Cookies policy


This is the Travaround Cookies Policy, accessible from www.travaround.co.uk  . If you have any questions about our privacy or cookies policy, you can send an email or letter to: 112A Deedes Street Airdrie, Scotland ML6 9AF


What are cookies?

Cookies are small files that are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. These cookies are recognized by the originating website on each subsequent visit, or by another website that recognizes the cookie. Cookies are useful in many ways - they remember your preferences; They allow you to navigate between pages efficiently and ensure that any ads you see online are relevant to you and your interests. They also allow a website to recognize what device you are using and continually improve your experience on the website. Cookies play an important role. Without them, using the web would be a much more frustrating experience. It is important to note that none of our cookies contain personally identifiable information.

This page describes what information cookies collect, how we use that data and why we sometimes need to store them. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however this may reduce or 'break' certain elements of the website's functionality.

For more general information, see the ICO article on cookies https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/


Why do we use cookies?

Travaround uses cookies for several reasons, such as:

  • To remember information about you so you are not asked to continue providing it
  • To remember your preferences, even across different devices (e.g. computers, tablets and smartphones)
  • To help us understand how people use our website, so we can improve your experience.
  • To know if our emails have been read and if you find them useful.
  • To remind you of some of the Travaround products you may have seen previously. In case you are still interested.

What type of cookies do we use?

There are four categories of cookies: strictly necessary, performance, functionality and targeting. Travaround uses all four categories of cookies. More information about each category of cookies below:

1. Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential: they allow you to move around the website and use its features, such as our favorites and shopping basket tools.

2. Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you have used the website, we use this information to continually seek to improve the website experience for our visitors.

3. Functionality cookies: These cookies allow us to display the website in the language you have previously used as a preference.

4. Targeted cookies: Travaround may use these types of cookies to offer advertising that is relevant to your interests. These cookies can remember that your device has visited a website. This information may be shared with organizations outside of Travaround, such as advertising networks to deliver our advertising, and to help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.


How long will cookies remain on my device?

The length of time a cookie will remain on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a 'persistent' or 'session' cookie. Session cookies will only remain on your device until you stop browsing a website. Persistent cookies remain on your computer or mobile device until they expire or are deleted.

First-party and third-party cookies

First party cookies are cookies that belong to Travaround, third party cookies are cookies that are placed on your device by another party through our website. Third-party cookies may be placed on your device by someone providing a service for Travaround, for example to help us understand how our website is being used. Third-party cookies may also be placed on your device so that we can use them to advertise our products and services to you elsewhere on the Internet.

  • This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web to help us understand how you use the site and ways we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as the time you spend on the site and the pages you visit so that we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information about Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

  • From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way the site is displayed. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience while on the site, while we make sure we understand which optimisations our users appreciate most.
  • As we sell products, it is important for us to understand statistics about how many of our site visitors make a purchase and as such this is the type of data these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means we can make accurate business predictions allowing us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
  • We use a cookie that allows us to remember you, once you leave the Travaround website, the products in which you have shown interest. This allows us to show you relevant ads on other websites.
  • Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and, where appropriate, allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they can provide you to make a purchase.
  • We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their websites or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Cookie deactivation

There are also several ways you can manage cookies using your web browser.

  • Delete all cookies.
  • Block all cookies.
  • Allow all cookies.
  • Block third party cookies.
  • Delete all cookies when the browser is closed.
  • Open a 'private browsing'/'incognito' session, which allows you to browse the Internet without storing local data.
  • Install add-ons and plug-ins to extend the functionality of the browser.
  • For more information on how to manage cookies across different web browsers, see About Cookies.

More information

We hope that all of the above has clarified any questions for you and if there is something you are not sure whether you need or not, it is generally safer to leave cookies activated in case it interacts with one of the features you use on our place.

However, if you are still looking for more information, you can contact us through one of the following contact methods:

  • By phone: +44 7599988449
  • By email: info@travaround.co.uk
  • By letter: 112A Deedes Street Airdrie, Scotland ML6 9AF