This site has no ad slots, no ad network, and no plans to add either. That is a
product decision rather than a temporary state — the reason a page here opens
instantly is that nothing is being auctioned while it loads.

What is available instead is a small number of placements that do not slow the
site down or follow anyone around.

## Sponsored articles

A full article, written to the same standard as everything else, marked as
sponsored in its own metadata and in the byline. We write it or we edit yours;
either way it says what it is at the top of the page, not in a footnote.

- Permanent URL, included in the sitemap and the feed
- Marked `sponsored` in the post's frontmatter, so the label survives into
  every machine-readable copy of it
- No `rel` games: outbound sponsor links are marked as sponsored links

## Newsletter placement

One short, clearly-labelled placement per issue, at the bottom. The newsletter
goes out weekly and carries the week's articles.

## Category sponsorship

A single line of attribution on a category page — *Travel, presented by …* —
with no visual takeover of the listing and no interstitial.

## What we do not do

- Programmatic or auctioned inventory
- Third-party ad scripts, pixels, or tracking of any kind
- Pop-ups, interstitials, sticky units, or anything that moves the article
  while it is being read
- Affiliate links inserted into existing articles after publication
- Removing or rewriting an existing article as part of a commercial deal

## Rates and reach

Reach figures and rates are sent on request, with the measurement method
attached — we would rather explain a modest number than quote an impressive one
nobody can check.

Write to **[email protected]** with the campaign, the timing and the budget range.