A bus fare printed last year is often wrong this year, and a levada that was open last spring may be closed for works today. Funchal Tours publishes planning pages for a trip to Funchal and Madeira, and it settles three things before anything else: who publishes the site, where its facts and prices come from, and how the site pays for itself. The publisher's details are in the table, and every partner that earns a commission from a link on the site is named.
Where the facts come from
A figure is not treated as safe because it sounds precise. Most travel pages copy a number from another travel page, and the mistake travels with it. Fares, trail fees, seasons, timetables and rules are taken from the party that sets them wherever it publishes them: the bus company for its own fares, the forest service for its own trails, a garden or a museum for its own hours. Tour and hotel prices are the booking partners' own catalogue prices, shown as "from" prices or sample prices with the date they were read.
Bus fares come from the Horários do Funchal tariff, trail fees and closures from the IFCN, the forest service, the world heritage listing of the laurel forest from UNESCO, and regional statistics from DREM. Climate averages are the long-run station normals of IPMA, and road distances and drive times are routed over OpenStreetMap. A price that changes is written with the month it was checked, and where a figure cannot be sourced, the rule is stated without the number.
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| Publisher | Funchal Tours |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Address | Rua da Carreira, 108, 9000-042 Funchal, Portugal |
| [email protected] | |
| Phone | +351 912 483 678 |
| Readers served | United States, United Kingdom |
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- Funchal Tours
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- 2012
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- Rua da Carreira, 108, 9000-042 Funchal, Portugal
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- [email protected]
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- +351 912 483 678
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- United States, United Kingdom
How the site earns money
A guide that names one tour over another usually has a reason, and readers are right to ask what it is. Funchal Tours earns a commission when a reader books or buys through certain links: tours and tickets through GetYourGuide, places to stay through Stay22, multi-day trips through TourRadar, airport transfers through Viator and travel gear through Amazon. These are the companies that pay the site, and the arrangement is disclosed near the top of every page that carries one of their links and on the affiliate disclosure page.
A tour's rating and review count come from the partner's own catalogue, and a tour below the quality floor, a rating of 3.5 out of 5 with at least 10 reviews, is never recommended or given a badge; where a directory lists every tour, it marks the ones below the floor. A paid partner follows the same sourcing rule as everything else on the site, and a commission does not buy a place, a rank or a softer warning. The editorial principles set out the rest, and the sources and references page lists the authorities cited.
Common questions
Where is Funchal Tours based?
The publisher's address is Rua da Carreira, 108, 9000-042 Funchal, Portugal, and that is the address for contact and correspondence.
Does a paid partner change what the site recommends?
No. A tour is chosen on its own catalogue evidence, and a commission does not lift a tour above the quality floor applied to every listing.
How current are the prices?
Moving prices are written with the month they were checked; tour and hotel prices are the partners' own catalogue prices, with the date they were read.
How can a reader reach the publisher?
By email at [email protected] or by phone on +351 912 483 678; the contact page has the form.