IMPORTANT NOTICE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THEM BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE AND/OR PLATFORMS.
BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE AND/OR PLATFORMS YOU WILL BE ASKED TO AGREE TO THESE TERMS. BY CLICKING ON THE 'I ACCEPT' BUTTON AT THE END OF THESE TERMS YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS WHICH WILL APPLY TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND PLATFORMS.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MUST NOT CLICK THE ACCEPTANCE BUTTON AND YOU MAY NOT USE THE WEBSITE OR PLATFORMS OR MAKE ANY BOOKINGS ON THE WEBSITE OR PLATFORMS.
Updated on 21st August 2026
1. Interpretation
1.1 The following definitions are used in these Terms. Where these terms are used, they shall have the meaning set out below.
Account: shall have the meaning set out in clause 1.1 of section B.
Booking: a booking made by a Rider, through the Rider Platforms for one or more Services.
Booking Acknowledgement: shall have the meaning set out in clause 2.1 of section C.
Children: means person(s) under the age of 18.
Conditions of Carriage: means the conditions with which every Rider who uses the Services must comply when making a Booking and when travelling in a Vehicle, as set out at clause 4 of section C.
Cookies Policy: our cookies policy, as may be updated from time to time and as is hosted on the Website at https://zeelo.co/cookie-policy.
Customer Organisation: any organisation that has appointed Zeelo as its transport app provider and/or transport services provider and that may use the Customer Organisation Portal.
Customer Organisation Portal: the online portal as may be updated from time to time available to Customer Organisations on https://zeelo.co/technology/client-portal and owned and managed by Zeelo.
Driver: those who have been appointed as a driver by a Supplier and are a user of the Driver App.
Driver App: the mobile app “Zeelo Driver” as may be updated from time to time available for Drivers to download on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store owned and managed by Zeelo.
Payment Method: the valid payment voucher, debit card, credit card or direct debit provided by you (a Rider) at the time that you make a Booking and/or create an Account.
Platforms: the online platforms made available by Zeelo on the Website namely the Rider Platforms, Driver App and Customer Organisation Portal.
Privacy Policy: our privacy policy, as may be updated from time to time and as is hosted on the Website at https://zeelo.co/uk/privacy-policy.
Rider: any user of the Rider Platforms, including those individuals that the relevant Customer Organisation allows to use the Services.
Rider App: the mobile app “Zeelo” as may be updated from time to time available for Riders to download on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store owned and managed by Zeelo.
Rider Platforms: the Rider App and Rider Portal.
Rider Portal: the online portal as may be updated from time to time available to Riders on https://app.zeelo.us/my-zeelo and owned and managed by Zeelo.
Services: means the transport services provided to the Customer Organisation (or provided by the Customer Organisation as applicable) and used by the Rider pursuant to a Booking(s) made by the Rider.
Supplier: means a carefully selected third party private hire or coach transport operating company that is a sub-contractor of Zeelo or of the Customer Organisation as applicable, in relation to the provision of the Services. Sometimes referred to as the Operator, interchangeably.
Travel Pass: a subscription available on the Rider Platforms entitling Riders to use the Services, subject to any additional terms of the Customer Organisation.
Terms: these terms and conditions, as may be varied by us from time to time in accordance with clause 1.2 of section F.
Vehicle: means a coach, minibus, bus, van or other similar vehicle operated by a Supplier or the Customer Organisation (as applicable) in the provision of the Services.
Website: the website at https://www.zeelo.co owned and operated by Zeelo.
Zeelo, we, us: Zeelo Limited, full details of which are set out in clause 1.1 of section A.
1.2 Unless the context requires otherwise, words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular.
1. About us
1.1 We operate and make available to you the Website and/or Platforms, as applicable, subject to these Terms. We are Zeelo Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 10274913. Our registered office is Building 423 - Sky View (Ro) Argosy Road, East Midlands Airport, Derby, England, DE74 2SA.
1.2 To contact us if you have any questions about these Terms or our Services please use the contact details set out at clause 3 of section F.
