Cookie Policy
Effective Date:
In short: Cookies are small files that websites store in your browser. JourneyWheels may use essential cookies to keep the site working and secure. Analytics, advertising, and other non-essential cookies are used only if those services are enabled and, where the law requires it, only with your consent. The Road Trip Planner itself does not need cookies to work, and you can control cookies at any time in your browser.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website asks your browser to store on your device. When you return to the website, or move from page to page, your browser sends the cookie back so the website can recognize your browser or remember information about your visit.
Cookies can be:
- Session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies, which stay on your device until they expire or you delete them.
- First-party cookies, set by the website you are visiting.
- Third-party cookies, set by a different service whose content or tools appear on the website.
This policy also covers similar technologies that work in comparable ways, such as local storage, pixels (small invisible images), and scripts that recognize your browser or device. When we say “cookies” in this policy, we include these technologies.
2. How we may use cookies
JourneyWheels may use cookies to keep the Website working, remember your choices, understand how the Website is used if analytics is enabled, and support the Website through advertising if advertising is enabled.
About the Road Trip Planner: the Planner calculates your trip in your browser and does not need cookies or browser storage to work. The copy, download, and print options also work without cookies.
| Category | Purpose | Consent needed? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | Security, basic site operation, and remembering cookie choices | Usually not | May be used |
| Preference | Remembering settings you choose | Depends on the law where you live | Only if enabled |
| Analytics | Understanding how visitors use the Website | Yes, where required by law | Only if enabled |
| Advertising | Showing and measuring advertisements | Yes, where required by law | Only if enabled |
When we enable a specific analytics, advertising, or other cookie-setting service, we will identify it on this page.
3. Essential cookies
Essential cookies, sometimes called strictly necessary cookies, are needed for the Website to function properly and securely. They may be used to:
- Protect the Website against spam, abuse, and security threats
- Balance traffic and keep pages loading reliably
- Remember your cookie consent choices, if a consent tool is enabled
- Support logged-in sessions for site administrators
The Website runs on WordPress. WordPress may set its own cookies when someone logs in or, if comments are enabled, leaves a comment. Visitors who simply browse the Website do not need to log in.
Because essential cookies are needed for the Website to work, they generally do not require consent. You can still block them in your browser, but some parts of the Website may not work correctly if you do.
4. Analytics cookies
If enabled, analytics cookies help us understand how visitors find and use the Website, for example which pages are visited most, how long visits last, which devices and browsers are used, and whether visitors run into problems. We use this information to improve the Website and the Planner.
Analytics information is generally reviewed in aggregated form, meaning it describes overall trends rather than identifying individual visitors.
Where the law requires it, analytics cookies will be set only after you give consent. If we enable an analytics service, we will name it here, along with a link to its privacy information.
5. Advertising cookies
If advertising is enabled on the Website, advertising providers may use cookies to:
- Display advertisements
- Limit how often you see the same advertisement
- Measure whether advertisements are viewed or clicked
- Help prevent advertising fraud
- Show advertisements based on your interests or previous visits to this and other websites, where permitted and, if required, with your consent
Where the law requires it, advertising cookies will be set only after you give consent. If we enable an advertising service, we will name it here and explain how you can manage ad personalization with that provider.
6. Preference cookies
If enabled, preference cookies remember choices you make on the Website so you don’t have to set them again on each visit, such as display settings or your cookie consent choices.
The Road Trip Planner does not currently save your trip details or planner settings between visits. If we add a feature that remembers your choices, we will explain it on this page, and any trip details would be stored in your own browser.
7. Third-party cookies
Some cookies may be set by third-party services rather than by JourneyWheels. This can happen if the Website uses, when enabled, services such as:
- Analytics services
- Advertising services
- Security, spam-protection, or content delivery services
- Contact form or email services
- Embedded content, such as maps or videos
We do not control the cookies set by third parties. Their use of cookies and the information they collect is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies. For more on how information is handled, please see our Privacy Policy.
8. Managing cookies
Cookie consent choices
If a cookie consent tool is enabled on the Website, you can accept or reject non-essential cookies when you first visit, and you can change your choices later through the cookie settings link provided by that tool.
Browser controls
All modern browsers let you control cookies. Depending on your browser, you can usually:
- See which cookies are stored and delete some or all of them
- Block all cookies, or only third-party cookies
- Block cookies from specific websites
- Delete cookies automatically when you close the browser
- Browse in a private or incognito window, which usually deletes cookies when the window is closed
Cookie settings are usually found in your browser’s privacy or security settings. Menu names can vary between versions, but here is where to look:
Google Chrome
Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies, or Delete browsing data
Mozilla Firefox
Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Apple Safari
Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data. On iPhone and iPad: Settings → Apps → Safari
Microsoft Edge
Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data
Your browser’s help pages will have the most current instructions.
Other options
Some browsers and extensions can send a Global Privacy Control or “Do Not Track” signal. Where the law requires us to honor these signals, we will do so. If advertising is enabled, advertising providers may also offer their own settings for managing personalized ads.
Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect some features of websites you visit, and you may need to set your preferences again. Deleting cookies does not stop you from using the Road Trip Planner.
9. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example when we enable or change an analytics, advertising, or other service that uses cookies, or when legal requirements change. When we do, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how cookies may be used on the Website.
10. Contact
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on the Website, please contact us through our Contact page. Choose the subject “General question” and mention “Cookies” in your message.
Contact JourneyWheelsYou can also read our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Disclaimer.