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GetYourGuide review
Who is behind it, the cancellation rules, how you pay and when the official site is better
GetYourGuide is a German marketplace for tours, tickets and day trips: your contract is with the activity supplier, and GetYourGuide concludes it on the supplier's behalf. Its strong point is the default cancellation rule, a full refund up to 24 hours before the start, but it only applies when the product page does not say otherwise.
Popular tickets
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Entry · Pinacoteca di Brerafrom €22See ticket
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Experience · Sforza Castlefrom €39.92See ticket
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Experience · Vatican Museumsfrom €59See ticket
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Combo · Milan Cathedralfrom €27See ticket
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Transfer · Rome hop-on hop-off busesfrom €15.30See ticket
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Experience · Venice gondola ridesfrom €37.05See ticket
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Guided tour · Naples Undergroundfrom €18See ticket
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Combo · Colosseumfrom €22.40See ticket
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Entry · Florence Cathedralfrom €30See ticket
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Transfer · Lake Comofrom €173.88See ticket
Who is behind it
The platform is run by GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH, Berlin. It does not run the tours: it acts as a commercial agent for suppliers such as tour operators, guides and ticket resellers. Your contract for the activity is with the supplier; GetYourGuide concludes it for them and takes the payment.
From the products we track for this site, GetYourGuide is strongest in Italy where guides and logistics matter: guided tours, boat trips around Capri and the Amalfi Coast, Etna excursions, day trips. For a plain museum entry ticket you usually find more options on Tiqets or on the official site.
Cancellation: the 24-hour rule
This is why many travellers pick it.
- Default rule: cancel more than 24 hours before the start for a full refund. Within 24 hours, or a no-show, means no refund.
- Exceptions: the rule applies only if the activity page, the supplier's terms or the voucher do not state different conditions. Read the cancellation line before paying.
- Clock: deadlines run on the supplier's time zone, and what counts is when GetYourGuide receives your cancellation. Flying in from another time zone, do the maths in Italian time.
- How: all changes and cancellations go through the GetYourGuide platform, not through the supplier.
- Refund: to your original payment method, or as a GetYourGuide gift card if you prefer.
- If the supplier cancels because of weather, strikes or force majeure, you get the price you paid back.
Payment, fees and Reserve now, pay later
The price you see already includes GetYourGuide's commission, which its terms say is paid by the supplier. Your bank may charge its own fees, for instance on currency conversion if you pay in another currency.
Reserve now, pay later is available on selected activities. You need a credit card valid until the activity date; 0 EUR is charged when you book and the full price 72 hours before the start. If the charge fails you have 47 hours to pay manually, then the booking cancels itself. Handy when your dates are not fixed; risky if your card expires or gets replaced before the trip.
There is also a best price guarantee: if you find the same activity cheaper online and meet the conditions in the terms, GetYourGuide refunds the difference. Loyalty, corporate and group rates do not count.
The Colosseum fine
In April 2025 Italy's competition authority (AGCM) fined CoopCulture and six operators, GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH among them, almost 20 million euro in total. The authority found the operators had bought Colosseum tickets with bots, helping base-price tickets disappear from the official site. Official Colosseum tickets are now named for every ticket type.
When to use it
GetYourGuide makes sense for guided tours, excursions and anything where the guide or the transport matters more than the ticket, and when you want cancellation up to 24 hours before on a product that offers it.
The official site is better for a plain entry on a date that is still available: it costs less and the ticket comes straight from the museum.
Support: help centre at getyourguide.com/contact, phone, live chat or email; GetYourGuide says it usually replies within 24 hours and at the latest within 48. For emergencies the supplier's contact details are on your voucher. Our cards show GetYourGuide products for each sight with prices refreshed daily.
FAQ
Is GetYourGuide legit?
Yes. It is run by GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH in Berlin, acting as commercial agent for the suppliers, and you get a mobile or PDF voucher. In 2025 Italy's competition authority fined it, along with other operators, for buying Colosseum tickets with bots.
How late can I cancel on GetYourGuide?
Unless the activity page states different terms, you get a full refund if you cancel more than 24 hours before the start. Within 24 hours, or if you do not show up, there is no refund. The supplier's time zone counts, so for Italy that is Italian time.
How does Reserve now, pay later work?
On selected activities you book with a credit card valid until the activity date; 0 EUR is charged at booking and the full price 72 hours before the start. If that charge fails you have 47 hours to pay manually, or the booking is cancelled.
Does GetYourGuide add booking fees?
