Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

Last updated: 20th August, 2026.

This Cookie Policy explains how Georgia Tours (“we,” “us,” or “our”), operating https://georgiatours.org/, a website offering guided tours, travel packages, and related services in Georgia, uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.


1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, improve user experience, and provide information to website owners.

Cookies may be “persistent” (remaining on your device until deleted or until they expire) or “session” cookies (deleted automatically when you close your browser).

We may also use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, local storage, and tracking scripts, which we refer to collectively as “cookies” in this policy unless stated otherwise.


2. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several reasons, including to:

  • Ensure our website functions correctly and securely
  • Remember your preferences (such as language, currency, or previously viewed tours)
  • Allow you to complete bookings and manage your account
  • Understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it
  • Measure the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising campaigns
  • Personalize content and tour recommendations based on your interests
  • Enable social media sharing and integration

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for you to browse our website and use its features, such as booking a tour, accessing secure areas, or completing payment. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

PurposeExample
Session managementKeeping you logged into your account
Booking cart functionalityRetaining selected tours/dates during checkout
SecurityDetecting fraudulent activity, protecting against attacks
Load balancingDistributing traffic across our servers

These cookies do not require consent under most data protection laws, as they are necessary for the website to function.

3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often, how long visitors stay, and whether they encounter errors. This helps us improve how our website works.

Examples of tools we may use:

  • Google Analytics
  • Hotjar or similar heatmap/session recording tools
  • Server log analytics

This information is generally aggregated and anonymous, though in some cases it may be linked to an identifier such as a device or IP address.

3.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language, currency, or region) and provide enhanced, more personalized features.

Examples:

  • Remembering your language or currency preference
  • Remembering tours you have viewed or saved
  • Remembering your consent choices

3.4 Advertising and Targeting Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Examples of platforms that may set these cookies:

  • Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Pixel
  • Google Ads
  • Other affiliate or retargeting networks

These cookies may track your browsing activity across other websites and build a profile of your interests, which may be shared with third parties, including advertisers.

3.5 Social Media Cookies

These cookies enable you to share pages and content from our website through third-party social networks and platforms (such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube). These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes by those platforms.


4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third parties on our website. We do not control these cookies, and you should refer to the relevant third party’s own cookie and privacy policies for further information. Third parties that may set cookies through our website include:

  • Payment processors (for secure booking and checkout)
  • Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics)
  • Advertising and remarketing networks (e.g., Google Ads, Meta)
  • Booking and reservation platform providers
  • Live chat or customer support tools
  • Embedded maps or content (e.g., Google Maps, YouTube videos of tour destinations)

5. Cookie Duration

Cookie TypeTypical Duration
Session cookiesDeleted when you close your browser
Persistent cookiesBetween 30 days and 2 years, depending on purpose
Analytics cookiesTypically up to 2 years
Advertising cookiesTypically 30–180 days

Specific durations vary by provider and are subject to change.


6. Legal Basis for Using Cookies

Where required by applicable law (including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive, and Georgian data protection legislation), we rely on the following legal bases:

  • Consent – for non-essential cookies (analytics, advertising, functionality), we ask for your consent via our cookie banner before these cookies are set.
  • Legitimate interest – for certain analytics purposes, to improve our services.
  • Necessity – for strictly necessary cookies required to provide the services you request.

Because many visitors to our tours originate from the EU, UK, and other jurisdictions with cookie consent laws, we apply a consent-based approach to non-essential cookies for all visitors, regardless of location, unless your jurisdiction requires otherwise.


7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

7.1 Our Cookie Consent Tool

When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie banner allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies, and to customize your preferences by category. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking “Cookie Settings” in the website footer.

7.2 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:

  • View what cookies are stored and delete them individually
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Block cookies from particular sites
  • Block all cookies from being set
  • Delete all cookies when you close your browser

Since browsers differ, please check the “Help” menu of your browser for instructions, or visit:

Please note that if you disable or block cookies, some parts of our website — including booking functionality — may not work correctly.

7.3 Opting Out of Advertising Cookies

You can also opt out of interest-based advertising from many providers through:


8. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (DNT) feature. Because there is no industry-standard approach to DNT signals, our website does not currently respond to them. We instead rely on the cookie consent choices you make through our cookie banner.


9. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect data from children through cookies for advertising or profiling purposes. However, we can collect details like the number of children going on a tour but not their personal details.


10. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, legal requirements, or our business practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.


11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Name: Georgia Tours

Email: georgiavibetours@gmail.com

Address: Кутаиси, 2-й переулок Никеи, 15а, корпус 2, квартира 2

Phone: +995591965265


This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Политика конфиденциальности and Terms and Conditions.

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