2. About the Website, Platforms and these terms
2.1 Your use of the Website and the Platforms and (where relevant) the completion of any Booking is subject to your compliance with these Terms (together with the documents referred to herein).
2.2 These Terms apply to any users of the Website and/or Platforms including Riders, Drivers and Customer Organisations.
Riders - If you are a Rider, sections A, B, C, E and F shall apply. For Riders, your attention is drawn in particular to section C, clause 6 and section E, clause 5 (Our liability).
Drivers - If you are a Driver, sections A, B, D, E and F shall apply.
Customer Organisations - If you are a Customer Organisation, sections A, B, E and F shall apply.
1. About You
1.1 To access the relevant Platform(s), you may need an account. Riders can create an account on the Rider Platforms, and Drivers and Customer Organisations will receive an email with a link to create their account (Account). Special Accounts with enhanced functionality for parents/guardians to add individual Children to their Account to help manage their individual Bookings may be available. This structure provides an opt-in ‘follower’ function to enable parents/guardians to receive in-service notifications specific to each Child’s travel.
1.2 When creating an Account, you will be asked to enter your email address (which will become your username) and a password will either be generated by us and sent to you by email to the registered email address or you will be asked to enter one. Your password will be unique to you and you must keep your password confidential. Only one Account per email address may be created.
1.3 You are responsible for all of your activities, including the use of your username and password and where relevant all Bookings undertaken through your Account. For Riders, any Booking which is made through your Account shall be deemed to be made by you.
1.4 It is strongly advised that you share and maintain a contact telephone number when registering and within your profile so that Zeelo can contact you by SMS or telephone call where applicable with trip-related status information and safety-related updates. Zeelo may also contact you by email using the contact details you have provided or by push notification via the relevant Platform.
1. Customer Organisation Terms
The clauses in this section only apply to Riders using the Rider Platforms and not Customer Organisations or Drivers. Please note that the Services are only available for you to use if the organisation you work for, or the school or college your Child attends, is a Customer Organisation. The Services are not available for use by the general public. In addition to agreeing to comply with these Terms for use of the Rider Platforms, you agree to comply with the relevant Customer Organisation terms that apply to your Booking(s) and use of the Services.
2. Bookings through the Rider Platforms
2.1 After you request a Booking and agree to comply with these Terms and the relevant Customer Organisation’s terms which apply to the Booking and use of the Services, each Booking is automatically approved or rejected. If your Booking is accepted, you shall receive an email from us confirming acceptance of the Booking (Booking Acknowledgement) acknowledging that we have received your request to use the Services and that you agree to the relevant terms.
2.2 Subject to the relevant Customer Organisation’s terms that apply to you, you may be able to make a Booking through your Account:
(a) for a single use of the Services on a one-off basis; and
(b) through a Travel Pass for multiple journeys using the Services.
2.3 By making a Booking on the Platform, you warrant and represent that you have the authority and legal right to use any Payment Method used to purchase the Booking.
3. The Services
3.1 Any special requests relating to a Booking, including any special travel arrangements, health or mobility issues should be communicated by the Rider through the Rider Platforms. We will consider any such requests on the behalf of the relevant Customer Organisation (acting in its absolute discretion).
3.2 Children shall only be permitted to travel on any of the Services when accompanied by an adult or where their travel has been approved by their parent or legal guardian and the Booking has been made by their parent or legal guardian.
3.3 By making a Booking and using the Services you agree to the Conditions of Carriage as set out in clause 4 of this section C. We reserve the right to refuse to transport or cease to transport any Rider who is in breach of the Conditions of Carriage and may require such a Rider to alight from a Vehicle (save that a Child who is a Rider shall not be required to alight from a Vehicle). If such conduct or breach of the Conditions of Carriage are reported to us, we may suspend or terminate your Account pending further investigation and you may be prohibited from using the Services in the future. Such decisions will be made by Zeelo in conjunction with the Customer Organisation.
3.4 The Services are provided to the Customer Organisation and we are not responsible for ensuring that the Services are suitable for your purposes (even if you have told us what those purposes are).
