Affiliate disclosure

One Happy Aruba is an independent travel guide. We don't charge readers and we don't take money to feature a resort, restaurant, beach, or activity. Instead, when you click an outbound link and book through a partner, that partner pays us a commission. The price you pay is the same either way.

Who pays us

We work with a small number of booking partners that aggregate inventory across many operators:

• Stay22 — hotel and resort bookings. Pays a small cut of the room rate, typically a few percent.
• Viator — tours and excursions. Pays a commission on completed bookings, usually 8–10%.
• GetYourGuide — alternative tours / activities partner. Similar commission structure.

What this changes

Nothing about what we recommend. The matching algorithm scores entities on structured attributes — vibe, price tier, walkability, kid-friendliness, dietary fit, and so on — and the editorial picks on entity pages are hand-curated by humans who have actually been to Aruba. Partner payouts are not a scoring input.

How to opt out

If you'd rather not have us earn a commission on your booking, don't click the partner CTAs. Each entity page includes a link to its original TripAdvisor listing in the footer; you can book directly through the operator from there. The content is the same.

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