How we earn money.
Plain-English notes on our affiliate partnerships, and how they do (and do not) shape what we recommend.
destination.com participates in affiliate programs, which means we may earn a commission when you book travel or apply for a credit card through some of the links on our site. This page explains exactly how that works.
The short version
destination.com earns a commission when readers book a hotel or flight, or apply for a credit card, through some of the links on our site. These are called affiliate links. The commission comes from the merchant or card issuer — it never changes the price you pay or the terms of the offer. Our editorial picks are chosen independently of any compensation.
Travel partners
We participate in the Expedia Group Travel Creator Program via Partnerize. That covers Expedia hotel, flight, activity, car-hire, package and cruise links — the majority of the booking links on our destination guides.
Through CJ Affiliate we work with Hotels.com (hotels and stackable rewards) and Vrbo (vacation rentals — cabins, villas, beach houses and ski chalets). We have been accepted into the Casa Andina programme (hotels across Peru) but have not yet enabled commission tracking on it, so those links currently earn us nothing. We have also applied to several hotel-brand programs, including Marriott Bonvoy, Hilton Honors, IHG One Rewards and World of Hyatt; until those approvals come through, links to those brands earn us nothing at all.
Through Travelpayouts we reach the following merchants directly: Booking.com (hotels, global), Agoda (hotels, strongest in Asia), Trip.com (hotels and regional flights, Asia-Pacific), Hostelworld (hostels, dorms and budget rooms), Aviasales (flight metasearch across major booking sites), WayAway (flight metasearch with an optional cashback tier for members), Klook (tours, attractions and transfers, Asia-first), Tiqets (mobile skip-the-line tickets for European museums and landmarks), Viator (tours and day-trips worldwide), GetYourGuide (guided tours and skip-the-line tickets, strongest in Europe), DiscoverCars (car-rental comparison across 500+ suppliers), GetRentacar (car rental in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Mediterranean islands), GetTransfer (private airport transfers and car-with-driver), Airalo (prepaid international eSIM data plans) and EKTA (pay-per-day travel insurance).
Ticketmaster (concerts, theatre and sports) is reached directly through Impact rather than Travelpayouts.
Credit-card offers: where a newsletter or plan links to travel rewards cards, the link goes to Bankrate's card pages under its publisher program, and we are compensated if you apply through it. Card rates, fees and rewards are set by the issuer.
When you click a stay, flight, activity, ticket, car-hire, transfer, eSIM or travel-insurance link on destination.com, we may earn a commission if you complete a booking — the price you pay does not change.
Other partners
We work with NordVPN through CJ Affiliate. Where we recommend a VPN — usually in the context of public airport, café or hotel Wi-Fi — we may earn a commission if you subscribe through one of our links. As with every partnership on this page, what you pay is unaffected.
Credit-card partners
We work with credit-card affiliate networks including CardRatings, FlexOffers, CJ Affiliate, and Impact. When these partnerships are active and you apply for a card through one of our links, we may receive a commission if you are approved. Card offers, rates, fees, and terms are set by the issuer and can change at any time — always review the current terms on the issuer's website before applying.
How this affects what you see
We only write about products we would recommend to a friend. A card or hotel is not featured because it pays more — it is featured because our editorial team believes it earns its spot. When multiple products are comparable, we may prioritise the one we have an affiliate relationship with, and we label any link that earns a commission with rel="sponsored" in the link's HTML so search engines and tracking tools can identify it.
What we do not do
We do not accept payment for positive reviews. We do not alter factual information (rates, fees, bonuses) to make a product look better than it is. We do not hide the existence of better products that we cannot earn commission on — if we know of one and recommend it editorially, we will say so.
Questions
If you have questions about this disclosure, a specific recommendation, or any affiliate relationship on destination.com, email us at editorial@destination.com. We publish corrections when we get something wrong.
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