Affiliate Disclosure – somethingnewtodayes.com

Our Commitment to Transparency

somethingnewtodayes.com believes that honesty and transparency are fundamental to providing a genuinely useful service. This page explains exactly how our commercial relationships work and — critically — how they do not affect our editorial content or venue scores.

1. What Is an Affiliate Relationship?

An affiliate relationship exists when somethingnewtodayes.com earns a commission or fee when a reader takes a specific action — for example, clicking a link to a third-party service, signing up for a membership programme, or making a purchase. This is a standard practice across independent review and information websites and is one of the ways we fund our operations.

2. Our Affiliate Relationships

somethingnewtodayes.com may receive compensation in the following situations:

When a reader clicks a link to a venue's membership or rewards programme sign-up page and completes a registration
When display advertising from third-party ad networks is served to visitors on our Site
When we participate in sponsored content programmes — these are always clearly labelled as "Sponsored" or "Advertisement"
When a reader clicks an affiliate link to a hospitality booking platform (e.g. restaurant reservation services) connected to reviewed venues

3. How Commercial Relationships Affect (and Don't Affect) Our Reviews

What We Do

Visit every venue anonymously and pay for all food, drinks and gaming credits ourselves
Assign scores and rankings based solely on our genuine assessment of the venue experience
Publish negative findings, lower scores and criticisms where warranted — regardless of whether a venue has any commercial relationship with us
Clearly label any content that has been influenced by, created in partnership with, or financially supported by a venue or third party

What We Never Do

Accept payment from venues in exchange for positive reviews or higher scores
Allow commercial partners to review, edit or approve editorial content before publication
Include a venue in our rankings simply because they have or might offer an affiliate arrangement
Suppress negative information about a venue because of a commercial relationship

📋 The Bottom Line

Our review scores are our honest opinion, formed through real visits. A venue with an affiliate arrangement does not receive a higher score, better placement or more favourable language than a venue without one. The money we earn from affiliate links supports the cost of operating this Site — it does not influence what we write.

4. Identifying Affiliate Links and Sponsored Content

When a link on somethingnewtodayes.com is an affiliate link, we include a disclosure note in proximity to that link or at the top of the page on which it appears. Sponsored content is labelled "Sponsored Post" or "Advertisement" at the top of the relevant page. Standard editorial content — including all venue reviews — carries no such label.

5. FTC and EU Compliance

This disclosure is made in accordance with the guidelines of the Spanish Consumer and User Defence Law and the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive regarding endorsements and testimonials in advertising, and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines for the benefit of our international readers.

Questions About Our Affiliate Relationships?

If you have any questions about our commercial relationships or editorial independence, we welcome the conversation. Contact us at editorial@somethingnewtodayes.com