Privacy Policy

This page explains what information Best Things to Do in Chicago collects, how that data is used, and the choices readers have over cookies, analytics and advertising.

What We Collect

This site keeps its tracking to the boring minimum. Analytics software counts anonymous page views so we know which Chicago guides get read, and a firewall blocks bots and keeps pages fast. There are no advertising pixels, no cross-site trackers, and no scripts that shadow you across the web. Nothing on this site builds a profile of you, and no data is sold or handed to third parties.

How This Site Handles Your Data

A single cookie notes which tour listings you click, so we can tell which recommendations are actually useful. Nothing more is recorded. When you follow a listing to the live booking page, the operator's privacy policy takes over and ours stops applying. Your card number, your confirmation, and your email address never reach us. Whether it is an architecture river cruise or a deep-dish food walk, the purchase happens between you and the operator alone.

Contact Us

Spotted a stale price, a tour that has closed, or a description that misses the mark? Send a note and a real person reads it. We reply to nearly everything within a couple of days, and corrections get priority: if something on this site is inaccurate, we want to hear about it and fix it fast.

Your Choices

Your call, always. Switch cookies off in your browser and every page still loads; you simply drop out of the anonymous count. Because each tour write-up links out to the operator, you can compare options here and then book wherever you like. If you ever want a message you sent us removed, say so and it is deleted.