Privacy Policy & Cookie Policy | Travel Value Finder

Last Updated: August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Travel Value Finder collects, uses, and protects information when you use our website and our three native webapps:

Data Collection and Tool Interaction

Our three native webapps process user inputs such as destination names, trip durations, travel dates, and stated travel preferences.

Depending on the Tool and its technical implementation, information may be processed directly within your browser or transmitted through secure API integrations to generate calculations, recommendations, or itinerary outputs.

The AI Day-by-Day Trip Planner may use the OpenAI API to process relevant user-provided inputs in order to generate itinerary and planning output.

We do not ask users to provide sensitive personal financial information through our Tools. The Travel Budget Calculator does not require payment details, banking information, credit card numbers, or financial account credentials.

Please avoid entering passwords, payment information, or other sensitive or confidential personal information into any of our Tools.

Standard Site Data Collection

Like most websites, we may collect standard technical data and aggregated analytics and technical usage information to maintain, secure, and improve site performance. Depending on your consent and our analytics configuration, this may include information such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, approximate session duration, referral source, and general geographic information.

We use this information to understand how visitors use our website, monitor performance, identify technical issues, and improve our content and Tools.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 through Google Site Kit to understand website traffic, usage patterns, and interactions with Travel Value Finder.

Google Analytics may collect technical and usage information, including information about pages viewed, device and browser characteristics, approximate session information, referral sources, and other measurement data.

Our website uses Google Consent Mode through Google Site Kit. Site Kit uses the WordPress Consent API to communicate consent information between the site’s consent-management system and compatible Google services.

For visitors in regions where consent is required, Google Analytics behavior is handled according to applicable consent requirements and the visitor’s consent choice.

For more information about how Google processes information, please refer to Google’s applicable privacy documentation.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to support core website functionality, remember certain Tool preferences within a session, and understand aggregate site usage.

Some cookies and similar technologies are necessary for the website or Tools to function. Other technologies may be used by third-party analytics, advertising, and affiliate services, subject to their respective privacy practices and applicable consent requirements.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Depending on the type of cookie or technology disabled, certain website or Tool functionality may be affected.

Journey by Mediavine Advertising

Travel Value Finder uses Journey by Mediavine to support the delivery of advertising on our website.

Journey by Mediavine and its advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies in connection with advertising, measurement, and interest-based advertising.

Depending on your location, applicable privacy requirements, and consent choices, advertising may be personalized or contextual.

The Mediavine Advertising Privacy Notice below applies specifically to advertising served through Journey by Mediavine.

Mediavine Advertising Privacy Notice v. 1.2

Mediavine works with this site to support the delivery of ads that align with your interests. It collects information about your online activities and browsing information, including websites you visit, pages you view, search terms, the apps you use, the language and device you use, location, and emails from newsletter sign ups. This information is then passed to partners to enable them to display interest based advertising to you.

This Notice is specific to Mediavine and explains how Mediavine collects, uses, shares, or sells your personal information when you visit this site or sign up for a newsletter managed by Mediavine. This website must disclose any collection, use, sharing or sale of personal data beyond the services provided by Mediavine in its own privacy notice (above) and comply with relevant privacy laws.

What personal data does Mediavine collect?

Mediavine may collect:

  • IP Address (unique address that identifies your computer or phone on the internet)
  • Location (country, city, state)
  • Operating System (e.g., Windows or Mac)
  • Device Information (hardware, platform, location and carrier data)
  • Language of the Website or Browser
  • Web Browser Type (e.g., Chrome, Firefox or Safari)
  • Email address

When you visit this site, Mediavine uses cookies and similar technologies, such as pixels and tags, to collect your information about your behavior on this site and other websites you visit, across your devices. These tools track preferences, website visits and activities, interactions with emails and ads, and evaluate effectiveness of emails and ads and record which ads have been shown to you to enable the delivery of interest based ads on this site.

To learn more, please visit allaboutcookies.org; ICO – What are cookies and similar technologies; learnwebanalytics.com.

In some cases, Mediavine may manage a site’s newsletter. Mediavine collects your email directly from you through the newsletter sign up form, and will request your consent to use your email for interest based advertising. Your email will be converted into hashed format – a unique set of numbers and letters representing your email – before being sent to partners. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, you may unsubscribe at any time using the “Unsubscribe” button.

Does Mediavine share or sell my personal information for interest based advertising?

