Never without my teddy – Vrbo Teddy Express
They’re everyone’s most faithful companion. The beloved family member kids can’t go to sleep without. And no holiday is complete without taking them along: Teddy bears.
But their lack of voice means tragically, sometimes our teddy’s are left behind – on the beach, in the back of a car or at the holiday home.
UK parents spend up to £500 to get their child’s lost toy back
When kids lose their favourite cuddly toy, mums and dads turn into teddy bear-faced liars. Almost a third (31%) of parents confess to replacing the cuddly toy with something similar and swear it’s the same one, whilst over half (57%) admit to making up fantasy stories about where their child’s favourite soft toy has gone: on holiday, to the moon or it is now living with a child that doesn’t have any cuddly toys and would need it more than them.
With over four fifths (86%) of kids in the UK having a favourite soft toy that goes everywhere with them, it’s no surprise they are heartbroken when they accidentally lose it.
Nothing can ruin the family holiday feeling quicker than the tears and temper tantrum that follows the loss of a teddy.
Sometimes, they make their own way home, thanks to an act of kindness – or more likely a resourceful parent. On average, UK parents would spend £175 to get their child’s toy back once lost on holiday, whilst almost a third (31%) would be willing to pay up to £500, with 9% happy to pay even more.
Vrbo is reuniting left-behind teddy bears with owners
Wouldn’t it be great if there was an easier, cheaper way to reunite forgotten teddys with their owners?
We thought so, too. During this year’s school summer holidays, if a teddy is left behind in a Vrbo holiday home in Europe, let the Vrbo team know via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, in which property the teddy has been forgotten and the Vrbo Teddy Express will get them home, safe and sound.
Whether they’re left at the breakfast table during a weekend staycation or enjoying some unexpected time abroad, the Vrbo team will get them home to their owners.
It’s the least we can do for our cuddly friends and goes a long way to ensuring that your stay with Vrbo feels like your home away from home.
Terms and Conditions for Vrbo’s Teddy Express (the “Teddy Express”)
When contacting Vrbo about the Teddy Express, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”). PR activities relating to the Teddy Express, including all information on how to use the Teddy Express, also form part of these Terms and Conditions. In the event of any conflict between any terms referred to in such promotional materials and these Terms and Conditions, these Terms and Conditions shall take precedence.
1.The promoter of the Teddy Express is Vrbo UK Limited, Level 24 Portland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5BH (“Vrbo”).
-1. All UK residents who travel to Europe during the Travel Dates and claim under the Teddy Express service must be at least 18 years old. Vrbo reserves the right to request that travellers can prove that they are eligible.
0. The Teddy Express will commence at 12.01am BST time on 1st July 2019 and all requests must be received by 11.59pm BST time on the closing date of 7th September 2019.
1. The Teddy Express service will be promoted via PR activities in the UK. To use the Teddy Express service, travellers must contact Vrbo no later than 24 hours after their stay in a European Vrbo property.
The traveller can contact Vrbo via its Facebook, Twitter or Instagram channels.
The Teddy Express is limited to the return of soft toys from Europe to the United Kingdom or within the United Kingdom. No other items are eligible for return under the Teddy Express service.
All travellers need to enter their name, email address, postal address, the property number of the European Vrbo property they stayed in, the booking number of the related booking as well as the dates they stayed in the European Vrbo property.
Any illegible, incomplete or fraudulent requests will be rejected.
3. The Teddy Express service includes the return of soft toys left/forgotten/lost in a European Vrbo holiday home during the Travel Dates to its UK owners at no extra cost.
4. The following terms apply to the Teddy Express service:
(a) The Teddy Express will be only available for stays in European Vrbo holiday homes from 1st July 2019 till 7th September 2019 (“Travel Dates”).
(b) The Teddy Express service is limited to Vrbo travellers from the UK, travelling within the UK or Europe, staying in a European property listed on Vrbo.co.uk or any of the other websites of the Vrbo network.
(c) Vrbo will contact the owner of the respective property at its earliest convenience after being notified of the loss of a soft toy in their property to arrange necessary courier facilities providing the soft toy has been found.
(d) Vrbo does not take any responsibility for any losses if notified more than 24 hours after the end of stay date or in case the property owner disposed the soft toy immediately after the stay. However, in the latter case, Vrbo will provide an alternative, new soft toy of a similar nature and of an equivalent financial value as a gesture of goodwill.
5. Vrbo will collect and process Customers’ personal information and it will be shared with Vrbo’s agents and affiliates (including those outside the European Economic Area) to the extent necessary in order to fulfil the Teddy Express service. If participants do not provide any of the mandatory information requested when requesting the Teddy Express service, the Teddy Express service might not be fulfilled. Customers’ names and other personal details from their request of the Service will be collected and stored by Vrbo and its affiliates (including those outside the European Economic Area) and held in accordance with the applicable privacy policy in place from time to time (see https://www.vrbo.com/en-gb/legal/privacy-policy).
6. Save where it has been negligent, Vrbo will not be responsible for any damage, loss or injury resulting from the travellers’ request of the Teddy Express service or their acceptance and/or use of the Teddy Express service, or for technical, hardware or software failures, lost, faulty or unavailable network connections or difficulties of any kind that may limit or prohibit their ability to request the Teddy Express service. Save where it has been negligent, Vrbo will not be responsible for any lost, damaged, defaced, incomplete, illegible or otherwise unreadable requests. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall in any way limit Vrbo’s liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other matter where liability may not as a matter of law be limited.
7. All Vrbo’s decisions in relation to the Teddy Express service are final.
8. These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law. The courts of England and Wales shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute or claim arising in association with the Service or these Terms and Conditions. This choice of law will not deprive a consumer of the protection afforded by provisions, from which, according to the law of the state in which the participant has its habitual residence, cannot be derogated from by agreement.