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Terms of Service

Effective Date: January 1, 2026 • Last Reviewed: February 2026 • Governing Law: Kingdom of Spain / European Union

Welcome to chipperpalhouse. By browsing, accessing, or interacting with chipperpalhouse.casa (the "Website"), you agree to be bound by the following Terms of Service ("Terms"). These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Chipper Pal House Mediterranean Hospitality S.L., registered in Spain under Company Number ES-B87492104, with registered offices at Passeig de Gràcia 92, 4th Floor, 08008 Barcelona, Spain. If you do not accept these terms in their entirety, please refrain from using the Website.

1. Scope and Nature of Services: Independent Editorial Directory

chipperpalhouse is an independent architectural critique, editorial review portal, and digital directory. The Website showcases premier European coastal luxury hotels (including Hotel Santa Caterina, Marbella Club Hotel, Villa Dubrovnik, Domes Miramare, and La Réserve de Beaulieu) based on architectural excellence, heritage, and maritime hospitality standards.

Strict Non-Booking Entity Disclaimer:

  • We are NOT an Online Travel Agency (OTA), travel broker, tour operator, or booking engine.
  • We do NOT sell, issue, manage, or hold room allocations, hotel inventory, or flight packages.
  • We do NOT process payments, credit cards, bank transfers, or security deposits.
  • We do NOT issue reservation confirmations, booking vouchers, or cancellation policies.

All links labeled "Visit Official Website," "Book Direct," or similar call-to-actions are outbound referrals. When clicking these links, you leave our platform and connect directly with the official proprietary reservation system of the individual hotel. Any room reservation, contract of carriage, accommodation policy, deposit, or dispute is formed exclusively between you and the respective hotel operator.

2. Permitted Use and User Conduct

You agree to use this Website strictly for lawful, non-commercial personal informational purposes. You expressly agree that you will not:

  • Deploy automated scrapers, web crawlers, spiders, or programmatic harvesting routines to extract editorial text, metadata, or photography without our written consent.
  • Circumvent or attempt to compromise security protocols, rate-limiting measures, or authentication systems.
  • Introduce malicious software, Trojan horses, automated spam routines, or denial-of-service scripts.
  • Frame, replicate, mirror, or white-label any portion of this Website on third-party domains without express written license.

3. Intellectual Property Rights

All proprietary content on chipperpalhouse—including but not limited to written editorial articles, hotel critiques, graphic designs, SVG vector iconography, website architecture, stylesheets, layout arrangements, brand identifiers, and digital typography pairings—is the intellectual property of Chipper Pal House Mediterranean Hospitality S.L. or its licensors, protected under Spanish Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996 (Intellectual Property Act) and European intellectual property directives.

Hotel trade names, trademarks, corporate insignias, and associated hotel photography remain the exclusive intellectual property of their respective hotel organizations and are used here under nominative fair use and editorial criticism principles. No endorsement or corporate ownership of third-party trademarks is implied.

4. Disclaimers of Warranties & Pricing Accuracy

The Website and all editorial reviews are provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express, statutory, or implied.

While our editorial team endeavors to ensure information—such as hotel opening seasons, dining venues, and facility descriptions—is accurate at the time of publication, hotel amenities, renovation schedules, room rates, and access rules are subject to change by each independent property without notice. chipperpalhouse makes no guarantee regarding real-time room availability, seasonal room rates, or promotional packages offered by third-party hotels.

5. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Spanish and European consumer legislation, Chipper Pal House Mediterranean Hospitality S.L., its directors, officers, employees, and editorial contributors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising out of:

  • Your reliance on editorial commentary, descriptions, or reviews published on the Website.
  • Any reservation transaction, room dispute, cancellation penalty, or stay experience incurred with any featured hotel.
  • Any interruption, latency, server downtime, or technical fault preventing access to the Website.
  • Any interaction or agreement entered into with external websites reached via outbound referral links.

6. Third-Party Links & Outbound Navigation

Our Website contains hyperlinks directing users to external websites operated by third-party hotel organizations, tourist boards, and reservation partners. These links are provided solely as a convenience. We maintain zero ownership, editorial authority, or operational control over third-party servers. The inclusion of any external link does not constitute an endorsement, insurance guarantee, or legal assumption of responsibility for the content, privacy practices, or commercial terms of external domains.

7. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Chipper Pal House Mediterranean Hospitality S.L. and its affiliates from and against any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) resulting from your violation of these Terms or your misuse of the Website.

8. Severability & Entire Agreement

If any provision of these Terms is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from the remaining Terms, which shall continue in full legal force and effect. These Terms constitute the complete understanding between the user and Chipper Pal House Mediterranean Hospitality S.L. regarding the subject matter herein.

9. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms of Service, their validity, construction, and performance shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the Kingdom of Spain, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

In the event of any controversy, claim, or dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms, the parties agree to seek amicable resolution through good-faith dialogue. If a resolution cannot be reached within forty-five (45) days, the dispute shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the City of Barcelona, Spain. Consumers residing within the European Union may additionally access the European Commission’s Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.