Terms of Service

Hello and welcome! We are glad that you are taking the time to read these terms of service (the “Terms”).

These Terms are important as they, together with your booking confirmation email (the “Booking Confirmation”), set out the legal terms on which Travel Services are made available to you through our Service. They also cover any interactions or communications you have with us through our Service.

Your use of our Service is conditioned upon your acceptance of these Terms. To book a Travel Service, you must also accept these Terms. If you do not accept these Terms, then please do not use our Service or book a Travel Service.

We may change these Terms at any time and your future use of our Service following changes to these Terms is subject to you accepting those updated Terms. We recommend that you save or print a copy of these Terms.

In these Terms:

“our Service” refers to the provision of our websites, apps and online tools

“Travel Provider” refers to the travel supplier making available the Travel Services to you through our Service

“Travel Services” refers to the travel services made available to you by the relevant Travel Provider(s) through our Service, such as stays at a property, flights or things to do, etc.

“you” refers to you, the traveller, using our Service or making a booking with our Service.

Please read these Terms carefully.

Section 1 Rules and Restrictions

As well as these Terms, other terms and conditions provided by Travel Providers (such as an airline’s conditions of carriage, or a property’s terms and conditions, etc.) also apply to your booking (“Rules and Restrictions”).

To make a booking, you must accept the Rules and Restrictions of the Travel Provider that you select (such as payment of due amounts, refundability, penalties, availability restrictions and use of fares or services, etc.). The relevant Rules and Restrictions are provided to you before you make a booking and are incorporated by reference into these Terms.

If you violate a Travel Provider's Rules and Restrictions, your booking may be cancelled and you may be denied access to the relevant Travel Service. You may also lose any money paid for such booking and we or the Travel Provider may debit your account for any costs we or they incur as a result of such violation.

Section 2 Using Our Service

Our rules

We provide our Service to help you find information about Travel Services and to assist you in booking those Travel Services. It is provided to you for no other purpose.

You agree that:

  • you will only use our Service for personal and non-commercial purposes
  • you must be at least 18 years of age and have the legal authority to enter into contracts
  • you will use our Service lawfully and in compliance with these Terms
  • all information supplied by you is true, accurate, current and complete
  • if you have an account with us, you will:
  • safeguard your account information
  • be responsible for any use of your account by you or others
  • if you book on behalf of others:
  • you will obtain their authorisation prior to acting on their behalf
  • you will inform them about the terms that apply to the booking (including the Rules and Restrictions) and ensure that they agree to such terms
  • you are responsible for paying any amounts due, for making any change/cancellation requests and for all other matters relating to the booking
  • you are responsible for complying with applicable laws when acting on their behalf. You also agree not to:
  • make any false or fraudulent booking
  • access, monitor or copy any content on our Service using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process
  • violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on our Service or bypass or circumvent other measures employed to prevent or limit access to our Service
  • take any action that imposes, or may impose, an unreasonable or large load on our infrastructure
  • deep link to any part of our Service
  • “frame”, “mirror” or otherwise incorporate any part of our Service into any other website.

Access

We may, acting reasonably, deny anyone access to our Service at any time for any valid reason. We may also make improvements and changes to our Service at any time.

Account

To create an account, you must be at least 18 years of age and follow the account creation instructions provided through our Service.

The account you create on our Service also allows you to access other sites, apps, tools and services offered by members of our Group of Companies (including Hotels.com and vrbo) using the same account credentials, in addition to our Service (an “Expedia Group Account"). Please note that when using your Expedia Group Account, the relevant terms of service displayed on the sites, apps, tools and services that you are using will govern your use of them.

For information on how to delete your account, sign into your account on our Service and follow the applicable account deletion process. For further information about your privacy rights (such as deletion or access), please see our Privacy Statement.

How we order your search results

There are many travel options available through our Service and we want to make your search results as relevant as possible. At the search results page you will see our default sort order, however you can select how to sort your results and also use filter options to prioritise results based on your chosen preferences, for example price, guest review score, or other criteria. You can learn more on how we order search results here.

Within your search results we also sometimes display travel options that are paid-for commercial listings from our Travel Providers. Such travel options are clearly labelled for your information as “Ad” or similar equivalent labelling, to differentiate them from other travel options.

Redirection and third-party booking services

If you are redirected from our Service to a third-party booking service (such as for car rental) to make a travel booking, please bear in mind that any bookings made through such a booking service will be with the third-party and not with us. We are not responsible for bookings made through third-party booking services and we have no liability to you in respect of such a booking. The terms and conditions of the third-party service provider will set out what rights you have against them and will explain their liability to you.

Section 3 Confirming a booking

Your Booking Confirmation includes the essential elements of your booking, such as the description of the Travel Service(s) booked and the price.

We will send your Booking Confirmation and any relevant travel documents to the email address you provide when you book. If you do not receive your Booking Confirmation within 24 hours of making your booking, please contact us.

Section 4 Payment

Price

The price of the Travel Service(s) will be as displayed on our Service, except in cases of obvious error.

Prices for Travel Services are dynamic and can change at any time. Price changes will not affect bookings already accepted, except in cases of obvious error. We display many Travel Services, and we try hard to ensure that the displayed price is accurate. We reserve the right to correct any pricing errors on our Service.

If there is an obvious error and you have made a booking, we will offer you the opportunity to keep your booking by paying the correct price or we will cancel your booking without penalty. We have no obligation to make available Travel Services to you at an incorrect (lower) price even after you have been sent a Booking Confirmation, if the error should reasonably have been apparent to you.