Affiliates
Affiliate disclosures
Last updated: May 21, 2026
TL;DR
We earn affiliate commissions from booking partners. We disclose each commission on the result it applies to. We do not rank results by commission rate. We do not earn more on more expensive properties or destinations. The list below is every commercial relationship we have. Updated as it changes.
Why we publish this page
Most travel sites bury commission rates in 60-page Terms of Service or never disclose them at all. The FTC requires disclosure of "material connection" affiliate relationships, but the legal minimum is a footer link with vague language. We do the opposite: per-result disclosure, plus this page that lays out every relationship in one place.
The manifesto is "give money back to people, make corporations pay." Hiding what we earn from booking links would betray that. So we don't.
Active affiliate relationships
| Partner | What we link to | Our commission | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuitee / LiteAPI | Hotel and apartment bookings on /search | 3% member / ~13% public, disclosed per result | Live |
| Travelpayouts (Aviasales) | Flight redirects on /search | Variable per route, typically 1-2% | Live |
| Coliving.com | Long-stay (30+ night) handoff on /search | 50% rev share of their commission | Live |
| CJ Affiliate Network | Various retailers (gear, services) when contextually relevant | Variable per advertiser | Configured, not yet used |
| Outsite | Coliving alternative for nomads | 20% of first booking | Not yet enrolled |
| Anyplace | Furnished apartment alternative | ~5% per booking (avg ~$62) | Not yet enrolled |
| Blueground | Premium furnished rentals | Variable (consumer affiliate) | Not yet enrolled |
Why two pricing tiers (member vs public)
You'll see two prices on our search results, depending on whether you're signed in. The reason is hotel rate parity rules.
- Hotels publish a "Suggested Selling Price" (SSP) through their distribution feed. SSP is the rate they expect aggregators like us to display publicly.
- Selling below SSP publicly violates the contract we have with our infrastructure partner Nuitee/LiteAPI, and through them with the hotels themselves. Penalties can include loss of inventory access.
- Selling below SSP to a "closed user group" (signed-in members) is allowed. This is explicitly permitted in LiteAPI's revenue management documentation.
So we built it the right way:
- Anonymous browsing: we match Booking.com's published retail rate (SSP-compliant). You still see what we earn (~13%) and a Compare button so you can verify on Booking directly.
- Signed-in members: you get our discounted rate (3% commission). On a typical 7-night stay, members save ~$100 vs the public rate, ~$130 vs Booking.com.
- Sign-up is free. No credit card. No newsletter spam. Sign in with Google or email link.
This is the same model premium travel platforms like NomadList use. Your data isn't sold or shared. The only thing we get from your sign-in is the legal ability to show you a lower rate.
How we rank results
You're going to ask: if you earn from affiliate commissions, do high-commission stays appear higher? Short answer: no. The exact ordering, in priority:
- Total all-in price (room rate + VAT + at-property taxes when surfaced). Cheapest first.
- Availability for your dates and guest count. Properties without bookable rates for your specific window are filtered out.
- Fit for extended stay. Apartments, villas, and holiday homes show first when you pick the "extended stay" filter (default). Hotels still show, just lower.
- Reviews + rating. Used as a tiebreaker between similar prices, never as a boost factor.
- Refundability. Refundable rates surface above non-refundable ones at similar prices.
- Distance from city center / requested area. When a search returns auto-expanded results from 25km radius (because the strict city had thin inventory), expanded results are clearly tagged "NEARBY" and sort below in-city options.
Commission rate is never a sort factor. Our commission is roughly the same percentage across the supplier mix, so it would be pointless to sort by it even if we wanted to. The result you see is the cheapest one that fits your search.
Want to verify? Click "Compare on Booking" on any result. Booking shows the same room from the same supplier (most of the time). Their price is usually higher than ours because of their bigger markup, and almost always with drip-pricing taxes added at checkout instead of upfront.
Open question we won't answer until we have user data: should member rates surface above anonymous rates when a user is signed in? Right now, no. Member rates replace the same hotel's anonymous rate for that user, but the order across hotels stays consistent. We'd revisit if data shows members behave differently.
How affiliate revenue affects what you see
Plain rules:
- We rank by user value, not by what we earn. The cheapest result that fits your search comes first. We do not push higher-commission properties up the list.
- Our commission percentage is roughly the same across booking partners. So we have no financial incentive to direct you to one platform over another. We pick whichever actually serves you better.
- Disclosure is on every result, not buried. Each booking card shows the commission amount and percentage on the rate displayed.
- Compare on Booking.com is one click. Every result has a button that opens Booking.com's listing for the same property so you can verify our pricing claim. We don't hide behind "trust us."
- We do not boost commission via tier-up tactics. No upselling tricks, no "premium results" labels for paid placements. Sponsored content is banned per the manifesto.
When we DON'T earn anything
Some platforms we display are NOT affiliated with us. We show them anyway when they're useful to you. Specifically:
- Airbnb: ended their affiliate program in 2021. We don't earn anything when you click through to Airbnb. We still link to them when relevant because pretending Airbnb doesn't exist would be dishonest.
- Direct hotel websites: when an explicit "book direct" link exists for a property, we may show it as an alternative. We don't earn affiliate revenue on direct bookings.
- Furnished Finder: no public affiliate program. We mention them in long-stay contexts because they're a real alternative for our audience, not because we're paid to.
Where the money goes
Affiliate income, after Stripe / payment processor fees, covers:
- AWS infrastructure (currently ~$30/month, growing slowly)
- Tooling subscriptions (~$30/month: domain, email, monitoring)
- Founder time (Nick Flournoy, solo, currently unpaid by the business)
- Future hires when revenue justifies (none yet)
We publish our actual AWS spend on /stats. As the business grows, we'll add affiliate revenue breakdown to that page so you can see the actual numbers, not just the policy.
Changes
When we add a new affiliate relationship, deprecate one, or change the terms with an existing partner, we update this page and post a note on /decisions describing what changed and why. Material changes to commission rates or ranking logic will also be emailed to account holders.
Questions
Email hello@weeklyescapes.com. If you spot a result that looks like it's ranked unfairly or a disclosure that looks wrong, please tell us so we can fix it.