How we work
Editorial policy
Last updated
Travel advice is only useful if you can trust it. This page explains how our guides are made and what you can expect from them.
Research
Every guide starts with a brief: the traveller’s question, what an answer needs to cover, and which sources can support it. For facts that change, such as entry rules, visitor levies, opening hours, fees and timetables, we use official government, tourism-board or operator sources and record the date we checked them. Those sources are listed at the end of each guide.
What our labels mean
- Researched: based on published sources, maps and operator information. This is the default for our guides.
- Personally visited: used only when a named contributor has documented first-hand experience.
- Partner-provided: facts taken from a booking partner’s listing, such as a tour’s inclusions. We say when this is the case.
We never invent experiences, interviews, reviews, ratings, prices or statistics.
Fact-checking and approval
Each guide is checked against its sources and reviewed by an editor before it is published. A guide is not published if a key claim cannot be supported. Guides show the date they were published, the date their facts were last checked and, when there has been a meaningful change, the date they were updated. We do not change dates for cosmetic edits.
Updates
Each guide has a review date based on how quickly its subject changes. Guides about entry requirements and transport are reviewed more often than guides about neighbourhoods.
Use of AI tools
We use AI tools to help with research organisation, outlines and first drafts. A human editor checks every factual claim against sources, edits the text and approves it before publication. AI tools are never used to invent first-hand experiences or to create images that pretend to show a real place, hotel or tour.
Images
We use original illustrations, licensed photographs and partner-approved images. Illustrations are labelled as illustrations. Photographs of real places are not altered in ways that misrepresent them. We keep a licence record for every image.
Affiliate links and independence
Booking links to Agoda and Viator may earn us a commission. We include them only where they help you take a sensible next step, and partners have no say in what we write. See the affiliate disclosure.
Respectful and responsible travel
We respect Balinese culture, sacred sites and local communities. We highlight dress codes and etiquette, and we do not promote activities that are unsafe, illegal or harmful to animals or the environment.
Corrections
If you find an error or something out of date, please tell us. We check every report, correct confirmed errors promptly and note significant corrections in the guide.