Cookie policy
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them and the types of cookies we use.
What are cookies ?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser.
These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works well and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies ?
As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes.
First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
Third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience to help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use ?
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.
How can I control the cookie preferences ?
Different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies.
To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit www.wikipedia.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Cookies for Affiliate Marketing
We use cookies for affiliate marketing that, since our website does not use Google Ads or other advertisement platforms, is our way to cover the website costs (different hundreds of $ each year).
How does affiliate marketing works? Simple, if you buy products through our links we can gain a small % of that cost, obviously with no additional cost to you.
This is the list of websites that we use for affiliate marketing:
– World Nomads, a travel insurance website, because health comes always first;
– Amazon, the leading shopping website;
– Hotels.com, to reserve hotels from USA, Canada and APAC countries;
– Booking.com, to reserve hotels from UK, Italy and Germany;
– JRPass.com, the website to buy your Japan Rail Pass;
– Ninja Wi-Fi, a leading pocket Wi-Fi company.
