Advertising Policy

What a sponsored post is

A sponsored post is a post in the VoyaKin feed that a company or organisation paid for, or a promotion from VoyaKin itself (a “house ad”). We sell these directly; there are no ad networks, no third-party ad code in the app, and no automated bidding.

Sponsored posts can take these forms:

• Image or carousel with a link. The link opens in the app’s own browser.
• Video. A video in the feed (it follows your autoplay settings), or a YouTube video that opens in the app’s browser when you tap it.
• Lead form. A short form that sends your details to the advertiser, only if you agree (see below).
• Destination sponsorship. A small “Sponsored · Presented by …” line at the top of a destination page.

Always labelled

• Every sponsored post shows Sponsored (or Paid partnership) and the sponsor’s name.
• Every one has a ••• menu with About this ad, Hide this ad and Report ad.
• VoyaKin’s own promotions are labelled too, with VoyaKin as the sponsor.

How often you’ll see them

• At most one sponsored post after every 40–50 regular posts, and never the same one twice in a row.
• A daily limit per person (currently three sponsored posts a day), and a smaller limit for any single campaign (two by default, never more than five).
• No sponsored posts at all until someone new has seen at least 10 regular posts in their first week.
• Never next to content that’s hidden or under review.

How ads are chosen for you

Only with what you’ve shared in VoyaKin, never with anything from other apps or websites. A campaign can be shown to everyone, or to people connected to certain places:

• the destination page you’re looking at;
• a destination on one of your open trips;
• a Circle you’ve joined;
• the country of any of those.

We don’t use device advertising IDs, we don’t ask to track you (no App Tracking Transparency prompt), and we don’t target by age, health, religion, ethnicity, sexuality or politics. VoyaKin is for adults (18+).

What we don’t accept

We refuse campaigns for:

• gambling, betting or lotteries;
• crypto, forex, day trading or other “get rich” schemes;
• dating or escort services;
• weight-loss or diet products;
• adult content;
• weapons or ammunition;
• political or election ads.

We prefer advertisers that fit first-time international travel: tourism boards, hospitality, airlines, travel insurance, eSIMs, language learning, food, community organisations and nonprofits.

Review before anything runs

• Every campaign is approved by a VoyaKin admin before it can appear.
• Its words and images first go through the same safety check as posts in the app. If anything is flagged, a person on our Trust & Safety team has to look at it before it can be approved.
• We can pause or end a campaign at any time, including after people report it.

Lead forms and your consent

• A lead form always names the advertiser and asks for your name and email, plus at most five extra questions.
• Nothing is sent unless you switch on the consent box, which names the company that will receive your details. You can also just close the form.
• You can delete what you sent from Settings in the app, and deleting your account deletes it too. Once the advertiser has received your details, their own privacy policy applies to their copy.

Honest numbers for advertisers

• An impression counts only when at least half of the ad was on screen for at least one second, once per person per day.
• A click is a tap on the ad’s button. A video play counts only when someone presses play; muted autoplay doesn’t count.
• Advertisers get totals and daily numbers. Their report contains no personal data; leads appear only as a count.
• Raw ad events are kept for 90 days, then rolled up into daily totals and deleted.

Report an ad

Tap ••• on the ad, then Report ad. Our team reviews every report. You can also Hide this ad so you don’t see it again. To reach us directly, write to hello@voyakin.io.

Advertise with VoyaKin

We work with a small number of advertisers that are genuinely useful to first-time travelers. Get in touch through our contact page. See also our privacy policy, affiliate disclosure and community guidelines.