Privacy Policy

Elsewhere, by Beata is operated by Beata Ptaszynska.

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

This Privacy Policy applies to:

• The Elsewhere website
• Information voluntarily sent directly to Elsewhere by email
• Information Elsewhere receives or uses while providing planning, advisory, coordination, or booking services
• Limited technical and analytics information associated with website use

This Policy does not govern information submitted directly to third-party websites or platforms, including Fora Travel, travel suppliers, insurance providers, booking systems, or payment processors. Those third parties maintain their own privacy policies and terms.

The Elsewhere website does not currently include:

• A contact form
• A newsletter-signup form
• A client account
• A client portal
• Onsite payment processing
• An embedded trip-intake form

The website may collect limited technical and usage information through hosting infrastructure or basic analytics tools, such as:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Approximate geographic region
• Referring page
• Pages viewed
• Date and time of access
• General interaction and performance data

This information is used to understand general website usage, maintain functionality, identify technical issues, improve performance, and protect the website from misuse.

The website may use essential cookies or similar technologies needed for functionality, security, performance, and basic traffic analytics.

Elsewhere does not currently use advertising pixels, behavioral advertising tools, or retargeting technology.

Basic analytics providers or website-hosting services may process limited technical information according to their own terms and privacy practices.

Visitors may be able to control cookies through their browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

The website provides a clickable email link to beata@elsewherebybeata.com.

Clicking that link opens the visitor’s own email application or email provider. The Elsewhere website itself does not collect the contents of the email.

When a person voluntarily sends an email to Elsewhere, the information is transmitted through the sender’s and recipient’s respective email providers.

Information sent by email may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Travel interests
• Destination preferences
• Dates
• Budget information
• Questions
• Service requests
• Other information voluntarily included by the sender

Elsewhere directs prospective clients to a secure external travel-intake platform operated through Fora Travel.

Trip-intake information submitted through that platform is submitted directly to Fora Travel or its service providers and is governed by their privacy policies, security practices, and terms.

Elsewhere may receive access to information submitted through the platform as reasonably necessary to evaluate the request, communicate with the traveler, provide travel-planning services, or manage bookings.

Elsewhere does not embed the Fora intake form directly into the website.

When Elsewhere provides services, it may receive or use information reasonably necessary to plan, coordinate, or book travel, such as:

• Traveler names
• Contact information
• Dates of birth where required
• Passport or travel-document information where required by a supplier or booking platform
• Loyalty-program information
• Travel dates
• Destination preferences
• Accommodation preferences
• Flight or cruise preferences
• Dietary information
• Accessibility or mobility needs
• Special requests
• Emergency-contact information
• Booking and payment-status information

Elsewhere seeks to limit collection and use to information reasonably necessary for the specific service or booking.

Sensitive information should be submitted only through an approved secure platform or supplier process when requested. Travelers should not send payment-card information by ordinary email.

Elsewhere may use information to:

• Respond to inquiries
• Evaluate whether Elsewhere is a fit for a requested trip or service
• Recommend an appropriate planning scope
• Communicate about planning, bookings, and travel support
• Research and develop recommendations
• Coordinate travel arrangements
• Make or manage authorized bookings
• Communicate with Fora Travel and travel suppliers
• Process special requests
• Provide predeparture or agreed in-trip support
• Maintain business, booking, accounting, insurance, and legal records
• Prevent misuse, fraud, or security concerns
• Resolve disputes
• Enforce agreements
• Comply with applicable law
• Improve website performance and business operations

Depending on the circumstances, Elsewhere may handle information:

• At the traveler’s request
• To take steps before entering into a service arrangement
• To perform an agreed service
• Based on the traveler’s consent
• To comply with legal obligations
• For legitimate business purposes such as communication, recordkeeping, security, fraud prevention, and dispute resolution

Where processing depends on consent, the traveler may withdraw consent by contacting Elsewhere, subject to legal, contractual, booking, and operational limitations.

Elsewhere does not sell personal information.

