Affiliate disclosure
Some links on Mini Days Out are affiliate links. If you click one and go on to book tickets, we may receive a small commission from the booking platform (such as Lovetovisit or Picniq) or the venue.
What this means in practice:
- You never pay more. The price is the same whether you use our link or go direct.
- It doesn’t affect what we list or how we rate. Venues can’t pay to improve their rating, and reviews are written by real visitors.
- Promoted listings are labelled. If a venue has paid for prominence, its card carries a Promoted badge — see below.
- Outbound booking links are marked with
rel="sponsored"and pass through our click counter so we can see what’s useful.
Commissions are how we keep Mini Days Out free to use, without plastering it in ads. Thanks for supporting us — every booking helps.
Promoted listings
A venue can pay to promote its own listing. Where that happens we are straightforward about it, and there are firm limits on what the money buys.
- It is always labelled.A promoted listing carries a “Promoted” badge everywhere it appears — in search, on town and category pages, and on the map. There is no unlabelled version.
- It can move a listing up the default order in its town and category. That is what is being bought, and it is the only thing placement money changes.
- It never touches a sort you chose.If you sort by rating, price or distance, promoted listings take their place like everyone else’s. A control that says “cheapest first” means cheapest first.
- It never changes a rating or a review. Ratings come from visitors, and no amount of money moves them.
- It doesn’t buy a place in the catalogue.Venues are listed on merit, and a venue that isn’t right for the site can’t pay its way in.
Promotions run for a fixed period and stop automatically when they end. Payments are handled by Stripe — we never see your card details.
Questions? Email [email protected].