Terms of Use
Last updated: 5 November 2026
These terms are an agreement between you and Andrea D’Arpa ("we") about using Inboard. By creating an account or using the app you agree to them. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your data.
Who can use it
You must be 18 or over. One account per person; keep your sign-in to yourself.
Zero tolerance for abuse
Inboard is for meeting the people you are staying with. We do not tolerate objectionable content or abusive users. You must not post or send anything that is harassing, threatening, hateful, sexually explicit, violent, illegal, misleading, or that shares somebody else's private information; impersonate anybody (including a hostel or its staff); spam; or use the app to sell things or to contact people who do not want to hear from you.
If you see something wrong, report it (press and hold a message, or use Report on a profile or plan) and block the person if you want — they are not told. Reports go to the hostel's reception and to us; we review reports within 24 hours, remove content that breaks these terms, and remove the accounts of people who post it. A hostel can also end anybody's stay.
Your content
You own what you post. You give us permission to store it and show it to the people it is meant for (as the Privacy Policy describes) so the app can work. If you delete your account, messages you sent stay in their chats from "Deleted user".
Hostels, events and money
Hostel events are organised by the hostel, and plans by the travellers who post them — not by us. Prices shown are set by the hostel and paid to the hostel; Inboard never handles money.
Inboard does not check anyone's identity, age or booking. Anyone holding a hostel's card or a code can check in, and a profile says only what its owner wrote. Go to plans with people you don't know with the same care you would anywhere else: meet somewhere public first, and tell someone where you are going. If you are in danger, call the local emergency number, then tell reception.
For hostels and their staff
A hostel (or coliving) that uses Inboard, and each of its staff logins, also agrees that:
- It is the business it says it is, and it checks guests in only to its own place.
- Its page (photos, sections, links), events, prices and descriptions are its own and accurate, it has the right to post every photo it uploads, and it collects any payment itself.
- It uses what it sees in Inboard — guests' last names, stays, ratings, messages to reception — only to run its guests' stays, and keeps it to itself.
- It writes only to guests who ticked yes to its emails, with an unsubscribe link in every email, and is responsible, as the controller, for the email list it downloads.
- It removes guests or content only for a fair reason, and acts on reports about its own guests.
- Each person at the hostel uses their own login; a manager removes the logins of people who leave.
We may stop a hostel's access if it breaks these terms or misuses guests' data.
The service
We work to keep Inboard running and safe, but provide it "as is", without guarantees that it will always be available or free of errors. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect losses or for what other users or hostels do. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have as a consumer under the law of the country where you live.
Ending
You can delete your account at any time (You → Delete my account; hostel staff: Settings → Delete this login). We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms.
Changes and law
We may update these terms; for important changes we will tell you in the app. These terms are governed by the law of the State of New York, USA. Inboard is used by travellers from everywhere: if you live somewhere whose consumer-protection law gives you more rights than these terms, nothing here takes those rights away, and you can also bring a claim in the courts where you live.