1. Essential cookies and storage
These keep the site working: signing in, remembering your cookie choice, and keeping your place on a shared trip or itinerary. They cannot be switched off. None of them is used for advertising or to track you across other websites.
| Name | Set by | What it does | Category | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
__Secure-better-auth.session_token | Group Escape Houses | Keeps you signed in to your account. | Essential | 365 days |
| Sign-in security cookie | Group Escape Houses | Protects Google and Apple sign-in against forged requests. | Essential | A few minutes, during sign-in |
itinerary_guest_<id> | Group Escape Houses | Remembers you on a shared itinerary so your RSVP, votes and comments stay yours. | Essential | 90 days |
cookie-consent (browser storage) | Group Escape Houses | Records the cookie choice you made so we do not ask again. | Essential | Until you clear your browser data, or 12 months, after which we ask again |
geh_enquiry_details (browser storage) | Group Escape Houses | Saves your enquiry details for next time, only if you tick the box on the enquiry form. | Essential | Until you clear your browser data |
orchards_guest_id, orchards_guest_name (browser storage) | Group Escape Houses | Remembers your name and votes or RSVPs on a shared trip page. | Essential | Until you clear your browser data |
2. Optional cookies
Analytics cookies are only set if you allow them. The Google Analytics script itself loads on every page in consent mode: until you allow analytics it sets no cookies, but Google receives a cookieless page-view signal whatever you choose. Vercel Analytics, which we also use, sets no cookies.
| Name | Set by | What it does | Category | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga, _ga_G-Q0VR5FGH0Z | Google Analytics | Visitor statistics: which pages are visited and how people move through the site. | Analytics — only with your consent | 2 years |
| YouTube and Vimeo player cookies | YouTube (Google) or Vimeo | Video playback on the few pages that embed a video. The vendor sets and controls these. | Marketing — set by the vendor | Set by the vendor; see their cookie policy |
3. Changing your choice
Our cookie banner lets you accept all, reject all, or choose analytics and marketing separately. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time from the “Cookie Preferences” link in the website footer, or here:
You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies will stop sign-in and shared trip pages from working.
4. More information
How we use personal data, who we share it with and your rights are set out in our Privacy Policy. Questions about cookies: email hello@groupescapehouses.co.uk.
Last updated: 17 September 2026