Affiliate Disclosure

An affiliate link is a regular hyperlink that includes a tracking tag identifying Kingston Compass as the source. If you click it and complete a booking on the partner's website, that partner pays us a small commission — usually a few percent of the booking value. You pay exactly the same price you would have paid otherwise.

We mark every affiliate link with rel="sponsored" as required by Google's webmaster guidelines, and most carry an inline note next to the link itself.

We currently use the following affiliate networks. We add new partners only when we already recommend the venue or service editorially — never the other way around.

• GetYourGuide — ticketed attractions and guided tours (Hampton Court Palace, RHS Wisley, Kew Gardens, Chessington World of Adventures). Booked via Travelpayouts, our affiliate network.

We will update this list whenever we add a new partner.

When you click an affiliate link, the partner sets a cookie in your browser identifying Kingston Compass as the referrer. If you complete a booking within the partner's cookie window (typically 30 days for GetYourGuide), the booking is attributed to us and we receive a commission.

The cookie is set by the partner, not by Kingston Compass. We do not see the booking details, your name, your payment details, or any other personal information — we only see anonymous click counts and commission totals in our partner dashboard.

You can clear or block these cookies at any time through your browser settings. Doing so will not affect your ability to use the partner's website — only the attribution back to us.

Affiliate commissions never determine what we recommend or how we rate it. Specifically:

• We do not write reviews because a venue has an affiliate programme.
• We do not rank affiliated venues above non-affiliated ones.
• We do not omit criticism of a venue because it pays a commission.
• We do not accept payment from venues in exchange for inclusion or positive coverage. (Featured listings, if and when we offer them, are a separate paid product and will be clearly labelled.)

If a venue we love does not have an affiliate programme, we still recommend it. If a venue with a generous affiliate programme is not worth recommending, we do not link to it.

Kingston Compass is run by a small local team and is free to read. Affiliate commissions help cover hosting, research time, on-the-ground visits, and the photography that keeps the site authentic. They let us stay independent of advertising networks that would otherwise clutter the experience and slow the site down.

This disclosure is provided in line with:

• The UK Advertising Standards Authority guidance on affiliate marketing
• The US Federal Trade Commission endorsement guidelines (which apply to any international readers)
• UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (cookie consent — see our Privacy Policy)