Last Updated: May 12, 2026

This Affiliate Disclosure applies to HawaiisBestTravel.com, the Hawaii’s Best Travel podcast, email newsletters, free guides, digital products, trip-planning resources, social media content, and related content or services provided by Shorebreak Media Group LLC, doing business as Hawaii’s Best.

For purposes of this Affiliate Disclosure, “Hawaii’s Best,” “Hawaii’s Best Travel,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Shorebreak Media Group LLC, d/b/a Hawaii’s Best. “You” and “your” refer to any visitor, reader, listener, subscriber, purchaser, client, or user of our website, content, products, services, or related materials.

1. General Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on Hawaii’s Best Travel are affiliate links.

This means that if you click a link and make a purchase, booking, reservation, or other qualifying action, we may earn a commission or receive compensation at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate links help support the work we do, including our website, podcast, newsletters, free guides, and travel planning resources.

We only aim to recommend products, services, businesses, and resources that we believe may be useful to Hawaii travelers. However, you are responsible for deciding whether a product, service, booking, tour, hotel, activity, or recommendation is right for you.

2. FTC Disclosure Statement

Hawaii’s Best Travel may receive compensation through affiliate links, referral links, sponsored links, paid placements, advertising relationships, hosted experiences, brand partnerships, or other commercial relationships.

We disclose these relationships in accordance with applicable advertising and endorsement guidelines.

Compensation may include:

Affiliate commissions
Referral fees
Sponsorship payments
Advertising revenue
Free or discounted products
Hosted experiences
Complimentary services
Travel-related benefits
Other forms of compensation

Unless clearly stated otherwise, our opinions, recommendations, reviews, and editorial decisions are our own.

3. Amazon Associates Disclosure

Hawaii’s Best Travel participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

4. Other Affiliate Programs

In addition to Amazon Associates, Hawaii’s Best Travel may participate in other affiliate, referral, advertising, or partner programs.

These may include, but are not limited to:

Hotel and lodging platforms
Vacation rental platforms
Tour and activity providers
Rental car companies
Travel insurance providers
Airline or transportation-related services
Travel gear and product retailers
Guidebooks, apps, or digital travel tools
Booking platforms
Credit card or financial-related offers, if ever featured
Other travel, lifestyle, or media-related services

Affiliate relationships may change over time without notice.

The presence of an affiliate link does not mean we control or guarantee the third-party product, service, website, price, availability, quality, safety, refund policy, or customer experience.

5. Sponsored Content, Hosted Experiences, and Brand Partnerships

Some content may be sponsored or created in partnership with a brand, destination, hotel, tour company, product company, or other organization.

Sponsored or partnered content may appear in:

Blog posts
Podcast episodes
Podcast ads
Show notes
Newsletters
Social media posts
Videos
Reels
Guides
Resource pages
Reviews
Giveaways
Campaigns
Other content formats

When content is sponsored, paid for, or created as part of a material partnership, we will make reasonable efforts to disclose that relationship clearly.

Examples of disclosure language may include:

“Sponsored by…”
“In partnership with…”
“This episode is sponsored by…”
“This post contains affiliate links…”
“We may earn a commission…”
“Hosted experience”
“Press trip”
“Gifted product”
“Ad”

6. Podcast Affiliate and Sponsorship Disclosures

The Hawaii’s Best Travel podcast may include affiliate links, host-read advertisements, sponsored segments, brand mentions, or paid partnerships.

When a podcast episode, segment, or mention is sponsored, we will make reasonable efforts to disclose the sponsorship in the episode audio and/or in the show notes.

Podcast show notes may also contain affiliate links. If you click those links and make a purchase, booking, or qualifying action, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.

Because listeners may access podcast content through many platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS apps, embedded website players, and third-party podcast platforms, disclosure placement may vary by platform.

Our email newsletters may contain affiliate links, sponsored mentions, paid placements, or brand partnerships.

If you click an affiliate link in an email and make a purchase, booking, or other qualifying action, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.

We may also promote our own products, services, guides, consultations, or digital resources through email.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email.

Our social media content may contain affiliate links, sponsored content, gifted products, hosted experiences, brand partnerships, or other material relationships.

This may include content posted on platforms such as:

Instagram
Facebook
Pinterest
TikTok
YouTube
Threads
LinkedIn
X / Twitter
Other social media platforms

When required, we may disclose these relationships using platform tools, captions, hashtags, text overlays, spoken disclosures, or other reasonable disclosure methods.

Examples may include:

“Ad”
“Sponsored”
“Paid partnership”
“Affiliate link”
“Gifted”
“Hosted”
“In partnership with…”

Platform disclosure tools may be used in addition to written or verbal disclosures, but platform tools alone may not always be the only disclosure used.