4. Conditions of carriage
4.1 The Rider agrees to comply at all times with these Conditions of Carriage when using any Services.
4.2 The Rider shall:
(a) be responsible for their acts and omissions while travelling in a Vehicle;
(b) remain responsible for their own luggage and personal belongings at all times, whether such luggage is stored within the passenger area or any boot or luggage hold of a Vehicle;
(c) not obstruct the entry, exit or passage of any other passenger;
(d) have a valid ticket for the entirety of their journey from the perspective of Zeelo;
(e) wear a seatbelt at all times whilst in the Vehicle (to the extent that one is available and provided by law);
(f) comply with the directions of the Driver;
(g) not film or record inside the Vehicle at any time;
(h) be liable for any reasonable repair or cleaning charges arising as a result of any soiling, contamination or damage of the vehicle they cause to a Vehicle in accordance with these terms and conditions;
(i) not bring any of the following on the Vehicle unless agreed with Zeelo in advance:
(i) drugs (other than lawful medicines for which you have a prescription, if applicable);
(ii) alcohol;
(iii) any items which cannot be carried on a Vehicle as a matter of law; or
(iv) any items which, in the Driver’s opinion, are or may be unsafe and/or which are likely to cause injury, offence or damage to any persons or property; and
(j) not behave in a way that, in the Driver’s and/or Zeelo’s reasonable opinion, is antisocial.
5. Prices and payment
5.1 To the extent applicable, prices for the Services including single journeys, Travel Passes and any other charges are set by the Customer Organisation and shall be set out on the Rider Platforms and made available to you at or prior to the point of creating your Booking.
5.2 The prices on the Rider Platforms are subject to change at any time. The final price for the Services shall be that which was set out at the point that you made your Booking, as shall be confirmed within the Booking Acknowledgement. It is a condition of the relevant Customer Organisation’s terms that you pay the price and you agree and undertake to make such payment using a Payment Method.
5.3 We may, from time to time, issue discount or promotional codes or vouchers which may discount the prices payable for a Booking. Such discount codes and vouchers are subject to any terms that may attach to them and may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Such codes and vouchers must be entered at the time of making the Booking and cannot be applied retrospectively.
5.4 The prices that you pay shall be collected by Zeelo and all amounts due shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding to Zeelo.
6. Our liability
6.1 In most circumstances, the Customer Organisation shall be responsible for the provision of the Services. In some cases, Zeelo may be responsible for providing the Services directly to you and in both scenarios, the Services may be fulfilled by a third-party Supplier. We are not liable in respect of use of the Services where it is the Customer Organisation’s responsibility to provide the Services and/or where we do not provide the Services directly to you. In such cases, you should contact the Customer Organisation. If you are unsure of your position, please contact us using the details provided under clause 3 of section F.
6.2 To the extent that we are responsible for providing the Services directly to you, nothing in these Terms is intended to limit or excludes Zeelo's liability in connection with the Services for:
6.3 To the extent that we are responsible for providing the Services directly to you and you are a consumer:
(a) if the Services provided to you are delayed by an event outside our control, such as road works or extreme weather, we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and do what we can to reduce the delay. As long as we do this, we will not compensate you for the delay, but if the delay is likely to be substantial you can contact us using the details provided under clause 3 of section F to end your agreement to these Terms for the provision of the Services and receive a refund for any Services you have paid for in advance, but not received; and
(b) we do not compensate you for all losses caused by us or our Services. We are not responsible for losses you suffer caused by us breaking these Terms if the loss is:
(i) Unexpected. It was not obvious that it would happen and nothing you said to us before we accepted your Booking meant we should have expected it (so, in the law, the loss was unforeseeable).
(ii) Caused by a delaying event outside our control. As long as we have taken the steps set out in clause 6.3(a) above.
(iii) Avoidable. Something you could have avoided by taking reasonable action, including following our reasonable instructions for use of the Services.
6.4 To the extent that we are responsible for providing the Services directly to you and you are a business user:
7. Cancellation or modification of Booking
Each relevant Customer Organisation has their own cancellation or Booking modification policies and may allow you to cancel or modify a Booking. Where this is possible there shall be an option to do so set out within the relevant section of the Rider Platforms. Please refer to the relevant Customer Organisation terms that you agreed to when making your Booking.
