Partner Programme Terms

Experience Scotland's Wild partner programme for creators, hotels and travel trade. Last updated 5 October 2026.

These terms explain how you earn commission when you send guests to Experience Scotland's Wild, and how and when we pay you. By using your partner link or your partner login, you agree to them. If anything here isn't clear, email jordan@scotlandswild.com and we'll explain.

1. Who's who

  • "We", "us" and "our" means Experience Scotland's Wild, Strathleven House, Dumbarton, Scotland (VAT no. 455844267).

  • "You" means the person or business we have accepted into the programme and given a partner ID, link or partner login.

2. Commission rates

  • Creators (bloggers, YouTubers, social media): 12%

  • Travel trade (travel agents, advisors and tour planners): 12%

  • Hotels and accommodation (hotels, B&Bs, hostels and self-catering): 10%

Your rate is set by your track and confirmed in your welcome email. Any different rate for a campaign or a particular partner will be agreed with you in writing (email is fine) before it applies. There is no guest discount code with your link unless we agree one in writing.

3. What earns commission

You earn commission on the tour price the guest actually pays for:

  • our scheduled day tours;

  • our scheduled multi-day tours (Skye, Orkney, Outer Hebrides, Loch Ness and others);

  • our private day tours.

Our prices include VAT, and commission is worked out on the price after any discount the guest used. You don't earn commission on:

  • accommodation, room upgrades, extras, add-ons or attraction tickets sold separately;

  • gift certificates (the booking made with a gift certificate isn't commissionable either);

  • bespoke private trips we plan to order, unless we agree a rate with you in writing first;

  • bookings that are cancelled, fully refunded, charged back or never paid;

  • your own personal travel, unless we agree otherwise;

  • bookings made through Viator, GetYourGuide or any other booking website.

If a booking is partly refunded, commission is worked out on the amount we keep.

4. How bookings are matched to you

A booking counts as yours when your partner ID is recorded on it in our booking system (Checkfront). That happens when:

  • Your link: the guest clicks your partner link and books on our website within 30 days. If they click another partner's link after yours, the most recent link counts.

  • Your partner login: you make the booking yourself in your partner login.

  • Phone or email: the guest books with our office and tells us at the time of booking that you referred them.

Links can't be tracked if a guest clears their cookies, uses a different device or browser, or blocks tracking. If you think a booking has been missed, tell us within 30 days of the tour date and we'll check it. Our Checkfront records decide whether a booking is attributed to you.

5. When commission is earned

Commission is earned once the tour has run and the guest has paid in full. Bookings for future tours appear on your statement as "pending" so you can see what's coming, and move to "payable" in the month after the tour runs.

If we pay you commission on a booking that is later refunded or charged back, we'll take that amount off your next payment.

6. Statements and payment

  • Statement: at the start of each month we email you a statement showing the tours that ran last month, your commission on each, and your pending bookings.

  • Payment: we pay by bank transfer around the 1st of the month, and always by the 7th, for tours that ran the month before. For example, commission on tours in May is paid in the first week of June.

  • Minimum £50: if your payable commission is under £50, it rolls over to the next month until it reaches £50. If you leave the programme, or your balance has been rolling over for 12 months, we pay whatever is owed, whatever the amount.

  • Currency: commission is earned in pounds sterling (GBP). UK partners are paid in GBP. Partners outside the UK are paid by international transfer, in your local currency where we can. We pay our own sending fees. Any fees your bank charges to receive the money are yours.

  • Remittance: when we pay you, we email you the amount, the date and the bookings it covers.

7. Your bank details

  • We collect bank details only through the secure link we send you. Please don't email bank details to us.

  • We will never ask you to change your bank details by email. If you want to change them, contact Jordan and we'll confirm the change with you by phone or through your partner login before making it.

  • If you receive an email that looks like it's from us asking for your bank details, don't reply to it; forward it to jordan@scotlandswild.com.

  • We aren't responsible for delays caused by wrong bank details you've given us, bank holidays or your bank.

8. Tax

Commission is paid as a gross amount. You're responsible for any tax due on it where you live. If you're registered for VAT in the UK, tell us before your first payment so we can agree how VAT is handled.

9. Booking for your clients (partner login)

  • Keep your login to yourself and don't share it with other people.

  • Only make bookings for real guests, with their agreement, and give us their correct contact details so we can send their joining information.

  • Guests pay through our secure card payment page. Don't take payment from guests on our behalf.

  • Our booking terms and conditions apply to every guest, however they book. Please share them with your clients before they book.

10. How to promote us

Please:

  • describe our tours, prices and policies accurately, using the details on our website;

  • make it clear that you earn commission, for example "affiliate link" or "#ad", as required by the advertising rules where you and your audience are (in the UK, the ASA and CMA guidance; in the US, the FTC guides);

  • make it clear you're an independent partner, not part of Experience Scotland's Wild.

Please don't:

  • bid on "Scotland's Wild", "Experience Scotland's Wild" or similar search terms in Google Ads or other paid search;

  • post your link on coupon, voucher or cashback websites;

  • send unsolicited bulk emails or messages that mention us;

  • use our photos except the ones we give you for the programme, or use our logo in a way that suggests you are us;

  • offer guests a discount or freebie on our behalf that we haven't agreed.

If these rules are broken, we can withhold commission on the bookings involved and end your place in the programme.

11. Guest information

We look after guest details under our privacy notice. If you book for a client, you confirm they're happy for you to share their details with us. You can see the bookings you made or that are attributed to you, but we won't share other guests' details with you.

12. Ending the programme and changes

  • You or we can end your place in the programme at any time by email.

  • If it ends, we still pay commission on bookings attributed to you before the end date, once those tours have run, under these terms.

  • We may update these terms. We'll email you at least 30 days before a change to your commission rate or how you're paid takes effect. The latest version is always on this page.

13. Liability and law

Our liability to you under the programme is limited to the commission you have earned and we haven't yet paid. We aren't liable for indirect losses, such as lost profit or lost opportunity. These terms are governed by the law of Scotland, and the Scottish courts deal with any dispute.

14. Questions

Email Jordan Ferguson at jordan@scotlandswild.com. You can read more about the programme on our partner programme page.