Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy outlines how Golden Dust UK Ltd uses cookies and related tracking technologies across our travel services, including car rentals, flights, hotel bookings, and cruise reservations. By continuing to browse or use our website, you agree to the usage of cookies as described below.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help us improve functionality, remember your preferences, optimize your search results, and deliver a personalized travel experience across all services offered — whether you're booking a flight, reserving a car, choosing a hotel, or comparing cruise deals.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We utilize several types of cookies to enhance your browsing and booking experience:
- Essential Cookies: Needed for core website functions such as secure login, checkout pages, car rental forms, flight search engines, and booking confirmations.
- Performance Cookies: Measure how users interact with travel searches, filters, and booking tools to help us improve website speed and navigation.
- Functional Cookies: Remember your preferences including language, recent searches, destination interests, selected vehicle types, or hotel filters.
- Advertising Cookies: Deliver personalized travel offers, retargeting ads, and promotional content tailored to your browsing behavior.
- Analytics Cookies: Track anonymized data to help us understand user behavior across flights, hotels, car rentals, and cruise pages.
3. Why We Use Cookies
Cookies help us improve your booking experience in the following ways:
- Enhance loading speed and performance of search tools
- Automatically populate recent destinations and travel preferences
- Provide location-based recommendations for car rentals or hotels
- Allow secure payment processing and booking authentication
- Deliver relevant promotions for flights, cruises, and vacation packages
- Improve user interface and reduce form entry time in checkout steps
4. Third-Party Cookies
Trusted third parties may place cookies on your device. These include:
- Google Analytics – to analyze website usage trends.
- Advertising Networks – to display targeted ads on travel deals.
- Payment Providers – to support secure payment flows.
- Travel Suppliers – including airlines, car rental providers, hotels, and cruise partners for improving booking processes.
Third-party cookies may track your interaction across other websites for retargeting and reporting purposes.
5. Analytics & User Behavior Tracking
We use analytics tools to understand how visitors browse the platform. This includes:
- Flight search activity and most-viewed routes
- Hotel location popularity and seasonal trends
- Common rental city pickups or preferred vehicle categories
- Cruise destinations and cabin type preferences
- Page load times and navigation flow analysis
All analytics data is anonymized and used solely for website improvement.
6. Cookies Used in Travel Booking Tools
Different travel booking tools use cookies to enhance functionality:
- Car Rental: Save city pickup selections, vehicle class preferences, and date filters.
- Flights: Store previous routes, passenger count, seat selections, and calendar preferences.
- Hotels: Remembers guest details, stay duration, amenities filters, and sorting choices.
- Cruises: Save cruise line preferences, port selections, and cabin type searches.
7. Managing or Disabling Cookies
You can manage, block, or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may limit access to booking features such as:
- User login and account features
- Saved travel preferences
- Checkout and payment processing
- Price comparison tools
- Interactive maps and car rental filters
8. Consent to Cookie Usage
By using our website without modifying your browser settings, you consent to the use of cookies as outlined in this policy. You may withdraw consent at any time by adjusting cookie preferences through your browser.
9. What Data Cookies Collect
Cookies may collect the following non-sensitive information:
- IP address and geolocation
- Device type, operating system, and browser version
- Travel preferences and search patterns
- Referral URLs and interaction history
- Click behavior across travel categories
- Time spent on each page or booking tool
This data helps enhance user experience and personalize travel recommendations.
10. Advertising & Retargeting Cookies
These cookies help us show you relevant travel offers — such as discounted flights, hotel deals, car rental promotions, and special cruise packages. Retargeting may occur on search engines, social media platforms, or partner websites.
11. Cookie Duration
Cookies may be:
- Session Cookies: Deleted automatically when the browser closes.
- Persistent Cookies: Remain stored for future visits to remember preferences.
12. Security of Cookie Data
We ensure all cookie-collected data is handled securely. Data is stored anonymously and is never sold to unauthorized third parties. We follow industry-standard security protocols and comply with applicable U.S. and international privacy regulations.
13. Updates to This Cookie Policy
Golden Dust UK Ltd reserves the right to update, modify, or revise this Cookie Policy at any time. Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about how cookies are used or wish to manage your preferences, please reach out through our official customer support channels listed on our website.