Packzup is free to read and funded in two ways: display advertising, and a small number of affiliate links. Nothing you read here is paid for by the companies we write about. This page sets out exactly where the money comes from, which links earn it, and what we do to stop it influencing the advice.
How Packzup makes money
Two sources, in order of size:
- Display advertising. Ads on this site are sold and served by Mediavine, an advertising management partner. Our authorised sellers are published in ads.txt. We do not choose which individual adverts appear, and advertisers get no say in what we publish or how we rate anything.
- Affiliate links. If you book through certain links, the partner pays us a commission. You pay exactly the same price either way.
Every affiliate programme we are part of
Two. That is the complete list:
- GetYourGuide — tours, tickets and experiences. These appear as suggested activity cards on destination guides and comparisons.
- SafetyWing — travel medical insurance, through their ambassador programme. This appears on comparison and planning pages.
We name them because a disclosure that lists partners we do not actually work with is not a disclosure. If that ever changes, this page changes first.
Brands we mention but earn nothing from
We write about Booking.com, Agoda, Airalo, Holafly, Wise, Skyscanner, Hopper, Viator, Amazon, World Nomads and others throughout the site. None of those are affiliate links. They are named because they are relevant to the advice, and we earn nothing whether you use them or not. Our insurance comparison tool links to several providers directly, unpaid, including ones we have no relationship with at all.
How to identify an affiliate link
You do not have to take our word for it. Every affiliate link on this site carries rel="sponsored nofollow" in the HTML, the standard signal for a commercial link. Right-click any link and choose “Inspect” to check it yourself. Affiliate blocks are also visually separated from editorial content and labelled.
What advertising and affiliate money does not buy
- No paid placements, sponsored guides or paid reviews. We do not sell coverage.
- No press trips, comped stays or gifted travel in exchange for coverage.
- No advertiser or affiliate partner sees an article before publication.
- Rankings, verdicts and “worth it / skip it” calls are never influenced by whether a business pays us. Where the better option earns us nothing, we still recommend the better option.
You never need to use our links
If you would rather not, type the company’s address into your browser directly. Nothing on this site is gated, tracked differently, or withheld based on whether you used an affiliate link.
Questions or a disclosure problem
If you think a link is insufficiently disclosed, or you spot commercial content that reads as editorial, tell us and we will fix it: editorial@packzup.com.
Last reviewed 2 August 2026. Reviewed at least annually, and immediately whenever a commercial relationship starts or ends.
