Affiliate links and ads
This is a personal travel journal, and we pay for our own trips. To help cover the cost of running the site, some links earn us a small commission. Here’s how it works.
“Plan your own” links
On a trip page, the Plan your own box lists companies we’d look at for a similar trip. Links marked Ad are affiliate links through Awin, an affiliate network. If you click one and then book, the company may pay us a commission. You don’t pay any more. Some hotel and show links in the trip write-ups work the same way and are also marked Ad.
Commission never changes what we write about a trip. We only add a company to the box when it’s relevant to the trip.
The companies we currently have affiliate links with:
- Millennium Hotels (Hotels)
- QHotels (Hotels)
- Roomzzz (Hotels)
- Thistle Hotels (Hotels)
- TransPennine Trains (Trains)
- Show and Stay (Theatre)
- Theatre Tickets Direct (Theatre)
- Rail Discoveries (Rail holidays & tours)
Amazon
Some links search Amazon.co.uk for things like travel adaptors or luggage. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Those links always say “Amazon”, and we don’t show Amazon prices or ratings, because they change.
Our other websites
Some links go to other websites Steve runs, such as 16-25railcard.uk. We say so next to the link.
Banner ads
Some pages show a banner ad from 5od, our own small ad service, which shows banners from Awin advertisers. Banners only load if you choose “Accept ads cookies”. There are no ads on maps, forms or this page. See Privacy and cookies.
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