Private MVP terms of use
Effective: 21 August 2026
Village Miles is a private test marketplace. No real payment, payout, refund, insurance, or guaranteed booking is offered. Do not use it for an actual paid stay until the platform announces a public commercial launch.
1. Agreement and eligibility
By creating an account or using the MVP, you agree to these Terms and incorporated policies. You must be at least 18 and legally able to contract. A responsible adult may declare children traveling under their care; children do not create accounts in this MVP.
2. Marketplace role
Village Miles provides technology for independent resident hosts and travelers to discover, request, coordinate, document, and review locally hosted stays and permitted services. Hosts—not Village Miles—control and provide accommodation, meals, local transport, campfires, and rural activities they list. Village Miles reviews submissions and may moderate users, but does not own, inspect continuously, employ, insure, or guarantee hosts, properties, transport, food, activities, or users.
3. Accounts and verification
Provide accurate information, protect login access, maintain one account per phone number, and promptly correct changes. Every adult traveler and disclosed host participant uses their own account. Verification is a risk control, not a guarantee of identity, character, ownership, legality, quality, or safety. See the Identity Policy.
4. Host obligations
A host must have lawful authority to offer the stay and services; provide accurate descriptions, current photos or videos, itemized prices, sleeping and bathroom details, access limitations, safety facts, all interacting people, and material house rules; honor the accepted booking; comply with applicable State/UT and local accommodation, tourism, police, foreign-guest reporting, food, transport, fire, tax, registration, land-use, tenancy, employment, and other requirements; and avoid prohibited or unlicensed activities. Platform approval does not replace a required licence or permission. The Hosting Standards form part of these Terms.
5. Traveler obligations
A traveler must declare the complete party, review listing limitations, communicate honestly, follow lawful house rules, respect people, property, privacy, culture, animals, and the environment, pay only through an enabled platform method, and promptly report material problems. The booking owner is responsible for children and for the conduct of declared guests to the extent permitted by law.
6. Requests and booking status
A request is not a confirmed booking. The host chooses whether to accept after reviewing the declared party. The current owner-only coupon creates a synthetic confirmation for testing and collects no money. Dates, included and selected services, disclosed participants, material rules, messages, and itemized prices form the booking record. See the Reservation Policy.
7. Communications and anti-circumvention
Keep booking coordination on-platform. Phone numbers, email addresses, social handles, payment instructions, and other off-platform contact details are blocked in booking chat to reduce fraud and preserve evidence. Do not evade these controls or solicit off-platform payment. Village Miles may retain metadata about blocked attempts and review conversation content only under the audited support and moderation processes described in the Privacy Notice.
8. Cancellations, service failures, and money
The current MVP has no real payment or refund. Unpaid requests and accepted requests may be cancelled; owner-coupon test confirmations may be voided without a monetary refund. No real-payment booking may launch until the Cancellation and Refund Policy is completed and implemented at checkout. Transparent pricing, payout, damage, and dispute boundaries are in Payments, Damage, and Disputes.
9. Safety, incidents, and emergencies
For immediate danger, contact local emergency services. Village Miles is not emergency dispatch. Users must report suspected crime, harassment, discrimination, unsafe conditions, undisclosed people, listing mismatch, missing services, damage, or fraud through booking support. A report begins review and does not by itself prove fault or decide liability.
10. Content, reviews, and intellectual property
You retain ownership of content you submit and grant Village Miles a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, reproduce, adapt for formatting or accessibility, moderate, and display it to operate and promote the marketplace, subject to privacy settings. You must have rights and consent for uploaded people, places, and media. Reviews must be genuine and comply with the Content and Review Policy.
11. Enforcement
Village Miles may request evidence, require corrections, limit features, reject or remove content, cancel an unpaid test record, suspend or terminate an account, preserve evidence, and cooperate with lawful authorities when reasonably necessary for safety, fraud prevention, policy enforcement, or legal compliance. Material decisions should be reasoned and reviewable through the grievance process when available.
12. Disclaimers and liability boundary
The MVP is provided for testing on an "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Village Miles disclaims implied warranties not expressly stated and is not responsible for independent hosts' acts, user conduct, weather, local conditions, third-party links, or services outside its control. Nothing excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded, including applicable consumer rights or liability for Village Miles' own fraud, wilful misconduct, or other non-excludable conduct. A final liability cap and indemnity must be drafted by Indian counsel before paid launch.
13. Complaints, law, and disputes
Signed-in testers should first use booking support. General complaints and grievances may be sent to support@villagemiles.com. These Terms do not restrict statutory consumer remedies. The final registered operator, designated grievance officer, statutory response timetable, governing law, courts, and any mediation or arbitration process remain required before paid public bookings and will be finalized after incorporation and counsel review.
14. Changes
Material changes will receive a new effective date and, where required, notice and fresh consent. Continued use cannot substitute for consent where law requires an affirmative choice.