Legal notice

1. Operator details

• Operator: Jorge Donet Alberola
• Tax ID (DNI): 20025823E
• Registered address: Avda. de la Valldigna, 9, 46750 Simat de la Valldigna, Valencia (España)
• Contact email: kidstoride@gmail.com
• Trade name: Kidstoride

2. Purpose

These terms govern the use of the Kidstoride platform, which connects parents and legal guardians for shared rides to children's extracurricular and sports activities.

Accessing the site grants user status and entails full acceptance of these terms, the privacy policy and the cookie policy.

3. Intellectual and industrial property

All site contents (texts, photographs, graphics, images, icons, technology, software, links, source code and other audiovisual or sound contents) belong to Jorge Donet Alberola or its licensors. Reproduction, distribution, public communication or transformation without express authorisation is prohibited.

4. Non-profit nature of the activity — cost sharing

Kidstoride is a private vehicle cost-sharing platform between parents and legal guardians who share a common destination (their children's extracurricular and sports activities). It is not, under any circumstances, a professional passenger transport service, a VTC service, a taxi service, or any activity subject to Spanish Law 16/1987 on Land Transport (LOTT) or its regulations.

The driver does not derive any economic profit from using the platform. The contribution received from passengers is strictly limited to a share of the actual trip costs (fuel, tolls, vehicle wear and depreciation, proportional insurance). For this reason the platform enforces a legally binding maximum price per seat, calculated using the objective formula:

Maximum price per seat = (distance in km × price/km) + (duration in minutes × price/minute)

The price/km and price/minute parameters are set by Kidstoride with conservative values reflecting the average actual operating cost of a passenger car in Spain (fuel, maintenance, insurance and depreciation), published and configurable by the platform operator. The application technically blocks the publication of seats at a price above the calculated maximum, ensuring that the driver cannot make a profit.

Additionally: (i) the driver would have made the trip in any case to take their own child to the activity; (ii) the vehicle belongs to or is ordinarily used by the driver and is not intended for transport as an economic activity; (iii) the seats offered are the spare seats of the vehicle; (iv) the trip frequency and schedule are determined by family reasons, not by demand; and (v) the platform commission is applied to the passengers' contribution and never reduces the driver's share of expenses.

The activity is therefore covered by the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on private vehicle sharing among individuals and by the administrative interpretation of "private personal transport" under article 101 LOTT, since neither profit-seeking nor habitual economic activity exists.

5. Liability

Kidstoride is a technology platform that connects families to share rides. Driving the vehicle, its condition, mandatory insurance and traffic regulations remain the sole responsibility of the driver.

The operator does not guarantee continuous service availability and is exempt from any damage arising from technical failures, service interruptions or misuse by third parties.

6. External links

The site may include links to third-party pages. The operator assumes no responsibility for content, information or services displayed on those sites.

7. Governing law and jurisdiction

The relationship between the operator and the user is governed by Spanish law. Any disputes shall be submitted to the courts of the consumer's domicile.

Consumers may also use the EU online dispute resolution platform: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

Payment and billing model

Kidstoride strictly separates two distinct economic concepts in each trip:

(A) Trip cost: this is the shared expense among families sharing the journey. This amount is NOT platform revenue, carries NO VAT and is NOT invoiced. It is an expense reimbursement between private individuals.

(B) App service fee: this is the price Kidstoride charges for its digital intermediation service. This amount IS platform revenue, carries VAT (21%) and IS invoiced.

Trip cost calculation

The total trip cost is calculated using the objective formula:

Cost = (distance in km × 0,26 €/km) + (duration in minutes × 0,00 €/min)

This cost is split among the actual number of passengers who complete the trip. The driver always assumes their proportional share.

The per-person price is an estimate until the trip completes. The final price is automatically adjusted based on actual passengers.

Service fee — public trips

For trips published as public (open to any family), Kidstoride applies a service fee on the per-person trip cost. This fee covers platform costs (development, support, infrastructure) and payment processing costs (Stripe).

The service fee is 10% of the per-person cost.

In all cases, a minimum service fee of 0,50 € per trip applies. If the percentage-based fee is lower than this minimum, the minimum is applied.

Service fee — group trips

For trips within a group (private, among members of the same entity), the service fee is lower, as the group already contributes through its subscription. This fee only covers payment processing costs.

The processing fee is 5% of the per-person cost.

The minimum service fee of 0,50 € per trip also applies to group trips.

VAT

VAT (21%) applies ONLY to the app service fee. The trip cost (shared expense between families) does NOT carry VAT, as it does not constitute a service provision or economic activity.

Invoicing and billing

Charges accumulate during the calendar month. At month-end, a single aggregated charge is made that includes:

• The sum of trip costs for the period (money transferred to the driver).
• The sum of service fees + VAT (21%) (platform revenue).
• Kidstoride issues a monthly invoice for service fees with a breakdown of taxable base and VAT. The trip cost does not appear on the invoice, as it is not platform revenue.

Driver payments

The driver receives 100% of their share of the trip cost, with no deductions whatsoever. The platform never deducts commissions, bank charges or any other amount from the driver's share.

Driver payments are made on a monthly aggregate basis, only after collecting from passengers. The platform never advances money to drivers.

Price transparency

Before confirming a booking, the user sees a full breakdown in three sections:

• Trip cost: estimated shared expense per leg (outbound and/or return), with no markup or profit.
• App usage: service fee + VAT (21%).
• Estimated total: sum of both concepts.
• The final price adjusts when the trip completes based on the actual number of passengers.