Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy. This policy explains how information is collected, used, and protected on HiddenGemTrips.com.

Last updated: January 2026

Welcome to hiddengemtrips.com (the “Website”). We understand that privacy online is important to users of our Website, especially when conducting business or seeking travel inspiration. This statement governs our privacy policies with respect to those users of the Website (“Visitors”) who visit without transacting business and Visitors who register to transact business on the Website and make use of the various services offered by Hidden Gem Trips (collectively, “Services”).

1. General Information

This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by hiddengemtrips.com and how we use it. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

2. Log Files and Analytical Data

hiddengemtrips.com follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files includes:

  • Internet protocol (IP) addresses.
  • Browser type and version.
  • Internet Service Provider (ISP).
  • Date and time stamp of the visit.
  • Referring/exit pages.
  • The number of clicks during a session.

The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information. Crucially, this data is not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

3. Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other professional website, hiddengemtrips.com uses ‘cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. We use this information to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

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4. Advertising and Affiliate Partners

To support the editorial research and maintenance of this Website, we participate in various advertising and affiliate marketing programs. These partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site to track referrals and sales.

Our primary partners include, but are not limited to:

  • Google AdSense: As a third-party vendor, Google uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
  • Amazon Associates: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon’s tracking helps ensure we receive a commission for the products we recommend.
  • Impact.com: This platform manages our relationships with several world-class travel brands, including Agoda, SafetyWing, Airalo, and more.
  • Other Reputable Travel Service Providers and Affiliate Networks: We may partner with additional travel-related platforms, booking engines, or gear retailers to provide you with the best travel resources.

Please note that these third-party partners have their own Privacy Policies for their policies on user data. We have no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

5. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our Website.
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our Website's travel guides.
  • Understand and analyze how you use our Website.
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
  • Send you emails (if you have opted-in to our newsletter).
  • Find and prevent fraud.

6. Data Protection Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Hidden Gem Trips operates in compliance with global standards, including the Official GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) for our European visitors and the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) for our California-based users. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions
  • The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

7. Children's Privacy

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. hiddengemtrips.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

8. Third-Party Links

Our Website contains links to other websites, specifically affiliate links to travel booking platforms. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.

9. Security of Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any leisure or other type of misuse.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us: