This contract contains the terms and conditions of use (hereinafter, the "Terms and Conditions") that govern, among other things, but not limited to, access to and use of the site web www.redbus.co (hereinafter, the "Website"), as well as the use of the applications on the Website, and the use of mobile applications that link or are referenced to said Terms and Conditions.
Any person who wishes to access or use the Website may do so subject to acceptance of the Terms and Conditions. People who do not accept the Terms and Conditions, which are binding and obligatory for the provision of the Service, must refrain from using the Website, the Website applications and the mobile applications that are referenced to the Terms and Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions constitute a data message in accordance with Law 527 of 1999. Said data messages are generated by a computer system and do not require any physical or digital signature.
IBIGO GROUP COLOMBIA S.A.S., is a company incorporated under Colombian laws, domiciled in the city of Bogotá D.C., identified with the N.I.T. 900.995.149-2
Definitions: The words defined below will be understood according to the meaning established here, whether singular or plural, as long as the initial letter is capitalized:
Agreement:
These Terms and Conditions constitute an agreement between us and the User for the use of the information, software, products and/or services, among others (hereinafter, the “Services”) contained on social networks or available through the Page. , or any Ibibo application.
These Terms and Conditions govern, among other things, the use of the Page and/or mobile application, whether as a visitor or user.
You, as a User, are responsible for taking all measures necessary to access the Page, as well as ensuring that all persons who access the Page through your Internet connection are aware of these Terms and Conditions, and that they comply with them.
It is your responsibility as a User to review the Terms and Conditions periodically. If at any time you do not agree with the Terms and Conditions, we ask that you refrain from using this Site or any of its applications.
It is our intention to keep the Page updated constantly, so we have the power to change its content at any time as well as its terms and conditions, including its privacy policies. This is because one of our objectives is to keep you, as Users, updated. Without meaning to imply this, legal advice and, therefore, it is not guaranteed that it is correct, complete or updated, since the law is constantly changing.
Likewise, we will do our best to keep the Site up and running for you, but if necessary, we reserve the right to suspend access to the Site, or close it indefinitely. Therefore, we are not responsible if for any reason, reason or circumstance, the Page is not available at any time.
Ability:
Use of the Website is available only to persons who can enter into contracts under applicable laws. The person who is not legally capable of contracting, in accordance with current law, cannot use the Website. If you are a minor, you cannot register as a User of the Website, nor can you use or carry out transactions on the Website.
Use and transactions on the Website on behalf of a minor must be carried out by their parents or representatives. Ibibo reserves the right to cancel your membership and/or deny access to the Website, if it is evident that you are a minor or that you are not legally capable of contracting. In the event that an incapable person carries out a Transaction, it will be flawed in accordance with current laws.
By expressing your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, you are also accepting:
Scope of Service:
4.1. Ibibo acts as an intermediary in the purchase of Bus Tickets/Tickets between the User and the Bus Operator through the Website, as well as through the mobile applications that link to the Website. Additionally, Ibibo, through the Website, makes the Payment Facilities available to the User so that they can comply with the payment obligation derived from the execution of the Transport Contract.
In accordance with the above, the Transport Contract is entered into by the User and the Bus Operator, and, therefore, the rights, obligations and responsibilities derived from said contract will be the responsibility of the parties to said agreement of wills, therefore , neither Ibibo nor the Website are part of, and, therefore, they do not acquire rights, contract obligations or assume responsibilities derived from the Transport Contract.
4.2. Neither Ibibo nor the Website sell, market or distribute Tickets/Tickets, since their work is limited through the Website, making the Payment Facilities available to the User, so that they comply with the obligation to buy derived from the execution of the Transport Contract.4.3. Ibibo and the Website will respond to the User for what corresponds to them in relation to the use of the Payment Facilities.
In any case, the Website will serve as a channel to process all requests, complaints, claims and cancellations raised by the User related to the Transportation Contract before the Bus Operator, derived from a Transaction, in accordance with what is established for this purpose. in these terms and conditions, as well as in the PQRs policies of the Website.
Likewise, the Website will process the requests, complaints, claims and cancellations raised by the User related to the Payment Facilities, directly, or before the payment gateway, the collector or any system, means or payment mechanism, derived from a Transaction, in accordance with what is established for this purpose in these Terms and Conditions, as well as in the PQRs policies of the Website.
4.4. When the User makes the purchase of any of the services included in the App or Website owned by Ibibo, and this is confirmed by the banking entity, Ibibo will charge the value corresponding to the management carried out, which will be understood, among other things, , but not limited to this, the maintenance and use of the platform, the intermediation for the sale of tickets, administration of the service, among others. Value that will be shown to the User in the interface of each Transport Operator, as well as in the Boucher summary of the trip.
