You should never have to guess how a travel company is paid. Here is ours, in plain language: suppliers pay us, you do not.
When you book a stay, a transfer, a train, a flight or a ticket through us, the supplier pays us a share of that booking — the standard way travel works. It comes out of their side, which is why your total is the same as booking direct.
On a full door-to-door trip we put many suppliers together into one journey and stand behind the whole thing. We are paid on each part we arrange, and the complete-trip total you approve is the total you pay.
Bags, car seats, transfers, insurance, event tickets and activities are priced openly as their own lines. Nothing is pre-ticked, and removing one always lowers the total.
Nobody else plans a whole door-to-door journey the way our engine does. In time we can license that to other travel businesses — income that does not come from travellers at all.
The whole list, with the real market rate for each and whether it is earning today. Rates were read from the payers' own published terms on 2026-09-19.
10–15% of the room rate, paid after the stay
Paid by the hotel, guesthouse or rental owner.
You pay the room rate, and we are paid out of it afterwards. Booking through us costs the same as booking direct.
Our rule: A property paying more never ranks higher, and never gets a badge that implies quality.
roughly $0–30 on a $1,000 ticket — often a flat fee of a few dollars
Paid by the airline or flight distributor.
Flights barely pay anyone. We show the airline's own fare and add nothing to it, which is why flights alone will never fund this business.
Our rule: We will never add a booking fee or a service fee to a fare to make flights pay.
typically 40% of the broker's own margin — around $15–25 a rental
Paid by the car hire company or broker.
Same counter, same car, same price. The desk pays us, not you.
Our rule: We never pre-select the insurance upsell or hide the excess.
around 30% of the operator's margin on the ride
Paid by the transfer operator.
A fixed price agreed before you travel, with our share coming out of it.
Our rule: The cheapest sensible option is still shown first, even when it pays us least.
5–8% of the ticket price
Paid by the tour or attraction operator.
Tickets cost what they cost at the gate or on the operator's own site.
Our rule: No 'sells out fast' pressure, ever. If a time slot is gone, we say it is gone.
5–8% of the face value
Paid by the ticketing partner.
You see face value plus the ticketing partner's own fees, stated before you decide.
Our rule: We will not resell above face value, and we will not touch scalped inventory.
10–25% of the premium, or a flat $12–25 a policy
Paid by the insurer.
The best-paying product in travel, which is exactly why it needs the strictest rule below.
Our rule: Never pre-ticked, never sold with fear, and we will always tell you when your card or home policy already covers you.
typically 10–20% of the plan price
Paid by the mobile data provider.
An optional extra that saves roaming charges. Skip it and nothing changes.
Our rule: We show your own network's roaming cost alongside it so you can judge.
a fixed fee per placement, agreed per partner
Paid by the advertiser.
A clearly marked panel. It is never mixed into your results and never changes what we recommend.
Our rule: Labelled 'Paid placement' in plain words, kept out of every results list, and never targeted using your personal data.
a flat referral fee, commonly $50–200 for an approved card
Paid by the card issuer.
A comparison page, not a recommendation. We are not a bank and will not act like one.
Our rule: Interest rates, annual fees and the catch stated first — above the reward. No card is ever required to book.
a flat membership price, stated in full
Paid by the traveller, by choice.
The only money we ever take from a traveller, and only if you decide it is worth it. Prices are identical whether you join or not.
Our rule: No auto-renewal surprise, cancel in one click, no non-member price penalty.
Worked out from the ranges above, so you can see there is nothing hidden in your total.
A $1,000 flight ticket
You pay $1,000 — we earn $0–30
Airlines pay almost nothing to anyone. Flights bring travellers in; they do not pay the bills.
Five nights at $160 a night
You pay $800 — we earn $80–120
At 10–15% commission, paid by the hotel after checkout. This is the real engine of the business.
That same trip with a car, a transfer and insurance
You pay $800 stay + $250 car + $70 transfer + $90 insurance — we earn $120–190
The whole-trip model: each piece pays a little, and the traveller's price never moves because of it.
No supplier account is live yet, so nothing on the site can be bought and no commission is being earned. Prices you see are labelled as estimates. When suppliers connect, this page is updated before anything is sold.
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