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Affiliate Disclosure

Villas For Kings earns affiliate commissions when readers book through our links. Commission rates run 4% to 12% depending on the platform. Our rankings are not influenced by which platform pays the highest rate. Effective May 2026.

The plain-English version

Villas For Kings is part of the For Kings publishing network. We earn money when readers click links on our site and book through partner platforms. The commission is paid by the platform, at no additional cost to the reader. Same price for you, regardless of whether you arrived at the platform directly or via Villas For Kings.

We earn affiliate commissions from the following platforms: Vrbo (via Expedia TAAP), Booking.com (Booking.com Partner Program), Plum Guide (via Awin), Onefinestay (via Accor Live Limitless), HomeToGo (direct affiliate), Inspirato (referral program), Le Collectionist (direct affiliate), and approximately 25 direct villa management companies covering Tier 1 and Tier 2 destinations.

When you see “Check rates,” “Book,” “Visit [platform],” or similar calls to action that link to a third party, that link is an affiliate link unless explicitly marked otherwise. The link tracks back to Villas For Kings via a referrer cookie or a unique URL parameter, and the platform pays us a commission if you complete a booking within the cookie window (30 to 365 days, varies by platform).

Our editorial rankings and recommendations are not influenced by which platform pays the highest commission. We earn the same commission rate within a platform regardless of which specific property you book through that platform, and the platform that pays best is not the platform we rank best. The full revenue mix is on the how-we-make-money page.

No. I  ·  What an Affiliate Link Looks Like

Three tells.

Tell I

The button text.

Any button or link that reads “Check rates,” “Book,” “Visit [platform],” “See rates,” or “Reserve” and links to a third-party platform is an affiliate link.

Tell II

The disclosure block.

Every page that contains affiliate links carries a disclosure block under the H1, before the article body. The block links back to this page and to the how-we-make-money page.

Tell III

The page type.

Affiliate links appear on destination pages, best-of guides, platform reviews, comparison pages, and the cost guides. They do not appear on the about pages, methodology page, this page, the editorial-standards page, or the team page.

No. II  ·  FTC Compliance Language

The required disclosure text.

The following statement appears, in some form, on every Villas For Kings page that contains affiliate links. The exact wording may vary slightly by page type, but the substance is constant.

This page contains affiliate links. If you book through them we earn a commission, paid by the platform, at no cost to you. We have not adjusted our rankings for the commission rate. Full breakdown on our how-we-make-money page.

This disclosure is provided to comply with the United States Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR Part 255 guidance on the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising. The disclosure is placed conspicuously, in proximity to the affiliate link, and in plain language that the reasonable reader can understand on first read. The disclosure block is not collapsed, tucked behind a tooltip, or styled to be less visible than the surrounding body copy.

Readers in the United Kingdom: this site complies with the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) code on affiliate marketing, including the requirement that paid commercial relationships be made clear to the reader before any commercial action. Readers in the European Union: this site complies with the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) on the identification of commercial communications. Readers in Australia: this site complies with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) guidance on influencer and affiliate disclosures.

No. III  ·  The Bright Lines

What an affiliate link does not change.

  • The price you pay. The commission is paid by the platform out of its margin, not by adding a fee to your booking. The rate you see on the platform after clicking our link is the same rate you would see if you went to the platform directly.
  • The ranking on the editorial guide. Affiliate commission rate is not an input into the methodology score, the ranking weight, or the position of a villa on any best-of guide. The methodology page lists every input.
  • The placement on the passed-on list. No villa is removed from a passed-on list because of a commission relationship with its platform. Three management companies have asked. Three answers were no.
  • The villas we name as good. The list of villas we recommend in a destination is constructed before commission rates are checked. The platform a villa is bookable through is the last input, not the first.
No. IV  ·  Editorial Corrections

If you spot a missed disclosure.

If you find an affiliate link on a Villas For Kings page that is not accompanied by a disclosure, or a disclosure block that is missing where it should be, write to editorial@villasforkings.com. We acknowledge within two business days and correct within five. We treat missed disclosures as editorial errors, not legal questions, and we publish the correction on the page where the error appeared.

Reader corrections on disclosure compliance are the kind of feedback we appreciate most. The site is built to be trustworthy. The disclosure block is the smallest unit of that trust.

No. V  ·  Contact

Two email addresses.

Editorial

editorial@villasforkings.com

Corrections, missed disclosures, factual errors, ranking disputes, villa pitches. Five business days to a substantive response. Most replies arrive within two.

Partnerships

partners@villasforkings.com

Affiliate program questions, sponsored placement inquiries, tourism-board work. The rate card lives on the advertise page. We do not change rankings for money. The methodology is the document. The disclosure is this page.