Whoa, you must truly be an intrepid explorer, as you’ve ventured onto my disclosures and policies page! I admire your curiosity. 

Here, I’ll explain a bit about how this site works.

My main goal with Indie Traveller is to share useful travel guides that will help you plan your next adventure. I also help fund this site by doing travel gear reviews and other product recommendation articles from time to time.

Since it can be unclear these days if what you’re reading online is an ad or not, or who’s exactly behind it, I’d like to share with you my site policies.

 

How does the site make money?

While all content on Indie Traveller is free, the site makes money in a couple of ways. The main sources are banner advertisingbook sales, and affiliate commissions.

I work with only a single advertising network, Mediavine. Their ads are fast-loading and don’t include pop-ups or other annoying features. If you see a bad ad, you can report it using the link below the ad.

I don’t ever sell hidden links and don’t do sponsored posts or other types of “native advertising”. If anything is ever paid-for, you will know.

 

What are affiliate links?

Affiliate links let me earn a small commission if you decide to make a purchase at a 3rd party website.

For example, when I link to the Hostelworld booking site, this is usually an affiliate link. If you follow such a link and then make a booking, Hostelworld gives Indie Traveller a kick-back (usually a small percentage of the booking fee). This comes at no extra cost to you.

I only link to products or services I believe in. I like affiliate links as a way to monetize a site as it’s relevant, can help you out directly, and I’m totally in control of these links. No one is telling me what to write or what to link to and, in most cases, I don’t even have any direct contact with these partners (as these links typically use automated systems). I can recommend or un-recommend any product or service at any time.

 

Editorial policies

I don’t always get everything right, but I do my best to keep articles up-to-date. If destinations or any details have changed, please let me know!

External contributors to Indie Traveller are chosen based on their knowledge of the destination. While we also regularly add updated information through research, we only ever write about places we’ve actually been.

You can view our privacy policy here.

 


 

P.S. Amazon legally requires us to put a particular disclosure phrase on the site, so here goes: “I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.” Just so you know.