General Terms and Conditions
§ 1 Area of application
1) The present General Terms and Conditions shall apply to any agreements that are concluded with Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG, Nuremberg. In individual cases other terms and conditions which have been negotiated and specified in writing shall take priority.
§ 2 Contract conclusion, contracting parties, liability, statutory limitation
1) Conclusion of the agreement shall oblige the contracting parties to fulfillment. If the party placing the order is not also the organizer or user and places an order for such third party, then the party placing the order shall be liable as the client if the third party for whom the order has been placed fails to confirm the order in writing. Legal provisions shall apply in the event of delay and/or impossibility unless otherwise indicated in these General Terms and Conditions or individual agreements.
2) The hotel shall be responsible for its obligations arising out of the present agreement. In areas that are not typical for performance liability shall be limited to intent and gross negligence on the part of the hotel.
3) The period of limitation shall amount to six months for any customer claims.
4) This limitation of liability and the short period of limitation shall apply to the benefit of the hotel even in the case of violation of any obligations during contract preparation and positive violation of contractual duty.
§ 3 Prices, payment, set-off
1) The prices agreed for the services of Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall include the respective legally valid value added tax. If the value added tax included in the prices is increased through legal provisions, then the hotel shall be entitled to adjust the agreed prices accordingly without previous and separate agreement on the part of the customer.
2) Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall be authorized to carry out an appropriate retroactive increase of the contractually agreed price – maximum 10% – if more than one year has elapsed between contract conclusion and performance of a contract and the price generally charged by Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG for such services has increased by at least the same amount.
3) Furthermore, prices may be changed by Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG if the customer subsequently wishes to change the number of booked rooms, the hotel services or the length of stay of the guests and the hotel agrees.
4) Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall be authorized both upon conclusion of the contract and thereafter to require payment in advance and an appropriate security deposit. A total amount of at least 50% of the agreed service price shall be considered appropriate.
5) For online bookings or online orders, in particular via the Internet Booking Engine / OnePageBooking by HotelNetSolutions or the voucher shop linked on our website, the respective booking or order process displays the payment methods available in each case. Rates, offers and orders requiring advance payment must be paid directly during the respective online process. For these online payments, debit cards and credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB and UnionPay as well as digital payment methods and wallets such as PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay may be available, subject to availability and provided that they are displayed in the booking or order process. Bookings that do not require advance payment may be paid in accordance with the applicable booking and payment conditions. There is no entitlement to the availability of any specific payment method.
6) If the contracting party does not have a domicile and/or principal place of business within Germany, then Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG may require in any case at least a security deposit in the full amount of the price.
7) Accounts receivable by Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall be payable without deduction within eight days after receipt of the invoice; four weeks after service has been performed by Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG at the latest.
8) Advance payments and security deposits shall be payable six weeks at the latest prior to the agreed start of the services rendered by Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG.
If the sum of payment demands not yet due to Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG for services already rendered exceeds an amount of € 250,00 or if services are employed for a period which exceeds one week, then Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall be authorized to make accumulated amounts due by way of intermediate invoices.
Invoices issued by Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall be payable immediately upon submission and without deduction of any discounts whatsoever. On site, we accept cash payments in euros as well as the cashless payment methods offered by the hotel. These include in particular girocard, debit cards and credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB and UnionPay, as well as contactless payments with supported cards, smartphones or smartwatches, for example via Apple Pay or Google Pay. The acceptance of individual payment methods depends on technical availability, the payment terminal used, the card issuer, the payment service provider and the respective supported payment services. In the event of delay of payment of even only one invoice amount the hotel shall be authorized to cancel any existing contracts and to cease any further and future service for the customer; the same shall also apply to advance deliveries or payments.
The contracting party shall not have a right of retention for payment demands due to the hotel. The contracting party may set off his or her own demands for payment against those of the hotel only as far as they are undisputed or legally enforceable.
Any reference to an assumption of costs vis-a-vis Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall require verification in written form.
§ 4 Cancellation by the customer
1) Cancellation and/or modification of the original reservation of hotel rooms and overnight stays shall be free of charge for the guest and/or the party placing the order only if the deadlines mentioned in the reservation offer respectively the reservation confirmation are not yet exceeded.
The valid legal provisions shall apply for cancellation by the contracting party due to culpable violation of duty by Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG.
In case of an early departure, 80% cancellation fee will be charged for the rest of the stay.
2) If either of the contracting parties desires to withdraw from the present agreement either in part or as a whole after it has been concluded, then in all other respects this shall as a rule require the written consent of the respective other contracting party for cancellation of the agreement.
