Cookie Policy

Updated 02/02/2026

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that perform essential security checks (to prevent cross-site request forgery), identify if your browser supports cookies, and ensure that embedded video content loads securely and efficiently. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings, but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website.

  • Analytical or performance cookies: These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

  • Functionality cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to remember your preferences (for example, whether you have already dismissed our announcement bar or notification pop-ups so you do not see them repeatedly).

  • Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website and the actions you take, such as clicking on an advertisement. We use this information to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and to track conversions. We may also share this information with third parties (such as Google) for this purpose so that they can serve you with relevant advertising on their websites.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the outline below:

Squarespace Security — “crumb”

  • Purpose: Prevents Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Ensures that the user interacting with the site is actually you and not a malicious script.

  • Category: Strictly Necessary

  • Provider: Squarespace

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Google Ads Conversion — “_gcl_au”

  • Purpose: Used by Google AdSense/Ads to experiment with advertisement efficiency. Helps track whether a user who clicked an ad eventually converts (books/inquiries).

  • Category: Marketing

  • Provider: Google

  • Expiry: 3 months

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Google Ads Linker — “_gcl_ls”

  • Purpose: Works alongside “_gcl_au” to link ad clicks to website actions. Functions as a backup to store data when other methods fail.

  • Category: Marketing

  • Provider: Google

  • Expiry: Persistent

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Vimeo Video Player — “__cf_bm”, “_cfuvid”

  • Purpose: Set by Cloudflare (via Vimeo). Used to manage bot traffic and ensure the video player loads securely and smoothly without buffering or abuse.

  • Category: Strictly Necessary / Functional

  • Provider: Vimeo

  • Expiry: 1 hour / Session

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Browser Check — “test”

  • Purpose: A simple check to verify if the user’s browser is configured to allow cookies. Usually contains no personal data.

  • Category: Strictly Necessary

  • Provider: Squarespace

  • Expiry: Session

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Site Preferences — “squarespace-announcement-bar”

  • Purpose: Remembers if you have dismissed or interacted with the Announcement Bar so you do not see it repeatedly.

  • Category: Functional

  • Provider: Squarespace

  • Expiry: Persistent

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Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third-party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies:

Google Ads Conversion — “_gcl_au”

  • Purpose: Used by Google AdSense/Ads to experiment with advertisement efficiency and track conversions after ad clicks.

  • Category: Marketing

  • Provider: Google

  • Expiry: 3 months

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Google Ads Linker — “_gcl_ls”

  • Purpose: Works alongside “_gcl_au” to link ad clicks to actions taken on the website.

  • Category: Marketing

  • Provider: Google

  • Expiry: Persistent

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Vimeo Video Player — “__cf_bm”, “_cfuvid”

  • Purpose: Set by Cloudflare (via Vimeo) to manage bot traffic and ensure secure, smooth video playback.

  • Category: Strictly Necessary / Functional

  • Provider: Vimeo

  • Expiry: 1 hour / Session

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[Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 90 days.] 

You can choose which analytical, functionality and targeting cookies we can set within the Cookies popup found at the bottom left of the website when loaded. You can also use this to select or deactivate any third party cookies. Note that if you turn off certain cookies, you may not be able to access all areas of the website. 

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please send us an email at privacy@golftraveller.com.

Updated 02/02/2026