Some links on Ski With Family are paid links. If you book or buy through one, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Paid links are marked "(paid link)" right next to the link, and they use rel="sponsored". A commission never changes our picks or a Family Score. We only list facts we can trace to an official source, like the resort, airline, or company's own site, and we link that source.
What is live today
Gear and deals pages describe products we actually use or would tell a friend to look at (kids’ helmets, season leases, ShipSkis, pass windows). Those outbound links go directly to the merchant. There is no tracking ID and no commission on them unless a specific link is labeled "(paid link)".
We would rather have an unlabeled honest link than a fake “we may earn a commission” on a URL that does not pay us. When a program is wired, this page and the link itself will say so, and the link will use the sponsored relationship tag.
What is never for sale
- Family Score and the 25 / 20 / 15 / 15 / 10 / 10 / 5 weights.
- Ski-school minimum ages, pickup notes, and “avoid this week” warnings.
- The difference between a Personal review and a Researched guide.
- Fake star ratings, fake “featured in” bars, and fake testimonials. We took those off the old site on purpose.
Resorts, passes, and PR
Mountains and pass companies do not pay for a score. If a resort sends facts (ages, hours, pricing ranges), we will check them like any other source. A partnership deck does not move the number. If that ever changes, it will be written on the resort page, not buried here.
How we will mark paid links
Paid links will say "(paid link)" right next to the link, and any page with a paid link will also say so near the top. Paid links are never used inside Family Score. You will not get a different score for using someone else’s code.
Amazon
We are not in the Amazon Associates program today. If that changes, this page and every Amazon link will say: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.