This Cookie Policy explains how TraveGuide.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with our website.
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and, where applicable, our Affiliate Disclosure.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your device when you visit a website.
Cookies can help websites remember information about your visit, such as preferences, settings, interactions, and other information that may improve website functionality or help measure website performance.
We may also use technologies similar to cookies, including pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and tracking identifiers.
2. Why We Use Cookies
TraveGuide.com may use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, including:
- Operating and securing the website
- Remembering user preferences
- Understanding website traffic and performance
- Measuring content engagement
- Identifying technical issues
- Improving website functionality and user experience
- Measuring traffic sources and referrals
- Supporting affiliate link tracking and conversion attribution
- Measuring advertising or marketing performance, where applicable
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies may be necessary for the operation, security, or core functionality of the website.
For example, they may help:
- Maintain security
- Prevent fraudulent activity
- Remember privacy or consent preferences
- Support essential website functionality
Because these cookies may be necessary for the website to function properly, they may not always be disabled through our cookie preference tool, subject to applicable law.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help the website remember choices and preferences, such as language or other settings.
These cookies can help provide a more personalized and convenient browsing experience.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with TraveGuide.com.
For example, they may help us understand:
- Which pages are visited
- How visitors arrive at our website
- How long visitors stay on a page
- Which content is most useful or popular
- Whether technical errors occur
We may use third-party analytics providers to help us measure website performance.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies
Where applicable and permitted, advertising and marketing cookies may be used to measure campaigns, understand referral sources, limit repeated advertising, or support relevant advertising activities.
These cookies may be placed by us or by approved third-party partners.
Affiliate Tracking Cookies and Similar Technologies
TraveGuide.com participates in affiliate marketing programs.
When you click an affiliate link, tracking technologies may be used to help identify that you visited a merchant, advertiser, or travel provider through TraveGuide.com.
Depending on the affiliate program and tracking technology, this may involve:
- Affiliate cookies
- First-party tracking
- Click identifiers
- URL parameters
- Conversion tracking
- Server-side tracking
- Other similar attribution technologies
These technologies may allow an affiliate network, merchant, or advertiser to attribute a qualifying transaction to TraveGuide.com.
Affiliate tracking does not mean that we automatically receive access to your payment card details or other sensitive transaction information.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies and similar technologies may be placed or managed by third parties, including:
- Analytics providers
- Advertising partners
- Affiliate networks
- Advertisers and merchants
- Tag management providers
- Other technology and measurement partners
The third parties involved may change from time to time as our website, technology, advertising activities, and affiliate partnerships evolve.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
5. Affiliate Network Tracking
We may work with affiliate networks and tracking platforms, including, where applicable:
- Awin
- Rakuten Advertising
- Impact
- CJ Affiliate
- Other approved affiliate and advertising partners
When you interact with an affiliate link, the relevant network or merchant may use cookies, click identifiers, or similar technologies to measure referrals and qualifying transactions.
The exact tracking method may vary depending on the merchant, network, browser, device, user location, consent status, and other technical factors.
6. Your Cookie Choices
Where required by applicable law, we will provide a mechanism to manage certain cookie preferences.
Depending on your location and applicable technology, you may be able to:
- Accept non-essential cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Manage cookie categories
- Withdraw previously provided consent
- Update your cookie preferences
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect website functionality or prevent some features from operating as intended.
7. Consent
Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies and similar technologies will be activated only after obtaining appropriate consent.
Your consent preferences may be stored so that we can remember your choices.
You may withdraw or update your consent at any time through our cookie preference tool, where available.
For visitors in jurisdictions with specific privacy and cookie requirements, we aim to apply consent practices appropriate to applicable laws and regulations.
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
- Applicable laws or regulatory guidance
- Cookies or technologies used on our website
- Affiliate relationships
- Analytics or advertising services
- Website functionality
Any updates will be reflected by changing the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.