What we collect, how cookies work here, and which partner links help fund this site — in plain language.
Totally Abu Dhabi is an independent travel index. This page explains what information we collect from visitors, how we use cookies, and how we fund the site through a small number of disclosed affiliate and partner links — rather than display advertising.
We use Google Analytics (via Google's gtag.js) to understand which pages are useful and which aren't, at an aggregate level — we don't collect names, email addresses, or anything that identifies you personally through this tool.
For visitors browsing from the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland, analytics cookies are blocked by default until you actively accept them via the cookie banner shown on your first visit, in line with Google's Consent Mode. Visitors elsewhere are not shown this banner, though the same analytics tool applies. You can change your choice at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this site and reloading the page.
This site earns a small amount of revenue through affiliate and referral partnerships. Specifically: we link to Wise using a personal referral link; we link to Amazon product pages as an Amazon Associate; and we display flight and hotel search widgets from Expedia and Hotels.com, both part of Expedia Group's affiliate programme.
If you sign up, book, or make a qualifying purchase after clicking one of these links, we may earn a small commission or referral bonus — at no extra cost to you. These are the only partners currently integrated into the site, and every partner link is clearly labelled as a partner or sponsored link, never disguised as an ordinary editorial link.
These partnerships do not influence our editorial content: hotels, attractions and destinations are covered based on genuine relevance and reader usefulness, not on which companies we have a commercial relationship with.
Beyond our disclosed partners, this site links to official tourism, government and business websites for practical reference. We aren't responsible for the privacy practices or content of external sites once you leave ours.
This site is not directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect information from children.
We may update this page as the site's tooling or partnerships change. Significant changes will be reflected here with an updated context, and we'd encourage checking back periodically if this matters to you.
No. Prices are the same whether you use our link or go directly to the partner site — any commission comes from the partner, not from you.
Yes. Declining the cookie banner (EU/EEA/UK/Switzerland visitors) or simply not interacting with it means analytics cookies stay off; the site itself works exactly the same either way.
We only link to brands we actually use and trust:
