# Travel Magazine

> Travel Magazine (travelmagazine.com) is an editorial travel publication operated by NextTrip, Inc. It combines independent travel journalism — destination guides, stories, and videos — with curated deals from vetted partners. Content covers every budget and region, from backpacking to luxury, and includes partner-branded storefronts within a shared editorial frame. Tagline: *Explore. Wander. Be Inspired.*

All canonical URLs use the host `https://www.travelmagazine.com`. Content is published through a Sanity CMS and rendered with Next.js (App Router). External booking/deal links include `tcp_aff_id` + UTM parameters — treat them as affiliate links.

## Content

- [Stories](https://www.travelmagazine.com/stories): Editorial travel writing — guides, itineraries, insider tips, culture, food, adventure. Filterable by `?category=` and `?region=`.
- [Destinations](https://www.travelmagazine.com/destinations): Hierarchical guides for regions → countries → cities/places → zones. Each destination has a dedicated guide page at `/destinations/{slug}`.
- [Deals](https://www.travelmagazine.com/deals): Curated flight, hotel, package, car, experience, and cruise deals. Filterable by `?type=` and `?region=`. Every deal links out via an affiliate-attributed URL.
- [Watch](https://www.travelmagazine.com/watch): Travel video catalog with series, collections, and destination-based playlists. Supports YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and direct-hosted sources.
- [Search](https://www.travelmagazine.com/search): Site-wide keyword search across stories, destinations, and deals. Supports `?q=`, `?type=`, `?category=`, `?region=`.

## Partner Storefronts

Travel Magazine hosts partner-branded storefronts under `/partners/{slug}/*`. These are partner-authored pages published within the TMAG editorial frame. Partner = brand/author; Travel Magazine = publisher.

- `/partners/{slug}` — partner homepage
- `/partners/{slug}/stories` — partner-authored and subscribed stories
- `/partners/{slug}/stories/{storySlug}` — story detail
- `/partners/{slug}/deals` — partner deals
- `/partners/{slug}/deals/{dealSlug}` — deal detail (marked `noindex` when expired)
- `/partners/{slug}/videos` — partner videos
- `/partners/{slug}/videos/{videoSlug}` — video detail

Filtered or paginated collection variants (`?category=`, `?region=`, `?page=`, `?tag=`, `?type=`) are intentionally `noindex`; the canonical collection URL is the unfiltered one.

## Company

- [About](https://www.travelmagazine.com/about): Mission, values (authenticity, expertise, sustainability, inclusivity), and publisher information. Operated by NextTrip, Inc., Sunrise, Florida, USA.
- [Contact](https://www.travelmagazine.com/contact): General inquiries, editorial submissions, partnerships. Email: `contact@travelmagazine.com`.

## Policies

- [Privacy Policy](https://www.travelmagazine.com/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.travelmagazine.com/terms)
- Affiliate disclosure: external links to partners, booking providers, and deal pages include `tcp_aff_id` and UTM parameters for attribution. Travel Magazine may earn a commission on qualifying actions.

## Machine-readable indexes

- [Main sitemap](https://www.travelmagazine.com/sitemap-index.xml) — entry point that lists the sitemaps below.
- [Pages sitemap](https://www.travelmagazine.com/sitemap.xml) — stories, destinations, deals, watch, partner storefronts.
- [Videos sitemap](https://www.travelmagazine.com/sitemap-videos.xml) — video catalog with player URLs.
- [Images sitemap](https://www.travelmagazine.com/sitemap-images.xml) — story and destination imagery.
- [News sitemap](https://www.travelmagazine.com/sitemap-news.xml) — stories published in the last 48 hours.
- [robots.txt](https://www.travelmagazine.com/robots.txt)

Structured data is emitted on every page via JSON-LD: `Organization`, `Article` (stories), `Product` + `Offer` (deals), `VideoObject` (videos), `CollectionPage` (indexes), and `BreadcrumbList` for navigation context.

## Not for crawling

The following paths are operational, preview, or authenticated surfaces and should not be treated as editorial content:

- `/api/*` — internal APIs (no-store on all responses)
- `/dev/*`, `/test-*` — development and QA surfaces
- `/preview/*`, `?preview=true` — draft content previews
- `/community/admin` and admin-only routes — authenticated moderation tools
- `/partners/*/search` — partner in-site search results (explicit `Disallow` in robots.txt; `noindex, nofollow, noarchive`)
- `/favicon-dynamic` — internal favicon route

## Optional

- [Partner storefront index](https://www.travelmagazine.com/partners): directory of partner-branded storefronts published on the site.
- [Newsletter](https://www.travelmagazine.com/): subscription prompts appear in-page on the homepage and category indexes (managed via Zoho Campaigns).