The really, really boring stuff
This is our least fun page. It’s kind of like travel insurance. Not the most elating topic, but we need it to cover our behinds.
Our Passion For Travel has lots of information. As much as we try, it’s not comprehensive. How can it be? We simply can’t stay everywhere, eat everywhere and see everything. Museums change their hours. Restaurants close down. And sometimes our notes are just a little messy that we even <gasp> get things wrong. Let us know if we do will you? We can fix that when that happens.
We also can’t know everything about you. Our taste might not be your taste. You may not be physically able to do some of the things we talk about. Or eat foods we suggest. Or there might be a hurricane when you choose to visit. Whatever the case, we won’t be held liable for any potential losses, injuries or damages you might incur by reading or acting upon the information provided. You’ll have to leave it to your own best judgement.
Copyright
What you see on this website is copyrighted by Our Passion For Travel. That means you can’t use anything here without our express permission. They’re our words and pictures (unless stated otherwise). We are happy to work with brands and individuals who might want to use our copyrighted content. That’s ours to decide though, and we’d like you to get in contact with us directly if that is the case.
If you think our content is helpful or useful to your own readers, you are of course welcome to backlink to our site. That’d be grand.
Affiliate disclaimer
You’ll notice links on our site which direct you to accommodation, tours, products and travel services. In many instances, we receive a commission if you make a purchase via these sites. There is no additional cost to you. Zilch. Zero. Nada. The companies we work with pay us directly. We also don’t see your payment details – the third parties handle these under their own policies directly. They know we’ve sent you their way (in ways we’ll explain later on). These companies include the likes of Booking.com, Get Your Guide and Omio amongst others. These are companies that we use to book our travels ourselves too.
Regardless of the commission, our opinions remain our own. If we don’t like something, you can expect we’ll let you know. In fact based detail. If you’re in doubt in any, feel free to use the comments section to ask questions. We’re only as good as the information we provide.
Complying with GDPR
In 2018, the EU introduced some legislation called GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Even though we’re Australian and our blog is accessed by people the world over, we still need to comply with GDPR for our European readers. We take the handling of your private data seriously.
Information collected and stored on our mailing list is solely kept for the purpose of distributing content regarding Our Passion For Travel. We use Mailchimp for our email distribution, trusted by thousands of other businesses and bloggers (and us!).
Our partners are also GDPR compliant.
The GDPR rules tell us that you can be informed about how data is collected and used. It grants you access to the data about you and the ability to change or delete that data. You can also ask us to cease sending emails. But we don’t need a regulation to tell us that. If you don’t want to hear from us, just say so. We’re not offended.
You can opt out of our regular newsletters at any time. An unsubscribe is included on our emails. If you haven’t gotten an email recently and you don’t want to hear from us any more, just drop us a line and we’ll remove you from our list.
Privacy Policy
Our Passion For Travel (ourpassionfortravel.com) respects your privacy. The way we do this is governed by our own Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy informs you about what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used.
What information we collect
Information you submit voluntarily to us by visiting or interacting with our site: We may collect personal identification information from you in a variety of ways. This includes but is not limited to, visiting our site, submitting a form or leaving a comment.
We do not collect sensitive personal information such as your race, religion, sexuality or political associations.
Automatically-Collected Information: Non-personal identification information is automatically collected by visitors to our site. This includes the device you use, your IP address, the website which has referred you and what links you clicked on amongst other information amongst a host of other things. In any case, this information is aggregated and anonymised.
Cookie use
Sadly, these cookies aren’t of the delicious variety. Cookies are data collected and stored by your browser (eg Chrome, Explorer, Firefox) which logs certain information. Most, if not all websites use cookies. This helps improve your experience with our site. It also helps us better understand how our readers interact with our site (via Google Analytics).
You can turn off cookies via your browser. The key point to know here though is the entire functionality of our website may not be able to be used without allowing cookies which may lead to a poorer experience. As always, this is your call.
What do Our Passion For Travel do with this information?
The obvious
The data we collect is used to operate our website. We use it to contact you if you’ve subscribed for our emails and use your name to personalise it. We use it to respond to comments you might leave on our blog.
The not so obvious
We use your data to track our website’s use so we can manage, tailor and protect it appropriately.
An example
We mentioned earlier some of our partners pay us a commission. Cookies can help identify that we sent you to their site. There’s a whole host of ways cookies are used, but effectively they tell us you’ve been on the site and help us optimise and serve you better.
Third-party use of personal information
We may share your information with third parties when you authorise us to share your information. Our website may use third party providers to service aspects of the website. Each third party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
Our Passion For Travel currently uses the following third party service providers:
Google Analytics
This service tracks website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Our Google Analytics data is anonymised and aggregated.
HubSpot
This service collects information provided by users who submit information voluntarily into our website. This provides us with information to provide you with service.
MailChimp
This service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address to deliver communications that you have opted-in to receive. You may opt-out of email updates and newsletters at any time.
WordPress
This service hosts and operates the website platform that we use. It is used by thousands of bloggers the world over.
You may encounter other websites that mention our site or link you to Our Passion For Travel. These websites or platforms are subject to their own respective terms and policies.
Got an issue?
The easiest thing to do is email us. To avoid spam bots, you can reach us at jeffandkristen@ the url of this website.
Your acceptance of these terms
By using this website, your acceptance of this policy is implied. If you do not agree to this policy, that’s fine – please don’t use our website. Your continued use of the website following us posting policy changes is deemed your acceptance of those changes.
You made it this far? I hope your next adventure is more riveting than this page.