The short version, in plain English: some links on this site are
affiliate links, meaning if you click one and book a tour, a hotel, an
eSIM, or buy a product, I earn a commission at no additional cost to
you. I also earn commissions as a travel advisor when I book hotels for
readers, and I sell things I make, like city food maps.

What none of that ever buys: the verdict. Reviews and scores on this
site are never for sale, never sponsored, and never adjusted for
anyone’s commercial benefit, including mine. When a stay is comped by a
hotel, that fact is disclosed at the top of the review before you read a
single opinion, and the stay is scored on the same rubric as every paid
stay.

Where a specific post contains affiliate links, a disclosure appears
in that post above the first link. This page exists so the policy also
lives in one permanent place.

This disclosure is provided in accordance with the FTC’s Endorsement
Guides (16 CFR Part 255). Questions about it: use the contact page.