Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10 November 2026
This policy explains what personal data is processed when you use trips.ie, why, and what you can do about it.
You do not need an account to use the site and we do not ask for your name. Most of what follows is about cookies and the technical data that any website receives.
Your consent choices
If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, a consent message appears on your first visit. Until you choose, analytics and advertising cookies are not set. If you decline, they stay off. The message is provided by Google’s consent management platform and follows the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework.
You can change or withdraw your choice at any time:
Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that happened before you withdrew it.
Visitors from other regions are not shown the message, and analytics and advertising cookies are on by default. You can block them in your browser settings or with the opt-out links below.
What is collected and why
Server and security logs
The site is hosted on Cloudflare. When your browser requests a page or an image, Cloudflare processes your IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time, in order to deliver the page and protect the site from abuse. We see this data in aggregate.
Lawful basis: our legitimate interest in running a secure, working website.
Analytics (Google Analytics 4)
With your consent where it is required, we use Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are read. It sets cookies (such as _ga) and collects an online identifier, your approximate location derived from your IP address, your device and browser type, the pages you view and how you arrived. This is not anonymous data. We use it only in aggregate to improve the site, and we do not try to identify anyone.
Lawful basis: consent.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
The site shows adverts supplied by Google AdSense. With your consent where it is required, Google and its advertising partners use cookies and similar identifiers (such as __gads and __gpi) to show and measure adverts and, if you allow it, to personalise them based on your activity on this and other sites. If you decline, you may still see adverts, but they are not personalised. The consent message lists the partners involved.
You can also manage ad personalisation in Google’s Ads Settings and read how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Lawful basis: consent.
Booking and ticket partners
Some pages include links or embedded booking boxes from Booking.com (through the CJ Affiliate network) and GetYourGuide. An embedded box loads content from the partner, which receives your IP address and may set its own cookies. If you follow a link and book, the partner tells us that a booking came from our site so that we can be paid a commission. We do not receive your name, payment details or booking details. The partner is the controller of the data you give it; see its privacy policy.
Lawful basis: consent for partner cookies; for the referral itself, our legitimate interest in funding the site.
Maps
Place pages can show a map. When a map loads, map images are requested from the OpenStreetMap Foundation’s servers, which receive your IP address and the area you are viewing. See the OSMF privacy policy.
Lawful basis: our legitimate interest in showing you where a place is.
Trip planner
The trip planner keeps your plan in the page address and saves plans and settings in your browser’s local storage on your own device. This information is not sent to us. If you use “Use my location”, your browser asks your permission first and your position is used on your device to pick a county and show distances; it is not sent to us.
If you email us, we keep your address and message for as long as needed to deal with it and for our records of corrections and complaints.
Lawful basis: our legitimate interest in answering you and, for complaints, in keeping a record.
Who receives data
We do not sell personal data. The recipients are the service providers named above: Cloudflare (hosting and security), Google (analytics, advertising and the consent message) and its advertising partners, the OpenStreetMap Foundation (map images), and Booking.com, CJ Affiliate and GetYourGuide when you use their links or booking boxes. We may also disclose data where the law requires it.
Transfers outside the EEA and UK
Some of these providers, including Google and Cloudflare, process data in the United States and other countries. Where they do, transfers rely on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (and its UK extension) or on standard contractual clauses.
How long data is kept
Cookie lifetimes are shown in the consent message and in your browser. Google Analytics data is kept for the retention period set in our Google Analytics account and then deleted automatically. Emails are kept as described above. Server logs are held by Cloudflare under its own retention rules.
Your rights
Under the GDPR and UK GDPR you have the right to ask for access to your personal data, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. To use these rights, email [email protected]. Because we do not hold your name or an account, we may need extra information, such as your cookie identifier, to find data about you.
You also have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. In Ireland this is the Data Protection Commission; in the United Kingdom, the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can also complain to the authority in the EEA country where you live.
Children
The site is a general travel guide and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
Changes to this policy
We will update this page when our practices change and revise the date at the top.
Contact
Email [email protected].