Affiliate disclosure

The short version

Some pages on Holiday Home Ideas contain affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Those commissions help cover the cost of running the site. They do not influence which products we recommend or how we describe them.

What an affiliate link is

An affiliate link is a regular hyperlink with a tracking code appended to it. The merchant (Amazon, a furniture retailer, a specialty Christmas vendor, etc.) recognizes the code, knows the visitor came from us, and pays a small commission if a purchase happens. The price the visitor pays is the same as it would be without the link.

We mark our affiliate links visibly within posts (the disclosure callout at the top of any article that contains them) and we provide this page as the long-form explanation.

Programs we participate in

As of May 2026, Holiday Home Ideas participates in the following affiliate programs (this list is updated as programs are added or dropped):

• Amazon Associates — for product links on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, Holiday Home Ideas earns from qualifying purchases.

When we add additional networks (ShareASale, Impact, direct retailer programs, etc.), we'll list them here.

Editorial independence

The products featured in our guides are chosen on merit. A retailer's commission rate doesn't move them up the page or earn them a recommendation they wouldn't otherwise get. If two products serve the same need and one pays a commission while the other doesn't, the better product wins.

We will turn down affiliate placements that compromise the recommendation. We will not recommend a product because it pays better. The shortest version: the picks come first; the monetization fits around them, or it doesn't happen.

Sponsored content and gifted product

Beyond affiliate links, we may occasionally accept sponsored content placements or receive gifted product samples for review. When that happens, the post will say so clearly at the top, in addition to the affiliate disclosure if applicable.

We will not run sponsored content that misrepresents a product or that we don't believe stands up on its merits. Sponsored posts are labeled. Gifted-product posts are labeled. The reader should always be able to see how a recommendation was funded.

Cookies and tracking

Affiliate networks use cookies to attribute purchases to the referring site. Those cookies are set by the merchant's domain (e.g., Amazon), not by us. They typically expire within 24 hours to 30 days. Our overall cookie practices are described in our privacy policy.

Questions

If anything on this page is unclear, or if you have a concern about a specific recommendation, we'd genuinely like to know. Email hello@holidayhomeideas.com and we'll get back to you.