These Terms govern your use of the WanderBuddy mobile app ("the app", "we", "us"). By creating an account or using the app, you agree to them. If you do not agree, please don't use the app.
The service
WanderBuddy helps groups plan and coordinate trips: shared itineraries, group and direct chat, expense splitting, opt-in live location sharing, an AI travel assistant, live translation, and a shared photo gallery. We may add, change, or remove features over time.
Your account
You are responsible for the activity on your account and for keeping your login secure. Provide accurate information when you sign up, and you must be at least 13 (or your country's minimum age of digital consent) to use the app.
Community Standards — zero tolerance
WanderBuddy has zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. When you use any feature that lets you create or share content — group and direct chat, trip details and itineraries, photos, and your profile — you agree not to post, share, or transmit content that is unlawful, harassing, threatening, hateful, defamatory, obscene, sexually explicit, that depicts or promotes violence, or that is otherwise objectionable, and not to bully, threaten, impersonate, stalk, or abuse any other person. You also agree not to share content you don't have the right to share, and to share another person's information (such as their location) only with their consent. There is no tolerance for this content, or for the users who post it.
Reporting, blocking & moderation
We give you tools to keep your experience safe, and we act on what you report:
- Report. You can report a profile, a chat message, a direct message, or any photo you didn't upload, from within the app. Choose a reason — spam, harassment or bullying, nudity or sexual content, hate speech, violence or threats, or other objectionable content — and it goes to our moderation queue.
- Block. You can block any user. Blocking immediately hides them from your trips and stops their messages reaching you, and it flags them for our review.
- Our action. We review reported content and blocked users and act within 24 hours — removing offending content and suspending or permanently removing the accounts responsible. We may take this action with or without prior notice.
The app also filters obviously objectionable text before it is posted. Filtering, reporting, and blocking are precautions, not guarantees; content you encounter may not reflect our views, and the fastest way to have something removed is to report or block it. To reach us about a report, email [email protected].
Your content
You keep ownership of the content you post (trips, messages, photos, expenses). You grant us the limited, non-exclusive permission needed to store, process, and display it to the trip members you share it with, so the app can work — and to retain and review it as needed to enforce these Terms and our Community Standards. You are responsible for the content you share.
Location sharing
Live location sharing is off by default and opt-in per trip. It is shared only with the trip members you approve, for a duration you choose, and you can stop at any time. Separately, if you allow it, a photo you upload may be tagged with its location so you can organise photos by place; this is optional and best-effort. See our Privacy Policy for details.
Purchases
Digital features (Premium subscriptions, feature add-ons, and the lifetime unlock) are sold as in-app purchases processed by the app store you installed from — the Apple App Store on iOS or Google Play on Android — under that store's terms; we never receive your payment-card details. Subscriptions renew automatically at the price shown until you cancel, which you can do at any time in your App Store or Google Play account settings, at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Real-world travel bookings (such as trip packages) are separate physical-world services and are paid through a third-party payment processor, not through in-app purchase. Refunds are handled according to the policies of the store or processor used for the purchase.
Third-party services
The app relies on third-party processors (listed in our Privacy Policy) to provide features such as chat, maps, notifications, translation, and the AI assistant. Their availability is not guaranteed by us.
AI assistant
The travel assistant generates suggestions automatically and can be inaccurate. Verify important details (opening hours, prices, safety, visas) independently before relying on them.
Disclaimer & liability
The app is provided "as is," without warranties of any kind. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, or for travel decisions you make using the app.
Termination
You can stop using the app and delete your account at any time from
Profile → Delete account. We may suspend or end your access if
these Terms or our Community Standards are breached, including removing
content and ejecting users who post objectionable content or abuse others.
Changes
We may update these Terms; we'll revise the effective date and, for material changes, notify you in the app. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated Terms.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of India, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules, and you agree that the courts located in India have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them, except where mandatory local consumer-protection law provides otherwise.
Contact
Questions or to report abuse: [email protected]