3) Should Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG not agree to the desired partial or complete rescission of contract by one of the contracting parties and the contracting party nevertheless declares its unwillingness to take advantage of the agreed services, Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall remain entitled to demand the agreed remuneration.
4) However, Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall take the amount saved as a result of the unclaimed service(s) into consideration.
5) A blanket amount of 20% of the agreed price of the respective service shall be considered as the amount of the expenditures saved, whereas it is up to the contracting parties to prove any substantially deviating amount.
6) Moreover, Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall take any benefit which it acquires as a result of other use of its service(s) into account. In this regard Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall be obliged to put the service(s) on offer again in the usual manner within the scope of its entire range of products and services; however, Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG may negotiate its other services in the first instance.
§ 5 Cancellation by the hotel
1) By agreeing on an option the contracting party shall acquire the right to priority booking for the agreed optional service(s) versus third parties for the period of the option.
2) Should third parties inquire about the optional service(s), then Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG may request that the contracting party place a binding order for the optional service(s).
3) The optional right shall expire if the contracting party fails to place an immediate binding order for the optional service(s).
4) Furthermore, Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall be authorized to cancel the agreement without notice for objectively justified reasons; for example, if
> force majeure or any other circumstances which make performance of the contract impossible and for which the hotel may not be held responsible,
> rooms are booked under misleading or incorrect provision of essential information, e.g. with regard to the intended use or the identity of the contracting party or guest,
> Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG has justified cause to assume recourse to the hotel service(s) may put the smooth operation of business, the security or the public reputation of Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG at risk.
§ 6 Provision of rooms, delivery, return
1) Rooms are let exclusively for the purpose of providing accommodation and exclusively to the contracting party or the guest. Neither the guest nor the contracting party shall be permitted to pass on rooms to any other persons or to use the rooms for purposes other than providing accommodation without the prior written consent of Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG.Refusal of such permission shall not serve as grounds for cancellation.
2) The contracting party and/or the guest shall neither acquire a claim to provision of a particular room nor have a say with regard to allocation of the other hotel rooms and premises.
3) Reserved rooms shall be made available starting at 3:00 p.m. on the agreed date of arrival. The contracting party and/or guest shall not have a right to earlier availability unless the rooms are reserved with the preceding day included.
4) Rooms shall be vacated and made available to the hotel by 11:00 a.m. at the latest on the agreed day of departure. Thereafter, the hotel may charge 50% of the full accommodation price (list price) for the additional use of the room until 6:00 p.m., and 100% from 6:00 p.m. onwards, in addition to any further damage incurred.
§ 7 Hotel liability
1) Items and materials which are left in areas accessible to contracting parties and in the event facilities of the hotel shall not be considered as having been deposited if they have not been expressly accepted into the care of a person entitled to do so.
2) Objects of value such as jewelry, fur coats and money must be deposited at the reception desk. The hotel shall accept liability for the loss of objects of value such as jewelry, fur coats and money only in cases in which a separate contract of deposit has been concluded for this purpose and only in accordance with the stipulations of such a contract.
3) The extent of the hotel’s liability for deposited items shall in any case be limited, except in the case of intent or gross negligence, to a maximum of € 3,000.00. The hotel shall not be held liable for objects of value that have not been deposited for safekeeping.
4) Orders for waking calls are carried out by the hotel with the greatest of care. Any claims to compensation for damages except due to gross negligence or intent shall be excluded.
5) Messages, mail and consignments of goods for guests are treated with care. The hotel takes over the delivery, storage and, if desired, forwarding of the same for a fee. Any claims to compensation for damages except due to gross negligence or intent shall be excluded.
§ 8 Final provisions
1) Any amendments or modifications to the present agreement, acceptance proposal or these General Terms and Conditions for hotel admission shall be made in writing. Unilateral amendments or modifications made by the customer shall be ineffective.
2) The place of payment and performance shall be the principal place of business of Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG.
3) The exclusive place of jurisdiction for commercial transactions, in particular also in the case of disputes involving checks and/or bills of exchange shall be the principal place of business of Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG. In all other respects the principal place of business of Hotel Victoria Theodor Schuler GmbH & Co. KG shall be the exclusive place of jurisdiction within the limits of Section 40 of the German Code of Civil Procedure [ZPO] if the customer does not have a general place of jurisdiction in Germany or the customer’s domicile or customary place of residence has been moved abroad or is unknown at the time that action is brought.
4) The law prevailing in the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply.
5) Should one or more of the aforementioned provisions of these General Terms and Conditions be invalid in part or as a whole or subsequently prove to be incapable of being implemented, then the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.
Information on data protection
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Date of last update: 15 May 2026