ExplWorld Verified
Independently checked places and services, country by country.
ExplWorld Verified partners passed an independent check by our editors: real business, real quality, honest pricing. Partners pay for verification - never for the verdict.
How the programme works
What we verify
That the business is real, operating, and delivers what its profile says. Our editors check it independently and write the verdict themselves - the partner never writes a word of it.
What we do not verify
Prices, availability, or your individual experience. We verify the business, not the price - and a Verified badge is not a booking guarantee.
Seats are limited
At most six Verified partners per country, and one per category - a general "other" listing still counts toward the six but does not lock a category. At most two of the six seats can be Verified Plus. A seventh applicant does not get in, whatever they offer - the limits are enforced by the system, not by discretion.
Verification expires
A verification lasts 12 months. It never renews automatically: the check is repeated, and a listing that fails reverification comes down. Every card shows the date of its last verification.
What partners pay for
The verification process, the profile, and distribution. Never the verdict, and never a ranking - commercial placement cannot influence any score, ordering or result anywhere on ExplWorld.
Verified partners by country
1Two things that are not Verified
Not every paid relationship on this site is a verified one, and the difference matters.
Country partners are national tourism boards. They pay for a year of editorial work on the guide to their country and for a credited presence on it. We do not verify a government agency, there is no verdict, and there is no badge. They have no say over what we write, and none at all over entry requirements, visa data or safety sections.
Global partners are brands holding a category - connectivity, insurance and the like. They pay for placement, not for assessment. No verification, no verdict, no badge.
One category is never for sale this way: visa and document services. They sit directly beside data we publish about who may enter a country, and no amount of money makes that a relationship we are willing to have. They may appear as ordinary listings. They may never hold a category.
Both are labelled wherever they appear. Neither has ever moved a line of our data, and the rules above apply to them exactly as they apply to everyone else.