. Nothing is due on arrival.
• The quoted total includes the nightly rate for your dates, electricity, water, Wi-Fi, air conditioning, bed linen, towels and the final clean.
• On stays of more than 10 nights, a mid-stay clean and a change of bed linen and towels are included at no extra cost. We will agree a convenient time with you during your stay.
• It also includes the Climate Crisis Resilience Fee (ΤΑΚΚ) of €8 per night, which is set by the Greek State and remitted by us to the Greek tax authority (AADE). It is shown as a separate line in your quote and on your payment receipt. €8 is the rate the law sets for April to October (€2 from November to March); as the apartment is let only from May to October, it applies to every night you can book.
• There are no booking fees, service fees or platform commissions on a direct booking. The price you are quoted is the price you pay.
• Card payments are processed by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.

5Cancellation and refunds

• More than 30 days before check-in: free cancellation. You receive a full refund of everything you paid, including the Climate Crisis Resilience Fee.
• 30 days or fewer before check-in: no refund is due.
• No-show: no refund is due.
• Leaving early: nights you do not use are not refunded.
• Cancelling some nights: shortening your stay before arrival counts as cancelling the nights you give up, under the rules above. The price does not depend on the number of guests, so a smaller party does not change it.

To cancel, write to us by email or WhatsApp. The cancellation takes effect on the date we receive your message. Refunds are returned to the card you paid with, normally within a few working days and in any case within 14 days.

Because a cancellation inside 30 days is not refundable, we strongly recommend travel insurance that covers cancellation for illness, family emergency and travel disruption.

6Changing your dates

More than 30 days before check-in we will move your booking to different dates if they are free; if the new dates cost more, the difference is payable, and if they cost less we refund the difference.

Inside 30 days a change of dates is still possible, but only with our prior agreement. Write to us and we will tell you what we can do. Until we have confirmed the new dates to you in writing, your original booking and the cancellation terms in clause 5 continue to apply — so please do not treat a change as agreed until you hear back from us.

7Arrival and departure

• Check-in is from 15:00. Check-out is by 11:00.
• Please tell us roughly when you expect to arrive so we can meet you with the keys.
• Arriving late costs nothing extra. Late flights and ferries happen — arrive whenever your journey allows, at any hour, and just keep us posted so someone is there to let you in.
• Earlier check-in or later check-out is often possible when the apartment is free either side of your stay. Ask us — we will do what the cleaning schedule allows, at no charge.

8Who may stay

• The apartment sleeps a maximum of 4 people, counting children and infants.
• Only the guests named in your booking may stay overnight. If your party changes, tell us before arrival.
• Day visitors are fine in reasonable numbers; the apartment may not be used for parties, events, commercial photography or filming.

9Pets

Small, well-behaved pets are welcome. Larger animals cannot be accommodated. Please tell us in advance what you are bringing, so we can confirm it is suitable before you travel.

A one-off cleaning charge of €25 per stay applies when you travel with an animal, however long you stay and however many animals you bring. Tick Travelling with a pet when you ask for your quote and the €25 is added to the price you see, charged with the rest of your booking and itemised on your receipt — so nothing is due on arrival.

Pets should not be left alone in the apartment and must be kept out of the pool. The €25 covers ordinary extra cleaning only — you remain responsible under clause 11 for any damage your animal causes.

10House rules

• No smoking indoors. You are welcome to smoke on the terrace; please use the ashtrays and never leave anything smouldering — the hillside is dry in summer.
• Quiet from 23:00 to 08:00. Sound carries in the olive groves and there are neighbours.
• The pool is unsupervised and used at your own risk. There is no lifeguard. Children must be supervised by an adult at all times. No diving, no glass at the poolside, and no swimming alone at night.
• Please leave the apartment reasonably tidy, with washing-up done and rubbish taken out.
• Lock the doors and close the shutters when you go out.
• Barbecues and open flames other than the kitchen hob are not permitted.

11Damage

We do not take a security deposit and we do not pre-authorise your card. We trust our guests, and small accidents are part of life — a broken glass is nothing to worry about.

You are, however, responsible for loss or damage caused by you or your party beyond ordinary wear and tear. Please tell us if something breaks; we will invoice only the actual cost of repair or replacement, with evidence, and only where the amount is meaningful.

12The 14-day right of withdrawal does not apply

Under Article 16(l) of Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights (transposed in Greece by Law 2251/1994), contracts for accommodation provided on a specific date or for a specific period are excluded from the 14-day right of withdrawal that applies to most distance contracts.

This means that once your booking is confirmed you do not have a 14-day cooling-off period. The cancellation terms in clause 5 are what apply to your reservation. We state this here because the law requires us to tell you clearly, before you book, that the right does not apply.

13Liability

We take good care of the apartment, but we are not liable for interruptions to electricity, water or internet caused by the public supply, for weather, for road or ferry conditions, or for personal belongings left behind or lost during your stay.

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded under Greek law. Your statutory rights as a consumer are unaffected by these terms.

14If something goes wrong

Tell us straight away — by WhatsApp or phone on +39 334 733 1454, or by email at [email protected]. We aim to reply within 24 hours and to fix problems while you are still here, which is nearly always better for everyone than sorting it out afterwards.

If a complaint cannot be settled between us, you may refer it to the Greek Consumer Ombudsman (Συνήγορος του Καταναλωτή), the national alternative dispute resolution body, at synigoroskatanaloti.gr. Using it is free and does not affect your right to go to court.

15Your personal data

How we handle the information you give us when you enquire or book is set out in our privacy policy.

16Governing law

These terms are governed by Greek law. Disputes may be brought before the competent Greek courts. If you are a consumer resident in another EU country, you keep the right to bring proceedings in the courts of your own country of residence, and you keep the protection of the mandatory consumer-law rules that apply there.

Version 1.1 · Last updated September 2026. These terms are the ones in force on the date your booking is confirmed; a copy is attached to your confirmation email.