Cookie Policy

Last updated: 22 October 2026

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, which types of cookies Two Scots Abroad uses, and how you can manage them. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your computer, phone or tablet when you visit. They help the site work, remember your preferences and provide information about how the site is used. Some cookies are set by us (first-party cookies) and some are set by other companies whose services we use (third-party cookies). Similar technologies, such as pixels and tags, work in much the same way, and we refer to them all as cookies in this policy.

The Cookies We Use

Essential cookies

These cookies are needed for the Website to work properly and securely, for example to remember your cookie choices or to help protect the site from spam and abuse. They cannot be switched off through our consent settings.

Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to understand how visitors use the Website, such as which pages are read and how people arrive at the site. We use this information to improve our guides. You can also opt out of Google Analytics using Google’s opt-out browser add-on.

Advertising cookies

Display advertising on the Website is managed by Mediavine. Mediavine and its advertising partners may use cookies to show ads, limit how often you see the same ad, measure how ads perform and, where you have agreed, show ads based on your interests. Full details are in the advertising section of our Privacy Policy.

Affiliate cookies

Any page on Two Scots Abroad may contain affiliate links, including accommodation links added automatically by Stay22. If you book or buy through one, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Stay22, Amazon and the other affiliate programmes we work with use cookies to record that you arrived from our Website, so that a booking or purchase can be credited to us. See our Affiliate Disclosure for more information.

How to Manage Cookies

Consent settings: Where we ask for your consent to non-essential cookies, you can accept or decline them when you first visit, and you can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the privacy or cookie settings link shown on the Website.

Browser settings: You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. The help section of your browser will explain how. If you block all cookies, some parts of the Website may not work as expected. Declining advertising cookies does not mean you will stop seeing ads, but the ads you see will not be based on your interests.

For guidance on managing cookies in all modern browsers, visit aboutcookies.org.

Questions

If you have any questions about how we use cookies, email contact@twoscotsabroad.com or use our contact page.