Terms of Use

Last updated: 11 October 2026

By using Compare the Heat you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site.

Who we are

Compare the Heat is a trading name of POLICYANDPLAY LTD, a company registered in England and Wales, company number 17253846. Registered office: 7 Cosford Drive, Shortstown, Bedford MK42 0DQ, United Kingdom. ICO registration: ZC165321. Email: hello@comparetheheat.com. We are not VAT registered.

What this site is

Compare the Heat is an independent guide. We research travel brands, compare them, and link out to them. We are not a travel agent and we are not a tour operator. We do not sell flights, accommodation, transfers, car hire, insurance or any other travel product, and we take no payment from you at any point. There is no charge for using this site.

Every booking you make happens on the partner's own website, under the partner's terms, with the partner's customer service. Your contract is with them and not with us. Their cancellation and refund rules, including your rights under the Consumer Contracts Regulations, are theirs to explain and honour.

How we are paid

We earn commission when a reader books through one of our outbound links. This costs you nothing extra and does not change the price you are shown. Commission does not determine the order in which brands appear or what we say about them. Where a brand we rate has no affiliate programme, we still list it. Links are tagged and explained in our affiliate disclosure.

Accuracy, and its limits

Prices, availability, flight times, temperatures and cost figures change constantly. Anything you see here is a guide, gathered at a point in time, and may be out of date by the time you read it. Always confirm the current price and terms on the partner's site before booking.

We check our links but partners move pages, close programmes and change their offering without telling us. If you find something broken or wrong, please tell us and we will fix it.

Travel compensation information

Where we mention compensation for delayed or cancelled flights, we are describing the general position under UK and EU rules. The amount payable depends on flight distance and the reason for the disruption, and no compensation is due where the cause counts as an extraordinary circumstance, such as severe weather or air traffic control action. This is general information, not legal advice. Whether a specific claim succeeds is a matter for the airline, the claims service or a court.

Travel insurance and financial products

We are not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority and we do not give financial or insurance advice. Where we mention insurance we are pointing you at providers, not recommending a product for your circumstances. Read the policy documents and decide for yourself.

Reminder emails

Reminder emails are sent only to people who ask for them, by ticking the consent box on the sign-up form. There are up to four per trip. They contain affiliate links. You can unsubscribe from any email in one click, and doing so stops the entire sequence. If we make a material change to how reminders work, we will email you before it applies. How we handle your data is set out in our privacy policy and cookie policy.

Your responsibilities

You are responsible for checking passport validity, visa requirements, health requirements and entry rules for wherever you are going. We do not check these for you. Consult the FCDO travel advice before you book. Please use the site lawfully and do not scrape it, interfere with it or try to break it.

Liability

We provide this site as it is. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for losses arising from your use of the site or from any booking you make with a partner, or for business losses, since the site is for personal use. Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that cannot be limited by law. Nothing affects your statutory rights as a consumer.

Content

The writing, layout and images on this site belong to us unless credited otherwise. Please do not republish them wholesale. Quoting us with a link back is welcome.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We will change the date at the top, and we will tell people on the reminder list by email if a change materially affects them. Using the site after a change does not on its own mean you have agreed to anything that reduces your rights.

Law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction. If you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland you can also bring proceedings in your local courts.

Contact

hello@comparetheheat.com · POLICYANDPLAY LTD, company number 17253846, 7 Cosford Drive, Shortstown, Bedford MK42 0DQ.