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First time booking security deposit

Thank you for your patronage of Carte Blanche.

This is a notification to first time customers considering making an appointment with us.

Carte Blanche normally requires customers to adhere to our existing cancellation policy that asks customers to make changes or cancellations to their bookings by 18:00 the day prior to the appointment.

Unfortunately, in relation to first time bookings, with the increase in fraudulent activity in general over recent months, there has been a concomitant and dramatic increase in new customer no shows, which have included scammers aiming to cause a nuisance.

To minimize the significant operational stresses caused by such incidences, effective immediately, Carte Blanche will require a deposit of HK$250 for all first time customers to secure their appointments.

 

DEPOSITS FOR FIRST TIME APPOINTMENTS

The deposit will be used in full against payment on your first appointment.

■Applicability: For customers making first time appointments

■Amount: HK$250 per customer

■Payment method: In principle by credit card payment link (Payme and FPS also available)
■Payment deadline:
Bookings 4 or more days in future       Within 48 hours of booking
Bookings 3 days in future        Within 24 hours of booking
Bookings 2 or less days in future    Immediate

■Your appointment will be automatically cancelled if payment is not received within the payment deadline.

■Refunds: If you make a booking change / cancellation before 48 hours prior to your booking (in principle by Whatsapp, or alternatively email), your deposit will either be kept for the next booking (for booking change) or refunded in full (for cancellation). In events of store closure due, for example, to Signal 8, refunds will be made automatically.

For regular patrons, we currently have no plans to introduce a deposit system, and there is no change to the existing cancellation policy reproduced below. The below policy will also apply to new customers visiting for the second time onwards.

USUAL CANCELLATION POLICY

Changes and cancellations are accepted free of charge up to 18:00 the day prior to your appointment.

Changes and cancellations thereafter attract a fee:
Cancellations and changes up to 18:00 the day prior     Free of charge
Cancellations and changes beyond 18:00 the day prior         50% of the value of your booked menu
No show                                                                         100% of the value of your booked menu

Thank you for your kind understanding and cooperation.

Carte Blanche