General conditions
Outstanding payments
All bookings must be paid in full by a valid card or cash by the time of check-in. In case of bookings with the advance payment, balance must be paid in full by a valid card or cash by the time of check-in.
The only accepted cash currency is Polish Zloty (PLN).
During check-in, you may be asked to provide payment card details to secure against any damage to the apartment. This applies to guests who, for various reasons, did not provide card details during the booking process.
If reservation is not fully paid one day prior to check-out, we reserve the right to charge a credit card provided in the process of reservation or during check-in.
Reception desk
We do not have 24h reception in our properties and our employees are available on site for a limited number of hours per week. During your stay we can provide assistance by phone +48 504046653.
Check-in
Standard check-in is possible from 1:00 PM.
If you plan to arrive earlier, please let us know in advance, but we do not guarantee check-in before the scheduled time. If this is not possible, we will make every effort to store your luggage in our office until check-in.
Upon check-in an identification document with a photo will be required to confirm your reservation with us.
Due to the Child Protection Procedures in place, we require that a guest staying at the facility with a child has a document that proves that he or she is an adult with the right to care for the child (e.g. the child’s identity document indicating relationship, civil status certificate, court decision , notarial consent of the parent for a given person to travel with the child or consent signed by the child’s parent along with indication of the child’s data, address of residence, telephone contact of the parent and ID number/PESEL number of the person to whom the parent entrusted the care of the child). In special cases, we reserve the right to verify such a document.
Check-out
Standard check-out should take place by 11:00 AM.
Late check-out from the apartment is only possible if there is no further reservation for the same day. Please note that additional late check-out fees may apply. To arrange details, please contact us no later than one day before your planned check-out.
Breakfast
Crystal Suites Old Town – breakfast is served at Fable Cafe, located approx. 160m from our apartments.
Crystal Suites chez Helena – breakfast is served at restaurant Kolanko no 6, located approx. 300m from our apartments.
Room service
As we are private apartments, daily room cleaning is not included in the price. However, if you have decided to stay with us for a week or longer, the apartment will be cleaned once a week (cleaning day will be agreed upon check-in). The cleaning includes changing bed linen, cleaning the bathroom as well as standard cleaning of the entire apartment. If you require additional paid cleaning, please contact us at least 1 day in advance.
For the safety of all facility users, we reserve the right to access the room in any situation that requires it.
Damages in the apartment
If any part of your room is damaged or destroyed during your stay, please inform us immediately.
During check-in, you will be asked to provide payment card details to secure against any damage to the apartment. This applies to guests who, for various reasons, did not provide card details during the booking process.
Crystal Suites reserves the right to charge card which was used in the process of reservation (or provided during check-in) for both reported and non-reported damages being caused by negligence or actions of the guest.
Non-smoking policy
All apartments and public spaces are 100% non-smoking. A 300 PLN cleaning fee per incident will be charged to any guest who violates the smoking policy. A designated smoking areas are provided for guests outside and will be shown during check-in.
Pets
Pets are not allowed to enter the apartments. This is due to keep our apartments free of allergens and ensuring comfortable stay for all of our guests.
Security deposit
In specific circumstances, especially when reservation is for larger group of guests, Crystal Suites reserve the right to charge security deposit in the amount of 500 PLN per reserved apartment.
In case of bookings guaranteed by card, during the check-in the deposit will be preauthorised on the card. For reservations made without using the card, guests will be obliged to pay deposit in cash (in PLN) or to provide the active card details with sufficient amount of funds.
The deposit will be fully refunded upon check-out if there is no damage to the apartment except those beyond guests’ control.
Lost room key
Replacing a lost key costs 150 PLN for each key.
Extra beds
Baby cot – free of charge, limited quantity. Please inform us in advance if you’d need one.
Convertible sofa – 50 PLN per night per person, only if available in specific apartment. Please inform us in advance if you’d need to use sofa for additional guests.
