Privacy Policy

Contact form. When you write to us through the contact page we receive the name, email address, subject, and message you enter. The message is delivered to our mailbox by email and kept only as long as needed to reply and keep a record of the correspondence.

Server and security logs. Like most websites, our hosting provider and content delivery network record standard technical information about each request, such as IP address, browser type, the page requested, and the time. This is used to keep the site running and secure, not to identify individual readers.

We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not collect payment details.

This site displays ads served by Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and to other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can opt out of many other third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info. Google's own explanation of how it uses data from sites that show its ads is at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Beyond advertising, the site uses only the cookies needed for it to function. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time; the site will still work.

Some links on this site are affiliate links. When you click one, the merchant or its affiliate network may set a cookie so that a purchase or booking can be credited to us. What they collect is governed by their own privacy policies. Our affiliate disclosure explains how these relationships work.

The site is hosted on GoDaddy and delivered through Cloudflare. Images are served from Unsplash. Contact-form email is sent through Microsoft 365. Each of these providers processes the technical data described above under its own privacy policy.

This site is written for adults planning travel and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

You can ask us what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Email hello@soakupculture.com or use the contact page. Depending on where you live you may have additional rights under laws such as the GDPR or the CCPA; we honor those requests the same way.

When this policy changes, the effective date at the top changes with it. Material changes will also be noted on this page.