Cookie Policy
Last updated: 27th August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Cotswolds Expeditions Ltd ("we", "our", "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website.
Cookies help our website function correctly, remember visitor preferences, support booking and payment functionality, understand how visitors use the website and, where applicable, support advertising and marketing activity.
This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website.
They are commonly used to help websites operate correctly, remember preferences, improve performance and understand how visitors interact with online services.
Some cookies are necessary for a website to function. Others are optional and may be used for analytics, functionality, advertising or marketing purposes.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for essential website functionality and cannot normally be switched off through the website.
They may be used for purposes such as:
Website security
Page navigation;
Cookie-consent preferences
Forms
Booking functionality
Other essential website features
These cookies do not normally require consent where they are genuinely necessary to provide the website or service requested by the visitor.
3. Performance and Analytics Cookies
We use analytics technologies to understand how visitors use our website and to help us improve its performance and content.
Cotswolds Expeditions Ltd uses:
Squarespace Analytics
Google Analytics
Analytics information may help us understand:
Which pages visitors view
How visitors move around the website
How long visitors spend on particular pages
How visitors found the website
General website usage patterns
Whether visitors encounter website errors
Where consent is required, analytics cookies will only be used in accordance with the visitor’s cookie preferences.
4. Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies may be used to provide additional website features or remember choices made by visitors.
This may include functionality connected with:
Cookie preferences
Forms
Booking services
Payment services
Third-party website features
5. Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Cotswolds Expeditions Ltd may choose to run advertising through:
Meta, including Facebook and Instagram
Google Ads.
If marketing or advertising technologies are added to the website, any non-essential cookies or similar tracking technologies will only be used in accordance with the visitor’s cookie choices and applicable consent requirements.
This Cookie Policy will be updated if additional marketing cookies are introduced.
6. Cookies We Use
The cookies and similar technologies currently used on the Cotswolds Expeditions Ltd website include the following.
ss_performancecookiesallowed
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: Records whether the visitor has consented to Performance and Analytics cookies through the Squarespace cookie banner.
Category: Strictly necessary / consent preference
Duration: 30 days
ss_marketingcookiesallowed
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: Records the visitor’s choice regarding Marketing cookies through the Squarespace cookie banner.
Category: Strictly necessary / consent preference
Duration: 30 days
ss_cid
Provider: Squarespace Analytics
Purpose: Helps identify unique visitors and measure website usage and visitor sessions.
Category: Analytics / Performance
Duration: 2 years
ss_cpvisit
Provider: Squarespace Analytics
Purpose: Helps identify unique visitors and measure visitor sessions.
Category: Analytics / Performance
Duration: 2 years
ss_cvisit
Provider: Squarespace Analytics
Purpose: Helps measure an individual website visit or session.
Category: Analytics / Performance
Duration: 30 minutes
ss_cvr
Provider: Squarespace Analytics
Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and supports website usage analytics.
Category: Analytics / Performance
Duration: 2 years
ss_cvt
Provider: Squarespace Analytics
Purpose: Supports measurement of visitor sessions and website activity.
Category: Analytics / Performance
Duration: 30 minutes
_ga
Provider: Google Analytics
Purpose: Distinguishes individual website visitors for analytics and reporting purposes.
Category: Analytics / Performance
Duration: 2 years
_ga_<measurement-ID>
Provider: Google Analytics
Purpose: Maintains and persists a visitor’s Google Analytics session state. The exact suffix depends on the Google Analytics Measurement ID used on the website.
Category: Analytics / Performance
Duration: 2 years
7. Third-Party Booking and Payment Services
Our booking journey uses Bókun, and payment processing is provided by Stripe.
These services may use cookies or similar technologies when you interact with their booking or payment functionality.
The exact technologies used may vary depending on the service and transaction being completed.
Third-party providers process information in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.
8. Third-Party Cookies and Services
Some cookies or similar technologies may be placed by third-party services used as part of the customer journey.
This may include:
Bókun
Stripe
Google Analytics
Meta, where advertising is used
Google Ads, where advertising is used
Other third-party services linked to or integrated with the website
Cotswolds Expeditions Ltd does not control all cookies placed by third-party providers.
Visitors should review the relevant provider’s privacy and cookie information where appropriate.
9. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Cotswolds Expeditions Ltd uses the Squarespace cookie banner and cookie-preference controls to manage visitor consent choices.
When you first visit the website, you may be given options to:
Accept non-essential cookies
Reject non-essential cookies
Manage your cookie preferences
Where consent is required, optional analytics, advertising and marketing cookies will only be used in accordance with the preferences you select.
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Please note that blocking certain cookies may affect the way some website features operate.
10. Consent
Where the law requires consent, we will ask for your permission before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
Strictly necessary cookies do not normally require consent because they are required to operate the website or provide functionality requested by the visitor.
You can change or withdraw your cookie choices using the Squarespace cookie-preference controls where available.
11. Google Analytics
Cotswolds Expeditions Ltd uses Google Analytics to help understand how visitors use the website.
Google Analytics may collect information about visitor interactions, devices, sessions and website usage.
Where consent is required, Google Analytics cookies will only be used in accordance with the choices made through the Squarespace cookie banner.
12. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
The cookies used by the website
Squarespace functionality
Analytics systems
Booking or payment services
Marketing technologies
Applicable legal requirements
The latest version will be published on this page.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on the Cotswolds Expeditions Ltd website, please contact us: