Editorial Standards & AI Use Disclosure

How we use AI

This site is built and operated by a small team. We use AI systems (primarily large language models) for research, drafting, structural editing, schema generation, and copy formatting. Every published post is reviewed by a human editor before publication, but the underlying drafts and much of the supporting research are AI-assisted.

We do this because we believe AI tooling, used carefully, lets a small team produce thorough, well-structured travel coverage at a scale that would otherwise require a full editorial newsroom. We do not do this to mass-produce thin content — on the contrary, our output volume is intentionally modest and curated.

What our editorial bylines actually mean

Posts on this site are attributed to named bylines — Sophie Dubois, Sarah Jenkins, Michael Ross, Elena K., David Smith — that represent editorial focus areas, not individual human authors. Each byline corresponds to a regional or topical desk:

Sophie Dubois — Iberian & French Coast desk
Sarah Jenkins — Southeast Asia & Indian Ocean desk
Elena K. — Mediterranean desk
Michael Ross — Booking & Property Tech desk
David Smith — Family Travel desk

We use named bylines rather than a generic “Editorial Team” tag because it lets readers quickly see which desk produced which coverage, and because it preserves a consistent editorial voice per topic. We are explicit on each author page that the byline is a brand, not a person, and we do not claim social profiles, credentials, or biographical history that we cannot verify.

Our data sources

Property data on this site — names, ratings, review counts, indicative prices, amenities — is drawn from public listings, primarily Booking.com. We do not independently inspect every property. Where we describe what a property is like to stay at, those descriptions are editorial syntheses of public information (listing copy, guest reviews, property photos, region knowledge) rather than firsthand stay reports.

Prices and ratings change. We refresh data periodically but cannot guarantee real-time accuracy. Always confirm price, availability, and amenities on the booking platform before reserving.

How we choose what to feature

For each destination we publish a curated “Best 10” rather than a long catalog. The selection is editorial and considers:

Verified pool quality (presence of a genuinely private pool, size, heating, design)
Aggregate guest ratings and review volume on public platforms
Geographic and price-band diversity (we try not to stack the top 10 with near-identical properties)
Distinctive editorial angle — what makes the property worth covering over a similarly-priced alternative

We do not accept payment for inclusion or rank position. No property has paid to appear on this site, and no commission structure influences which properties we rank above others.

How we make money

When you click “Check Availability” on a property and book through the resulting Booking.com link, we may earn an affiliate commission at no additional cost to you. This is the primary funding model for the site. We disclose this in the page footer of every page on the site and in the affiliate link itself (rel="nofollow sponsored").

As of this writing, we are an independent operator and not a registered affiliate with the major booking platforms — meaning the affiliate-link infrastructure is in place but commissions are not yet being collected. When we do enrol, we will note the date here.

What we will not do

Fabricate human biographies for AI bylines, including invented years of experience, employers, social profiles, or stay counts.
Mark up AI personas as Person in Schema.org. Persona bylines are marked as ProfilePage with an Organization publisher.
Claim firsthand experience we do not have. Coverage is editorial synthesis of public information.
Accept payment for inclusion in our destination rankings or to influence rank position.

What we will do

Disclose AI assistance on this page, on every author page, and in the publisher footer.
Correct factual errors within 48 hours of a credible report, and note the correction on the post.
Refresh price and rating data periodically and update dateModified when a post is meaningfully reviewed.
Use affiliate disclosures on every page footer and on outbound affiliate links (rel="sponsored").

Reporting an error or removal request

If you spot a factual error, a price that's seriously out of date, or a property listing you believe should be removed (because it has closed, changed, or you are the property owner and the description is materially wrong), please reach out via our contact page with the URL of the page and a description of the issue. We aim to acknowledge within 48 hours and correct within a week.

Changes to this policy

This policy was last updated 14 May 2026. We'll note material changes here with a date. Substantive changes (e.g. enrolment in a new affiliate programme, change in editorial model, new content categories) will be disclosed prominently.