Last updated: May 2026
At Atlas & Awe, we believe in absolute transparency. This page explains how we make money to keep our travel journalism free and accessible to everyone.
Throughout our website, you will find links to third-party products and services (such as hotels, tour operators, and flight aggregators). These are "affiliate links." This means that if you click on one of these links and subsequently make a purchase or booking, we may receive a small commission from that company at absolutely no additional cost to you.
We only partner with highly reputable travel services that we have personally vetted. Our primary affiliate partners include, but are not limited to:
When you click an affiliate link on our site, a small tracking cookie is placed on your browser. If you complete a transaction within the cookie's timeframe (usually 14-30 days), the affiliate network records the sale and credits Atlas & Awe with a percentage of the sale. This is how we fund the time, research, and hosting required to produce high-quality travel guides.
Our affiliate partnerships do not, in any way, dictate our editorial content, our reviews, or our destination choices. We will never recommend a service solely because it pays a high commission. If a product is terrible, we will not link to it, regardless of the payout. Our primary obligation is to you, the reader. If we ever recommend something we haven't personally tested, we will explicitly state so in the article.
Using our affiliate links will never increase the price you pay for a product or service. In some cases, our links may actually unlock exclusive discount codes that lower your price.
You are never obligated to use our affiliate links. If you prefer to go directly to a partner’s website (e.g., typing getyourguide.com into your browser), you are absolutely free to do so. However, using our links is a free way to support the work we do at Atlas & Awe, and we greatly appreciate it.
If you have any questions regarding our affiliate relationships, please reach out to us at: hello@atlasandawe.blog