Privacy Policy & Affiliate Disclosure
What data this site collects, how cookies are used, and full disclosure of the affiliate and referral partnerships that help fund it.
Affiliate & referral disclosure
Totally Cape Town is free to use and independently written. To help cover the cost of running and growing the site, some links point to partners we earn a commission or referral reward from if you book, sign up, or buy something through them — at no extra cost to you. We only link to products and services we actually use ourselves. Editorial content — what we write, which places we cover, how we describe them — is never for sale; see our About page for more on that separation.
Current affiliate and referral partners on this site:
- Wise — a referral link for a free Wise multi-currency travel card. We use Wise ourselves for travel spending. If you sign up through our link, we may receive a referral reward.
- Amazon — as an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases made through our Amazon links, at no extra cost to you.
- Hotels.com (Expedia Group) — an affiliate partnership; we may earn a commission on bookings made through our Hotels.com links or search widget.
- Expedia — an affiliate partnership; we may earn a commission on flight bookings made through our Expedia links or search widget.
Any sponsored or affiliate link on this site opens in a new tab and is marked as an affiliate, referral or sponsored link at the point you encounter it — we don't hide this in fine print.
Cookies & analytics
This site uses Google Analytics to understand which guides are useful and where to focus future updates — it collects general, aggregated information like which pages are visited and roughly where visitors are located, not anything that identifies you personally. For visitors in the European Union and UK, our cookie banner asks for your consent before analytics cookies are set; if you decline, analytics cookies are not used. You can change your mind at any time by clearing your browser's cookies for this site, which will show the banner again.
This site does not sell personal data, and we don't run our own advertising network or tracking beyond the analytics and affiliate links described here.
Third-party links
Like any travel guide, we link out to official sites, booking platforms, and other resources. We're not responsible for the content, accuracy, or privacy practices of external sites — that includes our affiliate partners above, whose own privacy policies apply once you leave this site.
Changes to this policy
We may update this page as the site or its partnerships change. Significant changes will be reflected here with an updated context in our news section where relevant.
Questions
For anything not covered here, see our contact page.
Frequently asked questions
Do you use cookies?
Yes — primarily Google Analytics, which helps us understand which guides are useful. Visitors in the EU and UK see a consent banner before analytics cookies are set.
Are your hotel and restaurant recommendations affected by affiliate deals?
No — which places we cover and how we describe them is entirely editorial and can't be bought. Affiliate links are limited to a small number of separate booking and travel-product partners, clearly marked.