Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 13, 2026
Plus One Optional (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the Plus One Optional website at https://plusoneoptional.com.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or interact with our website and how that information is used.
Who We Are
Plus One Optional is a travel blog focused on solo travel, budget-friendly trips, itineraries, photography, and travel stories.
Our website address is: https://plusoneoptional.com
Comments
If you leave a comment on a blog post, we collect the information you provide in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent information to help with spam detection.
An anonymized version of your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you have a Gravatar profile. If your comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible alongside your comment.
You can learn more about Gravatar’s privacy practices through Automattic’s Privacy Policy.
Analytics
Plus One Optional uses Google Analytics through Google Site Kit to understand how visitors use the website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as your approximate location, device and browser information, pages visited, how you arrived at the website, and how you interact with the site. This information helps us understand which content is useful to visitors and improve the website.
Google may use cookies and similar technologies to collect this information. Analytics information is generally collected in an aggregated or pseudonymous form and is not intended to identify you personally.
You can learn more about how Google uses information from websites and apps that use its services by reviewing Google’s privacy documentation.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images that contain embedded GPS location data (EXIF data). Visitors may be able to download images from the website and extract location information contained within those files.
Cookies
Plus One Optional uses cookies and similar technologies to help the website function properly and to understand how visitors use the website.
Google Analytics may use cookies to collect information about website traffic and visitor interactions.
If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies so that you do not have to enter that information again when leaving another comment.
WordPress may also use cookies for administrative and login purposes.
Embedded Content
Some Plus One Optional posts may include content from other websites, such as videos, photographs, maps, social media posts, or other embedded content.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited that website directly. These third-party websites may collect information about you, use cookies, or track your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.
How We Use Your Information
Information collected through the website may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Improve our content and website experience
- Prevent spam and abuse
- Respond to comments or other interactions
- Monitor website performance and traffic
We do not sell your personal information.
Who We Share Your Data With
We use certain third-party services to operate and understand the website, including:
- Google Analytics, through Google Site Kit, for website analytics
- Gravatar, where applicable, for profile images associated with comments
- Other third-party services that may provide embedded content or website functionality
These services may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies.
How Long We Retain Your Information
If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated information may be retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically.
Analytics information may be retained according to the settings and retention policies configured within Google Analytics.
Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you.
You may also have options for managing cookies and certain forms of online tracking through your browser or other privacy tools.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as Plus One Optional grows, as we add new features to the website, or as applicable privacy requirements change.
Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, you can contact Plus One Optional through the contact information provided on the website.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.