Eight rules. No exceptions.

1. I
   Named human travelers.

   Every story carries a real byline from a person who actually went. No chatbot drafts, no filled-in fiction, no stock itineraries dressed up as memory.

2. II
   Your byline stays your byline.

   You keep the rights to your work. TLL gets a non-exclusive license to publish it. You can request edits or removal at any time.

3. III
   Published in 48 hours, edited lightly.

   We fix spelling, trim the third-act sag, and leave your voice alone. If an edit changes meaning, we ask first.

4. IV
   Disclosure at the top, never in a footnote.

   Hosted trips, gifted stays, press credentials, affiliate links: labeled at the top of the story, before you start reading, every time.

5. V
   Honest placeholders.

   Empty slots say OPEN SLOT or COMING SOON. We do not invent member counts, fake activity, or reviews nobody wrote. If a number is on this site, it is real.

6. VI
   Specific places, specific dates.

   Stories name the country, the city, and when it happened. Advice that cannot survive a date attached to it does not run.

7. VII
   Corrections owned in public.

   When we get something wrong, we correct the story and say so on the story. Send corrections to hello@thatlayover.life.

8. VIII

   Paid work never buys a verdict.

   DRAFT · EDITOR TO APPROVE

   Brands hire The Brand Collective, never space on TLL. If paid work touches a story, it says Reklame at the top and names who paid. Full policy below.

Paid work, in plain view.

TLL is also the portfolio for The Brand Collective, Nancy's studio. Here is exactly where the money goes and where it stops.

• A

  Who pays whom

  Tourism boards, airlines and hotels hire The Brand Collective. Invoices come from the studio. Nobody buys space on TLL.

• B

  What they get

  Creator casting, stopover content, a campaign. Delivered to them, for their channels, under their name.

• C

  What they never get

  Approval of a TLL story. A kinder verdict. A place in the Layover Awards. A higher spot in any directory. Those are not for sale at any price (we checked, the price is no).

• D

  When paid work touches a story

  The word Reklame sits at the top, before the headline. The client is named, and so is what they covered: the flight, the room, the fee. The story ledger's Disclosure row says the same thing.

• E

  The kill switch

  If a client asks to change a verdict, the story runs as written or it does not run. The invoice stands either way.

• F

  The public list

  Every client whose work has touched TLL is listed here with the year.

  CLIENTS SO FAR: NONE. THIS LINE UPDATES THE DAY THAT CHANGES.

Think a story broke this rule? Tell the editor, and we will say so in public.