This is the SetJetChina affiliate disclosure. Some of the links on this site earn us a commission. This page explains which ones, what that costs you, and — more importantly — how we decide what to recommend in the first place.
Last updated: 30 September 2026
The short version of this affiliate disclosure
If you click certain links on SetJetChina and then buy something, we may receive a small commission. You pay exactly the same price either way. No company has ever paid us to write a positive review, and none has ever seen a guide before it was published.
The SetJetChina affiliate disclosure in plain terms (FTC 16 CFR Part 255)
SetJetChina participates in affiliate programmes. In accordance with the United States Federal Trade Commission’s guidance on endorsements and testimonials, we disclose that material connection clearly and near the links concerned.
In practice this means: pages containing affiliate links carry a disclosure, and this page exists so the policy is never ambiguous.
What an affiliate link actually is
An affiliate link is an ordinary link with a tracking identifier attached. If you click it and complete a booking or purchase, the partner records that the visit came from setjetchina.com and pays us a percentage of their margin.
The mechanics matter less than the consequences, which are:
- The price is unchanged. Commission comes out of the partner’s margin, not your pocket. You will not find a cheaper rate by stripping the tracking.
- We never see your payment details. The transaction happens entirely on the partner’s site, under their terms and their privacy policy.
- You can ignore every affiliate link on this site and the guides remain just as useful. We tell you the operator, the route and the rough price in the text, not only in the button.
Who we work with
As of September 2026 our only affiliate partner is Trip.com, through their official affiliate programme. We use it for flights, accommodation, rail tickets and attraction bookings, because it is the one platform that covers all four for China with an interface a foreign visitor can actually complete a purchase on.
We previously also held a Klook account. That programme was discontinued and no link on this site is monetised through it. If the partner list changes again, this page changes with it.
Everything else we link to — the official 12306 rail system, China’s National Immigration Administration, studio and attraction booking pages, Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons — is a plain editorial link that earns us nothing.
How affiliate links are marked. Every one of them carries rel="sponsored" in the page source, which is the standard machine-readable signal for a paid link, and each sits inside a labelled booking box that states, in the box itself, that we earn a commission. They open in a new tab, so you never lose your place in the guide.
How we decide what to recommend
This is the part that matters, so here is the actual process:
- Recommendation comes first, monetisation second. We write the guide, then attach whatever links happen to be relevant. We do not start from a list of programmes that pay well.
- No paid placements. We do not accept payment for a mention, a ranking, or a positive review. If that ever changes, the item will be labelled as sponsored, in the same size type as the surrounding text.
- No partner reviews our content. Partners do not see guides before publication and have no editorial input.
- We correct ourselves in public. When prices, opening hours or access rules change, we update the guide and note the change rather than quietly deleting the claim.
What we do not do
- We do not write reviews of things we have no basis to judge.
- We do not claim first-hand experience we do not have. Where a guide draws on reported experience rather than our own visit, we say so.
- We do not hide affiliate links behind fake “editor’s choice” badges.
- We do not use urgency tactics — countdown timers, invented scarcity — to push a booking.
Accuracy and prices
Ticket prices, transport schedules and entry rules in China change frequently. Every practical guide on this site carries a last-updated date, and we check primary sources rather than repeating what other blogs say. If you find something out of date, tell us through the form on our About page — corrections are more valuable to us than compliments.
Questions
If you want to know whether a specific link is an affiliate link, or you believe a disclosure is missing somewhere, contact us through the form on the About page.
Common questions
Do you get paid if I click but do not buy?
No. Commission is only earned on a completed booking.
Will I pay more because of the affiliate link?
No. The rate is identical to booking directly.
Has a company ever paid for a positive mention on this site?
No, and we do not intend to accept one.
Are all links on this site affiliate links?
No. Many are plain editorial links — to official transport sites, government visa pages and map references — that earn us nothing.