How we research

Travel details go stale quickly. This page explains what we do about that, so you know how much weight to put on any number in a guide.

Where facts come from

1. Official sources first. Operators' own fare and schedule pages, government and heritage-site pages (for example INAH for archaeological sites), and official advisories.
2. Our own trips. Where the author has been to a place, the guide says so and carries a dated note from that visit, plus original photos.
3. Secondary sources, flagged. Blogs and traveler reports are used for color, never as the only source for a price, hour or rule.

How we label certainty

• Figures we confirmed on an official page are stated plainly, with the date and source.
• Figures we could not confirm are given as a range or marked as an estimate, and we say what to check.
• Tools show a "data last verified" date.

Keeping guides current

Every guide shows when it was last updated. We re-check prices, hours and schedules on a regular cycle, and our price tracker records what changed and when.

Photos

Photos are either taken by the author or licensed under Creative Commons from Wikimedia Commons and credited beside each image.

Independence

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