Method
How we write destination guides
Last reviewed: 2026-08-07
A destination page decides whether this place fits the reader’s trip — and who should skip it. Season, neighbourhood trade-offs and practical costs come next, with links into hotels, eats and decision guides when those surfaces exist.
What a destination page must do
Lead with what the place is genuinely for. Cover seasons, neighbourhood bases and practical costs without inventing live hotel or flight prices. Prefer durable ranges and official references over scraped spot quotes that rot within a week.
Link both ways to hotels, eats, getting-around and relevant worth-it guides when those pages exist. Orphan destination hubs fail the interlinking gate and strand readers mid-plan.
Sources and dating
Seasonality and entry notes cite tourism boards, operators or other primary pages with a review date on our side. When a rule moves faster than editorial (visas, fees), we tell readers to re-check the official portal before they apply or book.
Crowd and weather claims stay qualitative unless a named dataset backs a number. “Shoulder season” without months attached is not enough — we name the months we mean.
What we will not invent
We do not invent crime stats, absolute “safe city” ratings, crowd headcounts or neighbourhood vibes we cannot ground in named sources. Accessibility and family-fit claims stay specific and checkable.
We do not invent hotel or restaurant shortlists on the destination URL to fake completeness — those belong on hotels and eats pages after real rows exist.
How this surface connects
Destination pages are hubs, not encyclopaedias. Deep booking decisions live in hotels, eats, airport and guide URLs linked from the hub. Method notes for those surfaces sit alongside this page under /method.
Report a wrong season claim or a broken cross-link to hello@travelshifu.com with the destination URL and the source you are citing.
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