Therefore, the User accepts, knows and understands the above when accepting these Terms and Conditions and also recognizes that this value is NON-refundable, in the cases that apply.
4.5. New Services or Additional Services: That Ibibo may include new services on its Website, which will be those offered by each Transport Operator autonomously and provided that the contractual link exists between Ibibo and it.
Therefore, within the municipal and inter-municipal transport service provided by the Transport Operator through integration into the RedBus platform, it gives the alternative that Users, at their free choice and for a greater value, can include within their trip to be made, different recreation and tourism activities such as, among others, but not limited to: food packages to the destination where you are going, stay packages, recreation and tourism packages.
The Tourism Operator is then in charge of providing feedback and updating the RedBus platform in accordance with costs, schedules, availability dates, recommendations, confirmations, new alliances, unavailable activities, among others, so that RedBus can clearly offer its Users the conditions of the services to be provided by the Transport Operator, RedBus then continuing with its intermediation activity between the Transport Contract signed by the User and the Transport Operator.
In any case, the User will consult the Terms and Conditions of the Transport Operator responsible for the provision of these additional services in order to know and understand their scope.
User Account:
Ibibo may offer the User the option of opening a user account on the Website. Said account will require the User to provide a valid cell phone number that will allow the account to be authenticated and in which they will receive messages related to said account. The User who opens a user account on the Website under this procedure will be called Registered User. Likewise, a User may carry out a Transaction on the Website without having to be registered (Unregistered User).
All Users who want to obtain the benefit established in the Redbus Wallet program must be registered users. In relation to your account on the Website and, the User must:
Privacy:
To use the services of the Website, Users must provide personal data. Your personal information is processed and stored on servers that maintain high standards of security and protection, both physical and technological. For more information about the privacy of personal data, you can consult the Ibibo Privacy Policy.
Links:
User Conduct:
Purchase modifications by the User:
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions and in the event that the relationship between the User and Ibibo remains in force, the User may carry out at any time, but always when it occurs prior to the provision of the service by the Transport Operator and is within the deadlines that each of these has defined, may request changes with respect to the destinations, the calendar, the contracted trip itinerary or any other situation concerning the benefits and, the transportation service provider (Bus Operator). may carry them out, demanding (if applicable) the payment of the justified additional expenses that said modification would have caused as well as compensation for modification of the reservation, which will be established by each of the companies providing the transportation service under its authority.
In cases where the Bus Operator is forced to make significant changes, it will immediately inform the passenger, applying its internal policies.
Therefore, the User understands that the effects that the modifications requested by the User may cause are unrelated and do not generate any responsibility or obligation on the part of Ibibo.
Restrictions:
The User may not use the Website to:
Communications:
When the User uses the Website or sends emails, information, communications or other data to Ibibo, the User authorizes Ibibo to respond and send communications, including periodically, through any means.
The User may be asked for a valid telephone number while processing an order or conducting a Transaction on the Website. By registering their telephone number on the Website, the User authorizes being contacted by Ibibo regarding the Transaction on the Website.
Redbus Wallet:
Users who are part of the Redbus Wallet program must take into account:
Exemption of Guarantees and Liability:
Ibibo, despite making available different technological means for the provision of Intermediation services between the Bus Operator and the User, and using its highest degree of diligence, in accordance with the provisions of the Colombian Civil Code, does not guarantee and therefore, will not be responsible, among other things, but without limitation, because:
Responsibility regarding the Trip:
As mentioned above, neither Ibibo nor the Website are parties to the Transportation Contract entered into by the User and the Bus Operator. Their job is to be an intermediary to put the parties to said contract in contact. Under this understanding, neither Ibibo nor the Website can be responsible for compliance with the obligations that correspond to the parties in the aforementioned Transportation Contract, of which it is not a Party and therefore, they are not responsible, among other things, but without limitation. to this, by:
This is because the Bus Operator is the sole owner of this type of information and therefore, is the one who knows, manages, administers it, among others, having the responsibility before Ibibo to keep us updated and before the User by giving him the information. clear, precise and complete, in the interest of consumer protection.
Responsibility regarding Payment:
Ibibo provides Payment Facilities through the Website through third parties for the User to carry out a Transaction. In any case, neither Ibibo nor the Website in relation to the Payment Facilities are responsible for:
User statements regarding payment:
With the authorization of the Terms and Conditions, the User in relation to the payment states:
Right of Withdrawal:
In relation to a Ticket for which payment has been made through a Transaction, the User may make use of the Right of Withdrawal which is stipulated in the Consumer Statute.
