Privacy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 16, 2026
Last Updated: August 16, 2026

El Clásico Trips, Inc. (“El Clásico Trips,” “ECT,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains how information is handled when you visit ElClasicoTrips.com, contact us, request information, subscribe to communications, reserve or purchase a travel package, participate in an El Clásico Trips experience, or otherwise interact with our services.

El Clásico Trips is based in Pasadena, California, USA, and serves travelers from the United States and around the world.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, contact us at:

El Clásico Trips, Inc.
Pasadena, California, USA
Email: info@elclasicotrips.com
Phone: 1-800-870-7041

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with El Clásico Trips.

Contact and Identification Information

We may collect information such as:

  • First and last name

  • Email address

  • Telephone number

  • City, state, country, or departure location

  • Preferred language

  • Other contact information you voluntarily provide

Trip and Reservation Information

When you inquire about or book an El Clásico Trips experience, we may collect information such as:

  • Number of travelers

  • Selected trip or destination

  • FAN or GOLD package preference

  • Departure airport or city

  • Travel dates

  • Hotel or room preferences

  • Seating preferences

  • Trip extensions or special requests

  • Airline and itinerary information

  • Information about other travelers included in your reservation

Passport and Travel Information

When necessary to arrange airfare or other travel services, we may collect information including:

  • Date of birth

  • Passport number

  • Passport expiration date

  • Nationality

  • Other passport or travel-document information required by airlines, government authorities, or travel suppliers

We collect this information only when reasonably necessary to coordinate travel or fulfill your reservation.

We do not use passport or travel-document information for advertising or marketing purposes.

Payment and Transaction Information

When you make a payment, financial information may be collected and processed by third-party payment processors.

We do not ask customers to enter full payment-card information into ordinary website inquiry or contact forms.

We may maintain records relating to payments, balances, invoices, refunds, deposits, and transaction history as necessary to manage your reservation and our business records.

Financing Information

If you choose third-party financing, your application may be processed by Home Acceptance Corporation & Affiliates.

Home Acceptance may collect financial, credit, identity, and other information directly from you under its own privacy practices.

El Clásico Trips may receive information reasonably necessary to assist with your reservation, such as application or financing status, but the financing provider is responsible for information submitted directly through its application process.

Communications

We may retain information you provide when you:

  • Submit a website form

  • Email us

  • Call us

  • Request a payment link

  • Ask questions about a trip

  • Communicate with us regarding an existing reservation

  • Provide feedback or a testimonial

Website and Device Information

When you use our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address

  • Browser type

  • Device type

  • Operating system

  • Pages viewed

  • Referring website or source

  • Approximate geographic information

  • Date and time of visits

  • Interactions with the website

  • Marketing and advertising attribution information

This information may be collected through Squarespace, analytics services, cookies, pixels, and similar technologies.

2. How We Collect Information

We may collect personal information:

  • Directly from you

  • Through forms on our website

  • During the booking and payment process

  • Through email or telephone communications

  • Through third-party payment or financing providers

  • Through airlines, hotels, transportation providers, ticket providers, tour operators, and other travel suppliers

  • Automatically through website analytics, cookies, pixels, and similar technologies

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information to:

  • Respond to inquiries

  • Recommend or explain FAN and GOLD packages

  • Create and manage reservations

  • Arrange airfare

  • Coordinate hotels and accommodations

  • Arrange airport transfers and transportation

  • Coordinate tours and experiences

  • Arrange and coordinate match tickets

  • Communicate itinerary and matchday information

  • Provide concierge and customer support

  • Process or facilitate payments

  • Assist with payment-plan administration

  • Assist with third-party financing

  • Process refunds or reservation changes

  • Maintain customer and transaction records

  • Send requested trip information

  • Send newsletters or marketing communications when appropriate

  • Improve our website and customer experience

  • Measure website traffic and marketing effectiveness

  • Create advertising and retargeting audiences

  • Prevent fraud or misuse

  • Protect our customers, business, website, and legal rights

  • Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations

4. How We Share Information

We do not disclose personal information unnecessarily.

