You can change the number of people on a confirmed booking yourself, from the booking. Adding people and removing people have different deadlines, and the price difference is settled at the moment you confirm.
When you can change your group
What you want to do | When it is possible |
Add adults or children | Until 48 hours before the experience starts |
Remove adults or children | While your booking can still be cancelled for a refund |
Withlocals uses the exact start time of your experience, not midnight, for both deadlines. When your free cancellation window closes depends on when you booked and how soon the experience is. See Cancellation and refund policy.
Changing your group
Open your booking from Bookings.
Under Manage booking, tap Change number of people.
Set how many Adults and Children are coming. Adults and children are counted separately.
Check what you pay or get back before anything is confirmed.
If the new group costs more, tap Continue to payment and pay the difference there and then. If it costs the same or less, tap Confirm change. Money coming back goes to the payment method you used for the booking, including the service fee in proportion. See How long do refunds take?.
Your host sees the new group straight away, and their payout and invoice follow it automatically.
Changes outside these windows
Past the 48-hour point, or once free cancellation has closed, the change may still be possible. Share your booking reference and the new number of adults and children, and we can look at it. Your host can also send you a personalized offer covering extra people.
When a change is not possible
The departure has been cancelled.
The new group is bigger than the experience allows, or the departure is full.
The booking was not paid online through Withlocals.
An earlier change to the same booking is still being paid.
Inviting your friends or family to the booking
Inviting people is separate from changing the group size, and it does not add seats. Once someone accepts, they see the booking on their own account and can chat with the host. You have one invite per guest on the booking besides yourself.
In the Your group section of your booking, tap Invite others. Enter the person's email address and tap Send invite, or use Copy link or Share link instead. Pending invitations are listed in the same panel, where you can Revoke one.
Good to know
A booking always keeps at least one adult, and the total has to stay within the group size the experience allows.
Changing your group is separate from changing the date or time. To move the booking, see How to reschedule your booking.
For bookings made through Viator or GetYourGuide, group changes go through the partner platform. See Booking through Viator or GetYourGuide.
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