tourism.com.de Editorial Team

Who we are

tourism.com.de is run by a small editorial team. We plan, write, check and update the guides on this site. We travel ourselves: by train, by hire car, with a backpack. But we haven’t been to every place we write about, and we don’t pretend we have.

What we write about

Independent travel: what to see in a country or city, how to put together an itinerary for a few days, where to stay, how to get from the airport, how much money to budget per day and which documents you need to enter the country. We also run country guides, an events calendar for travellers and a few trip-planning tools. The site is published in 16 languages.

How we choose what to recommend

For each guide, we decide which places go in and why. A place or service makes the list because it suits the trip, not because someone pays for it. Every recommendation has a downside, and we name it: a museum, hotel or tour doesn’t suit everyone, so we say who would be better off choosing something else.

How we check

We check opening hours, prices, addresses and how to get there against the official website of the museum, city or transport operator, and we put the date of the check in the text. If we couldn’t verify something, we don’t present it as an exact figure. Where we haven’t been ourselves, we say where the information comes from; our own experience is marked as our own. Read more on the ‘Our editorial process’ page.

How we update

Prices, entry rules and timetables change faster than descriptions of sights, so we review articles with prices, visas and opening hours more often than others. The ‘Updated’ date changes only when we have actually changed something, not for all pages at once.

How we earn money

From affiliate commissions: if you book a ticket, hotel or transfer through a link marked ‘Ad’, we receive a share from the partner. Your price stays the same. The order and choice of services don’t depend on commission: where there is no partner, or the partner isn’t worth recommending, we say so. Details are on the ‘How we make money’ page.

What we don’t do

We are not a travel agency: we don’t sell tours, and we don’t book hotels or tickets in our own name. We don’t pick insurance for you and we don’t give medical advice. On visas, entry and health, we refer to the official source and don’t replace it: before you travel, check the website of the consulate or ministry.

Found a mistake?

A price has changed, a museum has closed for renovation, a bus no longer runs? Write to us via the contact page and we’ll check and correct it.