Affiliate Disclosure

How We Earn Revenue

The Lowdown Guide is an independently operated travel resource. To keep our content free for readers, we participate in affiliate programs with select travel partners. When you click certain links on our site and make a purchase or booking, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Our Affiliate Partners

We currently work with the following affiliate programs:

  • Viator — Tours, activities, and experience bookings. We earn a commission when you book a Route 66 tour, a Grand Canyon or Petrified Forest combo tour, or another Viator activity through our links.
  • Expedia — Hotel and lodging reservations and travel packages. We earn a commission when you book accommodation through our Expedia links, including hotels and inns in Winslow and the wider eastern Route 66 corridor.

How Affiliate Links Work

Affiliate links look and function like regular links. When you click one, a small tracking code tells the partner that you came from our site. If you go on to make a purchase, the partner pays us a referral fee. The price you pay is exactly the same whether you use our link or go directly to the partner's website.

On our site, affiliate links are typically found in:

  • Lodging booking call-to-action boxes (e.g., "Search Winslow Hotels")
  • Tour and activity recommendation sections (e.g., "Browse Winslow & Route 66 Tours")
  • Comparison guides and seasonal-timing sections

What Is Not an Affiliate Link

Standin' on the Corner Park, the Old Trails Museum, Homolovi State Park's day-use access, and La Posada Hotel's public gardens are all paid directly to those agencies or businesses (or are free) and are not affiliate transactions. We earn nothing from any of them, and we will always tell you plainly when a direct booking or a free stop is the better call — including, in La Posada's case, booking a room directly through the hotel's own site rather than a third-party channel if that turns out to be the better deal.

Our Editorial Independence

Affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Our recommendations are based on published source research and independent editorial judgment, not on which affiliate program pays the highest commission.

We will never recommend a tour, hotel, or attraction solely because it offers an affiliate commission. If we feature something, it's because we believe it provides real value to visitors planning a Winslow trip — and we say plainly when a free or direct-booked option is the better fit for a given trip.

FTC Compliance

In accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, we disclose that this site contains affiliate links. This page serves as our comprehensive disclosure, and we also include brief disclosure notices near affiliate links throughout the site.

Questions?

If you have any questions about our affiliate relationships or how we fund this site, please contact us. We're happy to be transparent about how The Lowdown Guide operates.