Privacy Policy

Effective 11/7/2020

Thank you for joining the “Take Time Travelers” and following our journey! We are very honored and enjoy communicating with our readers.

The Privacy Policy outlined below defines the privacy practices of Take Time for the Trip, for both our website and all of our social media accounts.

We are committed to our readers and value your right to privacy.  We will never sell any personal information received from you on our blog. The information we may collect is as follows:

Contact & registration information – including first & last name, email address, mailing address, and phone number, zip code.

Your feedback and/or responses – feedback received from you, our valued readers, in the form of a comment on a post, or question sent to us/request for information.

Marketing related information – we may collect information provided by you relating to your interests, activities, giveaways, events, etc. 

Take Time for the Trip does engage in other social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Google. When you visit one of these platforms please note that that platform’s privacy policy will apply.

We do not intentionally target people in the EU as readers of our blog, email list, or newsletter subscribers. We will do our very best to protect the privacy of all our readers. This is very important to us.

On our website we have Google Analytics, Facebook Pixels and Pinterest Pixels installed. For more information as to what type of information is collected click below:

Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Facebook: https://facebook.com/about/privacyshield

Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

Information you provide to us through one of our sign up options; such as newsletters, email lists, giveaways, etc., will be used for that purpose.  Accordingly, we will add you to our email list, and you will be sent emails periodically. You may opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe link on any email correspondence you receive from us.  

www.taketimeforthetrip.com does use cookies with your consent. Simply said, they are used to collect and store reader preferences.  Information collected may include website usage, browsing activity, demographic data, etc. You will have the option to opt out of using cookies on this site, however, please note that doing so may reduce full content availability.  Removing the use of cookies will not remove advertising from this site.

Disclaimer Statement

Take Time for the Trip is a personal blog owned by Charlene Kernen. All content within this site is written and edited by Charlene Kernen unless otherwise specified within a specific post. The information provided within this site represents our own experiences, and is to be used for informational purposes only.  It is meant to inspire you.  Any information used by you on this site is at your own risk, and we will not be held responsible, under any circumstances, for any outcomes as a result.

Affiliate Relationships/Compensation

This website will accept compensation through affiliate relationships, product and other forms of compensation, and sponsorships.  In all cases these posts/links will be identified as such at the very top, to ensure transparency. You will see a statement similar to this:

“This post may contain affiliate links which we may receive compensation for…” or

“This post may be a sponsored by one of our partners and we may receive compensation for…..”

Note that the affiliates/sponsors we chose to partner with may have their own tracking code attached to the link provided within our post.  There is no additional cost to you if you purchase something from our site. 

Opinions on this site

Content for this site is written by me, the owner of this blog. My opinion is not influenced in any way as a result of any type of compensation I may receive. I may however, be influenced by my own personal experiences, occupation, etc.  All subject matter, claims, and opinions shared on this site should be verified by you independently. 

This blog does not contain any content which might be considered a conflict of interest.

This policy was last modified on June 1st, 2020.  Any updates or changes to this policy will be identified on this page.

Terms of Service

By submitting and/or commenting on our site you understand that your ideas, feedback, suggestions, etc., will become our sole property and will not be considered confidential.  You further understand that we are not held liable for any misappropriation of your submissions/comments. 

The information within this website is the property of Take Time for the Trip.  No information may be copied or used without our prior consent.

Contact Us – You may contact us at any time regarding this policy or to request to be removed from our email list by emailing us at: char@taketimeforthetrip.com.