What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device, such as a computer, smartphone, or tablet, when you visit a website. They contain small pieces of information that let a website recognise your device on later visits, remember the choices you have made, and give you a smoother, more personalised experience. Cookies cannot run programs, carry viruses, or read other files on your device. Most websites use them, and they help keep modern sites fast, secure, and easy to use.
How We Use Cookies
Ordinary Yatra uses cookies to:
- Remember your preferences, such as display settings or saved choices, so you don’t need to set them again on every visit.
- Improve website functionality by making sure pages load correctly, navigation works as expected, and features perform reliably across different devices and browsers.
- Measure website traffic, including how many people visit, which pages are most popular, and how visitors find our site.
- Analyze visitor interactions, such as which links are clicked and how long readers spend on our travel guides, so we can see what is useful and what needs improvement.
- Support advertising services that help us keep Ordinary Yatra free to read and continue creating travel content.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are required for basic website functionality. They allow you to move around the site, load pages properly, and use core features. Without them, parts of the website may not work as intended. Essential cookies do not collect information for marketing purposes, and they generally cannot be switched off in our systems.
Performance Cookies
Performance cookies help us understand how visitors behave on our website and how well it performs. They show us which pages load slowly, where errors occur, and which sections attract the most attention. We use this information to make Ordinary Yatra faster, more stable, and more enjoyable to browse.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies allow us to collect anonymous statistics about website usage. This includes the number of visitors, the pages they view, the devices and browsers they use, and the general region they visit from. This data is aggregated and does not directly identify you. It helps us decide what content to write, how to organise our pages, and where to improve.
Advertising Cookies
Advertising cookies may be used by advertising partners such as Google AdSense to display relevant advertisements. They can record that you have visited our website, limit how many times you see the same advertisement, and help measure how effective a campaign is. The ads you see may be based on your browsing activity across different websites, depending on your settings.
Third-Party Cookies and Google AdSense
Some cookies on our website are placed by third parties, not by Ordinary Yatra directly. We display advertisements through Google AdSense, which may use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to our site and other sites on the internet. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, and we do not control how they use the information they collect. We encourage you to review those policies, and you can learn more about how Google uses data and manage your ad preferences through your Google account’s ad settings.
How Long Cookies Stay on Your Device
Cookies differ in how long they last:
- Session cookies are temporary and are deleted automatically when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period, or until you delete them manually, so that your preferences can be remembered on future visits.
Managing Cookies
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you view the cookies stored on your device, delete some or all of them, block cookies from particular websites, block third-party cookies, and receive a warning before a cookie is stored. The steps vary by browser, so please check the help section of the one you use, such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge.
You can also limit personalised advertising by adjusting your ad settings with Google or by using the opt-out tools offered by the wider online advertising industry.
Please note that disabling cookies may affect certain website features. Some pages may not display correctly, your preferences may not be remembered, and some interactive elements may stop working.
Your Consent
By continuing to use Ordinary Yatra, you agree to our use of cookies as described in this policy. If you do not agree, you can change your browser settings to refuse cookies or stop using the website. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting the cookies already stored on your device and adjusting your browser settings.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or the way we operate our website. Any updates will be posted on this page, and we encourage you to review it periodically so you stay informed about how we use cookies.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how Ordinary Yatra uses cookies, please get in touch with us through the contact details provided on our website. We will be happy to help.