Last Updated: March 22, 2026
Introduction
The Real Vacations ("we," "our," or "us") operates the website therealvacations.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website, use our services, or book a trip with us. By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
Information We Collect
Information you provide directly: When you fill out a contact form, book a trip, sign up for our newsletter, or use our spin-to-win feature, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, number of travelers, trip preferences, and payment information.
Information collected automatically: When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information including your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URL. This information is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
Payment information: Payment transactions are processed through Stripe and Youli. We do not store your full credit card number, expiration date, or CVV on our servers. Payment processing is handled securely by these third-party providers in accordance with their own privacy policies.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to process and manage your trip bookings, communicate with you about your reservations and travel details, send you promotional offers, trip announcements, and newsletters (if you opted in), respond to your inquiries and provide customer support, improve our website and services, comply with legal obligations, and protect against fraud.
Third-Party Services
We work with trusted third-party services to operate our business. These services may have access to your personal information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated to protect your data.
Our current third-party service providers include: Stripe and Youli for payment processing, Formspree for form submissions and newsletter signups, Travelpayouts, Klook, and TicketNetwork for travel and event affiliate services, Ticketmaster for event ticket links, and GitHub Pages for website hosting. Each of these services has its own privacy policy governing the use of your data.
Cookies and Tracking
Our website may use cookies — small text files placed on your device — to improve your browsing experience, remember your preferences, and analyze site traffic. You can control cookie settings through your browser preferences. Disabling cookies may limit certain features of our website.
Email Communications
If you sign up for our newsletter, spin wheel promotions, or provide your email through our contact form, we may send you marketing emails about upcoming trips, promotions, and travel tips. Every marketing email includes an unsubscribe link. You can opt out at any time, and we will promptly remove you from our marketing list. Transactional emails related to your bookings (confirmations, payment reminders, trip details) will still be sent as necessary.
Data Sharing
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes. We may share your information with hotel partners, transportation providers, and venue operators solely to fulfill your trip booking. We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect our rights, or to prevent fraud.
Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, request correction of inaccurate information, request deletion of your personal information, opt out of marketing communications, and request a copy of your data in a portable format. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@therealvacations.com.
Children's Privacy
Our website and services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will promptly delete it.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites (hotels, venues, affiliate partners, event pages). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of our website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us:
The Real Vacations
Email: contact@therealvacations.com
Phone: 404-923-0017
Web: therealvacations.com/contact