Cookie Statement

Last Updated: November 28, 2023

Types of Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small pieces of text sent as files to your computer or mobile device when you visit most websites. Cookies may be delivered by us (first party cookies) or delivered by a third-party partner or supplier (third-party cookies). Cookies are either session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies enable sites to recognize and link the actions of a user during a browsing session and expire at the end of each session. Persistent cookies help us recognize you as an existing user and these cookies are stored on your system or device until they expire, although you can delete them before the expiration date.

Other Similar Technologies

· Web beacons, gifs, and clear gifs are tiny graphics, each with a unique identifier that are embedded invisibly on sites and in emails. Web beacons allow us to know if a certain page was visited or if ad banners on our sites and other sites are effective. We also use web beacons in our HTML-based emails to let us know whether our emails have been opened by recipients, which helps us to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications, promotions, and marketing campaigns.

· Proximity based beacons send one-way signals over very short distances, to communicate with associated mobile apps installed on your phone. They can notify you, for example, about experiences related to your trip and can alert you to related deals or promotions. Beacons communicate with your device only when you are in close proximity and only if you have given consent within the relevant mobile application.

· Pixels are small objects embedded into a web page that are not visible to the user. We use pixels to deliver cookies to your computer, facilitate the log-in process, monitor the activity on our sites, and deliver online advertising.

· Tags are small pieces of HTML code that tell your browser to request certain content generated by an ad server. We use tags to show you relevant advertising and promotions.

· Scripts are pieces of JavaScript code that launch automatically when certain webpages load, to determine whether users view associated advertisements.

· Local Storage Objects, such as HTML 5, are used to store content and preferences. Third-parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity use Local Storage Objects to collect and store information.

All of the technologies described above will be collectively referred to in this Cookie Statement as “cookies”.

Expedia Group’s Use of Cookies

At Expedia Group, we use cookies for a number of reasons, including to:

Help us improve your experience when visiting our sites
Fulfill transactions and ensure our sites perform as intended
Remember your preferences, such as language, region, or currency
Provide you with relevant advertising and analyze performance of the ads
Enable you to return to previous travel searches
Identify errors on our sites
Help with data protection and potentially detect and investigate malicious of fraudulent activity
Help us understand traffic to our site, including time and date of the visit, time and date of the last visit, and other information
Analyze how well our sites are performing

Types of Information Collected by Cookies

The types of information that we collect through cookies include:

IP address
Device ID
Viewed pages
Browser type
Browsing information
Operating system
Internet Service Provider
Whether you have responded to, or interacted with, an advertisement
Referring or referred links or URLs
Features used and activities engaged in on our sites and in our apps

See the Categories of Personal Information We Collect and Use section in our Privacy Statement more information on what types of information are collected automatically.

Types and Functions of Cookies

Essential Cookies

Certain cookies are required or “essential” and must be enabled for our Website and App to function. Examples of this functionality include: allowing you to navigate our sites and allowing us to recognize returning users so that actions such as logging in and managing your bookings are secure. You are not able to opt out of essential cookies.

Other Types of Cookies

We also use other types of cookies to make our site engaging and useful to you:

Functional Cookies. These cookies enable our Website and Apps to remember your preferences such as preferred language, settings, shopping cart content, and previous searches. We use these cookies to enhance and personalize your experience on our sites.
Performance Cookies. These cookies are used to identify and collect information on how users use our Website or Apps, in order to measure and improve the overall performance of our sites. Performance cookies allow us to track (in aggregate) how visitors use our sites, including details about how long visitors spend on each page of our website, the number of clicks made on a given page, search words used, and users mouse movements and scrolling activity. The information collected is used by us determine the effectiveness of our advertising, identifying technical issues with the website, and to improve our services, including your experience.

For analytics, our third-party service providers may use cookies to perform their services and may combine the information that they collect about you on our sites with other information that they have collected. This Cookie Statement does not cover such third-parties’ use of your information.