The StayIn5Stars travel blog is dedicated to being your trusted source for all travel and adventure-related content. This page outlines our editorial process and standards to ensure we fulfill this commitment.
Our rigorous editorial policy guarantees that our content is not only engaging and informative but also precise and factually correct. The procedure was conceived by StayIn5Stars’ founder and significantly influences our operational management and decision-making processes.
StayIn5Stars’ Editorial Values and Guidelines
As we write for you, our readers, we strive to ensure all content meets the “Best Friend Recommendation Test.” Essentially, we only publish well-researched, fact-checked, and accurate travel guides that we’d confidently recommend to our closest friends.
Content not meeting this standard undergoes additional rounds of research, writing, and editing to guarantee our guides are as excellent as possible.
Recognizing the varied needs, desires, budgets, and experiences of every traveler, our travel guides incorporate a variety of recommendations. These are governed by our four-pillar editorial guidelines:
- Content Quality and Accuracy: We strive to create the most valuable and precise content.
- Local Writers & Experts: Our writers either reside in or have extensive knowledge of the areas they cover, offering firsthand, insider information not typically found in conventional travel guides.
- No Pen Names or AI Content: All our writers use their actual names and take responsibility for the content they create. We guarantee 100% human-generated and edited content.
- Content Freshness: We regularly review and update our content to ensure its relevance and quality.
Our dedication to these guidelines allows us to provide a depth of information beyond that of a generic travel writer. Our writers are passionate about travel and committed to the policies mentioned above.
Fact-Checking & Accuracy
With a background in corporate business analysis, our founder, Lewis Ogden, is experienced in fact-checking and ensuring policy compliance. This ethos of rigorous fact-checking extends throughout StayIn5Stars.
We extensively check, review, and fact-check all content before publishing, providing external citations and evidence for readers to independently verify our information.
We implement a rigorous, multi-step verification process to rectify inaccuracies, cross-referencing facts with numerous online resources including government websites, independent media, business websites, and trusted third-party sources. Despite our meticulous approach, errors occasionally occur, and we act promptly to correct these when identified.
Content Updating
Keeping our travel guides up-to-date is a primary concern. We are mindful that business closures, policy changes, fluctuating prices, changing opening hours, and shifts in customer experience or product quality can occur over time.
To enhance your experience, we strategically select the articles and guides on our website and frequently review, update, and refine them. This process includes periodic verification of recommended brands, attractions, restaurants, hotels, hostels, and service providers.
Product Reviews & Vetting
StayIn5Stars maintains editorial independence, free from external influence. We neither accept payments nor incentives for positive reviews or promotions. Our reviews are based purely on our writers’ experiences and research.
We occasionally publish articles reviewing or ranking products like travel luggage, accommodation, and travel services. All products/services featured are rigorously vetted by our review team.
Products and services we review come from reputable brands that have undergone thorough user review vetting. We only review products that our team has personally tested, often providing details about the testing process, including original photos and videos when applicable.
Usually, we buy review samples with our own funds, but we also accept samples from brands, which we disclose at the beginning of the review page. For more on our advertising and affiliate policy, please click here.
Corrections & Feedback
We strive for accuracy and transparency in all our content at StayIn5Stars.com. If you identify any inaccuracies, please contact us at info@stayin5stars.com. Include the page URL, indicate the specific part of the page, and provide any supporting evidence for the proposed correction.
Once we receive your correction request, we will investigate the issue and take necessary action, including correcting the error, updating the content, or adding a correction note to the article.
Note that our articles often contain factual assertions and editorial opinions. Changes to the latter are at the sole discretion of the writer.
We appreciate your feedback, which aids us in serving you better. If you have any questions, comments, or content correction suggestions, please visit our Contact Page or email us at info@stayin5stars.com.
Thank you for your support.