Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of Terms of Use

By browsing, accessing, indexing, or interacting with flatsabovemain.com (“the Website”), you enter into a legally binding agreement governed by these Terms of Use and all applicable statutory regulations of England and Wales. If you do not accept these terms unconditionally, you must immediately cease navigation and depart the Website.

2. Non-Operator & Non-Gambling Disclaimer

Flats Above Main operates exclusively as an independent British digital publication dedicated to luxury resort journalism, architectural critique, culinary reporting, and hotel reviews. Flats Above Main is not a casino operator, gaming licensee, bookmaker, betting intermediary, booking agent, or travel organiser. We do not offer gambling software, accept stakes or wagers, manage gaming balances, process property reservations, or handle financial transactions between guests and resorts.

3. Eligibility & Strict 18+ Mandate

This Website contains editorial analysis of hotel properties featuring licensed adult leisure and casino amenities. In strict accordance with the UK Gambling Act 2005, access to sections covering gaming salons, wagering rules, or casino licensing is restricted exclusively to individuals aged 18 years or older. By continuing to browse our gaming facilities coverage, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age.

4. Permitted Personal Use & Licence

Flats Above Main grants you a personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited licence to view, read, and momentarily cache extracts of our editorial articles on personal devices solely for private, non-commercial travel research. Any commercial exploitation, redistribution, or mirroring of our guides is strictly forbidden.

5. Intellectual Property & Copyright

All content published across Flats Above Main—including editorial prose, hotel scoring metrics, proprietary review frameworks, bespoke photographs, audio-visual layouts, brand logos, vector marks, and source code—is the protected intellectual property of Flats Above Main or its licensed contributors under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights are strictly reserved.

6. Accuracy of Editorial Guides

Our reviews reflect editorial assessments based on desk-research methodologies, architectural records, public licensing registries, and industry reports valid at the time of publication. Hotel room specifications, restaurant menus, spa treatments, table limits, and opening hours fluctuate frequently. We make no warranty that resort conditions remain identical to published reviews, and travellers must verify current terms directly with properties.

7. External Links & Hotel Bookings

Our website contains hyperlinks directing users to external third-party domains, such as hotel direct-booking desks, resort websites, or regulatory agencies. Flats Above Main exercises no editorial control over external sites and bears no responsibility for their content, contracts, pricing accuracy, or data handling practices. Engagement with external entities is undertaken solely at your own risk.

8. Commercial Transparency & Affiliates

To support ongoing editorial operations, Flats Above Main may occasionally receive compensation from travel partners through affiliate tracking links when a reader books accommodation. Such commercial arrangements are kept strictly segregated from our editorial scoring desk and do not influence our ratings or published criticisms.

9. Prohibited Conduct & Anti-Scraping

You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities:

• Deploying automated crawlers, scrapers, data harvesting robots, or AI extraction tools without prior written authorization;
• Attempting to bypass authentication mechanisms, probe server vulnerabilities, or launch denial-of-service vectors;
• Misrepresenting affiliation with Flats Above Main or reproducing our trade name and monogram without licence;
• Framing our pages within third-party wrappers or altering our editorial disclaimers and responsible gambling notices.

10. Reader Correspondence & Corrections

We welcome journalistic inquiries and factual correction notices from property operators and readers. When submitting comments or feedback to our editorial desk, you grant Flats Above Main a perpetual, royalty-free licence to review, adapt, and incorporate substantiated factual updates into our published guides.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties (“As-Is”)

To the maximum extent permitted by UK law, the Website and all accompanying editorial evaluations are provided strictly on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or collateral, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular journey, or error-free accessibility.

12. Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances shall Flats Above Main, its editors, authors, or corporate directors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential losses, including lost travel expenses, booking cancellation fees, wagering losses incurred at featured casinos, or emotional disappointment arising from your use of or reliance upon our publications. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence or fraud where prohibited by the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

13. Indemnification Obligations

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Flats Above Main and its editorial staff against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or legal expenses (including reasonable solicitor fees) arising from your breach of these Terms of Use, your violation of third-party intellectual property, or your unlawful activities.

14. Notice & Takedown Protocols

If you are a copyright owner or authorised agent and believe that any text or media on our site infringes upon your copyright under UK law, please transmit a formal notification detailing the copyrighted work, URL location, and proof of ownership to [email protected] for prompt review and resolution.

15. Severability & Entire Agreement

If any provision of these Terms is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that specific clause shall be severed while the remaining provisions shall continue in full legal force and effect. These Terms constitute the entire understanding between you and Flats Above Main regarding website usage.

16. Governing Law, Jurisdiction & Contact

These Terms of Use, their subject matter, and their formation are governed exclusively by the laws of England and Wales. You and Flats Above Main agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim, dispute, or difference arising out of or in connection with this agreement.