Some links on Christmas in Europe pay us a commission.

How paid links are marked

Paid links sit under a “Paid links” label, and each one carries rel="sponsored" so search engines read it as paid too. Links to an operator's own website are plain links and pay us nothing.

Who we work with

These programmes are switched on for Christmas in Europe:

• Stay22 for stays and tours.
• GetYourGuide for tours; a booking counts for 31 days after the click.
• Viator for tours; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• DiscoverCars for rental cars; a booking counts for 365 days after the click.
• SafetyWing for travel insurance; a booking counts for 364 days after the click.
• World Nomads for travel insurance; a booking counts for 60 days after the click.
• Airalo for eSIMs; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• Tiqets for tours; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• Omio for rail tickets, transport tickets and flights; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• Trainline for rail tickets and transport tickets.
• Rail Europe for rail tickets; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• Interrail by National Rail for rail tickets; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• Deutsche Bahn for rail tickets; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• European Sleeper for rail tickets.
• Riviera Travel for transport tickets; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• Avalon Waterways for transport tickets; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• TUI UK for stays, flights and transport tickets; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• Etsy for gear; a booking counts for 30 days after the click.
• Amazon.com for gear; a booking counts for 1 days after the click.
• Amazon.ca for gear; a booking counts for 1 days after the click.
• Amazon.co.uk for gear.
• Amazon.de for gear.

What a click does

A paid link goes through a short redirect on this site, under /go/, which counts the click and sends you to the partner. The redirect sets no cookies. The partner's own site may set cookies once you arrive, under its own privacy policy.

When you follow a link from a saved trip, the link carries an opaque trip id, so we can see which plans lead to bookings. It never carries your name, your email or anything else about you.

Readers in the European Union, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland see partner maps and booking widgets only after they agree to them.

What stays the same

The same places appear whether a partner pays us or not. No business can pay for a place on a list, a better position or a change to what we write. Prices on the site come from operators' published rates and carry the year they apply to; the partner's site shows the live price for your dates.

More on how the guide is researched is on the about page.