Do travel companies pay to have their trips mentioned in CSTN publications?
Not as a rule, although certain fund-raising efforts may include paid-for, low-key associations, such as including trip-specific, direct to website hyperlinks for qualifying companies. Regardless of that, any tour company, cruise line, resort, spa, lodge, travel club, or other travel-related organization whose packaged holidays are deemed single-friendly qualifies for mention in CSTN publications and/or related web pages. Additionally, these organizations receive a free-of-charge listing in a regularly updated Single-Friendly Travel Directory, a supplementary publication that every subscriber receives for use as a travel planning resource.
