Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2, 2026

Wandr ("we", "our", or "us") operates the Wandr travel planning app. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and who else can see it when you use our app.

Wandr has grown beyond solo itinerary generation — it now supports group trips, shared planning, chat, voting, expense splitting and travel journals. Because those features involve other people seeing some of your information, this policy sets out exactly what is shared and with whom.

1. Information We Collect

Account and device

Account information: Your name, email address and profile picture when you sign in with Google.
Location data: Your device location (only with your permission) to suggest nearby airports, departure points and places around you.
Usage and diagnostics: App interactions and crash reports collected via Firebase, used to fix bugs and improve the app.
Notification token: A device token so we can send you trip-related notifications, if you allow notifications.

Trip and planning data

Trip data: Destinations, travel dates and times, budget and preferences, selected places, stays, transport choices and the itineraries you create.
Stay and route information: The hotel or stay you anchor a trip to, and the places and routes used to build your day plans.
Checklists: Packing and to-do items you add to a trip.

Group trip data

If you create or join a group trip, we also process:

Membership: The trips you belong to, your role in each (owner or member), and invitations you send or accept.
Chat messages: Messages you post in a trip's group chat.
Votes: Your votes on proposed destinations, dates and places.
Expenses: Expense entries you record — description, amount, who paid, and how it is split between members.
Journal entries: The text of notes you add to a shared or solo trip journal.

Payments

Subscriptions: Purchases are processed by Google Play Billing. We receive a purchase token and subscription status. We never receive or store your card, UPI or bank details.
One-time purchases: Where a payment is processed by Razorpay, payment details are handled by Razorpay under their own privacy policy. We store only the payment reference and its status.

Journal photos never leave your phone. Photos you attach to a trip journal are stored only in your device's local storage — for free and paid users alike. They are not uploaded to our servers, not backed up by us, and not visible to other trip members. This also means that if you uninstall the app or change phones, those photos are not restored by us. Journal text does sync, so your writing survives a new device.

2. Device Permissions

Wandr requests only the permissions it needs, and each one can be declined or revoked in your device settings:

Permission	Why we ask
Location	To suggest nearby airports, departure points and places around you. Optional — you can type a location instead.
Camera	To take photos for your trip journal. Photos stay on your device.
Photos / storage	To attach existing photos to your journal and to save exported itinerary PDFs.
Notifications	To alert you about trip updates, invitations and group activity.

3. How We Use Your Information

To generate, build and store your personalised travel itineraries.
To provide place, airport, transport, stay and food suggestions, including opening hours and visit durations.
To run group trip features — membership, invitations, chat, voting, shared checklists, journals and expense splitting.
To manage your account, plan limits and subscription payments.
To display relevant advertisements to free-tier users, and to grant ad-rewarded bonus trips and days.
To diagnose crashes, monitor service costs and improve app performance.
To respond to reports of abuse and enforce our Terms & Conditions.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use your trip content to advertise to you.

4. What Other People Can See

Most of your data is private to you. The exceptions are the collaborative features, and they work as follows:

Group trip members: When you join or are invited to a group trip, the other members of that trip can see your name and profile picture, your chat messages, your votes, the expenses you add or are included in, your shared journal entries, and shared checklist items. Members cannot see your email address, your other trips, or anything outside that trip.
Trip owners: The owner of a group trip can remove members and can delete any content within that trip, including entries added by others.
Public trips: If you choose to make a group trip public, its basic details — such as trip name, destination and dates — become discoverable by other Wandr users so they can request to join. Making a trip public is always your choice and it is off by default. You can make a public trip private again at any time.
Leaving a trip: If you leave or are removed from a group trip, you lose access to it. Content you already contributed — such as chat messages, votes and expense entries — may remain visible to the remaining members, because removing it would distort the group's shared record of the trip. You can ask us to delete your contributions.

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services, which may process your data under their own privacy policies:

Google Sign-In — account authentication
Google Maps, Places & Routes APIs — place search, place details, opening hours, photos, travel times and routing
Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Cloud Messaging) — usage analytics, crash reporting and notifications
Google AdMob — advertising for free-tier users
Google Play Billing — in-app subscription management
Razorpay — payment processing for one-time purchases
OpenAI — AI-powered itinerary generation and place enrichment. Your destination, dates, preferences and selected place names are sent to OpenAI for processing. We do not send your name, email or contact details.

6. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored on secure servers hosted in India. All data transmission is encrypted via HTTPS. We never store passwords — authentication is handled entirely by Google.

Place information we obtain from Google (such as opening hours, ratings and photos) is cached temporarily to reduce cost and speed up the app, and is refreshed or discarded in line with Google's terms.

7. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain your account and trip data for as long as your account is active. You may request deletion of your account and data at any time by emailing us at wandrramesh@gmail.com, and we will action it within 30 days.

When you delete a trip, its itinerary, chat, votes, expenses, checklist and journal text are deleted with it. As noted above, content you contributed to a group trip owned by someone else may remain in that trip's shared record unless you ask us to remove it.

8. Children's Privacy

Wandr is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

9. Your Rights

You may request access to the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct it if it is inaccurate, or ask us to delete it. Contact us using the details below.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes through the app or via email.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
wandrramesh@gmail.com