Affiliate Policy

This blog is a FREE resource for travelers, & represents many hours of work.  Girl Who Travels the World is a true labor of passion, that combines two of my favorite things in the world: travel & writing.  When I started this blog, I had no idea that you could even make money from a blog!  Let alone, how to do that.  Since late 2016, when this blog was created, the learning curve has been steep: & I’ve slowly learned how to make money ~ often by adding affiliate links, which I’ll talk more about in this “Affiliate Policy.” 

My intention with affiliate links is to keep them entirely relevant to my topic: I link to hotels I’ve actually stayed in, & products I actually use.  Occasionally, I receive complimentary hotel stays: if that’s the case, I state it right up front.  If I have any critique of the hotel, I always address it! 

My primary commitment is to my reader, rather than to a hotel or corporation, & my opinions are 100% my own.  

 

The Companies I Work With

In the name of full transparency, here’s a list of affiliate programs I currently work with: Amazon Affiliate Program, Discover Cars, Expedia, Google Ad Sense, Hotels.com, Stay22, & Travel Payouts.  If you click through any of these links & make a purchase, I may earn a commission.  This costs you nothing extra.  And here’s the really interesting thing about affiliate marketing: let’s say you click through one of my links, but don’t end up buying the product I recommend; you buy something else instead.  I still earn a commission!  The same is true for hotels.  Let’s say I recommend staying at the JW Marriott in Cusco, but you end up booking a different hotel. 

You still entered the booking portal through my site, therefore, I may earn a commission.

Is every link on my site an affiliate link? 

Absolutely not.  Hundreds of links on my site link to businesses or organizations I trust, that offer value to my reader.  For instance, I wrote an article called, “Why Surf Camp is Perfect for Solo Travel,” & there are numerous links to Pura Vida Adventures in the article.  Pura Vida didn’t pay me to write the article (that would be called a “Sponsored Post”), & I make no money from links to their site ~ it was simply an amazing experience I wanted to share. 

Privacy Policy

Valid from January 2016 to current.

This privacy policy for Girl Who Travels the World (“we,” “us,” or “our“), which is run by Noelle Bertram, describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share your information when you use our services (“Services“), such as when you:

• Visit our website at GirlWhoTravelstheWorld.com,
• Engage with us in other related ways ― including any sales, marketing, or events.

Girl Who Travels the World works with Google, a third-party who uses cookies to serve ads based on a user’s previous visits to this site or other sites.  Third-party vendors and Google use these cookies to serve interest-based ads to readers.  Users are able to opt out of personalized advertising by going directly to Google’s Ad Settings, or by contacting www.aboutads.info.  If readers don’t opt out, data may be collected about readers’ browsing behavior, for the purpose of serving relevant ads.  This disclosure is in compliance with all current privacy laws, including the GDPR for European users, and the CCPA for California residents.

Questions or concerns?  Reading this privacy policy should help you understand your privacy rights and choices ~ not only with this website, but with others as well.  If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services.  If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at girlwhotravelstheworld@gmail.com.