9. Editorial Independence

Affiliate commissions, sponsorships, advertising relationships, hosted experiences, or brand partnerships do not guarantee positive coverage or inclusion on Hawaii’s Best Travel.

Our goal is to provide useful, honest, and practical Hawaii travel information.

Recommendations may be based on:

Personal experience
Editorial judgment
Research
Reader or listener usefulness
Audience fit
Availability of information
Cultural respect
Travel practicality
Safety considerations
Value to Hawaii visitors

We do not knowingly recommend a product, service, destination, business, or activity solely because of a commission.

However, you should always do your own research before making travel, purchase, or booking decisions.

10. No Guarantee of Third-Party Products or Services

When we link to or mention third-party products, services, hotels, tours, restaurants, booking platforms, transportation providers, travel insurance providers, apps, retailers, or other businesses, we are not guaranteeing them.

We do not control third-party providers.

We are not responsible for their:

Prices
Availability
Booking systems
Terms
Policies
Refunds
Cancellations
Safety practices
Customer service
Accuracy
Quality
Performance
Data practices
Advertising claims
Actions or omissions

Before making any purchase, booking, reservation, or travel decision, you should review the third party’s own terms, policies, privacy practices, safety information, and current details.

11. Prices and Availability May Change

Prices, availability, policies, features, schedules, rules, and terms for third-party products and services may change without notice.

We may not always update older content immediately.

A link, price, review, recommendation, or description may become outdated.

You are responsible for verifying current information directly with the third-party provider before making a purchase, booking, reservation, or travel decision.

12. Travel and Activity Responsibility

Some affiliate links or recommendations may involve travel-related products or services, including tours, lodging, transportation, outdoor activities, ocean activities, hiking, snorkeling, or other experiences.

Travel and outdoor activities involve risk.

You are responsible for evaluating whether a product, service, activity, destination, tour, or provider is appropriate for your own circumstances, including your health, fitness, experience, comfort level, budget, travel dates, group needs, and safety concerns.

Always follow official guidance, posted signs, lifeguard warnings, local laws, and instructions from qualified professionals or service providers.

13. Advertising Network Revenue

Hawaii’s Best Travel may earn revenue from display advertisements, video advertisements, sponsored placements, programmatic advertising, or other advertising shown on the website.

Advertising may be served by third-party ad networks, ad management providers, or advertising technology partners, including Raptive and other advertising partners.

Advertisements appearing on our website do not necessarily represent our personal endorsement of the advertiser, product, service, claim, or offer.

We do not control every advertisement shown through programmatic advertising systems.

You are responsible for reviewing any advertiser’s terms, claims, privacy policy, and offer details before interacting with or purchasing from an advertisement.

14. Tracking and Cookies

Affiliate links, advertising partners, and sponsored campaigns may use cookies, pixels, tags, tracking links, device identifiers, or similar technologies to track referrals, purchases, bookings, clicks, conversions, and advertising performance.

These technologies may help determine whether Hawaii’s Best Travel receives compensation for a qualifying action.

For more information about cookies and tracking technologies, please review our:

Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy

15. Material Connection Disclosure

A “material connection” means a relationship that could affect how a reader, listener, viewer, or follower evaluates a recommendation.

This may include:

Payment
Commission
Free product
Discounted product
Hosted travel
Hosted experience
Referral relationship
Affiliate relationship
Sponsorship
Advertising relationship
Business relationship
Personal relationship
Ongoing partnership

When a material connection exists and disclosure is required, we will make reasonable efforts to disclose it clearly and appropriately based on the format and platform.

16. Your Responsibility

Affiliate disclosures are intended to help you understand when Hawaii’s Best Travel may receive compensation.

You are responsible for:

Reading disclosures
Reviewing third-party terms
Confirming prices and availability
Evaluating whether a product or service is right for you
Making your own purchase, booking, and travel decisions
Contacting third-party providers with questions about their products or services
Seeking professional advice when appropriate

Your use of affiliate links, sponsored links, advertisements, or third-party resources is at your own discretion and risk.

17. Relationship to Other Policies

This Affiliate Disclosure should be read together with our:

Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Disclaimer
Cookie Policy
Editorial Policy
Accessibility Statement
DMCA / Copyright Policy

If there is a conflict between this Affiliate Disclosure and our Terms of Service, the Terms of Service will control to the extent permitted by law.

18. Changes to This Affiliate Disclosure

We may update this Affiliate Disclosure from time to time.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

Your continued use of the website, podcast, newsletters, social media content, products, services, affiliate links, sponsored content, or related materials after updates are posted means you accept the revised Affiliate Disclosure.

19. Contact Information

For questions about this Affiliate Disclosure, contact us at:

Shorebreak Media Group LLC
d/b/a Hawaii’s Best
200 N Vineyard Blvd Ste A325 #1170
Honolulu, HI 96817
United States

Email: contact@hawaiisbesttravel.com

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