Editorial Policy
At Fiji Pocket Guide, we uphold rigorous editorial standards to ensure that our content is informative, reliable and unbiased. Our dedicated in-house editorial team oversees every article, aiming to provide travellers with inspiration, trip-planning advice and valuable guidance for their on-the-ground experiences.
We are deeply committed to maintaining the quality and trustworthiness of our content and editorial processes. Our small yet independent team of writers, editors, fact-checkers, photographers and developers conducts thorough research and reviews regularly to ensure that our content is up-to-date and accurate and prioritises the needs of our readers.
Each article features an “author” that includes the name, a brief description, and a link to more information about the contributors and encourages readers to contact us with any feedback.
© FijiPocketGuide.comOur Values
At Fiji Pocket Guide, our content is crafted with unwavering dedication to our core values and high editorial standards. These values guide every piece of information we share, ensuring that our readers receive trustworthy and insightful content.
Our core values include:
- Writing from Experience: We always write from our personal experiences, providing authentic insights into travel destinations and activities. We spend months every year scouting the South Pacific to “see if all” before writing about it.
- Impartiality and Unbiased Opinion: Our opinions are impartial and unbiased, rooted in our firsthand experiences rather than external influences.
- Inspiring Exploration: We aim to inspire others to explore and discover new destinations, cultures and experiences.
- Informative Knowledge: We inform our readers with practical and useful knowledge that enhances their travel experiences and makes planning easier.
Our editorial standards include:
- Honesty and Impartiality: Honesty and impartiality are paramount in our content, ensuring that we provide accurate and unbiased information.
- Credit where Credit is Due: We give credit to sources and contributors, acknowledging their contributions to our content.
- Facts Before Opinions: Facts always take precedence over opinions in our articles, maintaining the integrity of our information.
- Writing for Readers: We write what we would like to read ourselves, ensuring that our content is engaging, informative and relevant.
- Informative and Conversational Style: We adopt an informative yet conversational style, making our content accessible and enjoyable for our readers.
Editorial Independence
Our editorial content remains independent and uninfluenced by our benefactors. While we use affiliate links, we do not solely focus on businesses’ interests. As an impartial travel guide, we showcase a wide range of tourism industry offerings in each destination, whether they support us or not.
Benefactor Ethical Code
To maintain the trust of our readers and the integrity of our travel guide, we uphold the following ethical standards regarding our Benefactors. This ensures that our content remains independent and unbiased, regardless of existing relationships.
- Invitation-Only Programme: Our Benefactor Programme operates on an invitation-only basis, ensuring that we partner exclusively with companies we know, trust, and have personally experienced. We carefully select businesses that align with our values and have consistently provided high-quality services or products that we have tested or visited ourselves. We believe in maintaining high standards of transparency and integrity, and only extend invitations to businesses we can confidently recommend to our readers based on our direct experiences.
- Invitation Timing: To ensure our editorial independence, we only invite selected partners after having experienced their product and services and published our content related to their brand. This helps us select only the best of the best for this program. More information on this below.
- Editorial Independence: As mentioned above, our editorial team operates independently of our benefactors. Support from benefactors does not influence the topics, recommendations, or destinations we cover.
- Honest and Unbiased Coverage: We mention and review various businesses, including those that may be competitors of our benefactors. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive, fair guide for travellers, regardless of any external support.
- Experience Testing: Benefactors agree to let us experience their products or services so that we can offer honest, firsthand recommendations. However, this access does not guarantee a positive review or inclusion in our content.
- Transparency with Supported Content: Any content directly supported by a benefactor is clearly labelled as such to ensure readers can distinguish between content that is independent and content that is created in collaboration with benefactors.
- No Preferential Treatment: While benefactors may be featured in our guide, they do not receive preferential treatment over other businesses. All reviews, listings, and recommendations are based on the merits of the products or services offered.
- Traveller-Centred Approach: Our ultimate responsibility is to our readers. All decisions regarding content and sponsorship are made with the traveller’s best interests in mind, ensuring they receive valuable, unbiased information.
Accuracy
Accuracy is paramount in our travel guides. Our content undergoes regular updates and fact-checking processes to ensure the ongoing publication of accurate, comprehensive, relevant and up-to-date information. We typically conduct bi-annual full-site updates and promptly address corrections based on industry changes, thanks to our close collaboration with tourism boards, operators and readers.
We encourage reader participation in our commitment to accuracy and fact-checking. If you spot a factual error in any of our content, please notify us through our Contact Page, and we will promptly investigate and take corrective measures.
Sources and Collaborations
Our writers and editors adhere to strict journalistic standards when sourcing articles. We rely on current and reputable primary sources, collaborating directly with tourism operators, boards, and government organisations while maintaining impartiality to present a destination’s offerings objectively.
Our editors and select contributors often engage in collaborations with tourism boards, tour operators, brands, airlines and accommodations to support our coverage. These experiences allow us to produce in-depth, well-researched guides that offer deeper insights into destinations. We only cover destinations, restaurants, accommodations or tours that meet our standards and that we would personally recommend to our readers.
© FijiPocketGuide.comImages
We usually use our own photography to showcase travel experiences. However, as we cannot be everywhere all the time, we sometimes make use of updated images provided by regional tourism organisations, tourism operators, affiliated partners and occasionally stock images. Whenever we use a third party’s image, we always give credit to the source.