TRC TRAVEL RISK CALCULATOR

Transparency & Monetization

Advertising Policy & Editorial Independence

Travel Risk Calculator is completely free to access for travelers, researchers, and automated assistants — no mandatory accounts, paywalls, or premium subscriptions. We sustain our data infrastructure and ongoing operations through digital display advertising.

Strict Editorial Firewall: Ads Never Change Scores

Advertising relationships have zero influence on any threat score, official advisory floor, or analytical assessment published on Travel Risk Calculator.

Our scoring models are fully algorithmic and grounded in published empirical data (government travel advisories, UCDP conflict records, CDC health notices, GDACS disaster alerts, and UNODC crime statistics). We do not accept sponsored rankings, commercial score alterations, or requests from tourism boards, hotel groups, or governments to soften safety evaluations. No payment can alter a destination's risk level.

Where Ads Appear

Display advertisements through Google AdSense may appear across all public pages of the platform, including:

  • Municipal Dossiers (City Pages): Placed after the primary answer and safety action cards, following local transit/area guidance, and below seasonal planning modules.
  • Country Hubs & Global Atlases: Placed following the executive summary and between analytical data sections and city tables.
  • Interactive Tools & Calculator: Placed below the assessment form or after calculated briefing outputs, never between input fields and submission controls.
  • Editorial & Preparation Guides: Placed cleanly between major topic headings and after the conclusion.

Placement & User Experience Standards

We adhere to strict placement and layout principles to ensure user safety and reading comfort:

  • Critical Warning Integrity: An advertisement is never inserted between an official government "Do Not Travel" advisory and its immediate actionable safety instructions.
  • No Layout Shifts: All ad slots reserve minimum CSS dimensions to prevent layout shifts (CLS) while assets load.
  • No Intrusive Formats: We do not deploy auto-playing video/audio ads, full-page prestitials, or disruptive popups.
  • Clear Labeling: All ad units are rendered in distinct containers clearly separated from analytical text.

Authorized Digital Sellers (ads.txt)

Our authorized seller record is publicly available at /ads.txt, designating Google as our primary authorized direct seller (Publisher ID: pub-0928966750491324).

Consent & Privacy (EEA / UK)

For visitors in the European Economic Area and United Kingdom, we support the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF v2.2) via certified Consent Management Platforms. You may manage your consent preferences at any time without restriction to our tools or data.