Cookie Statement
Last updated: 21 September 2026

At European Sleeper, we use cookies and similar technologies to make our website work, understand how travellers use it and improve your experience when planning and booking your journey.

This Cookie Statement explains what cookies are, how we use them and how you can manage your choices.

For more information about how we process personal data, please read our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow websites to remember information about your visit, such as your preferences or actions.

We also use similar technologies, such as pixels or tags, which help us understand how our website is used and support our communication with travellers.

Some cookies are essential for our website to function. Others are optional and are only used when you give your consent.

Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies for different purposes.

Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for our website and booking process to work properly.

They help us provide essential services, such as:

• keeping your booking process active while you move through our website;
• remembering your cookie choices;
• supporting website security and basic functionality.

Because these cookies are necessary to provide the website or service you request, they do not require your consent and cannot be switched off. The legal basis for these cookies is our legitimate interest in operating a functioning website, and, where relevant, the necessity to perform our contract with you.

Functional cookies
Functional cookies help us remember choices you make and provide a smoother experience.

For example, they may help us remember your language preference or other settings during your visit.

These cookies are optional and are only used when you give your consent. The legal basis for this category is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.

They allow us to see, for example:

• which pages are visited most often;
• how travellers navigate through our website;
• where we can improve the booking experience.

The information collected helps us make our website clearer, more reliable and easier to use.

These cookies are optional and are only used when you give your consent. The legal basis for this category is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

Advertising cookies
Advertising cookies help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing and provide more relevant advertising across different platforms.

With your consent, we may use advertising cookies to:

• measure campaign performance;
• understand interactions with our advertisements;
• provide more relevant advertising experiences.

These cookies are optional and are only used when you give your consent. The legal basis for this category is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

Advertising and Google

We work with Google to measure advertising performance and conversions and to provide personalised and non-personalised advertising.

If you consent to advertising cookies, Google may process personal data for advertising purposes, including ads personalisation.

For more information about how Google processes personal data when you give consent on our website, please see Google's Business Data Responsibility information: https://business.safety.google/privacy/ 

Advertising and Meta
We work with Meta (Facebook and Instagram) to measure advertising performance and provide more relevant advertising.

If you consent to advertising cookies, Meta may process personal data for advertising purposes, including ads personalisation, both through cookies and through server-side data sharing.

For more information about how Meta processes personal data, please see Meta's Cookie Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies/

Advertising and Reddit
We work with Reddit to measure advertising performance across our campaigns.

If you consent to advertising cookies, Reddit may set cookies on your device to measure ad interactions and campaign effectiveness.

For more information, please see Reddit's Cookie Notice: https://www.reddit.com/policies/cookies

Which cookies do we use?
The cookies and similar technologies we use may change over time as we improve our website and introduce new services. The table below lists the cookies we use, with their name, provider, purpose and duration.

How long do we keep cookie data?
Each cookie's specific duration is listed in the table above. In general, session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain for a set period — typically ranging from 30 days to 2 years, depending on the provider and purpose — after which they expire automatically.

You can find the current overview of cookies, including their name, provider, purpose and duration, in the table above.

How can you manage your cookie choices?
You are in control of your cookie choices.

When you first visit our website, you can accept or decline optional cookies. Functional, analytics and advertising cookies are grouped together: if you accept, all are enabled; if you decline, we only use strictly necessary cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting the cookies for our website in your browser settings. The cookie banner will then appear again.

If you choose not to accept optional cookies, you can still use our website and book your journey. Some additional features may not be available.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Please note that blocking all cookies may affect how certain parts of our website work.

Cookie settings

Cookies from third parties
Some cookies are placed by third parties that provide services to us, such as analytics or advertising services.

These third parties may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies. The third parties we work with include Google, Meta and Reddit. See the sections above for details and links.

International data transfers
Some of our third-party providers, including Google, Meta and Reddit, are based in or transfer data to the United States. Where this occurs, these providers rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses, to protect your personal data in line with EU data protection law.

Cookies and your privacy
Cookies and similar technologies may involve the processing of personal data, such as online identifiers or information about how you use our website.

We process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. More information about your rights, how we protect your personal data and how to contact us can be found in our Privacy Policy.

Changes to this Cookie Statement
We may update this Cookie Statement when we change the cookies, technologies or services we use.

The latest version will always be available on this page. We recommend checking this page from time to time to stay informed about how we use cookies.

Contact us
If you have questions about cookies or your privacy, please contact us:

European Sleeper Exploitatie B.V.
Vondellaan 144
3521 GH Utrecht
The Netherlands

Email: info@europeansleeper.eu