Privacy policy

The short version

Reading this site requires no account, no login and no personal information. We do not ask for your name, email address or payment details anywhere on the site. The only data involved is ordinary web server and analytics data of the kind nearly every website collects.

Information we collect

We collect standard web server information such as IP address, browser type and pages visited. It is used only to understand which pages are useful and to keep the site working.

We do not ask for names, email addresses or payment details to read this site. If you email us, we use your message only to reply to it, and we do not add it to any mailing list.

We do not attempt to identify individual visitors from this data, and we do not combine it with information from anywhere else.

Cookies and analytics

We use Google Analytics to measure traffic. It sets cookies that record which pages were visited and for how long, in aggregate — we see totals, not individual visitors.

The reason this data is collected at all is narrow: it tells us which holiday pages people actually use, which is what determines what gets written next. It is not used to profile readers.

Advertising

We may show advertisements served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Advertising is what lets us keep the site free to read.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this or other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings, and you can opt out of third-party advertising cookies at aboutads.info. Opting out does not remove advertising — it stops ads being tailored to your browsing history.

Advertisers have no access to any information we hold, and advertising has no effect on the dates published on this site.

How long data is kept

Server logs are retained for a short operational period and then discarded. Analytics data is retained in aggregate form. If you have emailed us, we keep your message only as long as it is useful for the correspondence.

Links to other sites

Pages here link to official government sources, and occasionally to other reference sites. We have no control over the privacy practices of those sites, and this policy does not cover them. When you follow a link off this site, that site's own policy applies from that point.

Your choices

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and most browsers let you block third-party cookies specifically while leaving everything else working.

You can opt out of personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info, as described above.

You can also ask us to remove any correspondence you have sent us by writing to the address on our contact page.

If you are in a jurisdiction that gives you formal rights over your data — the GDPR in Europe, or the CCPA in California — you can exercise them by writing to that same address and telling us what you want done.

Children's privacy

This site is general reference material and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, write to the address on our contact page and we will delete it.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version stays at this URL, and material changes will be noted on this page. We will not quietly rewrite it — the point of publishing it at a fixed address is that you can come back and check.

Last updated September 26, 2026.