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Why this disclosure exists
Travel publishing can involve advertisers, booking platforms, tourism organisations, hotels, airlines, restaurants and other commercial partners. Readers should be able to understand when a commercial relationship exists and whether The Travels Tip may receive compensation from an action they take.
Advertising
Display advertising or other paid placements should be visually distinguishable from editorial content. An advertisement is not an editorial recommendation merely because it appears on the same page.
Sponsored content and partnerships
When content is created as part of a paid partnership, sponsorship or agreed commercial deliverable, that relationship should be disclosed clearly. Sponsorship does not permit a partner to invent facts, hide material limitations or rewrite our correction standards.
Affiliate links
Some links may be affiliate links. If a reader completes a qualifying purchase or booking after following such a link, The Travels Tip may receive a commission. The existence of an affiliate relationship should not change the price shown by the merchant unless the specific offer states otherwise.
Complimentary travel, stays or access
When a hotel stay, trip, meal, ticket, tour or other material experience is provided without the writer paying the ordinary price, that fact should be disclosed when it is relevant to how a reader interprets the coverage.
Editorial selection and ranking
Payment alone does not determine which destination, hotel, airline, restaurant or service is recommended. Where a list or comparison has a methodology, the editorial criteria should remain meaningful and a commercial partner should not be able to buy a higher editorial ranking without clear paid-placement labelling.
Corrections involving partners
Commercial partners can submit evidence of an error, but the correction decision follows the same factual review process used for other readers and sources.
Questions about a relationship
If a disclosure is unclear, contact the publication and include the article URL. We would rather clarify the relationship than leave a reader uncertain about how content was funded.