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Experience India Holidays is an experiential South India travel company offering cultural, wildlife, soft adventure, wellness and special interest tours, with our main strength in tailor-made holidays to South India.

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Terms & Conditions

These terms and conditions (“T&Cs”) form the basis of your contract with Compton Enterprises Private Limited, trading as Experience India Holidays. In these T&Cs “you”, “your” etc. refer to all persons named on the booking form (including anyone who is added or substituted at a later date). “We”, “us”, “our” etc. refer to Experience India Holidays.

General

  1. This website is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of this website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices which are subject to amendment without any notice. You agree to click on the links to and familiarize yourself with the Terms of Use and other terms and guidelines found throughout this website and abide by them if you choose to use the sites, pages or services to which they apply. Furthermore you shall be liable to comply with all the Terms and Conditions of Compton Enterprises Private Limited.
  2. As a condition of your use of this website, you warrant to Compton Enterprises Private Limited that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.
  1. All trips and prices shown are subject to availability and possible change without notice.
  2. Itineraries may differ from advertised due to circumstances beyond our control.

Insurance

  1. Travellers are strongly advised to ensure that they have comprehensive Travel Insurance Coverage (including cancellation, personal injury, medical expenses, loss of luggage, flight delay etc) during their travel.
  2. Compton Enterprises Private Limited is not responsible for the insurance policy of the clients. Compton Enterprises Private Limited will not be liable for expenses arising out of cancellation, injury, medical expenses, death etc.

Booking & Payment Policy

  1. 25% of the tour expenses is to be deposited with Compton Enterprises Private Limited at the time of booking. A letter from Compton Enterprises Private Limited on receipt of such an amount will be considered the confirmation of the booking.
  2. The full payment for the tour needs to be paid 60 days prior to start of our service.
  3. Full payments are required in advance in certain cases such as special train journeys, hotel or resort bookings during peak season (Christmas and New Year for example).
  4. Payments can be made either by bank transfer or by credit/debit card. The prices quoted will be in our local currency, Indian Rupees. We are happy to receive payment in any internationally acceptable currency and the holiday price will be converted using the exchange rate stipulated by the Reserve Bank of India on the date the payment is made. Please note, we do not use the exchange rate advertised by several private websites as they are only indicative, not what is actually used for transaction.Should you wish to transfer money directly to our account then please make sure that any bank charges are borne by the client. We will credit the exact amount that we receive in our account. Any shortfall/ excess will be adjusted against the client account and will be collected/refunded as the case might be. There will be an additional surcharge for payment by cards, usually upto 2.5%.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

  1. Cancellations will be subject to cancellation charges.
  2. Cancellations have to be intimated to Compton Enterprises Private Limited in writing.
  3. Deposit of 15% is not refundable on cancellation.
  4. Cancellation between 60 to 45 days prior to start of our service will be charged 25% of tour expenses.
  5. Cancellation between 45 and 30 days prior to start of our service will be charged 50% of tour expenses.
  6. Cancellations between 30 days to 20 days of start of our service will be charged 75% of the tour expenses.
  7. Cancellations from 20 days to the day of start of our service will be charged 100% of the tour expenses.
  8. Cancellation by Compton Enterprises Private Limited due to unforeseen eventualities of disaster, war, riots, political or industrial unrest like Airline operators strike or any other force majeure (forces outside our control), it may be necessary to cancel the tour in the best interests of our clients. In such an eventuality our clients will be informed as soon as possible. The expenses borne by the clients will be refunded in full. We will also provide you with an alternate set of tour dates.
  9. Compton Enterprises Private Limited does not own places of accommodation (hotels, resorts) for its clients. While we do exert influence for the service providers to adhere to the utmost quality, the ultimate responsibility for the service is with the Hotels themselves.
  10. Compton Enterprises Private Limited will not refund the booking amount for entry refused due to VISA or health factors, such cancellations will be guided by the cancellation policy.
  11. For unused hotel accommodation, chartered accommodation and missed meals etc, we do not bear any responsibility or refund. In case you cancel a trip after its commencement, the refund would be restricted to a limited amount depending on the cancellation policies of the hotels we patronize Full cancellations are applicable in certain cases such as special train journeys, hotel or resort bookings during peak season and high occupancy dates.

(This is a rough calculation, Should for any reason you have to cancel the trip we will be happy consider it on merit and we will try our best to refund whatever possible from the hotels and are happy to refund the same after deducting admin charges. If you decide to postpone your trip after confirmation and it falls within the cancellation period then we will try and credit the amount paid against your future trip as long as you follow the same itinerary and use the same hotels, subject to the availability at the same hotels for the new dates and should it not be available, the hotel’s Individual cancellation policy will apply. In most cases the domestic flight tickets issued are on special fares and will incur full cancellation.)

Our Liabilities & Limitations

Compton Enterprises Private Limited acts in the capacity of an agent for the hotels, airlines, transporters, railways and contractors providing other services. All contracts and tickets, exchange orders and receipts issued by us are subject to the terms and conditions under which they provide these services. We shall not be held responsible for any delays or alterations in the program or any expenses incurred directly or indirectly due to flight cancellations, natural hazards, and breakdown of transport, accidents, breakdown of machinery or equipment, weather, illness, political closures, landslides or any untoward incidents. We shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or injury to a person, property or otherwise in connection with accommodation, transportation or other services, directly or indirectly resulting from an act of God, fire, danger, accident, strikes, civil disturbances, war, custom or medical department regulations, defaults or any other conditions beyond our control. We do not have insurance policies covering the expenses for sickness, accident, and losses due to theft or any other reason. Visitors are advised to seek such insurance arrangements in their home countries. Also, all personal property and baggage at all times is at the client’s risk.