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Towpath For customers People doing business with our businesses A short note · plainly
For campers, boaters, car owners — the people on the other side of the counter

Dealing with a business
that runs on Towpath?
Here's what that means for you.

A short
note · for
customers

You won't see our name often. You'll see the marina, the campsite, the garage you booked with. We're the quiet bit underneath, processing the booking, the payment, the reply. This page is the bit of fine print that isn't fine print.

No. 01 What to expect Three things, on your side

Three things you should
quietly expect.

You shouldn't have to think about which booking system the business uses. These three things should just be true.

I. Clear payments

You pay what they said you'd pay.

No surprise card fees on the line, no "service charge" added at checkout, no rounding up. The number on your statement matches the number you agreed to. Refunds happen on the card you paid with, on the same day.

What that looks likeYou see "Heron Marina" on your statement, not "TWP-PROC-LDN". One line, one amount, one place.
II. Fast replies

An enquiry on a Friday gets a Friday reply.

Auto-confirms go out the moment you submit. They're written by a Pal, not a chatbot, so they read like a human wrote them. A real person at the business sees your message on Monday and follows up if they need to.

What that looks likeYou email at 5:55pm on a Friday. The marina's reply lands at 5:56pm. The skipper sees it Monday morning.
III. Your data stays yours

What you give them, stays with them.

The marina sees your booking. The garage sees your job. We process those details so the software works, then they go. We never sell, share, enrich, or build a profile on you. Not for ads. Not for partners. Not at all.

What that looks likeYou'll never get an ad for a marina because you booked one. You'll never get a "businesses like Heron Marina" email from us.
No. 02 Your data, your benefit Plain English · not fine print

Processor.
Not harvester.

Every data feature we build answers one question first: what does the customer get back. If we can't answer that, we don't build it. This is the whole posture, written plainly.

The customer promise · v.05.26 Signed by every Pal · enforceable in law

Your data is yours. Towpath holds it on behalf of the business you booked with, briefly, and uses it only to deliver the service that business owes you. We do not sell, share, enrich, or model on it. Ever.

In lawData processor, not data controller (UK GDPR Art. 4(8))
ControllerThe business you booked with
Held forOnly as long as that business needs it
Audited byA Pal, every quarter, by hand
The Clubcard way, not the surveillance way. If a data feature can't be explained as "this is what you get back", we don't ship it.

What we use it for

To deliver your booking
  • Sending your booking confirmation
  • Processing the card payment, once
  • Showing the business who arrived and when
  • Reconciling the payment to the booking
  • Sending you a real reply when you ask a question
  • Keeping a copy for the business's accountant

What we never do

Not for any price
  • Sell your data to advertisers
  • Share it with affiliate partners
  • Build a marketing profile on you
  • Train a model on your messages
  • Enrich it from third-party data brokers
  • Retarget you on social media

What you get back

Plain, useful, yours
  • A real receipt, on your card, with the business's actual name on it
  • A booking history when you log back in
  • The same recognition next time you visit, if the business remembers you
  • One inbox to get your data back, in a portable format, free
  • One inbox to have it all deleted, free, no friction
Worked example

When you book a pitch at a campsite that runs on PayCamp.

Step 01 · you You book a pitch. Name, email, dates, card. On the campsite's website.
Step 02 · the campsite They get your booking. In their PayCamp account. They are the owner.
Step 03 · Towpath We process it, briefly. Card to bank. Confirmation email. Reconciliation. Done.
Step 04 · you again You get back: receipt, confirmation, a real reply. Nothing else. No newsletter. No retarget. No "businesses like this" email.
If you need help

The business first.
Then us, in the background.

The business you booked with is your first port of call. They know your booking, your card, your gate code. If they can't help, or if you need to talk to us about your data specifically, both inboxes are below.

Your bookingThe business you booked with, directly. Their email is on your confirmation.
Your data[email protected] — get it back, have it deleted, ask anything.
Anything else[email protected] — a real Pal reads it, within one working day.