Recommend and Earn

Book a Hotel on Goibibo & Complete Your Stay

Recommend the Hotel Stay to Your Network

Earn goCash When They Complete Their Stay

Visit our app and recommend the hotels you have previously stayed at, to your network and earn goCash!

Goibibo recommend and earn is a referral program open to only registered customers on the Goibibo Mobile Application. Credit in form of goCash is earned by the User when that Referred Customer (being a registered user on the Mobile Application) using the Referral link shared by the User completes a Qualifying Stay at the Recommended Hotel or any other Hotel within 30 days from the click on the Referral Link. Rewards will be automatically credited in the form of goCash in the wallet attached to the account of the User on Goibibo Mobile Application upon completion of a Qualifying Stay. Maximum of INR 5000 worth of goCash can be earned by a respective User in a calendar month. Rewards are subject to availability, non-transferable, having no cash value.

DEFINITIONS:

For the purposes of these Terms, the expressions used herein-under shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them:

  • “Company” or “Goibibo” shall mean Ibibo Group Private Limited.
  • “Community/Network” shall mean friends, family, acquaintances of the the User.
  • “Hotel” shall mean any domestic or international hotel accommodation, villa, homestay, hostel, apartment, resort, cottage, guest house, holiday home, BnB, camp, houseboat, lodge, palace, tree house etc.
  • “Goibibo Mobile Application” shall mean Android - 14.1 or iOS - 11.1 or above versions of mobile application installed on the internet compatible mobile device of the user.
  • “Referral Reward(s)” shall mean goCash, made available in the wallet attached to the user account on the Goibibo Mobile Application as determined by the Company from time to time.
  • “Recommended Hotel” shall mean the Hotel which was booked by the User and a stay was completed thereafter. For the Purpose of this Referral Program Hotels in which the User completed a stay on or after 1st September, 2020 is only eligible for recommendation.
  • “Referral link” shall mean unique link generated by the Referrer and received by the Referred Customer.
  • “Referred Customer” are those who: (i) have installed the Goibibo Mobile Application; (ii) have registered and verified their mobile number on the GoIbibo Mobile Application before and during the Referral Program Period; and (iii) received the Referral Link for the Recommended Hotels from the Users during the Referral Program Period.
  • “User” are those who: (i) have installed the Goibibo Mobile Application; (ii) have registered and verified their mobile number on the GoIbibo Mobile Application before and during the Referral Program Period; and (iii) provide the Referral Link for the Recommended Hotels to the Referred Customers during the Referral Program Period.

1. INTRODUCTION

  • By participating in the Goibibo Recommend and Earn Program (the “Referral Program”), either as a User or a Referred Customer, you are accepting these terms and conditions (the "Terms") and agreeing to the Company contacting you about the Referral Program via email and app notifications.
  • You must be aged 18 or over to participate in the Referral Program.
  • You must be a resident of India in order to participate in the Referral Program, and must have logged in the Mobile application and should have verified your mobile number using one time password.

2. BINDING AGREEMENT

You agree that your participation in the Referral Program constitutes your understanding of and agreement to these Terms. These terms and conditions form a binding legal agreement between you and Goibibo with respect to the Referral Program. Goibibo reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any User who does not meet the Referral Program requirements or in case of reasons including but not limited to any misuse of the Referral Program or fraud or suspicious transactions/activities. Goibibo also reserves the right to discontinue or change this Referral Program at any time, at its sole discretion. Your participation in the Referral Program is subject to User Agreement and Privacy Policy available on the website.

3. REFERRAL PROGRAM PERIOD

  • The Referral Program will be valid from 15th October, 2021 till the time it has not been revoked by Goibibo.
  • Goibibo reserves the right to end the Referral Program at any time at its sole discretion without having any liability towards any User or Referred Customer.

