Editorial Policy

Mexico Local Guide publishes practical, reviewed, and clearly sourced Mexico travel guidance. This policy applies to destination guides, hotels, tours, transfers, safety pages, comparisons, itineraries, translations, images, and commercial recommendations.

Editorial Responsibility

Mexico Local Guide is responsible for the site, and each editorial guide identifies a named author or reviewer. A live page should make clear who is accountable for the text, when its changing facts were last checked, and which evidence supports important claims.

Source Standards

We use the source closest to the fact. Government advisories support safety claims; airports and transport operators support access and schedule claims; INAH and official institutions support archaeological-site information; official hotel or resort pages support current property features; and meteorological agencies support severe-weather information.

Important links should appear near the relevant claim. A compact Sources and Verification section may also summarize the principal references used. Secondary reporting and traveler reviews can provide context or reveal recurring service patterns, but they do not replace an authoritative source for a law, official rule, schedule, or advisory.

If reliable sources disagree, the article should describe the disagreement or uncertainty rather than present one answer as settled. A source that cannot be verified should not be used to support a consequential claim.

First-Hand Experience And Originality

We do not label a guide local, honest, tested, or first-hand unless the page demonstrates why. When advice comes from a visit, route test, booking, hotel stay, operator experience, or dated price check, the article should identify the relevant experience and timing. Research-based pages must not imitate first-person experience that did not occur.

Every substantial guide should add useful judgment: who a choice suits, what the tradeoffs are, what can go wrong, and what a traveler should verify before paying. Repeating generic destination facts without analysis is not enough.

Factual Reviews And Dates

The visible Last reviewed date represents a factual review, not a design edit, image upload, spelling fix, or metadata change. The same controlled review date is used in structured data. Safety, transport, prices, schedules, hotels, tours, weather, and access rules receive priority because stale information can create real cost or risk.

A review checks the claims that may have changed, follows the cited official links, repairs broken references, and updates the text when the evidence changes. Publication and modification dates are not used to imply freshness that has not been earned.

Corrections

Readers can use the Report an Error page to flag outdated details, broken links, factual mistakes, missing context, image problems, or safety concerns. We assess the evidence, correct material errors, and update the factual review date only when the relevant claims have been rechecked.

Authors And Identity

Author pages connect contributors to their published work and role. External portfolio, social, or professional links are added only when they are genuine, public, and supplied or confirmed by the contributor. We do not invent credentials, locations, visits, or identity links.

AI-Assisted Work

Software and AI-assisted tools may help with research planning, translation support, formatting, image preparation, consistency checks, and identifying possible errors. They do not replace editorial judgment. A named human author or reviewer remains responsible for checking claims, sources, links, tone, and the final page before publication.

Images And Provenance

Images may be original, licensed, supplied with permission, or created or edited with generative tools. Generated or composited imagery is treated as illustration and must not be presented as documentary evidence of a current hotel condition, safety event, price, or operating detail. Captions and alternative text should identify the intended subject accurately, and identifiable properties or products should use approved real assets when visual accuracy is necessary.

Commercial Standards

Affiliate links, sponsorships, complimentary services, and paid placements must be disclosed where they apply. Commercial relationships do not control rankings, safety statements, comparisons, or criticism. Editorial recommendations should explain the practical reason for the choice, not merely direct the reader to a booking link.

Translations

Translated pages should preserve the meaning, cautions, sources, and commercial disclosures of the reviewed source article. A translation is checked for natural readability and factual completeness; it should not silently shorten or omit important safety and planning information.