01 Example 1 — Aggressive 60/30/0
EU tier-1 chain, Madrid. 50%/75%/100% at 60+/60-30/<30 days. Deposit non-refundable. Rewrite extends windows to 120/90/60/30 at 25/50/75/100 with deposit applied to fee.
8 Redlined Cancellation Examples
Original chain wording, annotation, and rewrite for eight anonymised European hotel contracts.
How to use this: Each section is a self-contained reference. Paired with the full article. Not legal advice; operational guidance from a software vendor.
02 Example 2 — Standard 90/60/30 with F&B inclusion
EU tier-1 chain, Paris. Standard sliding scale applied to total value including F&B minimum. Rewrite excludes F&B from cancellation base and adds force-majeure waiver.
03 Example 3 — Soft 180/90/30
Independent boutique, Lisbon. 10/25/50/100. Already buyer-favourable; only addition is explicit force-majeure stacking.
04 Example 4 — Tiered with deposit forfeit on FM
EU tier-1 chain, London. Deposit non-refundable even on force majeure. Rewrite refunds deposit on FM and adds pandemic to FM scope.
05 Example 5 — Banded with F&B carve-out
EU tier-2 chain, Prague. Reasonable schedule; F&B obligations terminate on cancellation. Add explicit FM stacking with civil-code anchor.
06 Example 6 — COVID-narrow Force Majeure
EU tier-1 chain, Berlin. Excludes pandemic and government travel restrictions from FM. Rewrite includes both with BGB §313 anchor.
07 Example 7 — Buyer-friendly with anchors
EU tier-2 chain, Barcelona. Spanish Civil Code Art. 1105 cited. Already well-drafted; only addition is counsel confirmation that pandemic falls within Art. 1105 for the contracted dates.
08 Example 8 — Rack-rate escalator
EU tier-1 chain, Frankfurt. Cancellation fee calculated at BAR rather than Group Rate. Rewrite forces calculation at Group Rate; rejects rate escalator.
09 The four-sentence rewrite template
(1) Fee calculated on Room Block at Group Rate only. (2) F&B obligations terminate on cancellation. (3) No fee on force majeure. (4) Deposit applied to fee, refunded in full on force majeure.