Therefore, Law 1480 of 2011, Article 47, stipulates that:
“In all contracts for the sale of goods and provision of services through financing systems granted by the producer or supplier, sale of timeshares or sales that use non-traditional or distance methods, which by their nature should not be consumed or have not begun be executed within five (5) days, the right of withdrawal by the client will be deemed to have been agreed upon. In the event that the right of withdrawal is used, the contract will be terminated and the money that the consumer would have paid must be refunded. .
The maximum term to exercise the right of withdrawal will be five (5) business days from the delivery of the good or the conclusion of the contract in the case of the provision of services…”
To comply with the times and conditions mentioned by the Consumer Statute, The User must send their request to following contact channels and within the following hours:
Ibibo will proceed to process on behalf of the User and before the Bus Operator the request corresponding to the application dhe Right to withdrawal of service.
It is important to state that in cases where the User requests a change in the service, Ibibo will do so under the same conditions and on the dates and times that the User indicates, but, if the request is the return of money, Ibibo will proceed to reintegrate as follows:
The figure of the “right of withdrawal” does not apply in the following cases:
PQR Care Policy:
Any request, request, requirement or complaint will be processed in accordance with the procedure and PQR policies that are located on the Website. and in the following direct link ________________, to which you will be directed when you click.
Shipping Policy:
Neither Ibibo nor the Website are parties to the Transport Contract nor do they sell Road Bus Tickets/Tickets, however, the User must take into account that most Bus Operators reserve the right to deny the passenger the service. of road bus transportation when:
In cases where the Transport Operator applies any of the previous paragraphs to the User, the User understands and accepts that he/she will carry out any type of PQR's directly to the Transport Operator in its service channels and not to Ibibo as it has no responsibility.
In relation to the transportation of “minors”, Bus Operators establish that:
Cancellation Policy:
On the Website the User will have access to the cancellation policies of the Bus Operator with which he or she celebrates the Transport Contract. If the User requires more information about the cancellation policies of a Bus Operator, they may request that it be sent by email, for which the procedure will be followed and the PQR policies of the Website will be followed.
To cancel a trip whose payment has been made through a Transaction, the User must initiate the cancellation process from the Website or application, selecting the Cancellation option: www.redbus.co/Cancellation.
If cancellation is not enabled, review the bus company's refund policies. If it meets these parameters, write to us at notificaciones.co@redbus.com, indicating that it is a trip cancellation. Ibibo's service hours to proceed with this request are Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Ibibo will contact the Bus Operator so that they can cancel in accordance with their cancellation policies. Ibibo will inform the User of the Bus Operator's response regarding their trip cancellation request.
Refund Policy:
RedBus has implemented the following Refund policies to apply:
22.1 The Client / User by accepting these Terms and Conditions, will have the right, in
cases where the
Right of Withdrawal, as described in section 17 of these Terms and Conditions and as
provided by the
Consumer Statute, to a refund corresponding to one hundred percent (100%) of the value paid for the
Ticket/Ticket if the cancellation or impossibility of making the trip, once the Transaction has been
completed, is attributable to an error or negligence on the part of Ibibo or the Bus Operator, and will
be assumed by the person who made the mistake or acted negligently.
Cancellation or impossibility of making a trip are excluded from refund when the circumstances that motivated it are attributable to the User, to an event of fortuitous event or force majeure or to the act of a third party. The value stipulated in section 4.4 will not be refunded. of these Terms and Conditions.
In the event that the client requests the cancellation of the Passenger/Ticket and this proceeds, must send to email notificaciones.co@redbus.com are updated banking certification and in his name, indicating to Ibibo a Colombian bank account number to make the refund; No international transfers are made. The refund to a bank account will apply when the Transaction was made through payment by PSE button, with a debit card, or through a collector (efecty, Your network, etc.). If the Transaction was completed through a credit card, the refund will be made by crediting the money to the credit card with which the payment was made., for which, the User understands that the refund times by this means depend solely on those handled by each banking entity..
The client will not have the right to a refund of money due to a cancellation of a trip or a Ticket/ticket for any other reason, nor, when it is due to responsibility, carelessness, negligence and/or acts of the same, that are beyond RedBus..
The refund would be credited to the User within a period between 3 and the 15 next business days at the moment in which the User correctly files the supporting documents and information with Ibibo, so that the respective refund can be made.