4. REFERRAL PROGRAM

  • User shall only use the Goibibo Mobile Application to share a Referral Link of the Recommended Hotel with its Community using different social media and instant messaging applications such as whatsapp, facebook, Instagram, email, SMS, etc. in order to earn the Referral Rewards.
  • The Referral Link will be automatically visible below the respective Hotel in My Trips section on the Goibibo Mobile Application once the User has booked and completed the stay at the Hotel. The Hotels for which the User has used the option of Paying at Hotel will not be eligible for earning Rewards under this Referral Program.
  • The Referred Customer must click on the Referral Link shared by the User and shall complete a Qualifying Stay (defined below in Section [5]) at the Recommended Hotel or any other Hotel for completing the Referral Program and Rewards mapping in the Goibibo Mobile Application of the User.
  • Once the Referred Customer completes a Qualifying Stay, the Referral Rewards will be automatically credited in the form of goCash in the wallet tagged to the account on Goibibo Mobile Application installed in Users mobile device.
  • Users must comply with all applicable laws. The referrals should only be used for personal and non-commercial purposes. Referral Links should not be published or distributed on commercial websites (such as coupon websites, Reddit, or Wikipedia). Referrers are prohibited from “spamming” anyone with referral invitations. This includes mass emailing, texting or messaging people you do not know or using automated systems or bots through any channel to distribute your Referral Link. Users are prohibited from paying to advertise their Referral Links.

5. QUALIFYING STAY

For the purpose of these Terms a booking made by the Referred Customer will be eligible in order to the User earning the Referral Rewards under this Referral Program only if:

  • the Referred customer book the Recommended Hotel or any other Hotel only using the Goibibo Mobile Application.
  • the Referred Customer is logged in and shall have its mobile number verified using One Time Password (OTP) before or during the Term of the Referral Program.
  • the Referred Customer books the Recommended Hotel or any other Hotel within a period of 30 days from the click on the Referral Link shared by the User.
  • the Referred Customer doesn’t cancel, reschedule or modify the booking made by him/her and completes a valid stay at the Recommended Hotel.
  • the Referred Customer pays for the booking in the Recommended Hotel or any other Hotel only using the online payment options at the site.

For the purpose of these Terms a booking made by the Referred Customer will not be eligible as a Qualifying Stay if:

  • the Referred customer is not logged in to Goibibo Mobile Application and has not verified his mobile number using OTP.
  • the Referred Customer cancels the booking made by him/her or doesn’t show up on the date of check-in.
  • the Referred Customer choses Pay-at-Hotel as a payment option for the booking.
  • the Referred Customer makes the booking using another User’s Referral Link.
  • the Referred Customer makes the booking by clicking on any paid channel link post clicking on Referral Link shared by the User. For the purpose of these terms a paid channel link includes any SEM, through affiliates, META & Display Marketing Links but excludes notifications, SMS and emailers sent directly by Goibibo. For the purpose of these terms a paid channel link includes any advertisements, SEM, through our affiliates, META Marketing Links but excludes notifications, SMS and emailers sent directly by Goibibo.
  • the Referred Customers makes a booking using Goibibo website or mobile -site.

6. REFERRAL AWARDS

The Referral Rewards will be credited in the wallet tagged to the account of the User as per the table below:

If the Referred Customer books
If the Referred Customer is Recommended Hotel Any other Hotel
A new user to Goibibo 8% of Hotel Price
Max goCash: 500
5% of Hotel Price
Max goCash: 300
An existing Goibibo user 8% of Hotel Price
Max goCash: 300
5% of Hotel Price
Max goCash: 200

The Referral Rewards is subject to the following:

  • The maximum goCash you can earn in a month is 5000.
  • Referral Rewards are non-transferable, non-negotiable and non-refundable, and have no cash value or cash alternative.
  • The Referral Rewards can be redeemed as per below section 7 and 8.
  • The Referral Rewards will be calculated on the final amount paid by the Referred Customer, subject to rescheduling of the booking, cancellation of booking.

7. DELIVERY OF REFERRAL REWARDS

  • If a User is eligible for a Referral Reward, you will receive an app notification.
  • User will receive their Referral Reward once Goibibo has performed necessary risk and abuse checks. The Promoter reserves the right to cancel any Referral Reward without notice if it believes that either the User or the Referred Customer has engaged in any fraud or have abused the Referral Program.
  • The Referral Reward will be automatically credited to the wallet tagged to User’s account on Goibibo within 7 days of a Qualifying Stay by the Referred Customer.

8. REDEMPTION OF REFERRAL REWARDS

  • The Referral Rewards can be redeemed for any future bookings on Goibibo Mobile Application.
  • The Referral Rewards must be used in 90 days from the date of credit in the wallet of the User.

9. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • The User and Referred Customer must have Android - 14.1 or iOS - 11.1 or above versions of Goibibo Mobile Application.
  • Internet access on a compatible mobile device is required for Goibibo Mobile Application.

10. USER AGREEMENT AND PRIVACY POLICY

Participation in the Program may require a Referred Customer and/or a User to submit personal information about themselves. The participation in the Program and using the Goibibo Mobile Application is subject to the Goibibo User Agreement and the personal information will be collected, processed and used in accordance with Goibibo Privacy Policy.

11. OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  • Goibibo may at its sole discretion (a) deem that a booking is not a Qualifying Stay; (b) stop the User or any Referred Customer from participating in the Referral Program or claiming a Referral Reward; (c) revoke any Referral Rewards; (d) block a User or Referred Customer from participating in future promotional activities; and/or (e) suspend an Users account, in each case if it considers, in its reasonable opinion, that the User is acting contrary to these Terms, the spirit of these Terms and/or that the User is unfairly taking advantage of or are abusing the Referral Program in any way. This includes but is not limited to (i) cancelling any transaction that constitutes a Qualifying Stay; (ii) creating multiple accounts; (iii) providing false information during sign up.
  • Goibibo reserves the right to cancel/withdraw this Referral Program at any time, without any prior intimation to the User and the Referred Customer. However, the benefits accrued to the User on or prior to the cancellation/withdrawal of this Referral Program, shall not undergo any change.
  • Goibibo reserves the rights to limit the maximum amount of Referral Rewards, which can be awarded to a customer as part of Referral Program.
  • Goibibo, may, at its discretion, modify any of the terms and/or conditions and/or any aspect of the Referral Program, without any prior intimation. Modifications of these terms will be effective from the time they are updated in the Terms and Conditions section.
  • If any term/ condition under these Terms of the Referral Program is found to be invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, such term/ condition shall be severed from the other terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and conditions of the Referral Program.
  • In no event shall Goibibo (including each of its affiliates, group companies or parent company) or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other representatives thereof be responsible or liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, or any other damages of any kind, arising out of or related to the Referral Program.
  • Except where prohibited, by participating in the Program, Users release Goibibo, its affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents (the “Goibibo Parties”) from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, cost, or expense, including, without limitation, property damages, personal injury and/or death, arising out of or in any way connected to the Program and/or the use of any Referral Rewards.
  • Indemnification. Users agree to indemnify, defend, and hold the Goibibo Parties harmless from and against any and all third party claims, demands, liabilities, costs, or expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs, arising from, or related to any breach by the User of any of these Terms or any violation by the User of applicable law.
  • Goibibo is the sole authority for the interpretation of these terms. Goibibo’s decision will be final and binding on all the parties in case of a booking eligible as a Qualifying Stay.
  • Goibibo shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising due to force majeure event.
  • In no event will the entire liability of Goibibo under this Referral Program exceed the amount of total Referral Rewards that can be earned by a User in a period of 30 days.
  • Disputes, if any, arising out of or in connection with this offer shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Delhi.
  • Users who are travel agents by occupation are barred from participating in the Referral Program, Goibibo reserves the right to cancel any bookings made by the Users who are travel agents and will not be liable to provide any Referral Rewards for such bookings.

What is Goibibo Recommend and Earn program?

Goibibo Recommend and Earn is a program that allows all Goibibo users to recommend properties that they have booked on Goibibo with their community. If their community uses their recommendation link and books a property on Goibibo, the user earns gocash. This is currently available only on the Goibibo App.

Who is eligible to recommend?

Any Goibibo user who has booked a property on Goibibo and has completed their stay will be eligible to recommend it to their community.

What can I recommend?

You can recommend any property that you have booked on Goibibo and have completed your stay at successfully, since 1st September, 2020. Properties can be any domestic or international. It can be hotels, homestays, hostels, villas, apartments etc.

How can I recommend the property to my network?

For any new booking, after 24 hours of stay completion, you will see a ‘Recommend & Earn’ button against the completed stay in My Trips plus you’ll receive mailers and messages with your unique recommendation link.

For any of your previous bookings from October 2021 onwards, where you’ve completed your stay at, you can go to My Trips section on the Goibibo App and against all the completed property bookings, you will see the ‘Recommend & Earn’ button.

