Affiliate Disclosure
HotelsRating earns part of its revenue from booking partners. This page explains exactly how that works and what it can and cannot influence.
1. How affiliate links work
Hotel pages can show "check rates" or "book" buttons leading to booking partners. If you follow such a link and complete a booking, the partner pays us a commission. You pay nothing extra: the price is the partner's normal price.
Current partners: Booking.com. As further partners (such as Expedia or Agoda) are connected, they will be added to this page.
2. What commissions never influence
- Scores and rankings. Affiliate commissions play no role in any hotel's HRI, medal, or position in any ranking. This is a binding commitment in our Terms of Service and the Integrity Policy.
- The order of booking buttons. Where several partners are shown for one hotel, their order is fixed and alphabetical — never sorted by commission size.
- Which hotels we show you. Search, catalog and ranking results are driven by the published methodology, not by which hotels can be booked through a partner.
3. Labeling and logging
Affiliate links are marked with the rel="sponsored" attribute, as search engines require. When you click one, we record the hotel, the partner, the time and an anonymous session hash — no name or e-mail — to account for commissions and detect abuse, as described in the Privacy Policy.
4. Your booking is with the partner
We are not a party to your reservation. Payment, confirmation, changes, cancellations and support are handled by the booking partner or the hotel under their terms. Check the final price and conditions on the partner's site before paying.
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