Last updated: 10 July 2026
1. About This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how HotelCards.ie uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
HotelCards.ie is a trading name of CardLogic Limited, registered in Ireland under company number 478303.
In this policy, “HotelCards.ie”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to the operator of the HotelCards.ie website.
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device.
Cookies can help a website:
- Work correctly.
- Keep forms and website sessions secure.
- Remember your preferences.
- Understand how visitors use the website.
- Measure the effectiveness of advertising.
- Provide content from third-party services.
Some cookies remain on your device only while your browser is open. These are known as session cookies.
Other cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. These are known as persistent cookies.
3. Similar Technologies
This policy also applies to technologies that perform functions similar to cookies, including:
- Tracking pixels.
- Web beacons.
- Local browser storage.
- Tags.
- Scripts.
- Device identifiers.
- Embedded third-party content.
For simplicity, we refer to all these technologies as “cookies” in this policy.
4. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies
First-party cookies are placed directly by HotelCards.ie. They may be used to operate the website, remember your cookie choices or maintain a secure website session.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are placed by another organisation when its service is used on our website.
These may include providers of:
- Website analytics.
- Advertising measurement.
- Spam and fraud prevention.
- Embedded maps.
- Video content.
- Payment services.
- Social media features.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
5. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website to operate correctly or to provide a service that you have requested.
They may be used for:
- Website security.
- Preventing spam, fraud or malicious activity.
- Remembering your cookie choices.
- Maintaining website sessions.
- Processing and validating forms.
- Remembering products or information added to a basket.
- Operating customer account or checkout functions.
- Balancing website traffic.
- Identifying and resolving technical errors.
Strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off through our cookie preference tool because the website may not function correctly without them.
You can block these cookies through your browser, but parts of the website may stop working.
Preference cookies
Preference cookies allow the website to remember choices you have made.
These may include:
- Language preferences.
- Display preferences.
- Location or regional settings.
- Previously selected website options.
Preference cookies are only used after you provide consent, unless the cookie is strictly necessary to provide a feature you have specifically requested.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use HotelCards.ie.
They may collect information about:
- The pages you visit.
- How long you spend on a page.
- The website or search engine that referred you.
- The links and buttons you use.
- Your general device and browser type.
- Website errors and performance.
- Whether you are a new or returning visitor.
- Approximate geographic information.
We use this information to measure website traffic, improve page content and identify technical problems.
Analytics cookies will not be used unless you provide consent.
Marketing and advertising cookies
Marketing cookies may be used to:
- Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
- Record whether an enquiry or order followed an advertisement.
- Limit how often an advertisement is displayed.
- Build general advertising audiences.
- Display more relevant advertising on other websites.
These cookies may follow your browsing activity across different websites and devices.
Marketing and advertising cookies will not be used unless you provide consent.
Functional and embedded-content cookies
Some pages may contain content or tools supplied by third parties, such as:
- Maps.
- Videos.
- Social media content.
- Live-chat services.
- Review platforms.
- Captcha or spam-prevention tools.
- External forms.
These services may place cookies or collect technical information when the content is loaded.
Where the service is not strictly necessary, it will be blocked until you provide the relevant consent.
Some content may not be available when these cookies are rejected.
6. Current Cookie List
The exact cookies used on HotelCards.ie may change when website functions, security tools or third-party services are added, removed or updated.
You can view the current list of cookies through the Cookie Settings tool available on the website.
The cookie declaration should show, where applicable:
- The cookie name.
- The provider.
- Its purpose.
- Its category.
- Whether it is a first-party or third-party cookie.
- How long it remains on your device.
The live cookie declaration shown through Cookie Settings forms part of this Cookie Policy.
7. Cookie Consent
When you first visit HotelCards.ie, you will be given the option to:
- Accept all cookies.
- Reject non-essential cookies.
- Choose which cookie categories to allow.
Strictly necessary cookies may be placed without consent where they are required to operate the website or provide a service you have requested.
Preference, analytics, marketing and other non-essential cookies will remain disabled until you provide consent.
Rejecting non-essential cookies will not prevent you from using the main parts of HotelCards.ie.
8. Changing or Withdrawing Your Consent
You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time.
Select the Cookie Settings link in the website footer to reopen the cookie preference tool.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.
Changing your preferences will prevent the relevant cookies from being used in the future. Cookies already stored on your device may remain until they expire or are deleted through your browser.
9. Consent Records
We may store a record of your cookie choices so that:
- We can remember your preferences.
- You are not asked to make the same selection on every page.
- We can demonstrate that consent was obtained where required.
The consent record may include:
- Your selected cookie categories.
- The date and time of your selection.
- The version of the cookie notice presented.
- A consent identifier.
- Limited technical information needed to maintain the consent record.
The consent record is treated as a strictly necessary function.
10. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device
Cookie durations vary depending on their purpose.
They may remain for:
- The duration of your browser session.
- A few minutes or hours.
- Several days or months.
- Up to two years in the case of some analytics or advertising services.
The duration of individual cookies should be displayed in the Cookie Settings tool.
We periodically review the cookies used on HotelCards.ie and aim to avoid retaining them for longer than necessary.
11. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most browsers allow you to:
- View stored cookies.
- Delete individual cookies.
- Delete all cookies.
- Block cookies from specific websites.
- Block all third-party cookies.
- Block all cookies.
- Clear cookies automatically when the browser closes.
Browser controls vary between providers and devices. Check your browser’s help or privacy settings for instructions.
Blocking all cookies may affect the operation of HotelCards.ie and other websites.
Browser controls do not replace the Cookie Settings tool where consent is required, but they provide an additional way to manage information stored on your device.
12. Third-Party Services
Where third-party services are used, the provider may receive information such as:
- Your IP address.
- Browser and device information.
- The page you visited.
- The date and time the service was accessed.
- Information stored in or collected through its cookies.
Some providers may process data outside Ireland or the European Economic Area.
Further information about international transfers and how we protect personal data is available in our Privacy Policy.
13. Do Not Track and Browser Privacy Signals
Some browsers allow users to send privacy signals, such as “Do Not Track”.
There is not currently a single standard method followed by all websites and service providers. Where technically supported and legally required, we will take recognised browser privacy signals into account.
The most reliable way to control cookies on HotelCards.ie is through the Cookie Settings tool.
14. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy where:
- The cookies used on the website change.
- We introduce a new website service.
- A third-party provider changes.
- Our legal or regulatory obligations change.
- We improve how cookie choices are presented.
The latest version will be published on HotelCards.ie with an updated revision date.
Material changes may also be highlighted through the website or cookie preference tool.
15. Contact Us
Questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies can be sent to:
HotelCards.ie
Kilkenny Commercial Centre
Sion Road
Kilkenny
Ireland
Email: info@hotelcards.ie
Telephone: 01 506 5661
HotelCards.ie is a trading name of CardLogic Limited, registered in Ireland under company number 478303.