Treka English EN Free tools

Cancellation and deposit policy generator

Choose your deposit, your refund windows, what happens when weather cancels a trip, how rescheduling works and what a no-show means. The generator writes the policy for your website and the short version guests read at checkout.

Book a demoFree to use. No account needed. 30 days of Treka free if you want it.

The tool

Answer the questions, read the policy

The text updates as you go. Copy the long version for your website and the short one for checkout.

% days days

0 means no full refunds.

days % days

Not arriving, or arriving too late to take part safely, forfeits the booking.

For your website and terms

Copy
A 30% deposit secures your booking. The balance is charged automatically to the same card 7 days before the trip; we send a reminder before that happens. Cancel 14 days or more before the trip for a full refund of everything paid. Cancel 7 days or more and less than 14 days before the trip for a 50% refund. Cancellations within 7 days of the trip are not refundable. You may move your booking to another available date at no charge up to 7 days before the trip, subject to availability. Later changes are treated as a cancellation. If we cancel a trip for weather, safety, water or snow conditions, or any reason on our side, you choose between a full refund and a credit toward a future trip. If you do not arrive for your trip, or arrive too late to take part safely, the booking is treated as a same-day cancellation and is not refundable. Refunds are returned to the original payment method. Card processing fees already paid to the card network are not refundable where the law allows.

For checkout

Copy
A 30% deposit secures your booking. The balance is charged automatically to the same card 7 days before the trip; we send a reminder before that happens. Cancel 14 days or more before the trip for a full refund of everything paid. Cancel 7 days or more and less than 14 days before the trip for a 50% refund. Cancellations within 7 days of the trip are not refundable. If we cancel, you choose a new date, a credit or a full refund.

These windows match Treka's Standard policy preset. Consumer law on refunds differs by state and country; have your terms reviewed where you operate.

Book a demoStart free, 30 days

How it works

Why the policy matters

A cancellation policy is read twice: once by a guest deciding whether to book, and once by the same guest asking for money back. If it is vague the second reading goes badly for everyone. A good policy names the deposit, says exactly when a cancellation earns a full refund, a partial refund or none, treats a cancellation on your side differently from one on theirs, and covers the awkward cases, rescheduling, no-shows and a group that does not reach its minimum, before they happen.

The generator asks those questions in plain words and writes the answers as policy text. The windows you choose are the same windows Treka uses to produce the cancellation wording a guest sees in the booking flow, and the deposit and balance settings match what a trip carries in the portal, so the policy you publish and the policy the booking enforces are the same policy.

How Treka handles the cases

Deposits are taken at booking as a percentage or a fixed amount, and the balance is charged automatically before the trip or collected on the day. Refund windows come from a policy on the trip, with standard, moderate and strict presets or your own wording, and the guest reads the derived text at checkout. When you cancel or move a date, everyone booked on it is told and the refund or the credit is handled in the same step. Guests can request a date change, which you approve or decline.

What to do next

Copy the long version to your website's terms and paste the short version wherever guests pay. If you run on Treka, set the deposit and refund policy on the trip and the checkout shows it automatically.

FAQ

Questions operators ask about this

Something else? Ask the people who built it.

Talk to us

Does Treka enforce the cancellation policy automatically?

The policy on a trip produces the cancellation text guests accept at checkout, and deposits and balances are charged on the schedule the trip sets. Refund requests come to you with the policy next to them; you decide, and the refund or credit is issued from the booking.

What happens when I cancel a trip for weather?

Cancel or move the date from the booking. Everyone booked on it is notified, and the refund or the credit is handled in the same step rather than in a run of phone calls.

Can guests reschedule themselves?

Guests can request a new date from their booking. You approve or decline the request, and the booking moves with its payment attached.

Is this legal advice?

No. It is clear policy wording based on choices you make. Consumer law on refunds differs by state and country, so have your terms reviewed where you operate.

See it on your own trips

Thirty minutes with someone who knows your kind of operation.

Deposits, waivers, guide pay and the policy you just wrote, running on your trips rather than in a calculator.

Book a demoStart free, 30 days

More free tools

Booking fee calculatorWhat your current platform costs a year, next to a guest-paid 3%.Guide pay split calculatorWhat each guide earns and what the business keeps, three ways to pay.Trip pricing calculatorBreak-even per person and a price that still works on a small group.Waiver template generatorA starting waiver by activity and state, for your lawyer to review. All free toolsPricingThe operator dashboardAll features