Affiliate disclosure
Right now, Surf Camp Scout earns nothing from any link on this site. Discovery, ratings, reviews, and search are free and always will be. This page explains what happens today, what would change if that ever stops being true, and what commission can and can't buy — in plain terms (the short version of an FTC disclosure).
Which links earn a commission today
None of them. Every “Check availability” link on the site currently goes directly to the camp's own website. Those are editorial links — we earn nothing from them, and we include them because they're the right destination, not because they pay.
We expect that to change as the site grows. A link would only ever earn a commission if it routes to a booking-platform partner — the code recognises BookSurfCamps and Tripaneer — and if that happens, the link is labelled as sponsored on the listing itself and this page is updated to say so. We would rather tell you we earn nothing than imply a relationship we don't have.
How to tell a sponsored link apart
- On a camp's page, a commissioned “Check availability” link shows a disclosure line and uses
rel="sponsored nofollow"; a direct/editorial link doesn't. - Those booking links route through our own
/go/[camp_id]redirect so we can attribute referrals — it sends you straight on to the camp or partner. - If a destination is a partner booking platform rather than the camp's own site, that's a commissioned link — we never dress a sponsored link up as editorial.
What commission does not buy
- Ranking. Best-of guides and lists are ordered by fit, not by commission.
- Inclusion. Whether a camp is listed at all has nothing to do with whether its link pays us.
- Review suppression. We don't hide negative reviews for camps that earn us more — see our trust & reviews policy.
- Unlabelled placement. If anything is ever sponsored, it's tagged as such.
Sponsored placements (planned, labelled)
We don't run paid placements today. If we ever do, they'll appear as clearly-labelled “Sponsored” cards in side rails or page tops — never woven into an editorial ranked list.