Transparency
Affiliate disclosure
The honest version, because honesty is the whole point of an independent guide: right now, this site makes no money at all. Here’s how that works, and what will and won’t change if it ever does.
Where we stand today
As of June 2026, Visit Redang has no affiliate links, no paid placements, and no sponsorships. We earn nothing from anything you click, book or buy. When we point you to a resort, a booking platform or a package operator’s own website, those are plain informational links — we get nothing if you use them. We are not affiliated with any resort, dive operator or package agent.
What may change later — and what won’t
Independent travel guides are usually funded by affiliate links: a booking site pays a small commission when a reader books through a tracked link, at no extra cost to the reader. We may add links like that in future — most likely for resorts, packages and a few activities — to help keep the site running and growing.
If we do, three things will always hold:
- It never costs you more. An affiliate link charges you the same price you’d pay going direct. The commission comes out of the platform’s margin, not your pocket.
- It never changes our recommendations. We rate places on what we honestly think of them — and we’ll keep telling you when something is a tourist trap, even somewhere we could earn a commission. Our verdicts are not for sale.
- We’ll say so clearly. When a link is an affiliate link, this page will be updated to name exactly which partners we use, and the relationship will be disclosed — never hidden behind vague “some links may be paid” wording.
Why independence matters here
Redang is sold almost entirely through package agents and resort marketing, and a lot of what’s written about it reads like a brochure. Our entire value is that we’re not on anyone’s payroll, so we can tell you which resort actually fits your trip, which package length is worth it, and the monsoon months when the island is simply shut. Keeping the money side transparent is how we protect that — see how and why we stay independent.
Questions about this?
Spotted something that reads like a paid placement when it shouldn’t? That would be a mistake on our part — tell us and we’ll fix it. More on who we are and how we work is on the About page.
Last updated: June 2026. We’ll revise this page the moment our funding model changes.