Personal liability
Dorota Pyzik CRYSTAL SUITES takes liability only to personal injuries or damages sustained by guests caused strictly by Crystal Suites. Any injuries sustained as effect of deliberate action of Guest aren’t subject to liability of Dorota Pyzik CRYSTAL SUITES
Booking & Cancellation
Booking engine
Our website offers possibility of direct reservation via booking engine suported by Profitroom. In order to use it, providing valid card details is obligatory. Details of the credit cards used in the process of reservation will be deleted from our system after guest’s check-out, provided there are no damages in the apartment.
E-mail reservations
You can make a reservation by writing to us at booking@crystalsuites.info (Crystal Suites Old Town) or bookinghelena@crystalsuites.info (Crystal Suites chez Helena). Please remember that we respond to enquiries between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM CET.
Your e-mail enquiry shall include:
- Dates of your stay
- Number of people
- Preferred beds configuration
- Contact phone number
- Preferred rate: standard or non refundable
We will respond to your enquiry personalized offer. Please check all of the details and confirm you agree on the conditions. Next e-mail will contain a details of the obligatory advance payment. At this stage, your preliminary reservation will be kept for 3 days in await for the advance payment (in case of last minute reservations this period might be shortened). If we do not record any respond or payment, your preliminary reservation will be deleted from our system.
Advance payment
With the electronic payment service Przelewy24 (Pay Pro S.A.), we accept payments made by Visa and Mastercard, Blik and fast online transfers.
Please note that you will be asked for your payment to be done either in our currency (PLN) or currency of your card. If you choose PLN, your bank will apply charges for currency conversion. However, if you choose payment in your card’s currency, additional charges generated by PolCard (transaction operator) will also apply. You can check with your bank what’s their conversion rate and compare it with the one offered by PolCard, so you will have full knowledge of amount of charges that will apply in both scenarios.
Cancellation policy – booking engine
For reservations made using booking engine, cancellation policy is stated during the process of booking.
Cancellation policy – standard e-mail reservations
- Cancellation of booking one day before scheduled arrival (before 1:00 PM CET):
Free of charge, your advance payment will be returned to your account in full.
- Cancellation of booking one day before scheduled arrival (after 1:00 PM CET), cancellation on arrival day or no-show:
We will keep full amount of the advance payment.
Cancellation policy – non refundable e-mail reservations
In case of cancellation of non refundable reservation booked through e-mail, deposit (total cost of reservation) won’t be returned. We can transfer your payment onto account of future reservation made with us, however we require information about cancellation of your booking at least one day before your scheduled arrival.
Alternative accommodation
Should the original property not be available for any reason or in case of technical problems of higher instance we reserve the right to change the apartment booked for another apartment in Krakow of equal or higher standard. If it is impossible and the guest will need to be accommodated in the apartments of lower standard, the difference in price will be refunded.
Privacy Policy
Data Privacy Policy According to GDPR
Following art. 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC(OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88) – “GDPR” and in relation to the processing of your personal data we hereby inform you that:
1. The data controller is Dorota Pyzik CRYSTAL SUITES, Lusina, ul. św. Floriana 43, 30-698 Kraków. You can contact the controller at the address that is visible in Contact details on web page where you are making your reservation.
2. Your data are processed for the purposes relating to the realization of reservations, agreements concluded by the controller, promotion of its services, as well as to allow the controller to contact with its customers. The processing of the data in the above scope is based on art. 6 item 1 pt f of GDPR.
3. The Processing of your data is related to the realization of your reservation request.
4. Your data will be processed for the period of time of the relevant agreement with Hotel where you will be staying.
5. You have the right to request the access to your data from Dorota Pyzik CRYSTAL SUITES, as well as to their rectification, erasure, restriction of their processing, the right to object to the processing and the right to data portability.
6. You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes GDPR.
7. The provision of your data is voluntary.
8. Dorota Pyzik CRYSTAL SUITES will not profile your data based on this agreement, as well as it will not make automated decisions.
Cookie Policy
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What Cookies do we use?
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Deleting Cookies
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