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Some links in these guides are affiliate links. If you click one and book or buy something, I earn a small commission. It costs you nothing extra, and the price you pay is the same as it would be if you'd gone there directly.
Mostly the practical stuff I already write about: eSIMs and travel data, accommodation, transit passes and airport transfers, tickets and day tours, and the occasional product I actually pack. Affiliate links appear inside guides and in the resources list at the bottom of a post.
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I don't recommend anything I haven't used, and I don't add a link to something just because it pays. Where a paid option is worse than a free one, the guide says so and links the free one. Where the honest answer is "skip this," the guide says skip it, and there's nothing to click.
If a recommendation ever stops being true, the fix is to change the guide, not to leave the link up. Tell me if you catch one.
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the boring page, written properly. last updated October 1, 2026.