1. What this policy covers
This policy covers subscription payments made to Digilight India for Digilight PMS — the software your hotel pays for.
It does not cover money your hotel takes from its own guests. Digilight PMS records those payments, but Digilight India never holds that money and cannot refund it. If you are a hotel guest looking for a refund of your room bill, you must contact the hotel you stayed at. We are the hotel's software supplier; we are not the hotel, and we have no access to its bank account.
That is the single most likely misunderstanding anyone reading this page will arrive with, which is why it is the first thing on it.
2. When these rules apply
These rules apply to every subscription payment you make to Digilight India for Digilight PMS, from the first one.
Most accounts begin as a free 7-day trial, with no card collected to start one. You can also subscribe directly without taking a trial, in which case you pay first and your access begins when that payment is confirmed. Either way, nothing is charged without your explicit consent (see Terms §4.3), and because your subscription never renews automatically, cancelling is never a race against a charge.
3. How you start, and what that means for a refund
There are two ways to begin, and it is worth being plain about both.
With a free trial. Most accounts start with a 7-day free trial, and no card is collected. You use Digilight PMS in full before you pay anything — the trial is your try-before-you-buy.
By subscribing directly. You can also skip the trial and subscribe straight away. If you do, you pay first, and your access begins when that payment is confirmed.
Whichever way you start, there is no separate money-back or cooling-off period after payment, beyond the refund rights set out in §5 and any right you have under Indian law that cannot be excluded.
4. Cancelling your subscription
You can cancel your subscription at any time.
If you are on a monthly plan, your subscription remains active until the end of the month you have paid for.
If you are on an annual plan, your subscription remains active until the end of the paid billing period.
Your subscription does not renew automatically. We do not store your card and we hold no payment mandate — so cancelling is not a race against a charge. Nothing will be taken from you unless you deliberately pay again.
To cancel, write to support@digilightpms.com, and we will confirm your cancellation.
5. When we refund
5.1 Duplicate or erroneous charges
Refunded in full. If we charge you twice, or charge you for something you did not buy, you get the money back. This is not a judgement call.
5.2 Annual subscriptions cancelled part-way through
An annual subscriber pays for the billing period up front and keeps full access until the end of it. If you cancel an annual subscription before its paid period ends, your subscription stays active until that period ends and the unused portion is not refunded — the same rule as a monthly subscription under §5.3. This does not affect the refunds in §5.1, or any right you have under Indian law that cannot be excluded.
5.3 Monthly subscriptions
If you cancel a monthly subscription, it stays active until the end of the month you have already paid for, and that month is not refunded. This follows from §4.
5.4 Extended service failure
These terms do not include an uptime guarantee (see Terms §11), so this policy does not provide an automatic service credit or refund for periods of downtime. If the Service is unavailable for a prolonged period, contact us and we will deal with it fairly on the facts.
6. When we do not refund
Except in the cases set out in §5, and except for any right you have under Indian law that cannot be excluded, subscription payments are not refundable. In particular we do not refund the unused part of a billing period you cancel part-way through (§5.2, §5.3), a period during which you simply did not use the Service, or downtime, which is dealt with under §5.4. We would rather state this plainly than bury it.
7. How to request a refund
Write to support@digilightpms.com with your hotel name, the invoice number, and what happened. Refunds are processed by Digilight India's finance team; there is no self-service refund. An approved refund is normally returned to your original payment method, wherever possible.
8. How long it takes
There are two clocks here, and this policy separates them so it cannot be accused of stalling:
- How long we take to decide on a refund and instruct it. We aim to review a request and, where a refund is due, instruct it within 7 working days of receiving what we need from you.
- How long the payment gateway and your bank then take to return the money to your original payment method — typically 5 to 10 working days after we instruct it. This second window is set by the gateway and your bank, and is outside our control.
9. GST on a refunded payment
Digilight India is not registered under GST and does not add GST to its subscription prices, so a refund simply returns the amount you paid — there is no separate tax component to adjust. If Digilight India becomes registered under GST in the future, any GST on a refunded payment will be dealt with by issuing a credit note in line with the GST rules.
10. Chargebacks
If you dispute a charge with your bank without contacting us first, we will be asked to respond to it by the gateway and the money will be held while that happens.
Please write to us first. It is faster for you, and it is almost always a misunderstanding we can fix in a day.
11. Changes to this policy
A change to this policy applies to payments made after the change. It does not apply retrospectively to money you have already paid.
12. Contact us
- Business: Digilight India
- Product: Digilight PMS
- Website: www.digilightpms.com
- Support email: support@digilightpms.com
- WhatsApp: +91 95488 38588
- Support hours: Monday to Saturday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
- Business address: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India