Yes, Mediavine will use, share, license, sell or otherwise disclose your personal information to our partners to enable interest based advertising to be displayed to you on this site. Through the bidstream, an online marketplace, Mediavine shares data, such as ad location, site content, and your personal information with advertisers. Using this information, advertisers bid for ad space, and the winning bidder gets to display their ad to you on this site.

Mediavine may share your personal data with partners to create a universal (unique) identifier linked to your online behavior and preferences. This identifier is added to the bid request to improve the targeting of interest based ads.

Mediavine and its partners may also combine your personal data collected from your interaction with this site with your data that they have collected from other sources to create a profile of your interests and behaviors to provide interest based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers, and applications. Mediavine could also license your personal data from its partners to enrich the information in its bid request to advertisers.

To learn more about Mediavine partners, visit mediavine.com/ad-partners.

How can I opt out of interest based advertising?

To opt out of interest based advertising on this site, you may take the following actions:

Cookie Consent – For EU/UK visitors

On first visit to the site, you may reject the use of cookies through the cookie consent banner, shown only where legally required. If you initially accept the use of cookies, but change your mind, you can access the banner by clicking “Update Privacy Settings” at the bottom of the home page to change your preferences at any time.

Disabling Cookies

To learn more about cookies and how to disable them for interest based advertising, visit All About Cookies. Most browsers provide options in their menu to stop accepting new cookies, alert you to new cookies, disable cookies, and clear your browser’s cache or storage. Be aware that blocking cookies may affect your site experience, and essential cookies cannot be disabled as these are necessary for the website to function.

Opting Out Using Other Tools

Use the following tools to opt out of receiving interest-based advertising:

Opt-Out Rights in Certain US States

If you reside in certain US states, you have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data. A “Do Not Sell or Share My Information” button can be found at the bottom of the home page, where required.

Seeing Ads After Opting Out or Disabling Ads

Disabling cookies or opting out of the sales or sharing of personal data for advertising does not mean you won’t see ads on this website. It means the ads you see will not be personalized to your online behavior and interests.

What are my data protection rights?

Under data protection laws in the EU, UK and certain US states, you may have the right to delete, access, request a copy, and correct your personal information. If you’d like to exercise these rights related to the services we provide to this website, please contact Mediavine at [email protected].

Will Mediavine transfer my personal data to the US?

Yes. Mediavine transfers your data to the US for processing and storage. To safeguard this transfer, Mediavine enters into agreements known as Standard Contractual Clauses with our vendors and partners to ensure your data is protected according to EU or UK privacy standards.

How does Mediavine protect my personal information?

Mediavine has implemented technical and organizational security measures appropriate to the risk to the personal data. Despite our safeguards and efforts, no internet transmission can be 100% secure.

How long does Mediavine keep my personal information?

Where Mediavine processes personal data to enable interest based advertising, we will continue to process until you ask us to stop.

How can I contact Mediavine if I have questions about this notice or its services to this website?

Please contact us at [email protected], or you may write to us at: 159 W. 25th St., Suite #427, New York, NY 10001.

Affiliate Links and Third-Party Services

Travel Value Finder participates in affiliate programs, including programs associated with Booking.com and Stay22.

When you click an affiliate link and leave Travel Value Finder for a third-party website, that third party or its technology provider may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to attribute a booking or other qualifying action to Travel Value Finder for referral purposes.

These technologies are controlled by the applicable third-party platform once you leave our website and are governed by that platform’s own privacy policy and terms.

Travel Value Finder does not receive your payment details or banking information when you make a booking through a third-party affiliate partner.

Data Retention and Security

We retain technical and usage information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, subject to the retention practices of the third-party services we use.

We apply reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect information processed through our website and Tools.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your Choices and Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing of your information.

You may also have rights relating to cookies, analytics, personalized advertising, and other tracking technologies.

You can control cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through the consent or privacy controls provided by our website or third-party service providers.

If you have a privacy-related request concerning Travel Value Finder, please contact us through our Contact page.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

Our website uses third-party services whose handling of information is governed by their own privacy policies. These may include:

  • Google Analytics and other Google services
  • Journey by Mediavine and its advertising partners
  • OpenAI, where the AI Day-by-Day Trip Planner uses the OpenAI API
  • Booking.com and related affiliate services
  • Stay22 and related affiliate technology services

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties for information about their data practices.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, Tools, third-party services, or applicable privacy requirements.

The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent revision.