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to operate our business or fulfill your travel arrangements.

Travel Suppliers

We may share necessary traveler information with:

  • Airlines

  • Hotels

  • Ground transportation providers

  • Tour operators and guides

  • Ticket providers

  • Stadium or hospitality providers

  • Other travel suppliers involved in your itinerary

Because travel services may take place outside the United States, personal information may be provided to suppliers located in Spain or other countries involved in fulfilling your trip.

Website and Technology Providers

We may use third-party service providers that help operate our website and business, including:

  • Squarespace

  • Website hosting and technology providers

  • Email and communication providers

  • Analytics providers

  • Electronic-signature or document-service providers

  • Customer-management tools

  • Other business-service providers

These providers may process information on our behalf in connection with services they provide to us.

Payment Processors

Payments may be processed through third-party payment processors.

Those processors may collect payment-card and transaction information directly and handle that information according to their own privacy and security practices.

Financing Provider

If you apply for financing through Home Acceptance Corporation & Affiliates, information submitted through their application is handled under their applicable policies and terms.

Analytics and Advertising Providers

We may use services such as:

  • Google Analytics

  • Meta Pixel and Meta advertising tools

  • Squarespace Analytics

  • Similar analytics or advertising technologies

These services may receive device identifiers, cookie information, browsing activity, referring information, and other online activity data.

We use this information to understand how visitors use our website, measure marketing performance, and, where permitted, provide more relevant advertising.

Legal, Safety, and Business Purposes

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with applicable law

  • Respond to legal process or government requests

  • Protect our legal rights

  • Investigate fraud or security concerns

  • Protect customers or others

  • Enforce agreements

  • Respond to emergencies

We may also transfer information as part of a merger, acquisition, sale, restructuring, financing, or other business transaction involving El Clásico Trips.

5. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

El Clásico Trips does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.

We do use analytics and advertising technologies, including technologies that may disclose online identifiers or browsing activity to advertising or analytics providers.

Depending on the law that applies to you, certain advertising-related disclosures may be considered “sharing,” targeted advertising, or a “sale” even when no money is exchanged.

Where applicable, visitors may manage non-essential cookies and advertising technologies through the cookie controls available on our website.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, understand website traffic, remember preferences, measure advertising, and improve the visitor experience.

These may include:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for website functionality, security, navigation, forms, or other essential services.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics technologies help us understand how visitors find and use our website.

We may use Squarespace Analytics, Google Analytics, and similar tools for this purpose.

Advertising Cookies and Pixels

We may use the Meta Pixel and similar technologies to:

  • Measure advertising performance

  • Understand actions taken after seeing an advertisement

  • Build advertising audiences

  • Retarget visitors with relevant advertising

Where required, non-essential tracking technologies are subject to visitor cookie preferences.

Managing Cookies

Our website provides cookie controls that allow visitors to manage non-essential cookie preferences.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

7. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” or similar preference.

Because there is not currently a single uniform industry standard for responding to all browser-based Do Not Track signals, our website may not respond to every such signal.

Visitors can use our website's cookie controls to manage non-essential cookies and tracking technologies.

Where applicable law requires us to recognize a legally valid privacy preference signal, we will handle that signal as required by applicable law and available technology.

8. Email Marketing

If you subscribe to our newsletter, request updates, or otherwise consent to receive marketing communications, we may send you information about:

  • Upcoming El Clásico trips

  • New travel dates

  • Packages and availability

  • Ticket opportunities

  • Payment options

  • Travel guides

  • Special offers

  • Other ECT travel experiences

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the email or contacting us at info@elclasicotrips.com.

Transactional or service-related communications concerning an active reservation may still be sent when necessary.

El Clásico Trips does not currently use promotional SMS/text-message marketing.

