Bring the Dogs uses affiliate links across the site. When you click one and go on to make a purchase, we earn a small commission. This is at no extra cost to you. The price you pay is the same as if you’d gone direct.
We do this because running the site has costs – hosting, domain renewals, plugin licences, the time to maintain it – and a steady trickle of affiliate income covers them without us needing to run banner ads or push paid placements. We’d rather earn a small commission on something you were going to buy anyway than fill the page with advertising.
The programmes we’re in
We’re a participant in, or in the process of joining, the following affiliate programmes:
- Amazon Associates UK. Bring the Dogs is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
- Awin as a publisher. Awin gives us access to programmes from National Trust, English Heritage, Sykes Cottages, Cottages.com, Pets at Home and a number of other UK accommodation and retail brands.
- Booking.com (via the CJ Affiliate network) for accommodation booking links.
- Pawfit direct affiliate programme for the Pawfit Lite GPS tracker featured on the Dog Travel Kit page.
We may add other affiliate relationships over time. This page is updated whenever we do.
How you spot an affiliate link
Any post or page on the site that includes affiliate links carries a clear note at the top. Many of our affiliate links route through our own system, with a URL that starts with bringthedogs.co.uk/recommends/ before redirecting to the destination, so you can see at a glance when a link will earn us a commission. Our Amazon links are the exception: they go directly to Amazon.co.uk with our associate tag, in line with Amazon’s terms.
Editorial independence
Affiliate income does not influence which places we cover, how we write about them, or whether a place gets a positive or critical review.
A bad pub or a disappointing cottage gets a fair description. Recommending only the good places is the whole point of the site. If we started padding the site with rubbish recommendations to chase commission, the recommendations stop being worth anything.
If we ever accept a gifted stay, a paid placement, a sponsored post, or a press visit, we will mark it clearly on the page itself, in line with ASA and CMA rules. So far we haven’t.
Questions
If you want to ask about a specific recommendation or any of the affiliate relationships above, email us at hello@bringthedogs.co.uk.