Cookie Policy
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Blue Skies Stays
Effective date: 10 August 2026
Blue Skies Stays is the trading name of BLUE SKIES PROPERTY SERVICES LTD, company number 10267158, registered office: Unit 19, Mandale Park, Cannon Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 5AJ, United Kingdom.
What cookies are
Cookies are small files or similar technologies stored on or accessed from your device. They help websites operate, remember preferences, provide secure services and measure usage.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies may be used for:
- WordPress security and sessions;
- form protection;
- booking and search functionality;
- secure checkout sessions;
- fraud prevention; and
- remembering your cookie choice.
These are required for the website or a service you request to operate.
Analytics cookies
With your consent, Google Tag Manager may load Google Analytics 4.
GA4 may use cookies including:
_ga;_ga_<measurement-id>; and- other Google Analytics identifiers created by Google’s current configuration.
These cookies help us understand visits, page usage, booking journeys and website performance. Analytics cookies are optional and are not set before consent.
Google Maps cookies and technologies
Google Maps may be used through JetEngine to display property locations and map searches.
Google may process technical information, IP address, approximate location, device information and map interactions. Maps and related non-essential technologies will be loaded only after the required consent or when the visitor actively requests the map feature.
Stripe cookies and checkout technologies
Stripe may use cookies or similar technologies for secure checkout, payment processing, fraud prevention and session management.
These technologies may be loaded when a visitor opens or uses the payment checkout. Stripe processes payment information under its own privacy policy.
Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager manages website tags. It may not set a cookie itself, but it can load services such as Google Analytics depending on our configuration.
Optional tags must respect your consent choice.
Your choices
Our cookie controls allow you to:
- accept optional cookies;
- reject optional cookies; or
- select cookie categories individually.
You can change your choice later using the Cookie Settings link on the website.
Rejecting optional cookies will not normally prevent access to essential website functions, although maps and some optional features may not work.
We do not treat simply continuing to browse as consent to optional cookies.
Cookie categories
| Category | Purpose | Consent |
|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Security, WordPress, booking, checkout and consent preferences | Not normally required when strictly necessary |
| Analytics | Google Analytics 4 measurement | Required |
| Functional/external content | Google Maps and similar services | Required where non-essential |
| Payment/security | Stripe checkout and fraud prevention | Used when checkout is requested |
Third parties
Relevant third parties may include Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Maps Platform, Stripe, Guesty, WordPress hosting and security providers.
These suppliers may process data outside the UK where lawful safeguards are in place.
Contact
Questions about cookies can be sent to [email protected] or 01642 205 204.