The User accepts and understands that the value paid for the travel insurance, which is acquired autonomously, voluntarily and independently of the contracted service, will not be reimbursed by us and therefore, the User must make the respective communication to the insurance entity., data found in the document generated by the insurer.
The User must refer to the cancellation policies that each Transport Operator applies and that RedBus will make known at the time the User selects the purchase options. either through the App or Website. For which, each Transport Operator may define the means of making the refund, of applying the cancellation or, failing that, of applying any penalty to the User, with Ibibo being oblivious to this as it has no responsibility.
22.2 In cases where the Customer/User, without applying the Right of Withdrawal, at the time of requesting a Refund through the channels and means provided by RedBus, does not provide an updated Bank Certification in their name within a period not exceeding seventy-two (72) hours from the date the refund request was made, they accept, understand, and authorize RedBus to proceed as follows:
22.2.1 If the User/Customer has an account on the RedBus App or Website and uses the Wallet, RedBus is authorized to issue a full refund of the amount paid directly into their wallet, allowing them to use it at any time; or
22.2.2 The User authorizes RedBus to automatically issue and generate a Refund Voucher in their name for the total amount paid, which they can use for any of our destinations, under the following conditions:
Immigration:
Ibibo is not responsible for any delays at immigration inspection points. It is the passenger's responsibility to properly carry and original valid travel documents and comply with customs requirements, as well as make any payment or comply with any requirement required by the immigration authority to enter the country.
The cancellation of a ticket due to the delay or retention of a User at an immigration point or in an immigration control for not possessing the documents or for not presenting the information required by the authorities will not be considered valid for refund purposes. for carrying out different immigration processes and procedures that the regulatory entity has stipulated within its regulatory framework.
Intellectual Property Rights:
Promotions and Contests:
The promotions and contests carried out through the Website will comply with the regulations established for this purpose by the competent authority, and if applicable, they will be approved in accordance with legal requirements.
Likewise, Ibibo will stipulate for each promotion and/or contest, Terms and Conditions. specific that will be made known to the User so that the latter has clear and certain information for its applicability.
Indemnity and Release:
The User will hold Ibibo and the Website harmless for any damage, failure, loss, enforceability of the insurance policy, contractual and extra-contractual civil liability derived from the Transport Contract, since they know that Ibibo and the Website are not a party and therefore Therefore, they do not acquire rights, contract obligations or assume responsibilities derived from the aforementioned Transport Contract. Likewise, the User acknowledges that neither Ibibo nor the Website sell, market or distribute Tickets/Tickets.
The User discharges and will hold harmless the Website, Ibibo, its subsidiaries, affiliates and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees, against any claim or demand, or actions that include reasonable attorneys' fees, brought by any third party, or penalties imposed due to or arising from your failure to comply with these Terms and Conditions.
Losses:
Neither Ibibo nor the Website will be responsible for any loss (including lost profits, consequential damage, moral damage, etc.) or for any other indirect or consequential loss that the User has incurred due to misuse of the Website.
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction:
These Terms and Conditions will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Colombia. The competent courts and administrative authorities of Colombia will have exclusive jurisdiction over any controversy arising from the understanding or exercise of these Terms and Conditions.
The address to be applied on the occasion of these Terms and Conditions will be the city of Bogotá D.C. - Colombia.
Suspension, Resolution or Cancellation:
The Website may suspend, terminate or cancel the account that the User has registered on the Website, with or without prior notice, if it is considered that these Terms and Conditions, or any other document that is part or be referred to by these Terms and Conditions.
Cookies:
When you enter our Website and accept our Cookies Policy, you declare that you agree with all the points that have been set forth in this Policy.
If you wish to configure cookies, we will understand that you are revoking the consent you have given us when accepting the Policy.
It is worth stating that we do not manage third-party cookies, so you should review the policies, conditions of use, and purpose of the owners of these cookies, so that you can learn more about the cookie management of these providers. they carry out.
Modifications:
Ibibo reserves the right to modify these Terms and Conditions at any time. When the modified Terms and Conditions are uploaded to the Website, the date of the last modification will be established.
Several:
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable by any judge or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which will remain in full force and effect.
Notifications:
Ibibo will receive the communications that the User sends in the following service channels, which in the same way and in compliance with the provisions of the Consumer Statute, are found legibly and clearly on the Website or Application, as well as on the Personal Data Protection Policy and the PQR's Policy, which are:
Ibibo's domicile is the city of Bogotá D.C. - Colombia
Advertising:
These Terms and Conditions are published on the Website on the _____ day of _____, ______, 2024.