Cookie policy
Last updated 28 September 2026
Family Day Out does not use behavioural advertising. Google Analytics measures visits, while GetYourGuide and Stay22 can attribute bookings, but only if you agree. Nothing from those services is loaded until you do. The table covers storage set by this site and the optional third-party services it activates.
We also keep our own record of whether the search is working, on our own server. That one stores nothing here and sets no cookie, so it is not on this list — the privacy policy describes it in full.
Your choice
What is stored
| Name | Kind | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
fdo.saved | Local storage | Remembers the ideas you saved with the heart, so they are there when you come back. If you sign in, the list is also merged into your account so it can follow you between devices. | 12 months after your most recent save. Adding another idea renews the whole saved list for 12 months; removing everything or clearing browser storage deletes it sooner. |
fdo.consent | Local storage | Remembers whether you agreed to optional analytics and affiliate services, so you are asked once rather than on every page. | Until you clear it or ask to be asked again |
fdo_user_session | Strictly necessary cookie | Keeps you signed in so saved ideas and reviews can be tied to your account. It is HttpOnly, so page scripts cannot read it. | Up to 30 days, or until you sign out |
fdo_oauth_state | Strictly necessary cookie | Protects a Google or Facebook sign-in attempt from forgery and returns you to the page where you started. It is created only after you choose a social sign-in button. | 10 minutes, or until that sign-in attempt finishes |
fdo.visitor | Local storage | A random identifier with no meaning outside this site, used for one figure only: whether people come back to plan another day out. Only kept if you agree to optional services, and deleted the moment you change your mind. | Until you turn optional services off or clear your storage |
_ga, _ga_G-75168T5EJF | Cookie, set by Google | Google Analytics. Tells one visit apart from another so we can see which ideas people find useful. Only set if you agree, and removed if you change your mind. | Up to two years, or until you turn optional services off |
__cf_bm and Stay22 or accommodation-provider identifiers | Third-party cookies or similar storage | Stay22’s script and embedded-results hosts may use Cloudflare’s short-lived bot-protection cookie. Let Me Allez can adapt suitable accommodation links, while the map displays live stays and can attribute a referral or booking. Stay22 is contacted only if you agree. A provider is contacted when you follow its link. | The current __cf_bm response expires after about 30 minutes. Affiliate storage varies by Stay22 and the accommodation provider; see their current cookie policies and your browser’s site-data list. |
Why you are asked
Under the ePrivacy Regulations consent is needed before storing anything on your device that is not strictly necessary for something you asked for. Analytics and affiliate attribution are not necessary, so you are asked first and those scripts are not requested at all until you answer. Saving an idea is something you asked for by tapping the heart, remembering your answer is remembering your own choice: neither needs consent.
Those rules are about your device, which is why our own search-quality record does not appear above and is not gated behind this question: it reads and writes nothing here. It is still personal data under the GDPR, and the privacy policy says exactly what it holds and how to object to it.
Saying no is one button, the same size as saying yes, and you can change your mind at any time above. All core site features remain available either way.
Other organisations
Some files are fetched by your browser from elsewhere, which lets those organisations see your IP address. They are not cookies, but they are worth knowing about:
- Photographs come from the tourism providers that publish the listings, on EU infrastructure.
- Map tiles come from CARTO and OpenStreetMap, only once you open the map view.
- Google Analytics, but only after you agree. It is provided by Google Ireland Limited and measurement data may be handled outside the EU under Google’s data transfer terms.
- Cloudflare Turnstile is requested only when you create an account or submit a review. It checks technical browser and network signals for automated abuse and normally runs without interruption; a checkbox appears only when another signal is needed. This strictly necessary security check is independent of your optional-services choice.
- GetYourGuide, whose partner tag tells them which of our pages led to a booking. Loaded only if you agree to optional services, and never before you answer.
- Stay22, whose Let Me Allez script can adapt accommodation links and whose embedded map can display live accommodation results from supported providers. Both are loaded only if you agree, and never before you answer. Stay22 and a booking provider may use their own cookies or similar technology under their policies. Read Stay22’s cookie policy and privacy policy.
- Impact, Ticketmaster’s affiliate network, and only if you follow a Ticketmaster booking link. It may set its own cookie on its own domain as it forwards you, which is outside this site and governed by their policies. Nothing is set here, and nothing happens unless you click. The privacy policy explains why those links exist and what they do and do not affect.
Typefaces are served from this site, not from Google. Turnstile is not loaded merely because you read a page; it is limited to the two protected forms described above.
Clearing what is stored
First-party storage above is removed by clearing site data for this site in your browser settings. Third-party site data can be cleared from your browser’s privacy settings. Removing your saved ideas one at a time is quicker: open your saved ideas and use the heart on any card.
Questions
Write to privacy@familydayout.ie. The privacy policy covers everything else.