Just click on this button and share your recommendation with your community across - Whatsapp, Email, SMS, Facebook, Instagram etc.

How much will I earn by recommending?

You can earn up to 500 goCash per booking made with your recommendation link. The amount varies by the type of the user and property booked. Below are the details:

If the Referred Customer books
If the Referred Customer is Recommended Hotel Any other Hotel
A new user to Goibibo 8% of Hotel Price
Max goCash: 500
5% of Hotel Price
Max goCash: 300
An existing Goibibo user 8% of Hotel Price
Max goCash: 300
5% of Hotel Price
Max goCash: 200

The maximum goCash you can earn in a month is 5000.

What is goCash & when does it get credited?

goCash is Goibibo’s wallet money. 1 goCash= 1 Re. Once your community makes a booking with your recommendation link and completes their stay, after 7 days of the stay completion, goCash gets credited to your Goibibo wallet. The goCash will remain valid for 90 days.

Instead of goCash, can I get cash or credit in my bank?

No. The only mode in which you can earn from this Recommend & Earn program is in the form of goCash i.e. in Goibibo’s wallet.

How can I use/redeem the earned goCash?

goCash can be used to make any booking on Goibibo. The booking can be for any of our businesses - hotels, flights, cabs, buses, trains, experiences etc.
All you have to do is redeem the goCash while making payments for your booking.

Does my community have to book the same property I recommended, for me to earn?

Once your community clicks on the recommendation link shared by you, they can book any property on the Goibibo App. However, the earning/commission varies when your friend books a property which is different from your recommendation. Details in point 5.

Does my community have to book the property immediately after I share the link with them?

No. Whenever your community clicks on your recommendation link, be it on same day or even after weeks/months of you sharing the link; from the day they have clicked on the link, they need to make a hotel booking within 30 days from link click; provided in the interim they do not click on any other paid channel’s link or another Goibibo user’s recommendation link.
You will earn the recommendation commission only if:
i. The booking is made within 30 days of click on your recommendation link; AND
ii. Yours was the last link clicked before making the booking

Does the person I recommend to, get any privilege/extra discount if they click on the link provided by me?

No, the person using your link will get access to all the Goibibo offers and discounts running on platform; but nothing over and above that.

Once I have shared the links, how will I know if they booked using the link?

Once your community makes a qualifying booking and completes his/her stay, you will get a goCash credit notification and the amount will be shown in your wallet history along with the details of the transaction against which you got the rewards for your community’s booking.

What happens if the customer cancels or reschedules the booking?

If your friend cancels or reschedules the booking, you will not earn anything. The goCash amount will be adjusted basis the final amount that your friend has paid.

If someone adds more than one booking with my link, will I get paid for all the bookings?

Yes, every time your friend makes a new booking you will get the rewards. However, he/she should use your link every time before making the booking to attribute the rewards to your link.

Is self-booking allowed/ Can I book a property for myself from my own link?

Self-booking is not considered for crediting the rewards. Only the bookings made by your community (be it friends, family, social followers etc.) will be considered for rewarding.

What if the property I want to recommend had booked from another website or haven’t stayed at myself?

i. Had booked from another website.
You can recommend only the properties that you have booked & stayed with successfully via Goibibo.


ii. Haven’t stayed at myself
You can recommend only the properties that have been booked via your account and where stay has been completed.

I am a Social Media Influencer and have a global audience. Will bookings made from any other country also be considered?

Yes, your community can book any international or domestic property from any part of the world to fetch you rewards. All they need to do is use your recommendation link to make a property booking on Goibibo and complete their stay.

I have shared my link with my friend and he/she clicked the link on desktop but made booking on App. Will I get paid for such bookings?

Since this is an App only program, bookings made only on App are only considered for rewards.
Therefore, your friend will have to download the App first.
Post that, they must click on your link before booking any property and then complete his/her booking on the App. Once the stay is completed; goCash will be credited to your Goibibo wallet.

I have shared my link with my friend and he/she clicked the link on desktop but made booking on App. Will I get paid for such bookings?

No, your friend must have Android - 14.1 or iOS - 11.1 or above versions of Goibibo Mobile Application installed and must log in and then use the link before making any booking for you to get rewards.

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