Disclosure

Where things stand today

Just Workation currently makes no money. There are no coliving partnerships in place, no affiliate links anywhere in the editorial, and nothing on the site is paid placement. Every article here was written about a stay paid for out of pocket, and nobody has been given anything in exchange for coverage.

That is expected to change, which is why the rest of this page exists. It sets out the rules before there is any money on the table, so the policy can't be written to fit a deal that has already been agreed. Read what follows as the standing commitment, not as a description of arrangements currently running.

The two things that will eventually pay for this

When Just Workation does earn, it will be from two sources beyond its eventual paid product: coliving partnerships and service affiliate links. Both can influence which spaces we cover. Neither buys uncritical coverage. Articles and reviews that involve a partnership will be marked unambiguously and link back to this page.

What you'll see

Three patterns to recognise. As of today only the third one is in use anywhere on the site:

• "Supported by" — will appear on articles and coliving reviews where the subject of the piece is a partner. The partner will not have seen the draft and will not have edited it. They agree to be the topic; we do not agree to be flattering. Nothing currently carries this label.
• Affiliate links — outbound links to accommodation, coworking, or insurance products where we would earn a small commission if you sign up. We would only link to things we'd recommend without the commission. There are none in the editorial at present.
• No marker — every page on the site, currently. No partner involvement, no affiliate income, no commercial relationship to disclose.

Coliving partnerships, specifically

The intended arrangement is that a coliving space pays a fee to commission a regional article that prominently features them. The fee covers the writing, the travel, and the editorial time. It does not cover the conclusions. No such arrangement has been entered into yet.

The rules we apply, internally and visibly:

1. We only enter a partnership with a space we'd already consider covering. The editorial calendar is not auctioned.
2. Negative observations stay in the piece. If the Wi-Fi drops twice during our stay, that's in the review.
3. The partner does not see the article before publication, beyond a factual check ("did you actually have 22 rooms or 24"). They do not have approval rights over tone, conclusions, or rating.
4. If a partner withdraws because they didn't like a piece, the piece still runs. We've not had to do this yet; the policy exists so that we will, when it comes up.

Service affiliates

Where the editorial mentions an external service — coworking networks, insurance providers, accommodation platforms — an outbound link may one day be an affiliate link. The signal to look for: the link is to the service, not to a comparison or generic reference page. Today every outbound link on the site is a plain reference or a source citation, and none of them earns anything.

We don't run affiliate links to anything we wouldn't recommend without them. The commission is the byproduct of the recommendation, not its source.

What we don't do

• We don't publish AI-generated prose that hasn't been substantially edited by a human. That bar applies to all editorial, partnered or not.
• We don't accept payment to remove negative content or to suppress a published piece.
• We don't run sponsored content disguised as editorial. Every partnered piece is marked.
• We don't sell email addresses or share signup data with partners. The newsletter is ours and stays that way.

What we will do better

This page will get more specific once the partnership programme actually starts. When there are partners to list by name, we'll list them. When it makes sense to add a retired-partners archive, we'll do that too. The policy above is the floor, not the ceiling.

Questions or corrections

If you spot a piece that should be marked and isn't, or if you'd like to clarify anything on this page, write to hello@justworkation.com. We'll answer as soon as we can, and correct anything that needs correcting publicly rather than quietly.