1. The clauses in this section only apply to Drivers using the Driver App.
2. Requirements for Drivers
2.1 To be permitted to provide transport services using the Driver App, you must comply with all onboarding, training and ongoing compliance requirements including but not limited to:
(a) Zeelo’s driver training, a link to which will be sent to you via email; and
(b) where the transport services are provided to schools, you are required to pass a compliance check as determined by the Customer Organisation and/or Zeelo.
2.2 By using the Driver App you shall be deemed to accept any rules imposed by the relevant Supplier (which in most cases would be your employer) and the following requirements for Drivers:
1. Suspension or cancellation of your Account
1.1 We can suspend or terminate your use of the relevant Platform(s) at any time by suspending or terminating your Account if:
(a) you are in breach of any of these Terms (including any document referred to in them), or
(b) we have reasonable grounds to believe that you have or are likely to breach any of these Terms; or
(c) our agreement with the relevant Customer Organisation (for Riders and Customer Organisations) or Operator (for Drivers) has come to an end.
1.2 If we suspend your Account due to a breach, pending further investigation of such breach, if our reason for suspending your account is sufficiently serious and amounts to a material breach of these Terms (including but not limited to a breach of the Conditions of Carriage set out in clause 4 of section C for Riders), we may (i) cancel your Account; and (ii) if you are a Rider, notify any Customer Organisations with whom you have a Booking, and each such Customer Organisations may, acting in its sole discretion, cancel any pending Booking and refund you any amounts that you have prepaid in respect of that Booking.
1.3 If we cancel your Account, all of your Bookings (where relevant) shall terminate immediately. Depending upon the circumstances, Riders may be entitled to a refund of all or part of the amount Riders have paid in connection with any such Bookings in accordance with the relevant Customer Organisation’s terms. If you owe any money at the point that your Account is terminated, we may set-off any refunds that would have been due to you.
1.4 If we cancel or the Customer Organisation cancels any Bookings for any reason other than a material breach of the relevant Customer Organisation’s terms or these Terms, we shall return to Riders any funds which we hold in respect of any pending Bookings, provided always that we reserve the right to deduct from such funds an amount equivalent to any monies which are properly due and owed to the Customer Organisation.
2. Privacy
2.1 You acknowledge that we may process information (including personal data) about you (Riders and Drivers) or, for Customer Organisations, your officers, employees, workers, agents or subcontractors. Information about how we process your personal data and for what purposes and your rights in relation to your personal data and how to exercise them are explained in our Privacy Policy as updated from time to time. Additional privacy policies may apply, including from third party controllers for services provided by Zeelo or third parties.
2.2 Our Cookies Policy sets out information about the cookies used by the Website and Platforms.
3. Use of our Website
We permit you to use the Website and the Platforms only for the purpose of (for Riders) reading about our services and creating and managing Bookings, (for Customer Organisations) reading the data insights that we provide about the Services including to track Riders and managing Riders’ access to the relevant transport services program, and (for Drivers) to provide transport services on behalf of a Supplier or Customer Organisation. Use of the Website and/or Platforms in any other way is not permitted, including but not limited to using the Website and/or the Platforms:
10. to gain unauthorised access to or use of computers, data, systems, accounts or networks; or
11. to attempt to circumvent password or user authentication methods.
4. Uploading content to Zeelo
4.1 Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to the Website and/or Platforms, you agree that any content shall be:
(a) your own original work and lawfully submitted;
(b) factually accurate or your own genuinely held belief;
(c) provided with the necessary consent of any third party;
(d) not defamatory or likely to give rise to an allegation of defamation;
(e) not offensive, obscene, sexually explicit, discriminatory or deceptive; and
(f) unlikely to cause offence, embarrassment or annoyance to others.
4.2 You warrant that any such upload does comply with those standards, and (for Customer Organisations) you shall be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you shall be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.
