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Originally Posted by riverc0il  Just out of curiosity, any legal types know the exact legal aspects of resale of lift tickets? Just because a business makes a policy does not make it legally true. For example, what if publishers starting putting fine print on a book that it could not be resold (not an on par example as one is an item and the other is a service, but you get the jist). Lots of times business say you can't do something when in fact they do not have any legal ground to stand on. Just curious if the law backs this up when it comes to resale of lift tickets after they have been purchased or transfer of lift tickets at the same price. |
From a legal perspective, this is simply a contract law issue. The resort can put into its contract with skiers (recipients of vouchers in this case) whatever lawful restrictions it wants to. If you don't like the restrictions, don't sign the contract (i.e. don't accept the voucher). Once you accept the voucher, you've got to abide by their conditions/restrictions. That's why they have all the fine print on daily lift tickets so they can later pull your pass if you ski out of control or on closed trails.
BTW, if a publisher wanted to restrict resales of its books, it could legally do so. The problem would be with enforcement, not to mention the bad PR to the publisher that would result. But from a legal perspective, they could do it.