PRIVACY POLICY

Kate's World Travel LLC

Updated as of May 12, 2026

This website www.katesworldtravel.com (“Website”) is owned and operated by Kate’s World Travel LLC, a company registered in Pennsylvania, USA (“we,” “our,” or “us”).

By accessing or using the Website, you (“you,” “your”) consent to this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms, including any updates to the policy as posted on the Website.

This Privacy Policy describes the kinds of information we may collect and record on this Website, how we may use the information, and your rights regarding the information. The policy applies to users of the Website and our activities on it. The policy is not applicable to information collected offline or through means other than the Website.

Consent and Withdrawal

By accessing, using, or filling in forms available on the Website, you expressly consent to our collection, use, and limited disclosure of your personal, communications, technical, and marketing information as described in this Privacy Policy. At any time, you may withdraw your consent for our continued collection, use, or disclosure of your information or request updates to or deletion of your information by notifying us at info@katesworldtravel.com. Please note, however, that we may retain certain information if we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

You may receive emails that offer services, promotions, subscriptions, registration-based services, or other materials from us or third parties. These emails will state who the email is from and provide information on how to contact the sender. If you no longer wish to receive such emails, you may opt-out of receiving them by clicking on the unsubscribe link included in each email. Alternatively, you may opt-out by sending us notification to info@katesworldtravel.com.

Information We Collect

Your privacy is important to us, and we have taken steps to ensure that we do not collect more information from you than what is necessary for us to provide the Website and related products and services. When you access or use the Website, you may voluntarily submit, and we may learn and collect, information about you, your equipment, and your online activities, including the following types:

Personal Information: This may include personal information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, e.g., name, email, phone number, address, payment details such as debit-, credit-, or charge-card information for payment processing, and other information we may deem necessary to support the operation of the Website and related products and services. We also work with third-party companies who use personal information to process services for us.
Communications Information: This may include information relating to communications you send to us through contact forms on the Website, email, or any other mode of communication you use to contact us. We process this information to communicate with you, to keep records, and to establish, pursue, or defend potential legal claims.
Technical Information: This may include information about your use of the Website such as your IP address, login information, browser details, Website page views, length of visit to Website pages, navigation paths, frequency of use, time zone settings, and access devices. We process this information through our analytics tracking systems to analyze your use of the Website, to administer and protect the Website and our business, and to enable us to administer the Website.
Marketing Information: This may include information about your communication preferences regarding marketing material from us and our third-party partners and affiliates. We process this information to analyze your use of the Website, to deliver relevant content and communications to you, to understand the effectiveness of our advertising, to determine our marketing strategy, and to grow our business.
Travel-Specific Information: In connection with planning and booking travel on your behalf, we may collect additional sensitive information including but not limited to passport numbers and expiration dates, travel dates and itineraries, loyalty program numbers, dietary restrictions, accessibility needs, medical information relevant to travel planning, and emergency contact information. This information is collected solely for the purpose of planning, booking, and fulfilling your travel arrangements and is shared only with the suppliers necessary to complete your booking.

How We Use and Process Information

We may use the information to provide you the Website and related products and services, to better understand your needs in relation to our business, to correspond with you, and to reply to any of your questions relating to our business. If you provide any information to us, you are deemed to have authorized us to collect, retain, and use that information for the following purposes:

To verify your identity
To send you emails
To provide you with customer service and respond to your queries, feedback, or disputes
To conduct marketing analysis, send surveys or newsletters, contact you about the Website and related products and services, activities, special events, or offers from us or our partners and for other marketing, information, service development, and promotional purposes
To make such disclosures as may be required for any of the above purposes or as required by law, regulations, and guidelines or regarding any investigations, claims, or potential claims brought by or against us
To send you notices regarding services you are receiving and for billing and collection purposes
To provide and maintain the Website and related products and services
To notify you about changes to the Website or related products and services
To send you information we think you may find useful or you have requested from us
To improve the Website and related products and services, e.g., through personalized features and content
To analyze the use of the Website and related products and services and the people visiting to improve our content
To investigate, prevent, or act regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our policies, or as otherwise required by law

Disclosure of Information

We will not transfer, rent, or sell your information to others without notice to you. We may store the information in locations outside our direct control. We may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:

To our subsidiaries, affiliates, service providers, and suppliers for the purpose of providing services to you
Travel Suppliers: In order to plan and book travel on your behalf, we share relevant personal information with travel suppliers including but not limited to cruise lines, river cruise companies, tour operators, hotels, resorts, airlines, car rental companies, and ground transportation providers. Information shared with suppliers is limited to what is necessary to complete your booking and fulfill your travel arrangements. Each supplier operates under its own privacy policy, and we encourage you to review those policies for any travel you book through our agency.
To other third parties, including lawyers or collection agencies, when necessary to enforce our terms or any agreement between you and us
In response to legal processes, e.g., court orders, subpoenas, or requests from a law enforcement agency
In the event of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, restructuring, dissolution, or similar transaction
To our professional advisors, law enforcement agencies, insurers, and government, regulatory, and similar organizations
Other circumstances where we believe in good faith such disclosure is necessary or appropriate

Client Relationship Management System

We use a third-party Client Relationship Management (CRM) system to store and manage client information, including contact details, trip information, invoices, and communications. This system is operated by a trusted service provider under confidentiality obligations consistent with this policy. If you would like to request access to, correction of, or deletion of the information we hold about you in our systems, please contact us at info@katesworldtravel.com.

