This page exists for one reason: to let you audit, in five minutes, exactly how this site makes money and what that means for what you read here. No hidden relationships. No vague disclaimers. No burying the important detail at the bottom. Just the full picture, in plain words.
An affiliate link is a tracked link. If you click one of the affiliate links on this site and subsequently book something with that company, the company pays the site a small commission. The price you pay is the same whether you click through the site's link or go directly to the company. You pay nothing extra. That is how this publication is paid for.
Most affiliate links on the site carry rel="sponsored noopener" in the HTML so that anyone auditing the page can identify them programmatically. Context typically makes them identifiable to the reader too — links to book, quote, or purchase a service are almost always affiliate. Links to a brand's homepage for reference or comparison may or may not be. When in doubt, you can check the list below to see which companies the site has commercial relationships with.
These are the companies the site currently has affiliate relationships with. If a company is not on this list, the site has no financial relationship with them. When an article mentions, reviews, or names a property or operator that is not on this list, there is no commission influence on that mention — the mention is purely editorial.
This list is kept current. When a partner is added or removed, this page gets updated before the next article referencing that partner publishes.
It does not mean the site endorses everything these partners sell. Plum Guide has villas worth staying in and villas I would not book, and any honest review will name the difference. JetLuxe can quote charter flights that are the right fit and charter flights that are not, and the site's framework pieces help readers tell which is which. The partner relationship does not extend to a blanket endorsement of the partner's entire inventory.
It does not mean a partner paying a commission is guaranteed a positive review. Articles are written on the basis of the editorial test described in how we work — would I send a friend, a sibling, or a parent here — and the commission model has no vote in that question. If a partner develops a pattern of poor reader outcomes, they get written about critically, or they get dropped.
It does mean the site has a financial incentive to send readers toward the partners listed above when those partners are the right choice. What the site rigorously does not do is soften an honest recommendation or manufacture one to trigger that incentive. If the site would recommend a partner without the commission, the article says so. If it would not, the partner does not appear in that article, even if the commission exists.
The site occasionally accepts press stays for first-hand reviews of luxury properties, trains, and expedition operators. Three rules apply every time:
First, the fact that a stay was comped is disclosed at the top of the relevant article, not hidden on this page. Language like "This stay was a press visit hosted by [brand]" or "I visited as a guest of [brand]" appears in the article itself. If that language is not present, the reporting is based on a paid stay, on direct conversations with the operator and guests, or both.
Second, the honest judgement of the property is published regardless of who paid for the room. A comped stay that was disappointing is published as a disappointing review. The fact of the press visit does not create an obligation to be positive.
Third, the brand does not see the article before it publishes. No editorial review. No edits for the brand's benefit. No approval rights over tone, conclusion, or structure. If a brand will not accept those terms, the press visit does not happen — and several brands have declined on those terms. That is the cost of editorial independence and it is a cost worth paying.
The site does not accept sponsored content of any kind — no "partner posts," "content partnerships," "paid placements," "sponsored roundups," or any other arrangement that lets a brand's money into the editorial pipeline.
No partner has editorial review rights over articles. No affiliate relationship has influenced which articles this site publishes, what position those articles take, or how they are structured. If any of this ever changes, this page will be updated to reflect the change before the next article on the affected topic publishes. The commitment is ongoing, auditable, and not contingent on anyone's goodwill.
You are under no obligation to click any affiliate link. You can look up every partner on this page directly and book without the site's tracking link attached. You pay the same price either way. Nothing on this site is gated behind affiliate clicks, and no article requires you to book anything to read it in full.
If you would prefer not to use the site's affiliate links at all, the readable option is to ignore every "Book" or "Get a quote" button and go to the brand directly. The editorial content still reads the same, and that is intentional. The editorial is not a lead magnet for the affiliate — the editorial is the product.
If anything about the commercial model of this site is not clear, or if you have spotted a link or article where the disclosure is not as plain as it should be, please email the address below. I read those messages personally and will respond.
For questions about commercial relationships, affiliate links, or this page: hello@uncompromised.travel
For the editorial process behind the articles themselves, see how we work. For who is behind the site, see about.
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