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Affiliate Disclosure

Last updated: March 18, 2026

The Short Version

Some hotel links on SaintAugustineHotels.com are affiliate links. When you click one and make a booking, we may earn a small commission from the booking platform (Booking.com or Expedia) at no extra cost to you. You pay exactly the same price you would booking directly.

This commission is how we fund the site and keep it free to use. It never influences our hotel rankings, recommendations, or editorial content. We recommend hotels based on guest ratings, value, and location — not on commission rates.

How Affiliate Links Work

When you click a "View Deal" button on a hotel listing, you are redirected to Booking.com or Expedia via a tracking link that identifies our site as the referral source. If you complete a booking within a set window (typically 30–90 days), the booking platform pays us a commission — usually a small percentage of the booking value.

This is a standard practice used by thousands of travel websites. The tracking is done via a cookie set by the booking platform on your device — see our Cookie Policy for details.

The price you pay is identical to the price you would pay booking directly on Booking.com or Expedia. We do not add markups, booking fees, or surcharges of any kind.

Our Affiliate Partners

We currently work with the following affiliate programmes:

We may add additional affiliate partners in the future. This disclosure will be updated when we do.

Our Editorial Independence

We are committed to maintaining complete editorial independence from our affiliate relationships. Here's specifically what that means in practice:

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No Pay-to-Rank
Hotels cannot pay to be ranked higher, appear in "featured" spots, or receive more favourable descriptions. Our rankings are determined entirely by guest ratings, location, and value.
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Same Price Guarantee
Every hotel link goes directly to Booking.com or Expedia at the platform's standard rate. We never inflate prices to increase our commission.
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Honest Trade-Offs
We surface the drawbacks of every hotel we list — limited parking, no beach access, adults only — because accurate information serves you better than a sales pitch.
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Quality Threshold
Hotels with consistently poor guest reviews don't appear in our featured listings regardless of commission rates. We only recommend hotels we'd be comfortable recommending to a friend.

FTC Disclosure Compliance

This disclosure is made in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255 ↗). We are required to disclose any material connection between us and the products or services we recommend. Our affiliate relationships with Booking.com and Expedia constitute such a material connection, which is why this disclosure page exists and why affiliate links are identified throughout the site.

Questions

If you have any questions about our affiliate relationships or how we use affiliate links, contact us at [email protected].