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Refund Policy

Effective date: September 21, 2026 · Contact: support@heytravelo.com

This Refund Policy explains when Travelo ("Travelo," "we," "us") refunds money you pay for the Travelo website at heytravelo.com, the Travelo apps for iOS and Android, and related paid features (the "Service"). It applies together with our Terms and our Cancellation Policy.

Browsing the feed, posting, messaging, and using free trip guides does not cost anything. This policy covers paid trip guides, paid Circle events and plans, local experiences, hotel or other supplier bookings we process, subscriptions, and business advertising.

The price, currency, and the specific cancellation or refund rules for a booking are shown before you pay. Those checkout terms control that purchase. If they conflict with a more general sentence below, the terms shown at checkout apply, except where the law gives you a stronger right.

1. How to ask for a refund

Email support@heytravelo.com from the address on your Travelo account. Include your username, the booking or payment reference, the amount, the date, and a short reason. We confirm receipt and tell you whether the refund is approved.

2. Charges we always refund

Approved refunds go back to the original payment method (card, UPI, net banking, wallet, or app store). We do not send refunds to a different account unless the original method cannot receive them and we agree another method in writing.

  • A payment that was taken twice for the same order.
  • A payment that succeeded on your bank or card statement but the booking, guide, or ad credit was never delivered.
  • A charge we made in error, or a charge after you had already cancelled within the free-cancellation window.
  • A paid event, experience, or booking that the host, hotel, or Travelo cancels, and we cannot offer you a confirmed alternative you accept.

3. Paid trip guides

A paid guide is digital content. You see the price before you unlock it. If we never grant access, or the guide is removed because it failed our safety checks before you could use it, we refund the full amount.

Once the full guide has been unlocked in your account, the purchase is complete. We do not refund it because you changed your mind, already travelled, or did not like the recommendations. We will refund or make it right if the guide is materially not what was described (for example the destination or day count is different from the listing) and you write to us within 7 days of purchase, before you have used most of the guide.

4. Circle events and plans

Hosts choose one cancellation policy. It is shown on the event before you pay. Your refund follows that policy and our Cancellation Policy:

  • Flexible — full refund if you cancel at least 48 hours before the start time.
  • Standard — full refund if you cancel at least 7 days before the start time; 50% refund if you cancel inside those 7 days but before the start time.
  • Strict — the ticket price is not refunded after you pay, except when the host or Travelo cancels the event.

5. Local experiences

Each experience shows its own cancellation and refund terms before payment. If you cancel inside the free-cancellation window stated on that listing, we refund the amount that listing promises (often the full price when you cancel at least 24 hours before the start).

If the host cancels, does not show up, or the experience cannot take place for a reason that is not your fault, we refund the amount you paid Travelo for that booking. Optional add-ons that were already provided are excluded.

6. Hotels and other supplier bookings

When Travelo takes payment for a hotel or similar supplier booking, the rate rules shown before you pay decide the refund. A rate marked non-refundable is not refunded if you cancel or do not arrive, unless the supplier or the law requires it. A rate with free cancellation is refunded in full if you cancel before the deadline shown at checkout.

Some hotel and place pages are information only. They are not a Travelo booking and no Travelo refund applies. Any payment you make directly with the hotel follows the hotel's own policy.

7. Subscriptions

Travelo subscriptions bought on Google Play or the Apple App Store are billed by that store. Cancel renewal in the store or in Travelo subscription settings. You keep access until the end of the period you already paid for. We do not refund the unused part of a period that has already started, except where Google or Apple issues a refund under their own rules. Ask the store for a store refund; we cannot reverse a store charge ourselves.

8. Business advertising

If you pay to promote a post or run ads, charges for delivery that already happened are not refunded. Unused prepaid balance that has not been spent can be refunded if you email support@heytravelo.com. If we fail to deliver a campaign because of a Travelo error, we refund the unspent amount or re-run the campaign, at your choice.

9. Timing

We review eligible requests within 5 business days. After we approve a refund, your bank, UPI app, card issuer, Razorpay, Apple, or Google usually shows it within 5 to 10 business days. That timing is controlled by them, not by us. Refunds are in the same currency as the charge.

10. What we do not refund

Nothing in this policy limits a right you have under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, or any other law that cannot be waived. These Terms are governed by the laws of India, as stated in our Terms.

  • Change of mind after a digital guide has been unlocked, or after a strict or non-refundable booking.
  • No-shows, late arrival, or cancellation after the free-cancellation deadline.
  • Costs you paid outside Travelo, such as visas, flights booked elsewhere, or spending described inside a guide.
  • Accounts suspended for breaking the Terms or Community Guidelines, where the paid item was already delivered.

11. Contact

  • Email: support@heytravelo.com
  • Cancellation rules: https://heytravelo.com/cancellation
  • Terms: https://heytravelo.com/terms