Information may be shared only where reasonably necessary with:

• Fora Travel and its systems or service providers
• Hotels, resorts, cruise lines, airlines, tour operators, guides, transportation providers, restaurants, and other travel suppliers
• Insurance providers
• Booking and payment platforms
• Technology, hosting, email, analytics, storage, and operational service providers
• Accountants, attorneys, insurers, consultants, or other professional advisers
• Government agencies, regulators, courts, law-enforcement authorities, or legal parties when required or reasonably necessary
• A successor entity in connection with incorporation, reorganization, merger, sale, or transfer of the business

Elsewhere seeks to share only the information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

Travel planning and booking may require information to be transmitted to or accessed by suppliers, platforms, or service providers located outside the traveler’s home state or country.

Privacy and data-protection laws may differ across jurisdictions.

By requesting international travel services, the traveler understands that relevant information may need to be processed in other countries to complete the requested arrangements.

Elsewhere retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Provide services
• Maintain booking and business records
• Satisfy accounting, insurance, tax, contractual, or legal obligations
• Resolve disputes
• Prevent fraud
• Enforce agreements

Information that is no longer needed will be deleted, anonymized, or securely disposed of where reasonably practicable.

Retention periods may vary based on the type of information, the nature of the engagement, supplier requirements, and applicable legal obligations.

The FTC recommends that businesses keep only information they need, protect retained information, and dispose of information securely when it is no longer required.

Elsewhere uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures appropriate to the nature of the information maintained.

These measures may include:

• Limiting access to information
• Using reputable service providers
• Using secure booking or intake platforms
• Maintaining password and account protections
• Avoiding direct website collection of payment-card information
• Securely disposing of information when no longer needed

No website, email service, platform, storage system, or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.

Travelers should avoid sending payment-card information, passport images, or other highly sensitive information through ordinary email unless specifically instructed and an appropriate secure method is provided.

New York’s SHIELD Act requires businesses maintaining covered private information to use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards.

The Elsewhere website and services are not directed to children under 13.

Elsewhere does not knowingly collect personal information directly online from children under 13.

Information concerning a minor traveler may be provided by a parent, legal guardian, or authorized adult when reasonably necessary for travel planning or booking.

A person who believes a child under 13 has submitted information directly to Elsewhere without appropriate adult authorization should contact beata@elsewherebybeata.com.

COPPA imposes specific obligations on covered websites and online services that collect personal information online from children under 13.

A person may contact Elsewhere to request:

• Access to personal information Elsewhere holds
• Correction of inaccurate information
• Deletion of information where legally and operationally appropriate
• Withdrawal of consent where processing depends on consent
• Information about how personal information is used or shared

Requests should be sent to beata@elsewherebybeata.com.

Elsewhere may need to verify the requester’s identity before completing a request.

Certain information may need to be retained for legal, accounting, insurance, supplier, fraud-prevention, booking, contractual, or dispute-resolution purposes.

Rights may vary depending on the requester’s location and applicable law.

The Elsewhere website may link to third-party websites and platforms, including Fora Travel and travel suppliers.

Information submitted directly to those third parties is governed by their own terms, privacy policies, and security practices.

Elsewhere is not responsible for the privacy, security, accessibility, availability, or content practices of third-party websites.

Elsewhere may communicate with travelers by email regarding:

• Inquiries
• Service scope
• Planning
• Bookings
• Payments
• Supplier communications
• Travel documents
• Changes
• Predeparture matters
• Agreed travel support

Elsewhere does not currently operate a marketing-newsletter signup through the website.

A traveler may ask Elsewhere to stop nonessential promotional communications, but operational, booking, legal, or service-related communications may still be required.

Elsewhere does not sell personal information and does not exchange personal information for monetary compensation.

Elsewhere does not currently use personal information for behavioral advertising or cross-context retargeting.

Elsewhere may incorporate, reorganize, transfer assets, or transition operations to a successor entity.

Relevant business records, agreements, and personal information may be transferred as part of a legitimate business restructuring, incorporation, merger, sale, or transfer, subject to applicable law and the privacy commitments in effect at the time.

This provision does not represent that any particular successor entity currently exists.

Elsewhere may update this Privacy Policy when business practices, services, technology, providers, or legal requirements change.

The revised Policy will display an updated Effective Date.

Material changes will not be applied retroactively in a manner that contradicts prior privacy commitments without appropriate notice or consent where required.

Visitors are encouraged to review this page periodically.

Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be sent to: