Hotels-Hostels.com is an independent editorial travel publication. We publish honest reviews of hotels and hostels for travelers worldwide. When this policy refers to “we”, “us”, or “our”, it means Hotels-Hostels.com.

For any privacy-related questions, you can reach us at contact@hotelz.website.

We collect two types of data:

Data you give us directly:

• → Your email address if you contact us
• → Any information you include in messages you send us

Data collected automatically:

• → Pages visited and time spent on the Site
• → Referring website or search query
• → Browser type, device type, and operating system
• → Approximate geographic location (country/city level)
• → Clicks on affiliate links

We do not collect names, payment details, or any sensitive personal data.

We use the data we collect to:

• → Understand how visitors use the Site and improve our content
• → Track affiliate link performance to keep the Site financially sustainable
• → Respond to emails and enquiries you send us
• → Detect and fix technical issues

We do not use your data for advertising profiling or sell it to third parties.

Hotels-Hostels.com uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — to make the Site work properly and to understand how it is used.

We use the following types of cookies:

• → Analytics cookies — via Google Analytics, to understand traffic and behavior on the Site
• → Affiliate tracking cookies — set by our affiliate partners (Stay22, Booking.com, Hostelworld, etc.) when you click a booking link, to attribute commissions correctly
• → Functional cookies — to remember your preferences and ensure the Site works correctly

For full details on cookies, see our Cookie Policy.

When you click a booking link on Hotels-Hostels.com, you are taken to a third-party platform (such as Booking.com or Hostelworld). Once you leave our Site, their own privacy policy applies — not ours.

These platforms may collect additional data including your name, payment details, and booking information. We do not have access to this data.

For more on our affiliate relationships, see our Affiliate Disclosure.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We share data only in these limited cases:

• → Analytics providers — anonymised usage data with Google Analytics
• → Affiliate networks — click and conversion data with our affiliate partners for commission tracking
• → Legal requirements — if required by law or a valid legal process

Analytics data is retained for 26 months by default in Google Analytics, after which it is automatically deleted. Emails you send us are retained for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and for up to 2 years thereafter.

You can request deletion of any data we hold about you at any time by contacting us.

Depending on where you are located, you may have the following rights regarding your data:

• → Right to access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
• → Right to rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data
• → Right to erasure — ask us to delete your data
• → Right to object — object to how we process your data
• → Right to portability — request your data in a portable format

We take reasonable technical measures to protect the data we hold. Our Site is served over HTTPS and we use reputable third-party services with their own security standards.

However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of data transmitted to or from our Site.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

Continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

For any questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at:

contact@hotelz.website