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We publish clear verdicts, "worth it", "worth it once", "skip it", "beats the alternative". We prefer specific over polite. A brand doing something well gets named; a brand overcharging or under-delivering gets named too.
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We travel as a two-person team with a specific perspective and we say so in the writing. Where our experience doesn't cover a reader group, accessibility, families with very young children, extended stays, we say that too, and we point you to specialists we trust rather than pretending we've done what we haven't.
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