Contact & PRIVACY

realbudgettravel@gmail.com (my personal email address for any queries)

realbudgettravel.etsy.com (to purchase one-off affordable guides)

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy – Real Budget Travel

Last updated: 6 October 2026

Real Budget Travel (“we”, “us”, “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect your personal information when you purchase or interact with our digital travel products through our Etsy shop.

Real Budget Travel sells digital travel products, including travel itineraries, recommendations and virtual Google Maps containing recommended places such as; attractions, restaurants, activities and other travel information.

1. Who we are

Real Budget Travel is the business responsible for the personal information covered by this Privacy Policy.

Business name: Real Budget Travel

Business owner: Ema Leask

Email: realbudgettravel@gmail.com

If you have any questions about how your personal information is used, you can contact us using the email address above.

2. What personal information we collect

Depending on how you interact with our Etsy shop, we may receive or process information such as:

Your name and Etsy username.

Your email address, where provided to us through Etsy or directly by you.

Information relating to your Etsy order, including the product purchased and order/address details.

Messages and other information you choose to send to us through Etsy Messages.

Any travel preferences or information you voluntarily provide when communicating with us, for example your destination, travel dates, interests or preferred activities.

Information necessary to provide a personalised digital travel product, where applicable.

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information unless you voluntarily provide it and it is genuinely necessary for the service you have requested.

Please avoid sending us sensitive personal information through Etsy Messages unless it is necessary.

3. How we use your information

We may use your personal information to:

Process and fulfil your Etsy order.

Provide the digital itinerary, travel recommendations or virtual Google Map you have purchased.

Communicate with you about your order or respond to questions and requests.

Provide customer support.

Keep records of transactions for accounting, tax and legal purposes.

Prevent fraud, misuse or other unlawful activity.

Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

Improve our products and customer service.

We will only use your personal information for purposes that are compatible with applicable data protection law.

4. Our lawful basis for using your information

Under UK data protection law, we need a lawful basis for processing personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on:

Contract: We use information that is necessary to process and fulfil your purchase and provide the digital product you have ordered.

Legal obligation: We may need to retain or use certain information to comply with legal, accounting or tax requirements.

Legitimate interests: We may use limited information where it is necessary for the legitimate operation, security and improvement of Real Budget Travel, provided that these interests are not overridden by your privacy rights.

Consent: Where consent is required, for example for certain forms of marketing, we will ask for your consent before using your information for that purpose.

5. Etsy

When you purchase from Real Budget Travel through Etsy, your personal information is also processed by Etsy.

Etsy operates its own platform, payment systems and privacy practices. We do not control how Etsy processes information within its own services.

You should also review Etsy's own Privacy Policy and Terms for information about how Etsy collects and uses your personal information.

Where Etsy provides us with information necessary to complete your order or communicate with you, we may process that information as an independent data controller where required by applicable law.

6. Digital products and Google Maps

Our products may include links to, or be created using, third-party services such as Google Maps.

If you access a Google Maps link or other third-party website or service provided as part of your purchase, that service may collect information about you according to its own privacy policy.

Real Budget Travel does not control the privacy practices of Google or other third-party websites and services.

You should review the relevant third party's privacy policy when using those services.

7. Who we share your information with

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share limited personal information with third parties where necessary to operate our business or fulfil your order.

These may include:

Etsy, because your purchase is made through Etsy.

Payment providers used by Etsy.

Digital file, email or cloud-storage providers that help us deliver or manage our products, where applicable.

Professional advisers such as accountants, where necessary.

Government authorities, regulators or law-enforcement bodies where we are legally required to do so.

We only share information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

8. International data transfers

Some of the companies and services we use may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred outside the UK, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection law.

This may include relying on an adequacy decision or appropriate contractual or other safeguards where required.

9. How long we keep your information

We only keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Order and transaction information may need to be retained for longer periods where necessary for accounting, tax, legal or regulatory purposes.

Messages and other customer information will generally be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide customer service, manage our business and deal with any disputes or legal obligations.

When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete or dispose of it.

10. Keeping your information secure

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

However, no method of electronic storage or transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have rights including:

The right to ask for access to the personal information we hold about you.

The right to ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.

The right to ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances.

The right to ask us to restrict how we use your information in certain circumstances.

The right to object to certain types of processing.

The right to data portability in certain circumstances.

The right to withdraw consent where we rely on consent to process your information.

To exercise a right, please contact us using the contact details in this Privacy Policy.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

12. Marketing

We will not use your personal information to send you marketing communications unless we have a lawful basis to do so.

If we send marketing communications based on your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time.

You can contact us if you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us.

13. Children's privacy

Our Etsy products are intended for adults and general consumers.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children for the purpose of providing our products.

If you believe a child has provided us with personal information unnecessarily, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, services, technology or legal requirements.

The latest version will be made available through our Etsy shop, and the “Last updated” date at the top of this policy will be changed when appropriate.

15. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we use your personal information, please contact:

Real Budget Travel

Email: realbudgettravel@gmail.com

Business owner: Ema Leask

16. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so that we have an opportunity to address your concerns.

You also have the right to complain to the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

You can find information about making a complaint on the ICO's website.

This Privacy Policy is intended to explain how Real Budget Travel handles personal information and should be read alongside Etsy's own policies.