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Cookie Policy
We keep cookies to a minimum. Essential storage makes the site work; everything else is optional and switched off until you say otherwise.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. Similar technologies, such as your browser's local storage, work in much the same way. Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), we need your consent for any storage that is not strictly necessary to provide the service you request.
2. Categories we use
- Essential — always on. Used to remember your consent choice and keep the site secure. These do not track you.
- Analytics — off by default. If enabled, anonymous readership statistics help us understand which guides are useful. We do not currently load any analytics script; should we introduce one, it will only run with your consent and this page will be updated.
- Functional — off by default. Remembers preferences such as hotel filters and relates to embedded content like maps.
3. Storage in detail
| Name | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cookieConsent | Teampicnictinkers (local storage) | Essential | Stores your consent choices and the date they were made. | Until you clear browser storage |
Google Maps cookies (e.g. NID) | Functional | Set by embedded maps on hotel pages to deliver and personalise map content. | Up to 6 months | |
| Font requests | Google Fonts | Essential (no cookies) | Delivers the site's typefaces; your IP address is shared with the provider when fonts load. | Not stored as a cookie |
| Image requests | Unsplash | Essential (no cookies) | Delivers illustrative photography. | Not stored as a cookie |
4. Third-party content and hotel websites
When you click "Visit Official Website", "Book Direct" or "Open in Maps", you leave our site. The hotel or service you visit will apply its own cookie policy, and we have no control over the cookies it sets. Please review their policies before booking.
5. Managing your choices
You can change or withdraw consent at any time:
You can also delete or block cookies and local storage in your browser settings. Blocking essential storage means we cannot remember your choice, so the consent banner will reappear.
6. Contact
Questions about this policy? Write to [email protected] or see our Privacy Policy for more on how we handle personal data.