Privacy Policy

Welcome to Travel Arbitrage ("the Site" or "we"), located at travelarbitrage.net. The Site is operated by YICHU TRIP. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you use the Site.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

When you contact us by email, submit a travel inquiry, or apply for our partner program, we may collect the following information:

• Your name or preferred form of address
• Your email address and, when you choose to provide it, a phone number, WhatsApp number, or WeChat ID
• The requested service and destination, route, or hotel details
• Estimated travel dates, number of travelers, and budget range
• Itinerary preferences, partnership requirements, messages, and other information you voluntarily provide
• The source page and Site language used to attribute and respond to the inquiry

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you browse the Site, we may automatically collect the following information through cookies and similar technologies:

• IP address (anonymized)
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Pages visited and time spent
• Referrer source
• Device information (screen resolution, language settings, etc.)

2. How We Use This Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• Providing and improving the Site's content and services
• Responding to your inquiries and requests
• Analyzing website traffic and user behavior to optimize user experience
• Detecting and preventing security threats or fraudulent activity
• Complying with legal and regulatory requirements

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

The Site uses cookies, local storage, and similar technologies to keep the Site working, remember your choices, and—with your consent—understand Site usage. We separate these technologies into essential and optional uses.

Technologies associated with the Site include:

• Essential storage: Saves language, theme, and privacy choices and supports core functionality and security.
• Basic traffic and performance measurement: Hosting and performance services may process limited visit, device, and performance data for reliability, security, and Site improvement.
• Optional analytics: Microsoft Clarity loads only after you choose “Accept optional.”
• Partner travel search tools: The Site's travel search tools are provided by our partner Travelpayouts and load by default. These tools may use cookies or similar technologies. For details about the relationship, see our Affiliate Disclosure; to limit or delete related cookies, use your browser's cookie settings. You may also manage optional analytics through “Privacy settings” in the footer.
• Third-party affiliate technologies: After you actively follow a link identified as affiliate or sponsored, the third party named by that link may set cookies or record referral data under its own privacy policy.

If the Site enables Google advertising after account and site approval, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, local storage, IP address, page URL, and similar information to serve, limit, secure, and measure ads, and—where permitted—to personalize them. Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services. This disclosure does not mean Google ads are currently active on the Site.

Before serving Google ads to visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK, or Switzerland, the Site will use a Google-certified consent management platform (CMP) integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF). The Site's own privacy settings control optional analytics only; they are not the advertising CMP, and advertising consent will not be inferred from that local choice. When Google advertising is active, eligible visitors will be able to consent, refuse, manage, and later revisit their advertising choices through the certified CMP.

You may revisit your choice at any time through “Privacy settings” in the footer and select either “Accept optional” or “Reject optional.” You may also manage cookies in your browser. Rejecting optional uses does not prevent core browsing. Open privacy settings

4. Affiliate Marketing and Third-Party Links

Some pages on the Site may contain links identified as affiliate or sponsored. We may earn a commission only when the relevant affiliate program is active and you complete a qualifying booking or purchase through such a link; this ordinarily does not increase the price you pay.

The relevant third-party service is the destination shown on each link, and availability and commercial relationships may change over time. Mentioning a third-party brand in editorial content does not by itself mean that we have an affiliate or commercial relationship with that brand. When visiting a third-party site, review the terms and privacy policy then in effect.

Affiliate links do not affect the independence and objectivity of our content. Our recommendations are based on product quality and value to readers.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, rent, or otherwise trade your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

• With your explicit consent
• To comply with legal obligations, court orders, or government requests
• To protect the rights, property, or safety of the Site, users, or the public
• With controlled service providers that support our operations, including hosting providers and Feishu / Lark CRM and collaboration services used to manage inquiries and internal follow-up; they process data only as needed to provide those services

Inquiry information may be stored in a Feishu / Lark workspace controlled by our organization for customer relationship management, assignment, follow-up, and responding to your request. We restrict access to authorized personnel who need the information for those responsibilities.

6. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, modification, or disclosure. The Site transmits all data via HTTPS encryption. However, no internet transmission can guarantee absolute security, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information you transmit to us.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

8. Your Rights

Under applicable law, you may have the following rights:

• Access personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Object to or restrict our processing of your personal information
• Data portability

To exercise these rights, please contact us at hello@travelarbitrage.net.

9. Children's Privacy

The Site is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child, we will take immediate steps to delete that information.

10. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated policy will be posted on this page with a "Last updated" date at the top. We recommend checking this page periodically to stay informed of our latest privacy practices.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the following:

• Email: hello@travelarbitrage.net
• Website: travelarbitrage.net