We’re Proud to Disclose our Affiliations
When you follow some of the links on our pages to external sites, OurCarriacou will receive a percentage of any purchases you make during that visit. This will not increase the cost to you of any of your purchases. These commissions help to keep the rest of our content fresh and free, so thank you!
Honesty Really is the Best Policy
In fact, we try to look at this Disclosure Statement and being transparent about affiliations as a competitive advantage. The more open and honest we are with you, the more credibility we will earn from our readers.
Unlike many other blogs who bury their disclosure statement (if any!) on some obscure page, we want ours to be upfront and transparent. Integrity should count for something. And we think (hope) that you, our loyal readers, will agree.
About Affiliate Links
You can identify affiliate links on our sites when you see references that are to external sites but that still begin with our domain name when you hover your mouse over them. These links then “redirect” to affiliate links. We do this because a link such as www.ourcarriacou.com/example is a lot more appealing to the eye than ugly URLs such as www.example.com/id=655&aff=5667&prod=77766.
We also think that being clear about our affiliations helps protect the select affiliate programs to which we belong. By being open and honest, we also protect and fully respect our affiliate programs.
“Being an affiliate is bad! You’re evil!”
Um, not really.
Our interests align with those of our readers.
If our recommendations were poor, this will hurt us.
Think about it.
If we recommend poor flights, accommodation etc, readers will ultimately not sign up. So why exactly would we recommend garbage?
Our incentives align with your interests and that’s why you can trust our recommendations. 🙂
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For all these reasons we believe it is in everyone's interest to be fully transparent in these respects and it is the reason why this disclosure statement is probably among the most open you will ever see. Thank you!