College Hobbies is reader-funded. We don't sell display advertising to the highest bidder and we don't run "sponsored posts" dressed up as editorial. Instead we use affiliate links — when you click one of our recommended booking, flight, hotel, tour or gear links and complete a purchase, the merchant pays us a small commission. You pay the same price you'd pay going direct.
Affiliate links can appear inside stories, comparison tables, our deals desk, and occasionally in the newsletter. We make it clear where a merchant is being recommended and we credit sources for prices we quote. Where our recommendation is time-sensitive (a fare, a shoulder-season window), we date it in the copy.
The main networks and merchants we work with include Booking.com, Skyscanner, GetYourGuide, Sykes Cottages, Amazon Associates (UK), Awin, CJ, Impact, and direct partnerships with a handful of operators, hotels and outdoor brands. All partners appear on College Hobbies because we would recommend them anyway.
We recommend the best option we can find at the price bracket the reader is shopping in — not the one that pays the most. We publish "skip it" verdicts as often as "worth it" ones. If a partner is worse than a non-partner alternative, we say so. We never sign an agreement that requires positive coverage.
You can support us by using the links inside stories when you're already planning to book, or by forwarding our newsletter to a friend who plans trips. Either way, thank you — that's how we keep the lights on and stay independent.