How we recommend.
Why the verdicts can be blunt, and what we will and won't take money for.
Every verdict is judged, not compiled
Each recommendation has to answer one question: why is this worth limited time? If it doesn't, it comes out. Research and verification support a judgment; they never replace having been there.
What we skip, we name
The skip list is the most useful thing we publish. Calling a popular place not worth going to is the point.
Money
- Guides are paid for once, by readers. That's what keeps the verdicts independent.
- Some links are affiliate links. They are disclosed next to the link, and a commission never changes a recommendation.
- No paid placements, no sponsored verdicts, no free stays in exchange for coverage.
- If we ever run a paid partnership, it will only be with a place we'd recommend anyway, and it will be labelled.
Dates you can trust
Every article shows when it was published and when its facts were last verified. If something changes, we update the page and the date.