Privacy Policy
Last updated: 17 June 2026
Who we are
Football City Trip ("we", "us", "our") operates the website https://www.footballcitytrip.com. We help football fans discover and plan football city trips — including local experiences, pubs, restaurants, activities and matchday inspiration.
What data we collect
- Information you give us: name and email when you sign up for the newsletter, contact us, or book a trip.
- Account data: email and authentication identifiers if you create an account.
- Usage data: pages visited, referrer, approximate location, device and browser information.
- Cookies and similar technologies: see our Cookie Policy.
Why we collect data
- To operate, secure and improve the website.
- To respond to your messages and provide the services you request (e.g. trip enquiries, newsletter).
- To measure how the site is used (only with your consent for Analytics cookies).
- To support affiliate partnerships, marketing and remarketing (only with your consent for Marketing cookies).
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand how visitors use the site. Google Analytics is only loaded after you accept Analytics cookies in our consent banner. IP addresses are anonymised where supported. You can withdraw consent at any time via "Cookie settings" in the footer.
Cookies
We use Necessary, Analytics and Marketing & Affiliate cookies. Non-essential cookies are blocked until you give consent. Read the full Cookie Policy.
Affiliate partnerships and tracking
Football City Trip may earn a commission when you book a trip, hotel, tour or product through links on this site. Affiliate tracking cookies and pixels are only activated after you accept Marketing cookies. Without consent, no affiliate or marketing tracking takes place on this site.
Marketing and advertising cookies
We may use marketing and advertising cookies (including remarketing pixels from partners such as Meta and Google) to show relevant ads on other platforms. These are only loaded after you accept Marketing cookies.
Third-party services
We rely on trusted third parties to run the site, including:
- Hosting and database providers (Lovable Cloud / Supabase).
- Google Analytics (analytics, consent-gated).
- Google Maps (interactive maps).
- Email and form-handling providers for newsletter and contact messages.
- Affiliate networks and travel partners (consent-gated).
Data retention
We keep personal data only as long as needed for the purposes above, or as required by law. Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe. Analytics data is retained according to Google Analytics' default retention settings.
Your GDPR rights
If you are in the EU/EEA or UK, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction or deletion of your data.
- Restrict or object to processing.
- Data portability.
- Withdraw consent at any time (via "Cookie settings" in the footer).
- Lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Reach us via the contact page.