Cookie Settings
Cookies are used on the Website to facilitate users in accessing their accounts and keep your session (i.e. to prevent the system to ask for a login at every page).
We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and/or to save your personal preferences so you do not have to re-enter them each time you connect to the Website - our cookies are not made available to other websites.
We furthermore use cookies to understand where you come from, for example to see if you clicked on one of our paid Google or Facebook Ads, or if you come from one of our Affiliate websites, to which we might need to pay commissions to.
Our website also uses additional third party services, such as Google Analytics, AddThis (defunct), and more, that allow us to provide enhanced functionality and/or gather stats about the website usage.
For a full explanation of how cookies are used please refer to our Privacy Statement.
You are always free to ask your browser to indicate when a cookie is being sent, if your browser permits. Note that if you disable cookies the Website might not be accessible to you.
Your Current Settings
Optional cookies are non-critical to the functionality of the Website. You can grant or withdraw consent of their usage at any time here. You can also refer to the Cookies table for a descripton of each cookie and the setting it belongs to.
Table of Cookies
| Cookie | Description | Expiration | Ownership | Setting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _session_id | Session cookie. | Session | Homestay | Required |
| homestay_visitor_id | A persistent cookie that helps us track unique and anonymous visitors. | 1 year | Homestay | Required |
| AWSELB | This cookie is a requirement for functionality of Amazon Web Services. | 24 hours | Homestay | Required |
| cfduid | This cookie allows Cloudflare to to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. | 1 year | Homestay | Required |
| consent | This cookie remembers your cookie settings. | 1 year | Homestay | Required |
| user-timezone-offset | This is used for updating the timezone UTC offset of authenticated users. | 1 year | Homestay | Required |
| pnctest | This is set by a third party library of Pubnub to test if cookies are supported by the browser. | 1 year | Homestay | Required |
| _mkra_ctxt | This is set by a third party library Makara to aid in the management of database connections. | 1 day | Homestay | Required |
| _ga | This is set by a third party library of Google Analytics for identifying unique sessions. | 2 years | Homestay | Required |
| _gid | This is set by a third party library of Google Analytics for identifying unique sessions. | 24 hours | Homestay | Required |
| __utma | This is set by a third party library of Google Analytics to track visitor behaviour and measure website performance. | 2 years hours | Homestay | Required |
| __utmc | This is set by a third party library of Google Analytics to track visitor behaviour and measure website performance. | Session | Homestay | Required |
| __utmz | This is set by a third party library of Google Analytics to identify the source of traffic to the website | 6 months | Homestay | Required |
| __zlcmid, __cfduid | This is set by a third party library of Zopim to provide customer service on the website | 1 year | Required | |
| is_returning, logged_in, hide_cookie_banner, new_favourite_feature, popover_user_credit_highlight, dont_show_abandoned_request, popover_profile_summary, popover_fav_button_search, popover_profile_date_select, host-deactivated-modal-closed, host-hidden-modal-closed, host-promotional-prices-modal-closed, user_shown_leaving_modal, user_shown_leaving_modal, hide_promotion_code_box, popover_profile_room_select, popover_student_dublin_listing, registration_from, dashboard-whats-new-panel-closed | A collection of cookies related to UI customization. Set as a user navigates through the website so as to remember their preferences. | various, up to 1 year | Required | |
| Tracker%3A%3AReferrer | This is set when visiting the website using a referrer URL for tracking purposes. | 1 year | Homestay | Required |
| Tracker%3A%3ACampaign | This is set when visiting the website using a campaign URL for tracking purposes. | 1 year | Homestay | Required |
| Tracker%3A%3AAffilate | This is set when visiting the website using an affiliate URL for tracking purposes. | 1 year | Homestay | Required |
| sb, xs, c_user, datr, pl | These are set by a third party service Facebook to allow visitors to sign up / login using their Facebook account | Required | ||
| __atuvc | This is set by a third party library of Addthis (defunct) to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. | 1 year | Homestay | Optional |
| __atuvs | This is set by a third party library of Addthis (defunct) to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. | 24 hours | Homestay | Optional |
| bt2, vc, di2, loc, mus, ouid, uid, uvc | This is set by a third party service Addthis (defunct) to operate its platform. | 1 year | Addthis | Optional |
| fr | Facebook social plugin which is integrated with Google Tag Manager for tracking user conversion on the website. | 3 months | Optional | |
| MUIDB, MUID, _uetsid, MSCC, SRCHUID, SRCHD, SRCHHPGUSR, SRCHUSR, _RwBf | This is set by a third party service Bing for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year | Bing | Optional |
| personalization_id | This is set by a third party service Twitter for tracking user conversion on the website. | 2 years | Optional | |
| __cfduid | This is set by a third party serivce Pingdom to measure website performance | 1 year | Pingdom | Optional |