Its terms say the displayed price includes GetYourGuide's commission, paid by the supplier. Your own bank or card issuer may still charge fees, for example for currency conversion.
Is there a GetYourGuide discount code?
We do not publish codes; we have no exclusive ones. GetYourGuide does run a best price guarantee: if you find the same activity cheaper online, it refunds the difference under the conditions in its terms.
Sources & checks
Official prices and rules are copied from the pages below. Spotted a change? Write to info@tickets.co.it.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — company
GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH, registered address Sonnenburger Straße 71-75, 10437 Berlin, Germany, registered with the Charlottenburg Local Court under HRB 132059 B, is the operator of the GetYourGuide Platform.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — intermediary role
We act as a commercial agent for the Suppliers. This means we facilitate the bookings, but the actual Activities are provided by the Suppliers themselves, not by GetYourGuide.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — contract with supplier
When you book an Activity, the contract for that Activity ("Service Agreement") is concluded exclusively and directly between you and the Supplier.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — commission in price
You acknowledge that the price shown on the GetYourGuide Platform (“Posted Price”) or the amount you pay at checkout (“Booking Price”) includes the commission that GetYourGuide earns, which is paid by the Supplier
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — payment provider fees
Your payment service provider may charge additional fees.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — default cancellation
For cancellations made more than 24 hours prior to the start of the Activity: full refund of the Booking Price.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — late cancellation
For cancellations made within 24 hours prior to the start of the Activity, or in case of no-show: no refund.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — different conditions
Unless different cancellation conditions are specified in the Activity description on the GetYourGuide Platform, in the Supplier-Customer T&Cs, or on the Activity voucher, the following cancellation conditions apply:
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — supplier time zone
For time and deadline calculations, the time zone of the Supplier shall be decisive.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — refund method
Refunds after a cancellation will be issued to the original payment method used for the purchase of the Activity. At your discretion, refunds may alternatively be provided in the form of GetYourGuide refund gift cards.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — reserve now pay later
To confirm this, we will charge a zero amount (0 EUR) to your credit card when you complete your booking. Seventy-two (72) hours before the start of the Activity, we will debit the Booking Price.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — failed charge
If the credit card charge fails, you will have forty-seven (47) hours to make the payment manually. If payment is not made within this period, we will automatically cancel your booking.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — best price matching
If you find the same Activity you booked via the GetYourGuide Platform offered at a lower price on the Internet, we will pay you the price difference, provided you can provide proof and the alternative offer meets all of the following conditions:
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — customer service
you can contact our customer service team through our Help Center (https://www.getyourguide.com/contact/), via phone, live chat, or email. We typically respond within 24 hours, and at the latest within 48 hours. You can also communicate directly with the Supplier through the supplier-customer chat.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — voucher
If applicable, you will also receive access to a voucher or ticket (either a mobile voucher or a downloadable PDF voucher/ticket) and a payment confirmation.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — supplier cancellation
Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, adverse weather conditions, government actions, strikes, or other unforeseeable events
- agcm.it/media/comunicati-stampa/2025/4/PS12603- — AGCM Colosseum case
L’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato ha sanzionato per quasi 20 milioni di euro la Società Cooperativa Culture (CoopCulture) e gli operatori turistici Tiqets International BV, GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH, Walks LLC, Italy With Family S.r.l., City Wonders Limited e Musement S.p.A.
- agcm.it/media/comunicati-stampa/2025/4/PS12603- — AGCM finding on operators
l’Autorità ha irrogato sanzioni pecuniarie anche ai suddetti sei operatori turistici, che hanno acquistato biglietti con bot o altri strumenti automatizzati, contribuendo al fenomeno del rapido esaurimento dei biglietti stessi a prezzo base sul sito del concessionario CoopCulture.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — changes via platform
To avoid misunderstandings, all changes (e.g., rescheduling the Activity date or changing participants) and cancellations must be made via the GetYourGuide Platform.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — emergency contact
In case of emergency, the contact details of the respective Supplier can be found on your voucher or ticket.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — price matching exclusions
Offers that are available only to members of loyalty or reward programs, corporate rates, group rates, or other special promotions not available to the general public are excluded from best price matching.
- colosseo.it/orari-e-biglietti — named Colosseum tickets
Il biglietto è nominativo per tutte le tipologie disponibili sul sito web di vendita, al call center e presso le biglietterie fisiche.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — supplier cancellation refund
In this case, the Booking Price paid for the canceled Activity will be refunded.
- getyourguide.com/c/general-terms-and-conditions — credit card requirement
This option is only available with a credit card that is valid at least until the date of the selected Activity.
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