Last reviewed: 12 September 2026
Taylor’s Trailblazing Travels aims to publish accurate, useful and transparent travel-planning information. This policy explains the checks used before publication and the process followed when information changes or an error is reported.
What is fact-checked
The level of checking depends on the potential effect on the reader. Particular care is given to information involving:
- Entry requirements, laws and official procedures.
- Health, safety, insurance and emergency information.
- Transport schedules, terminals, routes and baggage rules.
- Prices, fees, opening hours and seasonal closures.
- Accommodation locations and material booking conditions.
- Affiliate claims, product specifications and cancellation terms.
- Calculations, budgets and itinerary timings.
General descriptive wording may not require the same source depth as a claim that could change a booking or safety decision.
Source hierarchy
The preferred source order is:
- The responsible government, regulator or official authority.
- The transport operator, airport, attraction, park or service provider.
- Original terms, maps, schedules, tariff documents or manufacturer information.
- Established professional, industry or tourism sources.
- Reputable booking platforms and aggregated reviews for comparison.
- Reputable local sources when primary information is unavailable.
A secondary source may help explain a subject, but important claims should be checked against the original source wherever practical.
Cross-checking
Important or uncertain information should be compared with a second source where possible. This is especially relevant when:
- Two official pages show different dates or prices.
- A provider page appears old or incomplete.
- A schedule is seasonal.
- A rule has recently changed.
- A booking platform description conflicts with the operator.
- A traveller review identifies a repeated practical issue.
When reliable sources disagree and the difference cannot be resolved, the article should explain the uncertainty and direct readers to the final authority.
Dates and changing information
Time-sensitive details should include a checked or updated date where useful. The article should avoid presenting a temporary promotion, seasonal timetable or recent price as permanent.
Readers are encouraged to verify critical details shortly before travel. A link to the official source should be included when the reader needs to complete that final check.
Calculations and comparisons
Budgets, duration tables and route comparisons should be checked for internal consistency. Currency conversions are planning aids rather than guaranteed transaction rates unless a live rate is clearly identified.
Door-to-door transport comparisons should include the relevant transfer and check-in stages, not only the scheduled journey time.
Reviews and recommendations
Where a hotel, activity, product or service has not been personally used, the site must not claim that it has. Research-led recommendations may consider official details, location, price, cancellation terms, recent traveller feedback and suitability for a defined type of trip.
A ranking should not be presented as a laboratory result or personal test unless that method genuinely occurred.
Pre-publication review
Before publication, the editor should check:
- The article answers a clear question.
- Major factual claims have suitable sources.
- Source links lead to the relevant page.
- Dates, prices and schedules are qualified.
- Calculations and tables agree with the surrounding text.
- First-hand language is accurate.
- Affiliate links are disclosed and relevant.
- The page has one main H1 and a logical heading structure.
- Images have appropriate licences, credits and alt text.
- The page works on mobile and important links open correctly.
Reporting an error
Readers can report a possible error by emailing taylorstrailblazingtravels@gmail.com or using the Contact page.
Please include:
- The article URL.
- The exact sentence, table or detail concerned.
- Why it may be wrong or out of date.
- A supporting source, screenshot or provider response where available.
A correction request is assessed against the strongest available evidence. The site may contact the reader for clarification but cannot promise an individual response to every message.
Correction process
When a material error is confirmed:
- The affected passage is corrected.
- Related tables, summaries and metadata are checked.
- Other articles using the same information are reviewed.
- The updated or reviewed date is changed when the review is meaningful.
- A correction note is added when the original error could have materially affected a decision.
Small spelling, grammar, formatting or accessibility improvements may be made without a correction note.
Corrections involving affiliate content
A commercial relationship does not prevent a correction. If a provider changes a term, closes, becomes unsuitable or no longer matches the recommendation, the article and link should be updated or removed.
Archived and unavailable sources
When an official source is removed, the article should be checked against the replacement page or another authoritative source. An archived copy may help establish what was previously published, but it should not be used to present old information as current.
Policy updates
This policy will be reviewed as the site’s editorial process develops. The latest review date appears at the top of the page.