Editorial Policy
This page sets out how guides on Triplarks are researched, checked and maintained. It is the standard we hold ourselves to, and the one you can hold us to.
Sources we use
- Primary, always preferred. The restaurant’s own menu, the hotel’s own rate card, the park authority’s own fee schedule, the airline’s or ferry operator’s own timetable.
- Official data. National tourism boards, statistics offices, central bank exchange rates, government travel advisories, meteorological services.
- Recognised guides. Where a restaurant or hotel carries a listing that matters — a Michelin entry, a national heritage designation — we cite the awarding body and the year.
We read other travel guides, including other blogs, to see what travellers ask about, and some of our older guides name them as sources. Where a fact matters for a decision — a fee, a timetable, a closure, a rule — we check it against a primary or official source wherever one exists.
Dating
Where a guide gives a fee, an opening day or a timetable, we note when it was checked. We quote prices sparingly, because they change faster than guides are updated; where we do, they are given in US dollars and, where the difference matters, in local currency.
Re-checking
We review a guide when we learn that something in it has changed — from an official announcement, a reader’s report or our own checks. Re-checking means going back to the primary source, not skimming the page, and when we update a guide we move its checked date forward.
First-hand experience
Where we have been somewhere, we say so and we say when. Where we have not, we do not write as though we have. You will not find invented meals, invented rooms or invented conversations on this site.
What we do not do
- No presenting AI-assisted drafting as first-hand reporting. We use AI tools to help research and draft guides, and we do not pass that off as personal experience.
- No fabricated reviews, testimonials or personal anecdotes.
- No paid placements presented as editorial judgement.
- No author bylines belonging to people who do not exist.
Images
Most images on this site, including those in our Web Stories, are illustrations created with AI image tools. They show the kind of place being described rather than a photograph of it, so do not rely on them for exact details. We do not use photographs of specific named businesses without permission.
Corrections
Send corrections to hello@triplarks.com. We aim to review within five working days. When we correct a factual error we update the guide, move its checked date forward, and note the change at the foot of the article if the error was material.
Independence
Triplarks earns money through affiliate links: booking links and accommodation maps from Stay22, which send readers to Booking.com or Agoda. If a reader books through one of them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to them. Every page that carries these links discloses it at the top. We carry no display advertising.
No business has paid, or can pay, to be included in or excluded from a guide, and whether a link earns a commission does not decide which area or place we recommend.