Terms of use
Version of 2026-10-26
These terms explain how you can use this website and our free trip-planning advice, what we do and what we do not do.
1. Who we are
The website thelittlefrancis.com is run by The Little Francis s.r.o., IČO 301 25 375, registered office Mozartova 3337/14, Smíchov, 150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic, registered in the Commercial Register maintained by the Municipal Court in Prague, file C 457616.
Contact: hello@thelittlefrancis.com.
2. What we offer
We publish travel information and give free advice on planning a trip: which islands, stays, transfers and activities may suit you, and who provides them.
We do not take bookings, we do not sell package holidays and we do not accept payments for travel services. You book and pay for everything, including accommodation, directly with the provider.
3. Your enquiry
Sending an enquiry is free and does not commit you to anything. It does not create a booking or any contract with a provider.
Once we have your enquiry, you choose how to continue: either we give you a provider's contact and you get in touch yourself, or, if you ask us to, our team passes your enquiry and the necessary contact details to Richard, Risan or a specific provider.
Before we pass anything on, we agree with you who will receive it and which details will be shared. Sending an enquiry alone is not consent to share your details with anyone.
4. Contracts and payments with providers
Your contract for accommodation, transfers, guiding, activities or any other service is made directly between you and the provider, under that provider's own terms.
The provider is responsible for its availability, prices, payment terms, cancellations and the performance of its service. Complaints about a service should go to the provider who supplied it.
Complaints about our own advice or this website can be sent to hello@thelittlefrancis.com.
5. Prices and information
Prices and practical information on this website are indicative. They often come from public sources or from providers and can change. Always confirm the current price, availability and conditions with the provider before you book.
We do not charge cancellation fees and we set no payment terms of our own, because we take no bookings or payments.
6. Commission
Our advice is free. We may earn a commission from some providers and partner platforms, for example when you book through an affiliate link on this website. You pay no extra fee to us for this.
Our current affiliate partners are Agoda (accommodation search), and, through Travelpayouts, Kiwi.com (flights), Klook (activities), Airalo (eSIM) and EKTA (travel insurance). When you book through our Agoda links, we may earn a commission from Agoda at no extra cost to you. Your booking is made directly with Agoda.
7. Your rights
Nothing in these terms limits the rights you have as a consumer under the law, or our liability where the law does not allow it to be limited.
8. Out-of-court resolution of disputes with us
If a dispute arises between you as a consumer and us under a contract for the provision of services which cannot be settled by agreement and which falls within the remit of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority, you may submit a request for its out-of-court resolution to the ČOI (www.coi.gov.cz).
Disputes with a provider follow the rules that apply to that provider.
9. Changes
We may update these terms when our service changes. The version date at the top shows which version applies. A new version does not retrospectively change rights and obligations already agreed.
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What's the sky doing over Malé
The five-day forecasts cover Malé and Kooddoo, the forecast point used for Gemanafushi. Weather varies between atolls: the forecast for Malé is not a reliable guide to conditions across the Maldives. Check the forecast for your destination before travelling.
When to go: seasons and monsoons →Seasons and monsoons in Malé
The Maldives swings between two monsoons rather than four seasons — one year at a glance:
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Resort-run cameras, opened on the provider's site. Views change with weather and daylight.
