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Last updated: September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Mrs Globetrotter uses cookies and similar technologies on mrsglobetrotter.com, and how you can control them.
Cookies are small text files placed in your browser when you visit a website. Similar technologies, such as your browser’s local storage, work in much the same way, so this policy covers them too. They help the site work, remember your preferences, and give information to the site owner and to the services the site uses.
If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, Google’s consent message asks for your choice before any analytics or advertising cookies are used. If you don’t agree, Google Analytics works without cookies and the ads you see are not personalised.
You can change your choice at any time using the “Privacy and cookie settings” link at the bottom of the page.
If you visit from anywhere else, analytics and advertising cookies may be used from your first visit. You can opt out at any time, as explained under Managing Cookies below.
Essential. These keep the website secure and working, and remember your cookie choice, so they are always on.
humans_21909 (our web host): checks that visits come from real people rather than automated bots. Deleted when you close your browser.
__cf_bm (Cloudflare, for our accessibility tool): helps tell people from bots. Lasts 30 minutes.
FCCDCF and FCNEC (Google’s consent message): remember your cookie choice. Last about a year.
Preferences. These remember choices you make on the site.
ea11y-global-state and ea11y-session-state (our accessibility tool, stored in your browser): remember the display options you pick, such as larger text or higher contrast. The first stays until you clear your browsing data, and the second is removed when you close the tab.
Analytics (in Europe, the UK and Switzerland, only if you agree).
_ga and _ga_* (Google Analytics): tell visits apart so we can count visitors and see which articles are read. Last up to 2 years.
Advertising (in Europe, the UK and Switzerland, only if you agree).
__gads, __gpi and __eoi (Google AdSense): show and measure ads, limit how often you see the same ad, and help prevent fraud. Last up to 13 months.
Google’s own cookies, such as IDE on doubleclick.net: show ads based on your visits to this and other websites, and measure how they perform. IDE lasts 13 months in Europe, the UK and Switzerland, and 24 months elsewhere.
Ad partners: if you agree, the advertising partners listed in Google’s consent message may also use cookies to show and measure ads.
Google lists its cookies and how long they last on its How Google uses cookies page.
Affiliate. When you click an affiliate link, for example to Expedia, that company may set a cookie on its own website so that a booking can be credited to this website. That cookie is covered by the other company’s cookie policy.
In Europe, the UK and Switzerland, you can change your choice at any time using the “Privacy and cookie settings” link at the bottom of the page.
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the website may not work as intended if you do.
To opt out of personalised advertising, visit Google Ads Settings, www.youronlinechoices.eu in Europe, or www.aboutads.info in the US.
To stop Google Analytics on every website you visit, install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Google explains how it uses information from websites like this one in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services, and how it handles personal data for advertising on its Business Data Responsibility site. For more on how we handle information, see our Privacy Policy.
