Last updated: October 2026
1. About this policy
1.1 This Cookie Policy explains how The Travel Magazine Ltd (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on www.thetravelmagazine.net (the “Site”).
1.2 We are a company registered in England and Wales under company number 06028541, with our registered office at Office 9, First Floor, 241 High Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 7BH.
1.3 This policy should be read alongside our [Privacy Policy].
2. What are cookies?
2.1 Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit. They let the website remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, or help the website owner understand how the site is used.
2.2 Similar technologies, such as pixels, scripts and local storage, work in a similar way. In this policy, “cookies” covers all of them.
2.3 Cookies are either:
- session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser; or
- persistent cookies, which stay on your device until they expire or you delete them.
2.4 Cookies are also either:
- first-party cookies, set by our Site; or
- third-party cookies, set by another service whose content appears on our Site, such as YouTube.
3. Your choices
3.1 When you first visit the Site, a cookie banner asks for your consent. Only strictly necessary cookies are set until you make a choice. Non-essential cookies and scripts are blocked unless you accept them.
3.2 You can:
- accept all non-essential cookies;
- reject all non-essential cookies, with a button on the first screen of the banner that is as prominent as “Accept all”; or
- choose by category, using the settings option.
3.3 You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of every page.
3.4 If you reject a category, any content that depends on it, such as embedded videos or accommodation maps, will not load. You will be shown an option to enable it instead.
4. The cookies we use
4.1 Strictly necessary
These cookies are needed for the Site to work and keep it secure. They do not require consent and cannot be switched off.
| Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| consentmanager | Stores your cookie choices so the banner does not reappear on every page | Up to 12 months |
Cloudflare (__cf_bm) |
Distinguishes people from malicious bots | 30 minutes |
| SiteGround | Security and load balancing | Session |
4.2 Functional
These cookies remember choices you make and enable features you request. They are set only with your consent, or when you take a specific action such as commenting.
| Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
WordPress (comment_author_*) |
Remembers your name, email and website for future comments, only if you tick the box on the comment form | Up to 1 year |
YouTube (YSC, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE) |
Plays embedded videos and records your viewing | Session to 6 months |
Vimeo (vuid, player) |
Plays embedded videos and remembers player settings | Up to 2 years |
| Gleam | Runs competition entry widgets and records your entries | Up to 1 year |
4.3 Analytics
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the Site so that we can improve it. They are set only with your consent.
| Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
Google Analytics 4 (_ga) |
Distinguishes unique visitors | 2 years |
Google Analytics 4 (_ga_[ID]) |
Maintains session state | 2 years |
4.4 Affiliate and marketing
These cookies track whether a booking came from our Site, so that we can earn a commission. They are set only with your consent.
| Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Stay22 | Displays accommodation maps and attributes bookings made through our affiliate links | Varies by booking partner |
4.5 A full, up-to-date list of every cookie on the Site, generated automatically by our consent tool, is shown below.
| Cookie | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
__cmpconsentx[ID] † |
consentmanager | Strictly necessary | Stores the visitor’s consent choices | 12 months | First |
__cmpcccx[ID] † |
consentmanager | Strictly necessary | Records the consent check and the banner’s display state | 12 months | First |
__cf_bm |
Cloudflare | Strictly necessary | Distinguishes people from bots | 30 minutes | First |
_cfuvid |
Cloudflare | Strictly necessary | Rate limiting and traffic management | Session | First |
cf_clearance |
Cloudflare | Strictly necessary | Records that a visitor passed a security challenge | 30 minutes (configurable) | First |
_I_ † |
SiteGround | Strictly necessary | Records that a visitor passed SiteGround’s anti-bot check | Session | First |
wordpress_test_cookie |
WordPress | Strictly necessary | Checks whether the browser accepts cookies (login page only) | Session | First |
wordpress_sec_[hash] |
WordPress | Strictly necessary | Admin login authentication (logged-in users only) | Session or 14 days | First |
wordpress_logged_in_[hash] |
WordPress | Strictly necessary | Identifies logged-in admin users | Session or 14 days | First |
wp-settings-[UID] |
WordPress | Strictly necessary | Stores admin dashboard preferences (logged-in users only) | 1 year | First |
wp-settings-time-[UID] |
WordPress | Strictly necessary | Records when wp-settings was set (logged-in users only) |
1 year | First |
comment_author_[hash] |
WordPress | Functional | Remembers the commenter’s name, if they opt in on the comment form | 347 days | First |
comment_author_email_[hash] |
WordPress | Functional | Remembers the commenter’s email, if they opt in | 347 days | First |
comment_author_url_[hash] |
WordPress | Functional | Remembers the commenter’s website, if they opt in | 347 days | First |
YSC |
YouTube (Google) | Functional | Tracks views of embedded videos | Session | Third |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
YouTube (Google) | Functional | Estimates bandwidth and records player preferences | 6 months | Third |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
YouTube (Google) | Functional | Stores the visitor’s consent state for YouTube | 6 months | Third |
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN |
YouTube (Google) | Functional | Manages feature rollout for the embedded player | 6 months | Third |
PREF |
YouTube (Google) | Functional | Stores player preferences, such as volume and autoplay | 8 months | Third |
vuid |
Vimeo | Functional | Collects analytics on embedded video views | 2 years | Third |
player |
Vimeo | Functional | Stores player preferences, such as quality and volume | 1 year | Third |
__cf_bm |
Vimeo (via Cloudflare) | Functional | Bot protection on the Vimeo player | 30 minutes | Third |
_cfuvid |
Vimeo (via Cloudflare) | Functional | Rate limiting on the Vimeo player | Session | Third |
| † | Gleam | Functional | Runs competition widgets and records entries and actions | Up to 1 year | Third |
_ga |
Google Analytics 4 | Analytics | Distinguishes unique visitors | 2 years | First |
_ga_[container ID] |
Google Analytics 4 | Analytics | Maintains session state and counts sessions | 2 years | First |
| † | Stay22 | Affiliate | Loads accommodation maps and attributes clicks to the Site | Varies | Third |
5. Third-party cookies
5.1 Third-party cookies are controlled by the services that set them, not by us. For more information, see:
- Google: policies.google.com/privacy
- Vimeo: vimeo.com/privacy
- Gleam: gleam.io/privacy
- Stay22: stay22.com/privacy
- Cloudflare: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
6. Managing cookies in your browser
6.1 You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. If you block strictly necessary cookies, parts of the Site may not work properly.
6.2 Guidance for the most common browsers:
- Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Safari: support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471
- Firefox: support.mozilla.org/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
- Edge: support.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge (search “manage cookies”)
6.3 You can also opt out of Google Analytics across all websites using Google’s browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when we change the cookies we use. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed.
8. Contact us
The Travel Magazine Ltd
Office 9, First Floor, 241 High Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 7BH
Email: [email protected]
