Cookie Policy
The cookies and similar technologies used on Lake Journey, and how to manage them.
Last updated: 11 November 2026
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies, such as browser storage, work in comparable ways. They are used to make websites work, to remember choices and to understand how services are used.
2. Cookies set by Lake Journey
When you browse Lake Journey, the website itself sets only one cookie: a small cookie that records your cookie choice, so that we do not ask you again on every page. It is kept for up to 12 months. It is strictly necessary for the cookie choice to work, so it is set without asking. We do not currently use analytics or advertising tools of our own, so our cookie settings show only the groups we use: Necessary, Functional and Advertisement.
3. Technologies provided by our travel partners
Our pages include tools provided by travel partners. They are not essential for the website to display, and they may set cookies or use similar technologies such as browser storage. They stay switched off until you allow them, and they fall into two groups: Functional (the search tools) and Advertisement (affiliate tracking).
| Provider and tool | Where it appears | Group | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travelpayouts affiliate script | All pages | Advertisement | Used by our affiliate network to attribute visits and bookings made through our links to Lake Journey. It may record how visitors use our pages (for example which links are clicked) for that purpose. We have switched off its optional features that change links, add links to our text or show offers from other websites. |
| Flight search and results (Travelpayouts White Label, powered by Aviasales) | Home, Flights, Holidays and Flight Results pages | Functional | Provides the flight search form and shows flight options. Your search details are processed by the provider. It stores cookies named tpwl_currency and tpwl_locale for up to 24 hours (and hide_hotels), uses browser storage, and loads fonts from Google. |
| Flight price calendar (Aviasales, via Travelpayouts) | Flights page | Functional | Shows how flight prices vary across dates. Its code uses cookies, browser storage and an error-monitoring service. |
| Hotel search (Trip.com) | Hotels and Holidays pages | Functional | Provided by Trip.com through our affiliate network. It loads content from Trip.com and may set its own cookies. |
| Car hire search (QEEQ, via Travelpayouts) | Car Hire page | Functional | Provides the car hire search form. |
Cookie names, lifetimes and purposes beyond those listed are set by these providers and can change, so we do not list them all here. Please see each provider's own cookie and privacy information. When you click a link to a travel provider, that provider's website applies its own cookies and policies.
4. Your choices
When you first visit Lake Journey you can accept all, reject all, or choose which groups to allow. Rejecting is as easy as accepting. You can change your choice at any time using the Cookie settings link in the footer of every page.
- If you reject, the partner tools do not load. In their place you will see a short message and a link to a travel provider's own website, so you can still search there.
- If you withdraw consent after allowing the tools, the page reloads, the tools stop running, and we remove the cookies listed above that we know about. Cookies set by the providers themselves, such as those from Trip.com, may remain until they expire or you delete them in your browser settings.
- You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some tools may then not work.
Your choice is stored on your own device. We do not keep a separate record of individual visitors' choices.
5. More information
Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data. Our Affiliate Disclosure explains how we earn commission. Our Legal Information page says who operates Lake Journey. Questions about this policy can be sent to lakejourney7@gmail.com.
6. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy if the tools on our website change. The date at the top shows when it was last updated.