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How Withlocals keeps your booking safe
Why booking and paying through the Withlocals platform keeps you protected as a guest… Any request to pay a host directly, outside the platform, is not covered by Withlocals… Here is what the platform does around host verification, payments, and refunds
How does Withlocals work?
The title, itinerary, meeting point, photos, and price are set by Withlocals, and several hosts in the… Find a destination using the search bar on the home page… Withlocals Originals are experiences designed by Withlocals
What is Withlocals for hosts?
Withlocals handles the parts around the experience: Bookings from guests land in your host dashboard… What the platform does for you… Where you work on the platform
Is this message really from Withlocals?
Withlocals never asks you to pay your host outside the platform… If someone claiming to be your host reaches out to you outside the platform, treat it with caution… If you do not see it, you are not in the Withlocals chat
Does hosting with Withlocals make me an employee?
Clarification on your independent status as a Withlocals host… When you host with Withlocals, you are not employed by us… Withlocals is a platform that connects you with guests and helps handle bookings, payments, and support
Report a suspicious guest message in the chat
How to report a suspicious chat message to Withlocals?… the top right corner, click the "i" icon Then scroll down until you see the "Report" button… Once you click it, the chat will be locked, and we will receive a notification to review the case and
Can I host alongside other work?
Whether you can combine hosting on Withlocals with another job… The most important thing is that you keep your calendar up to date and make sure you're available at
Booking through Viator or GetYourGuide
When you book through a partner platform, the partner handles the payment, confirmation, cancellation… The sender and the booking reference tell you which platform processed it… the platform you booked on
How to request an invoice
The service fee is the fee Withlocals adds at checkout and collects directly… Invoice for the service fee (from Withlocals)… Withlocals cannot invoice you for the tour price
Partner bookings (Viator, GetYourGuide)
It shows the partner's name and, when available, the external reference from the partner platform… Reviews from partner guests usually live on the partner platform, not on your Withlocals profile… You cannot: Chat with the guest inside Withlocals