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Last updated 12 September 2026No affiliate revenue
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Conflicts
Anyone writing for RoomLedger discloses employment, advisory, family or financial ties to a travel platform before working on it, and is recused where the tie is material. Holdings in a listed travel company are disclosed to the editor.
Fairness
A platform facing significant criticism is described accurately: what it does, what it charges, what it says in its own defence. We separate a company's published policy from a reader's individual experience, and we do not present anecdotes as a documented pattern.