Privacy policy

Last updated November 11, 2026

This policy explains what Meanwhile Travel ("we") collects when you use Meanwhile Travel, why, and your choices. We don't sell your personal information, and we don't run advertising trackers.

What we store

• Plans you save. The details you enter (airports, dates and times, where you're staying, your changes to the plan) are stored so the plan's link works. Anyone with a plan's link can view it.
• Your account, if you create one. Your email address, used only to send sign-in links and to keep your plans together. Sign-in links expire after 20 minutes.
• A sign-in cookie (mw_session) that keeps you signed in for up to 90 days. It's only set when you sign in.
• On your device. Your list of saved plans, unit preferences (°F/°C, mi/km) and cached plans for offline use are stored in your browser and never sent to us except to load a plan.
• Partner click counts. When you follow a partner link, we count the click per partner per day. The count isn't linked to you.
• Technical logs. Our server keeps short-term error logs to fix problems, which can include the address of the page or request. Your IP address is used briefly in memory to prevent abuse and isn't stored with your plans.

Services that help run Meanwhile Travel

To build your plan, some details are sent to these services. Each handles data under its own privacy policy.

• Google Maps Platform: locations and times, to find places and travel times
• OpenStreetMap services (Overpass, Photon) and Open-Meteo: locations and your hotel or address searches, for places, search and weather
• Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, PredictHQ (when enabled): locations and dates, for events
• FlightAware or AirLabs (when enabled): flight numbers you check
• Frankfurter and Nager.Date: exchange rates and public holidays (no personal data)
• Resend: your email address, to deliver sign-in links
• Cloudflare: carries traffic to our server
• Your browser also loads map tiles from OpenFreeMap, the map library from jsDelivr and fonts from Google Fonts directly, which means those services receive your IP address

When you follow a link to a partner such as a hotel booking site, that site's own privacy policy applies.

Your choices

• You can use Meanwhile Travel without an account.
• Delete your account any time from Account, then Delete my account. This removes your email, your sessions and the plans saved to your account.
• For any other request about your data, contact us at [email protected].

Children

Meanwhile Travel isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information.

Changes

We'll update this page when our practices change and revise the date at the top.