Information Storage

Your information may be stored and processed on servers within or outside the United States, wherever we or our subsidiaries, affiliates, or service providers maintain facilities. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We will only retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, including for the purpose of compliance with any record retention or reporting requirements under applicable laws.

How We Protect Your Information

Any information supplied by you will be retained by us, stored in secure databases, and accessible by our employees, service providers engaged by us, and other third parties. No method of electronic storage or transmission over the internet or otherwise is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect your information, we cannot warrant or guarantee your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed, despite our industry-standard physical, technical, and managerial safeguards.

If you have any questions about security of the Website, please contact us at info@katesworldtravel.com.

Data Breach Notification

In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you as required by applicable federal and state law. Notification will be provided via email to the address on file or by another reasonable method of contact. We will include in any such notification a description of the nature of the breach, the categories of information involved, and the steps we are taking in response. If you believe your information may have been compromised, please contact us immediately at info@katesworldtravel.com.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use technologies such as cookies and web beacons to improve user experience, customize content, provide social media features, and analyze traffic to the Website. Where applicable, the Website uses a cookie control system allowing users on their initial visit to the Website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer or device.

Cookies are small files saved to user computers or device hard drives or memory that track, save, and store information about user interactions and usage of the Website. This allows the Website, through its server, to provide users with a tailored experience within the Website.

Web browsers generally allow you to delete certain cookies or reject cookies entirely. If you choose to block cookies or other tracking technologies, you may impair Website operability or prevent some elements from functioning as intended.

We may gather certain information automatically and store it in log files, including internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and click-stream data. Log files do not identify individual users.

Google is a third-party vendor supporting the Website. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors. Users may decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Social Media Platforms and Advertising

We maintain active business pages on social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram. If you interact with our content on those platforms, those platforms may collect information about you in accordance with their own privacy policies. We may use tracking tools such as the Meta Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and to reach audiences who may be interested in our services. We do not control the data practices of social media platforms. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any social media platform you use. You may opt out of interest-based advertising through your platform settings or at www.aboutads.info.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate the Website operability, to provide the Website and related products and services on our behalf, or to assist us in analyzing how the Website and related products and services are used. These third parties have access to your information only to perform tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. The Website may contain links to other websites not operated by us. We have no control over, and no responsibility for, third-party websites, privacy policies, or practices. We advise you to carefully review the privacy policies of each website you visit.

Children

The Website is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If we discover we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verified parental consent, we will take all reasonable measures to delete that information. If you believe the Website has collected or received information about anyone under 18 years of age, please contact us at info@katesworldtravel.com.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Rights

If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the GDPR. We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: your written request that we delete the information; our decision to cease using our existing data providers; or we decide the costs of retaining the data exceed the value of retaining it.

You have the right to:

Request access to your personal data we store
Either amend or erase your data
Seek restrictions on the processing of your data
Object to the processing of your data
The portability of your data
Withdraw at any time your consent to our processing your data without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal
Submit a complaint with a supervisory authority having jurisdiction over GDPR issues

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@katesworldtravel.com.

U.S State Privacy Rights

Depending on the state in which you reside, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information. Residents of California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and other states with applicable privacy laws may have the right to access, correct, delete, or opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information. We do not sell personal information. To exercise any applicable state privacy rights, please contact us at info@katesworldtravel.com. We will respond to verified requests in accordance with applicable law.

Travel Planning Disclaimer

The information provided by Kate’s World Travel, including destination guides, travel tips, and itinerary recommendations, is intended for general planning purposes only. All travel is subject to the terms and conditions of individual suppliers, including airlines, cruise lines, tour operators, and hotels. We strongly encourage all clients to carefully review supplier terms, trip protection options, and entry requirements for their destination prior to travel. Kate’s World Travel is not responsible for changes, cancellations, or disruptions made by suppliers or resulting from circumstances outside our control.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Amendments become effective when we post them on the Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to the amended version of this Privacy Policy when you access or use the Website or related products or services. It is your responsibility to periodically review the Website and this Privacy Policy and to be aware of any amendments.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Kate’s World Travel LLC

Email: info@katesworldtravel.com

Website: www.katesworldtravel.com