How the links pay for this

As an Amazon Associate, Compasserie earns from qualifying purchases. Links to our own guides on Kindle carry our Associates tag, so a purchase pays both the royalty on the book and a small referral commission.

Where a checklist recommends something to book before you land, some of those links are affiliate links through Travelpayouts. The partners we currently earn from are EKTA for travel medical insurance, Yesim for eSIM data, Welcome Pickups for airport transfers, Tiqets for attraction tickets, and Go City for city passes.

Links we do not earn from are marked as such on the page itself. The hotel links in our guides and checklists are the clearest example: they earn nothing, and they are there because you need a hotel, not because it pays.

The one exception is a room the Travel Desk books for you. Anthony Rivers, who runs the Desk, is an advisor with Fora Travel, and when he books a hotel through Fora the hotel pays a commission, part of which comes to Compasserie. The Desk says so before you book.

• It does not buy a recommendation. Where a product is not needed, the page says so.
• It does not change a fact, a law, a date, or a safety note.
• It does not buy placement in a guide. No company has ever paid to appear in one.

On every page carrying an affiliate link, above the links, in ordinary body text at the same size as everything else you are reading. Not in a tooltip, not behind an accordion, and not in grey six point type at the bottom. A guide that is not yet on sale carries no affiliate link and so carries no disclosure, because there is nothing to disclose.

Last reviewed 2026-09-13. Quarterly. Next review December 2026. Questions: hello@compasserie.com.