Last updated: 24th August 2026
tripsofar is reader-supported. When you book a flight, hotel, tour, rental car, or product through a link on this site, we may earn a small commission — at no extra cost to you. This page explains exactly how that works, in plain language, so there’s nothing hidden about how this site stays running.
What This Actually Means
We don’t sell flights, hotels, tours, rental cars, or gear ourselves. Every booking or purchase you make through a link on tripsofar is made directly with the actual service provider — Booking.com for hotels, GetYourGuide and Viator for tours and activities, our car rental partners, Amazon for gear recommendations, and any other partner we link to. That provider is who takes your payment, confirms your reservation, delivers the service, and handles customer support if something goes wrong. We’re the guide that pointed you there, not the company fulfilling the booking.
When a link on this site leads to a completed booking or purchase, the service provider pays us a small referral commission for sending you their way. This is a standard, widely used arrangement across the travel industry — it’s how a lot of independent travel content gets funded without charging readers directly.
It Doesn’t Cost You Anything Extra
The commission we earn comes out of the service provider’s own marketing budget, not from a markup added to your price. Whether you book a hotel by clicking a link on tripsofar or by going directly to the provider’s own website and searching yourself, you pay the same price either way. Using our links doesn’t cost you more — it’s simply how we get credited for the recommendation.
Who We Work With
At the time of writing, tripsofar participates in affiliate programs including:
- expedia.com — hotel and accommodation bookings
- GetYourGuide and Viator — tours, activities, and experiences
- RentCars & LocalRent.com Car rental affiliate partners — rental car search and booking
- Amazon Associates — travel gear and product recommendations
- Google Adsense – Advertisements
This list can change as we add or remove partners over time. Any specific product, tour, or booking widget featured in a post or page may be part of one of these programs, or a similar arrangement with that specific provider.
How This Affects What We Write
Our recommendations are based on our own research, experience, and honest opinion — not on which company pays the highest commission. We link to services we’d genuinely suggest to a friend planning the same trip, and we try to be upfront in our content when something is a paid placement versus a standard editorial recommendation with an affiliate link attached. If we haven’t personally used a service we’re linking to, we base the recommendation on research into its reputation, reviews, and reliability rather than presenting it as first-hand experience we haven’t had.
Affiliate relationships don’t influence our editorial opinions about quality, value, or fit for a given trip. If something isn’t good, we’re not going to recommend it just because it’s part of an affiliate program.
Questions About This Policy
If anything on this page is unclear, or you have questions about a specific link or partnership on the site, reach out through our Contact page — we’re happy to explain any specific link or arrangement in more detail.
This disclosure is provided in the interest of full transparency and in line with standard guidance on affiliate marketing disclosure, including U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines on endorsements and testimonials.