Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how SeakingHoliday (“we”, “our”, or “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on seakingholiday.com and all of its subdomains.

This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly, maintain security, and remember certain user preferences.

In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies such as browser local storage for functional purposes.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use two kinds of cookies:

• Essential cookies, which are strictly necessary for the operation and security of the platform. These are always on.
• Advertising measurement cookies, which are optional. These are off unless you accept them in the cookie banner.

We do not use cookies for analytics, remarketing, or behavioral tracking, and we do not use them for ad personalisation.

3. Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are required for the platform to function properly and cannot be disabled.

These cookies are used to:

• Maintain login sessions
• Authenticate users securely (including session and token-based authentication)
• Protect against unauthorized access and fraud
• Support security mechanisms such as CSRF protection
• Remember your cookie choice
• Support secure card payment on Instant Bookings (set by the payment form of our booking partner and its payment provider)

Without these cookies, essential parts of the platform may not work correctly.

3A. Advertising Measurement Cookies (Optional)

If you accept them, we use advertising tags from our partners, Google and Meta (Facebook and Instagram), to find out whether our advertising on their platforms leads to bookings. When a booking is completed, the tag tells them that a booking happened.

What our advertising partners receive: the page address, the booking reference, the booking value and currency, and cookie identifiers. They do not receive your name, email address, phone number or payment details from us.

These cookies are off until you accept them. We do not use them to personalise ads. You can change your choice at any time using “Cookie settings” in the footer of every page.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be set by trusted third-party service providers that help us operate and secure the platform:

• Our hosting and security provider (protection against malicious traffic, and website performance) (essential)
• Our sign-in and database provider (keeping you signed in) (essential)
• Our hotel booking partner and its payment provider (secure card payment for Instant Bookings) (essential)
• Google and Meta (Facebook and Instagram) (advertising measurement) (optional, only if you accept)

These third parties process data only on our instructions and solely for the purposes described in this policy, except that our booking partner and its payment provider act under their own terms for the card payment.

5. Local Storage

We use browser local storage to store certain functional preferences, such as user interface settings, session-related information and your cookie choice.

Local storage:

• Is used only for functional purposes
• Does not track users across websites
• Does not collect analytics or marketing data

6. Cookie Duration

• Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies remain on your device for a limited period or until deleted

The duration of cookies depends on their purpose and technical requirements.

7. Cookies and Consent

Essential cookies do not need your consent.

Advertising measurement cookies are set only if you accept them in the cookie banner. We remember your choice on your device and, if you are logged in, on your account, so that we only ask once. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using “Cookie settings” in the footer. Withdrawing consent does not affect anything done before you withdrew it.

8. Cookies and Children

SeakingHoliday is intended for users 18 years and above, as payment is required to use the platform. We do not knowingly use cookies to collect data from children.

9. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.

Any changes will be published on this page and will take effect immediately upon posting.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us at: contact@seakingholiday.com