Legal — Advertisers
Advertising Terms
Last updated: 1 June 2026
These Advertising Terms ("Advertising Terms") govern the purchase and display of advertising, sponsored placements and partner promotions ("Adverts") on Detour Global, operated by Detour Global Ltd ("Detour", "we", "us"). They sit alongside our main Terms & Conditions, Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy and Subscription & Billing policy. If there is a conflict on advertising matters specifically, these Advertising Terms prevail.
1. Eligibility
To advertise on Detour Global you must be a legitimate business or sole trader, at least 18 years old, registered in your jurisdiction where required, and authorised to enter into these Advertising Terms on behalf of the advertised business. We may request proof of identity, registration, licensing or insurance at any time and may refuse, suspend or terminate an account that cannot demonstrate eligibility.
2. Subscription plans and pricing
We currently offer three advertising tiers, each billed monthly in GBP via our payment processor:
- Local Business Spotlight — £59/month. Listing in relevant search results and destination pages, small logo placement, monthly impression and click report.
- City Featured Partner — £149/month. Priority placement, featured slots on destination pages, mention in the Detour newsletter, monthly ROI report.
- Premier Destination Sponsor — £249/month. Full destination page sponsorship, homepage feature slots, dedicated account manager, monthly analytics dashboard.
Prices exclude VAT and any local taxes, which are calculated and collected at checkout where applicable. We may change prices for future billing periods on at least 30 days' notice; price changes do not apply retroactively to a period you have already paid for.
3. Billing, renewals and cancellation
Subscriptions renew automatically each month on the anniversary of your first successful payment until cancelled. You can cancel at any time from your account; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period, and your Adverts will remain live until that date. We do not provide pro-rata refunds for partial months once a billing period has started, except where required by law.
If a payment fails we will attempt to retake payment over a reasonable retry window. If payment cannot be collected we may suspend or remove your Adverts and downgrade your account.
4. Content standards
Adverts must be lawful, honest, decent, truthful and consistent with the UK CAP Code and any applicable advertising regulations in the territories targeted. Adverts must not:
- be misleading, exaggerated or based on unverifiable claims;
- promote illegal activities, weapons, controlled substances, gambling without a licence, adult services, predatory financial products or anything prohibited by our Acceptable Use Policy;
- discriminate against or target individuals on the basis of a protected characteristic;
- impersonate another business, infringe trademarks, copyrights or other rights, or use brand assets without permission;
- endanger travellers, encourage unsafe behaviour or undermine the trust of our Insider and Explorer communities.
All Adverts must be clearly identifiable as advertising or sponsored content and must not be designed to mimic editorial content.
5. Review and editorial control
Detour reviews every Advert before it goes live and reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to reject, edit, pause or remove any Advert that does not meet these standards, that has become inaccurate, or that we believe damages the Detour brand or community. Where reasonable we will tell you why and give you an opportunity to amend. Removal for breach of these Advertising Terms does not entitle you to a refund.
6. Your content, licence and warranties
You retain ownership of the logos, photos, copy and other materials you supply for your Adverts ("Advertiser Content"). You grant Detour a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, reproduce, adapt for formatting, and display your Advertiser Content on Detour Global and in associated promotional channels (including our newsletter and social channels) for as long as your subscription is active, plus a reasonable archival period.
You warrant that you own or have all necessary rights to the Advertiser Content, that it does not infringe any third-party rights, that any factual claims are accurate, and that any individuals featured have consented to their image being used commercially.
7. Performance, placement and reporting
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver the placements described in your plan, but we do not guarantee any specific level of impressions, clicks, bookings, revenue or search ranking. Performance reports are provided on a best-efforts basis using our internal analytics; minor discrepancies with third-party tracking are normal and do not constitute a service failure.
8. Indemnity and liability
You indemnify Detour against any claims, losses, damages, fines and reasonable legal costs arising from your Advertiser Content, your products or services, or your breach of these Advertising Terms. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Detour's total liability to you under or in connection with your advertising is limited to the fees you have paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim. Nothing in these Advertising Terms limits liability for death, personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or any other liability that cannot be limited by law.
9. Suspension and termination
We may suspend or terminate your advertising account immediately if you materially breach these Advertising Terms, our Acceptable Use Policy or applicable law, if your payment method repeatedly fails, or if your Adverts pose a risk to our users. Where the cause is a non-material breach we will give you a reasonable opportunity to fix it first.
10. Data protection
We process advertiser data (contact, billing and performance data) in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Where our reporting includes information about individual users it is aggregated and anonymised. You must comply with all applicable data protection laws in respect of any personal data you collect from leads generated by your Adverts.
11. Changes to these Advertising Terms
We may update these Advertising Terms from time to time. We will notify active advertisers by email at least 14 days before material changes take effect. Continued use of the advertising service after that date constitutes acceptance.
12. Governing law and contact
These Advertising Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, with exclusive jurisdiction in the courts of England and Wales. For advertising or legal queries contact advertising@detourglobal.co.uk or legal@detourglobal.co.uk.