Affiliate Disclosure
Last updated: April 2026
How We Earn Money
Our Family Travel participates in affiliate marketing programs, which means we may earn a commission when you click on or book through certain links on this site — at no extra cost to you. These commissions help us fund our operations and continue providing free planning tools to our readers.
Affiliate Programs We Participate In
- CJ.com (Commission Junction). We are members of CJ.com (Company ID: 2443550) and participate in affiliate programs with travel advertisers including hotel booking platforms, tour operators, and travel services. When you click an affiliate link on our site and make a purchase through a CJ.com advertiser, we may earn a commission.
- Amazon Associates. We participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. When you purchase products through our Amazon links (such as items in our Packing List Generator), we may earn a referral fee.
- Hotel booking partners. We maintain affiliate relationships with hotel booking platforms including Hotels.com, Booking.com, and Expedia. Links to specific resort recommendations may contain affiliate tracking.
- Tour and experience partners. We may earn commissions from GetYourGuide and similar tour/experience booking platforms when readers book through our contextual links.
How This Affects Our Content
It doesn’t. Our editorial recommendations are completely independent of our affiliate relationships. We recommend products, services, resorts, and strategies based solely on our assessment of their value to our readers — not on the commissions we might earn.
Affiliate links are placed contextually within our content where we believe they are genuinely helpful. For example:
- After recommending a specific resort, we may link to booking options on Hotels.com or Booking.com.
- In our packing guides, we may link to specific products on Amazon.
- In our tour recommendations, we may link to GetYourGuide experiences.
We never recommend a product, resort, or service solely because it offers an affiliate commission. If we wouldn’t recommend it to a friend, we won’t recommend it to you.
Advertising Policy
We may display display advertisements on this site. These ads are clearly labeled as advertising and are separated from our editorial content. We do not accept sponsored content without clear “Sponsored” or “Partner” labeling.
Transparency Commitment
We believe in being upfront about our commercial relationships. If you ever have questions about a specific link, recommendation, or our monetization practices, please contact us.
This disclosure is provided in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines and the CJ.com affiliate program requirements.