4.3 We shall not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content uploaded by you or any other user of the Website and/or Platforms.
5. Our liability
5.1 Nothing in these Terms is intended to limit or excludes Zeelo's liability in connection with use of the Website and/or Platforms for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
(c) anything else which cannot be limited or excluded by law.
5.2 We recommend that you back up any content and data used in connection with the Website and/or Platforms, to protect yourself in case of problems with the Website and/or Platforms.
5.3 Other than our booking pages, all content on our Website and/or Platforms is provided for general information only. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our Website and Platforms, we make no representations or warranties and give no guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.
5.4 If you are a Rider or otherwise acting as a consumer, the following terms shall apply subject always to clause 5.1 of this Section E:
5.5 For any other party to these Terms, including Customer Organisations and Drivers, the following shall apply, subject always to clause 5.1 of this Section E:
6. Downtime
Zeelo will use reasonable endeavours to make the Website and Platforms available as necessary to provide the Services to the Customer Organisation. We do not guarantee that the Website and the Platforms, or any content on them, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Website and the Platforms is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Website and/or Platforms without notice. We shall not be liable to you if for any reason our Website and/or Platforms are unavailable at any time or for any period.
7. Viruses
7.1 We do not guarantee that the Website and Platforms shall be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
7.2 You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access the Website and/or Platforms. You should use your own virus protection software.
7.3 You must not misuse the Website and/or Platforms by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website and/or Platforms, the server on which the Website and/or Platforms is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website and/or Platforms. You must not attack the Website and/or Platforms via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We shall report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Platforms shall cease immediately.
8. Linking to Zeelo
8.1 You may link to the home page of our Website, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
8.2 You must not establish a link to the Website in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
8.3 You must not establish a link to the Website in any other website that is not owned by you.
8.4 The Website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of the Website other than the home page.
8.5 We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
8.6 If you wish to make any use of content on the Website and/or Platforms other than that set out above, please contact us by email on contact@zeelo.co.
1. General
1.1 Intellectual property rights: You agree and acknowledge that we own or are licensed to use all copyright, database rights, trade marks and other intellectual property rights in and to all the Platforms and parts of the Website and that nothing in these Terms or otherwise shall be deemed to be a transfer of any such intellectual property rights to you or any other person. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. You agree that you shall not use any of our copyright, database rights, trade marks and other intellectual property rights without our express written permission.
1.2 Variation to Terms: We have the right to revise and amend these Terms from time to time. You shall be subject to the Terms in force at the time that you use the Website and/or the Platforms and/or, where relevant, make a Booking, unless any change to such terms and conditions is required to be made by law or governmental authority (in which case it shall apply retrospectively as applicable including, where relevant, to Bookings previously placed by you), or if we notify you of the change to such terms and conditions before a Booking Acknowledgement is sent to you. We may or may not provide you with a notice of the changes to these Terms and, as such, we would recommend that you review these Terms before using the Website and/or the Platforms and/or, where relevant, making a Booking.
1.3 Severance: If any of the provisions of these Terms is determined by a competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision shall to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
1.4 Waiver: If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we shall only do so in writing, and that shall not mean that we shall automatically waive any later default by you.
1.5 Entire agreement: These Terms and any document expressly referred to in them (including, where relevant, the particulars of any Booking) constitute the entire agreement between you and us in respect of the use of the Website and Platforms.
1.6 Governing Law & Jurisdiction: These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales and submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. If you are a consumer customer based in Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland then you may also bring proceedings in the country you live in.
2. Complaints procedure
All change requests, cancellation requests and complaints must be in writing and should be sent via email to contact@zeelo.co or via the live chat function on the Website or Platforms.
3. Contact us
3.1 You may contact us by using the live chat function on the Website or Platforms, by e-mailing us at contact@zeelo.co or by telephone (0330 808 3306). If you intend to write a letter to us, you should use the address set out in clause 1.1 of section A.
3.2 A notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been received:
3.3 In proving the service of any notice, it shall be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an email that such email was sent to the specified email address of the addressee.
3.4 The provisions of this clause 3 of section F shall not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action.