All publications are labelled by name, written with journalistic care and not paid for by tour operators. The following applies to our travel and food reports: impressions and photos are created in the same place. In this way, the photos complement and support the text and carry it forward. Our reports do not have to be combined with third-party stock photography, as Georg Berg is one of the photographers at a large photo agency. The business model has been consolidated since 2017. The photos taken on the reportage trips are licensed to numerous media outlets via the Alamy agency. Detailed reports, reviews and photos are used as a source of information by readers, journalists and travel experts. The business relationships established in this way ensure the continued existence of the project, which was initially created on its own initiative.
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that some research on press trips has been done according to the standards of the Association of German Travel Journalists (VDRJ). Some research trips have been partly supported by tour operators, hotels, airlines or tourism agencies. This enables us to get to know even costly offers ourselves in order to be able to base our reporting on our own qualified judgment.
Through Amazon’s affiliate program, we get a small commission for each item sold. The retail price remains the same. So we get a small reward for the effort we put into the research. We would very much like to support affiliate programs that strengthen local retail. At the moment, such schemes are being set up. We hope that especially bookstores in our region will soon join these partner networks. It would be great if recommendations, which we put a lot of heart and soul into, could soon be delivered by readers to their own favorite bookstore at the click of a button.
