This notice covers the current version of LanternGlow. Updated 2 November 2026.
Visiting the site
The site serves static pages. It has no visitor accounts, on-site payments or enquiry form. It doesn’t use an advertising pixel or newsletter service. Fonts are served from the site rather than a third-party font service.
The hosting and network services that deliver the pages and images may process technical details, including your IP address, browser information and request time, to deliver and protect the site. Images are delivered by Cloudflare, either as site assets or through the site’s media domain, r2.lanternglow.guide.
Visitor statistics
The site uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand page views, which websites visitors arrive from and how pages perform. I use these statistics to see which guides are useful and improve the site.
Cloudflare states that Web Analytics does not use cookies or local storage to collect usage statistics. It also does not track individual visitors across websites.
I also use Google Search Console to see how the site appears in Google search results. It reports search queries and clicks in aggregate and doesn’t add any code to these pages.
Using the travel tools
The travel tools process food-card choices, passport nationality, dates and route details in your browser. These entries are not sent to LanternGlow or included in the page address. There is no need to enter a full phone number or passport number.
The phone-number card saves only the last four digits in your browser’s local storage so they appear next time. Use Clear number to remove them. Dietary choices and route-check answers are not saved. The two card pages can also save page files and audio in the browser’s offline cache; you can remove this through your browser’s site-data settings. Images you download are saved on your device.
The site-wide visitor statistics described above also apply to the tool pages; the tools do not send their form values as analytics events.
Emailing or messaging LanternGlow
If you email [email protected], your message includes the information you send and the contact details supplied by your email service. I use it to read and respond to your itinerary-review request, travel-advice questions, in-trip support booking, tailor-made trip enquiry, general question or correction. I may keep a brief internal note of the question, where it came from and any follow-up to understand what help people need. An enquiry is not treated as a purchase or an expression of willingness to pay. Email services handle the correspondence.
During in-trip support, we may also message by iMessage or WhatsApp. These services share your phone number or Apple account address and your messages with me, and Apple or WhatsApp handles them under its own privacy policy. I use them only to provide the agreed support.
If an agreed task involves contacting a provider, I’ll first agree with you what needs to be shared and with whom. The initial enquiry needs only the context listed for that task on the contact page.
Please don’t send passport scans, full identity-document numbers, passwords or payment-card details. You can use the same address to ask about a previous message or request its deletion, subject to information I need to keep for legitimate obligations.
Sharing a tailor-made trip enquiry
For tailor-made trips, I use the dates, group size, ages or age ranges, budget, interests and practical requirements you provide to discuss the route and identify a suitable licensed travel agency.
I ask your permission before forwarding your enquiry. I will tell you the proposed agency’s name, how to contact it, why the information is needed and which details I propose to send. I share only the requirements and contact details you agree to share with that agency, rather than distributing your enquiry to an undisclosed list of partners. The initial email template does not give permission on your behalf.
The agency handles the information it receives under its own privacy notice. If you decide to book, provide any identity documents required for the booking directly to the agency through its agreed channel. For an initial enquiry, use age ranges and describe practical needs without sending passport scans, children’s identity details or medical records.
External links and affiliate tracking
Links to official resources, booking providers and other websites take you outside LanternGlow. Those services have their own privacy practices.
Some booking links use Travelpayouts referral addresses. Following one may send referral information to the network and provider, which may use cookies or similar tools under their own policies. I use direct affiliate links and don’t install Travelpayouts’ automatic link-conversion script. Read the affiliate disclosure for more details.
Updates and questions
This notice will be updated if features such as forms, advertising or subscriptions are added. For a privacy question, email [email protected].