9. Sensitive Travel Information

Some information required to arrange international travel, such as passport information and date of birth, may be considered sensitive personal information.

We use this information only for legitimate travel, reservation, operational, legal, or security purposes.

We do not use passport or similar sensitive travel information to create advertising profiles or infer personal characteristics for marketing purposes.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for purposes including:

  • Completing travel arrangements

  • Maintaining reservation records

  • Providing customer service

  • Processing payments and refunds

  • Accounting and tax requirements

  • Resolving disputes

  • Complying with legal obligations

  • Protecting our contractual and legal rights

  • Maintaining legitimate business records

Different types of information may be retained for different periods.

Sensitive travel information is retained only as reasonably necessary for travel, operational, legal, security, or recordkeeping purposes.

11. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information.

We also rely on reputable third-party platforms and service providers for functions such as website hosting, payment processing, analytics, travel fulfillment, and financing.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or information-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Customers should avoid sending highly sensitive information through ordinary email or general website inquiry forms unless specifically instructed by our team.

12. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through our website without appropriate parent or guardian involvement.

Families and minors may travel with El Clásico Trips.

When information concerning a minor traveler is required for airfare, accommodations, tickets, or other travel services, that information should be provided by or with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian.

13. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have rights concerning your personal information, which may include the right to:

  • Request access to information we hold about you

  • Request correction of inaccurate information

  • Request deletion of certain information

  • Obtain information about how personal information is used or disclosed

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

  • Object to or restrict certain processing

  • Opt out of certain targeted advertising or data-sharing practices

  • Request data portability where required

  • Exercise privacy rights without unlawful discrimination

Not every right applies in every jurisdiction or circumstance.

To submit a privacy request, email:

info@elclasicotrips.com

Please include “Privacy Request” in the subject line and provide enough information for us to understand and verify your request.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

14. California Privacy Information

El Clásico Trips is based in California.

California residents may have privacy rights under applicable California privacy laws.

Depending on whether a particular law applies to El Clásico Trips and to the information involved, those rights may include access, correction, deletion, information about categories of data collected or disclosed, and certain opt-out rights.

If applicable, California residents may submit a request by contacting:

info@elclasicotrips.com

We do not discriminate against individuals for exercising privacy rights available to them under applicable law.

15. International Travelers and Visitors

El Clásico Trips serves travelers from multiple countries.

Our business operations are based in the United States, and information we collect may be processed or stored in the United States or other countries where our service providers or travel suppliers operate.

When necessary to fulfill international travel arrangements, information may be transmitted to airlines, hotels, transportation providers, ticket providers, or other suppliers outside your home country.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have additional privacy rights under local law.

16. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including:

  • Airlines

  • Hotels

  • Tourism organizations

  • FC Barcelona

  • Real Madrid

  • Financing providers

  • Payment services

  • Social media platforms

  • Travel attractions

  • Other suppliers or partners

El Clásico Trips does not control the privacy practices of those third parties.

We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information directly to them.

17. Testimonials, Reviews, Photos, and Traveler Content

With appropriate permission, we may feature customer:

  • Testimonials

  • Reviews

  • Photos

  • Videos

  • Trip stories

  • Social media content

on our website, social channels, marketing materials, or other ECT communications.

If you previously provided content and would like to discuss its continued use, contact us at info@elclasicotrips.com.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

  • Our services

  • Technology

  • Website functionality

  • Travel operations

  • Vendors and service providers

  • Privacy practices

  • Applicable laws or regulations

When we make material updates, we will revise the Last Updated date at the top of this page.

We encourage visitors and customers to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

19. Contact Us

Questions, requests, or concerns about privacy may be directed to:

El Clásico Trips, Inc.
Pasadena, California, USA

Email: info@elclasicotrips.com
Phone: 1-800-870-7041

We will make reasonable efforts to respond to privacy inquiries in accordance with applicable law.