How we make money

We don't. Surf Camp Scout holds no affiliate partnerships, runs no advertising, sells no subscription and takes no payment from any camp. Every link on this site earns us nothing. This page exists so you can check that claim rather than take it on trust.

Where a “Check availability” link goes

To the camp's own website, in almost every case. A small number of camps take bookings only through a marketplace such as Hostelworld or Booking.com; those links say so on the listing itself, above the button, so you know before you click that you are not being sent to the camp directly. We earn nothing from either kind.

Links route through our own /go/[camp_id] redirect. That is there to count clicks so we know which listings are useful — it carries no affiliate tag, no partner id and no tracking parameters onward, and it sends you straight through.

What that means for what you read

• Ranking. Best-of guides and lists are ordered by fit. Nothing pays for a position.
• Inclusion. Whether a camp is listed has nothing to do with money, because no money exists.
• Reviews. Nothing is hidden or softened for a camp — see our trust & reviews policy.

If this ever changes

It may — a directory has to pay for itself eventually. If it does, three things happen before a single link earns anything: this page is rewritten to say exactly what the arrangement is, every commissioned link is labelled on the listing itself, and the rest of the site's claims are updated to match. We would rather say we earn nothing than imply a relationship we don't have — or keep quiet about one we do.